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[AtoZ into Korean mind] Humor in Korea: Navigating the line between what's funny and not
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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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Yoon seeks rebound, taps 5-term lawmaker as chief of staff
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Medical standoff deepens as doctors reject new med school plan, talks
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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[Herald Interview] Why Toss invited hackers to penetrate its system
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S. Korean envoys convene to navigate strategy amid Middle East tensions
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North Korea fires several short-range ballistic missiles into sea: JCS
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Samsung, SK hynix investors dump shares on Nvidia crash
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[Editorial] No leniency on sex crimes
A box-office hit based on the true story of sex crimes against disabled students by their brazen teachers has turned the nation into a seething cauldron of anger.The film, titled “Dogani,” which means a crucible or cauldron in English, depicts a real case that took place at Inhwa School, a special e
Sept. 30, 2011
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[Editorial] New outlets for medicines
The government is set to submit a bill to the National Assembly to make cold medicines and fever reducers available at supermarkets and convenience stores. Currently these products are sold only at licensed drug stores.The bill is a follow-up to a government plan announced in June, which is intended
Sept. 30, 2011
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[Editorial] Hong’s Gaeseong visit
Rep. Hong Joon-pyo, chairman of the ruling Grand National Party, is visiting the South Korean industrial complex in Gaeseong, North Korea, on Friday. He says his visit is aimed at learning about the difficulties South Korean companies have at the complex, adding that helping to resolve those difficu
Sept. 29, 2011
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[Editorial] Better late than never?
The prosecutors’ office is described as a semi-judicial agency. In other words, the office is granted a great degree of freedom in prosecuting criminal cases, if not the kind of uninhibited independence as is guaranteed to the court in the process of adjudication. What the prosecutors’ office has re
Sept. 29, 2011
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[Editorial] Defense against recession
The government’s budget plan for 2012, unveiled Tuesday, attempts to walk a fine line between improving government finances and stimulating economic growth. The plan puts priority on, among other things, improving fiscal soundness. It proposes to increase spending by 5.5 percent to 326.1 trillion wo
Sept. 28, 2011
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[Editorial] Back in crisis mode
Cheong Wa Dae is back in crisis mode. President Lee Myung-bak instructed his aides Monday to switch the presidential office into emergency mode as global financial instability stemming from the fiscal woes in the eurozone has risen sharply in recent weeks. During the past two months, volatility in d
Sept. 28, 2011
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[Editorial] Hotel room shortage
Many hotel projects are under way in Seoul amidst steady rise in tourist arrivals mainly from China and Japan. Meticulous planning with the help of tourism authorities is necessary to avoid a glut in accommodation facilities. Most important is securing middle-class hotels wanted by budget-conscious
Sept. 27, 2011
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[Editorial] Reactions to hallyu
Massive number of tourists travelling between Korea and Japan and the popularity of hallyu dramas and K-pop singers in recent years have helped reduce the tension that existed between the peoples of the two neighboring countries for a century. So, we are puzzled, or just amused, at occasional report
Sept. 27, 2011
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[Editorial] Putin-Medvedev pact
We can hardly make an in-depth comment on the Putin-Medvedev contract to keep themselves as the masters of the Kremlin until 2024 or possibly thereafter. But remembering the outcome of an earlier such agreement between the two Russian leaders, under which Dmitry Medvedev was elected President in 200
Sept. 26, 2011
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[Editorial] Trade currency settlement
In May, the finance ministers of Korea, China and Japan agreed to study the feasibility of using their own currencies to settle transactions among the three countries. The agreement, reached on the sidelines of the Asian Development Bank’s annual conference in Hanoi, drew attention as using local cu
Sept. 25, 2011
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[Editorial] University reform drive
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has put five state-funded universities on the chopping block, demonstrating its resolve to reform domestic universities, regardless of whether they are private or public. The ministry’s action followed the selection earlier this month of 43 poorly ma
Sept. 25, 2011
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[Editorial] Restoring bipartisanship
Up until several days ago, there had been no assurance that when Lee Yong-hoon retires as chief justice of the Supreme Court on Saturday, his successor would assume his duties without interruption. The presidential nominee for the top court post had been left in limbo, with the rival parties at logg
Sept. 23, 2011
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[Editorial] President’s men
Corruption scandals involving people close to President Lee Myung-bak are spreading like wildfire, with many wondering whether they are a symptom or a precursor of Lee’s degeneration into premature lame-duck status.A businessman, who was convicted of falsifying corporate accounts and sentenced to a
Sept. 23, 2011
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[Editorial] Digital hospital exports
Korea is set to create a new promising export industry by combining its advanced information technology with high-quality medical services and world-class construction prowess. The new export item emerging from this combination is a digital hospital ― an IT-based hospital in which all medical inform
Sept. 22, 2011
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[Editorial] Curbing greedy bankers
The prosecution will soon launch a large-scale investigation into irregularities at 11 corrupt savings banks. They include five of the seven banks that were suspended Sunday for capital shortage and the six banks that avoided suspension of operations despite their lower-than-required capital adequac
Sept. 22, 2011
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[Editorial] Split among conservatives
Conservative groups that are disillusioned with the ruling Grand National Party are rallying behind Lee Seog-yeon, a former minister of government legislation, who has decided to run in the Oct. 26 Seoul mayoral by-election. In response, the ruling party has abandoned the idea of encouraging him to
Sept. 21, 2011
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[Editorial] Debt and budget balance
Public attention is drawn to an alarming increase in debt again, this time by lawmakers inspecting government agencies, state-invested corporations and state-funded organizations. Chastised for its failure to put debt in check, the administration has committed itself to curbing spending to balance t
Sept. 21, 2011
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[Editorial] Mutual flexibility
North Korea’s party and state media these days are churning out “commentaries” that call for a thaw in relations between the two Koreas. The wording is so earnest and enthusiastic that one cannot but wonder that some tectonic changes might be taking place in the North, at least in the editorial depa
Sept. 20, 2011
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[Editorial] ‘Knowledge economy’
Many people still do not know exactly what the Ministry of Knowledge Economy does, three-and-a-half years after it came into being in a government reorganization at the beginning of the Lee Myung-bak presidency. Watching this ministry’s officials scurry for damage control under public wrath over the
Sept. 19, 2011
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[Editorial] Suspension of savings banks
Announcing six-month suspensions of seven more savings banks Sunday, Kim Seok-dong, chairman of the Financial Services Commission, said that the unease over the insolvency of the second-tier lenders would now be put to rest. The tough action followed the suspension and closure earlier this year of n
Sept. 19, 2011