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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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Ship linked to NK arms shipments to Russia is moored in China: State Dept.
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4 percent of teenagers at risk of Internet addiction: study
Four in every 100 Korean teenagers are at risk of Internet addiction, a government study showed Wednesday. The survey of 1.74 million youths, conducted by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family in cooperation with the Education Ministry, found that 3.9 percent of the participants, or 68,044, were categorized as high-risk Internet users; or at-risk users, in other words, potential addicts. Although lower than the previous year’s 4.94 percent, the rate is still high, ministry official Kim Sung
May 30, 2012
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Probe of alleged Roh slush fund resumed
The prosecution’s investigation into suspicions surrounding late President Roh Moo-hyun’s daughter’s alleged attempt to purchase a high-end apartment in the U.S. resumed as a key witness was summoned to testify. The questioning is expected to facilitate probes into family members of the deceased president, whose case was closed after his death on May 23, 2009. Officials at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office said Wednesday that Kyung Yeon-hee, who attempted to sell her Hudson Club complex apartment
May 30, 2012
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Fewer students at risk of Internet addiction: survey
Approximately four percent of South Korean teenage students are at risk of Internet addiction, but the number is on the decline, a government survey showed Wednesday. The survey of 1.74 million students in three age brackets of 11, 14 and 17 found that 68,044 of them, or 3.9 percent, risk becoming addicted to Internet use, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said in a statement. Of th
May 30, 2012
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SNU to probe alleged research fraud
Stem cell papers retracted as Korean scientific circles suffer fresh setbackSeoul National University said on Tuesday it will investigate four stem cell research papers authored by its professors after they were retracted from an international journal earlier this month on suspicion of fabrication and incorrect data.The university will form an investigative body to verify the authenticity of data in the papers written by Professor Kang Soo-kyung and others, SNU dean of research Lee Joon-sik said
May 29, 2012
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Seniors outpace younger couples in divorce
Longer life expectancy, patriarchal culture, changing values cited as main reasonsDivorce in Korea is no longer unusual.In the past wives who had long swallowed ill feelings against their abusive husbands would say to themselves: “I’ll endure in silence as I have done so far. How many days are left in my life?” Now is an age in which some people can live 100 years and unlimited endurance in marriage is no longer accepted. “In the old days, every wife endured. Nowadays, that’s not the case,” said
May 29, 2012
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Man convicted of molesting disabled teenager
A district court sentenced a 54-year-old man to five years behind bars for sexually assaulting a disabled minor on Monday.The man, identified by his surname Um, enticed the 16-year-old girl who is grade 2 mentally disabled into his Ulsan home and molested her. The two met in an online chat room last year.Ulsan District Court also ordered him to undergo a 200-hour a compulsory therapy program and have his name and personal information released to the public for 10 years.(From news reports)<한글 기사>
May 29, 2012
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Korea to help China clean up polluted lake
The state-run Korea Environment Corp. said Tuesday it will provide technology to clean up China’s fifth-largest lake and produce biogas from the waste. The company has signed an agreement with Hefei city in the eastern Chinese province of Anhui to exchange technology and know-how to decontaminate Chaohu, one of the most polluted lakes in China.Hefei and Anhui authorities plan to spend 70 billion yuan ($11 billion)on improving water quality, in line with a national campaign to clean up the Yangtz
May 29, 2012
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Captain indicted for insults against president
Military prosecutors have indicted an Army captain who used foul language to criticize President Lee Myung-bak on Twitter.According to military law, those who publicly insult their seniors are subject to imprisonment of up to three years.The officer, whose name was withheld, denounced the president for alleged corruption, a government plan to privatize Incheon International Airport and KTX services and a canceled plan to build his private retirement home on the outskirts of Seoul. The officer wa
May 28, 2012
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Nobel economics laureate Sargent to teach at SNU
Thomas Sargent, the winner of 2011 Nobel Prize in economics, has been appointed as a full-time professor at Seoul National University.The school announced that the 69-year-old economist will start to teach undergraduate and graduate students starting next year. Sargent is one of the architects of the rational expectations hypothesis that swept through macroeconomics in the 1970s-80s. He is currently teaching at New York University and is also a senior fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution.Sarg
May 28, 2012
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Train sounds frighten commuters
A housewife living in Anyang got a fright when a Saemaul train thundered by at an above-ground station. Her 20-month-old son cried in her arms. “There are no platform screen doors whatsoever to protect passengers from the roar. Even though there was a notification of the train’s passing in advance, I was surprised by the clamor of the train,” the woman surnamed Kim said.Excessive noise is often ignored, but can be a major nuisance. It could also have a serious impact on the elderly and people wi
May 28, 2012
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Rev. Cho accused of financial irregularities
An investigative team of Yoido Full Gospel Church on Sunday announced that founder and Emeritus Pastor Cho Yong-gi is responsible for its failed investment incurring 33.5 billion won ($29.1 million) in losses.The announcement is expected to further escalate the internal feud between the board of seniors and the Cho family at the world’s largest network church. Last year, 29 elders filed complaints against the Cho clan for dereliction of duty.The ad-hoc fact-finding body of 12 elders reported to
May 28, 2012
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Seoul to give childbirth subsidies to parents with disabilities
The Seoul municipal government said Monday it will give a subsidy of 1 million won ($847) per child to parents with disabilities starting this year.The support is aimed at easing the financial burden of childbirth on mothers and fathers with disabilities, as they often earn less than their nondisabled counterparts, a city government spokesman said.Last year, the average monthly salary of a family
May 28, 2012
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Captain indicted for criticizing President Lee
Military prosecutors have indicted an Army captain who used foul language to criticize President Lee Myung-bak on Twitter. He was charged with insulting a senior. The officer, whose name was withheld, denounced the president for alleged corruption, a government plan to privatize Incheon International Airport and KTX services and a canceled plan to build his private retirement home on the outskirts of Seoul. He was indicted twice on March 22 and April 26. According to the military law, those who
May 28, 2012
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Heavy-handed immigration law irks foreigners
Four high-ranking members of Greenpeace stood stranded in front of the immigration office at Incheon International Airport last month. Three of them ― its Korean manager and East Asia leaders ― were denied entry and ordered to return to Hong Kong. Only Greenpeace International executive director Kumi Naidoo was admitted to the country.They were not told why they were banned. They guessed the reason may be the group’s anti-nuclear campaign, running counter the Korean government’s plan to expand a
May 27, 2012
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Ruling prompts suits by forced laborers
Nine claimants seek 100 million won each from MitsubishiKorean wartime laborers’ first legal victory last week has prompted a chain of similar damage suits by other victims forcefully taken to Japan during the 1910-45 colonial period.A civic group said that nine Koreans plan to lodge a lawsuit next month here against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., seeking 100 million won ($860,000) in compensation per person for their forced labor between 1944 and 1945. The plaintiffs including Yang Keum-duk,
May 27, 2012
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POSCO to provide W10b to wartime laborers
POSCO plans to form a 10 billion won ($8.6 million) fund by 2014 to compensate Korean workers forcefully taken to Japan during colonial rule, company officials said Sunday. The plan was revealed after the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of two groups of Koreans claiming compensation from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and Nippon Steel Corp. They demand that the two Japanese companies pay withheld salaries and compensation for their forced work between 1941 and 1944.POSCO’s decision, h
May 27, 2012
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TOEFL server failure maddens test takers
The Internet server for the Test of English as a Foreign Language taken in Seoul and other cities failed Saturday, leading to mass cancellations and complaints from test-takers.The applicants for the English-language test, which was scheduled to start at 11 a.m., had to wait an hour before being told about the malfunction. They were belatedly informed of the malfunction, along with the test organizer’s plan to refund and reschedule it, at around noon. The test-takers blame Educational Testing Se
May 27, 2012
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Korean graduate gets highest honor from Harvard
A Korean student was picked as one of two highest-ranking undergraduates of Harvard University. Economics major Jin Kwon-yong graduated summa cum laude as he finished his 4-year undergraduate course on May 24 in just 3 years with a perfect 4.0 grade point average. He also won the John H. Williams prize that is granted to the top economics student and the Hoopes Prize for students with outstanding research or scholarly workHe was one of the two highest-ranking undergraduates among 1,552 graduates
May 27, 2012
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Conspiracy theories surround conman’s death
Victims of Korea’s largest pyramid scheme claim fugitive faked his deathConspiracy theories abound over the death of Cho Hee-pal, one of Korea’s most wanted scammers, who fled the country in 2008 after swindling thousands out of 3.5 trillion won ($3 billion). According to Korean police, the 55-year-old fugitive died of a heart attack five months ago in China, where he lived for more than three years under a fake identity. He was the main suspect in a massive pyramid scheme that resulted in more
May 27, 2012
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Violence reveals labor group tension
Hawkish members of KCTU clash with dovish new group in competition for membersA brawl on Friday between members of two umbrella labor organizations revealed growing tension in the nation’s labor movement since the launch of a dovish group late last year. According to the police, about 100 members of the hard-line Korea Confederation of Trade Unions clashed with some 20 of the new Korea Labor Union Confederation on Friday morning in front of a petrochemical plant in Ulsan. The brawl started when
May 27, 2012