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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Ship linked to NK arms shipments to Russia is moored in China: State Dept.
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Military searches for stray landmines
Joint Chiefs of Staff mobilizes 1,700 troops to join restoration effortsThe military has ordered a search in southern Seoul, as well as in Gyeonggi and Gangwon Provinces to verify whether landmines and other ammunitions were washed into populated areas following torrential rains this week, officials said Thursday.It has also sent some 1,700 troops and heavy equipment to help restore the areas that
Social AffairsJuly 28, 2011
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International media covers Seoul daily
Seoul attractions have been covered at least once a day on average by international news media in the first half of the year, Seoul City government said.Worldwide news media have broadcast the capital 285 times in news coverage and TV broadcasts since January this year. The figure showed that the main focus of many international reports has expanded from the city’s tradition to little known attrac
Social AffairsJuly 28, 2011
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Gangnam streets, COEX Mall showcase latest trends
If Seoul displays Korean tradition and history north of the Han River, the city’s southern part, particularly the southeastern Gangnam area, reflects the country’s latest trends. Three Gangnam streets ― Garosu-gil, Rodeo Street in Apgujeong and Cheongdam Fashion Street ― and the COEX Mall all have something to show from fashion to entertainment. They can be easily accessed by either subway or bus
Social AffairsJuly 28, 2011
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Parties focus on flood countermeasures
GNP calls for emergency action; DP slams Seoul’s ‘neglect’ of safety dutiesAmid the record-breaking flood damage in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province, political parties cancelled most of their parliamentary schedules and focused on aid measures and victims’ relief activities.The Grand National Party was especially tense as Seocho-gu and Gangseo-gu, the two districts hardest hit, are both represented by
PoliticsJuly 28, 2011
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Policeman dies in river rescue
A conscripted policeman was found dead in Dongducheon, north of Seoul, early Thursday after being swept away in flash floods while trying to rescue a drowning civilian. Jo Min-su, 21, was lost in the rapids at around 9:35 p.m. Wednesday while trying to save a man hanging onto a fence of a U.S. army base in the swelled waters of Shincheon Stream. Jo Min-suHis body was found about 5 hours later, so
Social AffairsJuly 28, 2011
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Seoul braces for more rain
Seoulites must be prepared for more rain through Friday, with the weather agency forecasting some 150 millimeters of rainfall in the central region. Rain will continue in central parts of the peninsula through Friday afternoon with the rain front moving southward later that day, the Korea Meteorological Administration said. A section of the Olympic Expressway and parts of a riverside park near Ha
Social AffairsJuly 28, 2011
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Neighbors devastated by landslides
In an area normally known for its classical music scene, Seocho district on Thursday is now in disarray, some 24 hours after the torrential downpour that caused a landslide at Mount Umyeon. Sections of Nambu-Sunhwan-ro, a ring road, a few meters from the Seoul Arts Center, are still submerged in waist deep mud, water, tree branches, trash and even a hypodermic needle. Firefighters and soldiers cle
Social AffairsJuly 28, 2011
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Weak ground on Mt. Umyeon prompts deadly landslides
The landslides on Mount Umyeon in southern Seoul on Wednesday after two days of torrential rain could be attributed to weak ground, experts said Thursday.They also noted that the Seoul municipality did not take sufficient measures to stave off landslides even though concerns have persistently been raised over the possibility of earth falls near it. Downpours on the mountain took the lives of 17 pe
Social AffairsJuly 28, 2011
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Asian youths quizzed on activism
A network promoting human rights across Asia is asking young people to fill out an online survey. The Asia Pacific Youth Network wants people in Korea and other countries in the region to answer questions on youth activism by Aug. 12. Every 100th respondent will also be given a small prize. In just three years, the group has grown from 20 youth activists to a network which has taken almost 30,000
July 28, 2011
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Social enterprise training and lecture
A U.K. expert is to coach Korean students on social enterprise next week. Social entrepreneur Clifford Southcombe is to visit Seoul from Aug. 1-4 to train students taking part in Social Venture Competition Asia.A founder of his country’s social enterprise movement, Southcombe will also give a lecture at Sookmyung Women’s University on Monday. Southcombe managed one of the U.K.’s first successful c
July 28, 2011
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Day to help homeless people in Busan
Helpers prepare food for homeless people at a previous Busan event. (Kwon Ki-Jai)An event to help homeless people in Busan is being held on Saturday. Expats with Busan ATEK Volunteer group are set to help out Korean volunteers at the event to run from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Busanjin Station yard. Those taking part will spend four hours giving out free meals to homeless people at the station. For
July 28, 2011
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Internet freedom forum to be held in Seoul
A forum on Korea’s Internet freedom is to be held in Seoul on Saturday, Aug. 6. The Asia Chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association has organized the forum, which is in part sponsored by TNM Media, blog Nanoomi.net and Platoon Kunsthalle. The event to be held from 12―3 p.m. at Platoon Kunsthalle in Gangnam will examine Northeast Asia’s changing media landscape.A panel discussion will ex
July 28, 2011
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Summer camp to help kids go native
Volunteers and donors are being sought to give kids a taste of native English teaching in South Jeolla Province. The 2nd Annual HOPE Summer English Camp is to take 10 skilled ESL teachers to a rural elementary school in Suncheon. Organizers said the camp would give students at Haeryong Elementary School a rare chance to interact with foreigners. “Although Gyeonggi Provincal Office of Education ha
July 28, 2011
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Teacher makes marathon effort to help fight cancer
A native English teacher in Korea is set to run a marathon to raise money to fight cancer. Nick Scherf, who teaches at the Hanyang Oregon Language Institute in Seoul, is to run in honor of his parents who both suffered from the disease.Scherf, 25, has been planning the 42-kilometer run since his father died of esophageal cancer in March 2008. His mother, Sandra, was diagnosed with breast cancer ju
July 28, 2011
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Dying wish for U.S. bill to aid refugees
Han lobbying for laws to allow American families to adopt N.K. orphansHis hard-won adoption by an American professor transformed Han Sang-man’s destiny from that of a North Korean street boy to a successful U.S. businessman with the means to help other refugees.His adoptive father, Arthur Schneider, took the orphaned Han under his wing while serving here in the aftermath of the Korean War. Schneid
July 28, 2011
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Lee not to grant special pardon for Liberation Day
President Lee Myung-bak will not grant special pardons for local prisoners and convicted people on the National Liberation Day, which falls on Aug. 15, one of Lee's close aides said Thursday. South Korea's president usually grants a special pardon in commemoration of major national holidays. The Liberation Day marks the end of the 1910-45 Japanese colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula. "This yea
PoliticsJuly 28, 2011
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Personal info of 35 million Cyworld, Nate users hacked
SK Communications Co. said on Thursday that personal information of its 35 million online users has been hacked, marking South Korea’s worst online security breach and sparking fears that the leak could lead to massive online and voice scams in coming weeks. “The company has confirmed that a leak of customers’ information has taken place due to hacking on July 26,” SK said in a statement. “The spe
Social AffairsJuly 28, 2011
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Land mines buried in landslide-hit Seoul neighborhood: military
About 10 landmines remain buried in a Seoul mountain pounded by recent rainstorms and the military is bracing for possible contingencies, the defense ministry said Thursday.At a press briefing, ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said the military has removed most of the mines buried near an air defense artillery unit on Mount Umyeon, but "about 10 mines" have not been recovered.Dozens of homes in sou
Social AffairsJuly 28, 2011
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Rescuers search for landslide victims
Thousands of rescuers used heavy machinery and shovels Thursday to clear mud and search for survivors after huge landslides and flooding killed at least 39 people in South Korea.Three others were reported missing in the wake of the massive rains that have pounded Seoul and surrounding areas since Tuesday. It was the heaviest rainfall in South Korea this year.Among the dead were 10 college students
Social AffairsJuly 28, 2011
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S. Korea sends additional 100 tons of flour to N. Korea
A South Korean Catholic charity group delivered 100 tons of flour to North Korea on Thursday, following the resumption of South Korea's flour aid to the impoverished North earlier this week, officials said.Four South Korean trucks carrying 100 tons of flour crossed the heavily fortified border on Thursday morning to deliver the aid to North Korea to help ease the country's chronic food shortages,
North KoreaJuly 28, 2011