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Radiation fears boost seaweed, dried kelp sales

Mar 30, 2011

A customer takes dried seaweed at a local discount store. (Yonhap News) Sales of foods perceived as a defense against radiation exposure have increased sharply in South Korea on concerns over contam...
More places detect trace radiation

Mar 29, 2011

Amounts remain below permissible levels: agency Traces of radioactive material are being detected across the nation following a widening nuclear crisis in Japan, but the minuscule amounts pose no he...
Visa rules eased for South Asians

Mar 29, 2011

The Justice Ministry will ease visa regulations for South Asian visitors, who have become a major group for the Korean tourist industry, according to officials Tuesday. Under regulations to come int...
Medical fees W5.8m higher for obese men

Mar 29, 2011

The obese and smokers are likely to die before their peers, a state-run institute said Tuesday, stressing the importance of staying fit and smoke-free. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affa...
Gender Ministry seeks to hire immigrant wife

Mar 29, 2011

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Affairs is to recruit a female marriage immigrant in the first such move for a central government agency, officials said Tuesday. The hiring is hoped to br...
Korean youth in bad shape

Mar 29, 2011

Sleeping five hours a night and only exercising when required to, Kwon Hye-won, like the majority of other female high-school students, was unhappy with her body. “I spent most of my time studying, ...
Pakistanis flee Taliban to seek asylum in Korea

Mar 29, 2011

According to figures released Monday by the Seoul office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, 423 asylum seekers applied for refugee status here in 2010, nearly a third more than the year befo...
Bacteria found in Japanese powdered milk

Mar 29, 2011

South Korea's quarantine agency said Tuesday it found bacteria that may be harmful to babies in a powdered milk product imported from Japan. The National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service (...
Students arrested for starting forest fire

Mar 29, 2011

(Yonhap News) Two students in Busan were arrested Sunday on charges of causing a forest fire, police said on Monday. According to the Busan Haeundae Police, a 15-year-old high school freshman, surn...
Traces of radioactive iodine detected in Seoul

Mar 29, 2011

Traces of radioactive iodine have been detected in Seoul and a few other areas of South Korea following the nuclear crisis in quake-stricken Japan, a state-run nuclear safety agency said Tuesday. Th...
Hongik University to open campus in U.S.

Mar 28, 2011

Hongik University, one of the leading higher-educational institutes in arts, will establish a campus in California to give its students the opportunity to study abroad and open their eyes to the broa...
Korean classes added for migrant families

Mar 28, 2011

Children of migrant families will be given the chance to learn Korean through an after-school program, Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday. Hoping to ease the children’s transition into the cu...
Court receivership period to be shortened: official

Mar 28, 2011

The period of court receivership for bankrupt companies is to be reduced from several years to a minimum of six months, according to officials Monday. The Seoul District Court’s bankruptcy division ...
Red Cross’ Japan aid exceeds W20b

Mar 28, 2011

The National Red Cross has collected a record 20 billion won to aid Japan’s quake victims, the highest sum ever raised here to help victims of a natural disaster. The organization said donations tot...
Korea tightens radiation surveillance

Mar 28, 2011

Move comes after officials detect radioactive traces from Japan The Korean government has decided to tighten its monitoring of radiation levels after minuscule amounts of a radioactive material from...