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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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Will tug-of-war between doctors, government end soon?
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Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth
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Trilateral talks acknowledge ‘serious’ slumps of won, yen
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[Graphic News] More Koreans say they plan long-distance trips this year
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[KH Explains] Hyundai's full hybrid edge to pay off amid slow transition to pure EVs
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North Korea removes streetlights along cross-border roads with South
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Russia's denial of entry of S. Korean national unrelated to bilateral ties: Seoul official
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Farming households dip below 1m for first time in 2023
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National pavilions draw large crowds at Yeosu Expo
National pavilions that highlight ongoing efforts by humanity to harmonize with the marine environment have drawn large crowds at the ongoing 2012 Yeosu Expo, organizers for the event said Saturday. Organizers for the exposition that will run till Aug. 12 saidon average more than 10,000 visitors have toured South Korea'snational pavilion with it massive dome screen. The screen givesvisitors the
May 19, 2012
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Gwangju uprising contributed to S. Korea's democratization: poll
The 1980 Gwangju uprising played a significant role in helping move forward the democratization process in South Korea, a poll conducted by a memorial foundation showed Saturday. The May 18 Memorial Foundation said the nationwide survey of725 people showed 65.8 percent of the respondents saying thepopular revolts and the subsequent bloody military crackdown in andaround the city of Gwangju helpe
May 19, 2012
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School bus falls off cliff, 41 injured
A bus fell off a 15-meter-high cliff, injuring 38 students, two teachers, and the driver during a school trip Friday morning. Several students were unconscious and in critical condition. They were taken to a hospital by helicopter.The bus was running downhill near a military checkpoint connected to Eulji Observatory in Gangwon Province.It was reported that the brakes failed, but the exact cause of the accident is under investigation. Earlier this month, a teacher was killed and 36 students injur
May 19, 2012
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School TB outbreak has little risk of contagion: health agency
A massive tuberculosis outbreak at a high school in Gyeonggi Province carries little risk of contagion, health officials said Friday. According to the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 128 of Goyang Foreign Language High School’s 471 second-graders were found to have been infected with latent TB. They are in the pre-symptomatic and pre-disease stage of the disease and thus are not infectious, the agency said.A person with inactive TB is not ill, but may develop symptoms later when
May 19, 2012
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Seoul to aid green car purchases
The Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to promote the use of electric cars among private institutions by subsidizing two-thirds of costs for purchase. The government aims to distribute 385 electric cars this year to public and private organizations. “Seoul City will be fully prepared for the dawning of the electric car era” said Jung Hung-soon, director of Green Transportation Policy Division at the municipal government.The municipality has tried to increase the number of electric, hydrogen fue
May 19, 2012
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POSCO denies report on Lee SD’s involvement in investment loss
POSCO on Friday denied a report that lawmaker Lee Sang-deuk, elder brother of President Lee Myung-bak, encouraged the steelmaker to make a failed investment in a savings bank two years ago. POSTECH, a science and technology university affiliated to the Pohang-based firm, invested 50 billion won ($43.6 million) in Busan Savings Bank in June 2010. Citing senior POSCO officials, the local daily Hankyoreh reported Friday that Lee requested the investment to POSCO chairman Chung Joon-yang and the sch
May 19, 2012
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Choi SC, Park YJ indicted for bribery
The prosecution on Friday indicted Choi See-choong and Park Young-joon on bribery charges as part of its investigation into an influence-peddling scandal involving the members of President Lee Myung-bak’s inner circle. Choi, the former chairman of the Korea Communications Commission and Lee’s mentor, is accused of taking 800 million won ($681,000) between July 2006 and February 2008 in bribes from a local developer seeking construction rights for his mega mall project. Park, a former vice minist
May 18, 2012
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Prosecutors find slush fund linked to Roh’s brother
Prosecutors investigating alleged corruption by the elder brother of late President Roh Moo-hyun said Friday they found tens of billions of won in a bank account apparently owned by his wealth manager.Roh Geon-pyeong, 70, is being investigated for embezzlement and influence peddling allegations. He remains in custody since Tuesday for questioning at the prosecutors’ office in Changwon. The bank account is believed to be owned by Roh’s financial manager and the bulk of the money was used for thre
May 18, 2012
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Arirang-3 launch lifts Korea’s space program
Korea made progress in its commercial space program by launching its third Earth observation satellite from a Japanese space center on Friday.The KOMPSAT-3, also called the Arirang-3, lifted off aboard the Japanese H-2A rocket at 1:39 a.m. from the Tanegashima Space Center on an island some 115 kilometers south of Kyushu.The satellite was separated from the rocket and went into orbit 16 minutes after launch and sent its first signal to a ground station in Antarctica at 2:18 a.m. The satellite ex
May 18, 2012
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House foreign affairs chair to vist Seoul
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, chairwoman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, will visit South Korea next week, her first trip there in 11 years, according to a congressional source.“Rep. Ros-Lehtinen will lead a seven-member delegation of the House to visit Seoul from May 22-25,” the source told Yonhap News Agency on Thursday.During the trip, coinciding with the Memorial Day recess of Congress, she is expected to meet President Lee Myung-bak, Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan and Unification M
May 18, 2012
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Surveillance scandal set to expand
Cheong Wa Dae denies involvement; key Lee aides summonedThe probe into the illegal surveillance scandal is revealing an increasingly wide web of corruption that could engulf the Lee Myung-bak administration.New evidence emerged this week suggesting that an organization was established in July 2008 at the Prime Minister’s Office specifically to protect Lee from “political attacks.” The document, titled “Command Structure of Public Official Ethics Division,” states that the president, or his chief
May 17, 2012
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Lee vows support for basic science research
President Lee Myung-bak vowed Thursday to provide policy support to develop the country’s basic science research.“We have so far copied and followed advanced technologies,” Lee said in an international symposium celebrating the opening of the Institute for Basic Science in Daejeon, some 150 kilometers south of Seoul.“In order to make it into the advanced, top-class nations, we have to make a history of creation based on basic science and fundamental technologies,” he added, noting that he will p
May 17, 2012
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Seoul City ups green energy plans
Seoul City plans to increase the number of hydrogen power systems for a stable electricity supply in case of blackouts or other emergencies, officials said.Under the plan, 29 hydrogen fuel cell power plants will be built and 102 hydrogen fuel cells will be installed by 2014. The facilities are expected to generate 230 megawatts of electricity per hour that could meet the energy demands of 400,000 households. Hydrogen fuel cell plants are recognized for their efficiency, emitting less greenhouse
May 17, 2012
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A place where death is a daily duty
Chung Nak-eun, 55, stands near his office building in western Seoul, looking at an apartment complex called DI Ville. “We call that complex the Death Identification Village,” Chung says with a grin. Coincidence or not, the rather chilling name is befitting. The apartment complex stands next to the Korean National Forensic Service where Chung works as an investigator.What happens at the NFS behind closed doors, most people wouldn’t want to see or even imagine. It is at the NFS headquarters in Seo
May 17, 2012
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Bipolar Disorder (Manic-Depression)
Bipolar disorder gets its name because it is associated with mood swings from one extreme to the other. It used to be called manic depression, as it involves both the lows of depression and the highs of mania. People with this illness experience unusual shifts in emotional states that occur in distinct periods. A manic episode includes a long period in a joyful, happy and energetic state. Patients become highly talkative, restless and overconfident. They have a decreased need for sleep, jump fro
May 17, 2012
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Seoul braces for looming bus strike
With the first strike by bus drivers in 15 years looming, the Seoul Metropolitan Government was striving Thursday to minimize its possible impact on commuters. City officials were preparing extra taxis, subways and village buses, plus some charter buses, while asking its affiliated agencies and public companies to have their employees come to work an hour late on Friday morning. From 4 a.m. Friday, the Seoul City Bus Labor Union, which covers 98 percent of the city’s unionized bus workers, plans
May 17, 2012
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Weather chief probed in influence peddling case
Police said Wednesday they have launched an investigation into alleged influence peddling involving Korea Meteorological Administration chief Cho Seok-joon in a contract bidding process.The Seoul Metropolitan Police suspect Cho, along with Park Kwang-joon, chief of the Korea Meteorological Industry Promotion Agency, of providing favors to a specific contractor during bidding for Light Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) between June and December last year.They allegedly changed the standard range of w
May 17, 2012
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Seoul City steps up renewable energy efforts
Seoul City announced on Wednesday that it will increase the number of hydrogen power systems for a stable electricity supply in case of blackouts or other emergencies.Under the plan, 29 hydrogen fuel cell power plants will be built and 102 hydrogen fuel cells will be installed by 2014. The facilities are expected to generate 230 megawatts of electricity per hour that could meet the energy demands
May 16, 2012
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'PD Notebook' cleared in damages suit over U.S. beef report
The Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared producers of TV network MBC’s investigative program, “PD Notebook,” from having to compensate a group of viewers for airing inaccurate information.Justice Yang Chang-woo said the claims for damages did not have merit since the plaintiffs did had no connection to the content of the program. “The program targets a random audience and the pain they feel is stric
May 16, 2012
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Korean hospitals see surge in foreign patients
The Ministry of Health and Welfare on Wednesday said that the number of foreign patients treated in Korea in 2011 increased by 50 percent from the previous year, contributing to a 75 percent jump in revenue at the institutions. According to the ministry’s analysis of 1,383 medical institutions nationwide registered to host and treat foreign patients, 122,297 foreign nationals visited the facilities in 2011, from the previous year’s 81,789. The authorities’ goal for the year was 110,000.The insti
May 16, 2012