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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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Naver will consider company benefits in deciding on selling Line shares: CEO
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Hankook Tire takes over control of Hanon Systems
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[Eye Interview] 'If you live to 100, you might as well be happy,' says 88-year-old bestselling essayist
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S. Korea, Japan, China agree to create new financing facility against regional crises
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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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Top prosecutor orders speedy investigation into first lady's alleged acceptance of luxury handbag
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Duo direct music video slamming bus bust up
A foreign duo has made a music video in response to the black English teacher who assaulted a middle-aged Korean man on the bus, and have since added Korean subtitles.The video, made by Sonny and Pinnacle TheHustler, portrays that the assault has damaged foreigners’ image in general. “I don’t
Sept. 12, 2011
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Abducted son of S. Korean businessman freed in Lima
LIMA, Peru (AFP) – The son of a South Korean businessman was freed after a gang held him for 19 days demanding a $1.8 million ransom, police said Sunday.Kim, 18, was released about midnight in a neighborhood on Lima's south end, and is now with his loved ones," said General Felix Murga, the po
Sept. 12, 2011
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Cancer-linked deaths grow 3.2 pct last year
The number of people who died from cancer in South Korea grew 3.2 percent last year from a year earlier, data showed Sunday.A total of 72,046 people lost their lives to cancer last year, compared with 69,780 tallied a year earlier, according to the data by Statistics Korea. Cancer made up 28.2 perce
Sept. 11, 2011
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Seoul education chief arrested on election bribery charges
Seoul's education chief was detained on Saturday for further investigation into allegations that he bribed a rival candidate to drop out of last year's election. A local court issued a warrant to allow the physical detention of Kwak No-hyun, superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Educati
Sept. 10, 2011
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Court approves arrest warrant for Seoul education chief
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Saturday issued an arrest warrant for the city's education chief over allegations that he bribed his rival candidate in last year's election to get him to drop out of the race.Kwak No-hyun, who was elected superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Office o
Sept. 10, 2011
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S. Korea issues nationwide warning against encephalitis
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's health authorities on Friday issued a nationwide warning against the spread ofencephalitis for the first time this year, advising people to keep personal hygiene and receive vaccinations.The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said it has
Sept. 9, 2011
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‘Traces of Agent Orange found at U.S. army base’
Traces of a toxic defoliant were found in groundwater in Camp Carroll, a U.S. military camp in Chilgok, North Gyeongsang Province, where three American veterans claimed they dumped drums containing chemicals presumed to be Agent Orange in 1978, Korean investigators said Friday.Korean officials on th
Sept. 9, 2011
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More choosing leisure than tradition during holidays
Usually around this time of the year Mi Bo-ra, a 26-year-old engineer, would spend her time slaving away in the kitchen for hours preparing the harvest festival feast.But this Chuseok, Mi is doing something different: going on vacation.There is an increasing trend among Koreans who are choosing to g
Sept. 9, 2011
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Pregnant civil servants to get hour off
Seoul City government has decided to send pregnant civil servants home an hour early from work for prenatal care, making them the first in the public sector to adopt this type of policy.The Seoul City Council passed a revised ordinance Thursday on giving female civil servants with babies and pregnan
Sept. 9, 2011
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Inflation dampens Chuseok spirit
More people avoid traditional shopping items because of sharp rise in pricesWhile it cost the exactly same price as the box of fresh abalone and fruit she sent her parents as a New Year’s gift, housewife Seo Jae-hee feels somewhat ashamed about the thin envelope she plans to give them for Chuseok.“I
Sept. 9, 2011
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Court to decide Kwak’s fate
The embattled top educator of Seoul may have to face the music Friday, officials said, as the court was expected to make decision upon an arrest warrant sought by prosecutors. Prosecutors asked the court on Tuesday to issue an arrest warrant on Seoul’s education superintendent Kwak No-hyun on allega
Sept. 9, 2011
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Pregnant women among 26 caught for drug offenses
Twenty six people, including a lady in her ninth month of pregnancy were caught by the police using methamphetamine and marijuana, Yonhap News reported. Busan police department said Friday that they arrested nine people and booked 17 people without detention for selling and injecting illegal dr
Sept. 9, 2011
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Seoul gov't to reduce working hours for pregnant employees
The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Friday it will reduce the working hours of its pregnant employees by one hour to give them more time for prenatal care.The move comes as South Korea is struggling to raise its low birthrate through diverse incentives.Pregnant female employees will be able to wo
Sept. 9, 2011
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Nearly seven out of 10 S. Koreans cremated
Nearly seven out of every 10 South Koreans were cremated in 2010, the government said Friday, pointing to a rapid change in people's views on the practice.According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, out of the 255,403 South Koreans who died last year, 172,276, or 67.5 percent, were cremated, mo
Sept. 9, 2011
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Data of 800,000 Samsung Card holders may have been leaked
Samsung Card Co., South Korea's leading card firm, is suspected of having come under an online security breach that could have leaked about 800,000 customers' personal data, sources said Thursday. Samsung Card has asked the police to investigate an employee regarding the suspected leakag
Sept. 8, 2011
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Korea expands college tuition subsidies
The government and the ruling party agreed Thursday to set aside 1.5 trillion won ($1.3 billion) in next year’s budget to help ease the heavy college tuition burden.The agreement came at a meeting among the Grand National Party and the finance and education ministries. The money will be used to set
Sept. 8, 2011
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Ex-Pigeon CEO accuses chairman of assault
Pigeon, the nation’s largest fabric conditioner maker, has been rocked by an assault involving one of its former CEOs and its autocratic chairman. While the ex-CEO blamed the chairman as the culprit and revealed the dirty laundry of the closed corporation, the management is keeping tight-lipped abou
Sept. 8, 2011
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Paju sues Ewha University for cancelling campus plan
The Paju city government on Wednesday filed a damages suit against the nation’s most prestigious women’s university over its withdrawal of plans to build a campus in the region. According to the suit filed with the Euijeongbu District Court against Ewha Womans University, the municipal government is
Sept. 8, 2011
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Colleges still counting cost of blacklisting
The aftereffects from the blacklisting of 43 universities for bad management continued to hit the university community.Seoul-based Sangmyung University President Lee Hyung-cheon stepped down, while Kundong University in North Gyeongsang Province faces a sharp reduction in freshmen enrollment.Sangmyu
Sept. 8, 2011
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Park denies making shady deal with Kwak
Jailed professor claims money given to Seoul education chief was not bribeThe election graft scandal involving Seoul’s education chief Kwak No-hyun took a twist Thursday, after a professor under arrest for taking bribes from Kwak claimed that the money he received was not a bribe.Speaking through hi
Sept. 8, 2011