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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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[Graphic News] Beer the most favored alcoholic drink by Koreans
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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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Medical professors set to take day off amid protracted walkouts by junior doctors
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Police officer jumps barefoot into drainage tunnel to save man
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Yoon interacts with public for 1st time since election defeat
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Lee Sun-kyun's posthumuous film to hit theaters in August
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Defense chiefs of S. Korea, Mongolia to hold talks
The defense chiefs of South Korea and Mongolia will hold talks in Seoul on Thursday to discuss ways to enhance bilateral military ties, the Ministry of National Defense said Tuesday.South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin and his Mongolian counterpart Luvsanvandan Bold are also scheduled to discuss regional security issues including North Korean provocations such as the sinking of the corvette
PoliticsApril 19, 2011
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Artists performing in Seoul to get 50 public ‘open theaters’
Seoul City said Tuesday that it will create art performance venues in 50 spots around the city for artists and citizens to show off their artistic talent.The “Open Art Theater” project will start on May 22, with “talent donations” by professional and amateur artists. Those who participate in the project will be given some financial support for their performances.A total of 50 locations were select
Social AffairsApril 19, 2011
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P.M. calls for meticulous preparations for China FTA
Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik said Tuesday that South Korea needs to make “meticulous and creative” preparations for a free trade pact with China by carefully studying the possible ramifications the deal may bring about on the local economy.“China is actively raising the need for a free trade agreement with South Korea,” Kim said during a Cabinet meeting. “There need to be meticulous and creative p
PoliticsApril 19, 2011
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Ministry to abolish parenticide clause
The clause on parenticide, which places additional criminal penalty on murderers who have killed their parents, is to be deleted from the criminal law.The criminal law revision committee met in the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office on Monday and resolved to rid the criminal law of the special clause, according to the Justice Ministry on Tuesday.Under the present law, those who have murdered their own pa
Social AffairsApril 19, 2011
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Help urged for disabled rape victims
Being a disabled woman in Korea means you are exposed to double discrimination: for being physically or mentally challenged and for being female. The government estimates that there are nearly 5 million disabled people in Korea ― half of them women. As minorities, they face difficulties in every area of their lives. Most seriously, disabled women can be exposed to sexual assault. According to a st
Social AffairsApril 19, 2011
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2% of North Koreans use mobile phones
A North Korean village (Yonhap News)The number of mobile phone users in North Korea jumped nearly fivefold in 2010 to exceed 430,000, nearly 2 percent of its population, Orascom Telecom, the sole telecom operator in the communist country. The Egypt-based wireless carrier said in its annual report that North Korean subscribers totaled 431,919 in December last year, an increase of 470 percent from 9
North KoreaApril 19, 2011
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Hungry six-year boy drives mother’s car
A hungry 6-year-old boy in Oregon was reportedly rescued after crashing his mother’s minivan which he had driven to buy food on Sunday.The boy, whose name has not been revealed, had managed to drive his mother’s vehicle to buy some food, according a local newspaper.Though he did not wear the seatbelt, the boy was not injured because the car was running very slowly. It crashed into some mailboxes a
Social AffairsApril 19, 2011
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Robots in Japanese reactors detect high radiation
TOKYO (AP) -- Readings Monday from robots that entered two crippled buildings at Japan's tsunami-flooded nuclear plant for the first time in more than a month revealed a harsh environment still too radioactive for workers to enter. Nuclear officials said the radiation data for Unit 1 and Unit 3 at the tsunami-flooded Fukushima Dai-ichi plant _ collected by U.S.-made robots that look like draftin
InternationalApril 18, 2011
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S. Korea says China issued verbal invitation to N. Korea's heir apparent
Senior Chinese officials invited North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's heir apparent son, Kim Jong-un, to visit Beijing during their trip to Pyongyang in recent months, an opposition lawmaker said Monday, citing South Korea's spy chief. The verbal invitation is widely seen as China's seal of approval for Kim's plan to hand over power to his youngest son in what would mark the communist regime's seco
North KoreaApril 18, 2011
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Pre-election polls put races on knife edge
As the by-election campaigns heat up, public opinion of the candidates is shooting up and down, keeping the parties in suspense to the last minute.In the Bundang-B Constituency where the most fierce battle is expected, Sohn Hak-kyu of the main opposition Democratic Party is putting up a good fight despite the region’s traditional support for the conservative party.In a survey conducted by JoongAng
PoliticsApril 18, 2011
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Lee discusses FTA, N.K. with U.S. Senate delegation
President Lee Myung-bak on Monday met with U.S. Senator Jim Webb, who chairs a senate subcommittee on the East Asian region, to discuss North Korean issues as well as the bilateral free trade agreement that is pending approval from their respective parliaments.Lee appreciated Webb’s efforts as chairman of the Subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific Affairs for early ratification of the Korea-U.S. FT
PoliticsApril 18, 2011
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Lee calls for jobs for the disabled
President Lee Myung-bak on Monday called on both public and private sectors to provide more jobs for physically challenged people“I believe it is necessary for the private sector, in addition to the government and public institutions, to increase employment of disabled people as well,” Lee was quoted as saying in a weekly meeting with his top aides by his spokesperson Kim Hee-jung.The president al
PoliticsApril 18, 2011
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Seoul insists on N. Korea apology before dialogue
North Korea will have a hard time making progress in its peace talks with the rival South and other regional powers unless it first apologizes for the two deadly attacks it conducted against Seoul last year, officials here said Monday. The comments by senior officials here come as the Seoul government is yielding to international pressure by agreeing to hold nuclear talks with Pyongyang. Internati
Foreign AffairsApril 18, 2011
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Junior lawmakers vow cooperation on FTA
Cross-party group aims to have free-trade deal ratified during current sessionA dozen junior lawmakers of the ruling and opposition parties met Monday and agreed to pass the Korea-EU Free Trade Agreement in the National Assembly within the present plenary session.“Parties shall come up with supplementary means to protect the local agriculture industry from the impact of the FTA and do their best to have the agreement passed,” the lawmakers said in a joint statement.They also pledged to refrain f
PoliticsApril 18, 2011
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Six regions to receive medical tourism support
Six local administrations will receive subsidies of 2 billion won ($1.8 million) to boost medical tourism, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Monday.Gyeonggi Province is to invest in the field of minimally invasive surgery; Jeju in oncology treatment; Daegu in hair implantation and treatment; South Jeolla Province in joint treatment; North Jeolla Province in robot surgery and Daejeon in medic
Social AffairsApril 18, 2011
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Heavy rain, cold spell expected until Wed.
After weeks of mild spring weather, thunder, storms and even snowfall are expected this week on the Korean Peninsula, the Korea Meteorological Administration said Monday. According to its weekly forecast, rain will pour across the nation by Tuesday, drawing up to 80 millimeters of rainfall in Gangwon and North Gyeongsang Provinces while smaller amounts are expected in other regions, including Seou
Social AffairsApril 18, 2011
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Japan donations surpass W55b
Donations for disaster relief in Japan surpassed 55 billion won amid an exceptional outpouring of sympathy toward Korea’s closest neighbor.According to major charities on Monday, the total donations made here amounted to about 55.6 billion won ($51 million) one month after the deadly earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan’s northeastern coast on March 11. The Korean Red Cross collected 39.2 billi
Social AffairsApril 18, 2011
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Court suggests ‘conditional discharge’ bail of suspects
Korea’s Supreme Court suggested Monday that judges be allowed to discharge suspects on conditional bail as a way to bridge differences with the prosecution over the country’s controversial pre-trial warrant issuance system.The two legal sectors have long been at odds over what prosecutors claim is the court’s “much too strict” standard in issuing arrest and search warrants. The court argues such a
Social AffairsApril 18, 2011
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Hyundai hacker suspect arrested
Police have arrested a 40-year-old man who reportedly planned the theft of customer information from Hyundai Capital earlier this month, putting more than 420,000 people’s privacy in danger.However, they have yet to locate his accomplices residing in the Philippines and China. According to officers at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, the suspect surnamed Heo handed in 20 million won ($18,500)
Social AffairsApril 18, 2011
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Boy handcuffed after argument over spilt milk
A 12-year-old boy was reportedly handcuffed and detained by a U.S. school resource officer after an argument over milk he spilt. The sixth-grader at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Indiana was to face juvenile probation, according to a local newspaper.On Tuesday, the school staffer ordered him to clean up after he spilt milk on the table during lunch. The boy refused and shouted back at him.The
Social AffairsApril 18, 2011