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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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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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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Samsung mocks Apple over iPhone alarm glitch
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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Speaker floats dual citizenship as solution to falling births
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Chun asks for access to investigation records
Former President Chun Doo-hwan, who owes a massive fine to state coffers, has made a request to look into the records of a prosecution investigation into his bribe-taking in the 1990s, prosecution officials said Monday.After undergoing an intensive prosecution probe into slush fund allegations between 1995 and 1996, Chun was ordered by the nation‘s top court in 1997 to return to the state coffers 220 billion won ($196.8 million) that he was found to have illegally accumulated during his military
Aug. 5, 2013
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Police raid KT&G over bribery allegations
Police raided KT&G’s head office in Seoul on Monday over bribery allegations involving the tobacco maker’s senior executives, a subcontractor and a government official. An intelligence crime unit at the Korean National Police Agency seized computer hard disk drives and USB drives from KT&G’s real estate development team with a court-issued warrant.The raid came after the police found that the real estate project team at the tobacco company deliberately deleted relevant documents and files stored
Aug. 5, 2013
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Police raid KT&G over bribery allegations
Police raided KT&G’s head office in Seoul on Monday over bribery allegations involving the tobacco maker’s senior executives, a subcontractor and a government official. An intelligence crime unit at the Korean National Police Agency seized computer hard disk drives and USB drives from KT&G’s real estate development team with a court-issued warrant.The raid came after the police found that the real estate project team at the tobacco company deliberately deleted relevant documents and files stored
Aug. 5, 2013
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1 in every 5 college students in debt: data
One in every five college students in South Korea owes banks heavy debts to pay off their school fees and meet living expenses, data showed Monday, amid the government's push to ramp up financial support for the troubled young group. The portion of students who have taken out a loan from local financial companies for school and living expenses stood at 20.4 percent, according to a survey by the Financial Services Commission (FSC), the country's top financial regulator. The poll was based on indi
Aug. 5, 2013
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Super bacteria infects 63 patients: health authority
South Korea's health authority said Sunday it has confirmed 63 patients have been infected with a super bacterial infection that cannot be easily treated by antibiotics, raising concerns over a possible contagion.The number of patients infected with OXA-232-type carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae, also known as a super bacteria, came to 63 at 13 local hospitals as of Thursday, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.It marked the first time for this type of CPE
Aug. 4, 2013
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Korea warns of growing damage from red tide off southern coast
The South Korean government warned of growing destruction from a red tide off the country's southern and eastern coasts Sunday, noting the damages have already topped 13 billion won.The government issued a red tide alert last month for waters off the eastern coast for the first time in six years.A red tide is a natural phenomenon believed to be caused by a combination of high temperatures, salinity and nutrients. Some experts believe that when these conditions meet low winds and certain rain lev
Aug. 4, 2013
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Koreans cancel Japan trips amid radiation fears
Cancellations of trips to Japan by Korean travelers are increasing after recent news reports of a massive radioactive water leak from the Fukushima nuclear plant in the country. According to a local news report, 40-50 tourists of Mode Tour, one of Korea’s major travel agencies, cancelled their trips right after the news was broadcast. Some 200 customers of the company ultimately scrapped their plans to visit Japan, according to the report. Also, Hanjin Travel reported 10-20 cancellations per day
Aug. 4, 2013
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Prof. Park to head world body of medical women
Park Kyung-ah, a professor of anatomy at Yonsei University College of Medicine, has become the new head of the Medical Women’s International Association, the organization announced.The MWIA was founded in 1919 to promote cooperation among women practicing medicine across the globe and to address health issues of women and children. Park, 62, was officially inaugurated as president of the Medical Women’s International Association on Saturday, taking the position from outgoing president Afua Hesse
Aug. 4, 2013
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Super bacteria infects 63 patients: health authority
South Korea's health authority said Sunday it has confirmed 63 patients have been infected with a super bacterial infection that cannot be easily treated by antibiotics, raising concerns over a possible contagion. The number of patients infected with OXA-232-type carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae (CPE), also known as a super bacteria, came to 63 at 13 local hospitals as of Thursday, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It marked the first time for this
Aug. 4, 2013
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S. Korean drug makers set sights on overseas market
South Korean pharmaceutical companies are looking to overseas markets in order to seek new profit engines, industry sources said Sunday. According to data by the Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, the combined exports of local drug makers rose 46.7 percent on-year to 1.37 trillion won (US$1.2 billion) in 2012, compared with 930 billion won in 2011, surpassing the 1-trillion mark for the first time. The industry sources attributed the rise in the drug makers' exports to the gover
Aug. 4, 2013
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Hyundai chief receives personal letter from N. Korean leader
Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun said Saturday that she received a personal letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during a one-day visit to the communist nation to hold a memorial service for her late husband. In the letter, Kim said he prays for the soul of the late Hyundai Chairman Chung Mong-hun and wished the South Korean business group all the best, Hyun told reporters after returning from the Mount Kumgang resort just north of the inter-Korean border. Hyun did not meet Kim
Aug. 4, 2013
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One soldier killed in grenade explosion at inter-Korean border
A hand grenade held by a recently enlisted soldier exploded at a guard post near the border with North Korea on Saturday, instantly killing the soldier and seriously wounding his platoon leader, military and police officials said Saturday. The explosion occurred at around 5:05 a.m. when the 21-year-old private, identified by his surname Choe, and his platoon leader were inside the post just south of the western section of the Demilitarized Zone, according to officials. Choe died at the scene
Aug. 4, 2013
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Arrest warrant sought for former tax chief over bribery
Prosecutors on Friday sought an arrest warrant for an embattled former head of the national tax agency on charges of accepting massive bribes from food and entertainment conglomerate CJ Group.Jeon Goon-pyo, 59, is accused of taking $300,000 in U.S. bills and high-end watches from CJ Group officials in exchange for favors during a tax audit into the conglomerate in July 2006, shortly after he was named the commissioner of the National Tax Service, prosecutors said.Prosecutors detained Jeon shortl
Aug. 2, 2013
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Lawmaker proposes bill protecting unpaid interns
Rep. Choi Min-hee of the Democratic Party submitted Friday a revision bill to provide legal protection for students working in unpaid internships.Under the current Labor Standards Act, unpaid part-time workers are not entitled to protection under the fair labor standards.There are growing numbers of university students applying for internship programs, regardless of the pay, as they have become “a necessary requisite” in entering the real job market. Many students, however, have faced discrimina
Aug. 2, 2013
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2 out of 3 women feel unsafe from sex crimes
A survey showed Friday that 2 out of 3 women, including middle and high school students, felt they were not safe from sex crimes.The Ministry of Security and Public Administration said of the 1,000 adults, 100 experts and 1,000 students that were surveyed, 30.4 percent, 37.0 percent and 52.2 percent, respectively, did not view society as safe.A majority of the respondents picked sexual assault as the most serious crime to be eradicated out of the four major crimes the government aims to tackle,
Aug. 2, 2013
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Seoul center eyes Asian city community
The Seoul Institute, a city research center, is pushing to form a research community with metropolitan cities in Asia, to build common ground for solving city issues and sharing policies. “General consensus among global cities is necessary as they all share similar issues such as environment and traffic problems. I believe Seoul can take a lead in such areas,” Seoul Institute President Lee Chang-hyun told The Korea Herald on Friday. In Asia, a coalition of local authorities called CITYNET has be
Aug. 2, 2013
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Red Cross to provide US$320,000 for flood-hit N. Korea
The international Red Cross has said it will provide North Korea with an emergency fund of US$320,000 to help flood victims in the communist country.In a report posted on its website Thursday, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said it has allocated 299,744 Swiss franc from its disaster relief emergency fund "to help the DPRK Red Cross Society in delivering immediate assistance to 5,000 families or 20,000 beneficiaries."DPRK stands for the Democratic Peop
Aug. 2, 2013
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Arrest warrant sought for former tax chief over bribery
Prosecutors sought an arrest warrant Friday for a former chief of the national tax agency on charges of accepting bribes from food and entertainment conglomerate CJ Group.Jeon Goon-pyo, 59, is accused of taking US$300,000 in U.S. bills and high-end watches from CJ Group officials in exchange for favors during a tax audit into the conglomerate in July 2006, shortly after he was named the commissioner of the National Tax Service (NTS), prosecutors said.Prosecutors detained Jeon shortly after midni
Aug. 2, 2013
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Ex- tax chief admits to taking gifts from CJ
CJ Group's slush fund predicament faced new challenges on Thursday after a former National Tax Service chief admitted to accepting gifts from the conglomerate.He denied, however, that they were in exchange of any favors, prosecution sources said on Thursday.Jeon Goon-pyo, 59, appeared before prosecutors this day to face questioning over allegations that he accepted kickbacks from CJ in exchange for favors during a tax audit into the local food and entertainment conglomerate in 2006.Jeon is under
Aug. 1, 2013
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Sexual harassment cases rock top private university
The country’s leading private university is in hot water amid lingering charges of sexual abuse that have gravely damaged its reputation.Police announced Wednesday that they were investigating a Korea University student for sexually harassing some 19 women, most of whom attend the same school. The news came only months after the university fired a professor who was accused of sexual harassment and misconduct. The 25-year-old male student, whose name was not revealed, is accused of secretly takin
Aug. 1, 2013