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No plan to let doctors with foreign licenses practice here anytime soon: PM
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Ador CEO's dismissal to be decided on last day of May
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[Graphic News] Beer the most favored alcoholic drink by Koreans
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Science Ministry expresses regret over Japan’s pressure on Naver
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Haeundae Beach to become sand art museum in late May
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Hostilities get out of hand as YouTuber murders another outside courthouse
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Medical professors set to take day off amid protracted walkouts by junior doctors
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Police officer jumps barefoot into drainage tunnel to save man
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Yoon interacts with public for 1st time since election defeat
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Lee Sun-kyun's posthumuous film to hit theaters in August
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Ruling party urges watertight defense against N.K. provocation
North Korea is highly likely to pursue military provocations toward the South amid growing internal instability, the ruling party chief said Thursday, calling for the military's watertight defense posture.The warning by Saenuri Party Chairman Kim Moo-sung came after North Korea fired dozens of artillery rounds in a firing drill near the tensely patrolled maritime border in the Yellow Sea on Wednesday.Last week, the North also claimed it test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile in violat
North KoreaMay 14, 2015
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S. Korea raises travel warning on parts of Nepal
South Korea raised its travel warning on parts of Nepal Thursday, warning against further earthquakes in the region.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it raised the warning by one notch in Annapurna, Langtang and Mount Everest, which are popular travel destinations among South Koreans.The new warning level advises Korean citizens to leave the affected areas. The rest of Nepal will remain under the lower warning level issued on April 27, which urges Koreans to refrain from traveling.The decisio
Foreign AffairsMay 14, 2015
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Nuke energy cooperation envoy named ambassador to Russia
South Korea Thursday appointed its chief negotiator in nuclear cooperation talks with the United States as its new ambassador to Russia.President Park Geun-hye picked the veteran diplomat, Park Ro-byug, to take up the post, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The president will award credentials to the diplomat later in the day.Park Ro-byug led Seoul's years-long negotiations with Washington on their civilian nuclear energy partnerships. The two sides struck a deal last month that would
Foreign AffairsMay 14, 2015
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Park meets with Bulgarian leader on boosting ties
President Park Geun-hye met with her Bulgarian counterpart, Rosen Plevneliev, Thursday to discuss ways to boost cooperation in economy and other areas, an official said.The summit came a day after Plevneliev arrived in Seoul for a three-day visit marking the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the countries.Plevneliev has said that South Korea and Bulgaria will sign a number of memorandums of understanding aimed at developing their business and cultural ties.He made the comments in
PoliticsMay 14, 2015
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Ex-PM Lee Wan-koo summoned over bribery scandal
Former Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo appeared before prosecutors Thursday to face questioning over alleged bribery.Lee is under suspicion of taking 30 million won ($27,000) from a disgraced businessman when he was running for a parliamentary seat in 2013.The former PM showed up at the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office in southern Seoul at around 10:00 a.m."I resigned from the prime minister post due to this scandal," Lee, who quit his job two weeks ago, told reporters before entering the prosecution o
Social AffairsMay 14, 2015
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White House Asia affairs chief to be replaced
The deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing has been named the next senior Asian affairs director at the White House, diplomatic sources said Wednesday.Dan Kritenbrink, a career diplomat, will replace Evan Medeiros as senior director for Asia at the White House's National Security Council.Medeiros, a China expert, has served in the post since 2013. (Yonhap)
InternationalMay 14, 2015
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Hearing to begin this week in multi-billion-dollar battle between S. Korea, Lone Star
An international tribunal will begin hearing a multi-billion dollar case this week that the U.S. private equity firm Lone Star filed against South Korea's government over tax and other disputes surrounding its asset sell-offs in Korea.The case is the latest -- and the biggest -- of a series of legal battles involving Lone Star's investments in South Korea, including the 2003 purchase of a controlling stake in Korea Exchange Bank, and its sell-off of those assets for large margins.Lone Star's ent
Social AffairsMay 14, 2015
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U.S. calls N. Korea's alleged execution of top official 'extreme brutal act'
The State Department said Wednesday North Korea's alleged execution of a top military official, if confirmed, would show "another extremely brutal act" by the communist regime.South Korea's main intelligence agency, the National Intelligence Service, reported to lawmakers earlier Wednesday that the North executed its defense chief, Hyon Yong-chol, late last month with an anti-aircraft gun for showing disloyalty to leader Kim Jong-un. "We've seen the press reports about the execution of North Kor
North KoreaMay 14, 2015
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Shooter was on list of soldiers requiring extra care
SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- A reservist went on a shooting spree at a military training camp in Seoul on Wednesday, killing one person and wounding three others, before committing suicide, the Army said.The 23-year-old reservist, identified only by his surname Choi," opened fire on his colleagues while receiving training at a military camp in Naegok-dong, southern Seoul, at 10:44 a.m. today," the Army said in a release.Four reservists in their early and mid-20s who sustained injuries were rushed t
Social AffairsMay 13, 2015
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Shooting leaves 3 dead, two injured
A shooting spree by a South Korean reservist left three people dead and two others injured. The reserve soldier killed one and wounded three others before killing himself in a shooting rampage at a military training camp in Seoul on Wednesday morning, the Defense Ministry said. One of the wounded victims died in a hospital at around 9:30 p.m., YTN news reported. The man fired seven shots with his rifle at around 10:44 a.m. during a shooting drill at the 52nd division under Army Capital Defense
Social AffairsMay 13, 2015
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N.K. executed defense minister: NIS
North Korea executed its defense chief for treason late last month using an anti-aircraft machine gun, lawmakers said Wednesday, citing a National Intelligence Service briefing. The killing of Hyon Yong-chol, minister of the People’s Armed Forces, took place around April 30 at the Kangkon Military Academy in Pyongyang with hundreds including his family in attendance, the agency told lawmakers at a closed-door parliamentary briefing. He was charged with treason for dozing off while Kim was giving
North KoreaMay 13, 2015
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[Newsmaker] North Korean general meets grisly end
Hyon Yong-chol, a once-high-flying North Korean general, ended his dramatic life after he was executed late last month for “dozing off at a military event and talking back” to Kim Jong-un, the leader of the dictatorial regime.Until his execution on April 30, the 66-year-old official served as the chief of the People’s Armed Forces ― equivalent to South Korea’s defense minister. His position was the second highest in the North’s 1.19 million-strong military after Hwang Pyong-so, the director of t
North KoreaMay 13, 2015
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Purges spark doubts on Kim’s power
Speculation is rising over the stability of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s leadership as his frequent execution and purge of senior military and government officials apparently indicate their eroding loyalty toward him.Seoul’s spy agency, the National Intelligence Service, told South Korean lawmakers Wednesday that “skepticism” over Kim’s leadership is spreading among power elites in the communist state.“As Kim Jong-un’s distrust toward core senior officials has been deepening, he is strength
North KoreaMay 13, 2015
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NPAD disciplines outspoken lawmaker
South Korea’s main opposition party leader on Wednesday suspended a senior lawmaker from the party’s Supreme Council, holding him responsible for making incendiary remarks that worsened infighting among senior members.The decision by Rep. Moon Jae-in, chair of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy, to suspend Rep. Jung Cheong-rae from the party’s top decision-making body, aims to address the negative public attention since Jung’s statements last Friday, observers said.Jung has faced severe pub
PoliticsMay 13, 2015
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Dutch architect to turn Seoul overpass into park
A renowned Dutch architect will be commissioned to turn an old, elevated road crossing in central Seoul into a park ― a project pushed by the city mayor despite resistance from local businesspeople.Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday a design proposal by Dutch architect Winy Mass was picked as the blueprint for the “Seoul Station 7017 Project.” The project is aimed at transforming the decades-old overpass near Seoul Station into a public park, similar to High Line Park in New York City,
Social AffairsMay 13, 2015
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Seoul seeks to guarantee children’s right to play
South Korea’s Welfare Ministry on Wednesday announced its plan to tackle children’s unhappiness, including establishing a charter on “children’s rights to play.”According to the ministry’s 2013 data, Korea scored the lowest among the OECD in terms of children’s “life satisfaction” with a total of 60.3 out of 100 points. The government’s goal is to increase the index to 77 points by 2019.Some of the major reasons behind the statistics include lack of leisure time and hobbies, as well as stress ov
Social AffairsMay 13, 2015
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Park vows to work with Japan over 3-way FTA with China
President Park Geun-hye pledged Wednesday to closely cooperate with Japan to forge a trilateral free trade agreement which also involves China.Park made the comment in a meeting with a delegation of Japanese business leaders at the presidential office.Her comment came as chief negotiators from the three countries ended two-day talks without a breakthrough."We have made headway on some issues, but the talks continued to move slowly," said Kim Hak-do, Seoul's chief negotiator to the talks, the sev
InternationalMay 13, 2015
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China urges Abe to apologize for wartime atrocities
China Wednesday renewed calls for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe not to dilute Tokyo's past apologies for its wartime atrocities.China's foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying made the remarks in response to a resolution approved this week by South Korea's National Assembly that condemns Abe for failing to issue his own apology for the Japanese military's sexual enslavement of Asian women during World War II in his speech in the U.S. last month."China has been urging the Japanese governme
InternationalMay 13, 2015
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China says no information on N. Korea's defense chief execution
China said Wednesday that it has "no information" about the reported execution of North Korea's defense minister. South Korea's intelligence agency told lawmakers earlier in the day that the North's defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, was executed for showing disloyalty to the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. "I have seen media reports, but we have no information on that," China's foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying replied, referring to the reported purge. If confirmed, it will mark another
North KoreaMay 13, 2015
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Park urges fiscal reform for debt reduction
President Park Geun-hye called Wednesday for efforts to speed up fiscal reform to reduce state debts."What is urgent is the paygo principle," Park said in a meeting on fiscal strategy at the presidential office, referring to pay-as-you-go rules to ensure fiscal soundness.Paygo is a system widely practiced in the United States and other advanced countries in which any increase in direct spending prompted by a new law or revision must be offset by other spending decreases or revenue increases, mea
PoliticsMay 13, 2015