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Medical profs at top hospitals suspend surgeries, clinics
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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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Samsung chip business back on track, logs W1.9tr operating profit in Q1
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Shinsegae faces showdown with investors over SSG.com's delayed IPO
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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Hopes rise for possible Gaza truce deal
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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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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Jogye order hit hard by scandals
The Jogye Order, South Korea’s largest Buddhist sect, is plunging deeper into crisis following a string of revelations of unbecoming and illegal conduct among monks. The scandal erupted last week when Buddhist monk Seongho exposed an all-night gambling and boozing party among his fellow monks, prompting nationwide criticism.He exposed on Tuesday that Ven. Myungjin and the order’s treasury chief Ven. Jaseung went to “room salons,” establishments that often facilitate prostitution. Jogye responded
May 16, 2012
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China keeps silent on detained S. Korean
The Chinese authorities have continue to withhold information about arrested South Korean human rights activist Kim Young-hwan, despite Seoul’s diplomatic efforts.Kim, along with three other South Koreans, has been in the Chinese Ministry of State Security’s custody since March 29 on charges of “damaging national security.” Kim is a former pro-North Korean movement leader who turned to promoting human rights in North Korea in the 1990s, and currently works as a researcher at the Network for Nor
May 15, 2012
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Whistle-blowing monk takes aim at top Jogye Order official
A Buddhist monk who revealed an all night gambling and boozing party by fellow monks said Tuesday that he will make fresh revelations soon, targeting the highest ranks of the country’s largest Buddhist sect, Jogye Order. “(Next revelations) will include the executive director himself,” Ven. Seongho told reporters at the entrance of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office in southern Seoul where he was to be questioned. He was referring to Ven. Jaseung, the sect’s administrative chief. Tue
May 15, 2012
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Lee mourns 1983 bombing victims
YANGON ― President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday mourned the 17 South Korean victims of a bombing by North Korean agents in Yangon in 1983. After meeting with Myanmarese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, he visited the Martyr’s Mausoleum, a monument to Suu Kyi’s father and independence hero Gen. Aung San, amid tight security. The attack left a total of 21 dead, and was aimed at assassinating then-President Chun Doo-hwan. Lee laid a wreath to pay homage to the late leader Aung San and spent some mo
May 15, 2012
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Korea must empower women, youth: UNFPA
To cope with demographic changes, South Korea needs to work harder to empower women and young people, the chief of the United Nations Population Fund said Tuesday.“Population dynamics is deeply related to human rights and gender equality,” said Babatunde Osotimehin, executive director of the UNFPA on Tuesday. He was in Korea for two days to forge ties with the government, which is one of the executive board members. Osotimehin noted that the businesses are still unfriendly to working mothers, ho
May 15, 2012
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Bad grandma ordered to wear ankle tag
A Welsh grandmother was ordered by a court to wear an electronic tag after she rubbed her grandson's face in his own urine.The 51-year-old woman was found guilty of causing actual bodily harm for the incident, The Sun reported Monday.Cardiff Crown Court heard that the grandmother was babysitting her 3-year-old grandson when he had an accident on her new carpet.The woman then decided to "rub his fa
May 15, 2012
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Office workers pick artists as happiest
Office workers in Korea think that artists have the happiest profession, according to a new survey on job satisfaction published by Job Korea on Tuesday.The employment portal asked 1,709 male and female office workers what they thought to be “the happiest profession.”Artists topped the list with 18.7 percent, a job description that includes poets and painters, while parliamentary members (11.4 percent), cooks (10.2 percent) and those with specialized jobs such as doctors or lawyers (9.7 percent)
May 15, 2012
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Korea, Denmark boost green growth alliance
Korea will strengthen its alliance with Demark in developing green growth technologies with the hosting of the Green Growth Alliance meeting on Tuesday in Seoul.It is the second time the leaders of the two nations are gathering to work on developing environmentally friendly technologies and sustainable energy sources.The two sides first forged an alliance to collaborate on green growth in May 2011 during President Lee Myung-bak’s visit to Copenhagen.The alliance is aimed at combining Korea’s str
May 14, 2012
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KT exec implicated in civilian spying scandal
Prosecutors are considering summoning Seo Yu-yeol, president of KT’s home business group, for allegedly assisting in the government’s illegal civilian surveillance.According to officers at the Seoul Central Prosecutors’ Office on Monday, Seo reportedly received requests from Lee Young-ho, former presidential secretary for employment and labor affairs, in early July 2010 to create a mobile phone account that would not be traced to him. Lee is the self-proclaimed mastermind of the scandal, in whic
May 14, 2012
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Animal activists call for investigation on dog beaten to death
Busan police have begun a full-fledged investigation on the recently revealed video clip of a man dressed like a Buddhist monk beating a dog to death with a blunt weapon.The clip, which sparked outrage once it was posted on the Internet, shows a man, who appears to be in his 60s, climbing over a fence to hit and kick a dog tied up in a yard on private property. In the footage, the man climbs out only to return five minutes later, this time with a blunt weapon with which he delivers two blows to
May 14, 2012
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Police to track emergency callers’ location from Nov.
A revision of the Location Privacy Protection Act will go into effect on Nov. 15 after its promulgation this week, allowing the police to track the location of callers to their 112 hotline, the National Police Agency said Sunday.Under the revised bill that passed parliament and the Cabinet earlier this month, police are allowed to seek help from mobile phone operators to track the physical location of an emergency caller without his or her permission.The bill is expected to prevent a recurrence
May 13, 2012
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Challenges ahead for carbon trade scheme
A plan to introduce a greenhouse gas emissions trading program didn’t generate as much debate in Korea as in the U.S. and some other countries before it passed the parliament earlier this month. But bipartisan support for the plan doesn’t guarantee a smooth glide toward its implementation, experts warned. Instead, a bitter debate may be just starting as the government moves to design its fine details, which may decide the country’s future efforts toward emissions reductions, they said. “The pass
May 13, 2012
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Bank probe widens to corruption charges
Prosecutors were stepping up investigations into suspended savings banks on Sunday, as more allegations involving the top brass of embezzlement, accounting fraud and illicit lending surfaced. On Friday, they secured an arrest warrant for an executive at Hanju Savings Bank who has vanished after allegedly siphoning off 1.6 billion won ($1.4 million) from 350 customer deposits on May 5. The sum accounts for more than 10 percent of total assets run by the Yeongi, South Chungcheong-based institution
May 13, 2012
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Police to track emergency caller's location from Nov.
A revision of the Location Privacy Protection Act will go into effect on Nov. 15 after its promulgation this week, allowing the police to track the location of callers to their 112 hotline, the National Police Agency said Sunday. Under the revised bill that passed parliament and the Cabinet earlier this month, police are allowed to seek help from mobile phone operators to track the physical loc
May 13, 2012
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Expo expects 100,000 visitors on first day
YEOSU, South Jeolla Province -- Visitors began to swarm in from 8 a.m. on the first day of Expo 2012 Yeosu on Saturday at the waterfront expo site in the southern coastal town. The Expo organizing committee expected about 100,000 visitors on the first day.The 93-day Expo’s first visitor was a 39-year-old Japanese man named Futakami Atsushi.“Mr. Futakami is a self-proclaimed Expo enthusiast who has
May 12, 2012
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Female teachers prefer men from large companies
Female teachers most often marry employees at large companies, statistics show. Marriage information firm Daks Club analyzed the marriage records of female teachers last year to find that employees working in big companies ranked first as the partners of female teachers with 26.7 percent, while public officers came second at 26.6 percent.Those with specialized jobs trailed behind in third (18 percent), while fellow male teachers turned out to be the least likely husband (10.6 percent).On the oth
May 11, 2012
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Crisis in the classroom
Teachers become target of school violenceA 38-year-old teacher was walking through the playground at her elementary school in Guri, Gyeonggi Province, when she spotted a 6th-grade student smoking a cigarette. She told the student to show what was in his hand but the unruly boy refused. Her second, more forceful order was responded to with a disrespectful glare. When the angry teacher reached out to grab his hand, he pushed her back and walked away.“It was unexpected. But I couldn’t do anything w
May 11, 2012
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Sight-impaired judge holds first open trial
Judge Choi Young focused on the sounds from his laptop computer at the court as he strived to grasp the case he undertook.A text-to-speech translator in the computer helped the blind judge proceed with the trial. While attendees were nervous and astonished to see how dexterously he dealt with the case, he remained calm and confident.Choi, the country’s first sight-impaired judge, had his first open trial on Friday.Choi is one of the 86 new judges appointed in February and works as an associate j
May 11, 2012
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Gloomy Facebook postings make you less likable
Posting gloomy postings on Facebook can make you less likeable, a recent study has found.Researchers of the University of Waterloo looked into the postings of university students and analyzed the last 10 Facebook updates, before rating them for how positive or negative they were. A group of respondents were then asked to read the postings and rate how much they liked the person who wrote them.The results of the study showed that those who posted more negative comments were favored less.“On Faceb
May 11, 2012
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TOEFL okays Korean currency payments
Students can now pay in Korean currency to take a TOEFL iBT test by using credit or check cards, officials said.The TOEFL test is one of the most widely recognized English assessment and is used in more than 130 countries, including Korea. But the payment so far has been limited to U.S. dollars. The Educational Testing Service announced Thursday that the new payment choice will be available by selecting the credit card option through the TOEFL online registration system.The Euro, Yen, and Rupee
May 11, 2012