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Korea enters full election mode
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Lee Jong-sup resigns as envoy to Australia
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Yellow dust engulfs S. Korea, advisory alert issued
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S. Korea to boost support for single-parent families
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Court upholds jail term for man who attempted to murder ex-girlfriend
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Kia EV9 wins world car of year
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Korea misses out on global bond index boost
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Songdo allows restaurants, cafes to accept foreign currencies
The Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority has selected 40 restaurants and cafs in Songdo International City that will be able to accept dollars and euros as part of its efforts to improve living conditions for foreign residents.The selected locations would also accept foreign credit cards. Since September, the establishments have put certification marks on their buildings and have been promoted via the Global Service Center website and guidebooks so that people can find them more easily.Establish
Oct. 16, 2012
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Foreign residents talk about Songdo
Foreign residents living in Songdo shared their feelings about living in the international city. Soleiman Dias, chairman of the Songdo Foreign Advisory Board, said when he first arrived as an international school teacher in 2008, the city did not even have proper roads, but now it had grown into an attractive place to live.Dias, who has lived in several different countries such as Brazil, Italy and the United States, said Songdo cannot be compared with any other cities in the world. “The Central
Oct. 16, 2012
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Songdo, a place cut out for U.N. operations
With 10 U.N. agencies already settled, city looks to become Asian hub for international organizationsHaving been built from scratch on reclaimed land near the West Sea, Songdo of Incheon Metropolitan City is now developing into an international business center in Northeast Asia. Songdo has seen a rapid growth in population, especially foreign residents. Of its more than 55,000 residents, some 1,900 are foreigners, many working for international corporations and organizations which have settled i
Oct. 16, 2012
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Korea group draws unusual mix in Denver
DENVER (Yonhap News) ― Getting to know Korea ― both the language and culture ― is not as easy to do in Colorado, where an estimated 30,000 Koreans live, as it is in, perhaps, California or New York. Their community mostly revolves around Korean market places and public organizations, but these days, a nascent group is attracting members who are getting to know the Asian nation in a more personal way.Liz Salibsury, 28, is one of four people who attended the first meeting of what is now called the
Oct. 16, 2012
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Man kills ex-girlfriend, himself in Gangnam
A 33-year-old man stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death and killed himself in Gangnam in southern Seoul on Tuesday.According to Gangnam Police Station, the man identified only by his surname Oh disguised himself as a delivery man and entered the apartment of his former girlfriend, 33-year-old Choi.Oh killed Choi and stabbed her fiancé Park, who had tried to stop him, and then committed suicide. Park is now in a critical condition.Police suspect the murder to be a crime of passion and are investigat
Oct. 16, 2012
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Weather chief to stand trial over bribery
The head of the state weather agency was indicted Tuesday on charges of abusing his power and taking bribes in return for business favors, police said.Cho Seok-joon, the chief of the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), is suspected of helping a particular business win a bid for supplying a new weather instrument by fabricating official documents and leaking relevant bidding information for
Oct. 16, 2012
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Teenage pro gamer hit by shutdown system
A professional gamer forfeited a match due to a Korean government regulation which bans minors from playing game after midnight."Starcraft 2" pro gamer Lee Seung-hyun, 15, faced another gamer Choi Min-su on Oct. 14 to win a ticket for the final of a tournament titled “Iron Squid Chapter 2,” to be held in France. Considering viewers from overseas, their match began near midnight.But Lee adopted a seemingly reckless strategy in the second round and hurriedly finished it, mentioning his concern ove
Oct. 16, 2012
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Special prosecutor requests exit ban for Lee's son
A special prosecutor investigating suspicions over a retirement home project of President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday asked the Justice Ministry to ban Lee's only son from leaving the country, officials said.The office of special counsel Lee Kwang-bum has sought an exit ban for Lee Si-hyung, the 34-year-old son of President Lee, and 10 others, including former presidential security service chief Kim
Oct. 16, 2012
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Seoul to tighten control of propofol, other drugs
The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced plans to tighten drug management and crack down on over-prescription by hospitals on Monday in the face of growing criticism of the government’s management of drug abuse. At the National Assembly, lawmakers accused the ministry of lax management of narcotics and psychotropic drugs such as propofol. A loophole in the country’s drug management system has left many people addicted to inappropriate drugs, said Rep. Ryu Ji-young of the ruling Saenuri Party
Oct. 15, 2012
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Suicide raises security questions
Police chief promises tightened security for government facilities after arson incidentPublic security authorities came under fire after a man snuck into the office and fell to his death Sunday.The police chief vowed on Monday to beef up security measures at government facilities. The Ministry of Public Administration and Security said it will install automatic recognition systems for all four gates of the government complex by the end of the year. “It is unavoidable for the police to be held ac
Oct. 15, 2012
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Skills, jobs and growth: Let’s tell the world about Korea’s success story
As the economic crisis continues to squeeze budgets worldwide, the severe lack of youth skills is more damaging than ever. The world’s youth population has never been larger, but one in eight young people is unemployed and over a quarter of them are trapped in jobs that keep them on or below the poverty line. What should we do to help these young people? South Korea’s experience over the past 40 years offers many lessons, as the 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, “Putting Education
Oct. 15, 2012
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More business schools accept GRE score
More than 1,000 business schools worldwide, including Harvard Business School and Stanford University, now accept results from the Graduate Record Examination for admission to their MBA programs, according to the test organizer.In the past, prospective MBA students were limited to submitting scores from the Graduate Management Admission Test, but now many of the world’s most renowned business schools accept GRE scores, according to the Educational Testing Service.Recent years have seen the GRE b
Oct. 15, 2012
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‘One in 12 young people in East Asia lack basic skills’
One in 12 young people in East Asia and the Pacific fail to complete primary school and lack basic skills for work, a report said on Monday.According to UNESCO’s 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, more than 28 million people aged 15 to 24 in the region have not completed primary school, highlighting the urgent need to invest in skills for young people.In East Asia and the Pacific, despite the rapid progress in terms of secondary education enrollment, 10 million teenagers are still
Oct. 15, 2012
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KAIST, DTU agree to run online dual degree programs
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and Technical University of Denmark (DTU) signed agreements on Monday to establish cyber dual degree programs. The two research-oriented universities have pushed cooperation and exchanges through cyber learning tools.Under the two memorandums of understanding signed by their presidents, the undergraduate dual degree programs will apply to DTU’s digital media engineering courses and KAIST’s web science and technology course as early as next y
Oct. 15, 2012
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Educational leaders look to tech innovation
KAIST to present new smart learning framework at forum of research-oriented universitiesEducational leaders from 27 countries will gather in Seoul on Tuesday to discuss how to harness technological innovation to boost efficiency and quality of learning.Hosted by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, the nation’s leading research-oriented university, the International Presidential Forum on Global Research Universities will draw over 80 presidents and vice presidents from 56 scho
Oct. 15, 2012
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Independent counsel team to probe Lee scandal
Former judge Lee Kwang-bum and his special investigation team will launch an investigation this week into suspicions over a canceled plan to build President Lee Myung-bak’s retirement home. The investigation centering on his son and aides is expected to become a key battleground for the December presidential election and accelerate the president’s fall into lame-duck status. The probe will last 30 days, with a 15-day extension upon request. The progressive lawyer was appointed Oct, 5 after bein
Oct. 14, 2012
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N. Korea’s hunger situation worse than 1990s: report
Hunger situation in North Korea this year worsened from the 1990s despite considerable amount of international aid to the communist nation, a Washington-based food institute showed Saturday.The 2012 Global Hunger Index published by the International Food Policy Research Institute said hunger remains a serious problem worldwide, with alarming levels in some countries.North Korea’s hunger situation was at the “serious level,” the report said, with its GHI standing at 19 points, higher than that of
Oct. 14, 2012
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Aide to Park confesses to receiving kickbacks
Hong Sa-duk, a close aide to ruling party presidential candidate Park Geun-hye, confessed that he received illegal political funds from a businessman, during a recent questioning, prosecution sources said Saturday. Hong, a former co-chairman of Park’s primary campaign team and former six-term lawmaker, was summoned by prosecutors on Friday on suspicion of receiving kickbacks from the businessman, surnamed Jin, who is based in the southeastern region.During questioning on Friday, Hong said he rec
Oct. 14, 2012
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Korea, Africa to hold cooperation conference
Senior officials and business leaders of major African countries will gather in South Korea this week to discuss cooperation and joint business opportunities, the foreign ministry said Saturday. South Korea and the African Union will jointly hold the Korea Africa Economic Cooperation Conference in Seoul from Oct. 15-18, bringing 150 ministers and heads of 18 African nations and international organizations, the ministry said.“Africa is the last growth engine of the world economy, which has unlimi
Oct. 14, 2012
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Prosecutors seek chemical castration of 25-year-old child sex offender
Prosecutors said Sunday that they had asked a court to order chemical castration against a 25-year-old man for repeated sexual abuse of children.The man surnamed Chang was arrested earlier on charges of sexual abuse of four elementary school boys.He sexually abused the boys in June and July this year near their school in Dongdaemun in Seoul, according to the Seoul Northern District Prosecutors’ Office.Chemical castration refers to the process of using drugs to reduce sexual urges. In response to
Oct. 14, 2012