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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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Students with history of violence will be barred from becoming teachers
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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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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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[KH Explains] Can tech firms' AI alliances take on Nvidia?
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South Korea braces for rare October typhoon
Typhoon Danas is expected to hit South Korea late Tuesday, possibly bringing heavy downfalls, the Korea Meteorological Administration said. “Due to the effects of the typhoon, heavy rain accompanied by strong winds is expected to hit the southern region as well as the East Sea,” the KMA said on its homepage. It added that parts of the country, including Jeju Island and the east and south coasts, could be hit by up to 30 millimeters of rain per hour.Typhoon Danas, which was passing through seas o
Oct. 7, 2013
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Former spymaster quizzed over ex-president's slush fund
Ex-president Chun Doo-hwan's closest aide and former intelligence chief has been probed over the wealth the former leader illegally accumulated during his rule in the 1980s, prosecution sources close to the investigation said Monday.Chang Se-dong was questioned last Tuesday over suspicions that he actively helped his former boss create a slush fund and received some of the money as a reward while serving as the head of the Agency for the National Security Planning, which later became the Nationa
Oct. 7, 2013
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SNU college revises controversial sexual violence regulation
The student council at the College of Social Sciences of Seoul National University recently revised its “anti-sexual violence regulation,” which had recently come under fire for being ambiguous about the definition of a sexual offense, local news outlets here reported Monday.According to the new regulation, sexual violence is now defined as an “a sexual action or utterance done without the consent of the other person, which harms their human dignity.” The old regulation had stated it simply as “
Oct. 7, 2013
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Seoul sets aside 4.2 bln won budget to promote Dokdo sovereignty
South Korea will retain its 2014 budget to promote the country's ownership of its easternmost islets of Dokdo at this year's level, a parliamentary record showed Monday.According to the budget bill submitted to the National Assembly, the government set aside 4.24 billion won ($4 million) in next year's budget for the foreign ministry's promotion efforts over the islets, the same amount earmarked for this year.The government first introduced the Dokdo budget in 2003, setting aside 250 million won
Oct. 7, 2013
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Seoul sees first suicide rate fall in 6 years
Seoul's suicide rate fell for the first time in six years in 2012, data showed Monday.According to the data by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, a total of 2,391 citizens in the capital city took their own lives in 2012, down from the previous year's 2,722.The suicide rate, or the number of deaths per every 100,000 citizens, in 2012 came to 23.8, falling 11.5 percent on-year, the data showed.The suicide rate in Seoul had been on the rise since 2006, with a 17.1 rate in 2006, 21.6 in 2008, 26.2
Oct. 7, 2013
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[Photo News] Celebrating Hangeul
Oct. 6, 2013
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Korean teachers rank 4th in respect: study
Teachers in South Korea came fourth among the OECD member countries in the level of respect they receive, an international study showed Sunday.Korea came behind China, Greece and Turkey in the level of public respect, and before New Zealand, Singapore and the United States among the 21 countries.The study, published by Varkey GEMS Foundation, a non-profit global education organization in Dubai, was based on a survey of 1,000 adults in each country.More than 75 percent of the respondents in China
Oct. 6, 2013
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Women outperform men in language skills: data
Women have better linguistic abilities than men, according to data released Sunday by the Korean Language and Culture Foundation. According to a test result analysis of the Test of Korea Language or ToKL between 2007 and 2013, women showed average scores about 4 points higher then men.The report also showed that the older examinees were, the better their vocabulary was. While the vocabulary achievement of teenagers reached 61.7 percent, those in their 20s and 40s came at 66.9 percent and 70.9 pe
Oct. 6, 2013
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More than half of job seekers applying at random
More than half of South Korean job seekers found to have applied for random jobs mainly due to great psychological pressure in the face of a tight job market, a recent survey showed. According to the Career, an online job search engine, 53.6 percent of 688 job seekers surveyed have made such “random applications.”Such aimless applications cause losses for both companies and applicants. Most random applicants are eliminated before the final selection procedure to screen candidates. Only 21.7 p
Oct. 6, 2013
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At least 28 injured in Miryang tower clash
At least 28 people were injured and 16 were detained in a three-day clash between police and protestors fighting over the construction of 52 electricity towers in Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province.The state-run Korea Electric Power Corporation has been pushing ahead with the construction since Wednesday, at the first five of the planned construction sites in Danjang-myeon, Sanoe-myeon, Sangdong-myeon and Bubuk-myeon. Three were hurt on Friday while power corporation officials tried to break thr
Oct. 4, 2013
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NongHyup demands 5 bln won from AhnLab over North Korean cyber attack
NongHyup Bank said Friday that it will demand 5 billion won ($4.7 million) from AhnLab Inc., an antivirus software firm, for damage from an allegedly North Korea-led cyber attack in March.The banking unit of NongHyup Financial Group Inc. said AhnLab's software program failed to deal with malicious code attacks on March 20, inflicting financial damage to the company."Since April, NongHyup has been negotiating with AhnLab concerning damages of the cyber attack," an official from the bank said. "If
Oct. 4, 2013
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U.S. unlikely to allow S. Korea to reprocess nuke fuel for energy: Einhorn
The United States will not agree to South Korea's reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel for commercial purposes due partly to proliferation concerns, a former U.S. State Department adviser on arms control said Friday. Seoul and Washington are in negotiations to renew their bilateral pact, dubbed the 123 agreement, with the latest and eighth round of negotiations held in Washington earlier this week.The agreement, last revised in 1974, was to expire in 2014, but the two countries agreed earlier this
Oct. 4, 2013
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Number of doctors nabbed for sexual assaults doubles in 4 yrs
The number of medical doctors arrested for sexual crimes has jumped almost two-fold over the last four years, data showed Friday.A total of 83 medical doctors were apprehended on charges of rape and sexual assaults last year, almost two times higher than 43 in 2008, according to the data compiled by the National Police Agency (NPA).The NPA data submitted to Rep. Kang Ki-youn of the ruling Saenuri Party indicated 39 doctors were arrested for the same charge in the first half of this year."Doctors
Oct. 4, 2013
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SNU leaps to 44th in world university ranking
Seoul National University jumped from 59th to 44th in the Times Higher Education’s 2013 world university ranking, joining the top 50 for the first time.Four South Korean universities were among the 200 best institutes according to the annual report released on Tuesday. They were KAIST, which climbed 13 places to 56th, POSTECH at 60th, and Yonsei University at 190th.The California Institute of Technology retained its top position for the third consecutive year. Harvard University remained in seco
Oct. 4, 2013
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Seoul district eases ban on gay rights banner
A Seoul district has partially lifted its ban on a local gay group’s advertisement banner following the state human rights body’s recommendation. The Mapo District office recently notified Mapo Rainbow Residents’ Solidarity that it would allow its ad campaign, but only if it removed a statement deemed to be an exaggeration. The local office and the activist group have been in discord since last year when the office did not permit the group’s gay rights street banners. The office said that the ph
Oct. 3, 2013
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[Newsmaker] Hanyang dean ousted over admission fraud
Park Moon-il, the dean of Hanyang University’s College of Medicine, is to be removed from office for allegedly committing academic fraud to aid his son in entering the institution’s graduate school of medicine.According to the findings of Hanyang University’s audit board, Park listed his son as the lead author of an academic paper while removing the name of an obstetrician who took part in the research. Park is also an author for the paper in question. Park’s son, who was a student of mechanical
Oct. 2, 2013
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KEPCO forges ahead with Miryang project despite protests
Construction workers and police clashed with local residents in Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province, early Wednesday morning as the state-run Korea Electronic Power Corporation pushed ahead with the construction of 52 towers for a high-voltage transmission line in the area. More than 2,000 riot police were stationed at five of the planned sites to control the crowds of protesting residents.KEPCO workers arrived at the sites at 5 a.m. to lay the groundwork and deliver construction materials by hel
Oct. 2, 2013
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Seoul City to raise basic taxi fare to 3,000 won
Seoul City said Wednesday it will raise basic taxi fare by one-fourth to 3,000 won ($2.79) starting Oct. 12 and will take measures to improve drivers’ services and working conditions. After holding public hearings and reviews by the price policy committee, the city made a final decision out of three options, which differed in basic fares and surcharges for nighttime and inter-city operations. In addition to the hike, the city government decided to reintroduce the 25 percent surcharge for passeng
Oct. 2, 2013
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Korean students in China quadruple in 11 years
The number of South Korean studying in China has increased fourfold in 11 years mainly due to rising demand for Chinese language education, a government report showed Wednesday.According to the report by the education ministry, there were 62,855 South Korean students in China last year, up 283.9 percent from 16,372 in 2001.The increase made China the second-most popular destination for South Koreans going abroad to study, after the United States with 73,351 students last year. Canada placed a di
Oct. 2, 2013
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Watchdog halts sales of Pfizer antibiotic
South Korea’s drug watchdog said Wednesday that it has suspended the sales of Pfizer’s antibiotic azithromycin, sold as Zithromax, for three months due to inaccurate dosage information on its local product labels. The latest move by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety is in addition to its earlier recall order on Pfizer Pharmaceutical Korea, the local unit of Pfizer Inc., for its Zithromax 900-milligram dry syrup sold here.According to the ministry, the prescription drug should be administered
Oct. 2, 2013