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Key S. Korean, USFK special operations officials to hold rare meeting amid NK threats
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Jennie, Stray Kids's Met Gala attendance puts them on 'digital guillotine' blacklist
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Korean industries gauge impact of Biden's steep tariffs on China
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Controversy brews over shakeup of prosecutors amid probe of first lady
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OpenAI gives ChatGPT new powers to see, hear
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Another suspect behind murder of Korean tourist in Pattaya arrested in Cambodia
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S. Korea to inject $70m into AI-powered public education
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Do Korean doctors make too much money?
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[KH Explains] Naver’s Line dilemma: Lose global footing for cash?
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[Herald Interview] Carbon breakthrough in Korea: Making diamonds at atmospheric pressure
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Tax dodgers shamed online
The capital on Monday revealed the names of thousands of tax dodgers online, including Joo Soo-do, former chairman of the multilevel marketing firm JU Group.The names of 4,645 individuals and corporate bodies were posted online for failing to pay at least 30 million won ($26,190) each in local taxes over the past two years.Available in PDF file format on Seoul Metropolitan Government’s homepage, the list contains 3,148 more names than last year, when the amount of unpaid taxes amounted to 100 mi
Dec. 12, 2011
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Teenagers chronically sleep deprived
Fast food consumption declines steadily after campus sales ban in 2007A majority of teenagers in Korea suffer from chronic sleep deprivation that could lead to drinking, smoking and suicidal tendencies, the state health agency said Monday. Also, the number of students regularly consuming junk food and soda is on a steady decline but is still substantial, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest assessment of teenagers’ lifestyle.The annual report claims that 74.
Dec. 12, 2011
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Design evoking 9/11 causes controversy
The design of a pair of residential towers to be built in Yongsan, Seoul has sparked international controversy by evoking the image of the World Trade Center attack on Sept. 11, 2001. Families of 9/11 victims were among those outraged at the design evoking the exploding WTC, and criticized Dutch architecture firm MVRDV and the architect, Daniel Libeskind, according to the New York Daily News and New York Post. Scheduled to be completed in 2015, the towers are connected by a “pixilated cloud” whi
Dec. 12, 2011
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First president of foreign student council elected at local university
A Chinese student has been elected as the first president of a foreign student body at a Korean university in Seoul. The 25-year-old female student, He Yun from China, was elected president of the nation’s first foreign student council of Kyung Hee University, while 22-year-old male student Sunzhiwei from the Inner Mongolia autonomous region in China was picked as vice president last Friday, according to the school. The two students, both undergraduates at the university, will represent about 1,
Dec. 12, 2011
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Arrest warrant sought for first lady's cousin over bribery suspicion
Prosecutors said Monday they were seeking an arrest warrant for a cousin of President Lee Myung-bak's wife on suspicion that he received bribes from a troubled savings bank in return for using his influence.Kim Jae-hong, the head of a welfare foundation under state-run tobacco distributor KT&G Corp.
Dec. 12, 2011
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S. Koreans couples least sexually active worldwide: poll
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Koreans are the least sexually active among people in 13 countries surveyed in an international online poll, a global pharmaceutical company said Monday.Eli Lilly and Co.'s Seoul office said Korean couples over 34 have sex an average of 1.04 times a week, citing the
Dec. 12, 2011
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Police chief weighs resignation in protest of gov't legislation
The nation's police chief plans to stake his police career on winning concessions in a government legislation, which the police see as severely limiting their investigative powers, a source said Monday. "I have said several times before that I will not become a person reluctant to give up my positio
Dec. 12, 2011
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Chinese fisherman kills Korean coast guard officer
(Yonhap News)A Chinese captain stabbed two South Korean coast guard officers, killing one and injuring the other on Monday after being stopped on suspicion of illegal fishing in South Korean territory, officials said.According to the Incheon Coast Guard, the incident happened after one of its
Dec. 12, 2011
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Last member of Holt dynasty lives up to name
Molly Holt helps celebrate 50-years of adoption agency’s Ilsan centerILSAN ― She’s known by many names, from the Mother Teresa of Korea to the Mother of all Korea’s Orphans ― and 55 years on she is still living up to them. Molly Holt, chairwoman of Holt Children’s Services, was not only a witness to the nation’s rise from the ashes of the Korean War. Because of her selfless heart, she was knee deep in it. “I kept on delaying my college, because there was so much to do here, so much poverty, so m
Dec. 11, 2011
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Korea-America Good Neighbors Society honors American soldiers
The Korea-America Good Neighbors Society celebrated the end of the year with the annual dinner for U.S. soldiers in Korea with exemplary service records Friday.KAGNS was founded in 2005 to strengthen relations with U.S. forces and to help U.S. military personnel to better understand Korea.The 63 soldiers honored at the event were selected from different branches of the armed forces for outstanding service in Korea. The selected service men and women were also taken on a two-day skiing trip.Digni
Dec. 11, 2011
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Thousands protest trade deal with U.S.
Thousands of people rallied in downtown Seoul Saturday in protest of a free trade agreement (FTA) South Korea has signed with the United States, arguing that it unfairly favors Washington.The South Korea-U.S. FTA, signed in 2007 and modified last year were ratified by the two countries’ legislatures. Seoul and Washington plan to put the accord into effect early next year.In South Korea, street protests against the FTA with the U.S. have been held almost daily since the ruling Grand National Part
Dec. 11, 2011
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Senior aide to president’s brother arrested for bribery
An aide to Grand National Party lawmaker Lee Sang-deuk, elder brother of President Lee Myung-bak, was arrested on Saturday on bribery charges. The aide, identified by his surname Park, is accused of accepting 700 million won in cash and an expensive luxury wristwatch from two local businessmen for illegal lobbying to save their troubled companies from closure. The Seoul Central District Court issued an arrest warrant on Saturday and judge Kim Hwan-soo cited that “there is a concern that he might
Dec. 11, 2011
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Daughter of composer Yun Isang files against abductees’ relative
The daughter of a late renowned South Korean composer has filed a complaint against a high-profile South Korean man whose family members are being held in North Korea, an official said Saturday.The move by Yun Isang’s daughter comes amid a growing public campaign for the return of Oh Kil-nam’s wife and two daughters who are believed to have been held in a North Korean political prison camp for more than two decades.Oh has claimed his family was lured to North Korea in 1985 after he got a doctora
Dec. 11, 2011
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Korean national stabbed to death in U.S.
A South Korean national was stabbed to death in a Korean district in Atlanta earlier this week, the foreign ministry said Saturday, as South Korean diplomats called for swift investigation into the case.The ministry identified the victim as a 32-year-old man, surnamed Ko, who was a permanent residen
Dec. 10, 2011
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Arrest warrant issued for aide to President Lee’s brother
A Seoul court issued an arrest warrant Saturday for an aide to President Lee Myung-bak’s brother in the latest in a string of high-profile corruption scandals.The aide, surnamed Park, has been accused of receiving about 700 million won ($619,000) in cash and an expensive watch from two businessmen i
Dec. 10, 2011
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Judge questions aide to President Lee’s brother
A judge questioned an aide to President Lee Myung-bak's brother on Saturday over allegedly taking bribes from local businessmen, an official said.Kim Hwan-soo, a judge of the Seoul Central District Court, is expected to decide late Saturday whether to issue a warrant to formally arrest the aide, the
Dec. 10, 2011
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Comfort women to mark 1,000th rally for Japan’s apology, compensation
“So we have one rally to go to mark the 1,000th straight time,” said 86-year-old Kim Bok-dong as she waited for the weekly protest to start around noon in front of the Japanese Embassy in downtown Seoul last Wednesday. She is one of six former sex slaves who braved the cold weather, armed with hats, blankets and pocket warmers to join the Wednesday Protest. It was just a week before the 1,000th straight weekly protest by the women, called “halmeoni” here in Korea out of deference to their senior
Dec. 9, 2011
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Five rail workers killed on duty
INCHEON (Yonhap News) ― Five workers were killed when they were hit by a Korea Airport Railroad train in Gyeyang station in the port city of Incheon, authorities said Friday.Korea Railroad Corp., which operates the train service, said the accident occurred at 0:31 a.m. at the station located 27 kilometers west of Seoul.The five workers were preparing the railroad tracks at the station so they would not freeze during the winter months. In addition to the five workers killed, another was seriously
Dec. 9, 2011
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Judges propose legal review of FTA
About 170 judges across the country submitted a letter to the Supreme Court on Friday, urging the judicature to start a legal review of the controversial Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. “We hereby ask the chief of the Supreme Court to permit the establishment of a taskforce to examine whether the trade agreement infringes on Korea’s judicial sovereignty,” wrote the letter directed to Supreme Court Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae. A total of 170 judges have signed the letter, including 10 senior-lev
Dec. 9, 2011
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Cold snap to remain through weekend
The piercing cold snap will continue to grip the nation over the weekend with snow scattering across the Korean peninsula.The cold will recede after Sunday, recovering the annual average, the state weather agency said Friday. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, the cold snap will be worst on Saturday, where temperatures are expected to fall below 6 degrees below zero in Seoul as well as below minus 8 degrees in Daegu and the northern Gyeongsang region. Snow will blanket wester
Dec. 9, 2011