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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Korea eyes satellite sales to developing countries
Korea is in talks with developing countries to sell its commercial satellites and related technologies, the state-run space agency said. “We’re aiming to export our satellites as well as ground facilities starting this year,” Kim Seung-jo, president of Korea Aerospace Research Institute, told reporters on Thursday.“Countries in South America, Colombia in particular, have shown a great interest in buying our satellites,” he added. Although he admitted that the agency still has no firm contract,
June 22, 2012
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Japanese rightist ‘terrorizes’ memorials to comfort women
A Japanese rightist provoked public outrage by placing a stake claiming Dokdo as Japanese territory beside a commemorative statue for Korean wartime sex slaves during Japanese colonial rule. The 90 centimeter-long wooden post erected Tuesday by Suzuki Nobuyuki, a former unsuccessful councilor candidate, claimed the islets as part of Japanese territory.He returned to his country and exhibited his “achievement” on his personal blog and YouTube. Local police said that after he took a picture with t
June 22, 2012
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Science education support for developing countries
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology announced Thursday that it will continue its support for science and technology education in developing countries.The ministry will carry out nine support projects in eight countries, including Nepal, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Tanzania, Laos and Peru starting this year. The ministry also noted that it would provide a maximum of 100 million won ($86,000) for each project. A new laboratory for developing solar energy will be set up in Nepal and joint-re
June 21, 2012
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Ex-gangster arrested for killing wife, other family for insurance
A former gangster has been arrested on suspicion of killing his wife, brother and brother-in-law in order to receive insurance money after disguising their deaths as accidents, police said Thursday.The 46-year-old man surnamed Park is also accused of trying to kill his lover's husband, who was left with a disability after two years in the hospital, according to police at the Seoul Metropolitan Pol
June 21, 2012
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Pharmaceutical mogul’s son arrested for embezzlement
Kang Moon-seok, vice-chairman of Sooseok Trading and second son of Dong-A Pharmaceutical chairman Kang Shin-ho, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of embezzlement and breach of duty. Officers at the Seoul Eastern Prosecutors Office said Thursday that the junior Kang is suspected of pocketing a total of 4.5 billion won ($3.8 million) from Digital Ocean, an online ad agency his company acquired, from June 2008 to last September. He is also accused of inflicting 2 billion won in damages to Digital
June 21, 2012
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Seoul City plans solar panels
Seoul Metropolitan Government on Thursday unveiled a plan to install solar panels on around 10,000 buildings, schools and houses by 2014.The city aims to increase the use of photovoltaic energy to 320 megawatts of electricity by that year. Half of the energy will be generated from rooftops or idle facilities of public offices and schools, while the other half from private buildings and houses. The city will also make an online solar map that shows the expected generating capacity of the solar po
June 21, 2012
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EIE Institute offers specialized courses to develop English speaking, writing
The EIE Institute, a nationwide English-language school in Korea, is offering a new type of English course specially designed for speaking and writing development.The private school chain together with the English Institute of Korea University has been developing the course for students ranging from elementary to high school levels since March this year.According to the EIE Institute, speaking and writing skills are becoming more important to students than ever as the government is planning to r
June 21, 2012
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Experts to discuss new media impact on Asia Pacific
About 300 journalists and media experts from more than 100 news organizations in 25 countries will gather in central Seoul this weekend to discuss the impact of new media in the Asia Pacific region, the event organizer said.Kicking off on Friday, the East-West Center’s third International Media Conference will be held at Yonsei University through Sunday, under the theme, “Networked News: How new media is shaping stories in Asia and the Pacific,” said co-host EWC, a U.S. research and education or
June 21, 2012
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Ex-aide indicted for cyber attack probe leak
Opposition calls for new probe claiming special prosecution failed to verify mastermindSpecial prosecutors investigating a cyber attack on the National Election Commission website during the Oct. 26 by-elections indicted on Thursday former presidential senior secretary for political affairs Kim Hyo-jae for leaking confidentiality regarding the probe to a prime suspect’s side. The main opposition party demanded a parliamentary investigation, claiming the prosecutors failed to narrow in on the mas
June 21, 2012
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Naver CEO apologizes over ‘inappropriate’ cartoon post
Kim Sang-hun, CEO of NHN Corp, which runs South Korea’s leading portal website Naver, apologized Thursday for negligence in monitoring an online comic that contained sexual violence and inappropriate scenes.On Tuesday, a high school student uploaded an obscene post titled "Noise" on a cartoon section that allows amateur artists to share their user created content. The cartoon depicted a man kidnapping an elementary school student and sexually assaulting her with a comment saying “I don’t care if
June 21, 2012
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Korean victims of sex trafficking in Japan receive renewed attention
“I’ve lost so much blood, I feel dizzy. It’s debt. They won’t listen.”A Korean female victim sent an urgent text message for help to an anti-trafficking group. The group revealed sex trafficing stories of the victim and others at a press conference in Tokyo Wednesday.The unnamed victim was malnourished and suffering from abdominal inflammation when she sent the distressed message to Polaris Project Japan’s hotline. The woman, who is in her twenties, had been forced into prostitution after she ha
June 21, 2012
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Managers, owners of defunct savings banks siphoned off 1.2 trillion won
The prosecution on Wednesday confirmed that 1.282 trillion won ($1.1 billion) from four now-closed savings banks was misappropriated by management and major shareholders. The investigators have decided to confiscate 332.7 billion won and indict 25 key figures responsible for corruption in addition to the indicted chairmen of Solomon, Mirae Mutual, Hanju and Korea savings banks. According to the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, management at the banks arranged illegal loans as well as embezzled and a
June 20, 2012
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Police arrest 6 for giving prostitutes meth
Police arrested six men and booked 18 others for injecting prostitutes with methamphetamine and taking it themselves on Wednesday. Those who were arrested met the prostitutes through dating websites between February 2011 and March 2012, Gyeonggi Provincial Police Agency said.They injected themsleves with methamphetamine and gave it to the women to enhance physical pleasure during sex.(The Korea Herald)<한글 기사>성매매 여성에게 히로뽕 투약한 일당 검거경기지방경찰청 마약수사대는 20일 성매매 여성에게 히로뽕을 투약한 혐의로 김모(35)씨 등 6명을 구속하고 태모(37)
June 20, 2012
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SMEs vow to join nationwide effort to save energy
South Korea's small and medium enterprises (SMEs) pledged Wednesday to play an active role in cutting back on electricity use during the peak summer months.Members of the Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business, the Korea Federation of Retail Organizations and the Korean Women Entrepreneurs Association met in Seoul to give support to government-led efforts to cut back on electricity use.The
June 20, 2012
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Scam travel agent given 21/2 years
A travel agent who scammed some 65 foreign customers out of more than 170 million won ($147,000) was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison at Seoul Eastern District Court on Tuesday. Kang Wan-koo, who also goes by “Wystan,” was also fined an undisclosed amount of several million won.Kang took millions of won from customers for non-existent flights through his company Zenith Travel, often claiming the bookings had been accidentally cancelled. Many of his victims only discovered they had no
June 19, 2012
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Ministry, medics lock horns over uninsured treatment
The government and medical circles are at odds over the Supreme Court’s Monday ruling partially justifying doctors’ charging extra fees for tests and treatments outside state guidelines. While medical institutions call for extended autonomy of medics, the administration is striving to minimize the aftereffect of the ruling, which could pave the way for doctors to prescribe pricy but unnecessary treatments in the future. The long-term rift reemerged when the nation’s top court ruled in favor of Y
June 19, 2012
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Scientists find new method for early cancer diagnosis
Researchers from Yonsei University have found a new method of detecting tumor cells in early stages, claiming a critical advance in cancer diagnosis.Early detection is the key to the treatment of cancer. Doctors currently have to go through a series of medical tests and examine the removed tissues under a microscope to find cancerous cells. Instead of the traditional time-consuming method, the Korean research team used a high-resolution microscope to detect a specific type of protein called matr
June 19, 2012
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Police protest guidelines on SNS
Police officers are protesting the National Police Agency’s recently-announced guidelines on using social networking services.They say the “Basic Principle and Outline for SNS,” announced on Friday, discourages freedom of speech.The guidelines include restrictions on leaving political comments and uploading photos, which the NPA says would “degrade the image of the police.”Under the guidelines, police officers who have a Twitter or Facebook account are screening out political comments themselves
June 19, 2012
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Korean-Chinese murderer appeals death penalty
A Korean-Chinese man convicted of killing and dismembering the body of a 28-year-old woman has appealed his death penalty sentence, court officials said Tuesday.Wu Yuanchun, 42, submitted a petition of appeal to the Suwon District Court in Suwon, south of Seoul, following the court's death sentence Friday, the officials said without elaborating.Prosecutors who demanded capital punishment, the maxi
June 19, 2012
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S. Korea to have oldest labor force in the world in 2045: report
The average age of South Korean workers is expected to be the oldest in the world in 2045 mainly due to the country's rapidly aging population, a report showed Tuesday.The report by the Korea Center for International Finance, based on findings by the Royal Bank of Scotland, showed the average age of workers in the country will hit 50 in the cited year.It said the average age of the country's labor
June 19, 2012