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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Cost of child abuse skyrockets to W76tr
The direct and indirect social costs caused by child abuse in South Korea total up to 76 trillion won ($65 billion) per year, data showed.The amount includes basic medical expenses for abused children, as well as long-term social and economic costs triggered by the victims’ psychological disorder, loss of labor capacity and potential crimes.According to a report by Ewha Womans University’s Department of Social Welfare, the annual social and economic costs are estimated to stand at 390 billion wo
March 27, 2016
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Korea to toughen preventive measures against MERS
South Korea will toughen its preventive measures against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome(MERS) amid a recent spike in cases in the Middle East, the government said Sunday.The Seoul Metropolitan Government advised people returning from Middle Eastern countries in the past 14 days who show symptoms of fever and respiratory disease to contact health workers at an emergency hotline before visiting hospitals.The government earlier set up the MERS hotline to provide quick and accurate information
March 27, 2016
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Korea to exempt entry ban on voluntarily leaving illegal aliens
Foreigners staying in South Korea illegally will be temporarily exempted from an entry ban if they voluntarily leave the country, the Ministry of Justice said Sunday.The ministry will temporarily waive the ban imposed on foreigners with illegal residence status if they voluntarily leave the country between April 1 and Sept. 30, officials said.The illegal aliens willing to leave the country must have viable passports and airline tickets, and report to the immigration office on the day of their de
March 27, 2016
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Korea secures 6th consecutive win at Int'l Abilympics
South Korea took the most medals for the sixth straight time at this year's international competition for people with special needs and disabilities, held in France, local supporters said Sunday.The South Korean team made up of veteran vocational workers grabbed 14 gold, eight silver and two bronze medals at the International Abilympics (IA) 2016 in the French city of Bordeaux. Taiwan took second place with five gold, four silver and one bronze medals, and China came in third with five gold, two
March 27, 2016
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Official campaign for parliamentary elections to begin
Rival parties will kick off their official campaigns next week for April's parliamentary race that will determine the political landscape of the country for the next four years, election organizers said Sunday.A 13-day official campaigning period will begin next Thursday as the parties have set their own goals for the April 13 polls that are to elect a total of 300 lawmakers.The ruling Saenuri Party has vowed to claim a clear-cut victory by reclaiming more than a majority in the National Assembl
March 27, 2016
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Language institute to launch overseas Korea culture event in June
South Korea's overseas language promotion institute will host special events starting in June that will help foreigners get acquainted with Korean culture, the government said Sunday.The cultural ministry said foreign learning centers run by the King Sejong Institute that specializes in teaching Hangul will carry out "Korean culture day" programs on the last Wednesday of every month in 50 cities worldwide, including Paris, Tashkent and Phnom Penh.Hangul is the Korean alphabet.It said the program
March 27, 2016
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Gov't moving to directly compensate companies forced out of Gaesong
South Korea's government is moving to directly compensate companies that were forced out of the inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex following the spike in cross-border tensions, an official source said Sunday."In 2013, when operations were suspended for several months at Kaesong, support was provided in the form of soft loans, but this time, the government is considering direct compensation for finished goods and materials left behind by South Korean firms," said the official, who declined t
March 27, 2016
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S. Korea confirms new bird flu case
South Korea confirmed a new case of bird flu on Saturday, the first outbreak in about five months.The Ministry for Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said ducks at a poultry farm in Icheon, 80 kilometers east of Seoul, have tested positive for the virulent strain of avian influenza (AI).All 10,900 ducks were culled as a precautionary measure, and the farm has been under quarantine to prevent the virulent virus from spreading, according to the ministry.South Korea has not reported any additional
March 26, 2016
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[EYE] Migrants asset to Korean society, not burden
Early in the morning on Dec. 23, four Burmese families finally arrived at South Korea’s major airport, looking nervous yet excited. Amid warm welcome from government officials and U.N. agencies, they set foot for the first time in the country that they would now can call home.The 22 Burmese people, who had spent a decade at a refugee camp in Thailand, were the first batch of refugees relocated in Korea as part of the U.N.-led refugee resettlement program. Under its independent Refugee Act, Korea
March 25, 2016
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7 in 10 senior officials report rise in wealth in 2015
Government data showed Friday that close to 70 percent of high-ranking government officials and lawmakers saw their wealth grow from a year earlier, mainly due to hikes in their real estate assets. According to the report by the Government Public Ethics Committee, 74.6 percent of senior government officials reported an increase in their wealth in 2015. The average assets of those surveyed was 1.31 billion won ($1.12 million) last year, up 55 million won from 2014.Under the country’s public servi
March 25, 2016
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Quarter of bankrupt people in Korea over 60s
About a quarter of the people filing for bankruptcy in South Korea are the age of 60 or over, court data showed Friday.The Seoul Central District Court said among 1,727 people who declared bankruptcy in January and February of this year, 428 were in their 60s or above, accounting for 24.8 percent of the total.Though the figure is lower than those in their 50s and 40s, which account for 37.2 and 28.2 percents of the total, respectively, the number is clearly on the rise, according to the court."W
March 25, 2016
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Suspected Indonesian follower of al-Qaida affiliate gets jail term
A local court on Friday delivered an eight-month jail term to an illegal Indonesian immigrant, suspected of following a terrorist group affiliated with al-Qaida.The Seoul Central District Court, however, suspended the sentence for the 33-year-old, whose identity was withheld, for two years. He was convicted of violating South Korea's control of firearms, swords, explosives and miscellaneous weapons act.The man was arrested in November in South Chungcheong Province, where he had been working in a
March 25, 2016
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[Graphic News] Number of Korean TB patients lowest in 15 years
The number of newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients in South Korea last year was the lowest in 15 years, government data showed Thursday. According to the report, 63.5 per 100,000 Koreans were newly diagnosed with the infectious disease last year. This is 8.1 percentage points lower than the year before. However, the report showed the number of newly diagnosed patients aged between 10 and 14 had also increased over the same period, from 4.2 patients per 100,000 to 5 patients. South Korea has the
March 24, 2016
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Kenyan man in ‘chopstick’ murder found sane
A Kenyan asylum seeker, who murdered a Korean employee at an Internet cafe in Gwangju earlier this month, has been found to be mentally sound, as police continue efforts to identify the motive behind his crime. According to the Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office, a medical checkup has suggested that the 28-year-old man is not mentally ill. The checkup was done as prosecutors had faced difficulties in investigating the murder case due to his unusual behavior in a prison cell. The man is seen in
March 24, 2016
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Park attends French food festival in Korea
President Park Geun-hye on Thursday tasted French food at a festival in Seoul as South Korea hosted a celebratory event to mark the 130th anniversary of diplomatic ties with its European partner. In 2010, South Korea and France agreed to designate the period from the latter part of 2015 to the end of 2016 as the "2015-2016 Korea-France Year" to allow their citizens to experience each other's cultures without having to travel.Park said she is pleased that South Koreans have a chance to share Fren
March 24, 2016
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South Korean HIV patient survives on ginseng for 29 years: research
A South Korean patient of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections survived for nearly 30 years without symptoms while taking Korean red ginseng daily, mostly without any other medication, a group of researchers said Thursday.The research garnered attention as it is rare for HIV patients to survive so long without treatment. The average HIV patient who does not receive medical help survives about 11 years.123rfThe patient was diagnosed as HIV positive in 1987. Since then, the patient has ta
March 24, 2016
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How susceptible are our jobs to AI robots?
When Google’s artificial intelligence program AlphaGo trumped Go master Lee Se-dol last week, worldwide attention soon turned to concerns that Go players would eventually be replaced by AI robots.The Korea Employment Information Service unveiled Thursday a list of jobs that could be replaced by AI robots by 2020. It mostly included jobs that involve repetitive tasks or which require less human communication.Professional Go player Lee Se-dol attends a press conference after completing the five-ga
March 24, 2016
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41% of jobs concentrated in Seoul
A recent survey found that 41 percent of jobs in South Korea are concentrated in Seoul.Analysis of a total 6,509,703 recruitment notices posted last year by companies registered with JobKorea, a recruitment service provider, showed that 40.9 percent of them were located in Seoul. Jobs in Gyeonggi Province made up 24.7 percent of the total, while those in Incheon made up 7.7 percent. Those in Busan made up 5.4 percent and Daegu took up 3.2 percent. There were the fewest jobs in the Jeju Special S
March 24, 2016
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Most South Korean office workers stressed about English
Most South Korean office workers are stressed about being proficient in English regardless of whether their work requires use of the language, a survey showed Thursday.Of 713 surveyed workers, 86.1 percent said they are stressed about English while working, said Hunet, an online education service.While some 38.7 percent said their stress level could be rated as “average,” nearly half, or 45.6 percent, said they were “quite stressed” or “very stressed.” Only 2.5 percent said they felt no pressure
March 24, 2016
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South Korea steps up fight against TB
South Korean health authorities said Thursday all Koreans are now required to be tested for latent tuberculosis at least twice in their lives, at ages 15 and 40, as a part of measures to drop the high prevalence rate of the infectious disease in the country. According to the World Health Organization, over 95 percent of TB cases and deaths occur in developing countries. South Korea, the fourth-largest economy in Asia, has the highest incidence rate of TB among members of the Organization for Ec
March 24, 2016