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No plan to let doctors with foreign licenses practice here anytime soon: PM
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Ador CEO's dismissal to be decided on last day of May
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[Graphic News] Beer the most favored alcoholic drink by Koreans
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Science Ministry expresses regret over Japan’s pressure on Naver
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Haeundae Beach to become sand art museum in late May
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Hostilities get out of hand as YouTuber murders another outside courthouse
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Medical professors set to take day off amid protracted walkouts by junior doctors
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Police officer jumps barefoot into drainage tunnel to save man
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Yoon interacts with public for 1st time since election defeat
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Lee Sun-kyun's posthumuous film to hit theaters in August
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Korea, U.S. agree to strengthen disaster relief, security
South Korea and the United States agreed to strengthen cooperation in disaster control and security crisis management areas in the face of heightened terrorism concerns, the government said Sunday.The Ministry of Public Safety and Security said the two sides concurred during the weeklong disaster and security management meeting in Washington that there is a need to forge a close communication channel to exchange information on terrorism and ways to respond to disaster situations.The understandin
March 27, 2016
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Korea‘s top military commander checks frontline combat readiness
South Korea's top military commander checked the combat readiness of frontline troops on Friday as inter-Korean tensions have flared up in the face of North Korea's continuing provocations.Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Lee Sun-jin visited the VIII Corps and Navy 1st Fleet earlier in the day to look into their military preparedness, the military said. The Army corps is in charge of guarding the eastern part of the heavily militarized border while the Navy fleet defends the East Sea area. "N
March 25, 2016
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S. Korea, U.S. conduct naval training to commemorate inter-Korean naval clashes
The South Korean and United States navies conducted a joint training exercise on Friday, in remembrance of the sailors and soldiers killed in recent clashes with North Korea, the military said FridaySouth Korea commemorated the deaths from the three past inter-Korean skirmishes near the western sea border area on Commemoration Day, which has been designated on the fourth Friday of March.In 2010 alone, 48 soldiers were killed in two military conflicts between the rival Koreas. In March that year,
March 25, 2016
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Korea, Japan's Navy chiefs to discuss military collaboration
The naval chiefs of South Korea and Japan will hold talks next week on ways to increase collaboration in joint search and rescue exercises, anti-piracy operations and other military issues, the Navy said Thursday.The high-level talks between South Korea's Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jung Ho-sub and Adm. Tomohisa Takei, chief commander of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, will be held on Monday in the Gyeryongdae military headquarters in central South Korea.The main topics of discussion w
March 24, 2016
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Military in development of armor piercing ammo-proof vest
The military is developing a new bulletproof vest that could resist armor-piercing ammunition, the Ministry of National Defense said Wednesday.The Defense Agency for Technology and Quality, the state-run quality control agency for defense goods, is currently gauging the level of technology needed for the body armor development, the ministry said in a release to the media.It was in response to a report by the Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea that accused several defense officials of taking
March 23, 2016
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Military seeks to develop new patrol craft to bolster front-line defense
South Korea is seeking to develop a highly mobile patrol craft as part of its efforts to bolster naval defense along the maritime boundary with North Korea, military officials said Wednesday.Through a civilian-military cooperative project, the military plans to develop a 20-ton "high-speed interceptor craft" that can travel faster than 60 knots per hour, or 111 kmph, the officials said.The military plans to launch the project within this year and produce a prototype in five years so they can be
March 23, 2016
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Defense chiefs of Korea, Indonesia to hold talks
The defense ministers of South Korea and Indonesia will hold talks on Wednesday to discuss ways to enhance cooperation in Seoul's project to develop an indigenous fighter jet and other bilateral defense issues, the Ministry of National Defense said.Defense Minister Han Min-koo and his Indonesian counterpart, Ryamizard Ryacudu, will meet in the ministry's compound in central Seoul for the talks, which officials here say will focus on strengthening bilateral defense ties.Topping the agenda is ensu
March 23, 2016
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North Korea's saber-rattling is no bluff: ministry
The South Korean military Tuesday said that it sees North Korea’s nuclear programs, ballistic missiles and its new large-caliber multiple rocket system as “real threats,” dismissing speculation that Pyongyang’s nuclear threats were empty rhetoric.“North Korea has been conducting multiple test-firings related to improving the performance of the new rocket launcher. Our intelligence is cross-referencing the projectiles, range and trajectory with our information for assessment,” said Na Seung-yong,
March 22, 2016
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Korea, U.S. conducting joint naval drills against
The navies of South Korea and the United States kicked off a four-day joint naval exercise Tuesday to enhance their readiness against potential military provocations by North Korea.The joint maritime exercise, scheduled from Tuesday to Friday, is part of the ongoing Foal Eagle annual field training exercise the allies launched two weeks ago.Some 50 naval vessels and submarines from both countries joined the exercise in the Yellow and East seas, according to the Navy here.A group of South Korean
March 22, 2016
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Korea, U.S. military chiefs inspect U.S. aircraft carrier
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Lee Soon-jin and Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, the chief commander of American troops stationed in South Korea, jointly inspected a U.S. aircraft carrier on Monday that is participating in a combined military drill here.The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74), arrived in South Korea earlier in the month to join the Foal Eagle field training, along with its 7,000-strong carrier strike group. The allies kicked off the annual joint ex
March 21, 2016
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Air Force conducts drills for strike against North Korea
The South Korean military on Monday carried out training designed to strike key facilities of North Korea as Pyongyang continued to stage provocations in a show of force against the allies for second consecutive day.North Korea fired five short-range projectiles into the East Sea at around 3:19 p.m. from a spot 20 kilometers south of Hamheung, South Hamgeyong Province, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The projectiles flew for about 200 kilometers. It was unconfirmed whether the objects we
March 21, 2016
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Korea to roll out new patrol boats, toughen sea border defense
South Korea's Navy will launch new patrol boats to bolster defense along the tension-prone western maritime sea border with North Korea, the military said Monday.The Navy will start work to build the 200-ton guided missile and gun armed patrol boats. The boats are updated versions of the Yoon Young-ha-class boats that are already in service with the armed forces.Seoul is expected to launch some 20 of these patrol killer guided B (PKG-B) boats in the coming years to replace the existing fleet of
March 21, 2016
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400 U.S. troops to deploy to Korea as part of force rotation
About 400 U.S. troops will deploy to South Korea later this summer to help deter North Korean aggression, the Department of the Army announced Sunday.The troops with the 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division will make a rotational deployment to the Asian ally, the department said in a statement."Our Soldiers and units are skilled, tough and stand ready around the clock to defend America. They are ready ... to deter North Korean aggression," Lt.
March 21, 2016
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N.K. leader inspects landing drill against allies
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected an amphibious assault and anti-landing drills in an apparent show of force against South Korea and the U.S., Pyongyang’s state media said Sunday.According to the Korean Central News Agency, North Korean military has recently staged a landing and anti-landing drill under Kim’s guidance.Kim was quoted as saying that the training should be intensified in order to “bury at sea any enemy groups attacking to land in the coast of the country.”He also stress
March 20, 2016
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Seoul voices concern to int‘l bodies over Pyongyang missiles
South Korea has expressed its concern to relevant international organizations over North Korea's recent ballistic missile launches, putting further pressure on the communist regime, a government source said Sunday.In a letter to the International Civil Aviation Organization and the International Maritime Organization, South Korea said the North's launchings of short- and medium-range ballistic missiles earlier this month were "dangerous" as they came without prior warning.Under international con
March 20, 2016
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Marine Corps launches expanded mobile unit for N.K. contingencies
The Marine Corps has formed a new mobile unit tasked with attacking North Korea from the rear in the event of a contingency, a military official said Sunday.The regimental-level unit of 3,000 troops was launched in the southeastern coastal city of Pohang on March 1, dubbed "Spartan 3000," the official said.The troops will be on standby for deployment to all parts of the Korean Peninsula within 24 hours, tasked with destroying key military facilities in the North's rear during contingencies. In p
March 20, 2016
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Key Resolve exercise ends 12-day run amid N. Korea's show of force
A festival highlighting Korea's traditional paper folding art titled "K-Jongie Jupgi" will be held in Paris in October, its organizer said Thursday.The Seoul-based Korea Paper Culture Foundation-World Jongie Jupgi Organization and the Korean language (hangeul) school in Paris signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) outlining the plan in the French capital.Under the MOU inked on Wednesday (local time), the two sides agreed to make a concerted effort to help globalize the traditional Korean pap
March 18, 2016
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Key Resolve military exercise draws to end
One of two annual joint military exercises that South Korea and the United States launched last week has effectively come to an end Thursday, after the allies focused on preemptively deterring nuclear and missile threats by North Korea.The computer-based command post exercise Key Resolve wrapped up its simulation warfare portion earlier in the day, a military official said. The allies will have a one-day performance review on Friday before officially concluding the joint drill for this year, the
March 17, 2016
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Navy conducts harbor protection drill at Donghae port
The South Korean Navy's 1st Fleet conducted a combined military exercise with the Army and related authorities to enhance the protection capabilities of Donghae port on the country's east coast.The exercise that took place late Wednesday focused on how to protect the fleet's main naval base, located some 280 kilometers east of Seoul, as well as civilian port facilities. The simulation drill was held as part of the ongoing annual South Korea-U.S. joint military exercise Key Resolve, which kicked
March 17, 2016
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Korea joins Asia-Pacific cybersecurity drill
South Korea has participated in an international exercise against cyber terror this week, the government said Thursday, amid growing threats from North Korea.The Asia-Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team, a coalition of regional countries on promoting cybersecurity, conducted the annual drill on Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning. With the theme of "An Evolving Cyber Threat and Financial Fraud," it was joined by South Korea and 25 other nations.They revi
March 17, 2016