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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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N.K. expected to deploy missile sub in 2-3 years
Powered by a recent underwater test, North Korea will be able to deploy a submarine equipped with a ballistic missile as early as in two years that could pose a grave threat to South Korea, Seoul’s military officials said Monday. The communist country succeeded in ejecting a dummy projectile from a newly developed 2,000-ton submarine through last week’s experiment at a shipyard in the eastern coastal city of Sinpo, a crucial early stage in developing submarine-launched ballistic missiles, the of
North KoreaMay 11, 2015
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[Newsmaker] N.K. submarine missile serious threat
North Korea’s push to develop a submarine-launched ballistic missile is posing a daunting security challenge to South Korea and the U.S. as the allies would have almost no means to counter the emerging threat should it become fully operational. The allies have so far been focusing on countering missile threats from land-based launchers as they believed Pyongyang was far from developing an SLBM given the small size of its submarines and outdated technology.But the North’s test-firing last week sh
DefenseMay 11, 2015
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Opposition’s factional feud intensifies
Two senior lawmakers of the main opposition party refused to attend a party meeting on Monday following a verbal fight last week, highlighting a deepening rift in the party in the wake of last month’s election whitewash.Reps. Jung Cheong-rae and Joo Seung-yong of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy gave no reason for their absence. They had exchanged heated words last Friday, continuing to trade blame over the party’s defeats in the April parliamentary by-elections.NPAD chair Rep. Moon Jae-i
PoliticsMay 11, 2015
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Kerry to visit S. Korea next week: source
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will visit South Korea next week to discuss pending bilateral issues ahead of President Park Geun-hye's trip to Washington, a diplomatic source said Monday. "Secretary Kerry is scheduled to arrive in Seoul around May 17.He plans to stay overnight," the source said. "Discussions are under way (between the two nations) about his detailed itinerary." On the table during his expected meetings with his counterpart Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and President Park
North KoreaMay 11, 2015
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Gov. Hong says suspect money raised by wife
South Gyeongsang Province Gov. Hong Joon-pyo repeated his denial of corruption allegations Monday, claiming that the illicit money in question was not a bribe but his wife’s secret funds.Hong, currently being investigated by the prosecution for allegedly receiving 100 million won ($92,000) from deceased businessman Sung Woan-jong, claimed that the money came from a secret fund stashed away by his wife without his knowledge. The money is suspected to have been used during the 2011 primaries of Ho
PoliticsMay 11, 2015
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Koreans hesitant on early dementia testing
Kim Seon-hwa, a 59-year-old housewife, lost her mother to dementia three years ago. While she currently has no signs of the brain disease, Kim recently visited her doctor to find out if there are any options available for an early diagnosis. “Dementia is a terrible disease,” Kim said. “After losing my own mother to the very disease, I wanted to be proactive and minimize my risks as much as possible before it is too late.”Her doctor suggested Kim get a FDG-PET scan, a medical imaging technique th
Social AffairsMay 11, 2015
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Tobacco business act ruled constitutional
South Korea’s top court ruled the tobacco business act constitutional on Monday, saying that there was no proof that smoking always caused lung cancer. The ruling came amid a heated public debate over whether smoking should be seen as a serious public health threat or a matter of individual’s rights. In a 7-to-2 decision, the Constitutional Court ruled against nine petitioners, saying that the legislation does not infringe on an individual’s right to health because there is no definite link betw
Social AffairsMay 11, 2015
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Official nabbed in cash-for-visa extension deal
The prosecution has sought an arrest warrant against a Seoul-based immigration official who allegedly took kickbacks from foreign nationals in exchange for visa extensions, officials said Monday, marking the first such case.The Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office said that the 42-year-old official, identified only by his surname Kim is alleged to have issued or extended the visas for about 20 people in return for a total of 11 million won ($10,100) between February 2013 and December last
Social AffairsMay 11, 2015
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N. Korea's titular head of state met China's Xi at Russian WWII event
North Korea's nominal head of state, Kim Yong-nam, had briefly met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of an event in Moscow marking the end of World War II in Europe, but the meeting was not meaningful,according to the North's state media and a diplomatic source on Monday. Kim, president of North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament, "met and exchanged greetings" with leaders, including Xi, who attended the Saturday military parade in Moscow, the North's state Korean Central News A
North KoreaMay 11, 2015
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China urges restraint after N. Korea's submarine missile test
China called for restraint Monday after North Korea said last week it successfully test-launched a ballistic missile from a submarine. "We hope that all relevant parties can do more to ease tensions and jointly uphold peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula," China's foreign ministry spokeswoman, Hua Chunying, told a regular press briefing, when asked about the North's test-launch. North Korea's state media said on Saturday that leader Kim Jong-un oversaw the test-firing of the missile from
North KoreaMay 11, 2015
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S. Korea mulls response to N. Korea's SLBM launch
South Korea is considering bringing North Korea's launch of a submarine-launched ballistic missile to the U.N. Security Council for possible additional sanctions, officials here said Monday.Two days earlier, the secretive communist nation announced that it had successfully test-fired an SLBM, an assertion which South Korea's military said seems to be true."The government is in inter-agency consultations on an appropriate response," a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official said."Of course, bringing
North KoreaMay 11, 2015
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S. Korea urges N. Korea to end work slowdown at joint complex
South Korea called on North Korea Monday to end the work slowdown at a joint industrial park in the North amid a drawn-out row sparked by Pyongyang's unilateral wage hike.The two Koreas have been embroiled in the wage dispute as North Korea unilaterally decided to hike the minimum monthly wage to $74 for about 53,000 North Korean workers at the Kaesong Industrial Complex in the border city of the same name.Seoul has requested its companies not to send out March paychecks, vowing to punish violat
North KoreaMay 11, 2015
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Park's approval rating hits all-time high this year
President Park Geun-hye's job approval rating hit an all-time high this year, a poll showed Monday.A poll conducted by polling agency Realmeter put Park's approval rating at 44.2 percent, up 4.8 percentage points from a week earlier.Those who disapproved of Park's job performance came to 50.2 percent, down 4.2 percentage points from a week earlier.Park's conservative Saenuri Party also saw its approval rating edge up to 41.3 percent while the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy's
PoliticsMay 11, 2015
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S. Korea to spur civilian inter-Korean exchanges
South Korea said Monday it will take stern actions against North Korea's recent military provocation, but it will also seek to boost inter-Korean civilian exchanges to help restore national unity.North Korea said Saturday that it successfully test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine, raising tension on the divided peninsula. Seoul voiced deep concerns Monday over the test-firing, calling on the communist country to stop the development of such missiles.The Ministry of Unification said tha
North KoreaMay 11, 2015
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Immigration official charged with visa-for-money deals
In the first case of its kind, an arrest warrant has been sought for an immigration official accused of selling visas to foreigners, prosecutors said Monday. The Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office said they have filed for a court warrant to detain the 42-year-old mid-level worker at the southern Seoul unit of the Korean Immigration Service on charges of official document forgery and bribery.The immigration service is under the wing of the Ministry of Justice and it is the first time a m
Social AffairsMay 11, 2015
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S. Korea develops chemical warfare vehicle
South Korea has developed a new reconnaissance vehicle for use in chemical, biological and radiological warfare, the Defense Ministry announced Monday."Today, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration succeeded in developing a new-type CBR reconnaissance vehicle with domestic technology," ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said.The state arms procurement agency launched a related project, worth some 22 billion won ($20.1 million), in December 2011 in cooperation with Doosan DST Co., a local de
DefenseMay 11, 2015
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N. Korean missile test 'very serious, worrying': Seoul
South Korea expressed concerns Monday over North Korea's test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, urging the communist North to stop its development.On Saturday, North Korea said it test-fired a ballistic missile underwater, renewing tensions on the Korean Peninsula."We judge North Korea's test-firing of a ballistic missile underwater last week to be very serious and worrying," Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said during a regular press briefing."We urge North Korea to imme
North KoreaMay 11, 2015
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S. Korea vows merciless retaliation against N.K. provocations
South Korea will mercilessly counterattack any North Korean provocations, Defense Minister Han Min-koo said Monday following North Korea's underwater ballistic missile test-firing last week.On Saturday, North Korea claimed it successfully carried out an underwater test-fire of a submarine-launched ballistic missile in what is believed to be the country's first test-fire of a ballistic missile from a submarine.Intelligence officials said it would pose a fresh threat to the security of the Korean
North KoreaMay 11, 2015
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N. Korean general thought to be behind 2010 attacks on South dies
A top North Korean military official, thought to be behind the communist nation's deadly attacks on South Korea in 2010, died over the weekend, Pyongyang's media said Monday.Gen. Kim Kyok-sik died Sunday of respiratory failure at the age of 77 after suffering from an unidentified cancer, according to the Rodong Sinmun, the communist party's official newspaper.South Korean officials said he is believed to have led the North's torpedo attack on a South Korean warship in March 2010 and the shelling
North KoreaMay 11, 2015
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Court rejects evidence against S. Korean accused of illegal exports to Iran
A U.S. district court has struck down evidence used in the indictment of a South Korean businessman accused of illegally selling banned items to Iran, saying the evidence was seized in violation of his right to privacy.Kim Jae-shik, head of Karham Eng. Corp. in Seoul, was indicted in March 2013 on charges that he conspired to export U.S. aircraft parts without the required export licenses to intermediaries in China and Korea and ultimately customers in Iran.The aircraft parts, known as "accelera
Foreign AffairsMay 11, 2015