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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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Prosecutors up in arms over plan to scrap key investigative unit
Prosecutors on Saturday are going all out to reject lawmakers' plans to abolish a key investigation unit of the state prosecution as part of their judicial reform efforts.A subpanel of the special legislative committee on judicial reform announced on Friday that it agreed to press ahead with its legislation plan to scrap the central investigation unit of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office despite str
June 4, 2011
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Arrested bank chief says he bribed former and current lawmakers
A ballooning illegal lobbying scandal involving failed savings banks has implicated politicians as well as senior financial officials. Prosecutors investigating Samhwa Mutual Savings Bank have secured statements from Sin Sam-gil, its arrested chairman, that he gave tens of millions of won in slush funds to a current and a former lawmaker, officials said Friday. They are now trying to determine whe
June 3, 2011
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Tougher rules on ex-officials’ hiring to curb cronyism
Senior public officials banned from private-sector jobs upon retirementThe government announced Friday new measures aimed at rooting out the deep-rooted practice of government and judicial officials placing their former colleagues in senior positions at private firms.The so-called “jeon-gwan-ye-u” practice, which means giving “honorable treatment to retired colleagues,” is widespread in Korea, esp
June 3, 2011
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Inside Korea’s CSI headquarters
Forensic agency boasts world-class science to catch the bad guys“Mondays are busy here. A lot of dead bodies from the weekend,” said Chung Hee-sun with a friendly smile, as we sat down for an interview in her office in western Seoul. Behind her, the motto “Science sheds light on the truth” hung on the wall. “My staff told me that we had a famous singer in for an autopsy over the weekend,” she cont
June 3, 2011
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Disgraced TV celebrity gets jail term for gambling
A disgraced South Korean television celebrity was slapped Friday with a court arrest to be jailed for eight months for repeatedly gambling abroad and refusing to return home in an attempt to elude investigation. Shin Jung-hwan, 36, rattled the South Korean entertainment industry when media reports said last August that he had gambled away hundreds of millions of won at a hotel casino in the P
June 3, 2011
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Orangutan gets testicle back to right position after unprecedented surgery: zoo
Jill, an orangutan at the Kansas City Zoo, cares for her new baby Pendami. Zoo workers went to unprecedented lengths and earned the trust of Jill so they could monitor her pregnancy including performing ultrasound on her. (MCT)A baby Bornean orangutan at a South Korean zoo underwent surgery last month to lace up one of his testicles where it should be after it had been found abnormally stuck insid
June 3, 2011
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Man poses as woman in Internet prostitution con
Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency arrested a 29-year-old man for swindling by posing as a woman in order to lure prostitute seekers.The convict, identified by his surname Yoon, allegedly approached some 340 men via online dating websites for false sex trafficking. The tempted victims sent him a total amount of $60,000.Yoon had posted photos of random women from the Internet, and then suggested “she
June 3, 2011
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Army soldier commits suicide at frontline unit
An Army private shot himself dead with his assault rifle early this week while on duty at a frontline unit, the latest in a recent string of deaths of conscripts, officials said Thursday. The private, identified only by his surname Choi, was found dead with a bullet in his head in the pre-dawn hours of Monday outside a military post near Hwacheon, 118 kilometers northeast of Seoul, according to th
June 2, 2011
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Four dead in apparent Internet suicide pact
Two young men and two women were found dead in a car Thursday in an apparent Internet-based group suicide, Korean police said.Police said the four, including a 25-year-old woman identified only as Park, left suicide notes in their bags in the car parked next to a river in Seongju, 210 kilometers southeast of Seoul.They apparently inhaled toxic fumes after burning coal briquettes inside the vehicle
June 2, 2011
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Seoul City plans probe on U.S. bases in capital
The Seoul Metropolitan Government will launch its own inspection into environmental contamination near U.S. military bases in the city, officials said Thursday.In a meeting of senior officials, the city decided to carry out a special investigation into the underground water in the areas adjacent to U.S. camps from June 6 to the end of the month. A total of 12 U.S. military camps are based in Seoul
June 2, 2011
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No confirmation buried chemicals removed
U.S. says it has found no official records of orders given to remove materials yetA U.S. Army commander told South Korean officials on Thursday that there was no confirmation that chemicals were removed from Camp Carroll, contrary to earlier statements that herbicides were disposed offsite.Earlier in the month, Lt. Gen. John D. Johnson, commander of the Eighth U.S. Army and head of the Joint Inves
June 2, 2011
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Ex-FSS chief faces probe in savings bank scandal
The prosecution plans to summon for questioning a former chief of the nation’s financial watchdog in a widening investigation into corruption at Busan Mutual Savings Bank. Kim Jong-chang, who was until March this year governor of the Financial Supervisory Service, is suspected of exerting his influence to help the lender survive regulatory inspections. Kim Jong-changThe FSS is the nation’s top fi
June 1, 2011
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Somali pirates appeal sentences in S. Korea
BUSAN (Yonhap News) ― Two of the four Somali pirates convicted last week of maritime robbery and hijacking a South Korean-owned freighter have lodged an appeal against the court decision, their attorneys said Wednesday.The Busan District Court on Friday sentenced Mahomed Arai, 21, to life in prison for shooting Seok Hae-kyun, the captain of the ship, the Samho Jewelry, and seven other charges, inc
June 1, 2011
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Radar, water analysis to hunt defoliant
Ministry to begin health survey of residents living near U.S. baseSouth Korean and U.S. officials agreed to use ground-penetrating radars, and underground water analysis within a southern U.S. army base to help verify whether a toxic defoliant was buried there nearly three decades ago, officials said Wednesday.The results of their meeting Wednesday were announced during a briefing at Camp Carroll
June 1, 2011
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Man smashes cars to show hatred for rich
Police are investigating a 29-year-old man who smashed luxury cars in Daejeon to show his contempt for the rich.The man, identified by his surname Cho, smashed windows and mirrors of some 15 expensive domestic and imported vehicles in an underground parking lot. Before doing so, he beat a Chinese student without provocation. “Imported cars are pie in the sky for poor people. I hate the rich,” he t
June 1, 2011
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Prosecutors say Busan savings bank used slush funds for lobbying
Prosecutors said Tuesday they secured evidence that a scandal-ridden savings bank has used slush funds to lobby ranking government officials and influential politicians to prevent financial regulators from ousting the bank due to illegal loans and other irregularities. The bank raised the slush funds by offering illegal loans worth trillions of won to more than 100 special purpose companies esta
May 31, 2011
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Teams begin on-site probe of U.S. base
Controversy over when U.S. sprayed defoliants in Korea continuesA Korea-U.S. probe team on Tuesday began taking soil samples just outside Camp Carroll, a U.S. base in Waegwan, North Gyeongsang Province where a considerable amount of Agent Orange was allegedly buried in 1978.A separate investigation team also kicked off its first basic onsite inspection at the now-defunct Camp Mercer in Bucheon, Gy
May 31, 2011
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C40 to discuss Seoul’s green traffic policy
Seoul will be presented as a role-model in environment-friendly traffic policy during the fourth C40 Cities Climate Conference in Brazil, officials said Tuesday.During the three-day event, which begins Tuesday in Sao Paolo, Seoul officials will introduce the capital’s traffic policy, including the adoption of compressed natural gas buses and the bus rapid transit system. Officials said the organiz
May 31, 2011
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Tobacco firms may have to put toxin level labels on packs
The Ministry of Health and Welfare is considering forcing cigarette companies to label toxic chemicals and their quantities on cigarette packets, news reports said Tuesday.If implemented, it would be the nation’s strongest-ever antismoking warning on cigarette packaging. A family walks past a no-smoking sign, warning smokers that starting this June, those caught smoking at Seoul, Gwanghwamun and C
May 31, 2011
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Family, household norms changing rapidly
Experts say diverse lifestyles reflect changes in socio-economic environmentLee, a 65-year-old woman who lives in an apartment near the Han River in Seoul, has recently been troubled with the small dog her daughter leaves with her on weekdays.Her married daughter, 33, began keeping the dog a few months ago and felt sorry leaving it at home alone while she and her husband were at work. So she asked
May 31, 2011