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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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Pianist Cho Seong-Jin named Berlin Philharmonic's artist-in-residence
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Key prosecution unit’s fate hangs in the balance
The National Assembly and the prosecution are clashing as the latter has officially refused to abolish the controversial Central Investigation Department as requested by the parliamentary legislation reform committee.The parliamentary committee demanded on Monday that the prosecution abolish the CID and submit a revised ordinance by 5 p.m. Tuesday.The prosecutor’s office, however, immediately stru
April 19, 2011
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13 Korean adoptees obtain dual citizenship
Thirteen Korean adoptees regained their South Korean citizenship on Tuesday but didn’t have to forfeit their foreign nationality in the first case of its kind to happen since a revised immigration law went into effect, the Justice Ministry said.Kim Dae-won, 43, who was adopted by a family in Switzerland when he was five, and 12 other adoptees were allowed to have double citizenship, the ministry s
April 19, 2011
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SNU to launch think tank on national strategy
Seoul National University will launch a think tank in May to work out a long-term strategy for the nation’s research and development sector, the school said Tuesday. Starting with the organization of its members, the tentatively named “Future R&D Committee” plans to hold the first meeting next month. The nation’s R&D policy has thus far been planned by government offices or research institutes aff
April 19, 2011
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Artists performing in Seoul to get 50 public ‘open theaters’
Seoul City said Tuesday that it will create art performance venues in 50 spots around the city for artists and citizens to show off their artistic talent.The “Open Art Theater” project will start on May 22, with “talent donations” by professional and amateur artists. Those who participate in the project will be given some financial support for their performances.A total of 50 locations were select
April 19, 2011
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Ministry to abolish parenticide clause
The clause on parenticide, which places additional criminal penalty on murderers who have killed their parents, is to be deleted from the criminal law.The criminal law revision committee met in the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office on Monday and resolved to rid the criminal law of the special clause, according to the Justice Ministry on Tuesday.Under the present law, those who have murdered their own pa
April 19, 2011
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Help urged for disabled rape victims
Being a disabled woman in Korea means you are exposed to double discrimination: for being physically or mentally challenged and for being female. The government estimates that there are nearly 5 million disabled people in Korea ― half of them women. As minorities, they face difficulties in every area of their lives. Most seriously, disabled women can be exposed to sexual assault. According to a st
April 19, 2011
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Hungry six-year boy drives mother’s car
A hungry 6-year-old boy in Oregon was reportedly rescued after crashing his mother’s minivan which he had driven to buy food on Sunday.The boy, whose name has not been revealed, had managed to drive his mother’s vehicle to buy some food, according a local newspaper.Though he did not wear the seatbelt, the boy was not injured because the car was running very slowly. It crashed into some mailboxes a
April 19, 2011
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Six regions to receive medical tourism support
Six local administrations will receive subsidies of 2 billion won ($1.8 million) to boost medical tourism, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Monday.Gyeonggi Province is to invest in the field of minimally invasive surgery; Jeju in oncology treatment; Daegu in hair implantation and treatment; South Jeolla Province in joint treatment; North Jeolla Province in robot surgery and Daejeon in medic
April 18, 2011
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Heavy rain, cold spell expected until Wed.
After weeks of mild spring weather, thunder, storms and even snowfall are expected this week on the Korean Peninsula, the Korea Meteorological Administration said Monday. According to its weekly forecast, rain will pour across the nation by Tuesday, drawing up to 80 millimeters of rainfall in Gangwon and North Gyeongsang Provinces while smaller amounts are expected in other regions, including Seou
April 18, 2011
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Japan donations surpass W55b
Donations for disaster relief in Japan surpassed 55 billion won amid an exceptional outpouring of sympathy toward Korea’s closest neighbor.According to major charities on Monday, the total donations made here amounted to about 55.6 billion won ($51 million) one month after the deadly earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan’s northeastern coast on March 11. The Korean Red Cross collected 39.2 billi
April 18, 2011
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Court suggests ‘conditional discharge’ bail of suspects
Korea’s Supreme Court suggested Monday that judges be allowed to discharge suspects on conditional bail as a way to bridge differences with the prosecution over the country’s controversial pre-trial warrant issuance system.The two legal sectors have long been at odds over what prosecutors claim is the court’s “much too strict” standard in issuing arrest and search warrants. The court argues such a
April 18, 2011
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Hyundai hacker suspect arrested
Police have arrested a 40-year-old man who reportedly planned the theft of customer information from Hyundai Capital earlier this month, putting more than 420,000 people’s privacy in danger.However, they have yet to locate his accomplices residing in the Philippines and China. According to officers at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, the suspect surnamed Heo handed in 20 million won ($18,500)
April 18, 2011
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Boy handcuffed after argument over spilt milk
A 12-year-old boy was reportedly handcuffed and detained by a U.S. school resource officer after an argument over milk he spilt. The sixth-grader at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Indiana was to face juvenile probation, according to a local newspaper.On Tuesday, the school staffer ordered him to clean up after he spilt milk on the table during lunch. The boy refused and shouted back at him.The
April 18, 2011
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SNS saves lives
A man planning to commit suicide decided not to die thanks to Twitter. On April 16, a man wrote that he was leaving a will on Twitter because he didn’t have paper. The message was directed to his parents and friends, as well as his brother serving in the military.Twitter users, shocked by the message, started retweeting the message along with a note saying that the man should be stopped from commi
April 18, 2011
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College graduates outside labor force near 3 mln
The number of South Korean college graduates outside the labor force was close to 3 million in the first quarter due to the country's sluggish job market, a government report showed Monday.According to the report by Statistics Korea, 2.95 million people with two-year college degrees or higher were not in the labor force during the January-March period. The number accounted for roughly 18 percent o
April 18, 2011
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Lee calls for removing prejudices about disabled
President Lee Myung-bak on Monday called for tearing down prejudices about the disabled, saying that their physical challenges never mean they cannot be as competitive as the non-disabled. "I believe that the disabled can be competitive workers as much as they want, depending on the types of work and duties," Lee said in his biweekly radio address ahead of the April 20 Day for the Disabled, c
April 18, 2011
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Seoul, Washington agree to start joint study on nuclear fuel reprocessing
South Korea and the U.S. have agreed to carry out a joint study on safe ways to store spent nuclear fuel, including exploring the feasibility of pyroprocessing technology, the government said Sunday.The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said the two sides agreed to conduct two years of preliminary storage-related research up till 2012 that is technologically and economically viable, an
April 17, 2011
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Rhee’s son to apologize to April 19 victims
The family members of the deceased former President Syngman Rhee are to make their first official apology to students killed in the April 19 revolution in 1960.Rhee In-soo, the foster son of the late president, will visit the graves Tuesday morning, the 51st anniversary of the revolution, and pay respect to the victims who died under police fire, according to the Syngman Rhee Committee on Sunday.T
April 17, 2011
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Rights watchdog starts inspection of KAIST tuition system
The state human rights watchdog said Sunday that it has started an investigation into the punitive tuition system at Korea Institute of Science and Technology following recent student suicides at the school. The minority New Progress Party filed a petition with the National Human Rights Commission on April 8, claiming that the tuition system, under which students pay different amounts of fees base
April 17, 2011
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Lawmaker claims reactor rules ignored
The government resorted to expedience and bypassed set inspection rules to extend the operational life of South Korea’s oldest nuclear reactor, an opposition lawmaker claimed Saturday.Rep. Kim Young-hwan of the main opposition Democratic Party said when engineers tested the pressure vessel of the Gori-1 reactor in 2005, the critical system did not meet minimum safety requirements.He also argued th
April 17, 2011