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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Doctor group's incoming head renews call for govt. to scrap medical school quota hike for dialogue
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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Qatar Education City prepares for a future without oil
DOHA, Qatar ― Qatar invests heavily in education and science, hoping to change its social and economic basis from oil to knowledge.The Amir of the country, Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, has so far put hundreds of millions of dollars into universities and research institutes. Sheikha Mozah, wife of the Amir and chairperson of the Qatar Foundation, said Qatar tried to be a “small laboratory which finds solutions for the rest of the world.” The country is a peninsula jutting into the Persian G
Nov. 7, 2011
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Two colleges ordered to close
Myungshin, Sungwha break education law, fail to correct wrongdoingsTwo universities in South Jeolla Province will be closed for corruption after failing to follow government demands to reform, the Education Ministry said Monday. The ministry said that Myungshin University in Suncheon and Sungwha College in Gangjin will be shut down in December because they violated the law on higher education by committing “serious corruption and irregularities” such as embezzlement and creating fake documents.T
Nov. 7, 2011
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GNP lawmaker under probe for illegal overseas electioneering
Prosecutors are investigating allegations that Rep. Choi Kyung-hee of the ruling Grand National Party asked Koreans living in the U.S. to vote for GNP candidates in the general elections scheduled for April 11. It is against the law to urge voters to support a party in an election ahead of the official campaign period.The investigators have e-mailed those who attended a meeting of Koreans in Los Angeles in June to find out exactly what Choi said there. “We are still waiting for replies from them
Nov. 7, 2011
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Seoul to help foreign wives visit families
The capital will pay for nearly 60 low-income multicultural families to visit the Philippines or Vietnam for family reunions.Seoul Metropolitan Government says it will provide round trip tickets to 213 people from 59 families with wives from either Vietnam or the Philippines. They will leave Tuesday.Also funding the seven-day trip will be Korea Airports Corp., which will provide expenses for the families who receive government support for basic necessities.“I’ve always wanted to visit home, but
Nov. 7, 2011
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Carcinogens found at 247 fuel storages
Soil around 247 fuel storage facilities nationwide, including gas stations, was found to contain excessive levels of carcinogenic materials, the Ministry of Environment said Sunday. The authorities examined the soil near 7,347 petroleum and natural gas production sites and petrol stations and other areas with underground or above-ground storage tanks. It found 247 places, or 3.4 percent of the facilities, containing TPH and BTEX above government guidelines. TPH, or total petroleum hydrocarbon an
Nov. 6, 2011
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Seoul to conduct radioactivity tests on asphalt-paved roads
The Seoul city government said Saturday it will conduct radioactivity tests on all asphalt roads paved in 2000 after higher-than-standard levels of radioactivity were detected on a pavement in a northern part of the city.Up to 10 times the average radioactivity levels were detected on a road in Wolgye-dong in northern Seoul, though the state-run Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety said the levels, which were measured at up to 1,400 nanosivert per hour, were not hazardous to human health.After hour
Nov. 6, 2011
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Carmakers violate working hour rules
Korea’s auto workers, represented by some of the country’s most powerful labor unions, are putting in hours beyond legal limits, the Labor Ministry said Sunday. The ministry’s on-the-spot checks found that all five carmakers operating in Korea, including the largest Hyundai Motor, had their employees work in excess of the 12 hours of weekly overtime that the law permits. Their working hours per week averaged 55, about 14 hours longer than the country’s industry average. The five carmakers are Hy
Nov. 6, 2011
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E. Asia scholar Scalapino dies
Robert A. Scalapino, the Robson Research Professor of Government emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, died last Monday in Oakland, of complications from a respiratory infection. He was 92.A renowned expert in East Asian studies, Scalapino advised three American presidents and various governmental groups on foreign policy. He published some 550 articles and 39 books or monographs on Vietnam, China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan as well as on Asian politics and U.S. Asian policy.In 1978,
Nov. 6, 2011
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Foreign Ministry names 1st woman spokesperson
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade appointed it’s first female vice spokesperson as part of its efforts to enhance communication with the public, officials said Saturday. Former journalist Han Hye-jin, 49, was selected through a competitive hiring process in which 10 people including some from outside the ministry like Han applied, officials said.“She is well versed in journalism, public relations and international affairs. We expect her to contribute to better communication with citizens
Nov. 6, 2011
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Seoul to boost welfare by W300b
Most of resources to come from budget cuts in construction projectsThe Seoul city administration’s welfare budget for next year is expected to increase by 300 billion won ($254 million) to 3.2 trillion won, city officials said Sunday. According to the municipal government, new mayor Park Won-soon directed a readjustment of the minimum cost of living. Once the cost is readjusted, an additional 300 billion won will be needed to fulfill the new standard, officials estimated. They said given the fac
Nov. 6, 2011
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Seoul City expands non-smoking areas
One fifth of capital to be designated smoke-free zones by 2014Smokers will find it harder to light up in Seoul, as smoking will be banned in a fifth of the capital’s total area by 2014, city officials said Friday.Seoul Metropolitan Government will expand non-smoking areas from the current 23 locations ― three squares and 20 parks ― to some 9,000 places covering 21 percent of the city within the next two years.For commuters like Lim Hae-sun, 25, this is a welcome change. “When I’m waiting for bus
Nov. 4, 2011
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$13.5 mln fraud implicates hundreds of S. Koreans
Police said Friday they had uncovered South Korea's largest insurance fraud, involving more than 400 people and 15 billion won ($13.5 million).The fraud was carried out by three hospitals, insurance workers and residents of Taebaek, a mining town in the eastern province of Gangwon, police said in a
Nov. 4, 2011
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Universities doctor books to hike tuitions: auditor
Private and public universities in South Korea have engaged in creative accounting practices resulting in excessive hikes in tuition fees, the state audit agency said Thursday.Wrapping up an investigation into 35 randomly chosen universities, including nine public institutions, the Board of Audit and Inspection said the institutions had habitually manipulated their accounting books over the past five years to justify steep rises in tuition expenses.The BAI estimated the creative bookkeeping prod
Nov. 3, 2011
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USFK extends off-base curfew
The curfew for U.S. military personnel here will be extended another two months.U.S. Forces Korea Commander General James Thurman chief announced the move Tuesday, citing the need to assess the current operational environment.Thurman said the curfew, originally intended to end at the beginning of this month, would be extended to Jan. 6.The USFK said the move was a temporary measure to ensure the continued mission readiness of the command.“I firmly believe that military discipline is the foundati
Nov. 3, 2011
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Court rules against dismissal of cloning scientist from SNU
A Seoul appellate court ruled Thursday that the top national university’s 2006 dismissal of disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk was illegal, overturning a lower court’s previous decision.Hwang, a former veterinary professor at the Seoul National University, filed a suit against the school chief in November 2006, demanding his dismissal from the school be rescinded. “The dismissal was made in violation of the proportionality principle or beyond (the school’s) discretion,” Seoul High Court
Nov. 3, 2011
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Universities come under fire for doctoring accounting books to hike tuitions
Private and public universities in South Korea have engaged in creative accounting practices resulting in excessive hikes in tuition fees, the state audit agency said Thursday.Wrapping up an investigation into 35 randomly chosen universities, including nine public institutions, the Board of Audit an
Nov. 3, 2011
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Court rules against dismissal of cloning scientist from SNU
A Seoul appellate court ruled Thursday that the top national university's 2006 dismissal of disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk was illegal, overturning a lower court's previous decision.Hwang, a former veterinary professor at the Seoul National University (SNU), filed a suit against the sch
Nov. 3, 2011
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USFK extends off-base curfew
The curfew for U.S. military personnel here will be extended another two months, the U.S. Forces Korea chief said Tuesday, citing the need to assess the current operational environment.According to USFK Commander General James Thurman, the curfew, originally intended to last until the beginning of this month, will be extended to Jan. 6.The USFK said the move was a temporary force protection measure to ensure the continued mission readiness of the command.“I firmly believe that military disciplin
Nov. 3, 2011
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Korean, EU lawmakers launch leaders’ forum
Over 100 lawmakers, and diplomatic and academic dignitaries from Korea and the European Union gathered to discuss how best to raise the effectiveness of their free trade agreement, in Seoul on Thursday.At the first ROK-EU Leaders Forum, topics centered on the FTA were discussed to fully utilize the deal, which has already been in effect for four months.Representing the two sides were Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Kang-rae, president of the ROK-EU Parliamentarian Diplomacy Council of the National
Nov. 3, 2011
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Divorces by intercultural couples in S. Korea grow 5 percent
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- Divorces filed by international couples in South Korea grew nearly 5 percent last year, data showed Thursday, possibly leaving many of their children vulnerable to poor parental care and education.According to the data by Statistics Korea, a total of 14,319 couples with dif
Nov. 3, 2011