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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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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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KT launches new mobile plans for foreign residents
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[News Focus] Lee backs prosecution over key unit
The parliamentary move to scrap the state prosecution’s elite investigation unit faces a murky outlook after the presidential office sided with prosecutors Monday to oppose plans to scrap it. The presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae threw its weight behind Prosecutor General Kim Joon-gyu who argued that removing of the Central Investigation Department at the Supreme Public Prosecutors’ Office woul
June 7, 2011
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Students threaten to boycott classes over rising tuition
Student bodies at four universities agree on allianceThe student councils of four major universities in Seoul agreed Tuesday to vote on class suspension in a campaign against tuition fee hikes.The four schools are Korea University, Sogang University, Sookmyung Women’s University and Ewha Womans University. On June 2, students at Hanshin University skipped classes, calling for a tuition reduction.“
June 7, 2011
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Forum seeks ways to end corruption
Scholars and experts suggested a variety of ideas to stamp out corruption in public and private sectors in a recent forum in Seoul, stressing that deep-seated illicit practices have eroded national competitiveness.Hosted by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, the forum dealt particularly with measures to enhance the integrity of high-ranking public office holders and stop private-sect
June 7, 2011
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Military to conduct aerial defense exercise over Seoul
The military will conduct a large-scale aerial defense exercise Wednesday across the country to bolster its capabilities to handle enemy infiltrations, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday.The biannual exercise will take place between 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. and between 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. South Korean troops will practice intercepting enemy aircraft infiltrating South Korean airspace, officials
June 7, 2011
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Greenpeace vows to fight nuclear power in Korea
Greenpeace, one of the world’s most influential environmental civic groups, has stood up against nuclear power plant construction and operation in Korea.Warning that nuclear energy will impose even greater economic, environmental and ethical burdens on citizens, the group vowed to actively engage itself in a variety of activities in the country, where it is scheduled to open a branch this month. M
June 7, 2011
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Pollutants found in drainage water from Yongsan Garrison
Seoul City pumps 2,000 tons of tainted water from around U.S. military basesPollutants remain in drainage water from a central Seoul U.S. military base, despite the capital pumping nearly 2,000 tons of contaminated water since 2001, city officials said on Tuesday.The discovery of pollutants is increasing concerns about waste disposal at U.S. bases, already heightened by concerns of possible Agent
June 7, 2011
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W5 bil. law suit filed against Hong Ra-hee
A gallery owner has filed a law suit worth 5 billion won against Samsung Foundation of Culture and Hong Ra-hee, director of Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, and wife of Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee.According to Seoul Central District Court, Hong Song-won, director of Gallery Seomi in Cheongdam-dong, Seoul, is accusing Hong Ra-hee and Samsung Foundation of Culture of only paying 25 billion
June 7, 2011
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Jogye order mends fences with ruling elite
Buddhist sect to seek religious independenceThe Jogye Order, Korea’s largest Buddhist sect, announced on Tuesday that it would “normalize” its relationship with the ruling Grand National Party after a six-month standoff over the government’s cut of state aid for temple stay programs.Ven. Jaseung, president of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, released an official statement at the Center for Kore
June 7, 2011
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Moon-gazing show to light up Hongdae
A Seoul show is to offer performance art inspired by and about the Moon on June 12. The Encyclopedia Show-Seoul’s latest performance in Hongdae is set to entertain and educate on the earth’s satellite. Poets, musicians, performance artists and visual artists are to take to the stage during the lunar event to run from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Stereo bar. Tickets cost 10,000 won and are limited to 70. G
June 7, 2011
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Military catches deserted soldier
A soldier was caught seven and a half hours after fleeing from his camp in Inje, Gangwon Province with a rifle on Tuesday. An army camp in Gangwon Province (Yonhap News)According to the military authorities, the deserter, a 22-year-old private surnamed Yoon, was found while sheltering himself at a crop field 2 kilometers away from where he had run away. He reportedly showed no signs of resistan
June 7, 2011
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[Herald Interview] ‘War on Agent Orange is still ongoing’
Vietnam War veteran stresses calm amid defoliant contamination allegationsTheir missions during the Vietnam War ended four decades ago, but they are still fighting a war ― an unexpected one against illnesses resulting from their exposure to Agent Orange, a senior member of a veterans’ group here said Monday.Pointing to the gray-haired members of the Korean Disabled Veterans’ Association for Agent
June 6, 2011
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[News Focus] Samhwa chief accused of political lobbying
Despite checkered history, not much known about Shin’s connectionsProsecutors are zeroing in on Shin Sam-kil, the arrested honorary chairman of Samhwa Mutual Savings Bank, as they deepen the probe into savings banks’ irregularities.Circumstantial evidence shows that Shin lobbied a number of politicians and senior government officials to save his troubled business, but very little is known about wh
June 6, 2011
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Railroad operations return to normal after accident
Railroad operations connecting Seoul and Busan returned to normal after train traffic was effectively halted for more than five hours when a piece of drilling equipment fell onto the tracks, the Korea Railroad Corp. (KORAIL) said Monday. Korail employees remove a drill from railroad tracks near Uiwang Station. The fallen drill caused delays on the Saemaeul and Mugunghwa lines, as well as subway li
June 6, 2011
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Fined cigarette droppers decline
Seoul City saw a rapid decrease in the number of fined cigarette droppers last year after starting a no-litter campaign in 2007, officials said Monday. The city collected about 6.2 billion won ($5.7 million) in fines from 176,069 litterbugs in 2010, according to the Seoul Metropolitan Government.The figure was the smallest since 2007 when the city launched a campaign against flicking cigarette but
June 6, 2011
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Foreigners living in S. Korea rise 1.5-fold in five years: report
The number of foreign residents in S.Korea rose 1.5-fold in five years to top 590,000 in 2010, a nationwide census showed Monday. The census, which is carried out by Statistics Korea every five years, also showed that there were 90 countries that had more than 30 nationals living in South Korea as of last year. Of the total, 50.8 percent, or 299,000, were from China, including people of Korean
June 6, 2011
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Stores biggest losers in Insa-dong war
Confrontation between city, street vendors may escalateNormally a street that contains a harmonious balance of both tranquility and bustling excitement, Insa-dong can leave you with a sense of what Korea might have been.But with the recent crackdown on street vendors, many foreigners are left wondering why the streets look like a warzone and stores are without customers.After deciding to create a
June 5, 2011
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2 tourists killed, dozens injured in bus accident
NAMHAE, South Korea, June 5 (Yonhap) -- A tourist bus drove off a road in this southeastern region of South Korea after clashing with passenger vehicles, killing two people and injuring 44 others, police said Sunday.The bus was returning from a tour to the nearby fishing village of Namhae, 495 kilometers southeast of Seoul, when its driver lost control and clashed with three passenger vehicles hea
June 5, 2011
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'Deadly E.coli strain detected in Korea in 2004'
A Korean woman was infected in 2004 with supposedly the same strain of E. coli bacteria that has killed 19 people and sickened about 1,600 in Europe, two Korean doctors said on Sunday.The 29-year-old patient was treated for what would be the first known case of the so-called EHEC 0104 infection, they said. The doctors -- Professors Bae Yoo-kyun at Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital and Ja
June 5, 2011
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Malaysian women launch 'The Obedient Wife Club'
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - A group of Malaysian Muslim women say they will fight divorce, domestic violence and other problems -- by appealing to wives to be more obedient, one of the organisers said Friday.Maznah Taufik said "The Obedient Wife Club" being launched Saturday is aimed at drawing women who will be taught how to please their husbands better to prevent them from straying or misbehaving."W
June 5, 2011
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Kumho Petro chief summoned again over slush fund scandal
Prosecutors again summoned the chairman of Kumho Petrochemical Co. for questioning on Saturday over allegations that he created big slush funds and made unfair profits by using internal information.Park Chan-koo, a younger brother of Park Sam-koo, chairman of the Asiana Group which owns South Korea's second largest carrier Asiana Airlines, is suspected of having raised tens of billions of won in s
June 4, 2011