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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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MBC Sports Plus announcer jumps off apartment: report
MBC Sports Plus announcer Song Ji-seonSong Ji-seon, an MBC Sports Plus announcer, has jumped from the 19th floor of her apartment building in southern Seoul Monday afternoon, a few weeks after stirring controversy over a suicide note on her Twitter, news reports said.Local media outlet News En said on Monday she was pronounced dead by 119 rescue staff at the scene, after jumping from her apartment
May 23, 2011
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Fire hits building in downtown Seoul
(Yonhap News)A fire broke out at a building next to major fashion mall Migliore in downtown Seoul Monday afternoon.People were rushing to the rooftop of the building in Myeongdong, Seoul’s main shopping street.Smoke was seen rising from the building.
May 23, 2011
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U.S. fee waiver scholarship introduced for students
Seoul-area Korean students can take advantage of a scholarship which would allow them to study at a U.S. university at in-state prices. John Fox, director of the International Students Program at Georgia Southwestern State University, introduced its tuition waiver scholarship program for international students during a presentation Saturday. John FoxThrough the program, students who meet the qual
May 22, 2011
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Environmental assessments for businesses lax
The government put on hold less than one percent of development projects after undergoing environmental impact assessments, according to Seoul’s Environment Ministry Sunday.The data highlights the strain between faster development and environmental consciousness. According to the ministry, environmental impact assessments prior to development have put a brake on less than five percent of projects
May 22, 2011
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Missing woman found dead, police arrest husband
A 50-year-old housewife missing for 50 days was found dead in a hiking sack in Busan on Saturday, police said. Police arrested her husband in connection with her death. The woman went missing after leaving her home in the port city on May 2. Her body was discovered in the 1-meter-long bag thrown away on an islet on the Nakdong River that runs across the city. Environmental activists and students f
May 22, 2011
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Cardinal may retire as archbishop of Seoul: report
Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk may resign as archbishop of Seoul by the end of the year, a local news report said Friday.The Vatican is looking to accept Cheong’s resignation before the end of the year, or at least by early next year, the report said citing an unnamed high-ranking official of the Korean Catholic Church.Cheong, who was appointed as the archbishop of Seoul in 1998, tendered his re
May 20, 2011
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Defoliant probe team sent to U.S. base area
Ministry may seek joint on-the-spot inspection with U.S. militarySouth Korea’s Environment Ministry dispatched Friday an investigation team to an area around a U.S. military base in Korea where barrels of Agent Orange were allegedly buried about 30 years ago.A U.S. cable TV network reported on May 13, citing three former American soldiers who served in the U.S. Forces Korea, that they had buried t
May 20, 2011
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Gov't launches investigation into alleged Agent Orange burial
SEOUL, (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Environment Ministry has launched an investigation into the area where the U.S. military allegedly buried leftover Agent Orange, a defoliant widely used during the Vietnam War, ministry officials said Friday.The ministry said it has sent a group of its officials and environment experts from the ministry's research institutions to Chilgok, some 300 kilometers southe
May 20, 2011
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Seoul considers raising subway fares
Seoul is planning to raise subway fares by as much as 20 percent in an effort to cut the system’s deficit, officials said on Thursday. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, they are considering raising the base fare by 100 to 200 won to stem this year’s estimated deficit of more than 574 billion won ($530 million) for lines 1 through 8.Seoul Metro, operators of lines 1 through 4 and the
May 19, 2011
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Seoul to extend services for 217,000 elderly living alone
The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Thursday a plan to support the city’s 217,000 senior citizens living alone. According to the city’s recent survey, of the more than 1 million elderly people aged 65 or older in Seoul, 21.5 percent live alone, many of them financially struggling.The number of aged living alone has continued to increase in recent years from 16.2 percent in 2004, the city s
May 19, 2011
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80% support post-military hiring plan
Results of Defense Ministry survey more divided on financial supportNearly 80 percent of the public support the re-installment of a military duty employment plan, previously abolished for being unconstitutional, according to a Defense Ministry survey released Thursday. Working to gain parliamentary approval for the system, the ministry released a survey showing that 79.4 percent of the 508 men and
May 19, 2011
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Jindo dogs not suitable for police work
A Korean dog trainer shows off a Jindo dog as Los Angeles Police Department canine officer Jeff Miller, right, takes notes on South Korea's Jindo Island. (MCT)Los Angeles Police Department has failed to train two Korean Jindo dogs for police work as two dogs from the breed that is South Korea’s 53rd national treasure “didn’t have enough focus, drive or consistency needed,” LA daily news reported.T
May 19, 2011
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Regional action needed for biodiversity decade
The following article was contributed by Ahmed Djoghlaf, executive secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity of the United Nations Environment Program. ― Ed.It is a great pleasure for me to attend the launch ceremony of the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity 2011-2020 organized by the Republic of Korea. The aim of the Decade is engaging all the citizens of the world to protect life on
May 18, 2011
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Seoul Fortress to be fully restored by 2014
The overpasses planned to be buit near Sungnyemun, the historic gate in central Seoul. (The Korea Herald)The Seoul Fortress, which has surrounded the city for 615 years, will be fully restored by 2014, officials said Wednesday.The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Wednesday a plan to reconnect the 18.6-kilometer fortress and seek to list it as a UNESCO cultural heritage site.“The Seoul Fortr
May 18, 2011
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Russia arrests man who ate human liver with potatoes
May 18, 2011
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No more 119 ‘taxis’ for drunks
Emergency response crews can deny drunks asking for a ride home or others trying to misuse the system, said the state’s disaster control center on Tuesday. According to a revised bill to take effect Sept. 9, response crews can also deny service at their discretion to those asking for treatment for bruises, cuts and scrapes.Those denied service either by phone or on the scene will receive a letter
May 17, 2011
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Korean parents’ education fever remains high
Her elder son who is preparing for an Ivy League school at a prestigious foreign language high school in Seoul may receive the best school education in Korea. However, his mother, Park Sung-hee, says she has never reduced the family’s spending on private education. “Even though you enter a good school, the situation is the same at least for the students at the school. In order not to lag behind ot
May 17, 2011
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Asbestos still present at 85% of Seoul schools
Over 85 percent of below-college-level academic facilities suspected of asbestos pollution contain the potentially dangerous mineral fiber, the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education said Tuesday.According to data released by the office, of the 54,279 facilities in 1,669 kindergarten, elementary, middle and high schools inspected between 2009 and 2010, roughly 87 percent contained the fiber which
May 17, 2011
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Retirement of baby boomers weighs on Korean society
Experts predict grave consequences unless proper measures takenTwo years ago, he applied for an early retirement when his company, an electronic appliances manufacturer, announced layoff plans.At the time, the man surnamed Sohn believed he would soon find another job to utilize his experience as a personnel manager. But Sohn, now 53, still remains unemployed with his hope of getting a job ― even o
May 17, 2011
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Facebook 'planking' craze claims life in Australia
A new craze sweeping the Internet known as "planking" claimed a life in Australia Sunday and police fear the tragedy may not be the last.Planking involves someone lying flat on their stomach with their arms against their bodies in unusual and sometimes dangerous situations, with photographs of their exploits shared through social media sites.It has gone viral in recent weeks with Facebook page Pl
May 17, 2011