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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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[KH Explains] Will alternative trading platform shake up Korean stock market?
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Koo takes U.N. post on Yeosu Expo
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Samuel Koo, a former U.N. official and journalist, as the U.N. commissioner-general for the 2012 Yeosu Expo, the Nairobi-based U.N. Environment Program said Thursday. Samuel KooKoo will manage the U.N. pavilion of the expo and play a bridging role between
Aug. 7, 2011
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Korean language center to open in Indonesia
An Indonesian university is scheduled to open a Korean language center next month, giving traction to a movement to spread the language among a minority tribe there, officials here said Sunday.According to the Hunminjeongeum Society and Kyungpook National University, the Muhammadiyah University of B
Aug. 7, 2011
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Typhoon Muifa pummels Jeju, hampers air, sea travel
Typhoon Muifa on Sunday pummeled Island Jeju and other parts of the country with strong winds and lashing rain, causing cancellations of flights and ferry services, and damaging property. On the island, the gusts also broke the bottom part of a 20-meter-tall, 600-year-old hackberry tree, Natur
Aug. 7, 2011
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Five killed after vehicle overturns
MUJU (Yonhap News) -- Five university students were killed with as many injured Sunday when their van overturned near a tunnel in this southern county, police said.The five students from Chungnam National University died after their vehicle slammed into a guardrail on a road in Muju, about 240 kilom
Aug. 7, 2011
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Man, woman dead in apparent Internet suicide pact
A man and a woman both in their 20s were found dead in a car Saturday in an apparent Internet-arranged suicide, police said.Police said they inhaled toxic fumes inside the vehicle on a hill in Buan, North Jeolla Province.The 29-year-old man and 26-year-old woman apparently burned coal briquettes and
Aug. 7, 2011
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S. Korea to raise reward moeny for reporting spies, spy ships
South Korea will sharply raise the amount of money given to people who report spies and spy ships as part of its efforts to raise peoples' awareness toward national security threats, the government said Saturday.The Ministry of Justice said a preannouncement of legislation has been made that will re
Aug. 6, 2011
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Cancer-causing pollutants found in water at U.S. base
A joint Korea-U.S. team investigating the alleged burial of Agent Orange at one of the U.S. army bases here said Friday that it has found no evidence yet to believe that the toxic defoliant was buried. Still, it found a trace amount of dioxin, unrelated to Agent Orange, and significant amounts of ot
Aug. 5, 2011
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Seoul City officials to be sacked if found negligent
Seoul City, under fire for neglect of duty after the deaths of 18 citizens caused by landslides last week, is moving to axe officials responsible for the calamity. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government on Friday, it has toughened disciplinary rules against civil servants who are found negli
Aug. 5, 2011
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Forest bathing in middle of Seoul’s concrete jungle
Mountains and recreational forests throughout the capital emit levels of antimicrobial compounds as high as levels reported at mountains of Jiri and Seorak, according to a study released Friday. The study conducted by Seoul Metropolitan Government found that the 11 mountains and recreational parks i
Aug. 5, 2011
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Teenager jailed for rape blackmail
A teenager who had been charged of extorting money from victims deceived by his rape swindle was sentenced up to 15 months, Suwon District Court announced.The 18-year-old convict, identified as Jung, had allegedly used online chatting to lure teenaged boys into having a physical relationship with hi
Aug. 5, 2011
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Operator of hacked Web sites face damage suit
SEOUL, Aug, 4 (Yonhap) -- The operator of two popular Web sites was sued Thursday over the leak of personal information of millions of its users following a massive hacking attack last week.A man, whose surname is Lee, filed the damage suit against SK Communications Co., the operator of the Nate sea
Aug. 4, 2011
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Seoul City foreign interns learn how capital tackles challenges
Liu Lixiu has just finished her master’s in Korea, but didn’t go back to Singapore right away. She wanted to take the internship opportunity offered by the Seoul City Government. Lixiu is now working at the Digital Medial City PR Division in Sangam-dong, western Seoul. “Time for the internship
Aug. 4, 2011
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Deluged cars may flood the market
New concerns of cars, fundamentally damaged from being waterlogged, filling the used-car market have potential buyers wary of buying second-hand, a consequence of July’s record downpour.Although waterlogged cars can be restored back to proper working condition, experts voiced concerns that retailers
Aug. 4, 2011
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Ex-prosecutor passes U.S. bar exam
A 67-year-old former South Korean prosecutor has passed a bar exam in Washington D.C., giving hope to those dreaming of becoming a lawyer in the United States. Chu Kwang-il, who formerly headed the Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office and the state civil rights agency, was the oldest among those who passe
Aug. 4, 2011
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Ex-Air Force chief indicted for leaking secrets to Lockheed
Prosecutors have indicted three retired high-ranking Air Force officers including a former four-star general on charges of providing classified military information to the U.S. defense giant Lockheed Martin, officials said Wednesday.Among them was a former Air Force chief of staff identified only by
Aug. 3, 2011
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Korean national ID numbers spring up all over Chinese Web
Hacked identities touted for as little as 100 won apieceThe number of leaked Korean social security numbers available online is likely to skyrocket as a massive social network hacking attack left more than three quarters of the nation exposed. A quick search using the keywords, “Korean social securi
Aug. 3, 2011
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Indicted FSS executive rescued after Han River suicide attempt
A high-ranking financial regulator implicated in a savings bank corruption probe jumped off a bridge over the Han River on Wednesday, but was rescued by police. He is in a stable condition, police officials said. Kim Jang-ho, an assistant deputy governor of the Financial Supervisory Service, jumped
Aug. 3, 2011
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King’s Academy of Jordan students experience Korea
A group of Middle East high school students on an educational tour is not a common sight in South Korea, more often visited by tourists from its two neighbors China and Japan.Fourteen students from Jordan, Palestine and Syria, all attending a prestigious Jordanian boarding school, recently got a cha
Aug. 3, 2011
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9 areas likely to get extra disaster aid
Gyeonggi governor slams central government for ‘slow’ responseThe government and the ruling party seek to declare nine regions hard-hit by the recent torrential rains as special disaster areas eligible for financial and administrative aid, officials said Wednesday.Unprecedented downpours last week i
Aug. 3, 2011
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Court rejects man’s plea for big dog ban
Tower Palace, a high-rise luxury apartment block located at the heart of Seoul’s posh residential area of Dogok-dong, is known as an exclusive home to the rich and powerful. Yet, their closed lifestyle does not necessarily mean a friendly neighborhood.A Seoul court on Wednesday rejected an appe
Aug. 3, 2011