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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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Ship linked to NK arms shipments to Russia is moored in China: State Dept.
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More med professors to take day off each week while govt. urges them to stay
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25% of Seoul households single-person
Almost one in four households in Seoul consisted of just one person last year, the city’s census found Thursday. Single-person households jumped from 4.5 percent in 1980 to 23.8 percent in 2010, according to the Seoul Metropolitan Government.Their number increased more than 10-fold between 1980 and 2010, while the total population of Seoul nearly doubled in the same period. “A growing number of si
April 1, 2011
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‘Gangwon Province residents smoke, drink the most’
Adult males in Gangwon Province showed the highest smoking and drinking rates while those in the Jeolla provinces stayed the most sober and smoke-free, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. The more stable a region’s economy, the more likely its residents will refrain from an unhealthy lifestyle, the institute said.According to its research based on data collected fro
April 1, 2011
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Ministry to help foreign spouses find work
The Ministry of Employment and Labor will help foreign spouses here find jobs through a set of programs in April. During the month, the candidates can receive subsidies for job training fees up to 3 million won ($2,600) and tailored job consultations. Successful candidates will then be able to work at social enterprises, as care-givers, factory workers and more.The applicants should visit their lo
March 31, 2011
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Student suicides call KAIST competitive policy into question
A student of KAIST was found dead Tuesday in a suspected suicide, the third this year at the nation’s top university in science and technology, raising questions about the competitive environment there.According to police, a 25-year-old KAIST senior surnamed Jang was found in a parking lot of an apartment complex in Jamwon-dong, southern Seoul. He appeared to have fallen from the building. He was
March 31, 2011
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Buckle up or pay up on expressways
Starting in April, all vehicle passengers on expressways here will be required to wear seatbelts, said the National Police Agency on Thursday.Under a revised traffic law, drivers on expressways including Olympic and Gangbyeon Expressway risk being fined 30,000 won ($27) when carrying passengers not buckled in.The law originally stated that only front-seat passengers of private vehicles and all pas
March 31, 2011
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Court upholds ban on gays in military
The Constitutional Court ruled the law which penalizes homosexual relations in the army as being in accord with the Constitution.“The corresponding clause may be regarded neither ambiguous, nor unnecessarily discriminative against homosexual individuals,” said the court in its ruling on Thursday.“Anyone with common sense may judge what the clause signifies by ‘homosexual relations and other sexual
March 31, 2011
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Heliport renovation on Dokdo under way to counter Japan's territorial claims: sources
South Korea has already begun work to renovate a heliport on its easternmost islets of Dokdo in an effort to reinforce the country's sovereignty over the territory amid Japan's continued attempts to lay claims to the islets, officials said Thursday."It is difficult to make a public announcement on this, given the issue's sensitivity, but the heliport repair work has already been launched and is qu
March 31, 2011
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Is your smartphone bad for your relationship?
(iPhone 4 /Yonhap News)Smartphones, with more than 10 millions users in South Korea, are changing the dating culture of people in their 20s and 30s, a survey conducted by marriage consulting agency Duo showed. Duo asked 294 unmarried people aged between 20 and 39 years old how smartphones affected their relationship with their boyfriend or girlfriend. A whopping 79.6 percent of those surveyed said
March 31, 2011
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All passengers on motorways required to wear seat belts
A compulsory seat belt-wearing law for all passengers on motorways nationwide will take effect on Friday, the National Police Agency (NPA) said Thursday. Under the new law, all passengers of vehicles, including those sitting in the back seats, must put on seat belts when they are on a motorway, a measure aimed to reduce casualties in traffic accidents, said the NPA. NPA officials said offen
March 31, 2011
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English contest offers Asians scholarships
Cambridge University’s English language department has launched a competition to find the best young Cambridge English speaker in Asia. Open to 18- to 25-year-olds, winning candidates will be awarded with prizes including an MBA scholarship in London.All those studying Cambridge English programs in Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and India are eligible to ap
March 30, 2011
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Civic groups slam Japanese textbooks
Civic groups Wednesday expressed disappointment with Japan’s adoption of textbooks that claim its sovereignty over Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo.“Educating young students would be the important aspect of Japan’s strategy to seize Dokdo,” said Koh Chang-keun, head of Dokdo Network. “The young people who will lead Japanese society in 20 to 30 years would understand that Dokdo is currently domi
March 30, 2011
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Treating demons and diseases of defectors
Counseling facility offers N.K. refugees a place free from judgment and prejudiceIt is nearly 10 minutes until new-patient registration closes, but people continue to file into the counseling center.The patrons, quiet and reserved at first, engage in small talk with their neighbors. Their faces, hardened moments before, light up the tiny medical office.At first glance, they could be good friends k
March 30, 2011
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Radiation fears boost seaweed, dried kelp sales
A customer takes dried seaweed at a local discount store. (Yonhap News)Sales of foods perceived as a defense against radiation exposure have increased sharply in South Korea on concerns over contamination from Japan's crippled nuclear plant, industry sources said Wednesday.South Korea said Tuesday that it has detected traces of radioactive iodine in the air above Seoul and other regions of the cou
March 30, 2011
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More places detect trace radiation
Amounts remain below permissible levels: agencyTraces of radioactive material are being detected across the nation following a widening nuclear crisis in Japan, but the minuscule amounts pose no health risk, officials said Tuesday. “Tiny doses of iodine 131 were detected at all 12 monitoring stations nationwide Monday. There were also traces of cesium 137 detected at the Chuncheon center,” Yun Cho
March 29, 2011
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Visa rules eased for South Asians
The Justice Ministry will ease visa regulations for South Asian visitors, who have become a major group for the Korean tourist industry, according to officials Tuesday.Under regulations to come into effect next week, nationals from 11 major South Asian countries will be issued a double-entry visa, which allows them to freely revisit Korea within six months, in between or after transits to other co
March 29, 2011
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Medical fees W5.8m higher for obese men
The obese and smokers are likely to die before their peers, a state-run institute said Tuesday, stressing the importance of staying fit and smoke-free. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs said Tuesday that overweight people are likely to die 2.6 years before those of healthy weight, while smokers die 5.6 years earlier on average than non-smokers, based on analysis of the National Hea
March 29, 2011
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Gender Ministry seeks to hire immigrant wife
The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Affairs is to recruit a female marriage immigrant in the first such move for a central government agency, officials said Tuesday. The hiring is hoped to bring diversity to the ministry’s policies and eventually into other departments, which are also pushing multiculturalism. The ministry made the announcement of a job opening for an assistant position for
March 29, 2011
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Korean youth in bad shape
Sleeping five hours a night and only exercising when required to, Kwon Hye-won, like the majority of other female high-school students, was unhappy with her body.“I spent most of my time studying, so a lot of my peers and I weren’t happy with how we looked,” said the second year university student.Sadly, Kwon’s case is the majority here, according to a survey released Tuesday.The National Youth Po
March 29, 2011
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Pakistanis flee Taliban to seek asylum in Korea
According to figures released Monday by the Seoul office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, 423 asylum seekers applied for refugee status here in 2010, nearly a third more than the year before.Although there is a global trend toward a decrease in asylum seekers, experts believe it is hard to say that it is having an effect here.They predict the number of refugee seekers will exceed 400 ap
March 29, 2011
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Bacteria found in Japanese powdered milk
South Korea's quarantine agency said Tuesday it found bacteria that may be harmful to babies in a powdered milk product imported from Japan. The National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service (NVRQS) said enterobacter sakazaki bacteria was detected in powdered milk made by Wacodo Co. Ltd. The discovery was made when inspectors checked samples from a 50-box shipment containing 222 kilo
March 29, 2011