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Korea enters full election mode
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Lee Jong-sup resigns as envoy to Australia
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Yellow dust engulfs S. Korea, advisory alert issued
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S. Korea to boost support for single-parent families
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Court upholds jail term for man who attempted to murder ex-girlfriend
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Kia EV9 wins world car of year
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Korea misses out on global bond index boost
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Chung to receive AFC award
Saenuri Party lawmaker and former FIFA vice president Chung Mong-joon left for Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia on Monday to receive the Diamond of Asia Award from the Asian Football Confederation.The confederation decided to confer the award on Chung in recognition of his key role in bringing the FIFA World Cup to Asia for the first time in 2002 and his philanthropic activities for football communities devastated by disasters.Chung is the first Korean and ninth recipient of the highest AFC accolade. Pr
Nov. 25, 2013
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China begins work on Ahn Jung-geun monument
BEIJING (Yonhap News) ― China has started work to set up a monument honoring a revered Korean independence fighter who assassinated a prominent Japanese colonial leader in 1909, a diplomatic source said Sunday. Ahn Jung-geun shot to death the Korean Peninsula’s first Japanese governor-general, Hirobumi Ito, in Harbin, China, in October 1909. A year later, he was executed at a Japanese prison in the northern Chinese city of Ryojun, now called Lushun.South Korea and China have been working to set
Nov. 25, 2013
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Rodman tops GQ’s least influential list
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Dennis Rodman is at the top of a list no one wants to be on at all. He’s been named GQ magazine’s No. 1 least influential celebrity of 2013.The 52-year-old former basketball player who has visited Kim Jong-un in North Korea was the top pick in the magazine’s third annual list of the least influential celebrities, which also includes twerking pop star Miley Cyrus, President Barack Obama and celebrity chef Paula Deen. GQ called Rodman a “Q-list celebrity willing to commit border
Nov. 25, 2013
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Home alone
The Roman emperor Augustus prohibited unmarried women between the ages of 20 and 50 from inheriting property because dying without legitimate children left properties heirless. Living alone in Ancient Rome was frowned upon by both state and citizenry.After 2,000 years, prospects for those living alone have changed, although of course, not entirely for the better. The modern day independent soul is sometimes known as a “singleton,” a one-person householder who voluntarily or involuntarily chooses
Nov. 22, 2013
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Society of Olympic Flame gives annual sports awards
The Korean Society of Olympic Flame presented its 2013 sports awards in Seoul Olympic Parktel on Friday. The society is a group of athletes-turned-professors, established in 1996 to suggest policies and support for elite sports. Its current president is Choi Kwan-yong of Korea National Sport University. The society gave an achievement award to Herald Corp. CEO and publisher Lee Young-man. Athletic awards went to the men’s 400-meter relay team of Oh Gyoung-su, Cho Gyu-won, Yu Min-wu and Kim Guk-y
Nov. 22, 2013
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Singer opens Dokdo Art Show in New York
Singer Kim Jang-hoon raised the curtain on Dokdo Art Show at a gallery in SoHo, New York City, on Thursday.The exhibition directed by Kim, displays photos and a model of the Dokdo islets as well as a three-dimensional video of the islets. About 40 New York students created the model.Dokdo is the name of Korea’s easternmost islets, which are called Takeshima by Japan, which also claims sovereignty over them. They are located in the East Sea between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.“Many people bega
Nov. 22, 2013
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Kim Jong-un featured in news website’s ad
An ad featuring North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has appeared in Manhattan, New York.The Daily Mail, a British newspaper, used him in an ad for its website, Mail Online.com. The ad is hung on a wall at a large subway station in Times Square.The ad puts Kim side by side with Kim Kardashian, an American TV personality, with the tagline “The Kims. They’re on the same page.”First published in 1896, the tabloid daily has gained a reputation for reporting gossip and sensational news. In 2012, it had 52
Nov. 21, 2013
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Murdoch seals ‘amicable’ divorce from third wife
NEW YORK (AFP) ― Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his estranged third wife Wendi Deng have agreed on an “amicable” divorce settlement, the couple announced in New York Wednesday.Murdoch, 82, and Deng, 44, issued the statement after attending a brief hearing before New York judge Ellen Gesmer.The couple, who were married in 1999, made no comment after the 10-minute hearing, and the terms of the settlement were not disclosed.“We are pleased to announce that we have reached an amicable settlement of
Nov. 21, 2013
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Korean scientist makes Who’s Who for fifth year
Environmental engineer Lee Yoon-jin was included in the 2014 edition of the Marquis Who’s Who in the World, making it into the international biographical publication for the fifth consecutive year. Lee, a professor at Konyang University in South Chungcheong Province, has been included in the publication since the 2010 edition.A leading water management researcher, Lee has had her work published in a number of local and international journals. Some of her more recent research subjects include con
Nov. 21, 2013
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Korea dedicates KT-1 assembly plant in Lima
Korea has dedicated an assembly plant in Lima, Peru, to jointly roll out the basic trainer KT-1 aircraft with the South American country.The Korean Embassy in Peru, Korea Aerospace Industries and the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency held a dedication ceremony for the plant on Las Palmas Air Base in Lima on Tuesday. Peru’s Defense Minister Pedro Cateriano also attended the event.Peru is the first South American country to import Korea’s first completely indigenous aircraft developed by KAI
Nov. 20, 2013
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Community Chest launches fund-raiser
The Community Chest of Korea kicked off a fund-raising campaign for the needy Wednesday. Hyundai Motor Group was the first donor to join the campaign. Hyundai Motor Group vice chairman Chung Eui-sun visited the Community Chest of Korea to deliver the group’s 25 billion won ($23.65 million) donation to the fund-raising organization’s chairman Lee Dong-kurn. “Our executives and employees raised the money to return our customers’ support for us to society and to share with needy neighbors,” Chung s
Nov. 20, 2013
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Drug company CEO to join IVI board
Joseph Kim, a Korean-American, will join the International Vaccine Institute board of trustees.The Seoul-based institute said Tuesday that it appointed three new board members including Kim. The two others are Fred Binka from Ghana and George R. Siber from Canada. They will serve three-year terms to oversee the governance and management of the institute. Kim is an internationally recognized leader in vaccines. He holds a Ph.D. in immunology from the University of Pennsylvania, an MBA in finance
Nov. 19, 2013
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U.N. secretary-general visits Auschwitz memorial
OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) ― U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday visited the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz to pay tribute to Holocaust victims. Ban walked through the infamous “Arbeit Macht Frei” (“Work Makes You Free”) gate to see exhibitions that document the inhumane conditions that the inmates suffered there. Housed in red brick barracks are the hair and belongings of the inmates, as well as an urn symbolically holding some of the victims’ ashes. “I stare at the piles of glasses, h
Nov. 19, 2013
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CICI 5.4 Club discusses tourism
Since its launch in March, the 5.4 Club members have been holding regular discussions on the current state of the tourism industry in Korea. Founded by the Corea Image Communication Institute ― a nonprofit organization that strives to promote and advance the global image of Korea ― and hospitality industry consulting company Cs, the 5.4 Club program has set its sights on promoting tourism as well as awareness of Korean culture among foreign visitors. More than 20 key members of the club met at t
Nov. 19, 2013
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Embassy in Peru moves into new complex of its own
The Korean Embassy in Peru has moved into a new complex of its own in the central part of Lima. The dedication of the two-building complex ended the embassy’s 27 years situated in a rented building since 1986. It also marks the 50th anniversary of the countries’ diplomatic relations established in April 1963. The Korean Embassy has been stationed in Peru’s capital city since August 1971.The new compound has an expanded antechamber and counseling space for visitors on a total floor space of 2,562
Nov. 19, 2013
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South Africa’s Mandela unable to speak: ex-wife
CAPE TOWN (AFP) ― South Africa’s Nelson Mandela remains “quite ill” and is unable to speak, using facial expressions to communicate as he receives intensive medical care at home, his former wife told a Sunday newspaper.Winnie Madikizela-Mandela said the 95-year-old former president was not on life support, but he was no longer talking “because of all the tubes that are in his mouth to clear (fluid from) the lungs” and prevent infection returning.“He can’t actually articulate anything” as a resul
Nov. 18, 2013
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Kim & Chang vows free legal support for overseas Korean adoptees
Kim & Chang, one of South Korea’s major law firms, said Monday it has decided to provide free legal services to Korean adoptees overseas who wish to return home and settle here to help guarantee their rights.The firm signed a memorandum of understanding Monday with the Global Overseas Adoptees’ Link (GOAL), a non-profit organization for overseas adoptees with some 2,000 members, promising to help the adoptees with their diverse legal activities.“We will focus on how to protect Korean adoptees’ r
Nov. 18, 2013
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Korean War abductees to take N.K. leader to international court
Family members of people abducted during the 1950-53 Korean War said Monday they will formally sue North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for unlawful detention and failure to address such abuses.The petition will be filed against Kim, Armed Forces Minister Jang Jong-nam, State Security Minister Kim Won-hong and Choi Bu-il, minister of people’s security, the Korean War Abductees Family Association (KWAFA) said.The group said the legal motion, along with supporting evidence, will be submitted to the Int
Nov. 18, 2013
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Britain’s Prince Harry heading for South Pole trek in December
LONDON (AFP) ― Britain’s Prince Harry was due to arrive in South Africa on Monday as he makes his way to Antarctica for a gruelling trek to the South Pole.The royal is taking part in a 335-kilometer race between three teams of four wounded military personnel, representing Britain, the United States and the Commonwealth (drawn from Australia and Canada).The 29-year-old army attack helicopter pilot will trek alongside the British team in the charity race to the planet’s southernmost point, which i
Nov. 18, 2013
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Nobel author Doris Lessing dies at 94
Doris Lessing emerged from a black cab outside her home in London one day in 2007 and was confronted by a horde of reporters. When told she had won the Nobel Prize, she blinked and retorted Oh Christ! ... I couldn't care less.”That was typical of the independent _ and often irascible _ author who died Sunday after a long career that included The Golden Notebook,” a 1962 novel than made her an icon of the women's movement. Lessing's books reflected her own improbable journey across the former Bri
Nov. 18, 2013