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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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Students with history of violence will be barred from becoming teachers
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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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Probe of first lady on Dior bag allegations set to begin
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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Candidates eschew flashy campaigns
In terms of campaigning, the race for Seoul mayor was characterized by how relatively unflashy it was, focusing instead on volunteering and directly communicating with citizens.The most conspicuous change from past races was the relative lack of loudspeakers, which were typical of street campaigning in the past.The two candidates decided they should listen more and speak less to win the public’s heart, especially considering the public’s general discontent with politics and the ongoing economic
PoliticsOct. 26, 2011
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Teachers’ trip to help Ulsan Orphans
A teachers’ volunteer group is to host a trip to an Ulsan orphanage on Sunday. The T-hope Korea ― which stands for Teachers Helping Other People Everywhere ― is seeking at least 30 people to help with four different activities catering to 100 kids at the Eon-yang home from 3-5 p.m. The activities are divided into: Those for nursery and kindergarten students; arts, crafts and hiking for elementary and middle school students; games and chatting for high school girls; and soccer for high school boy
Oct. 26, 2011
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Pets win prizes for CARE
A charity dog costume contest will be held in Seoul on Oct. 30. The event to benefit Korean animal charities will run from 1-6 p.m. at Roofers bar in Itaewon. The event for Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth will see pooches decked-out in costumes take part in talent shows to win prizes. Owners are invited to dress up too at the Halloween-themed event. Entry to the contest is a suggested donation of 5,000 won to go towards CARE’s work to protect animals in Korea. The charity aims to prevent
Oct. 26, 2011
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Booze for donations at Busan bar
A party is to be held in Busan on Thursday to collect cash and goods to help a women’s shelter there. The event at HQ Jangsan from 7:30-11 p.m. is part of a drive to collect items needed by vulnerable women seeking refuge at Busan Women’s Shelter. A free Cass beer or shot will be offered to every person bringing a toiletry item to donate to the drive. Those who are unable to attend the event can still donate items at the bar, near Jansan Subway Station’s exit 5, or at other drop-off points inclu
Oct. 26, 2011
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Day of events raises millions to fight cancer
Two fund-raisers to support cancer sufferers have made almost 4.5 million won in one day. First, a Cancer Sucks event at White Box Theatre in Seoul on Saturday afternoon raised almost 2 million won for the Korean Cancer Society.Participants paid 10,000 won each to dress up and dance to record a music video. “Overall, it was a fabulous event,” said organizer Mitzi Kaufman. “A huge thank you is due to all the donors, volunteers, and participants.”Kim Seon-mi of the Korean Cancer society said: “The
Oct. 26, 2011
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Voters hope new Seoul mayor will bring better welfare
Although it was early in the morning with the mercury dipping to 3 degrees Celsius, the lowest this fall, voters in Seoul cast their ballots in the hopes that the new mayor would enhance their welfare. Featuring an unprecedented contest between a ruling party standard-bearer and a civil society leader, the by-election drew keen attention as its outcome was expected to be a crucial gauge of public sentiment ahead of the general and presidential elections next year.“All voters including myself wan
PoliticsOct. 26, 2011
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Pets win prizes for CARE
A charity dog costume contest will be held in Seoul on Oct. 30. The event to benefit Korean animal charities will run from 1-6 p.m. at Roofers bar in Itaewon. The event for Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth will see pooches decked-out in costumes take part in talent shows to win prizes. Owners are invited to dress up too at the Halloween-themed event. Entry to the contest is a suggested donation of 5,000 won to go towards CARE’s work to protect animals in Korea. The charity aims to prevent s
Oct. 26, 2011
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Day of events raises millions to fight cancer
Two fund-raisers to support cancer sufferers have made almost 4.5 million won in one day. First, a Cancer Sucks event at White Box Theatre in Seoul on Saturday afternoon raised almost 2 million won for the Korean Cancer Society.Participants paid 10,000 won each to dress up and dance to record a music video. “Overall, it was a fabulous event,” said organizer Mitzi Kaufman. “A huge thank you is due to all the donors, volunteers, and participants.”Kim Seon-mi of the Korean Cancer society said: “The
Oct. 26, 2011
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Sharing through art
Artists from here and abroad are to display works inspired by the House of Sharing in December. The Multi-Media Art Exhibition will center on themes of sexual slavery, human trafficking, and violence towards women.The “Liberating Herstories” exhibition will also feature paintings by former “comfort women,” who have used art as a form of therapy to exorcise the pain of their past experiences, such as a painting entitled “Punish the Responsible” by survivor Kang Duk-gyeong, which calls for vindica
Oct. 26, 2011
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Teachers’ trip to help Ulsan Orphans
A teachers’ volunteer group is to host a trip to an Ulsan orphanage on Sunday. The T-hope Korea -- which stands for Teachers Helping Other People Everywhere -- is seeking at least 30 people to help with four different activities catering to 100 kids at the Eon-yang home from 3-5 p.m. The activities are divided into: Those for nursery and kindergarten students; arts, crafts and hiking for elementary and middle school students; games and chatting for high school girls; and soccer for high school b
Oct. 26, 2011
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Booze for donations at Busan bar
A party is to be held in Busan on Thursday to collect cash and goods to help a women’s shelter there. The event at HQ Jangsan from 7:30-11 p.m. is part of a drive to collect items needed by vulnerable women seeking refuge at Busan Women’s Shelter. A free Cass beer or shot will be offered to every person bringing a toiletry item to donate to the drive. Those who are unable to attend the event can still donate items at the bar, near Jansan Subway Station’s exit 5, or at other drop-off points inclu
Oct. 26, 2011
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Seoul nuclear envoy heads to Moscow for N. Korea talks
South Korea’s top nuclear envoy left for Russia Wednesday to coordinate their joint strategy on how to revive the stalled six-party talks on ending North Korea’s nuclear weapons programs. The three-day visit by Lim Sung-nam to Moscow came a day after North Korea and the United States concluded two days of “very positive” talks in Geneva, but no agreement to restart the six-nation negotiations, involving the two Koreas, the U.S., China, Russia and Japan, was reached. The Geneva talks followed up
North KoreaOct. 26, 2011
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‘Comfort women’ push on for apology
One thousand protests on, sexual slavery victims still waiting for Japan’s ‘sorry’She did not think it would end in this way. But Wednesday Dec. 14 will mark the 1,000th and final weekly protest by Pak Ok-seon and other surviving “comfort women” in Korea. The survivors of mass organized sexual slavery at the hands of the Japanese military throughout the Asia-Pacific region up to World War II, have been demanding the Japanese government’s apology for almost twenty years.The women ― many of whom a
Oct. 26, 2011
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Kang Dong-suk to perform hope concerts
Violinist Kang Dong-suk is to be accompanied by the Shanghai Oriental Symphony Orchestra to perform in four cities in Korea to raise funds for children. The performances are to support a center for children from low income families. Kang Dong-suk’s Hope Concert will be staged from Sunday to Wednesday. This is the twelfth year the concerts have been held in conjunction with the international relief organization Korea Food for the Hungry International and GSK with the goal of brightening the futur
Oct. 26, 2011
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Samsung to dismantle medical center
Samsung Group revamped its healthcare unit Wednesday by splitting Samsung Medical Center into three independent hospitals for the sake of management efficiency, officials said.Currently, Samsung Medical Center includes Samsung Seoul Hospital in Ilwon-dong in southern Seoul, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital in northern Seoul and Samsung Changwon Hospital in South Gyeongsang Province. The group headquarters appointed Yoon Soon-bong, former CEO of the group’s petrochemical unit, as president of Samsung Seo
Social AffairsOct. 26, 2011
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Konkuk University opens animal stem cell center
Konkuk University opened an animal stem cell research institute Wednesday to treat rare or hard-to-cure animal diseases.Professor Jung Pyung-hyun of the school’s veterinary department said the Animal Stem Cell Center will treat animals by using stem cells extracted from fat tissue.The center said it has enhanced efficiency because it takes less than three hours for veterinary surgeons to extract stem cells from fat tissue, refine them and use them for treatment. Fat cells contain 1,000 times mor
Social AffairsOct. 26, 2011
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Election watchdog’s website attacked by DDoS
Police are investigating what and who caused the state election watchdog’s website to crash for about two hours on Wednesday morning, keeping in mind the possibility of a so-called “distributed-denial-of-service” attack, officials said.The website of the National Election Commission crashed between 6:15 a.m. and 8:50 a.m. when many voters visited it to locate polling stations where they could cast their ballots for the by-elections for Seoul mayor.Investigators suspect that the website crashed d
Social AffairsOct. 26, 2011
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U.S., N.K. seen ready to move forward in talks
Meeting indicates main partners will keep moving for 6-way dialogue: Seoul officialAlthough the two sides failed to forge an actual deal regarding the resumption of international denuclearization dialogue, talks between the United States and North Korea this week may have provided necessary steps to finally get there, observers in Seoul said Wednesday. Representatives from Washington and Pyongyang held two-day talks in Geneva on Monday and Tuesday, as members of the six-nation dialogue aimed at
Foreign AffairsOct. 26, 2011
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Five new online universities to open next year
The Education Ministry has authorized five new online universities, which are expected to open next year, officials said Wednesday. Konyang University in South Chungcheong Province has been approved by the ministry to provide undergraduate online courses, which will be available next March. For graduate courses, four universities, Daegu, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Sejong and Hanyang, were given permission to open special purpose online graduate schools.The Konyang online university wi
Social AffairsOct. 26, 2011
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Police chief takes fire for authorizing firearms
The chief of police here is facing heated opposition from human rights organizations and even some officers after telling front line police to use their firearms more often. This will be the third time that the National Police Agency Commissioner-General Cho Hyun-oh has ordered his officers to more readily use their firearms after officers simply watched a massive gang fight unfold. “Police will wage war against organized gangsters by the end of this year,” said Cho.“I will allow all kinds of eq
Social AffairsOct. 26, 2011