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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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S. Korea votes in favor of Palestinian bid for UN membership
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Russia's denial of entry of S. Korean national unrelated to bilateral ties: Seoul official
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Bae Doo-na shares portraying Korean identity in Hollywood's 'Rebel Moon'
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[From the Scene] Monks, Buddhists hail return of remains of Buddhas
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Medical schools granted enrollment quota flexibility for next year
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Yoon offers first one-on-one meeting with opposition leader next week
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France rejects opening Paris flight routes to T'way Air, deals blow to Korean Air merger
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Iran fires air defense batteries in provinces as sound of explosions heard near Isfahan
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Chinese man behind drug scam targeting teens nabbed in Cambodia
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Koreans’ TOEFL ranking drops
Despite a zeal for English proficiency among Koreans, their average TOEFL scores ranked 80th among 163 countries last year, down from 71st in 2009.According to data from the Educational Testing Services, which administers the English language test, Koreans’ scores averaged 81. In 2009 they had the same average score, but their standing came in 71st among 157 countries. The Netherlands topped the l
April 29, 2011
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Man loses suit against parents over allowance
A Spanish family court has ordered a 25-year-old man to leave home and get a job, dismissing a suit he filed against his parents for “no allowance.”The plaintiff, whose name has not been revealed, sued his parents for cutting off his allowance of $587, according to the Think Spain.Judge Jose Luis Utrera said that despite the soaring unemployment in Spain he is still capable of finding a job, and t
April 29, 2011
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Environment ministers gather to tackle disasters
The environment ministers of Korea, Japan and China gathered to discuss environmental issues the three countries face and seek joint-measures against them at BEXCO in Busan, Thursday. Korean Minister Lee Maan-ee; Zhou Shengxian, chief of Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection; and Shoichi Kondo, senior vice minister of environment of Japan started with bilateral meetings. Lee offered strengt
April 28, 2011
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New traffic lights confuse drivers
Police say new system reflects global trend, but skepticism remainsIs it causing confusion or a stepping stone to improved traffic culture?The police’s ambitious introduction of a new traffic signal system is drawing criticism from drivers in central Seoul, who say they have almost caused traffic accidents out of confusion. On April 20, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency installed three-color le
April 28, 2011
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Supreme court upholds life sentence for rapist-murderer
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s decision to sentence a man, convicted of raping and killing a teenage girl in Busan last year, to life imprisonment and make public his personal information for 10 years.The heinous crime perpetrated by Kim Gil-tae, 33, sent a shockwave across the nation, prompting anxious parents into calling for tougher government measures to deal with child s
April 28, 2011
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Newspapers make you talk more?
Those who read newspapers are more talkative than those who don’t, the Korea Press Foundation’s research showed. The research categorized 1,832 people between the ages of 19 and 64 based on their conversational activities and media usage. Those who engaged more frequently in conversation showed higher usage of media, according to the survey conducted from Nov. 1-Dec. 6 by Hankook Research. The fou
April 28, 2011
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Olympics enthusiasts denounce Ohm
Ohm Ki-young, ruling Grand National Party’s candidate for Gangwon Governor at the by-election, was cornered by a group of the area’s residents for taking advantage of their “pure-hearted” work in his illegal election campaign. Ohm is accused by his competitor, Choi Moon-soon of the main opposition Democratic Party, of having established an unregistered call center in a suburban area to induce vote
April 27, 2011
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Fire breaks out at Incheon SK factory
A fire broke out at an SK Energy factory in Incheon Tuesday afternoon, but there were no casualties, the refining unit of the nation’s largest oil refiner SK Innovation said.The fire started at around 3:17 p.m. at the factory for desulfurization and was put out about an hour later, fire authorities said. Fire fighters put out a blaze at an SK Energy factory in Incheon on Tuesday afternoon.(Yonhap
April 26, 2011
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Prosecutors probe claims of N.K. role in Nonghyup cyber attack
South Korea’s prosecution is looking into whether North Korea was involved in the weeks-long paralysis of the South Korean farm cooperative’s banking system after finding some suspicious Internet protocol addresses originating from China, officials said Tuesday.Traces of break-ins into Nonghyup’s servers were discovered in a laptop owned by an employee of IBM Korea, the cooperative’s computer netw
April 26, 2011
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Digital era dominates lawsuit filings
As many futurists predicted, digital is dominant in many areas of our society and lawsuits are no exception. According to the Supreme Court, 79.5 percent of the suits filed with the Patent Court since April 26 last year, when the system was first adopted, were “paperless” electronic suits. About 47.9 percent were applied for online and another 20.5 percent were transferred to the digital system af
April 26, 2011
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Sleepy husband stabs wife for waking him up
SELANGOR - An angry husband, who was awakened from his morning slumber, beat up and stabbed his wife, Harian Metro reported. The woman is now in a coma and fighting for her life at a hospital, the paper said.A police source told the daily that the couple in their 30s had quarrelled at their home after the wife woke him up at about 6am on Sunday and asked him to perform his dawn prayers.After repea
April 26, 2011
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College students don’t invest much time on study: report
South Korean college students spend less time on study and are passive in class, research showed Tuesday. A report released by the Korea Educational Development Institute indicated that full-time college students don’t devote much time to studying. The institute surveyed 2,019 full-time students attending four-year universities nationwide on their study habits from June 14-July 2. The report showe
April 26, 2011
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Fire hits SK oil storage
A fire broke out at SK Energy’s oil storage facility in Incheon Tuesday afternoon.No casualties were reported. Fire fighters have been struggling to put out the fire.
April 26, 2011
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Police probing online commerce fraud
A woman in Gwangju requested a police investigation after she received a can of butane gas from an online seller instead of the iPod she had paid for. Kim ordered an iPod from an online second-hand vendor who offered it at half the market price.After a phone call with the seller, the woman sent half of the money to the vendor’s account. But what Kim received was a can of butane gas. Kim tried to r
April 26, 2011
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Judges, prosecutors lured into law by fat salaries
When South Korea’s first-ever female Supreme Court justice retired from the bench in August, she was surprised to learn how much she could earn in her first year if she practices law.“I heard that I could make up to 10 billion won ($9.2 million) in my first year as a lawyer, which is nearly 1 billion won a month,” said Kim Young-ran, 55, who now heads the government’s Anti-Corruption and Civil Rig
April 25, 2011
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ROTC program grows popular among coeds
The Army’s college-based program to train officers is drawing keen attention among young women now that they are allowed to enroll in the Reserve Officer Training Corps as of last year, officials said Monday.South Korea’s Army picked 60 female ROTC cadets from seven selected universities last year as part of its efforts to secure more talented female officers and give more opportunities to women.F
April 25, 2011
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Four charged with rape of hagwon teacher
Four teenagers have been charged with the gang rape of an English teacher in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province.The three university students and one unemployed man are accused of taking turns raping the 24-year-old hagwon teacher at a motel on April 12 after meeting her at a bar. The teacher, who is from the U.S., had been drinking with the men after friends she had been with left, according to Anyang pol
April 25, 2011
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Umbrella unions join forces
FKTU, KCTU leaders agree to team up against labor policyThe heads of the nation’s two umbrella unions vowed Monday to stand against what they call a oppressive Lee Myung-bak administration and influence the by-elections slated for Wednesday. This is the first time the two groups jointly and publicly denounced the administration. Lee Yong-deug, head of the more moderate Federation of Korean Trade U
April 25, 2011
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Austrian authorities reveal find of buried treasure
Picture of a backyard (MCT)VIENNA (AP) ― A man turning dirt in his back yard stumbled across buried treasure ― hundreds of pieces of centuries-old jewelry and other precious objects that Austrian authorities described Friday as a fairy-tale find.Austria’s department in charge of national antiquities said the trove consists of more than 200 rings, brooches, ornate belt buckles, gold-plated silver p
April 25, 2011
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Seoul to complete anti-quake subway reinforcement project by 2014
Citizens participate in the earthquake exercise held in Incheon Metro subway station in March 30. (Yonhap News)The Seoul city government said Monday that it will complete an ongoing project to make the city's subway tunnels quake-resistant by 2014, two years earlier than originally scheduled, amid heightened safety concerns following Japan's devastating earthquake.Since 2004, the city has been ass
April 25, 2011