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Court refuses injunction on medical school expansion
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Rare mid-May heavy snow warning issued over mountainous areas of Gangwon
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S. Korea, Cambodia forge strategic partnership
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Police raid popera singer Kim Ho-joong's house over hit-and-run suspicions
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New Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office chief vows full-fledged probe into first lady
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At U.N., Park calls for peace on peninsula
President urges N.K. to abandon nuke programs, condemns wartime sex slaverySouth Korean President Park Geun-hye urged North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons at an annual meeting of the United Nations on Wednesday, calling its nuclear ambition the greatest threat to peace on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia.“The DPRK must make the decision to give up its nuclear weapons,” Park said at the annual meeting of the United Nations held in New York on Wednesday.“The DPRK should follow in
Sept. 25, 2014
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Debate rekindled over Park’s personnel choices
Controversy is likely to deepen over Cheong Wa Dae’s personnel screening process, as the nation’s top office admitted that it had not known that a senior aide was being investigated for alleged misconduct for the last three months.The presidential office said it first learned on Friday that Song Kwang-yong, former senior presidential secretary for education and culture affairs, had been under police investigation.“On Sept. 19, the office of presidential secretary for civil affairs became aware t
Sept. 24, 2014
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Public servants fight pension reform
In response to the ruling Saenuri Party’s recent controversial proposal to cut the monthly pension for public servants by 34 percent, unionized public workers nationwide are raising funds to fight against the reform.The Confederation of Korean Government Employees’ Unions, the representative body of some 1 million public servants nationwide, plans to raise a total of 10 billion won ($9.6 million) to pressure the ruling party and its partner the Korean Pension Association to cancel the reform pro
Sept. 24, 2014
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Park vows to up S. Korea's contribution to U.N. body on climate change
South Korean President Park Geun-hye called Tuesday for global action to combat the climate crisis, pledging to contribute up to US$100 million to a U.N. organization aimed at raising funds to curb atmospheric warming.Park said the contribution includes US$50 million that South Korea is currently paying to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), a U.N. body whose secretariat went into operation in South Korea's Songdo, west of Seoul, last year."The early capitalization of the GCF is vital to the launch of
Sept. 24, 2014
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Park attends U.N. climate summit
South Korean President Park Geun-hye attended the U.N. Climate Summit held in New York on Tuesday to discuss ways to combat climate change with top global leaders and to reaffirm the nation’s commitment to the global initiative. The climate summit was held to take joint action on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a major cause of global warming. South Korea has vowed to take efforts to cut the level of carbon dioxide gas emissions by 30 percent from business-as-usual levels by 2020.Park arrived
Sept. 23, 2014
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Doctors speak out against telemedicine
While attending medical school, physician Shin Hyun-young learned there are four things that a doctor should do when examining a patient: see (inspection), listen (auscultation), touch (palpation) and tap (percussion).The doctor, however, is worried she may no longer be able to do what she is supposed to do for her patients if the controversial telemedicine bill goes into effect next year. “As doctors, there are things that must be done in person in order to make the right diagnosis,” Shin, who
Sept. 23, 2014
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Assembly could stonewall tax increases
Opposition legislators on Tuesday threatened to veto the government’s proposed tax hikes, suggesting President Park Geun-hye’s efforts to push through an expansionary budget in 2015 could be delayed.The government announced an increased spending plan for 2015 last Thursday. The proposed 376 trillion won ($361.6 billion) budget was a 5.7 percent increase from this year’s as it entailed plans to enlarge fiscal spending amid fears that the South Korean economy could fall into a deteriorating cycle
Sept. 23, 2014
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(Photo News) Korean leaders in New York
President Park Geun-hye meets with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank president Jim Yong Kim (left) at Ban’s official residence in New York on Monday. (Yonhap)
Sept. 23, 2014
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Park meets with U.N. secretary general
South Korean President Park Geun-hye met with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as she arrived in New York to address the U.N. General Assembly and discuss with top global leaders on climate change and other global challenges .Park flew from Ottawa after concluding a three-day state visit that was culminated in a signing of a free trade deal.Ban, a former South Korean foreign minister, called Park's visit to Canada a success. Park said there were "twists and turns," noting it took nine years be
Sept. 23, 2014
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Park arrives in New York for U.N. meetings
President Park Geun-hye arrived in New York early Tuesday morning (Korean time) to attend the United Nations General Assembly and climate summit to discuss ways to combat climate change. Park is scheduled to deliver an opening speech at the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday. She is likely to call for international support to bring peace to the divided Korean Peninsula and the Asia-Pacific region. Park’s visit to New York marks her debut at the U.N. since taking office last year. President Park
Sept. 23, 2014
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Korea, Canada sign free trade deal
The governments of South Korea and Canada signed a broad free trade deal on Monday (Canadian time) that will gradually lift almost all tariffs on agreed products to be traded between both nations over the next 10 years.South Korea’s Commerce Minister Yoon Sang-jick signed the deal with his Canadian counterpart in Ottawa, following a summit between the leaders of the two countries. The signing ceremony was attended by South Korean President Park Geun-hye and her counterpart Canadian Premier Steph
Sept. 22, 2014
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Party leaders put Sewol talks back on track
Leaders of the nation’s main political parties on Monday agreed to work out disagreements over the special Sewol bill amid the growing public criticism of the protracted parliamentary deadlock.Rep. Moon Hee-sang, interim chief of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy, met with his counterpart Rep. Kim Moo-sung, chair of the ruling Saenuri Party, on Monday afternoon. It was the first time that Moon, who took the helm of the opposition party last week, held a talk with the chief
Sept. 22, 2014
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[Newsmaker] Ex-aide probed for college misconduct
A former senior presidential secretary who left a lot of questions in the wake of his abrupt resignation was found to have been under police investigation on suspicions of operating an unauthorized course while serving as a university president, reports said on Monday.Song Kwang-yong, former senior presidential secretary for education and culture, tendered his resignation on Saturday, only three months after he took the post. His departure raised a flurry of speculations as he left without givin
Sept. 22, 2014
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Gender minister determined to make progress on sex slavery issue
Gender Equality and Family Minister Kim Hee-jung started her term just two months ago, but her interest and activism in women’s issues, including the Korean women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II, started much earlier.It was in 2004 when Kim first met the surviving Korean victims, who were speaking out about the issue in public. Her encounter with the women eventually led to her proposal last year, as a lawmaker, to apply for UNESCO designation for the docu
Sept. 21, 2014
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Opposition party proposes to remove N.K. sanctions
A group of opposition lawmakers have proposed the ruling party join hands with it to push for a joint parliamentary resolution to lift Seoul’s sanctions on North Korea imposed after its deadly sinking of a South Korean Navy ship in 2010, parliamentary sources said Sunday.The proposal, made by the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy’s Rep. Sim Jae-kwon and Kim Sung-gon, seeks to remove the May 24 sanctions that ban all inter-Korean trade and other exchanges.The country imposed the
Sept. 21, 2014
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New opposition chief raises hopes for Sewol breakthrough
Chiefs of the country’s two major parties are expected to hold a meeting Monday, boosting hopes for a breakthrough to end the prolonged stalemate over the special Sewol bill and put the paralyzed parliament back on track. The mood has shifted since Rep. Moon Hee-sang became the new interim chief of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy last week. In Friday’s acceptance speech, he signaled an intent to end the party’s boycott of legislative affairs, quoting the late President Ki
Sept. 21, 2014
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Opposition party proposes parliamentary resolution to remove
A group of opposition lawmakers have proposed the ruling party join hands with it to push for a joint parliamentary resolution to lift Seoul's sanctions on North Korea imposed after its deadly sinking of a South Korean Navy ship in 2010, parliamentary sources said Sunday.The proposal, made by the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy's Rep. Sim Jae-kwon and Kim Sung-gon, seeks to remove the May 24 sanctions that ban all inter-Korean trade and other exchanges.The country imposed the
Sept. 21, 2014
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Park arrives in Canada for state visit
South Korean President Park Geun-hye arrived in Canada Saturday for a three-day state visit on a trip that will also take her to New York where she will address the U.N. General Assembly.Park is scheduled to meet with South Korean residents here before meeting separately with Governor General David Johnston and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, according to Park's office.The summit with Harper on Monday will be Park's third with him.In March, Harper visited Seoul as the two countries announced the
Sept. 21, 2014
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Sr. presidential secretary for education reigns
Song Kwang-yong, the senior presidential secretary for education, tendered his resignation and President Park Geun-hye accepted it before her state visit to Canada, Cheong Wa Dae said Sunday. Cheong Wa Dae, however, did not provide the reason for Song's resignation, saying only that he wanted to get back to a university. Song served the post only for three months. In June, the former professor at Seoul National University of Education was chosen by President Park as the secretary in charge of ed
Sept. 20, 2014
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President Park leaves for Canada for state visit
South Korean President Park Geun-hye left for Canada Saturday for a three-day state visit on a trip that will also take her to New York where she will address the U.N. General Assembly. In Ottawa, Park is scheduled to meet with South Korean residents there before meeting separately with Gov. General David Johnston and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, according to Park's office. The summit with Harper on Monday will be Park's third with him. In March, Harper visited Seoul as the two countries
Sept. 20, 2014