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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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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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[Weekender] Pet food makers bet big on ‘recession-free’ pet food market
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Yoon interacts with public for 1st time since election defeat
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Police officer jumps barefoot into drainage tunnel to save man
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Lee Sun-kyun's posthumuous film to hit theaters in August
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N. Korea says to deploy new multiple rocket launcher starting this year
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Women more vulnerable to workplace bullying
In 2012, a former bank employee won damages from her employer and coworkers, who bullied her after returning from a year of maternity leave. The banker, who had been in charge of accounts and mostly worked as a teller before taking leave, was asked to be an usher instead when she returned. Her own desk was gone, and as an usher she had to stand the whole time. When she confronted her boss after waiting for a month, he told her: “I don’t consider you as my employee. If you feel this is unfair, yo
Social AffairsMay 12, 2015
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Parliament denounces Abe for 'lack of repentance'
The National Assembly slammed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Tuesday for his failure to apologize for Japan's wartime sex slavery and other atrocities.Abe drew strong resentment from South Korea and world-renowned history scholars for his circumventing of the historical liability stemming from Japan's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women during a U.S. Congress address last month.In the address, Abe sidestepped global calls for an apology for Japan's wartime atrocities including the sex
InternationalMay 12, 2015
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Park urges small firms to boost exports
President Park Geun-hye called Tuesday for small and medium-sized companies to sell more goods to foreign countries in the latest push to boost exports.Exports account for about half of South Korea's gross domestic product, but contribution by small and medium-sized firms is almost negligible.Park called on small and medium-sized firms to play an active role in exports, noting that only 2.7 percent of all small and medium-sized firms ship their goods to foreign countries.Park has vowed to rein i
PoliticsMay 12, 2015
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N. Korea's missile test to be on agenda for Yun, Kerry talks
South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will discuss North Korea's recent test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile in their talks here next week, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.Kerry is scheduled to arrive in Seoul on Sunday for a two-day visit ahead of South Korean President Park Geun-hye's trip to the U.S. in mid-June.On Monday, Yun and Kerry will hold talks on a wide range of issues, including preparations for Park's visit and North Ko
InternationalMay 12, 2015
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Park: N. Korea's development of submarine missile serious challenge
President Park Geun-hye Tuesday called North Korea's development of a submarine-launched ballistic missile a "serious challenge," warning of "stern retaliation" against North Korea if provoked.She also called on officials to maintain strong deterrence in cooperation with the United States over North Korea's provocative acts, presidential spokesman Min Kyung-wook said in a written briefing.About 28,500 U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea as deterrence against North Korea.Park made the commen
PoliticsMay 12, 2015
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S. Korean envoy dismisses China's concern over U.S. missile defense
South Korean Ambassador to China Kim Jang-soo dismissed Beijing's concerns Tuesday over the possible deployment of an advanced U.S. missile-defense system in South Korea, saying that North Korea's nuclear and missile arsenals pose threats to both Seoul and Beijing. To better cope with the growing threats of North Korea's nuclear and missile capabilities, both South Korean and U.S.officials have indicated the need for the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense battery in South Korea. Arguing that th
InternationalMay 12, 2015
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Park renews calls for civil service pension reform
President Park Geun-hye called Tuesday for the swift passage of a bill to overhaul civil service pensions, warning that the issue could become a ticking "time bomb" unless addressed.South Korea has faced the looming crisis as previous governments delayed addressing the issue of pensions for civil servants, despite being aware for decades that the current pension plan is not sustainable.The case for pension reform for public servants has gained urgency as the increasing average life expectancy fo
PoliticsMay 12, 2015
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State oil firm raided over shady energy projects
Prosecutors raided a state-run oil company Tuesday in their widening investigation into money-losing energy development projects for alleged embezzlement.About 30 investigators stormed into the headquarters of the Korea National Oil Corp., the house of former KNOC president Kang Young-won and the Seoul unit of investment bank Merrill Lynch to search evidence related to the energy project probe, according to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office. Along with steel giant POSCO, KNOC has be
Social AffairsMay 12, 2015
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Gov't vows effort for release of S. Koreans in N. Korea
South Korea said Tuesday it will continue all-out efforts to bring home four South Koreans detained in North Korea, including a New York University student, as soon as possible.Joo Won-moon, a 21-year-old student, has been detained by North Korea since April 22 after illegally entering the country by crossing the Amrok River through a Chinese border city. Joo is a South Korean national with a U.S. green card.North Korea has also kept in captivity three other South Koreans, including missionary K
PoliticsMay 12, 2015
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S. Korea, Tanzania in talks to open embassy in Seoul
South Korea and Tanzania held talks Tuesday on opening a Tanzanian embassy in Seoul and other ways to enhance bilateral ties, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.The two countries established diplomatic relations in 1992, but the African nation has yet to open an embassy in South Korea due to budgetary constraints, a ministry official said. The South Korean embassy in Tanzania was opened in 1992.Kwon Hee-seog, director-general of the ministry's Bureau for African and Middle Eastern Affairs, met
InternationalMay 12, 2015
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16 S. Koreans injured in bus collision in Hong Kong
At least 53 people, including 16 South Korean tourists, were injured when a bus collided with another on a road in Hong Kong, according to China's state news agency Tuesday. The accident took place around 3:30 p.m. Monday on the road near Deep Water Bay, located on the southern side of Hong Kong Island, Xinhua News Agency reported. Seventeen of the 53 people suffered "relatively severe injuries" that were not life-threatening, according to the report.The injured have been treated at nearby hospi
Social AffairsMay 12, 2015
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Ex-PM Lee Wan-koo to be summoned over bribery scandal this week
Prosecutors said Tuesday they will summon former Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo this week for questioning over alleged bribery.Lee is set to appear before prosecutors at 10 a.m. on Thursday.The move comes more than two weeks after he quit his job over allegations that he took 30 million won ($27,000) from a businessman when he was running for a parliamentary seat in 2013.It also comes two months after he vowed to eradicate corruption in his first public statement as prime minister.Lee's name was wri
PoliticsMay 12, 2015
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Gov't plans to modernize more aging industrial complexes
The government announced plans Tuesday to designate an additional 13 industrial complexes for a complete makeover that will help not only enhance their competitiveness but also improve their attractiveness to young workers.The move comes amid an expansion of a government program, launched last year, to modernize the country's aging industrial complexes.Eight industrial complexes have already been named with the work to improve their working and living conditions expected to start in the second h
PoliticsMay 12, 2015
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China, Russia reaffirm efforts to resume N. Korea nuclear talks
China and Russia have reaffirmed their commitment to the resumption of the long-stalled multilateral talks on North Korea's nuclear dismantlement, according to China's foreign ministry Tuesday. The agreement was made between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting held on the sidelines of a World War II event in Moscow on Saturday, according to a statement posted on the Chinese ministry's website. The joint statement, signed by Putin and Xi, said they "agre
North KoreaMay 12, 2015
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Global food show kicks off in S. Korea
A global food exhibition kicked off in South Korea on Monday, bringing almost 1,500 companies around the globe to the annual event, organizers said.Seoul Food 2015 began its four-day run at the Korea International Exhibition Center in Ilsan, north of Seoul, with a record 1,480 companies from 44 countries taking part, according to the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency.Under this year's theme, "Wave on the Table," organizers will hold special sessions, such as a halal food seminar and a cook
Social AffairsMay 12, 2015
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China's trade with N. Korea falls 13 pct on-year in Q1
China's trade with North Korea fell 13 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, data showed Tuesday, as an indication of Beijing's frayed ties with Pyongyang.Beijing's trade with Pyongyang reached $1.1 billion in the January-March period, down from $1.27 billion in the same period last year, according to data by the Korea International Trade Association. It posted a trade surplus of $17.7 million.China's exports to North Korea came in at $563 million in the first quarter, down 15.6 perc
North KoreaMay 12, 2015
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Park holds meeting on N. Korea's missile test
President Park Geun-hye held a rare meeting of top security officials Tuesday to discuss North Korea's recent test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, a South Korean official said.The participants included Park's security adviser, the spy chief, the defense minister, the foreign minister and South Korea's point man on North Korea, spokesman Min Kyung-wook told reporters.Still, Min did not give any further details of the meeting.The meeting -- the first in a year -- came three days
North KoreaMay 12, 2015
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S. Korea, China, Japan hold talks for 3-way FTA
South Korea, Japan and China began a new round of negotiations on a trilateral free trade agreement in Seoul on Tuesday in an effort to thrash out their remaining differences.The two-day meeting marks the seventh of its kind since the countries held the first round of negotiations in March 2013, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.But it is the first since the countries agreed to separate working-level talks from a head delegates' meeting, a move aimed at promoting in-depth d
InternationalMay 12, 2015
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Pentagon denounces N.K.'s submarine missile test as 'blatant' violation of U.N. resolutions
The U.S. Defense Department on Monday denounced North Korea's test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile as a "blatant violation" of U.N. Security Council resolutions and an example of Pyongyang's unwillingness to comply with international rules."Any type of launch of this nature would violate at least four U.N. Security Council resolutions and it is another example of North Koreans' unwillingness to play by the international rules," Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren said duri
North KoreaMay 12, 2015
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Kerry to visit S. Korea next week
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will visit South Korea next week to discuss pending bilateral issues as well as President Park Geun-hye's trip to Washington, the State Department announced Monday.During the May 17-18 visit, Kerry will meet with President Park and Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se to "discuss a range of global, regional, and bilateral issues, as well as President Park's upcoming visit to the United States," the department said in a statement.Kerry's discussions in Seoul are expect
InternationalMay 12, 2015