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Top factor for women when looking for dates? Survey says 'age'
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Yoon, Mirziyoyev agree on S. Korea's 1st export of bullet trains to Uzbekistan
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[From the scene] BTS' Jin returns, fans erupt with joy
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How will med professors' walkout on June 18 impact hospitals?
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Couple’s tennis game at Incheon Airport draws public outcry
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[Today’s K-pop] Blackpink’s Lisa hints at solo return
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Record fine on Coupang raises questions about online retail practices
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[Graphic News] 3,444 shade canopies installed in Seoul
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Man faces animal cruelty charges for killing his dog for meat
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Yoon visits ancient Uzbek city, wraps up Central Asia trip
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Defector groups continue to send anti-North leaflets despite threats
Defector groups Wednesday pledged to continue flying propaganda leaflets across the border despite North Korea’s recent threat of “direct firing” at the South’s psychological warfare sites.“The empty threats from the North have repeated over the past four years. There is nothing special this time as well,” said Park Sang-hak, a North Korean defector and head of the Fighters for Free North Korea. “
March 2, 2011
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Yoo takes office as Herald Media CEO
Yoo Byung-chang took office as the new chief executive officer and publisher of Herald Media in a ceremony at the company’s headquarters in Seoul on Wednesday.Yoo, 61, former president of POSCO ICT, succeeded Park Haeng-hwan, who retired after three years in the post.The new CEO vowed to strengthen growth businesses of the future, including digital media and broadcasting. Herald Media CEO and Publ
March 2, 2011
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80% of Seoul’s elderly living alone are women
Most see families less than once a weekAlmost eight out of 10 elderly people living alone in Seoul are women, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday.The city conducted a census on senior citizens aged 65 or older who lived alone without family over the past three months, aimed at assessing their welfare needs.According to the survey on 214,506 citizens registered as single family household
March 2, 2011
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Seoul highly vulnerable to earthquakes: report
In light of the recent quake that New Zealand is calling its worst natural disaster to date, South Korea could face over 100,000 casualties should a 6.5 magnitude earthquake occur in the middle of Seoul, according to government data.A report recently submitted by the National Emergency Management Agency to a ruling party lawmaker estimated that in the event of such a quake, Seoul and metropolitan
March 2, 2011
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Prosecutors obtain painting at center of graft scandal: official
Seoul prosecutors have secured a high-priced painting at the center of a graft scandal involving two former national tax chiefs, a prosecution official said Tuesday.The official said the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office has obtained the painting titled "Hakdong Village" by the late abstract artist Choi Wook-kyung. Han Sang-ryule, a former head of the National Tax Service, is accused of p
March 1, 2011
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S. Korea to send two ships to Libya
South Korea will send two chartered ships to strife-torn Libya to bring home citizens and foreign workers at South Korean construction firms there, an official said Tuesday.The ships chartered from Greece can each carry up to 1,800 passengers, a Transportation Ministry official said.“We have prepared ships capable of evacuating a far larger number of people than before,” the official said without
March 1, 2011
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Expats to promote Gangnam district
Gangnam-gu Office has selected a group of foreign nationals as honorary publicity ambassadors to promote the district around the world, officials said Tuesday.The 29 expats from 14 countries, including the U.S., Canada, Britain, the Philippines and Thailand, will introduce Gangnam’s tourist attractions to their home countries using social media such as Twitter and Facebook. They will also contribu
March 1, 2011
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Wounded ship captain says 'thank you' after completely regaining consciousness
The captain of a South Korean freighter, who was shot during a rescue operation against Somali pirates, completely regained consciousness Monday and expressed thanks for the support that South Koreans have rallied for him.The health of Seok Hae-kyun, the captain of the 11,500-ton Samho Jewelry, has drawn wide national attention since South Korean naval special forces on Jan. 21 stormed the ship se
March 1, 2011
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Seoul National University fires music professor accused of violence against students
Seoul National University decided Monday to sack a music professor accused of habitually using violence against her students and other alleged misconduct,officials said. Seoul National University decided to sack Professor Kim In-hye accused of habitually beating and taking high-priced gifts from her students. (Yonhap News)The top South Korean university has looked into allegations raised late last
March 1, 2011
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Court to review ban on teachers’ political activity
A group of unionized teachers have asked the Constitutional Court to review the law that bans teachers from joining political activities, court officials said Monday, challenging the long debated law that causes any teacher who wages an anti-government campaign to face disciplinary action. The Seoul Administrative Court has accepted the appeal by three teachers, affiliated with the liberal Korean
Feb. 28, 2011
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Korea may raise retirement age to 60: report
The government is reportedly considering raising the average retirement age to 60 from the current average of 57 to lessen the impact of the retirement of 7.1 million baby boomers born between 1955 and 1963. However, the plan is expected to face fierce opposition from both employers and employees.The “Baby Boomer Committee,” an affiliate of the Economic and Social Development Commission, a group r
Feb. 28, 2011
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Seoul switches evaluation system for principals
Seoul’s education office plans to completely revamp the principal evaluation system, hoping that straightening out principals will lead to positive changes in schools.Officials said Monday that, once passed through review, headmasters will undergo management skill evaluations starting this school semester, monitoring their schools’ curriculum and its results, as well as 13 other criteria. A good p
Feb. 28, 2011
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Shin elected new KBA president
Shin Young-moo, a 67-year-old veteran lawyer, was elected the new president of the Korean Bar Association during its general assembly in Seoul on Monday.Shin ran for the post as the candidate recommended by Seoul Bar Association and won 167 votes, beating runner-up Shin Yong-do, who had stood for Busan-based lawyers but only received 49 votes. Shin began his judicial career as a judge at Daejeon D
Feb. 28, 2011
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Prosecution probes BBK antagonist again
The sister of an alleged former business partner of Lee Myung-bak has been questioned by the prosecution over a long-dormant scandal which engulfed the 2007 presidential election.Erica Kim, sister of Kim Kyung-joon, returned to Seoul over the weekend to help the prosecution wrap up an investigation into the scandal involving stock manipulation. With her brother Kyung-joon now serving an eight-year
Feb. 28, 2011
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W34tr spent on health insurance cover in 2010
The government spent nearly 34 trillion won ($30 billion) on health insurance cover last year. The medical costs covered by the nation’s obligatory health insurance scheme were 33.7 trillion won last year, a 12.9 percent increase from 2009, the National Health Insurance Cooperation said Monday.When considering those shared by individuals, the total amount reached 43.6 trillion won, up 4.2 trillion
Feb. 28, 2011
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1 year on, foreigners’ prison claims success
Rehabilitation officer says facility has reduced language, cultural problems, marginalizationCheonan, South Chungcheong Province ― Fish cakes in broth are a common sight on Korea's streets and markets. But some fish cakes come from a place you might not expect: a foreigners’ prison.The Asian delicacies are cranked out by prisoners at Cheonan Foreigner Prison in mountainside outskirts of Cheonan,
Feb. 28, 2011
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Number of Seoulites with advanced degrees tripled since 1990
The number of Seoul citizens holding master’s or doctoral degrees has tripled over the past 20 years, a study found Sunday. There were 39,538 master’s and 5,043 doctoral graduates last year, almost triple the 14,049 in 1990, according to the study conducted jointly by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and Statistics Korea.Women with higher education showed a five-fold increase in two decades, with
Feb. 27, 2011
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Korean illegal aliens in U.S. drop in 2010
LOS ANGELES (Yonhap News) ― The number of illegal aliens from South Korea in the U.S. dropped for the second straight year in 2010, but the number still remained over 170,000, a report by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security released Friday showed.The number of Korean illegal aliens in the U.S. dropped to some 200,000 in 2009 from 240,000 the previous year. The number then dropped 15 percent l
Feb. 27, 2011
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U.S. soldier detained for assaulting elderly Korean couple
South Korea's police have asked the local court to issue an arrest warrant for a U.S. service member accused of breaking into the home of an elderly Korean couple in Dongducheon, north of Seoul, and assaulting them, officials said Sunday. The unidentified 20-year-old American soldier stationed in Dongducheon, 70 kilometers north of the capital, is in detention on charges of intruding into the
Feb. 27, 2011
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Fresh bird flu strain confirmed in southern South Korea
DAMYANG -- About 1,000 ducks found dead earlier this week at a farm in southern South Korea were confirmed Saturday to have been infected with a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza, raising concern that the lethal virus is spreading in the country, officials said. The H5A1 virus was found on the duck farm in Damyang county of South Jeolla Province, about 350 kilometers south of Seoul
Feb. 27, 2011