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Key S. Korean, USFK special operations officials to hold rare meeting amid NK threats
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Jennie, Stray Kids's Met Gala attendance puts them on 'digital guillotine' blacklist
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Korean industries gauge impact of Biden's steep tariffs on China
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Controversy brews over shakeup of prosecutors amid probe of first lady
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OpenAI gives ChatGPT new powers to see, hear
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Another suspect behind murder of Korean tourist in Pattaya arrested in Cambodia
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S. Korea to inject $70m into AI-powered public education
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Do Korean doctors make too much money?
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[KH Explains] Naver’s Line dilemma: Lose global footing for cash?
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[Herald Interview] Carbon breakthrough in Korea: Making diamonds at atmospheric pressure
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Two teenagers arrested for killing dogs
(MCT)Two high school boys who confessed to killing dogs "for fun" were arrested in what investigators said Tuesday was probably the first incident of criminal punishment in the country for cruelty against animals.The high school teenagers from Yangju, on the outskirts of Seoul, are accused of stealing and clubbing the dogs to death during the month of December. Local police said they are suspected
Social AffairsJan. 25, 2011
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Only one out of five S. Koreans considers grandparents part of 'family': survey
As few as one out of five South Koreans considers his or her grandparents as "part of the family," according to a recent survey, reflecting the shrinking definition of a family in the rapidly changing society.According to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, only 23.4 percent of 4,754 respondents said in the survey released Monday that they consider their paternal grandparents to be part of
Social AffairsJan. 25, 2011
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High-tech gear helped S. Korea raid on pirates
High-tech equipment and carefully planned tactics helped Seoul's navy rescue a South Korean ship and its crew from Somali pirates, military officials said Monday.Navy commandos on Friday stormed the Samho Jewelry, a 11,500-ton freighter hijacked on January 15 in the Arabian Sea, and rescued all 21 crew members -- eight South Koreans, two Indonesians and 11 from Myanmar.Eight pirates were killed an
PoliticsJan. 25, 2011
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Constitutional revision splits ruling bloc
Lee meets with GNP leaders to call for stronger president-party relationshipPresident Lee Myung-bak’s conservative party is in dispute over whether the parliament should revise the country’s decades-old Constitution within Lee’s term, a move that could change the political landscape ahead of big elections.The ruling Grand National Party said Monday it will hold a three-day all members’ meeting ear
PoliticsJan. 24, 2011
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Seoul tourism promotion project on the rocks as budget shrinks
Programs for foreigners fall victim to council's anachronismThe spat between Seoul City government and city council is likely to ruin the administration’s efforts to promote local tourism, as many programs for foreigners have been downsized due to a budget shortage this year.The Seoul Metropolitan Government last week announced this year’s cultural experience programs for foreigners, under which i
Social AffairsJan. 24, 2011
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Calls rise for more ships to fight pirates
Calls are growing for the government and shipping firms to strengthen measures against Somali pirates, particularly following reports that pirates have threatened to take revenge for the killing of their comrades by South Korean troops.Currently, the best way to protect seamen passing perilous areas in the Indian Ocean appears to be strengthening self-defense measures such as establishing a bullet
PoliticsJan. 24, 2011
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Parents seek new inquiry on Filipino woman’s death
The parents of a migrant Filipino wife are requesting a reinvestigation into her alleged suicide, believing that her mistreatment may have led to her death here, reports said.According to a Philippine daily, the father of 24-year-old Cathy Deocades requested earlier this month that an autopsy be performed on her body after it was returned to the Philippines. He hopes to reopen a thorough investiga
Social AffairsJan. 24, 2011
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S. Korea rolls out armed version of T-50 trainer jet
South Korea on Monday rolled out the first armed version of its T-50 supersonic trainer aircraft, designed to carry out entry-level tactical training missions, according to the state military acquisition agency.The armed variant of the T-50, the nation’s first homegrown trainer jet, is intended to train fledgling military pilots on air-to-air and air-to-surface missions before their full operation
PoliticsJan. 24, 2011
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Late SNU student receives honorary diploma for work in Tanzania
Seoul National University is to award a student who died while volunteering in Tanzania with an honorary diploma.Architecture major Lee Young-jun passed away last July, after finishing design plans for a school in Boma Ng’ombe, Tanzania.The veteran volunteer died of a heart attack while swimming, just before he was due to return to Korea.Lee, who was 24 years old at the time of his death, had spen
Social AffairsJan. 24, 2011
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Ministry unveils 101 welfare goals
The government on Monday unveiled 101 welfare goals aimed at improving people’s daily life in more specific ways. The Ministry of Health and Welfare has selected the 101 policy items that will be implemented within the year without additional budgeting or legal revisions. “Even though the economy is getting better since last year, the recovery has not yet been reflected in people’s lives, especial
Social AffairsJan. 24, 2011
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21/2 years for drug use actor
An actor who confessed to smuggling in and using drugs was sentenced to two and a half years in jail by a Seoul court Monday. The prosecution had demanded four years.Kim Seong-min, 38, was arrested and indicted by prosecutors last month on charges of bringing in methamphetamines and marijuana from the Philippines on several occasions from April 2008 to August 2010 and consuming them at his residen
Social AffairsJan. 24, 2011
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Phone keeps ringing in Ukrainian crocodile's tummy
(AP)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) _ The crocodile in ``Peter Pan'' happily went ``tick-tock'' after swallowing an alarm clock but a crocodile in Ukraine has been a little less fortunate.Gena, a 14-year-old crocodile at an aquarium in the eastern city of Dnipropetrovsk, has been refusing food and acting listless after eating a cell phone dropped by a woman as she tried to photograph him.Aquarium workers initi
InternationalJan. 24, 2011
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Slump-hit U.K. does beauty on the cheap
Protect your skin from aging with cream for babies’ bottoms A cream, intended to soothe nappy rash, has become a hit face cream for women in Britain. U.K. supermarket chain Waitrose launched the Baby Bottom Butter in 2005, designed to allay irritation of the skin on baby bottoms. Now it’s selling like hotcakes as more women experience the true value of the cream -- not only protecting babies’ bott
InternationalJan. 24, 2011
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S. Korea expected to bring captured pirates to Seoul for trial: official
The five Somali pirates captured alive by South Korea's navy commandos during a mission to rescue a hijacked cargo ship in the Arabian Sea are expected to be brought to Seoul for a trial here, a senior government official said Sunday."At first, we have been in consultations with neighboring countries (of Somalia) on how to hold them accountable. Unless that option is available, we will bring them
PoliticsJan. 24, 2011
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Motorists risk lives to collect coins strewn on highway
REMBAU, Malaysia -- An accident that resulted in about RM75,000 worth of coins being strewn on a highway saw motorists risking their lives as they scrambled to get the money.They parked their vehicles haphazardly along KM234 of the North-South Expressway and scooped the coins into helmets, pockets, plastic bags and whatever else that they could find until they were stopped by the police.Some were
Social AffairsJan. 24, 2011
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U.S. surprised at high level of N. Korea's uranium plant: Hecker
SAN FRANCISCO -- U.S. officials were surprised at the high level of sophistication in North Korea's uranium enrichment facility, an American nuclear scientist said, when he gave them the first-hand account of what he saw in the communist nation. Siegfried Hecker, a Stanford University professor, visited North Korea's main nuclear complex in Yongbyon during a trip to the isolated nation in Nov
North KoreaJan. 24, 2011
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The female warriors of tomorrow train today
First co-ed ROTC cadets go through military training side by side with men, look to change attitudesSEONGNAM, Gyeonggi Province ― At a military training camp in the mountainous outskirts of Seoul, Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets in camouflage, equipped with K-2 assault rifles, strike at their imagined enemy with the butt of their weapons.Closer examination of the future warriors reveals some
Social AffairsJan. 24, 2011
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Kim Jong-il meets with head of Egyptian mobile firm Orascom
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il met with the head of an Egyptian company that provides mobile phone service in the isolated communist nation, state media reported Monday. Naguib Sawiris, chairman and CEO of Orascom Telecom Holding, has been in North Korea for a visit since Friday. The Cairo-based firm has been providing mobile phone service in the North jointly with a local company since late 20
North KoreaJan. 24, 2011
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Russia's chief nuclear envoy on N.Korea to visit Seoul this week
Russia's chief negotiator for the long-stalled talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program will visit South Korea this week, Seoul's foreign ministry said Sunday, the latest in a flurry of diplomacy aimed at seeking ways to resume the six-party negotiations.Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Borodavkin will arrive in Seoul on Friday and hold talks with his South Korean counterpart Wi Sung-l
North KoreaJan. 23, 2011
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Former pastor given 9 years for sex with minors
A former pastor has been sentenced to nine years in prison for having sex with underage members of his congregation, the Seoul High Court said Sunday. The 65-year-old man, surnamed Kang, had been indicted on charges of having sex with his victims, including a then 11-year-old girl, and sexually molesting three others at his church in 2006.He was also found to have taken photos of them in sexual po
Social AffairsJan. 23, 2011