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[Newsmaker] FSS chief will let consumers request probes

Mar 18, 2013

Consumers will likely be entitled to call for the Financial Supervisory Service to conduct probes into financial firms such as commercial banks and insurance firms. Choi Soo-hyun, who took office as...
[Newsmaker] Kim on track to 2nd Olympic title

More sportsMar 17, 2013

Reigning figure skating champion Kim Yu-na of South Korea stepped closer to her Olympic goal in Sochi next year with a magical comeback victory at the world championships in Canada. The 23-year-old ...
[Newsmaker] IT expert named to Park’s key ministry

IndustryMar 14, 2013

President Park Geun-hye chose a top communications technology expert as the new science minister nominee to fill the seat left by a controversial self-claimed patriot. Professor Choi Mun-kee of top ...
[Newsmaker] Yongsan development plan hangs by a thread

Mar 13, 2013

The ambitious plan to redevelop Seoul’s Yongsan into a landmark international business district is heading toward collapse with its developer on the verge of bankruptcy, having defaulted on its busin...
[Newsmaker] Galaxy S4: Will it justify the hype?

TechnologyMar 12, 2013

March 14 will be a big day for both Samsung and fans of the Galaxy lineup, as the Galaxy S4 is set for its first public appearance in New York City. The latest model will be unveiled less than a yea...
[Newsmaker] After Fukushima, Japan struggles to rebuild

InternationalMar 11, 2013

The scene is a memory that will be etched into the minds of people worldwide for a generation. But for those who were there, it will take a generation more to recover. The world watched the catastro...
[Newsmaker] Ahn’s return signals greatest challenge yet

PoliticsMar 10, 2013

Ahn Cheol-soo Generally popular but politically ambiguous, Ahn Cheol-soo was to return to South Korea on Monday after months of self-imposed exile from politics in the United States. If the circums...
[Newsmaker] Retired NEC chief leads humble life

Social affairsMar 7, 2013

Kim Neung-hwan, former Supreme Court justice and chairman of the National Election Commission, works at a checkout counter of his wife’s convenience store in Dongjak-gu, Seoul Wednesday. (Yonhap News...
[Newsmaker] Chavez leaves uncertain legacy

InternationalMar 6, 2013

He may have been a divisive figure, but late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has always been clear about how he wants to be remembered: a revolutionary standing up to the cruel and imperial United S...
[Newsmaker] Ahn’s return challenges progressives

PoliticsMar 5, 2013

Former professor and presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo is once again creating a stir in the political arena with plans to run in the April 24 by-election and create a new party. Unlike Ahn’s pres...
[Newsmaker] Kim Jeong-hoon, patriot or scapegoat?

Mar 4, 2013

The obstacles were too many and the pressure was building up, fast. In the end, Kim Jeong-hoon admitted his defeat. Kim, yet another embattled nominee for the Park Geun-hye Cabinet, stepped down on ...
[Newsmaker] Ex-army chief to head intelligence service

PoliticsMar 3, 2013

Nam Jae-joon President Park Geun-hye on Saturday added Nam Jae-joon, another retired general, to her national security and foreign policy staff, in an apparent show of her resolve to effectively dea...
[Newsmaker] Pope's exit brings vain hopes for reform

Foreign affairsFeb 28, 2013

Acknowledging the “rough seas” the Catholic Church has navigated in recent years, Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday appeared in front of a crowd of more than 150,000 people at Vatican City to give the l...
[Newsmaker] N.K. military spy chief restored to rank

North KoreaFeb 27, 2013

North Korea has recently reinstated hawkish military spy chief Kim Yong-chol to a four-star general, raising concerns that it will increase saber rattling following its third nuclear test last month....
[Newsmaker] Gallery Seomi under tax evasion probe

Social affairsFeb 26, 2013

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said Tuesday it has launched an investigation into Gallery Seomi, one of the most prominent art galleries in Korea, and its director Hong Song-won on su...