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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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S. Korea, Cambodia forge strategic partnership
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Rare mid-May heavy snow warning issued over mountainous areas of Gangwon
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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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New Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office chief vows full-fledged probe into first lady
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Trump may like to 'solve' N. Korean nuclear problem if reelected: ex-official
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Prosecution indicts Egyptian refugee broker
Prosecutors on Thursday indicted an Egyptian broker who illegally helped other Egyptians enter South Korea as false refugees. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office indicted the 29-year-old suspect, whose identification was withheld, on charges of allegedly providing fake immigration documents to 12 job-seeking Egyptians and supporting them to enter fraudulently as refugees. He and his Korean accomplice were found to have received up to $10,000 per person in return, they added. Of the 12
Social AffairsAug. 27, 2015
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S. Korea dismisses criticism over Park's plan to join China's military parade
President Park Geun-hye took into account the characteristics of China's upcoming World War II anniversary event in deciding to join it, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.Park plans to attend a massive military parade in Beijing next week as the neighboring country commemorates the "Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War."Her decision was apparently based on her resolve to maintain good ties between South Korea and China amid regional secur
Foreign AffairsAug. 27, 2015
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Former exec of Goldman Sachs arrested over alleged stock price manipulation
A former executive director of Goldman Sachs and three others have been arrested for allegedly manipulating stock prices, prosecutors said Thursday. The 49-year-old Korean-American, surnamed Kim, is suspected of helping brokers, including a 54-year-old surnamed Choi, find institutional investors to buy manipulated stocks in 2011, the prosecutors at the Southern District Prosecutors' Office said.Choi and his accomplices allegedly received 600 million won ($500,000) to find investors. Prosecutors
InternationalAug. 27, 2015
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S. Korea checking reports of N. Korea's flood damage
South Korea is not yet considering any humanitarian aid for North Korea, which was reportedly hit by a severe flood in its northeastern region, an official said Thursday.Pyongyang's state media said more than 40 people were killed and many houses destroyed in the border town of Rason, home to a special economic zone, during last weekend's heavy rain caused by Typhoon Goni.The South's Korea Meteorological Administration and other relevant authorities are trying to confirm the damage in the secret
North KoreaAug. 27, 2015
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S. Korea holds security meeting on recent inter-Korean deal
South Korea held a National Security Council session to discuss follow-up measures on a recent inter-Korean deal that defused military tension and paved the way for reconciliation projects, Cheong Wa Dae said Thursday.Participants discussed on how to proceed with the planned reunions of families separated since the 1950-53 Korean War, presidential spokesman Min Kyung-wook told reporters, without elaborating.The comments came two days after the two Koreas agreed to hold Red Cross talks early next
PoliticsAug. 27, 2015
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S. Korea, U.S. sign upgraded war plan focused on dismantling N. Korean WMDs
South Korea and the United States have signed an upgraded operational plan that puts a fresh focus on removing North Korea's weapons of mass destruction, a military official said Thursday.In June, the allies signed OPLAN 2015, which will be put into action in case a war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula, according to the official."The militaries of both countries drew up OPLAN 2015, which replaces OPLAN 5027, with their Joint Chiefs of Staff chairmen signing it in June," the official noted. For
DefenseAug. 27, 2015
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Inter-Korean family reunion expected in October
South Korea is still reviewing whether to propose a date for talks on a family reunion to North Korea or wait for Pyongyang's offer, a government official said Thursday."We are reviewing the timing and related content," the Unification Ministry official said. A priority is to implement the agreement reached at the high-level negotiations between the two Koreas earlier this week, he added.The two sides agreed to hold a Red Cross working-level meeting in early September to arrange the reunion of f
North KoreaAug. 27, 2015
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S. Korea to hike military budget to boost readiness
South Korea will sharply increase its military budget for 2016 to enhance the readiness of its armed forces against North Korean threats, the top economic policymaker said Thursday.In a meeting with lawmakers from the ruling Saenuri Party in Seoul, Finance Minister Choi Kyung-hwan said the latest standoff with North Korea highlights the need to strengthen the combat readiness of troops near the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas, as well as to cope with the threat posed by Pyongyan
DefenseAug. 27, 2015
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S. Korean students urge Abe to apologize for sexual slavery
Two South Korean college students, who crossed the U.S. by bicycle to promote awareness of Japan's wartime sexual slavery, held a rally in front of Japan's Embassy in Washington Wednesday to demand Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe apologize and compensate victims.The two students, Shim Yong-seok and Baek Deok-yeol, both 22, arrived in Washington earlier this week after traveling all the way by bicycle from Los Angeles since June 27. The 4,800-kilometer journey was aimed at calling for Japan to
InternationalAug. 27, 2015
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U.S. says respects S. Korea's decision to attend Chinese military parade
The United States said Wednesday it respects South Korean President Park Geun-Hye's decision to attend a massive military parade China plans to hold to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II."Participation in these events is the sovereign decision of each country. We respect the Republic of Korea's decision," a State Department spokesperson said on background in response to a Yonhap News Agency's request for comment.The Chinese parade, set for Sept. 3, is seen as a show of force am
InternationalAug. 27, 2015
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Park to meet with Xi, attend military parade in Beijing
President Park Geun-hye will hold summit talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week, Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday, ahead of China’s celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.The summit is set to take place next Wednesday upon her arrival in China for a three-day visit, the presidential office said.On Thursday, Park plans to watch the huge military parade to be staged in Tiananmen Square before attending a luncheon reception to be hosted by Xi at the Great Hall of the
Foreign AffairsAug. 26, 2015
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Labor market reform talks set to resume
South Korea’s largest trade union group decided to return to the long-stalled trilateral negotiations among labor, management and government Wednesday, giving a boost to the government’s push for labor market reform. Key officials from the Federation of Korean Trade Unions made the decision at a high-level meeting four months after the three-way talks collapsed in early April. (Yonhap)The union officials entrusted Kim Dong-man, head of the FKTU, with the authority to decide when to return to the
Social AffairsAug. 26, 2015
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S. Korean Red Cross expects family reunions around mid-October
Reunions of families on either side of the Korean Peninsula separated by the Korean War could be held around mid-October, a South Korean Red Cross official said Thursday.In a breakthrough agreement following intensive talks earlier this week, the two Koreas said they’d hold Red Cross talks early September to arrange for family reunions.“Considering the amount of time it takes from the inter-Korean Red Cross meetings to the actual reunions, I estimate the family meetings to take place around mid-
North KoreaAug. 26, 2015
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NPAD calls for expansion in scope of family reunions
The main opposition party leader Rep. Moon Jae-in on Wednesday urged the government to broaden the scope of reunions for separated families following the two Koreas’ agreement to resume the event. The New Politics Alliance for Democracy chairman said during a party meeting that the reunion list should include more than 1,000 members of separated families, as more of them are passing away without having the opportunity to see their loved ones. His proposal came a day after the two Koreas’ agreem
PoliticsAug. 26, 2015
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40 people killed, 11,000 affected in N. Korean floods
Torrential rains soaked the northern part of North Korea, leaving at least 40 people dead and affecting about 11,000 people over the weekend, the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) said Wednesday.Caused by Typhoon Goni, the heavy rains particularly hit the border town of Rason, where a special economic zone is located and borders with China and Russia, said Hler Gudjonsson, a spokesman for the Red Cross in Beijing, in a statement.“Although the typhoon did not make landfall in the D
North KoreaAug. 26, 2015
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Seoul eases military alert as tension abates
By Shin Hyon-heeSouth Korea has lifted its highest-level military readiness posture as more signs were detected of frontline North Korean forces cranking back into their bases in the wake of cross-border dialogue, military officials here said Wednesday. The decision coincides with the North’s ongoing reinstatement of submarines, air cushion vehicles, 76.2-milimeter artillery guns and other firearms and gunners. Seoul, in turn, ceased its anti-Pyongyang loudspeaker broadcasts along the Military D
North KoreaAug. 26, 2015
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Park calls on Saenuri to push for labor reform
President Park Geun-hye urged Saenuri Party lawmakers to take the lead in forwarding her labor reform initiative at a luncheon for ruling party lawmakers Wednesday, calling the task a shared duty for future generations.During the gathering at Cheong Wa Dae, Park thanked the lawmakers for passing a reform bill on the civil service pension system in May, but asked them to push ahead with another set of reform bills during the upcoming regular session that kicks off on Tuesday. President Park Geu
PoliticsAug. 26, 2015
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Police nab water park peeping tom
Police said Wednesday they had taken a 27-year-old woman into custody on suspicion of secretly filming a women’s locker room at local water resorts, including images of victims in the shower that were later leaked online.The suspect, identified by her surname Choi, allegedly took the images at three water resorts and an outdoor pool in Korea last summer. She has admitted to taking the images, but denied any responsibility for distributing them online. A woman accused of secretly filming women in
Social AffairsAug. 26, 2015
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Allies’ foreign ministers to meet over N.K. provocations
South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se will hold talks with his U.S. counterpart John Kerry to discuss a range of issues, including North Korea’s recent provocations and the bilateral summit slated for October, during his visit to the U.S. from Saturday to next Monday.Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that the bilateral meeting will be held on the sidelines of a meeting of foreign ministers over Arctic-related issues, called “Global Leadership in the Arctic: Cooperation, Innovation, En
North KoreaAug. 26, 2015
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N.K. attitude change bodes well
Past inter-Korean talks over sensitive issues often descended into acrimonious squabbles with North Korean officials spewing out verbal threats, such as turning Seoul into a “sea of flames,” and sometimes storming out of the conference room.South Korea’s Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo speaks during his meeting with Son Gwang-ju, the new director of the Korea Hana Foundation, an organization to support North Korean defectors, in his office in central Seoul, Wednesday. (Yonhap)The latest talks
NationalAug. 26, 2015