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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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Do Korean doctors make too much money?
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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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[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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Park expresses regret over handling of corruption involving presidential staff
President Park Geun-hye expressed regret Monday in the wake of criticism that her office dealt too leniently with corruption involving its own staff by just sending those officials to their original ministries and agencies without additional punishment.Last week, a local newspaper carried a series of critical reports about 10 presidential staff members getting off the hook without any punishment after they committed corruption and other irregularities and that most of them are faring well in the
April 7, 2014
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Obama may visit Seoul on April 25
U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to visit South Korea on April 25 following a three-day visit to Japan as part of his Asia tour aimed at enhancing security cooperation with allies and America’s strategic engagement in the region.Japanese media reported that Obama was set to arrive in Japan on April 23 for the first state visit by a U.S. president in 18 years. After his time in Japan, Obama is to travel to South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines.Obama is likely to stay for two days in Se
April 3, 2014
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Candidate nomination, spy agency scandal swamp Assembly session
The parliamentary interpellation session kicked off Thursday with the ruling and opposition parties clashing over key issues in the June 4 local elections. The main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy honed in on the candidate nomination system for local elections, and again urged President Park Geun-hye to follow through on the issue. Although Park had pledged to abolish the system as part of her political reform measures, the ruling party has since moved in the opposite direction, s
April 3, 2014
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Presidential secretary accused of graft: report
A Cheong Wa Dae senior official is under scrutiny for allegedly using a credit card issued and paid for by the Ministry of Environment in exchange for accepting administrative favors. According to Segye Ilbo, a daily newspaper, a presidential secretary for climate and environment was found to have accepted the credit card from the ministry through an internal probe conducted by Cheong Wa Dae’s civil affairs office. The presidential secretary delivered the credit card to one of the administrative
April 3, 2014
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Man convicted of draft dodging may face deportation
A South Korean man was found guilty of obtaining Canadian citizenship to evade the country’s mandatory military service, court officials said on Thursday.The Seoul Central District Court upheld a ruling last Friday sentencing the 37-year-old man, identified by the surname Lee, to six months in prison with a one-year stay of execution for giving up his Korean nationality to avoid military conscription.Lee is expected to be deported to Canada as under the country’s Immigration Control Act foreign
April 3, 2014
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Ex-officials charged with spreading false information about election
Two former government officials, including a former employee of the national election watchdog, were indicted Thursday on charges of spreading false information that the 2012 presidential election was rigged, prosecutors said. In a publication, the suspects allegedly claimed that the National Election Commission had systemically rigged the presidential election by deliberately concealing a malfunction in the electronic ballot machines and that as a result a “fake president” was elected, prosecut
April 3, 2014
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Presidential office opens Web page to collect suggestions on deregulation
The office of President Park Geun-hye said Thursday it has opened a page linked to its website to collect suggestions and opinions on deregulation, one of Park's top priorities in efforts to spur South Korea's slowly recovering economy.Anyone can file recommendations, suggestions or whatever opinions they have about government regulations by clicking on a banner on Cheong Wa Dae's website at www.president.go.kr. The government will take a look at those views and get back to the writers with answ
April 3, 2014
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Gov. McAuliffe OKs East Sea naming legislation
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has signed into law a landmark bill on the East Sea name, Korean Americans here said Wednesday.Accordingly, all new public school textbooks will identify the body of water between Korea and Japan as the East Sea as well as the Sea of Japan starting on July 1, they said.Virginia is the first U.S. state to pass such legislation.The governor signed the bill Friday, according to Peter Y. Kim, head of the Voice of Korean Americans, an organization that has campaigned for
April 3, 2014
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Obama to make overnight stay in Seoul after state visit to Tokyo: sources
On his upcoming tour of Asia, U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to stay in South Korea less than two days, while considering a three-day state visit to Japan, diplomatic sources here said Wednesday.The White House earlier announced that Obama will travel to Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines in late April. It stopped short of revealing detailed schedules."Consultations on President Obama's itinerary are in the final stage. He is expected to make an overnight stay in Seoul," a
April 3, 2014
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Ahn urges Park to fulfill pledges
Opposition leader Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo on Wednesday urged the government and the ruling party to keep presidential election pledges, and called for the administration to repair relations with Pyongyang. Ahn also called on President Park Geun-hye to respond to his suggestion of holding a meeting to discuss the candidate nomination system for local elections.In his first address to the National Assembly, the New Politics Alliance for Democracy co-chairman focused on President Park Geun-hye’s main pl
April 2, 2014
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Opposition leader calls for inter-Korean summit
A co-leader of South Korea's new opposition party called on the government Wednesday to push for an inter-Korean summit to defuse high tension on the Korean Peninsula following the North's military provocations.Lawmaker Ahn Cheol-soo made the proposal in his first address to the National Assembly after taking the helm of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy last month, along with former Democratic Party leader Kim Han-gil. NPAD holds the largest number of seats in parliament after the ruling
April 2, 2014
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Park calls for focus on unification with N. Korea
President Park Geun-hye said Tuesday that South Korea should concentrate on realizing unification with North Korea, stressing that it will bring about peace and prosperity not only on the Korean Peninsula, but also in Northeast Asia.Park made the remarks during a dinner she hosted for the heads of South Korea's overseas diplomatic missions, days after she made proposals aimed at laying the groundwork for unification during a visit to the former East German city of Dresden last week."Looking at h
April 1, 2014
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Saenuri calls for ‘green light law’
Ruling Saenuri Party floor leader Rep. Choi Kyung-hwan called for more revisions to the National Assembly Act on Tuesday, reigniting controversy over the so-called National Assembly advancement act. In his parliamentary address, Choi said that the act needs additional revisions, adding that measures were needed to prevent the advancement act from becoming a “National Assembly paralysis act.” “The advancement act is leading to the creation of an incompetent parliament, and amplifying distrust in
April 1, 2014
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Rival parties, government remain at loggerheads over pension bill
Political parties and the government failed to reach an agreement on a contentious basic pension bill on Monday, the first day of a three-way consultation session at the National Assembly.The ruling and the main opposition parties, and the Ministry of Health and Welfare reopened negotiations on the bill to lay the groundwork for passing a welfare program drawn up by President Park Geun-hye to strengthen state support for senior citizens.Despite the resumption of talks, the three sides remained a
March 31, 2014
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[Newsmaker] New party takes on centrist approach
The New Politics Alliance for Democracy is moving along centrist lines in the hopes of drawing in nonpartisan voters and avoiding an ideological dispute.The March 26 launch ceremony carried a strong undercurrent of national security, an element of politics more closely linked to conservatives. Early in the ceremony, even before the pledge of allegiance, the participants paid their respects to the 46 sailors of the South Korean Navy ship Cheonan that was sunk by North Korea in 2010. The venue was
March 30, 2014
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Uncertainty clouds Park’s N.K. proposals
Uncertainty is lingering over whether President Park Geun-hye’s proposals to bolster humanitarian aid to North Korea and bilateral exchanges will lead to a turnaround in the strained ties, given high military tensions and mutual distrust.After Park’s announcement of the proposals on Friday in Dresden, Germany, Seoul is poised to hold consultations among related government agencies to formulate a plan to put them into practice.But Pyongyang maintained its bellicose stance toward Seoul. On Sunday
March 30, 2014
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Seoul, Tokyo at odds over talks’ agenda
Seoul and Tokyo are at odds over the agenda for their director-general-level talks, which they agreed to hold next month to discuss the issue of Korean women forced into sexual servitude by the Japanese military during World War II, officials said Sunday.If not properly handled, their differences over the agenda could result in the cancellation of the talks and further worsen bilateral ties strained because of deepening historical and territorial feuds, observers said.Seoul insists that, as anno
March 30, 2014
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Opposition leader proposes talks with Park
A co-leader of the main opposition party called on President Park Geun-hye Sunday to hold talks with him on the recent controversy surrounding candidate nominations for the upcoming local elections in June.Ahn Cheol-soo, one of two co-leaders of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy, made the call amid a growing dispute within his party over whether to nominate candidates for lower-level administration chiefs and councilors in the June 4 elections."As leader of the No. 1 opposition party, I pr
March 30, 2014
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Prosecution summons tycoon convict
The prosecution on Friday questioned former Daeju Group chairman Huh Jae-ho, who was publicly criticized for being allowed to pay off massive fines with 50 days of prison labor. “I will persuade my family to pay the unpaid fines as soon as possible,” Huh, 72, told reporters before entering the Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office. On the same day, the Supreme Court established guidelines for the current labor penalty system amid mounting criticism of Huh, who had exploited legal loopholes to dod
March 28, 2014
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Park appeals for German investments in S. Korea
President Park Geun-hye appealed to German business leaders on Thursday to make investments in South Korea, saying the country is linked to major markets around the world through free trade deals and has one of the best information technology infrastructures. "If you make investments in South Korea, you can have the entire Northeast Asia as one market and expand into other markets around the world through our broad FTA networks," Park said during a meeting with business leaders of the two coun
March 27, 2014