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Seoul vows action over Naver's Line, Yahoo dispute
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[KH Explains] Hyundai Motor’s plan for new landmark keeps hitting bumps
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[Grace Kao] American racism against Stray Kids
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Key S. Korean, USFK special operations officials to hold rare meeting amid NK threats
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Samsung doubles down on Vietnam
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NewJeans' members' parents complained to Hybe, email shows
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In Beijing, S. Korean top diplomat aims to jumpstart ties with China
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Controversy brews over shakeup of prosecutors amid probe of first lady
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Suspect behind murder of Korean tourist in Pattaya arrested
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Prosecutors summon pastor involved in Dior bag scandal
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Civic groups to push for vote to rescind free school meals
An association of 150 conservative civic groups Monday filed a petition with the Seoul Metropolitan Government to collect signatures from citizens to hold a plebiscite vote on the controversial free school meal ordinance passed by the city council twice last year. “Free school meals and other splurging welfare policies are just tools of populism by populists. If the system goes around for more tha
Social AffairsJan. 31, 2011
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Watchdog probes cases of abuse in riot police
A state-run human rights watchdog has decided to investigate recent abuse cases among police troops, officials said Monday. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea said it will look into three separate cases, involving two deaths, to see if the policemen suffered physical assault or other forms of bullying in their barracks. A 21-year-old policeman at a combat unit in South Chungcheong Provi
Social AffairsJan. 31, 2011
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Yongsan to grant scholarships to students from Vietnam
The Yongsan-gu office will be connecting students from its sister city in Vietnam with top universities within its district to help promote Korea’s image, officials said Monday.Starting this year, the central Seoul district will nominate an exemplary student each year from Qui Nhon City for a full scholarship at Sookmyung Women’s University and Dankook University.The city on Vietnam’s central sout
Social AffairsJan. 31, 2011
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Hallyu stars fuel Seoul City’s website boom
More than 50 million people worldwide visited Seoul City’s international promotion websites last year, with hallyu entertainers the major reason for the boom. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the number of visitors to nine of its websites run in Japanese, English and Chinese marked 5,057,465 last year, about 15 times that of its official Korean site (www.seoul.go.kr). The lion’s sha
Social AffairsJan. 31, 2011
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Thai coalition ready for election: P.M.
Thailand’s ruling coalition is leading in opinion surveys and ready for an election that will bring stability and redress complaints that spawned violent protests since 2008, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said. “Looking at the polls, the government is slightly ahead,” Abhisit told Bloomberg Television in Davos at the World Economic Forum, without naming the polls and adding that a win can’t be
InternationalJan. 31, 2011
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Gov't seeks to increase flights departing Cairo amid Egypt protests
South Korea's foreign ministry said Monday it is working on increasing the number of flights from Cairo to Seoul to transport South Korean nationals back home amid raging anti-government protests there. "As the situation gets worse, there aren't enough flights compared to the number of our people who would like to leave Egypt," said a ministry official. "We are in talks with Korean Air to inc
PoliticsJan. 31, 2011
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Serial killer theory returns to beach corpses case
YAPHANK, New York (AP) _ The four women whose bodies were dumped along a desolate beachfront strip on Long Island were all prostitutes who booked their clients online and were probably slain by a serial killer, authorities said Monday.This combination of photos provided by the Suffolk County Police Department shows, from left, Melissa Barthelemy, of New York's Erie County; Maureen Brainard-Barne
InternationalJan. 31, 2011
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S. Korea seeking early purchase of stealth jets: sources
South Korea is moving to introduce the fifth generation of stealth fighter jets at an early date to replace its aging Air Force fighters and to secure capabilities to counter North Korea's increasing provocations, government sources said Sunday.The move comes after the parliament cut the defense ministry's request for some 15.7 billion won (US$14 million) to launch a new fighter jet procurement pr
Social AffairsJan. 31, 2011
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S. Korean investors in Egypt begin exodus amid protests
South Korean businesses and investors in Egypt are facing inevitable damage to their operations due to increasingly violent protests there, with many of them forced to stay indoors or have their family members leave the country in a hurry, a local trade body said Monday.Many companies, including Samsung, LG and Hyundai Motor, have decided to immediately bring home the families of their workers in
InternationalJan. 31, 2011
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Turkish man seeks protection from sex-mad wife
A desperate Turkish man has turned to police for protection against his wife who constantly demanded sex. The weary man claims he had been sleeping on his sofa for the past four years in an attempt to avoid his wife who has an insatiable appetite for sex. (MCT)According to the AFP, the exhausted husband went to police for help on Tuesday and plans to file for divorce with his wife of 18 years and
Social AffairsJan. 31, 2011
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German police protection from sex-mad wife
BERLIN, (AFP) - A desperate Turkish man living in Germany has turned to the police for protection from his insatiable wife's constant demands for sex, authorities said on Wednesday.(MCT)The man came to his local police station in southwestern Germany on Tuesdaysaying that he had been sleeping on the sofa for the past four years to escapethe clutches of his wife of 18 years and mother of their two
InternationalJan. 31, 2011
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Pirates to face food, climate and language barriers
Life behind the bars for the Somali pirates transferred to Korea will be tough: they are expected to struggle with lack of heat, plus food and language barriers. Since it is the first time Korean investigators have dealt with suspects of this type, the police are on alert for emergencies that could hinder a smooth investigation process.According to the Busan Coast Guard, who will conduct the initi
Social AffairsJan. 30, 2011
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Korean troops to join U.S. peace-keeping exercise
Korean marine and naval troops are to participate in a multinational humanitarian exercise to take place from Feb. 7-18 in Thailand, officials said.It is the second time for Korean troops to join the Cobra Gold exercise, which the U.S. Pacific Command and the Thai military command have annually organized to practice multinational peace-keeping operations since 1981.The exercise, which will occur i
DefenseJan. 30, 2011
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Wounded captain needs more surgery
Seok, 58, survives operation following Samho Jewelry rescue mission Surgery on the seriously wounded captain Seok Hae-kyun of the Samho Jewelry was showing neither optimistic nor pessimistic results, doctors at Ajou University Hospital said Sunday. Hospital chief Ryu Hee-sug, said the captain’s three-and-half-hour operation was tough. Seok Hae-kyun, the wounded captain of the Samho Jewelry, is tak
Social AffairsJan. 30, 2011
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Corporations donate to CCK even as public holds back
When a scandal over the misuse of funds by Community Chest Korea hit in mid-October, donations to South Korea’s biggest charity plummeted.But while much of the public shunned the charity, major conglomerates such as Samsung Group, POSCO and LG Group donated large sums of money just weeks after the scandal erupted.Both Samsung and POSCO defended their donations recently, while LG declined to commen
Social AffairsJan. 30, 2011
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Detective says killed mother for insurance
A 20-year veteran detective charged with killing his mother has confessed that the allegedly botched insurance fraud attempt was initially his suggestion, police said Sunday, in a case that is shaking the country’s faith in police,The suspect, surnamed Lee, initially said Saturday that the spinal insurance fraud was first conspired by his mother to cover the 20 million won ($17,930) personal debt
Social AffairsJan. 30, 2011
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Resumption of six-party talks ‘fully up to N.K.’: Minister Kim
Instead of setting preconditions, South Korea will watch how much veracity North Korea shows toward denuclearization and the two deadly attacks last year in their upcoming talks to decide when to restart larger-scale peace talks, Seoul’s foreign minister said. The comments by Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan come as the two Koreas are preparing to hold defense talks viewed by regional powers as a st
PoliticsJan. 30, 2011
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‘The two talks will inevitably affect one another’
The following are excerpts from the interview with Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan. ― Ed. The Korea Herald: Regarding the upcoming inter-Korean dialogue, what is the government’s official position on not linking North Korea’s apology for the attacks last year with the resumption of the six-party talks?Kim Sung-hwan: While we can set the conditions for the inter-Korean talks and have the initiative,
PoliticsJan. 30, 2011
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Five Somali pirates arrested for sea robbery
A local court Sunday issued arrest warrants for five Somali pirates who hijacked a Korean ship in the Arabian Sea and wounded its captain, leaving him in critical condition. This is the first time foreigners have been called into court over piracy. If convicted, they could spend more than five years behind bars. If proved to have shot the Korean captain at close range, those responsible could be g
Social AffairsJan. 30, 2011
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Tough balancing act for Obama on Egypt
WASHINGTON (AP) ― President Barack Obama tried to win over Egyptians enraged by their autocratic ruler and assure an essential ally that the U.S. stood by it.His four-minute speech from the White House on Friday evening was a balancing act. He had much to lose in the chaos engulfing Egypt, where protesters are demanding that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak step down from a government violently cl
InternationalJan. 30, 2011