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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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Will tug-of-war between doctors, government end soon?
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Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth
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Trilateral talks acknowledge ‘serious’ slumps of won, yen
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[Graphic News] More Koreans say they plan long-distance trips this year
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[KH Explains] Hyundai's full hybrid edge to pay off amid slow transition to pure EVs
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North Korea removes streetlights along cross-border roads with South
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Russia's denial of entry of S. Korean national unrelated to bilateral ties: Seoul official
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Farming households dip below 1m for first time in 2023
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[Photo News] P&G in Sochi
Feb. 23, 2014
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Another divisive figure takes MBC helm
The largest group of shareholders of local broadcaster MBC elected Ahn Gwang-han, a close associate of its former chief Kim Jae-chul, as the new president of the country’s second-largest TV station, the channel said Sunday.In a vote held Friday, Ahn beat two competitors ― Washington bureau chief Lee Jin-suk and Incheon branch vice chief Choi Myeong-gil ― by a majority, it said. Ahn currently leads MBC’s cable unit MBC Plus Media. The Foundation of Broadcast Culture controls the channel with a 70
Feb. 23, 2014
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Yeom Soo-jung to be formally installed as cardinal at Vatican
Cardinal-designate Andrew Yeom Soo-jung will be officially elevated to the post in a ceremony at the Vatican on Saturday. Yeom, Seoul’s archbishop since 2012, will be among the 19 who will receive their red hats ― a symbol of a cardinal’s willingness to shed blood for the faith ― rings and assignments from Pope Francis. The ceremony, called the consistory, will start at 11 a.m. local time on Saturday (7 p.m. Korean time). The next day, the pope will hold a Mass to celebrate the installation of t
Feb. 21, 2014
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[Photo News] Sports culture seminar
Feb. 20, 2014
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[Photo News] New Jeju Air model
Feb. 19, 2014
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[Photo News] Investment adviser
Feb. 18, 2014
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‘N. Korean human rights should be dealt with at international level’
The image of a petite, frail-looking woman, sitting for days inside a makeshift tent across the Chinese Embassy in protest against China’s forceful repatriation of North Korean defectors, is still vivid, even after nearly two years.Sitting at her office in Dongguk University in Seoul last month, Park Sun-young recalled how she, then a Liberty Forward Party legislator, started a hunger strike, almost on impulse. She had been receiving many desperate calls, day and night, asking her to help stop t
Feb. 14, 2014
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Students perform at Carnegie
Students at the Dwight Schools in Seoul, New York and London put on a concert in Carnegie Hall in New York on Jan. 31, as part of the schools’ international program. Under the program, 11 high school students from Seoul performed in the “Tutti,” an event designed to bring together Dwight students in grades 4-12 from three continents to collaborate as artists and share the universal language of music.“Watching Dwight School Seoul musicians perform alongside its sister schools from New York and Lo
Feb. 14, 2014
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[Photo News] Tourism partnership
Feb. 14, 2014
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[Photo News] 45th anniversary
Feb. 14, 2014
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[Photo News] Sharing solar energy
Feb. 12, 2014
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8 things debt-free people do
Amid growing concern over snowballing debt at home and abroad, it might be useful to note down eight habits that debt-free people commonly share.To live debt free, you might have to shed your current bad habits and take on constructive ones. Business Insider, the U.S. business and technology news website, offered eight tips to live debt-free. 1. They pay attention to details Debt-free people keep close track of personal finances. They monitor how much they earn, how much they save and how muc
Feb. 10, 2014
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Sunfull launches Korea-China cyber cheering squad for Sochi
The headquarters of the Sunfull Movement, which campaigns for positive online comments, launched a Winter Olympic cyber cheering squad for Korea and China with People.cn, the online portal of the People’s Daily, China’s state-run newspaper, in Seoul on Thursday.Korean members of the “Sochi Winter Olympics Korea-China cyber cheering squad” will support the Chinese team during the Winter Olympics with posts on the campaign’s website. Likewise, Chinese members will support South Korea.The Korean we
Feb. 6, 2014
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[Photo News] Shared growth
Feb. 5, 2014
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[Photo News] 60 years with UNESCO
Feb. 4, 2014
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Kim named director of national theater company
Kim Yun-cheol, president of the International Association of Theatre Critics, has been named new artistic director of the National Theater Company of Korea, the culture ministry announced Monday.Kim, 65, will serve three years starting from Feb. 4, the ministry said. A graduate of Seoul National University, the new director has a long career in the academic study of theater plays. He has been teaching at Korea National University of Arts since 1994, after a stint at Sejong University’s departmen
Feb. 3, 2014
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Foreign interns face office culture shock
For foreigners joining the Korean workforce for the first time, addressing seniors and coworkers properly can be a major challenge. That is how Liu Jing, 24, from China and Mary Tarakey, 24, from Switzerland felt when they started interning at the Seoul Museum of Art headquarters.“It was really difficult to adjust to this kind of working atmosphere. There is a strict hierarchy between seonbaes (seniors) and hubaes (juniors), so you have to make sure to adjust properly to those who are above your
Feb. 2, 2014
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Around the hotels
The ‘Big Dipper’ course meal at The PlazaThe Plaza’s Japanese restaurant Murasaki is introducing the special “Big Dipper” course meal in celebration of the Lunar New Year. The meal is part of The Plaza’s “Gourmet Cruise” series which features ingredients selected by the chef under the theme of “premium,” “rare” and “taste.” The six-course lunch (150,000 won) features two types of gobachi, three kinds of raw fish, gratin made with wild rock oyster and soybean sauce, filefish pot, Korayaki, a roas
Jan. 24, 2014
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Three get Wisconsin alumni awards
The Korean chapter of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s alumni association will present “proud alumni” awards to three graduates in a ceremony at a Seoul hotel on Saturday.The recipients are former Minister of Strategy and Finance Yoon Jeung-hyun, Inha University’s department of mathematics chair professor Kang Hyeon-bae and Virginia Tech.’s assistant professor of mechanical engineering Dennis Hong.Yoon was recognized for his contribution to stabilizing the finance market while serving as Fi
Jan. 23, 2014
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[Photo News] Kumho asiana meets Vietnamese vice premier
Jan. 20, 2014