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Yoon rejects Lee's proposal for pension reform talks
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US girding for possibility of N. Korea taking most provocative military actions in decade near election: NBC
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Chonnam international student found dead
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Tax-payers shouldering most of burden for pension childbirth credit programs
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Ottogi heir joins family business in US
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Korea signs off on new med school quotas
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NewJeans drops new album amid Hybe-Ador dispute
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6 out of 10 Koreans don’t plan to have babies
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Arrest warrant issued for embattled popera star Kim Ho-joong
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Income, education level increased for arranged international marriage: report
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A portrait of Korea’s aging population
Korea’s elderly population grew by 24 percent in the five years from 2005 while the country’s younger population decreased by 13 percent in the same period, the nation’s census showed.The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said in the Korea report of its 2007 Economic Surveys that
Social AffairsAug. 7, 2011
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Kim Tae-woo named head of Korean unification think tank
Kim Tae-woo, former vice president of the Korea Institute of Defense Analyses, has been appointed president of the Korean Institute for National Unification, government officials said. The appointment came at a board meeting of the Korean Research Council under the Prime Minister’s Office Friday, wh
Social AffairsAug. 7, 2011
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Koo takes U.N. post on Yeosu Expo
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Samuel Koo, a former U.N. official and journalist, as the U.N. commissioner-general for the 2012 Yeosu Expo, the Nairobi-based U.N. Environment Program said Thursday. Samuel KooKoo will manage the U.N. pavilion of the expo and play a bridging role between
Social AffairsAug. 7, 2011
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Korean language center to open in Indonesia
An Indonesian university is scheduled to open a Korean language center next month, giving traction to a movement to spread the language among a minority tribe there, officials here said Sunday.According to the Hunminjeongeum Society and Kyungpook National University, the Muhammadiyah University of B
Social AffairsAug. 7, 2011
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ASEAN Day highlights bloc’s unity
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations Committee in Seoul hosts this year’s ASEAN Day Celebration at the Banyan Tree Club and Spa Monday.On this day 44 years ago, the ASEAN declaration was signed in Bangkok, marking the establishment of a regional bloc comprised of 10 Southeast Asian nations.“Fo
Foreign AffairsAug. 7, 2011
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Brazil office in Busan ready for business
The Embassy of Brazil has officially opened their Honorary Consulate in Busan to service the southern part of the country. “We appreciate the commitment of Honorary Consul Hyun Jeong-eun (Hyundai Group chairperson) and her team in organizing the office,” said Brazil Ambassador Edmundo Fujita during
Foreign AffairsAug. 7, 2011
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KISA makes Rwanda IT hub for East Africa
The Korea Internet and Security Agency and the Rwanda Development Bank have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen bilateral cooperation in information security.Under the agreement which was signed on July 28, KISA will assist the RDB to promote the introduction of the Korean information
Foreign AffairsAug. 7, 2011
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Diplomacy change in Ireland
The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs is no more; instead they have changed their name to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.The recent move will streamline their diplomatic and business presence around the world. The nature of diplomacy has changed over the past few decades moving from a
Foreign AffairsAug. 7, 2011
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Art of Schvitzing, Finnish style diplomacy wins big
Diplomatic meetings can at times be highly stressful. Each side comes in with separate agendas looking for resolution.There are a few tools a diplomat can use to put the other side at ease: one is a good meal with pleasant company, another is over a round of drinks, but in Finland they have a comple
Foreign AffairsAug. 7, 2011
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Italian envoy, an old hat with new vision
Mercuri seeks to give a more rounded view of Italy to KoreaThe relationship between Korea and Italy is excellent, but more can be done under new pacts such as the free trade and framework agreements.Italian Ambassador Sergio Mercuri is no stranger to Korea. In the late 1980s, Mercuri was stationed i
Foreign AffairsAug. 7, 2011
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S. Korea, U.S. stage WMD removal drill during UFG exercise
South Korea and the U.S. will form a joint taskforce to detect and eliminate North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction during the upcoming annual joint military exercise later this month, a government official said Sunday.“The allies will form the joint taskforce and conduct virtual and actual drill
NationalAug. 7, 2011
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Typhoon Muifa pummels Jeju, hampers air, sea travel
Typhoon Muifa on Sunday pummeled Island Jeju and other parts of the country with strong winds and lashing rain, causing cancellations of flights and ferry services, and damaging property. On the island, the gusts also broke the bottom part of a 20-meter-tall, 600-year-old hackberry tree, Natur
Social AffairsAug. 7, 2011
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Five killed after vehicle overturns
MUJU (Yonhap News) -- Five university students were killed with as many injured Sunday when their van overturned near a tunnel in this southern county, police said.The five students from Chungnam National University died after their vehicle slammed into a guardrail on a road in Muju, about 240 kilom
Social AffairsAug. 7, 2011
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Man, woman dead in apparent Internet suicide pact
A man and a woman both in their 20s were found dead in a car Saturday in an apparent Internet-arranged suicide, police said.Police said they inhaled toxic fumes inside the vehicle on a hill in Buan, North Jeolla Province.The 29-year-old man and 26-year-old woman apparently burned coal briquettes and
Social AffairsAug. 7, 2011
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S. Korean FM departs for Russia for talks on N. Korea, bilateral issues
South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan left for Russia on Saturday to hold bilateral talks that are expected to focus on North Korea and other issues concerning the two nations.During his four-day trip, Kim will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Monday and discuss No
Foreign AffairsAug. 6, 2011
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N. Korea's life expectancy ranks 149th in the world: report
The life expectancy of an average North Korean stands at 68.9, placing it 149th among 222 countries checked, a U.S. media report said Saturday.According to Voice of America (VOA), which cited the latest findings by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the typical North Korean male born this y
North KoreaAug. 6, 2011
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S. Korea to raise reward moeny for reporting spies, spy ships
South Korea will sharply raise the amount of money given to people who report spies and spy ships as part of its efforts to raise peoples' awareness toward national security threats, the government said Saturday.The Ministry of Justice said a preannouncement of legislation has been made that will re
Social AffairsAug. 6, 2011
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Korean gunned down in Mexico City
MEXICO CITY (Yonhap News) – An employee of a South Korean conglomerate was gunned down by unknown assailants in downtown Mexico City, corporate and consulate sources said Friday.The unidentified victim who had worked for the local branch of a South Korean conglomerate was shot to death in an u
InternationalAug. 6, 2011
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U.S. weighs aid to N. Korea in flood aftermath
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) – The United States said Friday that it is "looking into" the issue of North Korea's recent flood, although the communist nation has not made a related aid request."We remain concerned about the well-being of the North Korean people," the State Department said in a pre
North KoreaAug. 6, 2011
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Cancer-causing pollutants found in water at U.S. base
A joint Korea-U.S. team investigating the alleged burial of Agent Orange at one of the U.S. army bases here said Friday that it has found no evidence yet to believe that the toxic defoliant was buried. Still, it found a trace amount of dioxin, unrelated to Agent Orange, and significant amounts of ot
Social AffairsAug. 5, 2011