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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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Probe of first lady on Dior bag allegations set to begin
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Korean battery makers heave sigh of relief over 2-year IRA reprieve
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Over 80,000 millionaires, 20 billionaires in Seoul: report
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Indonesia’s KF-21 fighter jet deal cut back -- what’s next?
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[KH Explains] Can tech firms' AI alliances take on Nvidia?
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Young Korean doctors seek plan B: cosmetic dermatology or overseas
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Police seek arrest warrant for med student who killed girlfriend
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Local filmmakers criticize ‘The Roundup: Punishment’ monopoly of screens
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South Korea willing to accept Indonesian proposal for cutting KF-21 payments
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UPP to elect new leadership amid internal feud
The scandal-ridden Unified Progressive Party is to begin a five day-long leadership election Monday that is expected to set the future of the feuding leftist party.The party is to hold an online vote from Monday to Friday to select a new chairperson and a five-member Supreme Council, which will take over the functions of the current emergency leadership council.The race for the chairmanship is to be a two-way competition between interim chief Kang Ki-kab and Kang Byeong-gi who represents the for
June 24, 2012
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Lee salutes Korean War veterans in Colombia
BOGOTA (Yonhap News) ― South Korean President Lee Myung-bak had an emotion-filled meeting with Colombian veterans of the Korean War on Saturday, saluting their life-risking sacrifice to defend the then little-known, faraway nation across the Pacific.A wave of emotion swept through a Bogota hotel ballroom as tearful veterans spoke of their wartime experiences and how proud they felt to see the war-ravaged nation they shed blood for miraculously rising as one of the world’s largest economies.“The
June 24, 2012
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DUP follows Saenuri in cutting lawmaker privileges
The Democratic United Party on Sunday announced plans to reduce privileges afforded to lawmakers, as rival parties compete for stronger self-reform measures in the hope of winning public support.The ruling Saenuri Party got a head start earlier this month by releasing a six-point plan aimed to curb lawmakers’ privileges. They included abolishment of pension, waiving the privilege of freedom from arrest, and prohibiting lawmakers from profit-generating posts outside the National Assembly. Saenuri
June 24, 2012
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Lee pays tribute to Korean War dead in Colombia
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak paid tribute to Colombian troops killed in the 1950-53 Korean War and met with their family members and veterans Saturday as he began a state visit to the wartime ally.The trip was the first state visit to the country by a South Korean leader.Flanked by Colombia's defense minister, a solemn-faced Lee marked a moment of silence then offered a wreath at a Korean
June 24, 2012
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Korea, Russia team up on weather forecasts
MOSCOW (Yonhap News) ― South Korea and Russia agreed Friday to strengthen meteorological cooperation for the upcoming Winter Olympics that the two countries will host separately in 2014 and 2018, South Korea’s weather agency said.Under the agreement, the two sides will share technology related to making weather forecasts, exchange meteorological experts and jointly take part in international programs seeking to boost meteorological cooperation, the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said
June 22, 2012
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Lee denounces pro-N. Korea forces
SANTIAGO (Yonhap News) ― South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Thursday that toeing North Korea’s lines is “behind the times” and most South Koreans know better than to believe pro-Pyongyang rhetoric.Lee made the remark during a meeting with South Korean residents in Chile, assuring them not to worry about the so-called “pro-North Korea” forces in their homeland.Criticism of pro-North Korean sympathizers has risen sharply in South Korea in recent months after some newly elected lawmakers of
June 22, 2012
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Gyeonggi Gov. Kim threatens to boycott Saenuri primary
Gyeonggi Governor and presidential hopeful Kim Moon-soo on Friday threatened to boycott the Saenuri Party’s presidential nomination race, upping the ante against frontrunner Park Geun-hye in disputes over primary rules.“I won’t participate in the primary process, if (my demand for) an open primary system is not accepted,” Kim said on a radio program. “But I won’t go as far as leaving (the party).”He didn’t elaborate on whether he would be giving up the presidential bid altogether. The governor
June 22, 2012
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Provocative ‘Dokdo’ post erected in Seoul irks Koreans
A Japanese conservative activist has angered the Korean people for attempting to set up a provocative wooden post in the heart of Seoul to lay claim to South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo, police said Friday.The man, known as Nobuyuki Suzuki, is accused of tying a post with the phrase Dokdo is Japanese territory to a symbolic statue of a wartime Korean sex slave in front of the Japanese embassy in downtown Seoul Tuesday, police said, adding the post was immediately removed and an investiga
June 22, 2012
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Lee beefs up green growth drive
President Lee Myung-bak on Wednesday beefed up efforts to advance Korea’s green growth drive by pledging larger development aid for it and enlisting more support for its bid to host the headquarters of a U.N. climate fund.Speaking at the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Lee reiterated that green growth was a core strategy to weather global challenges.“We need green growth to realize sustainable development while responding to global challenges such as the eco
June 21, 2012
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Calls grow for probe into ex-N.K. bomber’s claim
Calls are growing within the ruling Saenuri Party to open a special probe into the recent claims by former North Korean spy Kim Hyon-hui that the Roh Moo-hyun administration attempted to manipulate her as being bogus.Kim, a former North Korean operative responsible for the bombing of the Korean Air flight in 1987, claimed in a recent television interview that the former administration attempted to make her out as a fraud ― saying that she was not really a North Korean operator ― while trying to
June 21, 2012
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Lawmaker determined to be more than just blue blood
Chyung, a 3rd-generation lawmaker, vows to solve tasks of his timeWhen the Democratic United Party’s Chyung Ho-joon, a third-generation politician, won in Seoul’s Jung district in the April parliamentary elections, he not only achieved a familial victory but set a significant record in Korean politics.Chyung is now representing the same constituency that his late grandfather and father served throughout their parliamentary careers spanning 13 National Assembly terms.His grandfather, Chyung Il-hy
June 21, 2012
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Special counsel fails to uncover political motivations behind NEC hacking
Wrapping up a three-month probe, a special prosecutor team failed Thursday to disclose what drove a cyber attack on the National Election Commission's Web site last year, despite suspicions the ruling Saenuri Party tried to influence the results of the October by-elections.The special prosecution investigation came after opposition parties voiced doubts about the results of an initial probe into t
June 21, 2012
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‘Members’ list also leaked to lawmaker’
Names of Saenuri Party members went to parliamentary candidates before April 11 pollThe membership list leak controversy at the ruling Saenuri Party escalated Wednesday upon new allegations that the data was also delivered to several former contenders in the party’s nomination ahead of the April general elections.Party sources said the list of 2.2 million party members appears to have been handed over to about eight preliminary contenders, of whom two were eventually nominated to run in the parl
June 20, 2012
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Ex-Lee aide says he had secret meeting with N.K. in 2009
A key aide to President Lee Myung-bak has admitted to a secret meeting with a top North Korean official in Singapore in 2009 to seek a summit between their leaders.Yim Tae-hee said in a television interview that he met with Kim Yang-gon, North Korea’s point man on the South, in Singapore in October 2009 to discuss details of a possible summit.In the interview with Channel A, Yim said “it is true” he met with Kim in Singapore. Yim was serving as labor minister when he traveled to the Southeast As
June 20, 2012
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Cracks emerge between Ahn Cheol-soo, DUP
Signs of division are emerging between possible presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo and Democratic United Party politicians disgruntled over his delayed decision on running for the December election. Ahn’s spokesman Yoo Min-young issued a statement this week for the first time criticizing the DUP presidential hopefuls for trying to undermine his reputation. “The recent comments by some DUP members were intended to damage Ahn’s stature,” Yoo said in a statement on Tuesday. “(The DUP) should rem
June 20, 2012
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Saenuri lawmakers agree to give up June salary
The Saenuri Party said Tuesday all of its lawmakers will give up their salaries for this month in accordance with the party leadership's decision to stick to the "no-work, no-pay" principle, a cornerstone in the ruling party's parliamentary reform measures.The measure to forfeit salaries when the parliament is out of work is one of six major reform measures the party is seeking to reduce privilege
June 19, 2012
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DUP chief calls for talks with Lee on economy
Main opposition Democratic United Party chairman Lee Hae-chan on Tuesday proposed talks with President Lee Myung-bak and the ruling Saenuri Party to discuss ways to prop up the economy.“The president, I and the Saenuri Party’s chairman Hwang Woo-yea should come together and talk (to improve the livelihoods of the people),” Lee said in a radio speech.“I will cooperate fully regardless of party affiliation if it is for reviving the economy.”Explaining that the household debt of South Korea has rea
June 19, 2012
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Park, Lee JO trade jibes over gender
Former Saenuri Party chairwoman Park Geun-hye hit back on Tuesday at fellow presidential hopeful Rep. Lee Jae-oh over his earlier comments on a woman president being premature for Korea.“How could there be anyone who still thinks that way in the 21st century,” Park told reporters as she was attending the party’s general meeting at the National Assembly. Lee had said during a meeting with the foreign press on Monday, “There will be difficulties if a woman assumes leadership just for the sake of b
June 19, 2012
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Membership list leak new thorn for Saenuri
Underdogs throw blame at Park for possible nomination irregularitiesThe ruling Saenuri Party is wrestling with a membership database leak, giving new ammunition to challengers to frontrunner Park Geun-hye in its upcoming presidential primary. A ranking Saenuri official was arrested last weekend on charges of selling the ruling party’s list of 2.2 million members to a private communications company between January and March.Allegations have emerged that the list may have been exploited in the nom
June 19, 2012
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Election law violators face tougher penalties
South Korea's Supreme Court has decided to increase penalties for vote-buying, an official said Tuesday, in the latest attempt to crack down on illegal election campaigns.The top court recommended that lower courts should, in principle, give prison terms to those found guilty of buying off voters, candidates or elected officials, or those engaged in vote-buying for the purpose of making money. The
June 19, 2012