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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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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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[KH Explains] Can tech firms' AI alliances take on Nvidia?
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With Indonesia unable to pay full share, what’s next for KF-21 fighter project?
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Speaker floats dual citizenship as solution to falling births
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Expats to help little angels at orphanage
Volunteers will help out at an orphanage for disabled children on Saturday, Aug. 6. The group will meet inside Yeonsinnae Subway Station near Exit 3 at 1:30 p.m. before going to the Angel House children’s home by bus.Once there, the expats will cook food for the children before eating with the residents. They will also help with washing and cleaning as well as playing with the children there.Each
July 20, 2011
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Teach English to kids this Saturday
Plur logoPLUR members are set to teach English to disadvantaged kids in Seoul this Saturday. Volunteers for the group Peace, Love, Unity and Respect are to teach low-level English learners from 2-4 p.m. at Sarang Eui Geul Bang, a short bus ride from Seoul’s Silim Subway Station. The group will teach and play with kids, giving them a rare chance to spend time and interact with foreigners. For more
July 20, 2011
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Learning how to protect pets in Gwangju
A British animal welfare expert is to talk at an animal welfare training session in Gwangju. People taking part in the session will learn about preventing animal abuse from an expert from the U.K.’s Royal Society for the Protection of Animals. RSPCA Head of External Affairs Paul Littlefair will talk about the animal welfare situation in the U.K. in terms of promoting and evaluating protection meas
July 20, 2011
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Making kindness contagious in Seoul
A group of benevolent strangers is seeking donations for a pay-it-forward project in Korea. Seoul Giving Club is to hold a giveaway next month. Organizers are inviting people to make financial donations to the club’s biggest pay-it-forward event to date. The movement aims to spread goodwill by performing small acts of kindness and encouraging the recipients to do the same for others.A Seoul Giving
July 20, 2011
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N.K. art project seeks a kick start
Kirsty Taylor An art historian is seeking donations to fund a digital photo book of North Korean art. An academic delegation is to travel to North Korea this August. The group of students and professors from around the world is to meet North Korean academics and visit some of the isolated country’s important cultural sites. They will visit landmarks often promoted to visitors by the Pyongyang gove
July 20, 2011
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Chance to teach N.K. kids and others
North Korean defectors are in need of English teachers this summer. Native English speakers are being sought to teach elementary and middle school students at a Hana Center near Daecheong Subway Station in Seoul. The Hana regional support centers help North Koreans continue to adjust to life in the south. They are the next step in integrating refugees into life here after they finish the three mon
July 20, 2011
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Saving children means giving kids a voice
Charity aims to improve young people’s rights and end child abuseMost kids in South Korea no longer lack food or shelter. But too many of them lack another necessity, according to Save the Children Korea president Kim No-bo ― they are missing a voice. By this, he means the ability for kids here to speak out in their own interest. “My greatest concern is on child abuse,” he said. “The major issue i
July 20, 2011
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Seoul plans women-only subway cars
Female commuters may soon have a safe haven from sex offenders when riding the subway, as the capital plans to introduce women-only cars, city officials said Wednesday.In order to protect women from sexual assault, the Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to gather public opinion on the measure by next month, and implement a trial run by September. According to officials, the trial run will be held
PoliticsJuly 20, 2011
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Man physically abuses senior for being gentle to wife
A man who allegedly beat up a man in his 60s for offering a seat to his wife was booked without detention, according to Busan Dong-nae Police Station.The accused, whose name has only been released as Lee, was travelling in a bus with his spouse last Thursday when an older man let the wife take his seat.Lee hurled abuse at the old man for showing hospitality to “someone else’s wife.” He then tried
Social AffairsJuly 20, 2011
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N. Korea imports luxury goods for ruling elites despite food shortages
North Korea has continued its shopping spree for Armani, Gucci and other luxury goods for its ruling elites, a South Korean official said Wednesday, the latest sign that international sanctions on the North have not been fully implemented.The U.N. sanctions imposed on Pyongyang for its nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009 ban the communist country from trading in weapons of mass destruction, some conven
North KoreaJuly 20, 2011
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Teenager arrested for necrophilia
A male teenager was arrested Wednesday for sexually violating the corpse of a woman who had fallen from an apartment following an apparent suicide. The 16-year-old high-school student told police that he wanted to see “what would happen.” The incident happened in an apartment complex in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province on Monday.According to police, he found the 68-year-old woman dead in a ga
Social AffairsJuly 20, 2011
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Informal markets help N. Korea survive: expert
North Korea has been able to survive unaffected by Arab Spring-style political unrest due to its tolerance for "inconsistencies" like informal markets within a communist state, a top North Korean expert said Tuesday."What makes North Korea still viable and function? We can see all kinds of gaps in this system and one of them is informal markets," Stephen W. Linton, chairman of the Eugene Bell Foun
North KoreaJuly 20, 2011
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Highest suicide rate in the developed world
Alarm bells are ringing loudly over the rapidly growing number of suicides among aged Koreans.Figures from Statistics Korea show the number of suicides per 100,000 people aged 65 or over increased 5.38 times from 14.3 in 1990 to 77 in 2009. In comparison, the figures for age groups of 15-34 years and 35-64 years rose by 2.49 times and 3.41 times to 23.2 and 35.9, respectively, over the same period
Social AffairsJuly 19, 2011
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Lonely life, solitary death
Calls mounting for better safety net for aged people living aloneA 65-year-old woman surnamed Park was found dead in an apartment where she had lived alone in Asan, South Chungcheong Province, on a freezing day in February. Just two hours earlier, police had discovered a 55-year-old man, who had also been living in solitude, lying dead in a neighboring apartment.Police officers, who visited their
Social AffairsJuly 19, 2011
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Military adopts new rules against barracks abuse
The military has introduced new rules to block the physical and verbal abuses that are allegedly rampant inside barracks, officials said Tuesday.The measures came in the wake of a deadly shooting spree by a marine in his barracks early this month. Under the rules adopted by the Defense Ministry, enlisted soldiers, excluding squad or team leaders, may no longer order or instruct fellow soldiers, an
Social AffairsJuly 19, 2011
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Seoul moving to approve flour aid to North Korea
South Korea does not ban civic groups from sending flour and other humanitarian supplies to North Korea, an official here said Tuesday, hinting at a new policy direction on aid, which has been banned since the North’s November naval attack. Seoul has been cautious about sending flour to Pyongyang due to its possible use as military provisions. The purported approval indicates South Korea’s softeni
North KoreaJuly 19, 2011
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North Korea fakes news photo again
North Korea has been accused of doctoring a news photo to exaggerate damage from recent rains.The image showing pedestrians wading through thigh-high water on a Pyongyang street was released by North Korea’s state run Korea Central News Agency to the Associated Press, as part of their recently-signed licensing deal. The left photo provided by North Korea’s state-run KCNA is believed to have been
North KoreaJuly 19, 2011
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Park says will run in her constituency next year
Park Geun-hye, a leading presidential hopeful of the ruling Grand National Party, said Tuesday that she will run in the general election next year in her constituency in Dalseong in the southeastern city of Daegu. “I made a promise to voters (that I will not abandon my constituency) and I intend to keep that,” she told a group of reporters in the city. She was visiting a sports stadium where an in
PoliticsJuly 19, 2011
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DP outlines demands for changes to Korea-U.S. free trade accord
The main opposition Democratic Party on Tuesday outlined 10 areas for renegotiation of the free trade agreement with the United States, ratcheting up its opposition to ratification of the pact. “We demand the government redo the negotiation and restore a balance of interests, which was tilted in favor of the U.S. in last year’s renegotiation,” Rep. Kim Jin-pyo, floor leader of the DP, said. The pa
PoliticsJuly 19, 2011
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Lee champions national unity, PyeongChang’s development
President Lee Myung-bak stressed that PyeongChang should be developed into a tourist attraction after the 2018 Winter Olympic Games during his luncheon meeting Tuesday with the five representatives of the National Assembly, the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, the nation’s election watchdog and the Cabinet. “We (Koreans) were less united in our first and second bids, but we were really uni
PoliticsJuly 19, 2011