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Han Kang speaks up on Nobel Prize, thanks ‘enormous wave’ of blessing
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Han Kang declines press conference, not to celebrate, citing global wars
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Former Ador CEO gains ground in legal battle with Hybe, as whistleblower reveals plagiarism evidence
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BTS’s V and RM celebrate Han Kang’s Nobel Prize in literature win
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Han Kang drives readers to bookstores both online and offline
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Han Kang: From blacklist to Nobel laureate
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BOK cuts key rate by quarter point to 3.25%
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No South Korean military drone entered Pyongyang skies: JCS
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Aunt sentenced to 15 years for throwing 11-month-old nephew from high-rise apartment
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Novelist Han Seung-won says daughter's historic Nobel win feels surreal
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Korea completes $4.7m ODA project for El Salvador
South Korea has completed an official development assistance project worth $4.7 million for El Salvador, which will benefit hundreds of farmers and their families in the northern part of the Central American country, the South Korean ODA agency said Thursday.Under the farmer-empowerment project which started in 2013, the Korea International Cooperation Agency built irrigation and solar energy generation systems as well as a community center for farmers in El Porvenir, Santa Ana, according to the
July 27, 2017
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Parliament committee passes bill to ban state-authored history textbook
The parliament's education committee on Friday passed a bill to ban state-authored textbooks amid the boycott from conservative parties. The National Assembly Education, Culture, Sports & Tourism Committee approved the bill that bans the use of textbooks whose copyrights are held by the government. The bill has been handed over to the Legislation and Judiciary Committee. The bill targets the Park Geun-hye government's plan to provide middle and high school students with state-authored history t
Jan. 20, 2017
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Lend your voice to an audio book for the blind
Korea Asset Management Corp. is recruiting 30 citizen volunteers for its third annual audio book production for the visually impaired, between June 1 and 15 via portal site Naver’s charity platform Happy Bean. SBS TV station’s weathercaster Shin So-yeon and the wife of professional baseball player Lotte Giants’ Kang Min-ho, have endorsed the campaign and volunteered, drawing attention to the project. (KAMCO)In the previous two years, KAMCO had called on its employees to volunteer for the audio b
June 2, 2016
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Green enthusiasts welcomed to adopt handcraft pandas
WWF Korea offers Korean supporters of art and nature an opportunity to adopt 14 special edition pandas of the “1600 Pandas+ World Tour,” created in collaboration with French handcrafted papier-mâché artist Paulo Grangeon, Korean calligrapher Kang Byung-in, and installation artist Rho Dongsik. (AMHERST)WWF Korea has invited art lovers here to “adopt” 14 adorable pandas from the world-famous “1600 Pandas+ World Tour,” an auction event to honor Korean cultural heritage and support sustainability th
July 22, 2015
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Prosecution to re-seek arrest warrant for fugitive ferry owner
The prosecution has decided to re-seek an arrest warrant for the fugitive owner of the sunken ferry Sewol in case they fail to catch him by next week, officials said Sunday.Yoo Byung-eun, 73, who is believed to own Chonghaejin Marine Co., has been at large since the marine disaster on April 16 that claimed more than 300 lives and left 11 missing.Prosecutors have carried out a massive manhunt for Yoo for months but have so far failed to locate his whereabouts.His arrest warrant is set to expire o
July 13, 2014
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[Photo News] Eat cake together
April 4, 2014
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[Photo News] Messages of hope
March 11, 2014
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[Photo News] Siemens volunteers
Jan. 26, 2014
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More than just a drop of blood
One pint of blood can save up to three lives. With this in mind, Noh Sang-eun, a 27-year-old office worker in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, has saved hundreds of lives by donating blood once every two or three weeks for more than 10 years. Noh has made it onto the Red Cross list of those who have donated blood more than 100 times. In Korea, some 6,600 donors have done so, with Noh donating blood 114 times since 2002. “I was proud of myself at first but realized soon that there were about
Jan. 13, 2014
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Local firms fine-tune their social contributions
Korean companies’ contributions to local communities are being diversified into unprecedented forms of philanthropy in step with a fast-paced change in technology.The spectrum of philanthropic activities has widened from the simple and time-honored act of giving money or goods toward novel projects such as donating a power supply, funding social enterprises, and developing innovative electronic gadgets for the disabled.Recipients are also more specified. Companies’ pro bono programs have been fi
Dec. 20, 2013
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Foreign firms steadfast on core values of social contributions
Foreign companies in Korea remain steadfast on their core values of corporate social responsibility despite occasional criticism over a tendency to shy away from monetary donations.Of the $179 million of corporate donations in 2012 to the Community Chest of Korea, the nation’s largest fundraising organization, $177.4 million came from domestic companies while only about $1.6 million, or 0.9 percent, was given by foreign multinational corporations, according to a report by the Community Chest.Thi
Dec. 20, 2013
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Free after-school classes light up hope for N.K. kids
A dozen kids rush into an old building in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, after school. They are cheerful, as if they are about to play, but only a stack of books and a few teachers await them. The elementary school and middle school kids come to the Kuensaem School to study with volunteer tutors from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. every day. The students share one thing in common: They are all from North Korea.The Kuensaem School is a free after-school program created and supported by volunteers to assist children from N
Dec. 17, 2013
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Santa visits remote Alaskan Eskimo village
KWETHLUK, Alaska (AP) ― Christmas in Alaska came early this week to nearly 300 students attending school in the Yup’ik Eskimo village of Kwethluk. Thanks to the volunteer program coordinated by the Alaska National Guard, Santa and Mrs. Claus greeted children in the western Alaska community and took pictures with them before helper elves handed out gifts. “Santa and Mrs. Claus is not something that normally happens out there for them. It’s commonplace for us here in Anchorage or the bigger towns
Dec. 17, 2013
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[Photo News] Marriott donates
Dec. 13, 2013
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[Photo News] Travel agents donate to Philippines
Dec. 11, 2013
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Devoted nun, dentist wins Lee Tae-seok award
Park Jeong-sook, a nun and dentist who devoted her life to caring for the needy in Bangladesh, received the Foreign Ministry’s Lee Tae-seok Award last week. The award was launched in 2011 and named after a Catholic priest who died a year earlier at age 48 while helping displaced people in South Sudan. Park, 49, has been setting up schools, homes and other facilities for the poor and children with disabilities in Dhaka since 2005. In 2007 she opened a hospital to provide free dental care services
Dec. 3, 2013
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Big dreams of disabled hotelier
Arranging linen and folding towels may be simple and monotonous tasks for many hoteliers. But for Lee Sang-hyuk, 23, the work is a precious source of confidence and hope for the future. Lee, a new employee of the Plaza Hotel in the heart of Seoul, is the first regular hotelier with a disability in the country. He has a mild, third-degree intellectual disability, a level in which social and occupational rehabilitation is possible through education and training. After three months of training, Lee
Dec. 3, 2013
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[Photo News] Kimchi sharing
Dec. 2, 2013
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[Photo News] Samsung donation
Nov. 21, 2013
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[Photo News] Kimchi charity
Nov. 19, 2013