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Crew of hijacked S. Korean freighter confirmed to be safe: foreign ministry

Jan 16, 2011

The crew of a South Korean freighter, hijacked in the Arabian Sea on Saturday apparently by Somali pirates, have been all confirmed to be safe, an official at Seoul's foreign ministry said Sunday. T...
South Korea gripped by worst cold spell in 10 year

Jan 16, 2011

(Yonhap News) A prolonged cold spell sent the mercury plummeting nationwide on Sunday, with temperatures in even the usually warmer southern regions dropping to their lowest in decades, the country'...
Additional FMD case discovered

Jan 15, 2011

South Korea confirmed a single case of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) on Saturday in the country’ s southeastern region, as nationwide vaccinations and quarantine efforts have started to help stem new...
GNP sues DP lawmakers over defamation

Jan 14, 2011

The ruling Grand National Party sued Rep. Lee Seok-hyun and Park Jie-won of the main opposition Democratic Party on Friday for making a false accusation that a son of GNP chairman Ahn Sang-soo receiv...
Koreans face deportation from Philippines: report

Jan 14, 2011

Seven Koreans operating English training centers in the Philippines are likely to be deported for violating local immigration law, according to local media reports. The Seoul government has requeste...
Women line up to bed Singapore casanova

Jan 14, 2011

A number of women are “queuing up” to have sex with a Singaporean man after he posted recordings of him having sex with his female partners on his blog. Apparently, these women wanted to “check out”...
Four workers trapped in reservoir construction site found dead

Jan 14, 2011

GANGNEUNG, (Yonhap) -- All four workers who had been trapped under a collapsed reservoir construction site here were found dead early Friday, rescuers said. The scaffolding at the site in the city o...
4 workers trapped in reservoir construction site

Jan 13, 2011

Four workers were trapped five meters underground after scaffolding collapsed at a reservoir construction site in eastern South Korea, police officials said Thursday. Police and firefighters are try...
Google charged over credit card info, passwords

Jan 13, 2011

Company denies illegal activity Police said they have charged global Internet giant Google Inc. Thursday for their online location tracking service over allegations it violated Internet privacy laws...
Politicians fight to score with welfare

Jan 13, 2011

Welfare has emerged as a keyword for the 2012 presidential election as the main opposition Democratic Party finalized a package of “universal welfare” pledges as its central campaign strategy on Thur...
National flower, Upo Wetland added to natural monuments list

Jan 13, 2011

Upo Wetland, a complex of natural wetlands located in Changnyeong County, South Gyeongsang Province, and two specific trees of Rose of Sharon (Mugunghwa), Korea’s national flower, have been added to ...
Two hours of TV-watching boosts heart risk

Jan 13, 2011

WASHINGTON -- People who spend more than two hours per day of leisure time watching television or sitting in front of a screen face double the risk of heart disease and higher risk of dying, said a s...
Half of new lawyers still out of work

Jan 12, 2011

Lawy has always been regarded as one of the most prestigious occupations in Korea but the legal market has already turned into a red ocean and nearly half of new attorneys remain unemployed. Of the ...
Legal adult age reduced to 19

Jan 12, 2011

The age of legal adulthood is to be lowered from the current 20 to 19 under a revised civil law bill, officials said Wednesday. The bill, which was passed by the parliamentary Legislation and Judici...
Arrest sought for ex-police chief

Jan 12, 2011

The prosecution Wednesday requested an arrest warrant for former National Police Agency Commissioner-General Kang Hee-rak for receiving kickbacks from a contractor in exchange for influence-peddling....