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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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[Robert J. Fouser] AI changes rationale for learning languages
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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Floor leaders launch weekly meeting
Floor leaders from the ruling and opposition parties on Monday agreed to hold weekly meetings to discuss an array of outstanding government reform plans that the rival parties are expected to clash over at parliament’s extraordinary session this month. The meetings are an attempt to minimize partisan battles in the National Assembly, with hopes that legislators will pass proposed anticorruption bills, conduct the Sewol investigations and finalize government restructure plans before parliament’s
June 9, 2014
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Park likely to name P.M. early this week
President Park Geun-hye is likely to nominate a new prime minister early this week to push ahead with her reform drive on fresh momentum following the local elections last week.The president’s surprising appointment of a new press secretary on Sunday also raised views that a reshuffle of presidential aides is impending. Park on Sunday morning named Yoon Doo-hyun, president of YTN Plus, a subsidiary of cable news network YTN, as the new presidential senior press secretary.Yoon, a former journalis
June 8, 2014
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By-elections to sway Sewol probe
With at least 12 parliamentary seats on the line, the July by-elections are expected to influence parliament’s Sewol investigation committee, despite promises by ruling and opposition lawmakers to avoid party politics during the panel’s probe into the maritime disaster. “Both the ruling and opposition parties have agreed to avoid political bickering with regards to parliament’s Sewol investigations,” Rep. Cho Won-jin of the ruling Saenuri Party said at a press briefing on Sunday, as opposition l
June 8, 2014
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YTN unit head named senior press secretary
Yoon Doo-hyunPresident Park Geun-hye on Sunday named Yoon Doo-hyun, president of YTN Plus, a subsidiary of cable news network YTN, as the new presidential senior press secretary.Yoon, a former journalist and managing editor of the YTN newsroom, replaces Lee Jung-hyun, who offered to step down on Saturday.“President Park Geun-hye has named Yoon Doo-hyun, president of YTN Plus, as successor to senior secretary Lee Jung-hyun,” said presidential spokesman Min Kyung-wook.“Yoon has demonstrated his ba
June 8, 2014
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Park set to tap prime minister candidate
President Park Geun-hye is expected to name a new prime minister candidate as early as next week, sources said Saturday, as she moves to rev up her reform drive following the local elections.The nomination, which is due as early as June 8, comes after the president voiced strong will to push forward with her reform agenda in a Memorial Day speech earlier this week.The high-profile seat has been vacant since then Prime Minister Chung Hong-won offered to quit last month to take responsibility for
June 7, 2014
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Senior press secretary offers to resign
South Korea's senior presidentialpress secretary Lee Jung-hyun has offered to step down, sources at the presidential office said Saturday.Lee expressed his wish to resign following the June 4 local elections to President Park Geun-hye, according to the sources. The senior press secretary, a close aide to President Park, is forecast to join the Cabinet as the minister of culture, sports and tourism in an upcoming reshuffling.Officials are in the process of tapping Lee's successor among a pool of
June 7, 2014
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[Graphic News] Winners of mayoral and gubernatorial elections
June 5, 2014
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Voters send warnings to both parties in wake of Sewol
Voters sent both warnings and encouragement to the ruling and main opposition parties through Wednesday’s local elections, calling for bipartisan efforts following the April 16 ferry disaster and a focus on enhancing people’s lives, analysts said Thursday.Although the opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy bagged nine gubernatorial seats, one more than those clinched by the Saenuri Party, there was no clear winner in the elections, which put both parties in a soul-searching mode, they sa
June 5, 2014
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Elections set new political balance
The ruling Saenuri Party and the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy will confront a slew of challenges ahead with neither side gaining a clear advantage in Wednesday’s local elections. The NPAD took nine of the 17 metropolitan mayoral and gubernatorial races including Seoul, which went to Park Won-soon, who will soon begin his second term, while the ruling party took eight.In races for lower-level administrative posts and seats in metropolitan, provincial and lower-level assembl
June 5, 2014
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Ruling party’s Suh wins cliffhanger election in Busan
Busan Mayor-elect Suh Byung-soo kept the ruling party’s hold on Busan in a tight race against independent Oh Keo-don for the traditionally conservative region. Suh, a former lawmaker with four terms under his belt, narrowly defeated the former Maritime Affairs Minister Oh with 50.7 percent to 49.3 percent. There was a difference of just about 20,000 votes. Suh Byung-sooOh had posed a significant challenge throughout the campaign period after he and the main opposition party New Politics Alliance
June 5, 2014
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Yoon’s triumph in Gwangju boosts opposition leaders
Yoon Jang-hyunDoctor-turned-civic activist Yoon Jang-hyun struggled with low ratings due to a dispute over his nomination with the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy. But he came from behind to win the Gwangju gubernatorial election Wednesday.Yoon benefited from the strong support of the party leadership, notably cochairman Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo, garnering 57.9 percent of the votes while independent candidate Kang Woon-tae ended with a disappointing 31.8 percent. The results came a
June 5, 2014
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[Newsmaker] Nam brings biggest win to Saenuri
Nam Kyung-pilNam Kyung-pil, the Gyeonggi governor-elect, is a seasoned politician and former journalist who was educated at Yale in the U.S. and Yonsei University in Seoul.The five-time lawmaker of the ruling party won one of the toughest races on Wednesday, beating his rival and NPAD candidate Kim Jin-pyo by a margin of less than 1 percent. The former deputy floor leader has been considered one of the few innovative members of the Saenuri Party, along with Won Hee-ryong, the newly elected gover
June 5, 2014
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Former safety minister Yoo survives Sewol debacle
Yoo Jeong-bok, the newly elected mayor of Incheon, is considered one of the closest aides to President Park Geun-hye, having served as the Security Minister under her leadership.The former minister and veteran bureaucrat defeated NPAD’s incumbent mayor Song Young-gil by 1.8 percent on Wednesday. It was another of the toughest races of the elections. Yoo Jeong-bokBorn in 1957 in Incheon, Yoo was educated at Yonsei University, majoring in political science and international relations. In 1979, at
June 5, 2014
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Reelected Mayor Park vows to make Seoul safer
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon pays tribute at the National Cemetery in Seoul on Thursday. (Lee Gil-dong/The Korea Herald)The mayor of Seoul vowed Thursday to make the capital of South Korea safer and more secure after winning a landslide victory in local elections.Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon was re-elected Wednesday for his second term as the top governor of the capital city, home to nearly one-fifth of South Korea’s population of 49 million. He beat seven-term lawmaker Chung Mong-joon of the ruling S
June 5, 2014
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Park pledges to speed up reform after elections
President Park Geun-hye said Thursday she humbly accepts the results of the nationwide local elections and will push forward with her reform agenda in a speedier manner.Her pledge came after her ruling party avoided a crushing defeat in this week’s local elections despite widespread criticism of her government in the wake of April’s ferry disaster.“Combining the strength and wisdom of our people ... I will push for economic revitalization and other reform agenda much faster,” Park said during a
June 5, 2014
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Local elections bury, uncover potential presidential hopefuls
Voters have made their choices in the local elections but the race is not over for would-be presidential runners.In this year’s local elections a host of potential presidential runners competed for various local administrative posts, which would fill out their resumes in preparation for their presidential bids.Although the strategy paid off for former President Lee Myung-bak, who used his time as the Seoul mayor as a springboard towards the presidency, attempting a similar step has brought mixed
June 5, 2014
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(Photo News) Elections over
Community center workers take down posters for the June 4 election in Cheongun-dong, Seoul, Thursday. (Kim Myung-sub/The Korea Herald)
June 5, 2014
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Parties reap mixed bag of results in local elections
The main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy took nine of the 17 metropolitan mayoral and gubernatorial races in Wednesday’s local elections, as the ruling Saenuri Party fared better than expected taking eight. Although the NPAD fared well, the main opposition is not home free, with mixed exit poll figures indicating that its strategy of using the local elections to “pass judgment” on the Park Geun-hye administration is likely to lose steam. The elections were seen as a referendum for
June 5, 2014
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Ruling party puts up good defense in local elections
The ruling party's better-than-expected performance in Wednesday's local elections was seen as a blow to the main opposition party even though no clear winner emerged from the polls.The ruling Saenuri Party and the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) were set to each win at least seven of the 17 metropolitan mayoral and gubernatorial seats up for grabs, with the remaining three races too close to call until early Thursday morning, according to the National Election Commiss
June 5, 2014
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[Newsmaker] Park seals second term with clear election win
Park Won-soon of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy defeated conservative candidate Chung Mong-joon in the Seoul mayor election Wednesday.Turnout among Seoul’s 8.4 million voters was 58.6 percent. Chung’s defeat in a key battleground district deals a political blow to President Park Geun-hye and the Saenuri Party, but President Park’s past leadership in political crises has been resilient. NPAD Seoul Mayor Park talks to volunteer workers at his campaign office on Wednesday m
June 4, 2014