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No plan to let doctors with foreign licenses practice here anytime soon: PM
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Ador CEO's dismissal to be decided on last day of May
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Science Ministry expresses regret over Japan’s pressure on Naver
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Haeundae Beach to become sand art museum in late May
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Hostilities get out of hand as YouTuber murders another outside courthouse
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Yoon interacts with public for 1st time since election defeat
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[Weekender] Pet food makers bet big on ‘recession-free’ pet food market
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Police officer jumps barefoot into drainage tunnel to save man
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Lee Sun-kyun's posthumuous film to hit theaters in August
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N. Korea says to deploy new multiple rocket launcher starting this year
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[URGENT] N. Korean leader's Russian visit imminent, Seoul's spy
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is likely to embark on a Russian visit as early as Saturday, South Korea’s intelligence officials said Friday. “Kim Jong-il’s visit to Russia appears imminent,” an official at the National Intelligence Agency told a parliamentary intelligence committee, according to m
North KoreaAug. 19, 2011
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Ewha Univ. cancels Paju campus plan
Ewha Womans University, the nation’s most prestigious women’s school, on Friday scrapped its plan to build a campus on the site of a former U.S. military camp in Paju, north of Seoul, citing price issues. The price of the campus site, owned by the Ministry of Defense, has gone up to a level that the
Social AffairsAug. 19, 2011
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Roh ordered attack on Japanese ships near Dokdo: aide
Former President Roh Moo-hyun had ordered his maritime police to smash into Japanese vessels in 2006 if they approached Dokdo in an attempt to claim the easternmost Korean islets, one of the late leader‘s former aides said. Roh, president from 2003-2008, was known for his hard-line stance on Japan’s
PoliticsAug. 19, 2011
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Widow of shipping firm chief embezzles company fund
Prosecutors indicted the widow of the deceased chairman of an off-shore shipping company for embezzlement.According to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, the 47-year-old woman surnamed Kim colluded with her husband’s secretary in misappropriating 100 billion won ($92.4 million) between
Social AffairsAug. 19, 2011
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Woman abandons her four infants
(Yonhap News)A 38-year-old woman has been booked for abandoning her four newborn babies in Namhae, South Gyeongsang Province, local police said.The mother admitted that she deserted four babies including a 4-day-old boy she gave birth to last month. She was seen on closed-circuit camera leaving her
Social AffairsAug. 19, 2011
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N. Korea proposed summit talks with U.S., professor claims
North Korea proposed holding a summit with the United States in an apparent bid to seek a breakthrough for reopening the stalled aid-for-denuclearization talks, a South Korean professor claimed Friday. The proposal was made in late July when North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan hel
North KoreaAug. 19, 2011
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U.S. to offer $900,000 in relief aid for N. Korea
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) -- The United States announced a decision Thursday to provide $900,000 worth of emergency aid to flood-ravaged North Korea less than a month after the two sides resumed high-level dialogue."In response to humanitarian needs arising from recent flooding in the Democratic Peop
North KoreaAug. 19, 2011
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Former top court justice named new Supreme Court chief
Former Supreme Court Justice Yang Seung-tae was named the new chief justice of the Supreme Court on Thursday, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said.Yang, 63, had been a justice at the top court from 2005 to February 2011. His term as the chief justice will also run six years. If approved, Yang
PoliticsAug. 18, 2011
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N.K. accepts Seoul’s video monitoring of aid distribution
North Korea has allowed Seoul to use video to monitor the distribution of food it donated, South Korea said Thursday, hinting at a possible expansion of food assistance to the northern rival. The Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation, a pro-unification civic coalition, recently submitted
North KoreaAug. 18, 2011
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6 N.K. professors study economics in Canada
SAN FRANCISCO (Yonhap News) ― Six North Korean professors are studying economics and other related subjects at a university in Canada on a months-long program initiated by the school, the program director said Wednesday, opening a rare opportunity for the people of the repressive regime.Professor Pa
North KoreaAug. 18, 2011
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U.S. envoy for six-way talks still without ambassador title: source
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to give an ambassador title to Clifford Hart, a State Department official in charge of nuclear talks with North Korea, and that is why there has been no announcement of his new position, diplomatic sources here said Wednesday.Hart, f
Foreign AffairsAug. 18, 2011
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Joint military academy bill put on public notice
The Ministry of National Defense on Thursday put on public notice a bill to establish a “joint military academy” aimed at improving jointness among the three armed services, officials said.Should the Cabinet approve the bill, the academy will be launched on Dec. 1, they said.The idea of establishing
DefenseAug. 18, 2011
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Notorious jail breaker attempts suicide in prison
Shin Chang-won, who stunned the nation with his jailbreak in 1997 and more than two years on the run, was in critical condition after attempting suicide in his prison cell on Thursday, prison officials said.The 44-year-old convict attempted suicide via strangulation using a rubber glove in his solit
Social AffairsAug. 18, 2011
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KMA to upgrade weather forecast system
The Korea Meteorological Administration will upgrade the weather radar network to enhance its forecast accuracy by 70 percent, the state weather agency announced Thursday. In a press conference to mark a two-year-anniversary of the inauguration of Ken Crawford, vice administrator of KMA, the No. 2 o
Social AffairsAug. 18, 2011
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Korean, Indonesian education ministries sign tech MOU
The Indonesian education ministry and its South Korean counterpart agreed to cooperate in the establishment of a technologically advanced classroom, said the education ministry here on Thursday.The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology signed a memorandum of understanding with Indonesia’s Mi
Social AffairsAug. 18, 2011
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Civic groups take legal action against mayor
Petition filed to recall Seoul mayor for pushing ahead with vote on free school meals With six days left before Seoul’s first-ever referendum on free school lunches, opponents of the vote have taken legal measures against Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon. The Aug. 24 plebiscite on free school meal progra
Social AffairsAug. 18, 2011
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Hanjin boss apologizes for dispute
Cho Nam-ho, chairman of Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co., apologized multiple times during a parliamentary hearing Thursday over a prolonged labor dispute at the company’s shipyard in Busan. Cho Nam-ho (left), chairman of Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co., reads prepared docu
PoliticsAug. 18, 2011
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Think tank unveils N. Korean court ruling ordering public execution
A South Korean state-run think tank on Thursday unveiled a North Korean court ruling sentencing a man to public execution, suggesting the totalitarian regime uses the punishment as part of its legal system.The Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU) said it included images of the document in
North KoreaAug. 18, 2011
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Posthumous honor for ex-WHO chief Lee Jong-wook
The late former Director-General of the World Health Organization Lee Jong-wook received a posthumous honorary doctorate on Wednesday from Seoul National University for his contributions to the development of public health.“Lee made a tremendous contribution to the development of public health and m
Social AffairsAug. 18, 2011
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Hyun Bin voted as conscription role model
A popular TV actor who enlisted in the Marine Corps for his conscription has been voted as the defining symbol of military mandatory service by netizens, the military recruitment agency said on Thursday. Hyun Bin (The Korea Herald)According to the Military Manpower Administration, actor Hyun B
DefenseAug. 18, 2011