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Do Korean doctors make too much money?
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Korean industries gauge impact of Biden's steep tariffs on China
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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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Is FTC's conglomerate listing a boon or bane for Hybe?
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NewJeans to headline palace show
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Coupang's Kim Bom escapes chaebol chief designation again
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Debate on 'no-seniors zones' heats up
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Rare mid-May heavy snow warning issued over mountainous areas of Gangwon
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S. Korea, Cambodia forge strategic partnership
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Higher degrees to be recognized in Asia-Pacific regions
By Lee Woo-young Higher education degrees will be recognized in Asia-Pacific countries including Korea, Japan, China, Australia and Southeast Asian countries like the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Cambodia, the Education Ministry said Sunday. The UNESCO ministerial-level meeting on Nov. 25-26 with delegations from 28 countries attending in Tokyo has adopted the revised legal agreement of the UNESCO’s convention on the recognition of qualification in higher education in Asia-Pacific region
Social AffairsNov. 27, 2011
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Oman to showcase its oceans at Yeosu
Oman has pledged to introduce its geography, history and culture to the world by taking part in next year’s Yeosu Expo. The Sultanate has set up a ministerial committee to supervise its preparations for the Yeosu 2012 international exposition to run in the South Jeolla Province costal city under the slogan of “Living Oceans and Coasts.”The Omani Sultanate has announced that it will create a 786 square-meter pavilion under the theme of “Care for Marine Wealth” to demonstrate Sultan Qaboos’ desire
Foreign AffairsNov. 27, 2011
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Korea, Chile sign pork protection pact
Korean and Chilean pork producers are to benefit from knowledge and technology exchange programs following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two countries. Anibal Ariztia, national director of the Chilean Livestock and Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection Service (SAG) updated his organization’s MOU with the Korean Livestock and Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection Services (QIA) while visiting Seoul earlier this month. The revised pact will boost cooperation on preventi
Foreign AffairsNov. 27, 2011
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Kids to draw on Southeast Asia
A children’s drawing contest is to give Korean elementary school students the chance to depict their favorite place in Southeast Asia. The “My Friend ASEAN” competition aims to raise awareness of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and to promote global citizenship among the younger generation. The ASEAN-Korea Centre will take entries from Dec. 1-23.Certificates and prizes will be awarded to 70 winners and their artwork will be exhibited at the ASEAN Hall in the Seoul Press Center Buildin
Foreign AffairsNov. 27, 2011
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Spanish art is writ large on Korean roofs
A Spanish artist has created giant murals on the roofs of several Korean buildings. Santiago Morilla, from Madrid, created the large-scale artwork depicting semi-submerged people on top of buildings at the Gyeonggi Creation Center, where he is currently taking an artistic residency. His exhibition “Water Beacons, a warning to navigators” is open to the public indefinitely at the center in the Danwon-gu area of Ansan. His previous works include a rooftop art project for the Royal Spain Academy lo
Foreign AffairsNov. 27, 2011
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German reunification expert advises olive branch to N.K.
A German reunification expert has said that concessions from South Korea to the North now could smooth the two countries’ reunion should the communist regime suddenly collapse.Professor Horst Teltschik, former director general at the West German Federal Chancellery, joined a consultation group here to share his experiences following the collapse of the German Democratic Republic that was East Germany. Germany was divided from the end of World War II until the Berlin Wall was torn down in 1989.Te
Foreign AffairsNov. 27, 2011
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Asian security ‘vital’ for new U.K. envoy
The U.K.’s new ambassador to Seoul expressed “major concern” over North Korea’s nuclear weapons programs on his first day in office. He also stressed the importance of Britain’s relations with South Korea.“We’re acutely concerned about the role that North Korea plays in proliferation and the way in which it is trying to sell nuclear technology, know-how and equipment to people who are interested in acquiring them,” Scott Wightman said Thursday, a day before presenting his credentials to Presiden
Foreign AffairsNov. 27, 2011
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Green designs link Danes with Korea
Denmark has sought inspiration from Korea on how to connect the Scandinavian country’s cities using green transport. Danish politician Per Seerup Knudsen visited the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology to view cutting-edge Online Electric Vehicle (OLEV) technology. “We found the research by KAIST very interesting because of what we want to do in Copenhagen,” he said.The councilor for the Capital Region of Denmark said that green technology like the OLEV buses viewed at the KAIST s
Foreign AffairsNov. 27, 2011
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N. Korea bolsters coastal patrol to deter defection: sources
North Korea's navy has bolstered its coastal patrol to deter its nationals from defecting to South Korea via the sea, South Korean sources said Sunday."North Korean patrol boats have ratcheted up their monitoring in waters off Tungsangot, Haeju and Kangryong," one source said, referring to areas all
North KoreaNov. 27, 2011
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Head of Seoul district police station assaulted by FTA protesters
(Yonhap News)Police have in custody a man who allegedly assaulted chief of Jongno Police Station Park Geon-chan. According to the police, the assailant, identified by his surname Kim, assaulted Park on Sunday during a demonstration protesting against the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, resulting in
Social AffairsNov. 27, 2011
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Pastor jailed for 18 months for adultery
A South Korean Christian pastor was jailed for 18 months for having a decade-long affair with a woman whose wedding he had officiated at, a court said Saturday.Adultery in South Korea is a criminal offence punishable by up to two years in prison but most offenders usually receive only suspended jail
Social AffairsNov. 26, 2011
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Activists send leaflets, socks to N. Korea via air
A small group of South Korean activists on Saturday sent balloons carrying propaganda leaflets into North Korea, an activity labeled by the North as an attempt to topple its communist regime.Also carried by the large balloons flown from the northern border city of Paju were 1,500 pairs of winter soc
Social AffairsNov. 26, 2011
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S. Korea seizes 5 Chinese boats over illegal fishing
Maritime police in the southwestern port city of Mokpo said Saturday they have seized five Chinese fishing boats on suspicions of poaching in South Korean waters.Mokpo maritime police seized the five boats in waters some 25 kilometers southwest of the island of Gageo, off the country's southwestern
Social AffairsNov. 26, 2011
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Nexon says data of MapleStory's overseas members safe
Nexon Korea Corp. said Saturday that no data of MapleStory overseas members was leaked in the recent security breach that compromised private details of 13.2 million Korean online game players.The massive private data leakage hit gamers of the internationally popular online game earlier this week, a
Social AffairsNov. 26, 2011
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Sexual harassment recognized as work-related injury for first time
A state agency on workers' welfare has decided to compensate a female worker who suffered from repeated sexual harassment at her workplace, the agency said Saturday, acknowledging her sufferings as workplace injuries.This is the first time the Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Services acknowl
Social AffairsNov. 26, 2011
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Police officers take group action against probe rules
More than 2,700 turn in handcuffs in symbolic protestThousands of police officers plan to turn in their handcuffs to the government as a symbolic gesture to protest a proposed change in criminal investigation procedures. “We will use the symbolic act of turning in our handcuffs to the Prime Minister’s Office and the Justice Ministry to demonstrate how seriously we take the case,” said one police official Friday, declining to be named.So far, 2,747 officers have expressed their intent to join the
Social AffairsNov. 25, 2011
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Judge's Facebook post criticizing Lee over U.S. FTA stirs debate
The Supreme Court said Friday it has decided to refer a senior judge to the ethics committee to determine whether his recent Facebook post that criticized the government violated political neutrality.The judge in Seoul, whose identity was withheld, criticized President Lee Myung-bak and his Cabinet
Social AffairsNov. 25, 2011
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GNP workshop to set reform path
Aims to chart policy direction next week, reformists suggest heavier tax for ultra-richThe ruling Grand National Party seeks to chart a clear direction for reforms during a workshop on Tuesday in efforts to regain public support ahead of general and presidential elections next year.The workshop will be a crucial venue for the party to discuss how to make a sweeping, fundamental makeover of its policies and personnel, officials said. It will be held at a convention hall in Gimpo International Air
PoliticsNov. 25, 2011
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Having a car without the hassle of owning one
Korea is starting to see a growing trend that could change the way people view public transportation and personal vehicles.Carsharing, an idea that began in Europe beginning in the 1980s and took the U.S. by storm in the late 90s, blurs the line between the two.Carsharing is a vehicle coop system where members borrow cars on an hourly basis, offering more convenience than transportation at a cheaper cost than owning a car.Korea Carsharing is bringing the idea to Korea, where most people utilize
Social AffairsNov. 25, 2011
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Myeong-dong, Mt. Nam voted best places in Seoul
Myeong-dong and Mount Nam have been chosen as Seoul’s biggest tourist attractions, according to a survey released Friday.Through the survey, Seoul Metropolitan Government found that Mount Nam’s tradition of hanging a lock with a significant other on the lookout platform fence was the most popular activity for foreigners.Of the 1,849 tourists surveyed in the study, 16 percent voted Mount Nam as Seoul’s most attractive location for its romantic ambience.Another 13.4 percent of the foreigners found
Social AffairsNov. 25, 2011