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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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KT launches new mobile plans for foreign residents
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Prosecutors watch SNS for smear campaigns
Prosecutors here released guidelines Wednesday regarding the use of social networking services for political campaigning, in an effort to check illegal electoral practices a week before the capital’s mayoral by-election. According to the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office and the National Election Commissi
Social AffairsOct. 19, 2011
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N.K. leader’s grandson draws international attention
Looking like an ordinary teenager, Kim asks media to respect privacy as he starts school in BosniaAs one of the most reclusive countries in the world, North Korea has a strange force that draws outsiders’ attention and curiosity to the veiled lives of its leader and the “royal family.” When Kim Jong
North KoreaOct. 19, 2011
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Dozens probed for pro-N.K. online activity
Korean Air pilot accused of posting pro-Pyongyang messages onlineAbout 40 internet users, including a Korean Air pilot, are under investigation for their postings online that praise North Korea, which law enforcement authorities in the South view as a breach of the national security law. According t
Social AffairsOct. 19, 2011
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Mayoral runners strive for public poll lead
Rival camps battled on Wednesday to take the lead in the last public polls for the Oct. 26 Seoul mayoral by-election.According to the election law, public survey results may not be made public during the last six days of campaigning, which is next Wednesday.Also, the increasing number of swing votes
PoliticsOct. 19, 2011
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N.K. speeds up work to spruce up Pyongyang
Major construction works set to mark Kim Il-sung’s centennial birthdayNorth Korea is carrying out a slew of construction works in Pyongyang despite its economic woes, in an apparent move to cosmetically improve the capital ahead of its self-imposed 2012 deadline to become a “strong and p
PoliticsOct. 19, 2011
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China’s vice premier to visit S. Korea
Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang will visit South Korea next week for talks on bilateral relations and Korean Peninsula issues, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Wednesday.Li is the seventh-ranked member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China and is expected to rise to premie
Foreign AffairsOct. 19, 2011
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European consortium of Typhoon fighter jet offers technology transfer to S. Korea
MUNICH/MADRID (Yonhap News) -- With South Korea scheduled to select the winner of its project for 60 new fighter jets next fall, the European consortium of Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft has offered to fully share its technology with its South Korean partners.Germany, Spain, Italy and Britain are part
DefenseOct. 19, 2011
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About 40 public workers under probe for pro-N. Korea activities
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Yonhap) -- About 40 people, including public officials and soldiers, are under police investigation on suspicion of producing or circulating pro-North Korean materials on the Internet in breach of the National Security Law, police said Wednesday.The people under probe are suspected o
Social AffairsOct. 19, 2011
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Multiple citizenship holders banned from becoming judges, prosecutors
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Yonhap) -- Multiple citizenship holders will be barred from joining courts or prosecutors' offices here as part of the government's efforts to better protect national security, the Justice Ministry said Wednesday.Under the legal revision drafted by the ministry earlier this week, mul
Social AffairsOct. 19, 2011
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Obama to sign FTAs on Friday
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Barack Obama will sign the free trade accords with South Korea, Colombia and Panama on Friday, completing Washington's long-delayed legislative and administrative procedures necessary for the implementation of the deals, according to the White House.Oba
PoliticsOct. 19, 2011
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Lee to hold summit with Japan's prime minister
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was to hold a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Wednesday to talk mainly about bilateral relations, North Korea and a possible free trade agreement between the two neighbors.Noda arrived in Seoul on Wednesday for a t
PoliticsOct. 19, 2011
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S. Korean pilot under probe for pro-North Korea activities
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Yonhap) -- A local pilot with a South Korean passenger airline is under police investigation on suspicion of uploading pro-North Korean materials on the Internet in breach of the National Security Law, police said Wednesday.The 44-year-old plane captain surnamed Kim posted about 60 a
Social AffairsOct. 19, 2011
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Restaurateurs demand lower card costs
Tens of thousands of restaurant owners rally at Olympic Stadium in Seoul on Tuesday, demanding credit card firms lower commission rates for restaurants. (Park Hae-mook/The Korea Herald)In a rare collective action, owners of restaurants across the country rallied in Seoul on Tuesday, demanding a cut
Social AffairsOct. 18, 2011
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Opposition blocks committee’s action on U.S. FTA bill
Committee to hold more debates on Korea-U.S. FTA later this weekThe parliamentary committee on foreign affairs, trade and unification on Tuesday decided to extend the debate on the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement Thursday and Friday before voting on the bill, as opposition lawmakers boycotted a comm
PoliticsOct. 18, 2011
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‘90% of N. Koreans see Kim’s word as law’
Nine out of every 10 North Korean defectors regard their leader Kim Jong-il’s words as law, contrary to expectations of North Korean citizens’ weakening loyalty to the totalitarian regime, a survey showed Tuesday. About 90 percent of the defectors said the dictator’s instructions “were laws to keep
North KoreaOct. 18, 2011
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Defense Ministry expands budget for cyber defense
The national budget to protect defense systems against cyber attacks has been increased for next year amid increasing threats, the defense ministry said Tuesday.The ministry said in a statement that the budget allocated for defending defense information for next year has been pegged at 25.8 billion
DefenseOct. 18, 2011
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N.K. official threatens war with South Korea
ATHENS (Yonhap News) ― A senior North Korean official, who is on a rare trip to the United States, said Monday the security condition on the Korean Peninsula is so unstable that a war may occur again anytime.Rhee Jong-hyuk, a ranking member of the all-powerful Workers’ Party of the communist nation,
North KoreaOct. 18, 2011
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N.K. defector joins S. Korea’s spy agency
A North Korean defector who formerly served as a key member of Pyongyang’s youth organization was recently appointed a researcher of an organization affiliated with Seoul’s spy agency, a source said Tuesday. The defector, Sol Jong-sik, who had headed the Yanggang Province for the League of Kim Il-su
North KoreaOct. 18, 2011
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Park hits back at Na and GNP
Change of stance seen as move to make up for image tarnished by attacksThe race for Seoul mayor is to intensify this week as liberal candidate Park Won-soon launched an aggressive counterattack against the ruling party’s negative campaigning.The liberal bloc’s unified candidate, together with the ma
PoliticsOct. 18, 2011
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Hagwon required to double check foreign teachers’ history
English language private institutions will be required to check the passports, visas and foreign registration cards of foreign teachers before employment, according to a revised law related to private institutions, the Education Ministry said Tuesday. According to the law which will take effect in O
Social AffairsOct. 18, 2011