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Seoul vows action over Naver's Line, Yahoo dispute
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[KH Explains] Hyundai Motor’s plan for new landmark keeps hitting bumps
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Key S. Korean, USFK special operations officials to hold rare meeting amid NK threats
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Samsung doubles down on Vietnam
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In Beijing, S. Korean top diplomat aims to jumpstart ties with China
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Prosecutors summon pastor involved in Dior bag scandal
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Suspect behind murder of Korean tourist in Pattaya arrested
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NewJeans' members' parents complained to Hybe, email shows
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[Grace Kao] American racism against Stray Kids
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[Graphic News] Over 80% of people filing bankruptcy in Seoul in their 50s and older
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[Editorial] Baby boomers need support
A growing number of Korean baby boomers who have retired from their main lifetime jobs are starting up microenterprises to earn a livelihood. But they are exposing themselves to the risk of poverty as their chances of success are low due to their lack of experience and unfavorable economic condition
Oct. 19, 2011
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[Editorial] Success or half success?
Two years after work started to help the four major rivers serve industries and rural life, river beds have been deepened, banks streamlined and hundreds of kilometers of bike lanes built on both sides of the waterways. To the great relief of President Lee Myung-bak and his development-minded aides,
Oct. 18, 2011
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[Editorial] Lee’s property
President Lee must regret that he followed the advice of his aides to buy property in his son’s name to build a house for his retirement. He must feel doubly sorry that his own party showed little sympathy for him and instead regarded him as a burden in the upcoming elections. The land in Naegok-don
Oct. 18, 2011
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[Editorial] Kim Han-sol spotlight
The international media, including South Korean newspapers and networks, has found a new celebrity in the 16-year-old grandson of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il. The activities of Kim Han-sol at an international school in Bosnia are competitively covered by the European, Japanese and Korean media
Oct. 17, 2011
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[Editorial] China and N.K. refugees
Large numbers of North Koreans cross the Amnok (Yalu) and Duman (Tumen) Rivers into China to escape from hunger and repression. Only the privileged few get official travel permission for business or visits with their relatives but most risk their lives as they swim across narrow and shallow points o
Oct. 17, 2011
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[Editorial] ‘Occupy Yeouido’ rally
Anti-capitalism protests, which took shape in New York a month ago to decry Wall Street bankers, swept across the world Saturday. Angry protesters rallied in hundreds of cities all over the world, denouncing greedy financiers and ineffectual politicians for ruining the global economy and condemning
Oct. 16, 2011
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[Editorial] Prosecution-police clash
The prosecution and the police are again locking horns over police officers’ right to open criminal investigations. In June, the two law enforcement agencies fought bitterly over the issue, which prompted the resignation of the then prosecutor general, Kim Joon-gyu. The dispute was papered over with
Oct. 16, 2011
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[Editorial] Whither labor movement?
More than 100 days have passed since the multiple labor union system went into effect on July 1. According to the Ministry of Employment and Labor, a total of 498 new unions were established during the first 100 days. These unions appear to be already exerting palpable influence on Korea’s labor mov
Oct. 14, 2011
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[Editorial] Speed up FTA ratification
The U.S. Congress has finally ratified the Korea-United States free trade agreement, demonstrating America’s commitment to upgrading and expanding the long-standing military alliance between the two countries to encompass the economic dimension. With Washington completing its part of the deal, the b
Oct. 14, 2011
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[Editorial] Lee’s land purchase
The controversy over plots of land President Lee Myung-bak purchased in the name of his son is not dying down even though he has started the process of registering it under his name. The fault is Lee’s own.Lee bought the land in the outskirts of Seoul in May this year to build a new home in which to
Oct. 13, 2011
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[Editorial] Bracing for low growth
The administration’s 2012 budget awaiting deliberation at the National Assembly is based on a 4.5 percent growth forecast. Few expect growth will be that high.At the outset of this year, the administration said it expected growth would be at 5 percent next year, but the official growth outlook has s
Oct. 13, 2011
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[Editorial] Credit card row
The Financial Supervisory Commission is under fire for its plan to allow small retailers and merchants to refuse credit card payments for small-value transactions under 10,000 won.The commission’s plan is intended to address the long-running resentment of small, self-employed shop owners toward cred
Oct. 12, 2011
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[Editorial] Curbing carbon emissions
Korea has begun to take concrete steps to deliver on its pledge to voluntarily reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In 2009, the government announced a plan to cut the nation’s carbon emissions in 2020 by 30 percent from the projected business-as-usual level or 4 percent below its 2005 level. On Monday,
Oct. 12, 2011
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[Editorial] U.S. military discipline
News pictures showing a U.S. Army general in camouflage fatigues on a nightly inspection of the Itaewon district of Seoul taking a team of MPs along were impressive enough to convince the host Koreans of earnest efforts of U.S. military authorities to keep their young soldiers from making trouble. L
Oct. 11, 2011
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[Editorial] Lee’s U.S. visit
Although it was not originally planned that way, President Lee Myung-bak’s official state visit to Washington is about to coincide with the vote on the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement bill in U.S. Congress. It may also be said that the congressional process for the ratification of the bilateral FTA
Oct. 11, 2011
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[Editorial] New chief justice’s ideas
New Chief Justice Yang Seung-tae has a very good idea about removing the worst blot in Korea’s legal system, the favoritism between incumbent judges and prosecutors and their retired ex-colleagues who practice law. Yang, who took office late September, told a TV interview that the best way to cut th
Oct. 10, 2011
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[Editorial] Overseas Hangeul promotion
When it was reported that the local government of a remote Indonesian city decided to use Hangeul, the Korean alphabet, as its official writing system in 2009, many wondered how the decision would be practically implemented, while feeling pride in the overseas recognition of the excellence of the Ko
Oct. 10, 2011
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[Editorial] Global patent war
Competition for patents is intensifying among global technology companies as growing technological convergence has blurred the boundaries that once separated them. This race for patents was recently well illustrated by Apple Inc. and Google Inc. In June, Apple purchased some 6,000 telecom patents he
Oct. 9, 2011
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[Editorial] Punishment for sex crimes
The government has toughened punishment for sex crimes against people with disabilities. The measures, announced Friday, came following public outcry over the mild punishments given to teachers at a special school for the hearing-impaired in Gwangju, who raped and sexually assaulted their students.T
Oct. 9, 2011
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[Editorial] Brace for the worst
The nation’s foreign exchange reserves fell by a margin of $8.8 billion to $303.3 billion between the end of August and the end of September, the largest drop since November 2008. The decline, government officials say, resulted mainly from the weakening value of assets held in euros and pounds.There
Oct. 7, 2011