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[Weekender] Geeks have never been so chic in Korea
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N. Korea says it test-fired tactical ballistic missile with new guidance technology
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NewJeans members submit petitions over court injunction in Hybe-Ador conflict
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[News Focus] Mystery deepens after hundreds of cat deaths in S. Korea
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S. Korea's exports of instant noodles surpass $100m for 1st time in April: data
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[Herald Interview] Byun Yo-han's 'unlikable' character is result of calculated acting
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US military commander in S. Korea during Gwangju uprising dies
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[KH Explains] Why Korea's so tough on short selling
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Actors involved in past controversies return first via streaming service originals
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[Photo News] Seoul seeks 'best sleeper'
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Korean language teachers from overseas
More than 200 Korean language instructors from 52 countries began training on Tuesday to secure more modern, practical and effective teaching skills, the Overseas Koreans Foundation said. The state-run organization said it is hosting the eight-day program at Kyung Hee University’s Suwon campus in Gyeonggi Province, which also includes sessions for school management, leadership education and Korean culture. The participants are from Europe, the Americas, the Commonwealth of Independent States and
Aug. 7, 2012
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Korea to launch new unification fund
South Korea’s cabinet Tuesday endorsed a bill which sets up a special fund to cover the huge cost of potential reunification with North Korea.The bill calls for dividing the existing Inter-Korean Cooperation Fund into two accounts ― one for promoting cross-border cooperation and the other for covering unification costs, said the unification ministry.The bill, endorsed at a cabinet meeting chaired by President Lee Myung-Bak, needs approval from parliament.The unification account will draw funds f
Aug. 7, 2012
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Major online porn distributor ring caught
INCHEON (Yonhap News) ― Police on Tuesday busted the nation’s largest known distribution ring of online pornography, allegedly involving a university professor and another man in his 70s.The arrest comes as police crack down on online distributors of sex videos and other pornography in the wake of a number of brutal sexual offenses against women and children.Three operators of a local file-sharing service were booked without physical detention on charges of recruiting people to upload porn and p
Aug. 7, 2012
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U.N. forum to discuss women’s global role
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will deliver a speech about women’s role in world development in Seoul next week at a meeting for young women leaders, officials said.Ban along with many high profile officials are participating in the inaugural World Congress of Global Partnership for Young Women, which is being held at Duksung Women’s University from Aug. 10-13.Under the title “Sharing Together,” the four-day meeting will also bring together more than 1,000 university students from 33 countri
Aug. 7, 2012
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Heat wave in South Korea kills more than 341,000 poultry
A heat wave has killed more than 341,000 chickens and ducks across South Korea since July, an agriculture official said Monday.Temperatures have hovered above 33 degrees Celsius since July 20 in most parts of the country, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration.The scorching temperatures killed 330,500 chickens and 10,700 ducks as well as 96 pigs across the country between July 20 and
Aug. 6, 2012
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Tobacco packs to bear graphic health warnings
The government plans to require tobacco firms to put graphic images illustrating the health hazards of smoking on their packages beginning early next year.The packages will also have to contain detailed information of tobacco ingredients and will not be allowed to feature words deemed to mislead consumers about smoking’s health effects. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Monday it plans to issue a public notification of the revised National Health Promotion Law this month as part of its cam
Aug. 6, 2012
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Majority of foreign workers receive reemployment permit
A majority of foreign workers who applied to be rehired in South Korea have received a reemployment permit thanks to their “exemplary” working records, the Labor Ministry said.Under the current law, foreign manual workers can apply to be rehired by the same employers if they have not left their designated workplaces during a certain period of stay.From July, the government softened the laws by allowing those “exemplary” foreign workers to be re-employed three months after returning home, which i
Aug. 6, 2012
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One in 4 SNU doctorate holders unemployed
More than one in four doctorate degree recipients from Seoul National University were unemployed last year, statistics showed Monday, the highest ratio in 10 years that indicates the country’s most prestigious university is no exception to the tightening job market.According to SNU’s annual statistics on employment and careers of graduates, out of 1,054 people who earned doctoral degrees from the school between August 2010 and February 2011, 289 or 27.4 percent were unemployed.The unemployment r
Aug. 6, 2012
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70% of multicultural students see themselves as ‘pure Korean’
More than 70 percent of students from multicultural families in South Korea consider themselves as “100 percent Korean,” a survey showed Monday.According to the survey of 1,502 multicultural students in their fourth year of primary school nationwide, 73.4 percent said they are “100 percent Koreans,” followed by 21.5 percent regarding themselves as “half Korean and half foreigner.” Those who identified themselves as “pure foreigner” came to 3 percent, showed the survey conducted by the National Y
Aug. 6, 2012
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Police crack down on cigarette littering
The Ministry of Public Administration and Security and the National Policy Agency announced Monday that they had conducted a crackdown on throwing cigarette butts away while driving in July, and found 1,990 illegal cases.The policy agency said it imposed a penalty of 30,000 won on each case and that fines would rise to 50,000 won from Sep 1.The number of reports by citizens reached 836 and the citizens who provided information were given 5,000-10,000 won.A ministry official said the authority wi
Aug. 6, 2012
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KEPCO posts power electricity alert
South Korea’s state-run power company issued a power shortage alert Monday to reflect a surge in electricity consumption caused by high temperatures.The measure by Korea Electric Power Corp. comes after the weather service issued nationwide heatwave warnings earlier in the day, with power consumption expected to reach a record high. (Yonhap) <관련 한글 기사>한전, 전력경보 ‘주의’로 격상!전력거래소는 6일 오전 11시 5분 전력경보를 ‘주의’로 상향 발령했다.전력경보 주의가 내려진 것은 지난해 9.15 정전 사태 이후 처음이다전력경보 ‘주의’는 예비전력 300만㎾ 미만 200만㎾ 이상인 상태가 10분 이상 지속하거
Aug. 6, 2012
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S. Korean student wins international linguistics tournament
A South Korean high school student won the top place in a globally-recognized language competition for the first time, a local academic association said Sunday.Kim Hong-soon, a 17-year-old from the Korean Minjok Leadership Academy, scored the gold medal in the individual round of the 10th International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL) held in Ljubljana, the capital city of Slovenia between July 30 and Aug. 3, according to the Linguistic Society of Korea.It is the first time a Korean has ranked first i
Aug. 6, 2012
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U.S. congressional aides visit Seoul
A group of aides to United States Congress members will visit South Korea this week as part of the two countries’ efforts to boost exchange and cooperation, trip organizers said Saturday.Eight secretaries of U.S. Congress members including Sen. Richard Lugar, Sen. Jon Kyl and Rep. Steve King arrived in Seoul on Sunday for a seven-day visit at the invitation of the Korea Foundation, according to foundation officials.During the visit, the delegation plans to meet with government officials here and
Aug. 5, 2012
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SNU to support 332 foreign students
Seoul National University will offer scholarships and benefits to foreign students in an effort to foster Korea-friendly human resources, the school said Sunday. Some 332 undergraduate and graduate students have been selected and will study at the university from the second semester starting in September, it said. Of them, 73 are undergraduates, 188 graduates, and 71 doctoral students. They are mostly from developing nations including Vietnam, China and Mongolia, with Chinese taking up the most
Aug. 5, 2012
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Seoul to set new rules on textbooks’ political neutrality
The Education Ministry said on Sunday that it would devise a set of guidelines on the political neutrality of textbooks.The ministry’s move comes after controversy arose over literary works by an opposition politician that appear in middle-school textbooks.A team of private experts and education officials will start researching by the end of this month on ways to improve the current textbook-screening system. It aims to formulate guidelines based on which the state-run textbook review board will
Aug. 5, 2012
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Heat wave death toll rises to 10
Scorching weather leaves more than 500 others in hospitalCasualties and damage are rising in Korea as a record heat wave continues to roast the country for the second week. According to health authorities, the “dangerously high temperatures” this summer ―- with day highs rising beyond 35 degrees Celsius ― are blamed for at least 10 deaths so far. More than 500 have been rushed to the hospital for heat-related illness. The scorching heat is having a devastating impact on farming, fisheries and ag
Aug. 5, 2012
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Seoul sees record stretch of ‘tropical nights’
The capital city of South Korea has experienced the most consecutive "tropical nights" since 2000, the state weather agency said Saturday.The so-called tropical night phenomenon is defined by nighttime lows staying above 25 degrees Celsius, with nighttime being from 6 p.m. to 9 a.m. It often happens when monsoon season ends, which falls in July in general for the country. The overnight low in Seou
Aug. 4, 2012
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Ob-gyn arrested for disposing of patient’s body
Seoul police on Friday arrested an obstetrician-gynecologist on charges that he killed a patient and disposed of her body.The suspect, a 45-year-old man identified by his surname Kim, is accused of accidentally killing a 30-year-old female patient Lee on Tuesday while trying to anesthetize her, telling her it was a "nutritional supplement." He said he had injected her with midazolam, a drug that induces sedation.Police said Kim then discarded the corpse at a parking lot near the Han River. His w
Aug. 3, 2012
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Nexon cleared in information leak case
The prosecution on Friday cleared Nexon, an online game company, of responsibility for the leak of private information of its 13.2 million members last November.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said it has decided not to indict company chief executive Seo Min and security officials for allegedly mishandling user data due to the lack of evidence.“It is hard to find any loose management of personal information, and Nexon had taken security measures when the incident occurred,” the pr
Aug. 3, 2012
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Kang, key Roh supporter, dies of brain tumor
Kang Keum-won, Changshin Textiles chairman and a close associate and supporter of late former President Roh Moo-hyun, died late Thursday.The 60-year-old self-made businessman had been fighting against a brain tumor. Kang, a graduate of Hanyang University’s textile engineering program, founded Changshin Textiles in 1975 and relocated the company to Busan five years later, establishing the basis of his fortune. Kang had been a long-time supporter of Roh, beginning with campaign donations in 1998 w
Aug. 3, 2012