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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Doctor group's incoming head renews call for govt. to scrap medical school quota hike for dialogue
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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KEITI chief named adviser to U.N. environment body
Yoon Seung-joon, president of the Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute, has been named a member of the advisory board to a United Nations body on environmental technology, the state-run KEITI said Thursday. He is among the six experts in the 17-member International Advisory Board to the U.N. Environmental Program’s International Environmental Technology Center. The board consists of government policymakers, U.N. officials and experts in the environmental field from around the wo
Oct. 25, 2012
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Serving the world with safe, clean drinking water
The Korea Herald, in collaboration with the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute, is presenting a series of articles introducing small but promising environmental tech firms. The following is the seventh installment. ― Ed.From deep sea to tap water, water treatment covers a wide range of industries and markets. This week’s Korea Herald choice for Green Innovator stands at the very end of the spectrum, manufacturing filters for household water purifiers. For Microfilter Co., the ma
Oct. 25, 2012
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Osteopetrosis
Our bones may seem sturdy and hard, but they are very active organs that undergo extensive synthesis and absorption. Bones are associated with growth, fracture repair and adjustment to exercise. We develop more bone in areas where they are needed more. For example, in environments with no gravity (as for astronauts in space), the bone becomes very weak and light. In athletes, the bones grow stronger because they are constantly under load. Our bones are cylindrical in shape with an empty space i
Oct. 25, 2012
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South Koreans have ‘moderate’ English-language skills
South Korea ranked 21st among 54 countries in the English proficiency index, indicating its people’s English-language skills are “moderate,” a global survey showed.EF Englishtown, an education company, released its second survey for the year 2012, which asked 1.7 m people over three years in 54 countries to take a free online test. The respondents were more urban and younger than the general population, the survey noted.English proficiency was graded on five levels -- very high, high, moderate,
Oct. 25, 2012
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Lee's son appears before special counsel over 'retirement home scandal'
President Lee Myung-bak's only son appeared before a special counsel on Thursday to face questioning over alleged irregularities in a land deal for his father's now-scrapped retirement home project.The 34-year-old Lee Si-hyung entered the counsel's office in Seocho-dong, southern Seoul, at 10:11 a.m. in his capacity as a criminal suspect in the alleged attempt to misuse taxpayer money through the aborted land deal. This is the first time in South Korean history a child of a sitting president has
Oct. 25, 2012
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Korea hopes for success of Naro
Space technology has advanced through trial and error, a solace for Korean scientists who were humiliated by the past two failed launches of the country’s first locally assembled rocket called Naro. Advanced economies such as the U.S. and Japan have a record of launch failures. Even Russia, which fired the most rockets into space between 1957 and 2011, had several misfires.In a survey of 1,000 Koreans by a local news agency, over 80 percent said that Korea should increase its space investment an
Oct. 24, 2012
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[Newsmaker] President’s only son probed as suspect
President Lee Myung-bak’s only son will face questioning by a team of independent investigators Thursday as part of an escalating probe into his father’s now-scrapped retirement home plan.Lee Shi-hyung, 34, will be greeted by an army of TV cameramen, photographers and journalists anxious to catch the moment the president’s son faces the music. Confronted by the special investigative team, which his father reluctantly agreed to, he now must fight to clear his and his father’s name in a corruption
Oct. 24, 2012
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Mayor’s first year in office focused mainly on welfare
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon pledged Wednesday to continue to focus on improving the welfare of low-income citizens and better protecting the environment as he marks his first year in office Saturday.He took office by winning a by-election as an independent backed by grassroots civic groups and the main opposition Democratic United Party.“I took office at a time of a grand paradigm shift. We should build a creative economy that focuses on the quality of life and welfare, breaking away from the era
Oct. 24, 2012
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Lee’s elder brother returns, likely to face summons
Lee Sang-eun, President Lee Myung-bak’s eldest brother, on Thursday returned home from an overseas trip as scheduled amid a widening probe by independent investigators into a property scandal ensnaring the first family. The 79-year-old chairman of automotive seat maker DAS, who is also involved in the scandal, had left for China on a business trip on Oct. 16, a day before the special investigative team sought a travel ban for him. He was scheduled to return Thursday. The special investigative te
Oct. 24, 2012
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Driver who crashed cars on purpose arrested for insurance fraud
A 44-year-old man who allegedly collected insurance proceeds by deliberately causing more than a hundred traffic accidents was arrested for fraud on Tuesday.The man, only identified by his surname Lee, took a total of 270 million won ($244,000) in insurance payments and settlement money from victims for 169 accidents in 19 months. Lee caused as many as four accidents a day.Lee targeted and crashed into vehicles which were changing lanes, crossing the center line or going the wrong way on a one w
Oct. 24, 2012
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S. Korea ranks 108th in gender equality: WEF report
South Korea ranked among the lowest group in the world in gender equality, a report showed Wednesday, indicating that it needs to step up efforts to bolster women‘s economic participation and their access to education.According to the report by the World Economic Forum (WEF), South Korea came in at 108th out of 135 countries it surveyed in terms of gender equality this year. The ranking was one notch lower than the previous year and it was also similar to countries such as the United Arab Emirat
Oct. 24, 2012
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Votes by merchant seamen most costly to process in presidential election
Votes by merchant seamen working overseas are expected to cost the most, to tally at around 154,000 won (US$140) per person, compared with other ballots to be cast in December‘s presidential election, the government said Wednesday.That figure is about 26 times the average ballot cost, which is estimated to reach 5,830 won, according to officials at the Ministry of Public Administration and Security and the National Election Commission, the country’s election watchdog.About 40.5 million citizens
Oct. 24, 2012
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‘Missing’ youth lied to go drinking
Korean police’s hours-long search for a man who had been reported missing by his girlfriend ended after it was revealed that he had lied to her about being chased by a man to go drinking with his friends.The 22-year-old, identified by his surname Shin, went drinking with five other friends in Seoul after finishing his part-time job on the night of Oct. 14. The drinking continued until 2 a.m. the next day but he did not answer his girlfriend’s repeated calls. Instead, he sent her a text message s
Oct. 24, 2012
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U.S. federal court approves extradition of suspect in murder of S. Korean student
A U.S. federal court has approved the extradition of an American suspect in the 1997 murder of a South Korean college student in Seoul, court and Justice Ministry officials here said Tuesday.Arthur Patterson, 33, is accused of stabbing the victim to death inside a bathroom at a Burger King outlet in the foreigners' hub of Itaewon in April 1997.He has been held in custody in Los Angeles since May 2011 after South Korea's Justice Ministry requested his extradition in connection with the case.On Mo
Oct. 24, 2012
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[Newsmaker] Yahoo’s latest CEO hopes to break cycle of failure
Marissa Mayer wants to revive the flagging fortunes of Yahoo Inc. by returning to its roots. The recently appointed CEO, a former Google executive who joined Yahoo in July, has been signaling a new technology-focused strategy for the company through her hires and acquisitions. Moving away from her predecessors’ focus on media content, Mayer has pledged to revamp the company’s email and search engine services, and tailor more services to mobile devices. Yahoo’s plan for revival pits it squarely a
Oct. 23, 2012
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Lawmakers visit Dokdo triggering Japan protest
A group of South Korean lawmakers on Tuesday visited Dokdo prompting an immediate protest from Tokyo.Seventeen members of the parliamentary National Defence Committee flew to the islets on military helicopters for a day-long visit, an aide to committee member Han Ki-ho said.The trip ― described as a government inspection session ― was aimed at checking security measures around the islands which are guarded by the South’s coastguard, the aide told AFP.A picture released by the committee showed th
Oct. 23, 2012
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Futurologist Dator to join KAIST program
Jim Dator, a political science professor at the University of Hawaii and a global leader in futures studies, will join a new graduate program at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.The top science and engineering university in Korea said Tuesday it would open a master’s program for future strategy in the spring to cultivate talent with future-oriented insight and strategic planning.Dator, director of the Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies, is among its over 20 faculty
Oct. 23, 2012
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Underground water near U.S. base contaminated
Underground water near the U.S. military’s Camp Kim in Seoul has been found to be contaminated with harmful components of crude oil, data from the Seoul city government showed Tuesday.Samples of ground water gathered from March-November 2011 from outer regions of Camp Kim, located adjacent to Yongsan Garrison in Seoul, had petroleum hydrocarbon levels as high as 1,436.8 milligram per liter, about 958 times the allowable level of 1.5 mg/l, according to the Seoul city data, obtained by Democratic
Oct. 23, 2012
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Korea to expand no-visa entry for transit passengers
South Korea will begin a test-run of an expanded no-visa entry program for transit tourists bound for another country starting next week, in an effort to boost struggling domestic tourism by drawing more foreigners into the country, the government said Tuesday.Under the new system, all international passengers transferring at Incheon International Airport, except for passengers from 11 countries, will be allowed to enjoy a visa-free transit tour of Seoul and its vicinity areas within 12 hours of
Oct. 23, 2012
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Ministers vow to ensure action on climate change
Environmental policymakers from around the world on Tuesday confirmed their resolve to move forward with action on climate change at an upcoming U.N. conference in Doha, Qatar, at the end of the year.They wrapped up their two-day meeting in Seoul in preparation for the 18th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, more widely called COP18.It brought some 200 participants, including ministers from 50 countries and UNFCCC Executive Secr
Oct. 23, 2012