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Seoul City to offer rent-free offices to foreign entrepreneurs

Social affairsNov 8, 2011

The Seoul city government is offering rent-free offices for six months to foreign entrepreneurs here in Korea, officials said Tuesday. The four incubation facilities for foreign business startups wi...
Two colleges ordered to close

Social affairsNov 7, 2011

Banners and posters at Sungwha College in Gangjin in South Jeolla Province oppose the shutdown of the school, while demanding normalization of its management. (Yonhap News) Myungshin, Sungwha break ...
Escape to nature at Dosan Park

Social affairsOct 30, 2011

The Dosan Park promenade (Lee Woo-young/The Korea Herald) Walking in downtown Seoul can be tiring with the urban traffic noise and loud music from stores, but the Dosan Park area in the wealthy sout...
Korea, region to launch ‘Asian Erasmus’

Social affairsOct 30, 2011

300 students including Chinese and Japanese expected to join program every year Major universities in South Korea, China and Japan will launch a joint degree program next year as part of efforts to ...
World cities vie for LivCom Awards in Songpa

Social affairsOct 27, 2011

The International Awards for Liveable Communities (LivCom), given to local communities to recognize the best management of environment, kicked off its five-day event at Lotte Hotel in the Seoul distr...
No time for Park to adapt for new Seoul mayor

Social affairsOct 27, 2011

The new Seoul mayor’s term begins Thursday without a transition period to get accustomed to the job, the Seoul Election Commission said on Wednesday. The newly elected Park Won-soon will not have ti...
Five new online universities to open next year

Social affairsOct 26, 2011

The Education Ministry has authorized five new online universities, which are expected to open next year, officials said Wednesday. Konyang University in South Chungcheong Province has been approved...
Drive against ‘excess education’ to focus on high school graduate jobs

Social affairsOct 25, 2011

The government and businesses have stepped up efforts to create job opportunities for vocational high school students in a country where too many college graduates compete for too few jobs. The educ...
Samgyeopsal favorite food of Seoul expats

Social affairsOct 24, 2011

Foreigners in Seoul think samgyeopsal, or Korean pork belly meat, is the most delicious food in the city, followed by kimchi and tteokbokki, a survey by the Seoul Metropolitan Government showed Monda...
Navy to investigate lewd videos shown on carrier

InternationalJan 3, 2011

NORFOLK, Va. — The Navy said Sunday it will investigate "clearly inappropriate" videos broadcast to the crew of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in which a top officer of the ship used gay slurs, m...
A Kenya man dies leaving over 100 widows and 210 children

PodcastOct 7, 2010

A prominent polygamist in Kenya died at the age of 92 last Saturday. Akuku was married to 130 women and fathered 210 children during his lifetime. Akuku is more commonly known as “Danger,” because m...