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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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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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KT launches new mobile plans for foreign residents
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Costco faces protest for ignoring small business protection measures
Costco Wholesale Korea is facing increasing heat from non-governmental organizations for ignoring local regulations imposing mandatory closure for two days a month.A coalition of 520 civic groups campaigning for economic democratization announced Wednesday that it will hold a demonstration every two weeks outside the company’s branch in Yeongdeungpo in western Seoul in protest of Costco stores operating on days when they are required to close by order of local governments. The group contains som
Oct. 3, 2012
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Claims of woman’s falsified adoption may be false: report
A story of a Korean maternity home faking an infant’s death and arranging an illegal adoption to an Australian family may not be true, according to Korean news reports.Last month, Australia’s Special Broadcasting Service reported the story of “Emily Will,” who recently found her biological parents and was told that they were tricked into giving her up. The parents told Will that a midwife who helped with Will’s delivery lied about Wills because she sought adoption fees.But the Korean adoption ag
Oct. 3, 2012
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First-time child porn offenders face indictment
The prosecution has decided to indict even first-time violators of the law banning the possession and distribution of child pornography as part of the government’s war against sex crimes, officials said on Wednesday.It is illegal to possess child porn in Korea, but only a few perpetrators have been punished for it. In particular, those caught sharing and downloading the obscene material for the first time were often suspended of indictment.The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office said it will apply “zero
Oct. 3, 2012
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U.S. urges N.K. to join chemical arms convention
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― A top U.S. diplomat in charge of arms control and nonproliferation demanded Tuesday that North Korea and seven other nations immediately join the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).“Eight states including Syria have chosen to remain outside of the Chemical Weapons Convention, and the United States calls upon all of them to join the Convention without delay,” Rose E. Gottemoeller, acting under secretary of state for arms control and international security, said in a stat
Oct. 3, 2012
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Prosecution pledges 'no mercy' on child pornography
The top prosecution pledged no leniency Wednesday on the possession and distribution of child pornography in the wake of a recent spate of sex crimes against children. The Supreme Prosecutors' Office said it will make it a rule to detain for investigation anyone suspected of having made or distributed pornography featuring minors or introduced minors for the production of such porn. Those who
Oct. 3, 2012
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Police cracks down on ‘kiss rooms' near schools
The Korean government has launched a massive crackdown on illegal businesses such as “kiss rooms” near school compounds following a slew of high-profile rape cases with minors or children as victims. The police stormed more than 4,000 illegal shops with businesses deemed harmful to youth. The police clampdown includes kiss bang (“kiss room” in Korean), referring to a service in which adult clients kiss a girl for a fee. Similar illicit sex businesses such as adult massage parlors, telephone meet
Oct. 3, 2012
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New Army chief of staff, commanders named
Gen. Cho Jung-hwan, the chief of the Army’s Second Operational Command, was named South Korea’s new Army chief of staff, the defense ministry announced Tuesday.Cho, 57, graduated from Korea Military Academy and served as commander of the 22nd Infantry Division, deputy Army chief of staff and other posts before rising to the Second Operational Command chief last year.Cho is believed to be the right person to take the lead in carrying out defense reform and building a stronger military as he is eq
Oct. 2, 2012
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Man arrested in latest random violent crime
Number of mentally troubled among criminals tripled over 10 yearsPolice arrested a mentally disabled man who stabbed a woman to death in Chilgok, North Gyeongsang Province, on Monday in the latest bout of random crimes by those with psychiatric problems and grievances against society. Around 12:10 p.m, the 34-year-old man, identified by his surname Yoon, stabbed the 21-year-old university student with a knife five times in the chest and abdomen at a marketplace underpass. After the crime, Yoon a
Oct. 2, 2012
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Educational ‘climate change’ and SMART education
“No one can deny that Korea’s high academic achievements have been backed by its ‘educational enthusiasm.’ However, in the background behind the educational enthusiasm lay the struggle of the Korean people to survive from the ruins of the Korean War.” This was what I said in an interview with a Chilean educational policymaker who visited Korea last year. He also asked me why Korean students must work late into the night in school and at private institutes despite Korea’s economic growth. This qu
Oct. 2, 2012
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Handong builds global education network
President Kim Young-gil prioritizes honesty, integrity and teamwork skills for studentsPOHANG, North Gyeongsang Province ― Nestled in a remote rural town, Handong Global University gives no clue that it is one of Korea’s most advanced schools in terms of global education. It’s a long walk though vast rice fields on the outskirts of Pohang to get to the campus which is dotted by a few small, low-rise buildings accommodating some 3,600 undergraduate students.Yet the university is famed for its ext
Oct. 2, 2012
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Two nuclear reactors halt operation due to malfunctions
Two nuclear reactors at two separate atomic power plants in South Korea stopped operation Tuesday due to technical problems, but there was no risk of radiation leak at either sites, the plants' operator said.The Shingori 1 Reactor in Busan, 450 kilometers southeast of Seoul, was shut down at 8:19 a.m. after a warning signal indicated a malfunction in the control rod, which is used to control the r
Oct. 2, 2012
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Mentally disturbed criminals triple in 10 years
The number of mentally disturbed criminals has jumped almost three-fold in last 10 years, data showed Tuesday.A total of 2,120 criminals with mental diseases were apprehended last year, almost three times higher than 739 in 2002, according to the data compiled by the National Police Agency (NPA).The statistics submitted to Rep. Shin Hak-yong of the Democratic United Party come as the country has b
Oct. 2, 2012
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Nuclear reactor halts operation due to malfunction
A nuclear reactor at South Korea‘s Gori Nuclear Power Plant stopped operation Tuesday due to what appeared to be a problem in the reactor’s control system, plant operators said, adding there was no risk of radiation leakage.The Shingori 1 Reactor was shut down at 8:10 a.m. after a warning signal indicated a malfunction in the control rod, which is used to control the rate of fission of nuclear materials, according to the Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co.It is the first time that reactor, located 4
Oct. 2, 2012
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Holiday travelers cause congestion on major expressways
Expressways to and from Seoul were packed with vehicles Sunday evening as residents continued to head for their hometowns on the second day of Chuseok, the traditional thanksgiving holiday.But the traffic jams on major expressways eased to some degree after peaking around 5 p.m., according to transportation authorities.Traffic congestion on major highways linking Seoul and other major regional cit
Oct. 1, 2012
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Holiday homebound travelers caused congestion in major expressways
Expressways to and from the capital South Korean Seoul were packed with vehicles early Sunday as residents continued to head for thier hometowns on the second day of the traditional thanksgiving holiday.Transportation authorities said traffic congestion on major highways linking Seoul and other major regional cities may worsen in the evening and continue until midnight.A road trip from Seoul to th
Sept. 30, 2012
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Connecticut man shoots his son after mistaking him for a burglar
A man who believed his sister's home was being broken into shot and killed his teenage son, who was wearing a mask and carrying a knife, a newspaper reported Friday.Jeffrey Giuliano, 44, went to his sister's home with a gun early Thursday after she called to say someone suspicious was trying to break in. Police told the Hartford Courant that when Giuliano arrived he saw someone dressed all in blac
Sept. 29, 2012
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Technology as a blessing for physically challenged
Professor Lee Sang-mook has been heading a government-funded project to improve the quality of life of disabled people through technology for over two years. The project called Quality of Life Technology, or QoLT, falls in line with Lee’s belief that the advancements in the field of information technology are the biggest blessing for the physically challenged.Ultimately, those behind the program hope to establish a “welfare-industry state” and to nurture the so-called QoLT industry into a major
Sept. 28, 2012
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‘Korea should become the world leader in disability issues’
Following are excerpts from the interview with professor Lee Sang-mook of Seoul National University. ― Ed.Korea Herald: What happened after the accident?Lee: A helicopter came to the middle of the desert (to rescue us) after 40 minutes, and I slipped in and out of consciousness for three days. A nurse told me that I didn’t know how to speak.It was as if an executioner cut off my neck but was ordered to put it back on. The accident severed all the muscles in my neck. The spinal cord, which is lik
Sept. 28, 2012
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Six students injured in rampage by teenager
Six schoolchildren were injured after a depressed teenage dropout went on a violent rampage and attacked young students with a shovel at an elementary school in southern Seoul, police said Friday.The 18-year-old boy surnamed Kim broke into the school's campus shortly before noon and wielded the entrenching shovel in a classroom, hurting three girls and three boys, the Bangbae Police Station said,
Sept. 28, 2012
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Six elementary schoolers injured in rampage by teenage dropout
A high school dropout stormed into a class in an elementary school in southern Seoul on Friday and threw around a shovel, wounding six children, the police said. The 18-year-old, surnamed Kim, broke into the school compound in Bangbae-dong at 11:50 a.m. and allegedly hit children who were taking a morning class with a toy gun and a shovel, a rampage that lasted for five minutes. Six elementary school students were wounded and taken to a nearby hospital to receive treatment. The suspect, who is s
Sept. 28, 2012