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Court refuses injunction on medical school expansion
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Why Korean crime stories typically feature nameless, faceless perpetrators
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Debate on 'no-seniors zones' heats up
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Rare mid-May heavy snow warning issued over mountainous areas of Gangwon
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S. Korea, Cambodia forge strategic partnership
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Is NewJeans headed for a long 'break'?
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[KH Explains] Hyundai-backed Motional’s struggles deepen as Tesla eyes August robotaxi debut
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Police raid popera singer Kim Ho-joong's house over hit-and-run suspicions
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Trump may like to 'solve' N. Korean nuclear problem if reelected: ex-official
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New Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office chief vows full-fledged probe into first lady
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The irony of plagiarized ‘self-introductions’
“I’m a talented individual who is very diligent.”“From a very young age, I was very interested in cars. I wish to become a car engineer.”Bluntly praising one’s qualities and telling life experiences that do little to stress one’s abilities or academic prowess are only some of the pitfalls students can fall into while writing self-introductory essays, South Korean education firms that offer lessons on composing essays say.They offer a service that a growing number of students are turning to in th
Social AffairsAug. 30, 2015
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Both Koreas' militaries return to peacetime mode
Militaries on both sides of the Korean border have relaxed their defense postures to peacetime levels following a landmark deal that defused tensions between the sides, military officials said Sunday. South and North Korea raised their militaries' alert levels after tension flared up over a land mine explosion and ensuing artillery exchange earlier this month. On Tuesday, the two sides struck a breakthrough agreement to end the hostilities and expand cross-border ties. "The highest alert leve
North KoreaAug. 30, 2015
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S. Korea urges Japan to take action over sex slave issue
South Korea urged Japan on Sunday to take concrete steps to resolve the issue of Korean women who were forced into sexual slavery for Japanese soldiers during World War II. Foreign Ministry spokesman Noh Kwang-il made the call in a statement marking four years since the Constitutional Court deemed the government's lack of action over the dispute unconstitutional. "As we stressed in the Aug. 15 Liberation Day address, the Japanese government must show a more enthusiastic attitude to swiftly res
InternationalAug. 30, 2015
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Photographer captures captivating Singapore
A veteran Korean photographer has organized an exhibition that puts Singapore’s attractions in the limelight and exposes hidden layers of its ethnically diverse culture. “Five Days in Singapore” at Seoul Auction Gangnam from Aug. 26-Sept. 1 presents 40 photographs by Kim Jung-man, 61, who visited Singapore earlier this year to publish the tourism guidebook “Splendid Singapore.” During his five-day trip, Kim took 14,000 photographs of the city’s vibrant landscapes and landmarks. The “Five Days in
Foreign AffairsAug. 30, 2015
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N. Korea's Kim marks death anniversary of Unification Church founder
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a message of condolence to the family members of Unification Church founder Moon Sun-myung on the third anniversary of his death, state media reported Sunday. "On the occasion of the third anniversary of (the) death of Mr. Moon Sun Myung, former president of the World Peace Federation, I express profound sorrow to President Han Hak Ja and bereaved family members," Kim said in the message, according to an English dispatch by the North's Korean Central New
North KoreaAug. 30, 2015
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Regular parliamentary session to open this week
The National Assembly is set to kick off its regular session this week as the rival parties push to achieve their political agenda ahead of next year's general elections. The 100-day session will begin Tuesday, just a few days into the second half of President Park Geun-hye's single, five-year term. The ruling Saenuri Party has vowed to pass a set of bills aimed at reforming the labor market and increasing jobs to help President Park Geun-hye's reform drive centered on the labor, public, finan
PoliticsAug. 30, 2015
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S. Korea's suicide rate ranks first among OECD members
South Korea has the highest suicide rate among the members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and its people were less confident about their health, a report showed Sunday. An average of 29.1 people per 100,000 in South Korea took their own lives in 2012, far surpassing the OECD average of 12, according to the OECD Health Data 2015. Hungary followed with 19.4 and Japan came next with 18.7, it said. The suicide rate in Asia's fourth-largest economy has sharply incr
Social AffairsAug. 30, 2015
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N. Korea agrees to hold Red Cross talks on Sept. 7
North Korea has accepted the South Korean Red Cross' offer to hold working-level talks on Sept. 7 to discuss the issues of reunions for families separated by the Korean War, the Unification Ministry here said Saturday. On Friday, the Korean Red Cross proposed that the two sides meet at its "House of Peace" in the village of Panmunjom inside the Demilitarized Zone that divides the Koreas. The ministry said it received a letter from the North through a contact channel in Panmunjom around 1 p.m
North KoreaAug. 30, 2015
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Pay gap between regulars, tempos widens this year
The wage gap between regular and temporary workers in South Korea widened in 2015 from a year earlier due mainly to the country's economic slowdown, government data showed Sunday. The inflation-adjusted monthly wage of non-regular workers hired by companies with a work force of five or more averaged 1.28 million won ($1,087) in the first half of this year, up 0.6 percent from a year earlier, according to the data by Statistics Korea and the labor ministry. In comparison, the monthly pay of re
Social AffairsAug. 30, 2015
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Seoul to fund N. Korean scholars' studies in Germany
Seoul plans to provide funding for North Korean forestry specialists to study in Germany, a U.S. news report said Saturday, in its latest effort to restore deforested mountains in the North. Under the plan, South Korea will help around 30 North Korean experts study in Germany by providing US$70,000, according to the Voice of America (VOA), which cited the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. The specialists will visit Germany in four batches between September and Nov
Social AffairsAug. 29, 2015
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Number of foreign visitors returns to level before MERS
The number of foreign visitors arriving in South Korea returned to the level before the outbreak of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), data showed Saturday, casting a brighter outlook for the local tourism industry. South Korea‘s justice ministry said the number of daily foreign visitors came to 40,078 on Tuesday, and has stayed above the 30,000 mark since mid-May. The figure dropped to as low as 12,325 on June 25 as the outbreak of the disease kept foreigners away. The number of dail
PoliticsAug. 29, 2015
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Reduced sentence for defendant in Cheong Wa Dae bomb threat
An appeals court on Friday reduced the sentence for the son of a former aide to the parliamentary speaker indicted over threatening to bomb Cheong Wa Dae.The Seoul High Court sentenced the 22-year-old, surnamed Kang, the son of a former aide to National Assembly Speaker Chung Ui-hwa, to six months in prison for calling the presidential office in January to say he was going to bomb the office.He had received an eight-month jail term in a lower court for posting threatening tweets on Twitter, a po
PoliticsAug. 28, 2015
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S. Korea, U.S. flaunt combined artillery power in
South Korea and the United States performed a joint war simulation on Friday involving live-fire bombings and flights of combat jets in the latest show of joint force against North Korea.The allies mobilized the biggest-ever number of troops, artillery pieces and military vehicles for this year's Integrated Firepower Exercise 2015, marking the 70th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan's colonial rule in 1945. Under the scenarios of a local attack and all-out aggression by North Korea, th
DefenseAug. 28, 2015
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Environment ministry OKs controversial cable car on Mount Seorak
The Ministry of Environment on Friday gave its approval for a cable car to be set up on a popular mountain range near South Korea's eastern coast, a plan that has been criticized for its potential harm to the regional environment. The construction plan calls for a 3.5-kilometer long cable car system to be built at the southern region of Mount Seorak in Yangyang County, about 215 kilometers east of Seoul, setting up a means of convenient transportation all the way up to the peak of the Osaek area
Aug. 28, 2015
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Seoul proposes Sept. 7 talks for family reunions
South Korea’s Red Cross on Friday proposed to hold working-level talks with its North Korean counterpart on Sept. 7 to arrange a fresh round of reunions for families displaced by the Korean War following a recent cross-border agreement, the Unification Ministry said. The Red Cross suggested through a border telephone channel for the two sides to meet at the House of Peace in the southern part of the truce village of Panmunjeom. “In the message, we offered to meet at Panmunjeom in line with the h
NationalAug. 28, 2015
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President Park's approval rating reaches near 50%
President Park Geun-hye’s approval rating has skyrocketed to reach nearly 50 percent, hoisted by the dramatic inter-Korean agreement earlier in the week that tamed cross-border tensions, a poll showed Friday.Gallup Korea said a survey of 1,004 adults conducted Aug. 25-27 showed that 49 percent of them supported Park, compared to 44 percent that didn’t, marking this year’s highest approval rating. Her job ratings this year had hovered around 30 percent. Those in their 40s and 50s showed the highe
NationalAug. 28, 2015
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NPAD may oust ex-vice spokesman for praising N.K. leader
The main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy’s floor leader Rep. Lee Jong-kul said Friday that he would consider ousting Huh Young-il, a former party vice spokesman who recently resigned over his Facebook post praising the North Korean leader.“I’m not sure how much Huh actually respected (North Korean leader Kim Jong-un), but just the fact that a person in the party’s important role made such comment is a grave problem,” Lee said in a radio interview. Huh’s expulsion may be considered
NationalAug. 28, 2015
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NPAD seeks to impeach home affairs minister
The main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy said Friday it has decided to seek for an impeachment of the home affairs minister for his controversial comment criticized for violating political neutrality. Government Administration and Home Affairs Minister Chong Jong-sup reportedly chanted “must win general election” while delivering a toast during the ruling Saenuri Party lawmakers’ meeting earlier this week. Chong on Friday apologized for his remark and described it as a simple plea
PoliticsAug. 28, 2015
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Sex trade businesses caught by police nearly triple in 2 years
The number of sex trade businesses caught by police in the past two years has nearly tripled, a report showed Friday, as authorities have led a crackdown against prostitution despite ongoing debate over whether to legalize the controversial industry. The overall number of businesses offering sex, gambling or similar services apprehended by police dropped to 48,121 last year from 51,652 in 2013 and 55,785 in 2012, the report submitted by the National Police Agency to New Politics Alliance for De
NationalAug. 28, 2015
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S. Korea opens first nuclear waste repository
South Korea dedicated part of its first nuclear waste repository in Gyeongju on Friday, which is expected to help the country better handle its spent radioactive materials.The first phase of the repository, which cost 1.54 trillion won ($1.31 billion), has six underground silos that can hold some 100,000 drums of low- and intermediate-level radioactive by-products from laboratories, hospitals and atomic power plants. Each drum can hold 200 liters of waste material, while the heavily reinforced s
Social AffairsAug. 28, 2015