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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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Korea paroles 762 prisoners for Christmas celebration
The government will release 762 prisoners in a special parole in celebration of this year's upcoming Christmas, the Justice Ministry said Thursday.They will be allowed to go home at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, the last working day before Christmas, the ministry said. (Yonhap News)Those to be release
Dec. 22, 2011
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Prosecutors indict 1997 'Itaewon homicide' usual suspect
Prosecutors said Thursday they have indicted Arthur Patterson, a key suspect in the murder of a college student in Seoul's multicultural Itaewon district nearly 15 years ago, on charges of murder.The U.S. citizen was suspected of stabbing Cho Joong-pil, 22, several times to death at a Burger King ou
Dec. 22, 2011
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First patient arrives under Abu Dhabi pact
A 28-year-old man from Abu Dhabi arrived in Seoul to be treated for a vocal cords disorder, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Thursday. He is the first patient referred and transferred to a Korean medical institution under a pact signed by the Health Authority-Abu Dhabi and four Korean hospitals on patient referrals and transfers last month. According to the ministry, the patient arrived on Wednesday night, and received health checkups and examinations at the Seoul National University Hosp
Dec. 22, 2011
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Korea ranked 57th in philanthropy poll
Korea was ranked the 57th most charitable among 153 nations, according to a recent poll by a British aid group, trailing far behind the top-ranked United States, as well as Asian neighbors Hong Kong and Thailand. The second annual survey by the Charities Aid Foundation, called the World Giving Index 2011, was complied by questioning people in the surveyed nations on three measures ― volunteering, helping strangers and donating money. Korea, which had ranked 81st in the same poll last year, ranke
Dec. 22, 2011
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FSC asks state prosecutors to investigate Lee’s relative
The Financial Services Commission on Wednesday filed a complaint with the prosecution against Jeon Jong-hwa, a relative of President Lee Myung-bak, for involvement in stock manipulation and embezzlement. Jeon is the latest person around Lee to be investigated for fraud or other criminal allegations. According to the FSC, business takeover specialists, Kim and Lee, in 2009 established a private equity fund, Namu Equity, and scouted Jeon, a financial analyst. Jeon is also the son-in-law of Lee San
Dec. 22, 2011
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School and sexual violence prevention application released
A smartphone application that allows users to report school and sexual violence against students, receive counseling information and provides tips against violence has been released by the Education Ministry, officials said Thursday. The application, named “Goodbye school violence,” is available for free on iPhone and Android phones from Thursday.It features five services: it sends a text message or makes a call to a nearby police station in case of emergencies; provides guidelines in case a stu
Dec. 22, 2011
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Prosecutors indict Itaewon murder suspect
Experts say American’s departure extends statute of limitations in 1997 caseSeoul prosecutors indicted Thursday the now sole suspect of an infamous 1997 murder in Seoul.The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office indicted Arthur Patterson after learning that he had been arrested and placed under trial in October at a California district court on suspicion of murder in the 14-year-old case.On April 3, 1997, 23-year-old Hongik University student Cho Choong-pil was found brutally murdered in the first-floor ba
Dec. 22, 2011
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Supreme Court upholds Somali pirate Arai’s life sentence
The life sentence for a Somali pirate who hijacked a South Korean freighter and shot its captain early this year was upheld in the Supreme Court Thursday, denying his last appeal.The court upheld the ruling for Mahomed Arai’s, 21, the leader of five pirates captured on the hijacked ship, Samho Jewel
Dec. 22, 2011
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Korea to expand incentives to draw foreign education institutions
The government said Wednesday that it will expand incentives to attract more foreign education institutions to Korea in an attempt to increase the nation’s competitiveness in global education business.It plans to encourage international education institutions to come to Korea by easing restrictions, providing more incentives and subsidies and simplifying review processes. It also will seek to revise a related law to allow them to send their earnings back to their countries and apply the accounti
Dec. 21, 2011
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Medical sector vows to stem rebates
But doctors refuse to join campaign, criticize resolution as ‘shaming’Thirteen health industry interest groups on Wednesday vowed to stem the long-standing illegal rebate practice in drug trade and set the market order straight. However, the largest association of doctors, a key component of the health industry, refused to join their campaign, inviting public criticism and suspicion over the feasibility of the project. At the Press Center in downtown Seoul the groups announced their resolution t
Dec. 21, 2011
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Seoul City dismisses 65 for corruption
The Seoul Metropolitan Government has fired 65 officials since February 2009 in keeping with the so-called “one-strike out” sanction system designed to weed out corrupt officials. The officials caught embezzling or accepting bribes in excess of 1 million won ($800) were dismissed and will not be reinstated, city officials said Wednesday.The system led to the firings of 28 officials in 2009, 24 in 2010 and 13 this year. The money amounts ranged from as much as 64 million won ($55,000) to as littl
Dec. 21, 2011
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Comfort women hold 1,001st anti-Japan rally
The 1,001st Wednesday Protest calling for the Japanese government’s apology and compensation for “comfort women” forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military took place in front of the Japanese Embassy in downtown Seoul. Two victims, Kim Bok-dong and Kil Won-ok, joined about 100 participants in the rally despite the cold weather.“We are starting all over again,” said Kim Dong-hee, an official of the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan, which organizes
Dec. 21, 2011
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N. Korean defectors see unification ahead
Some say they knew ‘special’ broadcast meant announcement of Kim Jong-il’s deathTo some North Koreans who fled their country to be treated as human beings are elsewhere, the news of their former leader Kim Jong-il’s death came as little surprise.Park Su-hyun, defector and an oriental medicine doctor, said that the moment he heard there was going to be a special broadcast from the North Korean state media he knew that something was off.“When I heard that they were going to hold a special broadca
Dec. 21, 2011
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S. Koreans regain composure after N.K. leader’s death
South Koreans got back to their normal routines on Tuesday after being stunned by the news of the North Korean leader’s death the previous day.Pyongyang announced on Monday that its leader Kim Jong-il died of a heart attack during a train ride early Saturday, which sent shock waves throughout the South, with some voicing concern over potential escalation of tensions on the peninsula.While citizens were sharing their opinions about the aftermath of Kim’s death, the country has not seen any notice
Dec. 20, 2011
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Seoul Council passes student rights ordinance
The Seoul Metropolitan Council passed an ordinance granting more rights to students amid controversy over some contested issues in the ruling that has caused a confrontation between a progressive and conservative group. Until Monday when the ordinance was passed, the opposing groups protested four disputed points of the ordinance: respect of students’ sexual orientation, pregnancy and childbirth, religion and the right to hold collective protests. But with the ordinance expected to take effect n
Dec. 20, 2011
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Scholarships offered by Swede who served in Korean War
A Swedish woman who served as a nurse during the Korean War has contributed part of her donation to the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) to the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.The gift comes in gratitude to the Korean government, which has sent her thank-you letters for her service during the 1950-53 conflict. Kerstin Jonasson, 88, and her Rune Jonasson, 85, have asked the KTH to contribute part of their 11.8 billion won ($10 million) donation to a student exchange
Dec. 20, 2011
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Police and customs officials on alert in border areas
The National Police Agency has put provincial police agencies and stations with jurisdiction over areas near the border on high alert, officials announced Tuesday.The alert raises border security to a level similar to that during natural disasters and public disorder, putting 30 percent of the police force on standby. The move comes after North Korea’s state media announced Monday the death of its leader Kim Jong-il. The announcement has put the government and its citizens on alert for possible
Dec. 20, 2011
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Pull over or fork over for fire engines
The state’s emergency agency has begun cracking down on cars that fail to pull over for an emergency response vehicle.According to the National Emergency Management Agency, vehicles that fail to pull over for a fire engine responding to an accident will be charged up to 200,000 won ($171) according to a revised traffic law.According to the law that took effect Dec. 9, drivers must pull their vehicles to the side of the road or forfeit the right of way to oncoming emergency vehicles.Vehicles at a
Dec. 20, 2011
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No probation to be allowed for pedophiles
All those convicted of sexual assault against disabled people or children under 13 years old will face mandatory prison terms without suspension, the nation’s top court decided Tuesday. Heavier terms will be imposed on such criminals in order to stem repeat offenses, according to a subordinate committee of the Supreme Court, which passed new ruling guidelines for sex crimes. According to the committee head Lee Ki-su, the imprisonment terms for sexual assaults against a minor under the age of 13
Dec. 20, 2011
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Korea needs to boost female employment
Measures for work-family balance required to place more women into labor forceAfter spending more than two decades as a homemaker, 48-year-old housewife Kim, who has a master’s degree in education, hopes to get a teaching or welfare consultant job after her son enters college next year.Her husband, a doctor, also encourages her to find new meaning in her life.Their daughter, who studies hospitality management at a university in Seoul, is determined to pursue career success, placing marriage at
Dec. 20, 2011