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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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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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[KH Explains] Will alternative trading platform shake up Korean stock market?
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9 rain-damaged areas to be declared special disaster zones
Nine areas hit the hardest by last week's heavy downpours are set to be declared special disaster zones, the home affairs minister said Wednesday, making them eligible for state relief funds."Twenty out of all the rain-damaged areas have been selected to receive aid toward reconstruction, and of the
Aug. 3, 2011
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Blast at POSCO kills 1, injures 2
An explosion inside a POSCO plant on Tuesday killed one worker and inured two others. Police and firefighters are investigating the cause of the blast at the company’s stainless steel plant in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province.A 28-year-old employee of the steelmaker’s affiliated company
Aug. 2, 2011
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Heavy downpours damage Dongdaemun gate
One of South Korea's most treasured relics was damaged during the heaviest downpours in decades last week, government officials said Tuesday.Some parts of the roof ridge of Dongdaemun (Great East Gate) chipped off due to the record-breaking rainfall that killed 62 and left thousands homeless in Seou
Aug. 2, 2011
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Members of progressive labor group face probe on espionage suspicions
South Korea's spy agency has sent summons to several members of a radical labor umbrella group over suspicions of their involvement in an alleged espionage case, sources said Tuesday.According to prosecution and labor group officials, the National Intelligence Service asked about 10 officials of the
Aug. 2, 2011
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Loan shark faces trial for massive spamming scheme
An illegal loan agent was indicted on charges of sending millions of spam messages to mobile phones to lure potential customers, prosecutors said Monday.The 34-year-old man, surnamed Kim, sent unwanted text messages to random cell phone users in violation of the local communications law, the Seoul C
Aug. 2, 2011
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HUFS chief probed over misuse of funds
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies President Park Chul has received a summons from prosecutors on suspicion that he may have misappropriated school funds for personal use.The Seoul Northern District Prosecutors’ Office issued the summons to Park last week but Park hasn’t responded, an official fro
Aug. 2, 2011
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Military academy professor indicted for taking kickbacks
Prosecutors have indicted a professor at a military academy on charges of receiving 20 million won ($19,020) in kickbacks from a local defense firm in return for business favors, officials said Tuesday.The 60-year-old professor at the Korea Military Academy, indentified only by his surname Kim, was
Aug. 2, 2011
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Who’s at fault for Umyeon landslide?
Investigation finds some earth began to cascade near military baseLocal officials are playing a blame game over who’s at fault for the deaths of 18 citizens last week by multiple landslides from Mount Umyeon in the southern tip of Seoul. Seoul municipality and the ward of Seocho, which have bee
Aug. 2, 2011
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Measures drawn up to deal with natural disasters
Rainfall will be measured hourly through water level gauges at river basins all across the country to increase flood control measures, amid the erratic weather patterns, according to the state’s weather agency Tuesday.The Korea Meteorological Administration is increasing efforts to give citizens and
Aug. 2, 2011
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A low-trust society
Koreans’ lack of faith in strangers, foreigners holds country backA 25-year-old man surnamed Choi beat and raped his girlfriend in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, in July last year after she demanded they break up. When he faced police investigation, Choi’s mother, 50, hurt his son with a ston
Aug. 2, 2011
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University chief summoned in graft probe
Prosecutors have summoned Park Chul, president of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, to investigate allegations that he may have misappropriated school funds.The summons was issued last week and Park has yet to respond, the Seoul Northern District Prosecutors’ Office said on Tuesday. Park, also c
Aug. 2, 2011
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Minimum wage for N. Koreans at joint complex rises 5%
The minimum wage for North Korean workers being hired by South Korean companies operating at the inter-Korean industrial park in the North’s border town of Kaesong rose by 5 percent this year, the same annual rate of increase since 2007, the Unification Ministry said Monday. Despite frequent cross-b
Aug. 1, 2011
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Drenched nation braces for more rain
The nation is expected to see more rainfall, adding salt to the wound for many still facing restoration work after severe flooding and landslides last week, according to the state’s weather agency Monday. Amid record rainfall, the southwestern provinces of North and South Jeolla, the southern island
Aug. 1, 2011
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Plural unionism changes labor scene
A month after a ban on multiple trade unions was lifted, changes are in the making on the country’s labor scene, long dominated by two umbrella groups, officials at the Labor Ministry said Monday. Some 300 new unions have been formed, most of them not affiliated with neither the Federation of Korean
Aug. 1, 2011
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Man arrested for a series of daybreak sexual assaults
A 39-year-old man was arrested for sexual violence in a series of daybreak attacks on women over the past six months, police said Monday.The offender, only known by his surname Kim, had allegedly attempted to rape a 27 year-old woman near an apartment in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, on July
Aug. 1, 2011
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Seoul announces referendum plan for free lunch
The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Monday that it will hold a referendum on Aug. 24 on whether the city should proceed with its free school lunch program.Seoul citizens will be asked to choose between providing free lunches to selected students or to all students in the vote requested by
Aug. 1, 2011
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South Korea and China close to joint rescue exercises
South Korean and Chinese naval forces are close to agreeing on holding joint search and rescue exercises, a high-level government source said on Sunday. “China expressed the wish to hold joint SAR (search and rescue) exercises last Saturday during the inaugural South Korea-China strategic defense dialogue,” said the official. The talks were led by Air Force Gen. Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of the ge
July 31, 2011
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Leaders delay vacation for flood relief
Hong, Sohn visit disaster-hit areas, vow support for restoration effortsParty leaders are giving up their summer vacations with drinks in the sun for trudging in the mud with shovels and galoshes, joining in nationwide restoration efforts after floods and landslides hit the nation last week.Ruling Grand National Party chairman Hong Joon-pyo deferred his Monday vacation plans to personally oversea
July 31, 2011
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Mystery grows over Asiana cargo plane crash
Maritime police have yet to find a crashed Asiana Airlines cargo plane and its pilot and co-pilot, police officials said Sunday. Mobilizing 10 army and police vessels, three aircraft and underwater sonar, police and the navy have for three days searched the waters off Jeju, where the Boeing-747 aircraft, operated by Asiana Airlines Co., went down early Thursday. “We found nothing special yet, exce
July 31, 2011
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Grenade found in Ewha Womans University
A grenade presumed to be from the Korean War was found on a university campus in Seoul, police officials said Sunday. The explosive was found Friday afternoon in one of the flowerbeds at Ewha Womans University, in Sinchon, central Seoul, by a member of the cleaning staff. It did not have a safety pin in it.Police, who arrived on the scene with a bomb squad, determined that it had been deactivated.
July 31, 2011