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Over 80,000 millionaires, 20 billionaires in Seoul: report
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Yoon apologizes over first lady’s Dior bag scandal, but accuses special probe attempt as political maneuvering
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Korean battery makers heave sigh of relief over 2-year IRA reprieve
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Young Korean doctors seek plan B: cosmetic dermatology or overseas
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South Korea open to Indonesian proposal to cut KF-21 payments
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Girl hanging on bridge, police trying to rescue her both fall off; rescued immediately
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Korea forecast to overtake Taiwan in chip production by 2032: report
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Coupang earnings hit hard by losses from ailing Farfetch
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[K-pop’s dilemma] Time, profit pressures work against originality
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Why femicide and dating violence are growing issues in S. Korea
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N. Korea’s nuke tests were two too many: CTBTO chief
North Korea stands out as the only country to have conducted a nuclear test in the 21st century, pushing it into further isolation from the rest of the world, the head of an agency tasked with monitoring the main nuclear-test-ban treaty said Tuesday.“Each test is creating a problem for the DPRK and this is the choice of the DPRK,” said Tibor Toth, executive secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). DPRK is the acronym of North Kor
North KoreaNov. 8, 2011
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Lee meets new Seoul mayor amid tension over trade pact with U.S.
President Lee Myung-bak had his first face-to-face encounter with new Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon during a Cabinet meeting Tuesday, a day after Park voiced his opposition to Lee's push to get the free trade agreement with the United States to pass through parliament. (Yonhap News)Park, who was elected
PoliticsNov. 8, 2011
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SKorea approves WHO medicines shipment to NKorea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ South Korea has lifted its block on donating medicine to North Korea via the World Health Organization, amid signs of easing tension between the countries.South Korea previously had donated to a WHO program to send medicine and medical supplies to the North, but asked the o
North KoreaNov. 8, 2011
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N. Korean man defects to South on raft: source
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- A North Korean man crossed the maritime border into South Korea on a raft late last month, the same day that 21 other North Koreans were found drifting aboard a boat off the South's west coast, a government source said Tuesday."One North Korean man was discovered by our Nav
North KoreaNov. 8, 2011
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Gang members infiltrated U.S. forces in S. Korea: FBI
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- American gang members have signed up for the U.S. military forces stationed in South Korea, a recent U.S. gang assessment report showed Monday, posing possible criminal threats to local law enforcement. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said in the October report th
Social AffairsNov. 8, 2011
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GNP primed to vote on Korea-U.S. FTA bill
The ruling Grand National Party on Monday renewed its resolve to vote on the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement with the key parliamentary plenary session scheduled for Thursday after weeks of political wrangling over the ratification bill.“The Korea-U.S. FTA is a matter of national interest and of paramount importance; we can no longer tolerate the opposition’s approach (to the FTA) out of partisan interests,” GNP spokesman Kim Ki-hyun said in a briefing after the party’s supreme council meeting M
PoliticsNov. 7, 2011
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‘N.K. defector shot dead while fleeing country’
A North Korean border guard recently shot and killed a defector while trying to escape near the border with China, an activist in Seoul said.The incident is seen as part of a crackdown on the increasing number of residents risking their lives to flee the impoverished state.Kim Yong-hwa, chairman of the North Korea Refugees Human Rights Association of Korea, said he saw a defector shot dead by a North Korean border guard shortly after he crossed the river border and stepped on Chinese soil. “I ac
North KoreaNov. 7, 2011
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U.N. forum discusses nuclear security
Nuclear experts and officials from around the world kicked off an annual United Nations forum on the southern resort island of Jeju Monday to highlight the importance of strengthening nuclear security, setting the stage for a global summit of the same theme to be hosted by South Korea next year.The Republic of Korea-U.N. Joint Conference on Disarmament and Non-proliferation Issues, now into its 10th year, comes as Seoul is preparing to host some 50 world leaders in March for the second Nuclear S
Foreign AffairsNov. 7, 2011
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Three S. Korean men kidnapped in Philippines: official
Three South Korean businessmen who have been missing on a southern island in the Philippines since late last month have been confirmed as kidnapped by unidentified gunmen, a foreign ministry official in Seoul said Monday. The three Korean miners have been missing since Oct. 21 on the Philippine island of Mindanao and local police recently confirmed that they are held by gunmen, the official said on the condition of anonymity. The gunmen have demanded a ransom for the Korean miners, the official
Social AffairsNov. 7, 2011
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Qatar Education City prepares for a future without oil
DOHA, Qatar ― Qatar invests heavily in education and science, hoping to change its social and economic basis from oil to knowledge.The Amir of the country, Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, has so far put hundreds of millions of dollars into universities and research institutes. Sheikha Mozah, wife of the Amir and chairperson of the Qatar Foundation, said Qatar tried to be a “small laboratory which finds solutions for the rest of the world.” The country is a peninsula jutting into the Persian G
Social AffairsNov. 7, 2011
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U.S. NCO chief stresses troops’ diplomatic role
A top U.S. army non-commissioned officer on Monday underscored the ambassadorial role of the troops stationed here, saying that they carry diplomatic missions in addition to their military responsibilities.Concerning the recent sexual assault case involving a Second Infantry Division private, Sergeant Major of the Army Raymond F. Chandler said any misconduct by military personnel is “not what the U.S. army is about.” The 21-year-old soldier was sentenced to 10 years in jail last week for sexuall
DefenseNov. 7, 2011
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Two colleges ordered to close
Myungshin, Sungwha break education law, fail to correct wrongdoingsTwo universities in South Jeolla Province will be closed for corruption after failing to follow government demands to reform, the Education Ministry said Monday. The ministry said that Myungshin University in Suncheon and Sungwha College in Gangjin will be shut down in December because they violated the law on higher education by committing “serious corruption and irregularities” such as embezzlement and creating fake documents.T
Social AffairsNov. 7, 2011
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DP for left-wing unity, against new party
Leading figures of the main opposition Democratic Party on Monday once again called for consolidation of the liberal bloc, while stepping up pressure on professor Ahn Cheol-soo to join them and abandon the potential creation of a new political party.“The DP welcomes the integration plan suggested by Innovation and Integration, which basically agreed with our plan to bring liberal groups as one,” said the party chairman Rep. Sohn Hak-kyu in the party’s Supreme Council meeting on Monday.“Through t
PoliticsNov. 7, 2011
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U.S. lobbying firm drafted Lee’s speeches
The Korean Embassy in Washington was found to have commissioned a U.S. lobbying firm named West Wing Writers to draft President Lee Myung-bak’s speeches during his visit to Washington last month.According to data disclosed under a U.S. law, the embassy paid about $46,500 (51.8 million won) to the firm to write Lee’s speeches to the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, during the welcoming ceremony at the White House, the state dinner and a luncheon hosted by the U.S. State Department.The
PoliticsNov. 7, 2011
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GNP chairman puts off reform plans
Hong faces backlash from members demanding radical changes to ruling partyThe ruling Grand National Party chairman Rep. Hong Joon-pyo on Monday delayed talks for party reform until after the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement’s ratification.“Efforts to renew the party have now just begun,” said Hong in the party’s Supreme Council meeting.“Once the imminent FTA talks reach a conclusion, we will hold further in-depth discussion to collect a variety of opinions and then confirm our final guidelines.”T
PoliticsNov. 7, 2011
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S. Korea, Japan to stage biennial joint naval drill
South Korea and Japan will hold a biennial joint naval exercise this weekend to promote military exchanges and friendship, the Navy here said Monday.The Navy and Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force will hold their seventh annual Search and Rescue Exercise, or SAREX, this Saturday and Sunday. The exercise will be held off the east coast of Busan, some 450 kilometers southeast of Seoul. The first SAREX was held in 1999.“The exercise is designed to develop the joint response between the Navy and th
DefenseNov. 7, 2011
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GNP primed to vote on FTA Thursday
The ruling Grand National Party on Monday renewed its resolve to vote on the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement with the key parliamentary plenary session scheduled for Thursday after weeks of political wrangling over the ratification bill.“The Korea-U.S. FTA is a matter of national interest and of paramount importance; we can no longer tolerate the opposition’s approach (to the FTA) out of partisan interests,” GNP spokesman Kim Ki-hyun said in a briefing after the party’s supreme council meeting M
PoliticsNov. 7, 2011
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GNP lawmaker under probe for illegal overseas electioneering
Prosecutors are investigating allegations that Rep. Choi Kyung-hee of the ruling Grand National Party asked Koreans living in the U.S. to vote for GNP candidates in the general elections scheduled for April 11. It is against the law to urge voters to support a party in an election ahead of the official campaign period.The investigators have e-mailed those who attended a meeting of Koreans in Los Angeles in June to find out exactly what Choi said there. “We are still waiting for replies from them
Social AffairsNov. 7, 2011
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Seoul to help foreign wives visit families
The capital will pay for nearly 60 low-income multicultural families to visit the Philippines or Vietnam for family reunions.Seoul Metropolitan Government says it will provide round trip tickets to 213 people from 59 families with wives from either Vietnam or the Philippines. They will leave Tuesday.Also funding the seven-day trip will be Korea Airports Corp., which will provide expenses for the families who receive government support for basic necessities.“I’ve always wanted to visit home, but
Social AffairsNov. 7, 2011
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N.K. soldier shoots defector arriving on Chinese soil: witness
A North Korean defector was recently shot dead by the North's border guards on Chinese soil shortly after crossing a border river, a civic activist here claimed Monday, suggesting that the Pyongyang regime has toughened its crackdown on defectors."I witnessed on Oct. 22 a North Korean man shot to de
North KoreaNov. 7, 2011