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US girding for possibility of N. Korea taking most provocative military actions in decade near election: NBC
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Ottogi heir joins family business in US
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[Weekender] 'Blood doesn't make family, love does'
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Arrest warrant issued for embattled popera star Kim Ho-joong
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Austin to attend trilateral talks with South Korean, Japanese counterparts in Singapore: Pentagon
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Test finds kids' accessories from AliExpress, Shein to be tainted with toxic chemicals
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NewJeans' new album sells over 800,000 on release day
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S. Korea completes development of L-SAM defense system
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S. Korea, Japan, China to hold 1st summit in 4 1/2 years to discuss cooperation
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70% of part-timers positive toward robots at businesses
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Second iCJD case reported
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the country’s second case of iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Thursday.The first was reported Nov. 29, after the patient had died.Authorities said that the disease is not ordinarily transmittable and assured that the public was generally safe from contraction.According to the KCDC, the patient is a 48-year-old man diagnosed with iCJD on Wednesday. He is believed to have contracted the disease after he received a dura mater graft
Social AffairsDec. 8, 2011
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GNP lawmaker’s aide admits cyber attack
No high-ranking official involved in DDoS attack on election watchdog: policeA former secretary to Grand National Party lawmaker Choi Ku-sik confessed Thursday to the cyber attack on the website of the national election watchdog on Oct. 26 during the by-elections.According to the police, Gong confessed to the charges during an interrogation in the early hours of the day, saying he was acting independently. Gong had up to that point denied involvement in the cyber attacks. Police have tentatively
Social AffairsDec. 8, 2011
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Ruling party lawmaker’s aide confesses to cyber attack
No high-ranking GNP official involved in crime on election watchdog: policeA former secretary to Grand National Party lawmaker Choi Ku-sik confessed Thursday to the cyber attack on the website of the national election watchdog on Oct. 26 during the by-elections.According to the police, Gong confessed to the charges during interrogation in the early hours of the day, saying he was acting independently. Gong had until then denied involvement in the cyber attacks. Police have tentatively concluded
Social AffairsDec. 8, 2011
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Budget cuts likely to reduce foreign teachers at high schools in Seoul
The number of foreign teachers at high schools in Seoul is likely to be reduced with the government’s budget cuts for next year. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education said it plans to cut about 40 billion won ($3.5 million) in personnel expenses for 225 foreign teachers at high schools in the 2012 budget, which has been reviewed in the council’s budget committee since Thursday. If it passes the plenary session of the city council next week, the number of foreign high school teachers will st
Social AffairsDec. 8, 2011
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GNP seeks to spend W320b more for farmers
The ruling Grand National Party is seeking to spend an additional 320 billion won ($283 million) on compensation measures for the farming, fisheries and livestock industries feared to suffer from the free trade agreement with the U.S., a party official said Thursday.The plan was put together after the party held talks with 39 industry lobbies, and party officials plan to discuss it with the government, said Hong Moon-pyo, head of the party’s special committee in charge of minimizing the trade pa
PoliticsDec. 8, 2011
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GNP lawmaker dreams of conservative reform
This is the first of a series of interviews with first-term lawmakers. ― Ed.The 18th National Assembly has been dominated by senior lawmakers, but rookies nevertheless managed to bring in some positive and significant changes, said a first-term lawmaker of the ruling Grand National Party said.Rep. Kim Se-yeon, a Busan-based entrepreneur-turned-lawmaker and youngest member in the current parliament, is known for his active role in Minbon 21, an in-party group of progressive novice lawmakers.He cu
PoliticsDec. 8, 2011
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NLCS Jeju to offer full scholarships to poor
North London Collegiate School Jeju, the first international school to open in the Jeju Global Education City, will offer full scholarships to students from low-income families with outstanding academic performances. The scholarships will cover full tuition and boarding fees until graduation, school officials said Thursday. The NLCS also offered a campus tour and admission information session for prospective students and their families to learn about campus life and conditions for admission ahea
Social AffairsDec. 8, 2011
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English teachers arrested for forgery are U.S. ex-convicts
Four Korean-Americans, including one former gang member with a violent criminal history in the U.S., were arrested by police on Wednesday on suspicion of falsifying their academic credentials.According to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency on Thursday, five were arrested after being caught smoking marijuana together, and further investigation found that one was wanted for drug trafficking.All of the arrested were found to be teaching English in the capital, including in Gangnam-gu, an area pri
Social AffairsDec. 8, 2011
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Korea draws up disaster prevention plans
The Prime Minister’s Office announced Thursday comprehensive plans for managing natural disasters in response to climate change.The Prime Minister’s Office also said that the budget for disaster-prevention measures for 2011 has been increased by 21 percent from this year to about 5 trillion won ($4.4 billion).Including funds to be generated from regional authorities, 6.7 trillion won will be spent on related projects.Under the mid-term plans, which were drawn up by a government-private sector ta
Social AffairsDec. 8, 2011
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‘Time for S. Korea to act on emissions cut target’
Korea needs to act now, if it wants to achieve its carbon emissions reduction target and seize opportunities in the green energy sector, a climate guru said Thursday. Environmentalist Tim Flannery said Korea’s target of a 30 percent cut in greenhouse emissions by 2020 from business as usual projections is of a similar scale to his native Australia. Canberra’s goal is to keep carbon dioxide output below 5 percent of the 2000 level by 2020, which translates into a reduction of 30 percent from the
Social AffairsDec. 8, 2011
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DP truce ends over left-wing merger
Two leading Democratic Party figures announced they would break their alliance Tuesday, spelling trouble for Sunday’s party convention.Former floor leader and aspiring chairman Rep. Park Jie-won pledged to withdraw his support for current chairman Rep. Sohn Hak-kyu, amid their ongoing conflict over the left-wing consolidation process.Park earlier said that he would serve as Sohn’s chief secretary, should he win in the presidential election next November.“I have so far maintained a positive relat
PoliticsDec. 8, 2011
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Inter-Korean dialogue essential: U.S. envoy
Davies discusses joint stance on North Korea nuclear negotiationsThe U.S. special envoy to North Korea said in Seoul Thursday that an inter-Korean dialogue was “essential” for the U.S. to move forward in the resumption of the six-party talks.Glyn Davies, the U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, met with South Korea’s chief nuclear negotiator Lim Sung-nam and other government officials to have consultations on the future course of action, amid efforts to resume the stalled six-part
North KoreaDec. 8, 2011
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NEW-GNP recreation begins now: chief
GNP renewal begins now: chief Hong unveils roadmap for reform amid mounting pressure to resign By Lee Sun-youngGrand National Party chairman Hong Joon-pyo said he will start immediately efforts to “recreate” the party, as fears mounted among its members that the party, without drastic reforms, will be crushed by a resurgent liberal opposition in crucial elections next year. “A committee, comprising both party and non-party figures, will be launched soon, tasked with preparations for the recreati
PoliticsDec. 8, 2011
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Opposition ends boycott of parliament, agrees to handle budget bill
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) agreed Thursday to end its boycott of parliament and handle next year's budget and other urgent bills before year's end, officials said.DP floor leader Kim Jin-pyo reached the agreement in talks with his ruling Grand National Party
PoliticsDec. 8, 2011
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Police quiz 2 more lawmakers' aides over NEC hacking
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- Police said Thursday that they have questioned aides to two more conservative lawmakers about a cyber attack that temporarily paralyzed the Web site of the national election watchdog in October.The National Police Agency said it had an overnight interrogation of a former se
Social AffairsDec. 8, 2011
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Second iCJD case reported in Korea
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the country’s second case of iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Thursday.The first was reported Nov. 29, after the patient had died.Authorities said that the disease is not ordinarily transmittable through and assured that the public w
Social AffairsDec. 8, 2011
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Arrest warrant sought for lawyer suspected of bribing prosecutor
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors said Thursday they have applied for an arrest warrant for a private practice lawyer suspected of bribing a prosecutor in return for her influence.Busan prosecutors, who are handling the case, said they requested the local court there issue the warrant for the 49
Social AffairsDec. 8, 2011
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Ex-president and his deputy ordered to pay 100 million won to former lawmaker
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Yonhap) -- A court ordered Wednesday that former President Chun Doo-hwan and his deputy pay 100 million won ($88,800) in compensation to a former opposition lawmaker.The Seoul High Court ruled that Chun and Lee Hak-bong, who served as a chief investigator in the martial law command in
PoliticsDec. 8, 2011
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‘Fears of eruption spreading in N.K.’
North Korea’s adoption of a new rule on natural disasters last month indicates that experts’ warnings of volcanic eruptions of Mount Baekdu have spread widely throughout the country, the South Korean government said Wednesday. Pyongyang’s new law stipulates principles for observing and forecasting natural disasters, particularly earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, in addition to how to minimize damage and undertake rescue activities, the Korean Central News Agency reported last month, without gi
North KoreaDec. 7, 2011
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Men asked to WRAP up violence
Men across Asia are being asked to sign a pledge to help end violence against women. The Asia Pacific Youth Network is asking men in the region to help halt the gender-based violence that one in three women will experience in her lifetime, calling the practice “the most widespread, yet hidden, human rights abuse of our time.”Males are being asked to vocally challenge sexism and violence to show others that being a man shouldn’t involve oppression of women. The White Ribbon Asia Pacific, or WRAP
Dec. 7, 2011