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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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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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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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Defense chiefs of US, Australia, Japan decry NK-Russia military cooperation
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Ministers renew call for activists to drop protests over naval base
The two ministers of defense and land, transport and maritime affairs on Tuesday renewed calls for civic groups to halt opposition to a strategic naval base being constructed on Jeju Island. They made a joint statement two days after a Jeju court accepted the petition the government and the Navy fil
Aug. 31, 2011
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SOS Public Relief Service expanded nationwide
The government will start expanding a crime prevention system nationwide this September as its pilot program has proved effective in safeguarding vulnerable people such as women and children, officials said Tuesday.The Ministry of Public Administration and Security and the National Police Agency hav
Aug. 31, 2011
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Senior prosecutor resigns over adultery
A senior prosecutor in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, offered to resign Wednesday after his affair with a housewife was revealed, the Yonhap news agency reported.(Yonhap News)The two were found together by the woman’s husband at a restaurant at 5 a.m. the previous day.The prosecutor reportedly
Aug. 31, 2011
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Woman arrested for pretending to be pregnant
A 30-year-old woman was booked without detention on Wednesday after she pretended to be pregnant to steal household goods, the police said.The woman surnamed Lee left a mall in Daegu without paying for 900,000 won ($880) worth of household items. When a security guard stopped her, Lee said that she
Aug. 31, 2011
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Court says Seoul‘s inaction over former ‘comfort women’ unconstitutional
A top South Korean court said Tuesday that it is unconstitutional for the government to make no tangible effort to settle disputes with Japan over its refusal to compensate Korean women mobilized as sex slaves during its 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.The Constitutional Court ruled in
Aug. 30, 2011
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Prosecutors to summon Kwak’s wife, confidants
The prosecution will summon the wife of Seoul’s education chief for questioning Wednesday, on allegations that her husband bought a rival candidate out of race in last year’s election, officials said Tuesday.It will also subpoena two confidants of Kwak No-hyun, superintendent of Seoul Metropolitan O
Aug. 30, 2011
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Prosecutors set to summon Kwak
Seoul education chief uspected of bribing former election rivalSeoul’s education chief Kwak No-hyun may face subpoena as early as Wednesday in an intensifying probe into allegations that he bought a rival candidate out of race during last year’s election, sources at the prosecution said Tuesday. The
Aug. 30, 2011
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Samsung, SNU top patient survey on health checkups
Samsung Medical Center and Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center in southern Seoul were selected as the best hospitals for medical checkups in a Korea Consumer Agency survey. The agency said Tuesday that in a poll of 450 consumers, both Samsung and SNU hospitals scored
Aug. 30, 2011
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Standoff escalates over Jeju naval base
Court accepts government petition to prohibit obstruction of constructionCalls are mounting for a referendum on the ongoing construction of a Jeju Island naval base just one week after Seoul City’s failed vote on free school meals, which saw the mayor’s resignation,Ever since the Defense Ministry na
Aug. 30, 2011
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Children start learning English by age 4: report
Children in and around Seoul start learning to speak English at an average age of 3.7 years, the Korea Institute of Child Care and Education said. Its latest survey of 1,200 elementary school first- and second-graders in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province, found that 92.7 percent received their first-ever
Aug. 30, 2011
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Judiciary pendulum set for conservative swing
The Aug. 18 announcement of the nominee for new Supreme Court chief justice came as a surprise to most reporters and judiciary members, who had been closely watching the selection process for the past weeks.Former Justice Yang Sung-tae was not considered to be on the shortlist, as he went on a trip
Aug. 30, 2011
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Teens involved in 1 in 10 cases of prostitution: report
Minors have accounted for one out of 10 prostitution cases, police said Tuesday, prompting calls for proper measures to discipline and protect youth.According to the data collected by the National Police Agency,1,184 adolescents aged 13-19 were caught for buying or selling sex in the first seven mon
Aug. 30, 2011
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College student dies in Busan PC room
A 27-year-old college student collapsed in a PC room in Busan after playing online games for seven consecutive hours.The student surnamed Kim was quickly taken to nearby hospital but was pronounced dead upon arrival.“I shook him when he fell forward while playing games but he was not conscious,” a m
Aug. 30, 2011
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'Kwak promised to pay off dropped candidate’
Prosecution secures statements from professor on agreed financial compensationPublic prosecutors investigating election corruption involving Seoul’s education chief Kwak No-hyun said Monday they had secured statements that Kwak had promised to pay off a rival candidate during last year’s election ca
Aug. 30, 2011
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Court issues injunction against protesters blocking construction on naval base
A regional court on Monday issued an injunction against angry protesters who for months have been blocking the construction of a major naval base on South korea's southern resort island of Jeju.South Korea's central government began building a naval base on Jeju's southern coast facing the South Chi
Aug. 29, 2011
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‘Kwak promised to pay off candidate’
Public prosecutors investigating election corruption involving Seoul’s education chief Kwak No-hyun said Monday they had secured statements that Kwak had promised to pay off a rival candidate during last year’s election campaign. According to sources at the Seoul Central Prosecutors’ Office, which l
Aug. 29, 2011
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Ministry draws up steps to raise transparency of pension fund
From next year, financial firms will be banned from all National Pension Service contracts for up to five years if caught lobbying the service to secure rights to manage portions of its fund, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Monday.According to the guidelines unveiled by the ministry to stren
Aug. 29, 2011
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Key lobbyist of Busan savings bank scandal faces questioning
Prosecutors are interrogating Park Tae-gyu, a 71-year-old lobbyist who allegedly peddled his political and economic influence to save the nation’s largest savings bank from suspension earlier this year. All eyes are now on whether Park would name those who took bribes and other favors he had provide
Aug. 29, 2011
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Language program bridges Korea, the world
TaLK volunteer teachers from English-speaking countries help rural kids learn languageYEONGI, South Chungcheong Province ― Benjamin Stevens, 24, first came to Korea with his mother for a seminar nine years ago. Fascinated by Korea, he wanted to come back, and realized his dream thanks to the TaLK (T
Aug. 29, 2011
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Prosecutors question key lobbyist in savings bank probe
A key lobbyist for a troubled savings bank has been questioned about his role in a massive influence-peddling scandal involving the bank as he voluntarily returned home Sunday after fleeing to Canada, prosecutors said Monday.Park Tae-gyu, 71, is suspected of helping the corruption-ridden Busan Savin
Aug. 29, 2011