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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Naver’s Line ownership in jeopardy as Japan ups pressure
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South Korea to launch space security center under spy agency
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More med professors to take day off each week while govt. urges them to stay
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Hybe refutes Ador CEO Min's denial of breach of trust
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S. Korea, Japan could consider simplified entry agreement: Seoul official
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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[Today’s K-pop] NewJeans' single teasers release amid intrigue
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Top court backs Koreans taken to Japan in WWII
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of Koreans seeking compensation for their forced work at Japanese factories during colonial rule.The top court ordered the retrials of two damages cases filed by the forced workers and their families. It was the first time, either in Korea or Japan, that they had won a favorable ruling since they started litigation in the mid-1990s. The two groups of workers were taken to Japan to work for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and Nippon Steel Corp. in 194
May 24, 2012
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Samsung chief nearly egged at airport
A man attempted to throw an egg at Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee at the Gimpo International Airport on Thursday as he was returning from a three-week business trip in Europe.Shouting out that former President Roh Moo-hyun’s death was caused by the chief of the country’s biggest conglomerate, the man tried to throw the egg but was held back by a group of bodyguards. It was not immediately known who the man is and why he did it.The chairman’s heir apparent Lee Jay-yong, who was at the a
May 24, 2012
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Hotter summer, more rains forecast
The nation is set for a hotter than usual summer with more rain but fewer typhoons, the national weather agency said Thursday. In its three-month forecast, the Korea Meteorological Administration predicted bright summer days with higher than normal temperatures till until-June, followed by a monsoon season near the end of the month.July will have a lot of rain, particularly in the Gyeonggi, Gangwon and Chungcheong provinces, it said. Sizzling heat will then grip the country from late July throug
May 24, 2012
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Three men arrested for secretly recording women
Police have arrested a man for lewd behavior after they allegedly found him secretly videotaping women with a miniature camera attached to his shoe.Three men including one surnamed Kang, 41, were booked without detention by the Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency cyber terror response team for taking and circulating up-skirt photography.Kang was charged with secretly videotaping under the skirts of women on 221 occasions since July 2004 in supermarkets in and around Jinju.Police investigations re
May 24, 2012
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Controversial canal linking Seoul and West Sea opens
After two decades of controversy and two years of construction, the waterway linking Seoul to the West Sea will open Friday, government officials said Wednesday. The Gyeongin Ara Waterway gives the capital a direct link to the open sea ― at a total cost of 2.24 trillion won ($1.9 billion).Eighteen kilometers long, 80 meters wide and 6.3 meters deep, it starts at a section of the Han River in Gaehwadong, western Seoul, and meets the sea off Incheon’s Oryudong. It can accommodate ships with a maxi
May 23, 2012
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APEC agrees to framework for educational cooperation
GYEONGJU ― Education ministers from Asia-Pacific agreed on Wednesday to enhance “practical and sustainable” cooperation through Korea’s Educational Cooperation Project.Set up by the Seoul government, the ECP, or Gyeongju Initiative, will carry out collaborative research and host conferences on educational cooperation in the APEC region.As part of the new project, the ECP will launch an education portal on the APEC Knowledge Bank site and share research findings, materials and resources.“Korea’s
May 23, 2012
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Lost parakeet tells police its home address
A pet parakeet that escaped from its Japanese home has been reunited with its owner - after it was able to tell police its address.The baby-blue bird flew from its owner's home in Sagamihara, west of Tokyo, into a nearby hotel where it perched on the shoulder of a guest.Its owner, a 64-year-old woman, had lost a pet bird before and was determined to prevent it from happening again - so she taught
May 23, 2012
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Seven Filipinos nabbed for smuggling out remittances
Seven Filipinos have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling the equivalent of 16 billion won (US$13.7 million) from South Korea, police said Wednesday.The suspects include a 58-year-old group leader detained under formal arrest and six others who were booked without detention for allegedly smuggling the remittances of Filipino workers in South Korea, according to the international crime investiga
May 23, 2012
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Seoul to curb excessive air conditioning in shops
The Seoul municipal government said Wednesday it will discourage shops from leaving their doors open while the air conditioning is on as part of a campaign to save energy in the hot summer months.Starting Thursday, officials from the city government, the central ward of Junggu, the state-run power monopoly Korea Electric Power Corp., and a civic group will visit shops in the shopping district of M
May 23, 2012
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Celebrity writer bashes conservative paper’s comment on her tweet
Celebrity writer Gong Ji-young lashed out at conservative paper Chosun Ilbo for criticizing her incorrect Twitter posting.On Tuesday she retweeted a comment by an internet user who urged the public not to buy tickets to a dolphin show at the Yeosu Expo. Gong added, “I would not buy them either” to the tweet.However, an official at the Yeosu Expo immediately corrected her, saying there was no such
May 23, 2012
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South Korea to implement first chemical castration of pedophile
A convicted child molester will be the first Korean to undergo chemical castration, the Justice Ministry said Tuesday. The ministry’s panel on medical treatment and custody deliberation reached the decision Monday to administer a set of medicines designed to suppress the libido of a 40-year-old man, surnamed Park, convicted of four counts of sexual assault against children. In addition to the medication which will be administered for three years, he will undergo behavioral and psychological ther
May 22, 2012
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Korea, U.S. to join forces to help poor performers
GYEONGJU ― South Korea and the United States will work together to address school violence and improve student performance, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Anthony Miller said. He met with Education Minister Lee Ju-ho on Monday on the sidelines of the fifth APPEC Education Ministerial Meeting in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province. “Ensuring the creation of a safe environment for our students is a common issue,” he said in an interview with The Korea Herald following the meeting.“We recog
May 22, 2012
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KT faces labor violation probe
The Ministry of Employment and Labor asked the prosecution to investigate KT chairman and CEO Lee Suk-chae and 32 branch managers over unpaid salaries and other labor law violations, officials said.The request was made on May 10 after the ministry conducted a special audit into the company’s labor management between Jan. 30 and Feb. 29, only to find that a total of 150 branches had not paid 3.3 billion won ($2.8 mil.) to their 6,509 workers for overtime or holiday shifts, unused annual leave and
May 22, 2012
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Ministers discuss education challenges
Lee calls for APEC countries’ cooperation to solve problemsGYEONGJU ― Education ministers from 21 Asia Pacific countries opened their meeting in Gyeongju on Tuesday to discuss educational responses to future challenges for the region and the world. The 5th Education Ministerial Meeting will focus on technology-based education and regional cooperation during its two-day run, organizers said.“In the globalized and knowledge-based world, we must engage, exchange and collaborate with others to find
May 22, 2012
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Conservation forum boosts Korea’s green drive
DMZ among agendas to be discussed at World Conservation Congress in Jeju Environmental problems are indisputably global, but efforts to forge a global response have proven divisive, even polarizing, amid persistent fears of an impact on the economy. The 2012 IUCN World Conservation Congress to be held in Korea later this year will provide a converging point, and hopefully a momentum for a change in thinking, said Lee Hong-koo, former prime minister now leading the country’s preparations for the
May 22, 2012
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Woman accused of trying to infect landlord
A Salem, Mass., woman was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon for trying to give her landlord scabies, police say. (MCT)Police were called to the woman's apartment building Saturday after she and her landlord got into an argument over bugs and mice in the building, The Salem News reported.The landlord called an exterminator to the building to deal with the woman's complaint, but the exter
May 22, 2012
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Activists offer grim nuclear scenario
A Chernobyl-like radiation leak at Gori 1 nuclear reactor, the country’s oldest in operation, could lead to nearly 900,000 deaths and economic losses of 628 trillion won ($537 billion), anti-nuclear activists claimed in a report Monday. The report, released by a partnership including the Korean Federation for Environmental Movement and a Busan-based anti-nuclear group, analyzed the consequences of a simulated accident at the nuclear power plant using a damage assessment method developed in Japan
May 21, 2012
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No walls, wireless and digital textbook
GYEONGJU ― An elementary school student scans her ID card at the school gate. Once she steps in, an electronic signal tells her parents and teacher that she is now at school.The classroom has no wall, but a panel of multi-screens. Tablet computers replace paper textbooks and electronic panels substitute chalkboards in the wireless Internet-powered space. The state-funded Korea Education Research Information Service is offering a glimpse into what classrooms will look like in the coming years in
May 21, 2012
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Police seek arrest warrant for monk over embezzlement
Police requested an arrest warrant Monday for a monk on suspicion of embezzling a massive amount of temple funds. The case is likely to heighten concerns about corruption among Buddhist monks following a gambling and prostitution scandal involving the Jogye Order last week. The suspect, surnamed Lee, misappropriated public funds while taking charge of payment for temple construction work in 2009, police said.The 39-year-old, who used to be a monk of Daeheung Temple in Northern Gyeongsang Provinc
May 21, 2012
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Yearbook calls kids 'mentally retarded'
Parents of special education students at Mesquite High School in Mesquite, Texas, are outraged by a yearbook section that called their kids "mentally retarded."The Mesquite Independent School District wanted to honor students in the special education program with their own section of the yearbook. Spokeswoman Laura Jobe said the section read:"Some of the disabilities the students in the Special Ed
May 21, 2012