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Iran’s president found dead at helicopter crash site
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Seoul rolls out W250b package in bid to lure foreign talent
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N. Korea slams US subcritical nuclear test, vows measures to bolster nuclear deterrence
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Korea's increasing US investment mutually beneficial: report
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Yoon vetoes bill for special probe into young Marine's death
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Minister warns against trusting NK stated intentions, says Moon misguided
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South Korea bans viral North Korea propaganda video praising Kim
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AI Seoul Summit to discuss ways to make AI equitable in Global South
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SNU alums nabbed for digital sex crimes
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Hermes celebrates craftsmanship
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Zenith Travel probed by police for not paying refunds
A local travel agent that caters to foreigners is under police investigation after failing to refund millions of won in cancelled flights ― and is still operating despite having its business suspended by a local government office.A spokeswoman at Korea Travel Organization’s Tourist Complaint Center
Sept. 26, 2011
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Suicide attempts over Han River every other day
A suicide attempt happens once every two days off the bridges that overlook the Han River in Seoul, a government report said Monday.According to the report by Seoul Metropolitan Government, over the past five years 892 people have attempted suicide over the Han River.The report, submitted to the Nat
Sept. 26, 2011
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Number of elderly people living alone rises
Demographic shift demands independence from childrenSouth Korea’s elderly demographic is increasingly living alone. The traditional family model of children supporting parents has broken down and more elderly people are choosing to live on their own rather than depend on their offspring. According t
Sept. 26, 2011
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Women account for three of every four elementary teachers
More than three out of every four elementary school teachers in South Korea are women, government data showed Monday, indicating potential problems in the education of young students caused by a serious gender imbalance and the lack of presence of male teachers.Among a total of 180,623 teachers at e
Sept. 26, 2011
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Osaka University offers SNU faculty exchanges
Seoul National University said Sunday that Osaka University had requested mutual exchanges with it.According to Seoul National University, 12 professors from Osaka University’s Graduate School of Science visited SNU’s College of Natural Sciences and discussed plans to develop education and research
Sept. 25, 2011
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Companies fail to provide mandatory child care
More than a fifth of the nation’s biggest corporations were found to have neglected to provide some form of day care to its employees’ infants as required by law, a government report said Sunday. According to a report by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, 22 of the top 100 corporations failed to pr
Sept. 25, 2011
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Regional environment forum to start this week
Hundreds of environmentalists from the Asia-Pacific region will gather in Incheon this week for a four-day meeting to discuss and prepare a roadmap for a larger gathering to be held in Korea next year, organizers said Sunday. Members of the International Union of Conservation of Nature will hold a R
Sept. 25, 2011
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Appeals court upholds spousal rape conviction
An appellate court here legally recognized spousal rape for the first time, ruling against a husband who was found to have forced himself upon his wife using a weapon, court officials said Sunday.But the Seoul High Court reduced the sentence against the 40-year-old to two years and six months in pri
Sept. 25, 2011
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U.S. lawyer seeks to capitalize on expertise
Seoul Honorary Citizen David Linton argues need to remove legal barriers for start-ups in KoreaSince he started working here as a lawyer in 2007, David Jonathan Linton has focused not only on building his own career but also on how he can use his legal expertise to contribute to the advancement of t
Sept. 25, 2011
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3 killed in construction site collapse in Daejeon
DAEJEON (Yonhap News) -- Three workers were killed at a construction site in Daejeon, central South Korea, on Sunday, when they were accidentally buried alive while building underground drainage pipe networks, police said.The accident took place at 10 a.m. when the water-weakened ground near Gapcheo
Sept. 25, 2011
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Appeals court recognizes first ever spousal rape
An appellate court here legally recognized spousal rape for the first time, ruling against a husband who was found to have forced himself upon his wife using a weapon, court officials said Sunday.(Yonhap News)The Seoul High Court sentenced a 40-year-old man to two years and six months in prison, sus
Sept. 25, 2011
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Chief of suspended savings bank found dead
Joint investigation team raids headquarters of seven savings banksThe chief of one of the seven local savings banks that were suspended last week due to capital shortages was found dead Friday in an apparent suicide, according to Seoul police.Jeong Gu-haeng, the 50-year-old head of Jeil 2 Savings Ba
Sept. 23, 2011
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Five public colleges face restructuring By Lee Woo-young The Education Ministry on Friday selected five public universities that will undergo a restructuring process in a bid to reform public universities and raise their competitiveness in the long term. The schools -- Kangwon and Gangneung-Wonju Na
Sept. 23, 2011
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Kenyan fleeing forced marriage gets refugee status
An appellate court on Thursday granted refugee status to a Kenyan woman who fled her country to avoid marrying a man against her wishes as part of her tribe’s custom. The Seoul High Court’s administrative division ordered the Ministry of Justice to acknowledge the 43-year-old woman, known only by he
Sept. 23, 2011
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5 state-funded universities face forced restructuring
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- The education ministry has singled out five uncompetitive state-funded universities in preparation to force them to carry out reforms aimed at improving the quality of their education, officials said Friday.The move is the latest in a nationwide series of education reform
Sept. 23, 2011
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Arrest warrant sought for former presidential aide on corruption charges
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors applied for an arrest warrant Friday for a former presidential aide accused of receiving bribes from a troubled savings bank that sought his influence to avoid suspension of operations. The Supreme Prosecutors' Office filed for the court-issued warrant in orde
Sept. 23, 2011
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Prosecutors raid 7 newly-suspended savings banks
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors on Friday raided seven savings banks whose operations were suspended last week due to large debts and insufficient capital in search of possible irregularities by the executives and large shareholders of the banks.Scores of prosecutors and police investigators
Sept. 23, 2011
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Head of suspended savings bank found dead in apparent suicide
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- The head of one of the nation's seven savings banks whose operations were suspended due to capital shortages last week was found dead in an apparent suicide Friday, police said.Jeong Gu-haeng, 50-year-old president of Seoul's Jeil 2 Savings Bank, appears to have jumped fr
Sept. 23, 2011
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Abortion rate in S. Korea on decline: health ministry
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- The number of abortions performed in South Korea has decreased sharply over the past three years, as married women got fewer abortions, the country's health ministry said Friday.According to the ministry, the number of abortions performed on every 1,000 fertile women reac
Sept. 23, 2011
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Police probe hospital over death of Thai ambassador’s wife
Police said Thursday they have launched a probe into a Seoul hospital over the death of the wife of the Thai ambassador in Seoul.The wife of Thai Ambassador Chaiyong Satjipanon died on Monday, four days after she was admitted to Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital after complaining about an acute ab
Sept. 22, 2011