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Over 80,000 millionaires, 20 billionaires in Seoul: report
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Yoon apologizes for first lady Dior bag scandal, calls push for special probe ‘political’
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Korean battery makers heave sigh of relief over 2-year IRA reprieve
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South Korea open to Indonesian proposal to cut KF-21 payments
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Korea forecast to overtake Taiwan in chip production by 2032: report
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Girl hanging on bridge, police trying to rescue her both fall off; rescued immediately
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Coupang earnings hit hard by losses from ailing Farfetch
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[K-pop’s dilemma] Time, profit pressures work against originality
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Why femicide and dating violence are growing issues in S. Korea
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[K-pop’s dilemma] Can K-pop break free from ‘fandom’ model?
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North Korea masterminded March cyber attacks: police
South Korean police said Wednesday that North Korea was behind the massive cyber attacks that severely slowed and disrupted dozens of South Korean government and business websites last month.The sites of about 30 key South Korean government agencies, including the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae, and financial institutions came under a so-called distributed denial-of-service attack on March 4, w
North KoreaApril 6, 2011
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Virginia State exempts Korean license holders from driving test
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― South Korean Ambassador Han Duck-soo on Tuesday exchanged a memorandum of understanding with Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia that will exempt holders of a South Korean drivers license from taking tests.The “Driver’s License Reciprocity Arrangement” will allow holders of a South Korean drivers license to get a Virginia license without taking a written and driving test.Unde
Social AffairsApril 6, 2011
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Lunchtime music in Seoul
Seoul City will be holding a bimonthly lunchtime garden concert in English to help promote its English study cafe, according to officials.The concert, to be held every second and fourth Wednesday of the month, kicks off with music by an Ecuadorian band and will be followed by live folk music from various countries including Russia, Mongolia, Mexico and others, officials said.The performances will
Social AffairsApril 6, 2011
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‘Artificial rain mulled to ...block Japan radioactivity’
The nation’s weather agency considered creating an artificial rainstorm above the Taebaek Mountains along the eastern coast to block the inflow of radioactive materials from Japan’s crippled nuclear plant, an opposition legislator said Wednesday.Rep. Shin Hak-yong of the Democratic Party said he was told that the Korea Meteorological Agency attempted the rainmaking despite the possibility of causi
PoliticsApril 6, 2011
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Joint civic body to deal with Korea-Japan conflicts
Civic groups have for the first time joined to form a permanent consultative body to urge Japan to solve ongoing conflicts and apologize for its annexation of Korea a century ago.Next Friday, some 20 Japan-related civic groups here will launch the Korea-Japan Citizens’ Consultative Body, a consolidated body to request that Japan settle historical conflicts, according to the Institution for Researc
Social AffairsApril 6, 2011
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U.S. finds no evidence to relist N.K. as terrorism sponsor
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― The Obama administration said Tuesday it has not yet found enough evidence to relist North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism.“There’s a very specific procedure, though, to designating someone as a state sponsor of terror, with specific criteria that need to be met,” State Department spokesman Mark Toner said.“There’s a legal process to doing that. And I’m not aware t
North KoreaApril 6, 2011
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N. Korea tests new submarine in naval drills
North Korea has strengthened the intensity of its naval drills this year by deploying a new submarine, prompting South Korea’s military to raise its level of vigilance, a government source here said Wednesday.“North Korea is on naval maneuvers near its bases off the East Sea and Yellow Sea by mobilizing five to six submarines, including a new Sango class submarine,” the source said on the conditio
North KoreaApril 6, 2011
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S. Korea to launch task force against radioactive water from Japan
South Korea will launch a task force to handle possible contingencies from Japan's recent discharge of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, an official said Wednesday. The decision came after a series of inter-agency meetings held earlier in the day, where officials from relevant ministries agreed to coordinate their response, the foreign ministry official said on the condition of anonymi
Social AffairsApril 6, 2011
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Radioactive water leak into sea stops at Fukushima
(Yonhap News)Radioactive water leak into sea stops at FukushimaTOKYO (AFP) - A leak of highly radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant was stopped Wednesday, the operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) announced."Workers confirmed at 5:38 am (2038 GMT) that the water running off out of a pit had stopped," the embattled operator said in a statement.TE
PoliticsApril 6, 2011
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Travelers seek beauty in Gangnam
Half of Seoul’s plastic surgery and skincare clinics located in the districtThis is the first of a three-part article on medical tourism in Gangnam-gu, southern Seoul. ― Ed. Jenny Cheng, a Chinese-American living in Las Vegas, stopped over in Korea last month en route to China. It was a brief stay of less than six hours, but enough to receive laser wrinkle-removal thanks to several online consulta
Social AffairsApril 6, 2011
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Man kills high school friend after 30yrs of bullying: police
(MCT)Man kills friend after 30 years of bullying: police Seoul police have arrested a 47-year-old man on charges of stabbing his high school friend to death.Seoul Suseo Police Station said the man, surnamed Yoo, stabbed him with a 30 cm knife at a bar in Gangnam, southern Seoul, on March 31. The victim, surnamed Lee, died at the site.Yoo did not attempt to escape, said police. After being arrested
Social AffairsApril 6, 2011
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Berlusconi under pressure as sex trial looms
MILAN (AFP) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's trial on charges of sex with an underage prostitute and abuse of power opens in Milan on Wednesday after a dramatic build-up that has dented his popularity.The billionaire tycoon is no stranger to the dock after years of investigations and trials linked to his business interests but this will be the first time that his tumultuous personal li
PoliticsApril 6, 2011
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Girl claims she did not brush her teeth for 10 years
The girl who hasn't brushed her teeth for 10 years appeared on the popular TV program "Martian Virus."Everyone has a special habit. However, sometimes they get so carried away as to shock others. “Martian Virus,” a popular TV program from tvN based in Seoul, introduces those with habits or characteristics that are grotesque, but those they are proud of nonetheless.The show is to introduce a girl w
Social AffairsApril 6, 2011
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Ruling party drawing up new reunification policy
South Korea’s conservative ruling party said Tuesday it will set up new policies that actively prepare for reunifying with North Korea, as the communist state suffers from deepening food shortages and political instability. Although it would not openly admit it, the conservative Lee Myung-bak government in Seoul has been increasing measures preparing for sudden collapse of the Kim Jong-il regime i
PoliticsApril 5, 2011
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Lawmakers shrink from softer campaign rules
Four lawmakers have retracted support for a proposed revision bill which would make it harder for law-breaking elected officials to lose their seats ― with others thought likely to follow. Last Friday, Grand National Party Rep. Kim Choong-whan, along with lawmakers from other parties, submitted a revision bill to raise the minimum requirements before elected officials could be stripped of their po
PoliticsApril 5, 2011
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President Lee pledges to share river development experience with Malaysia
President Lee Myung-bak said Tuesday that his government will share its experience of dredging and developing the country’s four main rivers with Malaysia ahead of summit talks with visiting Prime Minister Mohamed Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak later in the day.“The Malaysian prime minister said he wished to take a look at the four rivers being developed,” Lee said during an Arbor Day event in Yeoju, G
PoliticsApril 5, 2011
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Seoul to foster N.K. defectors as unification force
Four-month program to train 1,000 young people from N. KoreaSouth Korea will open a program aimed at training young North Korean defectors to be resourceful workers after the reunification of the two Koreas, a civic group here said Tuesday.The four-month program, funded by the government, will train 1,000 young North Koreans, who are either college seniors or graduates, on topics such as social in
North KoreaApril 5, 2011
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Ahn Chul-soo to lecture at SNU
Ahn Chul-soo, a chair professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, has accepted a teaching offer from Seoul National University, an AhnLab official said Tuesday. Ahn, 49, is the founder of computer vaccine developer AhnLab, one of Korea’s first-generation IT startups. Ahn Chul-sooThe state-run university had earlier made an unofficial offer to Ahn for the chief position now
Social AffairsApril 5, 2011
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Seoul, Yeonggwang, Jeju get electric vehicle support
The Ministry of Environment on Tuesday designated Seoul, Jeju and Yeonggwang in South Jeolla Province as “leading cities” in promoting the use of electric vehicles across the country. Local authorities will provide residents with 168 electric vehicles and 251 recharging facilities. Korea plans to put more than 1 million electric cars in use by 2020. In Seoul, where electric buses already operate a
Social AffairsApril 5, 2011
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Money increasingly fingered as reason for divorce
Money can’t buy you love but it often makes a relationship go sour.Couple.net, a matchmaking agency, said Tuesday that the number of divorces caused by financial problems has sharply increased in the past decade. In its survey of 4,405 couples divorced between 1990 and 2009, the number of people divorcing because of money problems marked 7.1 percent between 1990 and 1999, but jumped to 12.7 percen
Social AffairsApril 5, 2011