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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Seoul to more than double military drones by 2026 to counter NK threats
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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Over 60% of S. Koreans support W100m childbirth incentive: survey
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‘Inside Out 2’ adds four new emotions, explores teenage life
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Questions raised over fair promotion of RM, NewJeans
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Police investigating online trade in homemade explosives
Police are investigating more than 100 cases of online trade in homemade explosive materials, brought to light after Norway’s shooting spree perpetrator used homemade explosives in his recent terrorist attacks, officials said Wednesday.“Local police are investigating individuals who have either sold poisonous or explosive materials online or have postings related to the two on their cafes or blogs
July 27, 2011
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[URGENT] Shinsegae chairman Koo Hak-su’s wife killed in flash flood
July 27, 2011
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41 dead, 12 missing as heavy rains batter nation
At least 41 people were killed and 12 others missing as of Thursday morning as torrential rains triggered landslides, flooding and power outages in Seoul and central regions, the nation’s disaster control agency said.“The death toll could rise, as more reports are coming in,” an official at the National Emergency Management Agency said. Vehicles wade through a water-logged road in Yeouido, Seoul,
July 27, 2011
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Downpour triggers deadly landslides, floods streets in Seoul
The heaviest downpours in a century pounded Seoul and its surrounding areas on Tuesday and Wednesday, triggering landslides and flooding streets and homes. About 20 houses in a remote village on the southern tip of the capital were buried under mud swept from a nearby mountain around 9 a.m., claiming the lives of five residents, officials said. One person went missing.A road in Daechi-dong, southe
July 27, 2011
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Ten killed as landslide destroys mountain resort
CHUNCHEON, South Korea (Yonhap) -- Heavy torrential rains pounded the nation's central regions, causing a landslide in a mountain resort east of Seoul that killed nine and destroyed four buildings, emergency rescue workers said as of 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning.The landslide, which occurred just after midnight near the Soyang River Dam about 100 kilometers east of Seoul, destroyed a pension and th
July 27, 2011
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N.K. prepares for massive military drill
North Korean soldiers are gathering for a massive military drill involving land, sea and air forces on its western coast, according to a government source on Tuesday. “We noted preparations for a military exercise from the North’s naval base in Nampo and its aerial base in Onchon in South Pyongan Province,” the source said.“Warships and fighters have been assembled there, and although it depends o
July 26, 2011
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Racial discrimination complaints rise sharply
The number of petitions against racial and religious discrimination doubled last year from five years earlier.The National Human Rights Commission said Tuesday that it received 64 complaints in 2010 regarding discrimination based on race, religion, nationality, ethnicity and skin color, doubling from the 32 cases filed in 2005.The increasing reports of discrimination have drawn attention as more a
July 26, 2011
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Foreign officials get Seoul City degrees
Foreign city government officials have earned master’s degrees in Seoul city administration after studying the Korean capital’s developmental know-how and administrative experience for 25 months. A total 19 officials from eight cities ― Bangkok, Ulan Bator, Taipei, Hanoi, Beijing, Jakarta, San Paolo and Istanbul ― have completed the Seoul city administration master’s degree program and recently pr
July 26, 2011
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DNA database law may infringe rights
Panel cites too broad sampling scope, need for presumption of innocenceA law permitting the collection and storage of DNA samples from those convicted of or arrested for violent crimes may infringe on their human rights, the nation’s top human rights watchdog said Tuesday. “The commission ruled that the law on the use and preservation of personal genetic information may infringe upon the affected
July 26, 2011
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Korea has yet to cultivate culture of giving
Rich people must make more donations for a cohesive societyOn an April day in 2008, a woman in her 70s visited a charity office in Seoul to convey her intent to donate all she had ― 15 million won ($14,200) in key money for her rented room ― after her death.“I have received too much during my life. I want to close my eyes after giving it back,” said Park No-ju, who had been living alone, suffering
July 26, 2011
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Woman gets 1-year term for murdering her new-born baby
A woman was sentenced to one year in prison on Tuesday for suffocating her unwanted baby right after birth. The 26-year-old, whose name was not released, delivered a baby boy at a toilet in her factory in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province in February. Soon after the birth, the woman stuffed toilet paper into his mouth.The accused “actively murdered the infant,” a judge at Gwangju District Court said.“The
July 26, 2011
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Korean dead in Ghana while escaping “abduction”
A female Korean student died in Ghana while apparently trying to escape from potential abduction, according to Korean government on Monday. The 21-year-old victim, a student from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, was on a trip with other four classmates for a school project to research the slave trade.The team had landed on Kotoka International Airport in the capital Accra on Sunday H
July 26, 2011
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Korea, China to commence defense talks
The Chinese and Korean defense ministries will hold inaugural strategic defense dialogue in Seoul this week, hoping to thaw their relationship that has been chilled since two deadly North Korean provocations last year, said Chinese officials Sunday.A top-level delegation led by Air Force Gen. Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of the general staff of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, will arrive in Seo
July 25, 2011
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Hundreds of principals accused of bribery
The Seoul education office has identified 220 principals and teachers of the capital city’s elementary and secondary schools implicated in bribery and irregularities.According to preliminary results of audit by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education starting in April, about 200 bribery and corruption cases were detected, involving 220 principals and teachers who will face penalty. The prelimin
July 25, 2011
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First comprehensive census of North Korean defectors
Seoul will conduct its first ever census of North Korean defectors to determine their quality of life, the North Korean Refugees Foundation said Monday. According to the public organization, they have conducted interview surveys of all North Korean refugees over 8 years old on family conditions, standard of living, education and other factors. This is the first time the government has held a censu
July 25, 2011
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Ex-U.S. soldier: I helped bury drums
Testimony runs counter to findings so far of joint investigation into Agent Orange burialSteve House, a U.S. veteran who first alleged the burial of Agent Orange by U.S. forces at one of their army bases here, said Monday that he clearly remembered where he helped bury drums believed to be containing the highly toxic defoliant decades ago. His testimony, made before several members of the Korean p
July 25, 2011
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S. Korean students ditch paper for digital books
Outside the classroom a hot summer day beckons, but fourth-grade teacher Yeon Eun-jung’s students are glued to their tablet PCs as they watch an animated boy and a girl squabble about whether water becomes heavier when frozen.The small scene in this rural town is part of something big: South Korea is taking a $2 billion gamble that its students are ready to ditch paper textbooks in favor of tablet
July 25, 2011
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Foreign objects found in sealed soju
A man found foreign objects in a sealed bottle of soju on Sunday.The 48-year-old office worker said he found three toothpicks, a cigarette butt, a thread and vinyl material inside the sprit which he bought at a shop near his home in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province. A bottle of contaminated soju (Yonhap)The distilled alcohol was produced by Muhak Co. based in the southeastern province. The norm
July 25, 2011
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Game addict dies at home
An Internet game addict died at home in Incheon on Saturday.The 20-year-old man had stayed at home playing games almost all day long for the past three years after graduating from high school, according to his brother who found him dead at 6:20 p.m.(Yonhap News)The man has not eaten properly for the past two months, his brother told police. He was often short of breath but refused to go to hospita
July 25, 2011
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Lawyers may wear robes in courtroom
All officials in tribunal courts, both bar and bench, may now wear robes during trials, in an attempt to maintain a formal atmosphere and instill pride and esteem in attorneys, said the Seoul Bar Association on Sunday. In order to test the waters, the association plans to have its members wear the robes during opening ceremonies for law practice and other events, eventually leading to use by lawye
July 24, 2011