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Samsung under pressure after Intel's foundry spin-off: analysts
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Yoon leaves for Prague to cement nuclear energy push
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Heavy rain to fall nationwide over weekend, but warmer fall expected
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Seoul chastises predatory pricing claims over Czech nuclear export deal
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YouTuber under fire for consoling former singer accused of bullying
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NK newspaper 'unusually' silent on new missile tests: Seoul
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Samsung CEO introduces ‘bold growth’ as new target
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Bank of Korea eyes rate cut after US Fed's historic pivot
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3 suspects apprehended for selling celebrity deepfake porn: police
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Hyundai Motor officially becomes KT’s largest shareholder
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Ratification of Korea-U.S. trade deal set to be decisive test for alliance
The planned parliamentary ratification of the Korea-U.S. free trade accord is set to put to test the solidarity of opposition groups, gauging how far they could go in forming an alliance to beat the ruling party in next year’s key elections, political observers note.The Cabinet approved a new ratification bill for the trade agreement last Friday after fixing translation errors in its Korean text a
PoliticsJune 7, 2011
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Opposition solidarity holds key to 2012 elections
DP’s move to form unified party shunned by splinter groups seeking loose allianceHe looked gloomy receiving a group of top officials from the then ruling Uri Party at his office in May 2007.“I have never seen democratic reformist forces split like this,” said Kim Dae-jung, the former president, in a subdued voice. He was referring to the wrangling between the Uri Party and other liberal groups, wh
PoliticsJune 7, 2011
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W5 bil. law suit filed against Hong Ra-hee
A gallery owner has filed a law suit worth 5 billion won against Samsung Foundation of Culture and Hong Ra-hee, director of Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, and wife of Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee.According to Seoul Central District Court, Hong Song-won, director of Gallery Seomi in Cheongdam-dong, Seoul, is accusing Hong Ra-hee and Samsung Foundation of Culture of only paying 25 billion
Social AffairsJune 7, 2011
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Jogye order mends fences with ruling elite
Buddhist sect to seek religious independenceThe Jogye Order, Korea’s largest Buddhist sect, announced on Tuesday that it would “normalize” its relationship with the ruling Grand National Party after a six-month standoff over the government’s cut of state aid for temple stay programs.Ven. Jaseung, president of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, released an official statement at the Center for Kore
Social AffairsJune 7, 2011
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Moon-gazing show to light up Hongdae
A Seoul show is to offer performance art inspired by and about the Moon on June 12. The Encyclopedia Show-Seoul’s latest performance in Hongdae is set to entertain and educate on the earth’s satellite. Poets, musicians, performance artists and visual artists are to take to the stage during the lunar event to run from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Stereo bar. Tickets cost 10,000 won and are limited to 70. G
Social AffairsJune 7, 2011
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Military catches deserted soldier
A soldier was caught seven and a half hours after fleeing from his camp in Inje, Gangwon Province with a rifle on Tuesday. An army camp in Gangwon Province (Yonhap News)According to the military authorities, the deserter, a 22-year-old private surnamed Yoon, was found while sheltering himself at a crop field 2 kilometers away from where he had run away. He reportedly showed no signs of resistan
Social AffairsJune 7, 2011
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Chung reveals desire for presidential bid
LOS ANGELES (Yonhap) -- A South Korean lawmaker and businessman, internationally known for his role in the football governing body FIFA, said Monday that he has set his sights on next year's presidential election. "Personally, I have much to improve (about myself) but I will try hard to become the presidential candidate of the Grand National Party (GNP)," Rep. Chung Mong-joon said in a meeti
PoliticsJune 7, 2011
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Presidential office calls for caution over proposal to scrap elite investigation team
The presidential office called for caution Monday in parliament's handling of a proposal to scrap an elite investigation team in the prosecution, as the chief prosecutor warned that the proposal, if adopted, would seriously undermine the prosecution's power to battle corruption. The move was seen as a de-facto opposition to the parliament's move to abolish the Central Investigation Department
PoliticsJune 6, 2011
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[Herald Interview] ‘War on Agent Orange is still ongoing’
Vietnam War veteran stresses calm amid defoliant contamination allegationsTheir missions during the Vietnam War ended four decades ago, but they are still fighting a war ― an unexpected one against illnesses resulting from their exposure to Agent Orange, a senior member of a veterans’ group here said Monday.Pointing to the gray-haired members of the Korean Disabled Veterans’ Association for Agent
Social AffairsJune 6, 2011
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Lee urges N.K. to end hostility, seek peace
President Lee Myung-bak on Monday urged North Korea to end its hostility and seek peace and prosperity, less than a week after Pyongyang apparently rejected Seoul’s behind-the-scenes proposal for summit talks.“North Korea should break away from the path of confrontation and conflict, and come out onto the path of peace and prosperity,” Lee said during a Memorial Day speech at the National Cemetery
PoliticsJune 6, 2011
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Top prosecutor says bank scandal probe will continue
Presidential office urges GNP to consider unit repeal with cautionProsecutors will continue with corruption investigations at mutual savings banks to the end, despite the move by politicians to scrap the state prosecution’s central investigation unit, Prosecutor General Kim Joon-gyu said Monday. “If a ship sails to a wrong destination, the captain should take the responsibility. There is no reason
PoliticsJune 6, 2011
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Korean picked for interpretation at ASEM meeting
The Korean language has been selected as one of five languages to be served in simultaneous interpretation at foreign ministerial talks of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Hungary, South Korean officials said Sunday, They said that it is a decision that indicates an elevated global status for South Korea.The talks, set for Monday and Tuesday in Budapest, will be simultaneously interpreted into Korean, E
Foreign AffairsJune 6, 2011
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Lawmakers to visit U.S. to promote Korea FTA
Leading members of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee are to have one-on-one meetings with U.S. Congressional counterparts to boost prospects for the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement’s ratification, officials said Monday.Reps. Nam Kyun-pil, Gu Sang-chan and Jungwook Hong ― all members of the committee and strong supporters of the KORUS FTA ― will leave for the U.S. within the week.The lawmakers will focus on individual communication with influential Congress members instead of their usua
PoliticsJune 6, 2011
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GNP to tussle over leader selection rules
Grand National Party factions are set for another fight on Tuesday over rules on the election of its new party chairman. The role is to be filled through an election at the ruling party’s national convention in July.“We are to reach an overall agreement, if not a final one, through a general meeting on how to elect our chairman,” said Rep. Hwang Woo-yea, floor leader and acting party chairman. A g
PoliticsJune 6, 2011
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[News Focus] Samhwa chief accused of political lobbying
Despite checkered history, not much known about Shin’s connectionsProsecutors are zeroing in on Shin Sam-kil, the arrested honorary chairman of Samhwa Mutual Savings Bank, as they deepen the probe into savings banks’ irregularities.Circumstantial evidence shows that Shin lobbied a number of politicians and senior government officials to save his troubled business, but very little is known about wh
Social AffairsJune 6, 2011
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Railroad operations return to normal after accident
Railroad operations connecting Seoul and Busan returned to normal after train traffic was effectively halted for more than five hours when a piece of drilling equipment fell onto the tracks, the Korea Railroad Corp. (KORAIL) said Monday. Korail employees remove a drill from railroad tracks near Uiwang Station. The fallen drill caused delays on the Saemaeul and Mugunghwa lines, as well as subway li
Social AffairsJune 6, 2011
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Fined cigarette droppers decline
Seoul City saw a rapid decrease in the number of fined cigarette droppers last year after starting a no-litter campaign in 2007, officials said Monday. The city collected about 6.2 billion won ($5.7 million) in fines from 176,069 litterbugs in 2010, according to the Seoul Metropolitan Government.The figure was the smallest since 2007 when the city launched a campaign against flicking cigarette but
Social AffairsJune 6, 2011
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[Herald Interview] ‘Korea will set new guidelines for international aid’
KOICA head to give lessons on Korea’s shift from aid recipient to donor nationBased on its experience of developing into one of the world’s largest economies from one of the poorest countries in five decades, South Korea is ready to create a shift in the international aid and development assistance paradigm, the chief of the state-run international volunteers’ group here said. “We must admit that
Foreign AffairsJune 6, 2011
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Foreigners living in S. Korea rise 1.5-fold in five years: report
The number of foreign residents in S.Korea rose 1.5-fold in five years to top 590,000 in 2010, a nationwide census showed Monday. The census, which is carried out by Statistics Korea every five years, also showed that there were 90 countries that had more than 30 nationals living in South Korea as of last year. Of the total, 50.8 percent, or 299,000, were from China, including people of Korean
Social AffairsJune 6, 2011
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UN chief virtually certain to get second term
Ban Ki-moon (Xinhua-Yonhap News)UNITED NATIONS (AP) _ The worst kept secret at the United Nations is that Ban Ki-moon wants a second term as secretary-general and will almost certainly get it, possibly this month.As he travels the world, working behind the scenes and publicly to help defuse crises and push for action on issues like climate change and women's rights, Ban has also been quietly lobby
PoliticsJune 6, 2011