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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Ship linked to NK arms shipments to Russia is moored in China: State Dept.
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Police nab suspect in killing of activist’s mother
Seoul police on Thursday captured a 43-year-old man suspected of killing the mother of a senior member of a conservative civic group on Thursday.The murder case has drawn keen public interest as speculation has circulated that pro-North Korea terrorists might have killed her, as her son’s group has actively engaged in a series of activities against the communist country in recent years.The suspect
March 24, 2011
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Minor quake hits central Korea
The state’s geological survey recorded a small quake in central Korea on Thursday, causing alarm among citizens amid quake fears.According to the Daejeon Regional Meteorological Administration, a 2.8-magnitude quake struck 23 kilometers west of Okcheon County at 4:35 a.m.Although the Korean Meteorological Administration received no reports of damage, they have received reports of citizens feeling
March 24, 2011
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Mando fined for paying union staff
Mando, the nation’s largest automobile parts maker, has been fined 25 million won ($28,000) for paying extra wages to fulltime unionists, officials said Thursday.The Suwon District Court slapped fines of 15 million won and 10 million won on the company president and another executive in charge of labor affairs, for breaking the “time off” system adopted by the Ministry of Employment and Labor last
March 24, 2011
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Man gets jail term for abusing children refusing to call him 'mom'
A transgender father of four has been given a two-year jail term for abusing his children who refused to call him "mom," a local court here said Wednesday.The 31-year-old man, identified only by his last name Oh, was charged with starving and beating up his four children -- one born to his first ex-girlfriend and three to the second one, whom he lived with from 2006 until last year. His second ex-
March 24, 2011
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Education boards snub ‘indirect punishment’
Ideological tensions are have been reignited over a ban on corporal punishment at schools as some educational offices resist the “indirect punishment” system recently announced by the government.The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology announced a revised education law on Friday which bans physical punishment but allows schools to adopt other disciplinary measures.Since the corporal punis
March 23, 2011
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Korea’s largest clay pot hitting the record books
A small county on Korea’s southeast coast is waiting for confirmation that a clay pot it completed last year will be recognized as the biggest pot in the world. According to Ulju County officials, the onggi, or earthenware pot, passed the Guinness World Records application, and is waiting for a representative to arrive next month and confirm the claim in person.Officials also believe that since th
March 23, 2011
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Students returning to Japan
Seo Min-jung, just admitted into a doctoral program in Japan, decided to leave for the earthquake-hit country despite the concerns of her family. Her course at the University of Tsukuba in a small town near Tokyo commences in April. Even though the repeated reports about the natural disasters and the leakage of radioactivity from a nuclear power plant in Fukushima frighten her and her family from
March 23, 2011
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89 percent of South Korean adults worry about natural disasters
Nine out of 10 South Korean adults are afraid of possible natural disasters, a report by the job portal site Saramin said Monday.Out of 1,198 adults the Saramin website surveyed, more than 89 percent said they were afraid that a major natural disaster will occur in South Korea.Furthermore, the survey revealed that 82.5 percent of adults are more frightened at thoughts of possible natural disasters
March 23, 2011
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8 N.K. defectors make apparent U.K. asylum bid
BUSAN (Yonhap News) ― Eight North Korean defectors are believed to have sought asylum in Britain after staying for years in South Korea, police said Tuesday.Police in Busan recently conducted a survey on 25 North Korean defectors who stayed in foreign countries for more than three months. The police hoped to gain insight into the North Koreans’ motivation to live overseas.Among them, eight North K
March 23, 2011
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Prosecutors raid Orion Group over alleged illicit bond deal
Prosecutors on Tuesday raided Orion Group, the nation's major confectionery company, and its affiliates over its chairman's alleged illegal bonds transaction during the process of taking over large shares of an Orion subsidiary.Tam Chul-gon, 56, is suspected of buying bonds with warrants issued by On Media, Orion's media affiliate established in 2000 to diversify its business portfolio, at below-m
March 22, 2011
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Korean-Chinese suspected of killing activist’s mother
Police are investigating the possibility that an ethnic Korean of Chinese nationality may have killed the mother of a senior member of a conservative civic group earlier this month, officials said Tuesday.Police said that DNA detected at the scene was identical to that of an ethnic Korean suspected of having robbed a house last April in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, where many ethnic Koreans from Chin
March 22, 2011
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No radioactive materials in recent rain
No radioactive materials were found in rain that fell here over the weekend amid fears of radiation leaks from quake-hit Japan, the government said Tuesday. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said that sampling tests on rainwater collected from across the nation Sunday showed no traces of radioactive iodine or cesium. “There was no trace of either iodine-131 or cesium-137 in any of
March 22, 2011
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Police to raise physical fitness requirements
The police agency here will raise the standards for the physical assessment of police officers amid rising criticism that the standards are too low, officials announced Tuesday.Under a decision by the Korean National Police Commission, the police officer fitness regulations were raised, addressing concerns of a ruling party lawmaker after seeing questionable results from last year’s physical.A rul
March 22, 2011
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Part-time lecturers to get pay hike, benefits
Part-time college lecturers, often referred to as peddlars of academia for their poor job security and salaries, will finally be acknowledged as proper educational staffers.The Cabinet on Tuesday passed a revision bill guaranteeing higher paychecks and welfare to 70,000 part-time lecturers nationwide covering about 40 percent of university classes. According to the bill, the Ministry of Education,
March 22, 2011
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Apple sued again over iPhone repairs
A Korean consumer has lodged a lawsuit with a Seoul court against Apple Korea demanding the company return the repair cost of her liquid-damaged iPhone 4, court officials said Tuesday.In the lawsuit filed with the Seoul Central District Court, the woman, only identified by her surname Kang, demanded Apple Korea return 290,000 won ($259), which the company charged her last month for exchanging the
March 22, 2011
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No radiation found in rain after Japan nuke crisis
No radioactive materials have been found in rain that fell on South Korea over the weekend, despite escalating fears of radiation in Japan, the government said Tuesday. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said a thorough examination of rainwater samples collected from across the country on Sunday showed no traces of radioactive iodine or cesium. "There was no trace of either
March 22, 2011
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Gov't to tighten security of computer networks against DDoS attack
Security of the state Internet network being used by central and local administrations will be beefed up, the home affairs ministry said Tuesday, after the country came under a massive cyber attack, known as the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, early this month. The Ministry of Public Administration and Security said it will put intranets of city, county and ward offices as well as t
March 22, 2011
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Pharmacists charged with selling fake Viagra
More than a dozen pharmacists were indicted Monday for distributing fake Viagra pills.This is the first time pharmacists have been charged with selling the fake drugs, purchased through the back door by men seeking for solution to erectile dysfunction or to enhance their libido. Investigators at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office said they have sought a summary indictment for a pharmaci
March 22, 2011
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Weather offices to collaborate on disasters
Korea will seek to share meteorological information with Japan or China in case their weather agencies are hit by a natural disaster such as the recent massive quake in Japan, Cho Seok-joon, chief of the Korea Meteorological Administration, said Monday. Talks are underway for a joint study-observation-forecast-alarm system among the three countries, which will enable them to send warnings or advic
March 21, 2011
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Seoul City launches global alliance convention industry
The Seoul Metropolitan Government launched a global alliance Monday aimed at fostering the burgeoning convention industry along with six major cities abroad.The “Future Convention Cities Initiative” started last July along with four founding member cities ― Seoul, London, Sydney and Toronto.During Monday’s launch ceremony, San Francisco, Abu Dhabi and Durban, South Africa newly signed an agreement
March 21, 2011