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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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Korea enters full election mode
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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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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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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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[Herald Interview] Son Suk-ku chooses to be swayed by others in navigating life
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Court upholds jail term for man who attempted to murder ex-girlfriend
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Man gets 5-year prison term for exploding bombs in public areas
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul man was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday for exploding homemade bombs at crowded public transportation stations in May in a plot he designed to cause a plunge in the stock market.The Seoul Central District Court handed down the jail term to the 43-year-o
Social AffairsAug. 26, 2011
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Defeated Seoul Mayor resigns over failed free lunch vote
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- Embattled Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon announced his resignation Friday, saying he would take responsibility for his failed attempt to block the free lunch program in a referendum earlier this week.The decision came two days after the vote on the opposition-led free lunch progra
PoliticsAug. 26, 2011
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N. Korean leader transits China on return trip from Russia
BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- The train carrying the North Korean leader was spotted at a Chinese railway station Thursday, an indication that Kim Jong-il plans to return from his trip to Russia via China.Sources said that the special train was seen stopping at the Manzhouli Railway Station in Inner
North KoreaAug. 25, 2011
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GNP in dilemma over when Oh should step down
Seoul mayor expected to announce position by Friday at the latestThe ruling Grand National Party on Thursday struggled to agree on when Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon should resign, a day after the city’s referendum on free school meals was invalidated due to low turnout.Having vowed to quit if the referend
PoliticsAug. 25, 2011
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S. Korea, U.S. lukewarm toward N.K. pledge
Despite North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s pledge this week to unconditionally return to the long-stalled nuclear disarmament talks, the communist state still has far to go before the deadlock is fully resolved, officials in Seoul and Washington said Thursday. On the last day of his week-long visit t
North KoreaAug. 25, 2011
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Names being floated for next Seoul mayor
With Oh Se-hoon expected to step down as Seoul mayor, rival political camps were pondering Thursday over who among their members has the best shot at winning the post, which some say is second most influential in Korea after the president. In media reports, a handful of names are being floated as po
PoliticsAug. 25, 2011
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Oh’s pet projects face uncertainty
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon’s ambitious yet controversial, projects to beautify the capital city face an uncertain future as he is expected to quit after Wednesday’s failed referendum. For the past five years in office, the conservative mayor has single-handedly pushed some costly works in Seoul, defying
PoliticsAug. 25, 2011
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NHRC hits male-centric condolence payments
A state human rights watchdog has deemed it gender discrimination for an organization to give condolence money to a female employee only when her husband’s parents die, while giving it to a male employee when his parents pass away.In Korea, it is customary for the government or companies to pay cond
Social AffairsAug. 25, 2011
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Chinese portal staff to experience Korea
Eight officials representing China’s seven major portal sites, including SOHU, youku and 163.com, are arriving in Korea on Friday for their five-day tour to experience diverse aspects of Korean culture and economy.The Korean Culture and Information Service organized the event, and its director Seo K
Foreign AffairsAug. 25, 2011
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Military equipment traded on black market
Authorities find training missiles, launchers; worried about potential use by terrorists, N.K.Seoul police booked five men without detention Thursday on charges of selling military articles including fake field jackets and scrapped U.S. training missiles.According to Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency
Social AffairsAug. 25, 2011
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Five men indicted in pro-N. Korean spy ring bust
Prosecutors said on Thursday they have investigated 10 South Koreans of spying for the North Korean regime for more than a decade, leaking political and military secrets in the latest in a long series of espionage cases.Operating in an underground anti-state organization called Wangjaesan, the name
PoliticsAug. 25, 2011
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Embattled Seoul mayor mulls early resignation
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon will soon announce when he will resign over the failed free lunch vote after consulting with his ruling Grand National Party (GNP) to minimize its negative impact ahead of next year's major polls, his aides said Thursday.A referendum was held on Wednesday to ask Seoul resident
PoliticsAug. 25, 2011
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Pervert arrested for making prank video calls
A man has been arrested for randomly making numerous video calls to women, sexually harassing those who answered.The 34-year-old offender, known only by the surname Song, allegedly dialed 107 females since April, Ulsan Metropolitan Police Agency said.They said he had made calls by hiding his sender
Social AffairsAug. 25, 2011
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Pyongyang's summit promise on nuke moratorium 'insufficient': U.S.
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's reported promise to impose a moratorium on nuclear testing is "insufficient," as its uranium enrichment program remains a serious concern, the U.S. government said Wednesday.Washington's cautious stance came in response to a host of media
North KoreaAug. 25, 2011
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Mayor Oh’s failed gambit to weigh on political future
Seoul City’s vote on Wednesday was ostensibly about where to spend taxpayer money, but Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon clearly showed that the vote was more about him when he wiped away tears and kneeled in front of TV cameras last week. Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon speaks during a press conference at City Ha
PoliticsAug. 24, 2011
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Failed vote to impact national politics
The conservatives’ defeat in Wednesday’s school meals referendum in Seoul is expected to have a sizable impact on national politics in the run-up to major elections next year, political analysts said. Hong Joon-pyo (left), chairman of the ruling Grand National Party, holds a press conference a
PoliticsAug. 24, 2011
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Districts, age groups show turnout disparity
Voters in Seoul’s three affluent districts ― Seocho, Gangnam and Songpa ― turned out at polling stations in large numbers, but not enough to salvage beleaguered mayor Oh Se-hoon.At Wednesday’s referendum on free school meals, the three districts reported the largest voter turnouts, with Seocho marki
PoliticsAug. 24, 2011
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Oh’s free meal referendum fails
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon lost a politically charged referendum on whether to give free lunches to all students or only to poor students Wednesday as voter turnout was too low for the vote to be valid.A voter casts his ballot at a polling station in Seoul on Wednesday, as the capital holds its first-ev
Social AffairsAug. 24, 2011
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North Korea agrees to rejoin six-nation talks: Russia
Pyongyang expresses support for gas pipeline in summit talksNorth Korea agreed to “unconditionally rejoin” the stalled six-nation talks aimed at resolving its nuclear standoff during a summit meeting between its leader Kim Jong-il and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday, a spokeswoman for
North KoreaAug. 24, 2011
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DP boycotts FTA hearing as GNP plans passage
By Bae Hyun-jungParties are again at odds over the ratification of the Korea-U.S. free trade bill, despite their hard-reached agreement last week to hold a public hearing on the issue.The parliamentary foreign affairs committee held a public hearing on Wednesday on measures to prevent harm to the lo
PoliticsAug. 24, 2011