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Hyundai Motor eyes 80,000 jobs, W68tr investment at home by 2026
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Dialogue hopes fade as doctors pick hard-liner as new head
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Coupang pledges W3tr to expand Rocket Delivery nationwide by 2027
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[Election Battlefield] Political novice to face off star politician in ‘swing district’
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Korea enters full election mode
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[Kim Seong-kon] The April 2024 election will decide our future
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Seoul’s bus union prepares for strike
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[Hello India] Corporate Korea sees new growth drivers in India
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Korea expands job opportunities for high school graduates
The government should set a quota for the recruitment of high school graduates when hiring new employees, President Lee Myung-bak said Friday. Presiding over a meeting on his “fair society” campaign, he strongly challenged the deep-rooted workplace practice of favoring employees by school diploma ra
PoliticsSept. 3, 2011
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N. Korea may have used the black market for uranium enrichment: report
A U.N. nuclear watchdog claimed that North Korea may have used the black market to set up its uranium enrichment facilities that can be used to make nuclear weapons, media reports said Saturday.A confidential report by the International Atomic Energy Agency obtained by the Associated Press claimed t
North KoreaSept. 3, 2011
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Kwak to face inquiry Monday
By Lee Sun-youngSeoul’s education superintendent Kwak No-hyun will present himself before prosecutors Monday to face questioning over allegations that he bought a rival candidate out of the race in last year’s election, his spokesperson said Friday. “The superintendent plans to comply with the summo
Social AffairsSept. 2, 2011
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Ahn may run for Seoul mayor
Ahn Cheol-soo, a venture entrepreneur-turned-professor revered by many young Koreans, said Friday that he was considering running for Seoul mayor as an independent candidate in next month’s by-elections. Ahn Cheol-soo“I have not yet made up my mind,” Ahn told reporters in Seoul, denying a news
PoliticsSept. 2, 2011
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Panel recommends rights guarantee for stateless people
The government should protect the rights of stateless people even if their Korean nationality was canceled because of illegitimate marriages, the state human rights watchdog recommended Friday. The advice is expected to pave the way for 33 people rendered stateless due to illegitimate marriages to b
Social AffairsSept. 2, 2011
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Supreme Court clears ‘PD Notebook’ of distortion
The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the directors of nationwide broadcaster MBC’s investigative program, “PD Notebook,” of charges that they had distorted some content regarding mad cow disease in the U.S. The court upheld the Seoul High Court’s decision ruling them not guilty of defaming former Min
Social AffairsSept. 2, 2011
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GNP chief hints at good news on inter-Korean ties
The two Koreas may announce a new agreement as they inch toward better ties after months-long tensions, the leader of Seoul’s ruling party said Friday.The agreement “may be disclosed as early as” the Sep. 11-13 Chuseok holiday, Grand National Party chairman Hong Joon-pyo told reporters without elabo
PoliticsSept. 2, 2011
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Police break up anti-base protest
Military installs fence around Jeju naval site to resume constructionThe military resumed construction of a controversial naval base on a southern island of Jeju Friday as police forcibly broke up months-long protest and detained dozens of protesters. Construction of the naval base on the island’s s
Social AffairsSept. 2, 2011
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Supreme Court clears ‘PD Notebook’ directors and program
The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the directors of nationwide broadcaster MBC’s investigative program, “PD Notebook,” of charges that they had distorted some content regarding mad cow disease in the U.S. The court upheld the Seoul High Court’s decision ruling them not guilty of defaming former Min
Social AffairsSept. 2, 2011
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Ahn mulling run for Seoul mayor
Ahn Cheol-soo, a venture entrepreneur-turned professor revered by many young Koreans, said Friday that he was considering running for Seoul mayor as an independent candidate in next month’s by-elections. (Yonhap News)“I have not yet made up my mind,” Ahn told reporters in Seoul, denying a news repor
PoliticsSept. 2, 2011
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Gov't to expand benefits for high school graduates
The government said Friday it will expand benefits for those who have only graduated from high school as they serve in the military or seek employment in an effort to break discrimination against those without college diplomas and to promote the perception that merits matter more than academic backg
PoliticsSept. 2, 2011
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Prosecutors issue summons for Seoul education chief
Prosecutors issued a summons for the Seoul education chief on Friday to probe him over allegations that he gave money to a rival candidate to get him to withdraw from last year's election.Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Superintendent Kwak No-hyun sits down during a morning assembly of employ
Social AffairsSept. 2, 2011
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U.S. begins consultation with Congress for selling drones to South Korea
By Song Sang-ho The Obama administration is consulting with the U.S. Congress on plans to sell to South Korea Global Hawk surveillance planes and related ground facilities, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing two sources.South Korea has been seeking to purchase the high-altitude unmanned aerial ve
DefenseSept. 1, 2011
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Kwak resists pressure to resign
By Lee Sun-youngKwak No-hyun, Seoul’s education chief embroiled in an election corruption scandal, said Thursday he would keep his post, resisting mounting calls for him to resign.Kwak, elected last June as superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, is accused of bribing a fellow
Social AffairsSept. 1, 2011
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China replaces deputy envoy on North Korea: source
China has replaced its deputy negotiator to the stalled six-party talks on ending North Korea’s nuclear weapons programs, a diplomatic source in Seoul said Thursday. Yang Houlan, who has held the post since February 2009, was recently appointed as China’s ambassador to Nepal in a “regular” reshuffle
North KoreaSept. 1, 2011
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Rival parties agree to handle FTA with U.S. in same pace with U.S. Congress
Rival parties agreed Thursday to begin the ratification process for the long-pending free trade agreement with the United States in the same pace with the U.S. Congress, officials said.The last-minute compromise averted a feared clash between the rival parties. Opposition lawmakers had hinted at the
PoliticsSept. 1, 2011
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Foreign minister heads to Paris for talks on Libya
South Korea’s top diplomat headed for France to attend a meeting of 60 world leaders and high-level envoys to map out Libya’s future as Moammar Gadhafi’s 41-year regime comes to an end, the Foreign Ministry here said Thursday. Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, EU and Arab chiefs, the U.S. secretary of
Foreign AffairsSept. 1, 2011
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Parliament under fire over vote on Kang
GNP’s ‘sexist’ lawmaker survives closed-door expulsion voteNational Assembly lawmakers have come under fire for holding a rare closed-door vote and saving a lawmaker who made controversial remarks about women from expulsion.Independent Rep. Kang Yong-seok, who was kicked out of the Grand National Pa
PoliticsSept. 1, 2011
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‘Neonatal death rate halves in 20 years’
Korea’s neonatal death rate has halved in just two decades and is now 16th lowest in the world, marking 2.2 per every 1,000 newborns in 2009.North Korea also saw a slight decrease but still remained among the worst countries, pointing to hygiene and nutrition problems in the country. The World Healt
Social AffairsSept. 1, 2011
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Groundbreaking ceremony for U.S. schools in Pyeongtaek
The Defense Ministry will hold a ceremony to break ground on new elementary and high schools to be built for children of U.S. military personnel in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, Friday, officials said Thursday.Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin, U.S. Forces Korea commander Gen. James D. Thurman, and oth
DefenseSept. 1, 2011