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US girding for possibility of N. Korea taking most provocative military actions in decade near election: NBC
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[Weekender] 'Blood doesn't make family, love does'
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Austin to attend trilateral talks with South Korean, Japanese counterparts in Singapore: Pentagon
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Battle of petitions is latest in Hybe-Ador dispute
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Test finds kids' accessories from AliExpress, Shein to be tainted with toxic chemicals
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[KH Explains] US crackdown on Chinese connected vehicles unsettles Korea
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[AFRICA FORUM] Korea-Africa forum explores pathways to prosperity
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NewJeans' new album sells over 800,000 on release day
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70% of part-timers positive toward robots at businesses
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S. Korea completes development of L-SAM defense system
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Guidelines issued on sex discrimination in hiring
The South Korean government said Tuesday that it would send major companies guidelines on how to prevent sexual discrimination in the hiring processes in response to criticism over the lack of efforts to monitor and discipline workplaces against such violations. The Ministry of Employment and Labor said it would introduce a set of discrimination rules to 2,186 conglomerates and 82 major franchises to encourage them to root out sexual discrimination in the hiring process and at workplaces. While
Nov. 3, 2015
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Korea confirms state textbook plan
Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn announced Tuesday that South Korea would officially reinstate government-issued history textbooks for secondary education from 2017, saying that the current system had failed after four years of implementation.“It is realistically impossible to author a correct history textbook under the current system. It is the government’s conclusion that the privately-authored system has failed,” Hwang said during a joint press conference with Education Minister Hwang Woo-yea at
Nov. 3, 2015
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Korean adoptees struggle for records access
When Annie Kim was 15, she was convinced that popular Korean actress Lee Young-ae was her birth mother after watching the famous TV drama series “Dae Jang Geum.” The Korean adoptee would gaze at photographs of the actress, secretly hoping to meet her one day. Born in 1988 and adopted by a U.S. couple at age 1, Kim arrived in South Korea last year in hopes of finding her birth parents. Kim finally began her search in Korea as an adult, but the process was far from easy. A visit to the Korea Ado
Nov. 3, 2015
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U.S. historian calls state textbook unworkable
A prominent U.S. expert on Korean history bashed the Seoul government’s plan to reinstate government-issued history textbooks, raising concerns that President Park Geun-hye is attempting to unify viewpoints on history.Calling the plan “unworkable, retrograde and stupid,” Bruce Cumings, a University of Chicago professor specializing in modern Korean and international history, said it was a reminder of her father, who ruled the country with an iron fist in the 1960s and ’70s. He said the plan also
Nov. 3, 2015
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3 soldiers under investigation over comrade's apparent suicide
Three soldiers have been detained in an investigation into the apparent suicide of their junior comrade last week, military officials said Tuesday. The incident took place last Thursday at around 5 a.m., when the private first class moved about 100 meters away from a guard post near the western border with North Korea, where he and his fellow soldier were on patrol duty. The 20-year-old was killed at the scene as a grenade he was holding went off soon after he moved away from the guard post.
Nov. 3, 2015
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Korea confirms state textbook plan, says private publication failed
Prime Minster Hwang Kyo-ahn announced Tuesday that South Korea would officially reinstate government-issued history textbooks for secondary education, saying that the current private publication system had failed after four years into implementation.Prime Minster Hwang Kyo-ahn (Yonhap)“It is realistically impossible to author a correct history textbook under the current system. It is the government’s conclusion that the privately-authored system has failed,” Hwang said during a briefing at the S
Nov. 3, 2015
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Court dismisses request to change English name in passport
A court Tuesday rejected a complaint demanding the modification of an English name in a person's passport citing possible degradation of reliability in South Korean identification. The plaintiff, whose identity was withheld, filed a suit against the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which rejected her request to change her English name to "Jeong," instead of "Jung." "Since I have long been using 'Jeong' to spell my name in and outside South Korea, I have to prove every time I stay abroad that I am
Nov. 3, 2015
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Watchdog urges state plan for workplace human rights
South Korea’s human rights commission said Monday that it plans to recommend the government to set rules on business management to avert human rights abuses at workplaces.The National Human Rights Commission of Korea will reveal its recommendations to the government at the upcoming forum, titled “Human Rights Management Forum,” on Friday and collect opinions from civil society, businesses and the public. (Yonhap)The commission will ask the government to draft a National Action Plan in accordanc
Nov. 2, 2015
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Koreans’ average work hours still second-longest in OECD
South Koreans work the second-longest hours among OECD countries, but with relatively low labor productivity, recent data showed. Statistics compiled by the Paris-based club of advanced economies show that the average South Korean -- including salaried employees, self-employed and part-timers -- worked 2,124 hours in 2014, up 45 hours from the previous year. This marks 1.2 times, or 354 hours, more than the average for the 34 Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development member countri
Nov. 2, 2015
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Ministry pushes ahead with state textbook
The government said Monday it would expedite the schedule to confirm reinstatement of government-issued history textbooks from Thursday to Tuesday, prompting a flurry of protests with the main opposition party vowing a boycott of parliamentary sessions. Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn and Education Minister Hwang Woo-yea will hold a briefing at Seoul Government Complex at 11 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Prime Minister’s Office, where the government will confirm the policy to revise the publicatio
Nov. 2, 2015
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Fare exemptions weigh down Seoul subway’s massive deficit
The increasing number of those taking subways for free, mostly seniors, has contributed to subway operators’ rising deficits, officials said Monday.According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, 7 of 9 Seoul subway lines recorded about 425 billion won ($373.5 million) in deficit last year, showing little improvement from previous years.Of them, subway Line No. 3 which runs from Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province, to Ogeum in southwestern Seoul through central and southern portions of the capital recorded
Nov. 2, 2015
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Civic groups protest S. Korea-Japan summit
South Korean civic groups staged a series of rallies Monday, denouncing the government for holding a summit with Japan without a formal apology for its colonial past. Some 70 civic groups held a joint press conference in central Seoul, criticizing that the summit took place when Japan did not make an apology for its wartime misdeeds, including the sexual enslavement by Japan's troops of Korean women during World War II. Japan has so far refused to accept Seoul's demand that it formally apologi
Nov. 2, 2015
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Confirmed bird flu cases rise to 14 since mid-Sept.: gov't
The number of confirmed bird flu cases reported in the country has risen to 14 since mid-September, as quarantine authorities step up efforts to control the spread of the highly contagious disease, the government said Monday. Since the first suspected avian influenza cases were reported on two duck farms on Sept. 14, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said two outbreaks have been confirmed in Gwangju, 329 kilometers south of Seoul, and 12 cases were reported in the surrounding
Nov. 2, 2015
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44 being monitored after university pneumonia outbreak
A total of 44 individuals are currently being treated or monitored for possible infection after an outbreak of pneumonia was reported last week at Konkuk University in Seoul, health authorities said. According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 44 individuals, mostly graduate students at Konkuk University, have been showing symptoms of the condition after working at three laboratories at the College of Animal Bioscience and Technology building from Oct. 19. The exact cause
Nov. 1, 2015
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Korean hostage found dead in Philippines
A South Korean man who was being held in captivity by a terrorist group in the Philippines was found dead due to an illness, officials said Sunday.The man in his 70s, identified only by his surname Hong, was kidnapped in January by Abu Sayyaf while visiting his son's residence in Zamboanga Sibugay province."The remains of a person believed to be Hong were discovered abandoned on a street in Sulu province in the Philippines," a foreign ministry official said, requesting anonymity. The militants a
Nov. 1, 2015
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Korean cuisine pavilion attracts 2.3 mln visitors
The Korean cuisine pavilion at the Expo 2015 in Milan has attracted 2.3 million visitors over the past six months, the Culture Ministry said Sunday.The figure represents one-tenth of the total visitors to the Milano Expo, which ended its six-month run on Oct. 31, the ministry said in a statement, noting an average 12,000 people visited the Korean pavilion every day during the exposition, which began May 1 under the theme "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life."The 3,990-square-meter Korean Pavilio
Nov. 1, 2015
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Court rules in favor of unfaithful spouse's divorce suit
A court has ruled in favor of an unfaithful spouse who sought a divorce from his wife, the first such case after the top court decided to have more exceptive clauses. Overturning a lower court's ruling, the appellate court at Seoul Family Court last month granted a divorce to the man, whose identity was withheld, who was blamed for their shattered marriage, court officials said Sunday. The couple tied the knot 45 years ago but agreed to end the marriage 10 years later. Three years later, they re
Nov. 1, 2015
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Korea kicks off population and housing census
South Korea has kicked off a population and housing census for all people living in the country, Statistical Korea said Sunday.The census, which will involve direct one-on-one interviews with residents, aims to collect vital data that can be used by the country to formulate social policies and better meet the public's present and future needs, the statistical agency said.The latest survey, which is the first in five years, will be carried out starting Sunday and run to Nov. 15. Visits will be ma
Nov. 1, 2015
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Late U.S. general to receive award for Korean War feats
James Van Fleet, the late U.S. general, was chosen as the recipient of an award from the South Korean government for his commitment to defending the Asian ally during the 1950-53 Korean War, the Defense Ministry said Sunday. Gen. Van Fleet will posthumously receive the annual Paik Sun-yup Award, which was named after the best-known South Korean hero of the three-year conflict, with his grandson to attend the ceremony due later in the day to receive the award. After arriving in Korea in 1951, Van
Nov. 1, 2015
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Park names new top prosecutor
President Park Geun-hye named Kim Soo-nam, vice chief of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, as the next prosecutor general Friday, the presidential office said. Kim, 56, was nominated to replace current prosecutor general Kim Jin-tae, whose term is expected to end on Dec. 1. But he must go through a National Assembly hearing before he can take over the post. “Kim has gained insight and experience in the prosecution by leading probes into large-scale corruption cases,” Cheong Wae Dae spokesperson J
Oct. 30, 2015