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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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More med professors to take day off each week while govt. urges them to stay
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South Korea to launch space security center under spy agency
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Hybe refutes Ador CEO Min's denial of breach of trust
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Police chief takes fire for authorizing firearms
The chief of police here is facing heated opposition from human rights organizations and even some officers after telling front line police to use their firearms more often. This will be the third time that the National Police Agency Commissioner-General Cho Hyun-oh has ordered his officers to more readily use their firearms after officers simply watched a massive gang fight unfold. “Police will wage war against organized gangsters by the end of this year,” said Cho.“I will allow all kinds of eq
Oct. 26, 2011
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Drive against ‘excess education’ to focus on high school graduate jobs
The government and businesses have stepped up efforts to create job opportunities for vocational high school students in a country where too many college graduates compete for too few jobs. The education, labor and economy ministries signed a memorandum of understanding Monday with five major business organizations including the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Federation of Korean Industries and Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business to make efforts to provide more job opportu
Oct. 25, 2011
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Parties move to toughen sex crime law
Rival parties are pushing to abolish the statute of limitations for those charged with sexual assault against disabled people or children under 13.The bill review subcommittee of the National Assembly’s Legislation and Judiciary Committee examined and passed the so-called “Dogani” bill regarding sexual assault on children and the disabled. The bill is now awaiting approval by the National Assembly. Dogani is the title of a film based on the true story of teachers who committed sex crimes against
Oct. 25, 2011
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Rights panel urges end to police conscription
The National Human Rights Commission on Tuesday advised the administration to abolish police conscription and hire professional police officers to replace draftees. It also advised the Ministry of National Defense to cooperate with the National Police Agency in replacing personnel. The panel recommended the Ministry of Public Administration and Security increase recruitment of police officers and that the Ministry of Strategy and Finance allocate sufficient funds for it.According to the independ
Oct. 25, 2011
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Korea eases rules on residency for foreign investors
More foreigners who have made large corporate investments will be able to obtain temporary residency visas, while a new visa class will be opened for foreign spouses, the Justice Ministry said Tuesday.According to ministry officials, foreigners currently holding a corporate investment (D-8) visa may now obtain an F-2 visa if they have spent three continuous years here.The revised bill passed by the Cabinet Tuesday also states foreigners who have invested over $300,000 and employ at least two Kor
Oct. 25, 2011
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New visa to stabilize marriage immigrants' lives in Korea
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Yonhap) -- A new visa reserved for foreigners living in the country after marrying South Koreans will be introduced as part of efforts to guarantee their stable stay and better deal with their growing numbers, the Justice Ministry said Tuesday.Under the legal revisions to the immigra
Oct. 25, 2011
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Police chief declares war against organized crime
Police chief Cho Hyun-oh declared war against organized crime Tuesday amid growing criticism of officers’ bungled response to a clash among gangsters in Incheon last week. He said police will use all means necessary, including guns, to control violent crime. “Police will wage a war against crime rings. In cracking down on them, I will have police mobilize all devices and equipment,” he told a news conference.More than 130 members of two rival criminal factions in Incheon fought at a funeral cere
Oct. 25, 2011
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Foreigners learn Korean ways at work
Seoul City’s classes teach Korea’s unique social, organizational cultureJune Acuna from the Philippines has been working at an ink cartridge factory in Seongsudong, eastern Seoul, for two and a half years. Still, he has to guess the hidden meaning of what his boss or Korean colleagues say to him, and is often offended by direct commands from superiors. “I am here to learn Korean ways at work and appropriate ways to deal with them,” said Acuna at the fifth lecture on the Whys and Hows of Korean W
Oct. 24, 2011
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S. Korea ranks 28th among OECD nations in ‘social quality’: survey
South Korea lags far behind other Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) economies in “social quality,” a survey said Monday.South Korea ranked 28th among 30 OECD member nations in the survey conducted by the Seoul National University Institute for Social Development and Policy Research.The survey showed Korean society was relatively good in education and an ability to provide jobs, but one of the bottom-ranked nations in social cohesion (23rd), people’s participation in po
Oct. 24, 2011
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Foreigners learn Korean ways at work
Ranks, titles meaningful; communication with Koreans is importantJune Acuna from the Philippines has been working at an ink cartridge factory in Seongsudong, eastern Seoul, for two and a half years. Still, he has to guess the hidden meaning of what his boss or Korean colleagues say to him, and is often offended by direct commands from superiors. “I am here to learn Korean ways at work and appropriate way to deal with them,” said Acuna at the fifth lecture on the Whys and Hows of Korean Ways last
Oct. 24, 2011
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Half of non-regular workers hired for less than 6 months
Half of non-regular workers in Korea were employed for less than six months, earning about half the wages of regular staff during that time. According to a report released Monday by the Korea Labor Institute, the average duration of employment for non-regular workers, including temporary, part-time and subcontract workers, came in at 23.6 months as of August last year, less than a third of that for regular workers, which was 77.3 months. Employment lasted for less than six months for 50.6 percen
Oct. 24, 2011
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Independence fighter acquitted after 49 years
A Seoul court has acquitted South Korea’s oldest living independence fighter of sympathizing with North Korea, overturning a 49-year-old conviction.Along with four other members of his now-defunct Unification Society Party, Gu Ik-gyun, 103, was convicted of supporting the North by opposing the then anti-communist law and espousing “ideologically neutral reunification.”Gu was given a suspended sentence as the court took into account his previous fight against Japan’s colonial rule (1910-45) of th
Oct. 24, 2011
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Samgyeopsal favorite food of Seoul expats
Foreigners in Seoul think samgyeopsal, or Korean pork belly meat, is the most delicious food in the city, followed by kimchi and tteokbokki, a survey by the Seoul Metropolitan Government showed Monday. The city government polled 1,984 foreigners about their favorite Korean dishes in Seoul via the city government website, social networking sites such as Facebook, Japanese blog websites and the Chinese microblogging site Weibo for five weeks from Sept. 3 to Oct. 2.Samgyeopsal ranked first with vot
Oct. 24, 2011
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Colombia rescues 4 Koreans adrift in Caribbean
BOGOTA (AFP) ― The Colombian Navy has rescued four Koreans from their catamaran after it suffered a breakdown while sailing across the Caribbean, a Colombian official said Saturday. “We responded to a call from the Korean embassy, which alerted us to a boat with four of its nationals aboard,” Comman
Oct. 23, 2011
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Ex-employees sue Shim for non-payment of wages
Former employees of comedian-turned-film director Shim Hyung-rae filed a suit against him Sunday demanding that he pay overdue wages amounting to 890 million won ($760,000.) According to the Korea Legal Aid Corporation, 43 former employees of Shim’s film production firm, Younggu-Art Entertainment, a
Oct. 23, 2011
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2 Vietnamese fall to death escaping arrest
A pair of illegal Vietnamese immigrants fell to their deaths out of a four-story motel window while trying to evade an illegal-gambling raid by police in Gwangju on Sunday.The two men, aged 30 and 34, whose names were undisclosed to the media, fell while attempting to hide during the raid and were t
Oct. 23, 2011
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Sperm and egg trade, surrogacy back in spotlight
Police find 29 arrangements of surrogate pregnancy, arrests organizer, two women for ova salesDespite its illegality, the trade in sperm and eggs goes on, exploiting sterile couples’ desire to have children. A recent case has highlighted the issue once again.On Sept. 30, the police arrested a 50-year-old man, surnamed Chung, for arranging a surrogate pregnancy for 200 million won ($173,000). He used a blog to recruit women wanting to become surrogates and infertile couples looking for surrogates
Oct. 23, 2011
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Busan forum opens new chapter for development
Korea is going to usher into a new chapter in the history of development cooperation at the Fourth High-level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, the world premier forum on development cooperation, in Busan from 29 November to 1 December. Following the successful launch of the Seoul Development Consensus for Shared Growth at the G20 Seoul Summit last year, Korea is now preparing for the Busan Forum with the same sense of urgency and responsibility to chart new territories of development cooperation in a
Oct. 23, 2011
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S. Korean activists hold another 'Occupy Seoul' protests
SEOUL (Yonhap) -- A group of civic and labor activists rallied in Seoul Saturday to protest what they called the greed of financial institutions and the growing income disparity in the country.The rally, the second of its kind since Oct. 15, was in concert with the "Occupy Wall Street" movement that
Oct. 23, 2011
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Seoul 7th on global power city list: report
Seoul’s global influence has continued to increase for the last four years and it ranked 7th among 35 major cities in the world, achieving high scores in research and development and accessibility, a report showed Friday. According to the Global Power City Index developed by the Institute of Urban S
Oct. 21, 2011