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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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S. Korea, Japan could consider simplified entry agreement: Seoul official
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Doctor group's incoming head renews call for govt. to scrap medical school quota hike for dialogue
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'The Roundup: Punishment' becomes fastest 2024 film to top 2 mln admissions
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[Music in drama] An ode to childhood trauma
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New head of doctors' association vows war in case of disadvantage to medical professors
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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Police to raise physical fitness requirements
The police agency here will raise the standards for the physical assessment of police officers amid rising criticism that the standards are too low, officials announced Tuesday.Under a decision by the Korean National Police Commission, the police officer fitness regulations were raised, addressing concerns of a ruling party lawmaker after seeing questionable results from last year’s physical.A rul
March 22, 2011
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Part-time lecturers to get pay hike, benefits
Part-time college lecturers, often referred to as peddlars of academia for their poor job security and salaries, will finally be acknowledged as proper educational staffers.The Cabinet on Tuesday passed a revision bill guaranteeing higher paychecks and welfare to 70,000 part-time lecturers nationwide covering about 40 percent of university classes. According to the bill, the Ministry of Education,
March 22, 2011
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Apple sued again over iPhone repairs
A Korean consumer has lodged a lawsuit with a Seoul court against Apple Korea demanding the company return the repair cost of her liquid-damaged iPhone 4, court officials said Tuesday.In the lawsuit filed with the Seoul Central District Court, the woman, only identified by her surname Kang, demanded Apple Korea return 290,000 won ($259), which the company charged her last month for exchanging the
March 22, 2011
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No radiation found in rain after Japan nuke crisis
No radioactive materials have been found in rain that fell on South Korea over the weekend, despite escalating fears of radiation in Japan, the government said Tuesday. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said a thorough examination of rainwater samples collected from across the country on Sunday showed no traces of radioactive iodine or cesium. "There was no trace of either
March 22, 2011
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Gov't to tighten security of computer networks against DDoS attack
Security of the state Internet network being used by central and local administrations will be beefed up, the home affairs ministry said Tuesday, after the country came under a massive cyber attack, known as the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, early this month. The Ministry of Public Administration and Security said it will put intranets of city, county and ward offices as well as t
March 22, 2011
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Pharmacists charged with selling fake Viagra
More than a dozen pharmacists were indicted Monday for distributing fake Viagra pills.This is the first time pharmacists have been charged with selling the fake drugs, purchased through the back door by men seeking for solution to erectile dysfunction or to enhance their libido. Investigators at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office said they have sought a summary indictment for a pharmaci
March 22, 2011
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Weather offices to collaborate on disasters
Korea will seek to share meteorological information with Japan or China in case their weather agencies are hit by a natural disaster such as the recent massive quake in Japan, Cho Seok-joon, chief of the Korea Meteorological Administration, said Monday. Talks are underway for a joint study-observation-forecast-alarm system among the three countries, which will enable them to send warnings or advic
March 21, 2011
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Seoul City launches global alliance convention industry
The Seoul Metropolitan Government launched a global alliance Monday aimed at fostering the burgeoning convention industry along with six major cities abroad.The “Future Convention Cities Initiative” started last July along with four founding member cities ― Seoul, London, Sydney and Toronto.During Monday’s launch ceremony, San Francisco, Abu Dhabi and Durban, South Africa newly signed an agreement
March 21, 2011
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Red Cross collects W10.5b for Japan
The Korean Red Cross reported Monday that it has collected more than 10.5 billion won ($93.3 million) less than a week after starting a fundraising campaign to help victims of the deadly earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan’s northeastern coast on March 11. The amount surpassed the 8.65 billion won collected in a month last year to help earthquake victims in Haiti, the charity added.Lump sum d
March 21, 2011
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Over 2,000 rally against nuclear plants in Taiwan
Over 2,000 rally against nuclear plants in TaiwanTAIPEI (AFP) - Around 2,000 anti-nuclear protesters demonstrated in Taiwan on Sunday, demanding an immediate halt to the construction of an atomic power plant.The march comes amid a crisis in Japan after a huge quake on March 11 unleashed a tsunami which crippled an atomic plant 250 kilometres (155 miles) northeast of Tokyo."In the face of Japan's n
March 21, 2011
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Another S. Korean confirmed dead in quake
Another South Korean has been confirmed dead in the aftermath of Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami, the foreign ministry here said Sunday, raising the country's death toll in the disaster to two.A 37-year-old woman, identified only by her surname Jeon, was living in the city of Ishinomaki with her Japanese husband when the magnitude-9.0 earthquake hit, the ministry said, adding that her b
March 20, 2011
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Seoul sends radiation experts to Japan
The South Korean government on Sunday dispatched a nuclear safety expert to quake-hit Japan to better respond to health problems among Korean residents there. Jung Kyu-hwan, a radiation expert and senior researcher at the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety, will control radiation levels and prepare for any new developments, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said. Passengers from Jap
March 20, 2011
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Gangnam to offer customized safety services to foreign residents
Gangnam-gu Office will offer customized safety services to foreign residents in cooperation with district police stations, officials said Sunday. The district office said it will sign a memorandum of understanding with the Gangnam and Seocho police stations Tuesday. Foreign nationals who cannot speak Korean well have sometimes become easy targets for crimes here. So, as part of the MOU, a matching
March 20, 2011
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Donations to Red Cross campaign for Japan quake victims top W10 bln
The Korea National Red Cross (KNRC) has collected more than 10 billion won (US$8.9 million) in a national fundraising campaign for those affected by Japan's massive earthquake and tsunami. South Koreans from all walks of life donated 10.5 billion won in 532,000 cases to the KNRC as of Saturday, the sixth day of the campaign, KNRC officials said. Among the top donors were Korean TV stars popular
March 20, 2011
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KTX train breaks down in tunnel due to unknown problem
BUSAN (Yonhap) -- A KTX bullet train abruptly stopped for an unknown reason inside a tunnel shortly after departing from Busan for Seoul on Sunday, paralyzing Seoul-bound railway traffic for about an hour, railway officials said. The train came to an unscheduled halt at 12:13 p.m. inside the 20.3 kilometer-long Geumjeong tunnel on the outskirts of Busan, the longest in the country. The stop
March 20, 2011
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Maximum prison term for brutal murderers to double to 50 years
The Supreme Court will hold its sentencing council meeting on Monday to finalize a new set of sentencing guidelines that call for increasing the maximum prison sentence for brutal murderers to 50 years, officials said Sunday. Under the new guidelines prepared following last year's revision of the criminal law, those convicted of killing more than two people in a premeditated or cruel manner wi
March 20, 2011
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Yellow dust from China contains radioactive substance: institute
Yellow dust blowing over South Korea every year from China is believed to contain radioactive materials presumed to have been leaked from nuclear power plants in the neighboring country, a state think tank said Sunday. Small amounts of cesium-137, a highly radioactive material, have been detected in the air and surface of South Korea between February and April, when the dust gets most serious, o
March 20, 2011
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97 Korean nationals confirmed alive in Japan
Ninety-seven of the 102 Korean nationals who were reported missing in Japan's Iwate prefecture have been confirmed alive, Seoul's foreign ministry said Saturday. However, the fate of the remaining five Koreans in Iwate and 90 others in Sendai has yet to be confirmed, a ministry official said. Meanwhile, South Korea has sent 100 tons of bottled water and six thousand blankets in emergency aid
March 20, 2011
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Forestry helicopter crash leaves one dead
SEOSAN (Yonhap) -- A South Korean forestry helicopter crashed into a reservoir Sunday, leaving one crew member dead while two others were rescued, authorities said. The Korea Forest Service (KFS) chopper carrying three crew members crashed into a reservoir in Seosan, some 277 kilometers south of Seoul, at 6:47 a.m., a few minutes after taking off for an extinguishing operation in the nearby M
March 19, 2011
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‘300 ethnic Koreans’ whereabouts unknown’
TOKYO ―The number of ethnic Koreans whose whereabouts are unknown after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan a week ago amounts to nearly 300, according to a group of Korean residents in Tokyo.“Mindan,” or the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan, said Friday that the total number of ethnic Koreans out of reach was 297, as of 2 p.m. on Thursday. The union said that it was mak
March 18, 2011