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Seoul vows action over Naver's Line, Yahoo dispute
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[KH Explains] Hyundai Motor’s plan for new landmark keeps hitting bumps
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Key S. Korean, USFK special operations officials to hold rare meeting amid NK threats
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Samsung doubles down on Vietnam
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[Grace Kao] American racism against Stray Kids
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In Beijing, S. Korean top diplomat aims to jumpstart ties with China
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NewJeans' members' parents complained to Hybe, email shows
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Suspect behind murder of Korean tourist in Pattaya arrested
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Prosecutors summon pastor involved in Dior bag scandal
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Controversy brews over shakeup of prosecutors amid probe of first lady
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No need for Korea to enrich uranium: Obama aide
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― Gary Samore, President Barack Obama’s top aide for nonproliferation, said Monday that the U.S. sees no need for South Korea to enrich uranium, a stance against Seoul’s goals.Samore, arms control coordinator at the White House National Security Council, said South Korean can continue to buy enrichment services from the U.S. and France and in other international markets rather than having its own uranium-enrichment technology.“So there is no danger that Korean industry w
July 24, 2012
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Korea issues heat wave warnings
Weather authorities issued heat wave advisories nationwide on Tuesday in response to a heat wave that has been gripping South Korea, with the capital city experiencing its second straight “tropical night” this week.The so-called tropical night phenomenon is defined by nighttime lows staying above 25 C, 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. Overnight lows across the nation soared well above the threshol
July 24, 2012
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Jeju trekking paths temporarily closed after murder case
JEJU (Yonhap News) ― Some parts of the famous trekking paths on the country’s southernmost island of Jeju have been temporarily closed following a recent kidnapping and murder case there, officials said Tuesday.A man identified only by the surname of Kang was arrested Monday on suspicion of kidnapping and killing a 40-year-old female tourist and abandoning her body. She went missing near the trekking course on July 12, one day after she arrived from Seoul alone to hike the popular coastal walkin
July 24, 2012
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Doubts cast on sex offender monitoring
The deaths of a 10-year-old elementary school girl in Tongyeong of South Gyeongsang Province and a tourist in Jeju by possible sex offenders are triggering public anger toward the lack of a state monitoring system on perpetrators and prevention measures. Experts urge the government to make easier and wider access to information about sex offenders and closer management for isolated and underprivileged children who are most likely to become targets of molestation and other crimes. Such calls expl
July 24, 2012
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Princeton to name lecture hall after Syngman Rhee
Princeton University will dedicate a lecture hall to honor South Korea’s first president Syngman Rhee, the university’s Korean alumni association announced on Tuesday.The group has been raising funds since 2010 to set up a monument for the late president on the campus.A total of 530 billion won ($461 million) has been collected from its alumni, including LS Group chairman John Koo, also from well-known outiside figures, such as Saenuri Party lawmaker Chung Mong-joon, said Kim Jong-seok, the pres
July 24, 2012
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Court allows union rally at Samsung building
A Seoul court ruled Monday that the labor union of South Korea’s largest conglomerate, Samsung Group, can protest in front of the company headquarters, opening the way for the union to stage a legitimate rally there.The Seoul Administrative Court accepted the union’s request to cancel a police prohibition on the rally the union planned to hold later that afternoon to honor a Samsung Electronics employee who died from leukemia he allegedly contracted at work.The landmark decision, the first of it
July 23, 2012
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Scholar-diplomat Kim dies at 76
Kim Kyung-won, a veteran diplomat and renowned political scientist who served as Korea’s ambassador to the U.S. and presidential chief of staff in the 1980s, died of illness from old age Sunday. He was 76.Kim moved to the United States while studying law at Seoul National University and transferred to Williams College in Massachusetts. And at the age of 27, he earned his doctoral degree in International Politics from Harvard University, where he was taught by Henry Kissinger.He taught at York Un
July 23, 2012
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Carbon trading plan watered down
The government on Monday unveiled a detailed plan for its greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme, apparently seeking a smooth start of the program in light of persistent fears from industries about increased environmental costs. A prior notice was issued on the enforcement ordinance which contains key details of a national carbon exchange system which will launch in January 2015. It is a follow-up measure after the National Assembly on May 2 passed the legislation for the so-called cap-and-trad
July 23, 2012
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500 men questioned in probe of bar, sex trade
Some 500 men customers of the biggest room salon in Korea were questioned by prosecutors over charges of illegal sex trade earlier this month, officials said. They were summoned by the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office as part of an investigation into the bar named “Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow” or “YTT,” which hired more than 500 hostesses.The owner of the salon, known only by his surname Kim, is suspected of bribing police officers, evading taxes and soliciting prostitution in his 19-st
July 23, 2012
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Mongolian toddler receives eye cancer surgery in Seoul
A two-year-old Mongolian boy received surgery here to remove cancer in his eye, opening a new chapter in his life. According to the International Children’s Care Korea, 2-year-old Khatanbaatar Ariuntulga was diagnosed with cancer on the eyeball in June after his parents spotted a membrane on the pupil. His mother, Byambadorj Munkherdene, had a low-paying job while his father, Khatanbaatar Batold, was jobless. A local medic said his illness is untreatable in Mongolia. Rev. Park Sang-beom, who was
July 23, 2012
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Murder gives Jeju Olle tourists second thoughts
Concerns are mounting over the safety of tourists on Jeju Island after a 40-year-old woman was killed on the “Jeju Olle,”a 480-kilometer network of walking trails on the island. The woman’s family blasted the security management of the island’s tourist destinations, and many women expressed concerns about visiting the paths. The victim’s brother set up a blog Monday to criticize the Jeju Olle Foundation and local authorities over their safety and security measures on the trails. “Not a single su
July 23, 2012
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Sex offender banned from night clubs for 10 years
A lower court judge has banned on Monday a 34-year-old man from all clubs for 10 years and sentenced him to five years behind bars after sexually assaulting a woman he met at a night club. The man Kim drank with the victim before taking her to the motel where the assault took place on May 4. The Gwangju District Court also ordered the offender to wear an electronic tag and told authorities to release his personal information.“The nature of his crime is extremely serious, as he forced the woman i
July 23, 2012
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Ex-monk gets jail for killing Jindo dog
A former Buddhist monk accused of brutally beating a dog to death has been sentenced to six months in prison, court officials here said Monday.The 53-year-old man only known by his surname Lee was convicted of climbing over the wall of a neighbor's house in this southern port city in December and striking the dog on the head with blunt weapons. The dog was of the Korean Jindo breed, which originat
July 23, 2012
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Arrest sought for former Lee aide
Prosecutors sought an arrest warrant Sunday for a former close aide to President Lee Myung-bak on charges of taking bribes from a savings bank businessman in a lobbying scandal that implicates influential politicians including Lee’s elder brother and an opposition leader. Kim Hee-jung, 44, a former secretary in charge of the president’s personal affairs, was questioned for nearly 15 hours from Friday to early Saturday.He is suspected of receiving around 100 million won ($87,657) in kickbacks fro
July 22, 2012
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Missing girl found dead in Tongyeong
Police have found the body of a 10-year-old girl who went missing about a week ago on her way to school in Tongyeong, south Gyeongsang Province, police officials said Sunday. According to the investigators, a 44-year-old neighbor and repeat sex offender is in police custody as a suspect. The suspect has confessed to kidnapping and murdering the girl, and her body was discovered in a sack on a mountain some 10 kilometers away from her home, where he said it would be. The police said they were try
July 22, 2012
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School workers threaten general strike
Unionized short-term contract workers at schools nationwide threatened to go on a general strike next month, demanding improved employment status and a salary system that would ensure job security and more benefits.A group of labor unions of non-regular workers recently called for collective bargaining with the Education Ministry and 17 municipal and gubernatorial educational offices, according to the ministry.The ministry and a majority of local authorities rejected the negotiations because the
July 22, 2012
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CJ probed for alleged tariff evasion
Prosecutors are investigating CJ Cheiljedang, a core unit of retail giant CJ Group, for alleged tariff evasion, sources said Sunday. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, acting on a report by local customs authorities, is looking into allegations that the nation’s largest food maker dodged nearly 5 billion won ($4.38 million) in tariffs on imported pork belly by underreporting its inventory volume.Locally called samgyeopsal, pork belly is one of the most popular types of meat in Korea
July 22, 2012
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Ropes & Gray eyes Korean growth
First foreign legal service to open in Korea will focus on intellectual property, transnational affairsRopes & Gray, the first foreign law firm to operate in Korea, dismissed concerns that the influx of global giants would wither domestic legal services, as they would focus on their specialized realms of intellectual property, cross-border deals and offshore litigations. The U.S.-based company began operating its Seoul office Friday after receiving a business license from the Ministry of Justice
July 22, 2012
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Missing girl found dead in Tongyeong
Police have found the body of a 10-year-old girl who went missing about a week ago on her way to school in Tongyeong, south Gyeongsang Province, police officials said Sunday. According to the investigators, a 44-year-old neighbor and repeat sex offender is in police custody as a suspect. The suspect has confessed to kidnapping and murdering the girl and her body was discovered in a sack on a mou
July 22, 2012
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Lee's former aide denies bribery allegations
Kim Hee-jung appears for questioning at the Supreme Prosecutors` Office in southern Seoul on Friday. Yonhap NewsA former close aide to President Lee Myung-bak was grilled in a marathon interrogation until early Saturday over his suspected bribery from a savings bank chief at the center of a lobbying scandal, prosecutors said.Kim Hee-jung, a former secretary who handled the president's personal aff
July 21, 2012