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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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Probe of first lady on Dior bag allegations set to begin
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Korean battery makers heave sigh of relief over 2-year IRA reprieve
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Indonesia’s KF-21 fighter jet deal cut back -- what’s next?
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Over 80,000 millionaires, 20 billionaires in Seoul: report
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[KH Explains] Can tech firms' AI alliances take on Nvidia?
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Police seek arrest warrant for med student who killed girlfriend
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Local filmmakers criticize ‘The Roundup: Punishment’ monopoly of screens
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Will China's self-sufficient dream in HBM come true?
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Obama calls for greater civility at Arizona service
TUCSON, Arizona (AP) ― President Barack Obama appealed for unity at a Wednesday memorial service for those attacked in the Arizona shooting rampage and implored a divided America to honor them by becoming a better country.Obama electrified the crowd by revealing that following his Wednesday hospital visit with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, she had opened her eyes for the first time since being shot poi
Foreign AffairsJan. 18, 2011
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Obama welcomes indictment in Hariri case
WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Barack Obama says he welcomes the first indictment in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.In a statement Monday, Obama called the indictment in by a U.N. tribunal in Lebanon an important step toward ending the era of impunity for murder in Lebanon and achieving justice for its people.He called on all Lebanese leaders and factions to preserve
Foreign AffairsJan. 18, 2011
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Southeast Asian immigrants face most discrimination: poll
More than 250,000 expatriates from 166 nations are living in Seoul. (Yonhap News)One in four Southeast Asians living in South Korea has experienced discrimination, more than triple the corresponding figure for foreigners from OECD countries, according to a poll released on Tuesday.According to the survey conducted by the Seoul Development Institute (SDI) on 333 foreign nationals living in the capi
NationalJan. 18, 2011
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N. Korea apparently struggling to curb foot-and-mouth disease: officials
The highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease, which has forced South Korea to order the culling of nearly 2 million head of livestock, appears to have broken out in North Korea, too, according to officials.Citing recent visitors to the impoverished communist country, South Korean government officials said Tuesday that the North is believed to be stepping up its quarantine efforts after outbreaks o
North KoreaJan. 18, 2011
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‘Iran paid N.K. for arms via Bank Mellat Seoul branch’
A U.S. diplomatic cable provided to WikiLeaks suggested that North Korea likely received payment for weapons sales to Iran via a Seoul-based branch of an Iranian bank blacklisted for aiding Iran’s nuclear weapons programs.According to the cable dated March 24, 2008, which was released on Sunday by the Norwegian daily Aftenposten, “Hong Kong Electronics,” an Iranian-based enterprise, wired a total
PoliticsJan. 17, 2011
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Choung denies wrongdoing in hearing
Culture minister-nominee grilled over alleged tax evasion, real estatePresident Lee Myung-bak’s culture minister-nominee pledged to end the cultural gap between social classes while being grilled by parliament over ethical issues on Monday. “I will push for policies that help integrate society,” said minister-designate Choung Byoung-gug during his parliamentary confirmation hearing. “I pledge to m
PoliticsJan. 17, 2011
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Support programs for Cheonan survivors
A foundation established last year to honor the 46 sailors killed in North Korea’s torpedo attack on the corvette Cheonan is to begin several support programs this week for survivors of the disaster.The foundation, named “Cheonan-ham Foundation,” will offer 5 million won ($4,480) to each of the 58 survivors during a ceremony Friday in Seoul, officials said.The ceremony will also see the launch of
PoliticsJan. 17, 2011
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Watchdog’s guidelines on sexual harassment
Minor but pervasive conduct of a sexual nature can be seen as sexual harassment, the state human rights watchdog said in a guidebook released Monday.The guidebook, by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, illustrates scenarios where offensive verbal, physical and visual conduct constituted sexual harassment, and advises on how to deal with such situations.The watchdog has distributed 12,0
Social AffairsJan. 17, 2011
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Mobile phones are school bullying tool
Students here are using mobile phones as a tool in cyber bullying, according to a study released Monday.Professors from the Cyber University of Korea and Soongsil University conducted a survey of 718 middle school students in Seoul in 2008. Of the 715 that answered, 13.7 percent said they had been victims of bullying through their cell phone.According to the survey, one out of every seven students
Social AffairsJan. 17, 2011
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‘English kindergartens’ to be banned
Private educational facilities for 3- to 5-year-olds that teach English as part of their main curricula could be shut down by the government as early as this year. Any name implying English education at preschools will also be banned, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said Saturday, announcing its submission of a pertinent bill to the National Assembly. If passed, the law is expect
Social AffairsJan. 17, 2011
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Showbiz agent arrested for forced sex charges
Latest in cases victimizing aspiring entertainersAn entertainment agent was arrested Monday for coercing prostitution among aspiring celebrities to achieve sponsorship, the police said.According to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, a man identified as the family name of Lee was arrested for having raped two aspiring actresses and one singer several times between September 2007 and September la
Social AffairsJan. 17, 2011
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4 million Haiti children at risk
Children in Haiti are a chorus of more than four million voices, nearly half of the country’s total population. Each one of these voices speaks for a child whose life has been forever altered by the January 2010 earthquake and the cholera, hurricane, and civil unrest emergencies that further complicated humanitarian response.This chorus of voices shares common hopes and aspirations and calls out i
Social AffairsJan. 17, 2011
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N.K. Army watcher in Colorado expects busy 2011
Such is the Korean Peninsula’s global profile that there are overseas experts on all aspects of Korea, from politics to literature, from martial arts to cuisine.In the mountains of the U.S. state of Colorado, one man has carved a particularly arcane niche: Joseph Bermudez, 56, is possibly the world’s top non-Korean expert on the North Korean People’s Army, or KPA, which ranks as the world’s fifth
North KoreaJan. 17, 2011
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China denies N.K. troop plan
BEIJING (AFP) ― China has denied it is in discussions with North Korea about stationing Chinese troops over the border in the isolated state, state media reported Monday.“China will not send a single soldier to other countries without the approval of the U.N.,” an official at the Defense Ministry, who refused to be named, was quoted as saying by the official Global Times newspaper.The Chosun Ilbo,
North KoreaJan. 17, 2011
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Marine applicants on the rise after North Korea attack
January saw the highest ever competition ratio of young men applying to be enlisted in the Marine Corps, according to a report submitted to a lawmaker by the Military Manpower Administration on Sunday.The number of applicants for the Marine Corps for January was 4,553. The competition ratio of 4.5 to 1 is the highest since the MMA began tallying the number of applicants for the Marine Corps in 200
Social AffairsJan. 17, 2011
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Italian man shot in head sneezes out bullet
Darco Sangermano (captured from the Daily Mail)An Italian man amazed doctors by sneezing a bullet out through his nose after being shot in the head and is expected to make a full recovery.Darco Sangermano was hit by a stray bullet while he was celebrating New Year’s Eve with his girlfriend in Naples, Italy, reported Britain’s BBC news.The .22 caliber bullet passed behind the 28-year-old’s right ey
InternationalJan. 17, 2011
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Suspect arrested in arson attack on ancient Buddhist temple
A Buddhist believer in his early 40 has been arreested as a suspect in last month's arson attack. (Yonhap News)A Buddhist believer in his early 40s has been arrested as a suspect in last month's arson attack on a 1,300-year-old Buddhist temple here in the southern port city, police said Monday.The fire on Dec. 16 destroyed a wooden gate of Beomeo Temple located in Busan and cast a shockwave across
Social AffairsJan. 17, 2011
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Teenager: Berlusconi gave me 7,000 euros
ROME (AP) ― A teenager at the heart of the latest criminal probe of Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi says the billionaire media mogul gave her 7,000 euros ($9,350) when she came to a Valentine’s Day soiree at his villa but reiterated that she didn’t have sex with him.Milan prosecutors were investigating whether Berlusconi paid for sex with an underage girl from Morocco and then abused his power i
InternationalJan. 17, 2011
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Report warns of warming on Korean Peninsula
Korea's average temperature could rise 2.2 to 4.2 degrees Celsius by the 22nd century. (Yonhap News)Korea’s average temperature could rise 2.2 to 4.2 degrees Celsius by the 22nd century, a recent government report on climate change warned Sunday.The National Institute of Environmental Research, along with a team at Seoul National University, studied climate and air conditions in Korea and East Asi
Social AffairsJan. 17, 2011
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Hu calls for early resumption of 6-way talks
WASHINGTON -- Chinese President Hu Jintao Sunday called for early resumption of the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear dismantlement deadlocked for years over the North's provocations and ensuing international sanctions. "China actively advocates and promotes the six-party talks process," Hu said in a written interview with The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. "We hope that
PoliticsJan. 17, 2011