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Samsung under pressure after Intel's foundry spin-off: analysts
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Yoon leaves for Prague to cement nuclear energy push
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Heavy rain to fall nationwide over weekend, but warmer fall expected
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Seoul chastises predatory pricing claims over Czech nuclear export deal
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YouTuber under fire for consoling former singer accused of bullying
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NK newspaper 'unusually' silent on new missile tests: Seoul
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Samsung CEO introduces ‘bold growth’ as new target
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Bank of Korea eyes rate cut after US Fed's historic pivot
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3 suspects apprehended for selling celebrity deepfake porn: police
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Hyundai Motor officially becomes KT’s largest shareholder
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Road show to bring Korean scientists back home
The Korean government plans to go on a road show in U.S. cities where prestigious universities are clustered in a bid to attract young Korean scientists to the new domestic science belt, officials said Sunday. Vice Minister of Education and Science Kim Chang-kyung will make presentations to Korean scientists on doctoral or post-doctoral courses in Chicago and Boston from Monday to Saturday. He will explain the “Brain Return 500” project focused on bringing Korean scientists back home.The project
Feb. 6, 2012
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Chinese struggle with Korean college fees
Semester fees here equivalent to annual tuition plus living expenses in ChinaTotalWhile Korean students struggle with rising college tuition fees and living costs, Chinese students are also feeling the strain. A Chinese student surnamed Song has been working at a convenience store part-time for five months to earn her monthly rent and living expenses in Seoul. Her day starts with studying Korean at one of the well-known universities in Seoul. From 2-7 p.m., she works as a cashier at a convenienc
Feb. 6, 2012
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DJ DOC’s Kim Chang-ryul donates scholarship
Kim Chang-ryul, a member of K-pop group DJ DOC and a sophomore at Kyung Hee Cyber University, has given his performance fees from school events and commercials to underprivileged students at the university as scholarships, the school said Sunday. “I heard there are many students worrying about their tuition fees lately. The scholarship may not be large but I would like to help students in need,” Kim said. The 39-year-old singer is well known for passing high school qualification and college entr
Feb. 5, 2012
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Elementary school students in Seoul rest 3 hours per day: report
Elementary school students in Seoul get an average of just over three hours of spare time per day during the week, a report showed Sunday, indicating growing competition even among younger age groups.Elementary school children in the capital spend an average of 195.6 minutes per day in leisure activ
Feb. 5, 2012
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Two dead, six injured in explosion at coal mine
TAEBAEK (Yonhap News) -- A gas explosion at a coal mine has killed two people and injured six others, police said Saturday. The blast occurred at around 8 p.m. on Friday when nine miners were working at a site about 970 meters deep or 3,400 meters from the entrance, police officer Chang
Feb. 4, 2012
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Brand panel pushes more sites on U.N. World Heritage list
The nation will up efforts to have several Confucian academies and temples adopted into the UNESCO world heritage list as part of its drive to raise Korea’s profile abroad, said a government report on Friday.According to the Presidential Council on National Branding, it plans to have nine Confucian academies and several Buddhist temples recognized by the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization by 2014 and 2015, respectively.Well known schools such as the Sosu Seowon and Dosan Seow
Feb. 3, 2012
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Male nude photo stirs fans and critics of podcast
The nation’s most popular political podcast, “Naneun Ggomsuda,” has started a fresh round of dispute as one of its male supporters posted a nude photo of himself in response to the mounting criticism of the racy campaign to free one of the hosts from jail. The fire reignited on Thursday when 37-year-old Choi Young-min posted a photograph of himself naked with “I am serious,” and “Bring back my model!” written across his body on a website dedicated to Chung Bong-ju. Chung is a panelist on the sho
Feb. 3, 2012
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U.S. army private gets 3-year prison term for raping S. Korean
A regional court on Friday sentenced a U.S. soldier stationed here to three years behind bars for raping a local woman.The 31-year-old U.S. Army private of an unidentified unit in Chilgok, some 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, was convicted of raping a South Korean woman in her residence last July
Feb. 3, 2012
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Appellate court upholds prison terms for 3 medical students over sexual abuse
A Seoul appellate court upheld a lower court's prison terms on Friday for three former medical students for sexually harassing an inebriated female schoolmate during a trip. The Seoul High Court's ruling confirmed the previous court's two-and-a-half-year prison sentence for a 24-year-old man surname
Feb. 3, 2012
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Rep. Lee says funds in aide’s account his
Rep. Lee Sang-deuk, elder brother of President Lee Myung-bak, said Thursday that 700 million won ($626,000) in his secretary’s bank account belongs to him. The six-term lawmaker denied that the money was a slush fund or political kickback, claiming it to be his personal property. Still, he is likely to be questioned over the money.According to Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, Lee submitted a document purporting to prove his ownership of the money to prosecutors investigating a bribery
Feb. 2, 2012
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Push for shorter work hours gets lukewarm response
Many workers prefer fatter paychecks to more leisure time The government’s latest drive to reduce working hours is facing reluctance from workers who fear an impact on their paychecks. Yet, experts see it as inevitable that the country tackles the ingrained culture of long hours to boost productivity, improve workers’ quality of life and create new jobs. “Long working hours have prevailed in Korea under consent of three parties ― management, labor and government, with the management bent on redu
Feb. 2, 2012
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Korea supports job-seeking marriage immigrants
A growing number of spouses from international marriages are seeking jobs here, taking advantage of the South Korean government’s active job placement support for them, data showed Thursday.According to the data compiled by the labor ministry, a total of 11,724 foreigners who settled here after being married to South Koreans applied for employment via the government’s job network, called “Worknet,” up nearly six-fold in two years.“Some 80 percent of the foreign spouses landed a job in the manufa
Feb. 2, 2012
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Seoul to raise bus, subway fares
The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Thursday it will raise public transit fares by 150 won ($0.13) late this month to reduce mounting deficits in the public transportation system.The minimum bus and subway fare will rise from 900 won to 1,050 won for adults from Feb. 25. Fares for children and teenagers will remain unchanged.The decision to allow the fare hike was taken to lower deficits stemming from energy costs, fee discounts and some free rides, among other factors, officials said. It is
Feb. 2, 2012
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President’s brother claims W700m in secretary’s account
Rep. Lee Sang-deuk denies bribery, but faces interrogationRep. Lee Sang-deuk, elder brother of President Lee Myung-bak, said Thursday that 700 million won ($626,000) in his secretary’s bank account belongs to him. The six-term lawmaker denied that the money was a slush fund or political kickback, claiming it to be his personal property. Still, he is likely to be questioned over the money.According to Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, Lee submitted a document purporting to prove his own
Feb. 2, 2012
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Korea shivers on coldest Feb. day in decades
Deep freeze disrupts public transport, pushes power demand to new highTemperatures in Seoul and the northern part of the country fell to the lowest levels reported in February in over half a century Thursday, disrupting transportation and pushing the power demand to a new record high. Cold air moving south from the Arctic blanketed the Korean Peninsula for the second straight day, driving the morning low in the capital to minus 17.1 degrees Celsius with a wind chill of minus 23.7 degrees. Accord
Feb. 2, 2012
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Podcast hosts blasted for racy campaign
The hosts of the nation’s most popular podcast have come under fire for a racy campaign to save one of its imprisoned colleagues. Female supporters posted pictures of themselves in bikinis with “let’s save Chung Bong-ju” written across their breasts on a website that demands the former Democratic Party lawmaker be freed. Feminists and other opponents are demanding the show hosts apologize and drop the campaign. Chung was imprisoned for spreading false information about President Lee Myung-bak du
Feb. 1, 2012
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Crossbow ex-professor files complaint against judge
Kim Myung-ho, a former Sungkyunkwan University professor made famous for attacking a judge with a crossbow, filed a complaint with the prosecution against Judge Lee Sang-ho on Tuesday, accusing him of unlawful detention and abuse of authority, prosecutors said Wednesday.Lee was the presiding judge in the case that found former Democratic Party lawmaker Chung Bong-ju guilty of spreading false information about President Lee Myung-bak. Chung was jailed for one year in relation to his claims about
Feb. 1, 2012
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Judges face punishment for political comments
Two judges who posted disparaging comments on social networking services about President Lee Myung-bak are facing disciplinary measures and possible dismissal.Judge Seo Ki-ho of the Seoul Northern District Court has been included on the list of judges deemed unfit for reappointment. Seo caused controversy when he used derogatory expressions about the president. He was reportedly informed through an e-mail that his performance record was too poor for him to continue serving as a judge. Since 1988
Feb. 1, 2012
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Political show hosts under fire for racy photos
The nation’s most popular podcast’s hosts have come under fire for encouraging their fans to make racy actions to save one of its imprisoned colleagues. Several female supporters took pictures of themselves dressed in bikinis with a slogan written on their breasts, saying “let’s save Chung Bong-ju,” and posted them on a website created to rally support for a drive to free the former Democratic Party lawmaker. Feminists and opponents are demanding the show hosts apologize and drop the plan. Chung
Feb. 1, 2012
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Seoul to roll back exemptions to work hour rule
Employers in financial services, retail, restaurants and a dozen other industries will likely be banned from having their staff work in excess of the 52-hours-a-week limit, according to a decision Tuesday by a tripartite panel of workers, employers and the government. The Korea Tripartite Commission reached an agreement to scale back exemptions from the statutory limit on weekly hours currently in effect for 26 industries to 10. The 16 sectors to be stripped of exemption include saunas, hair and
Jan. 31, 2012