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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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[Robert J. Fouser] AI changes rationale for learning languages
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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U.S. soldier’s wife booked for DUI hit-and-run accident
The wife of a U.S. soldier stationed in South Korea has been booked without detention for causing a hit-and-run car accident while driving under the influence of alcohol, police said Monday.The unnamed woman allegedly swerved her Sonata sedan and rammed it into an SUV driving in the next lane around 9:50 p.m. on Friday in a residential area in Jamsil, southern Seoul, Songpa Police Station said. After hitting the SUV, the woman drove away from the accident scene but was hunted down by the SUV dri
Feb. 6, 2012
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Reference booklet for asylum seekers
A human rights reference booklet was released on Monday for asylum seekers living in Korea, according to an NGO here specializing in migrant women affairs.Ecofemme and the National Human Rights Commission teamed up to create “Human Rights in My Pocket,” a booklet that contains essential information for asylum seekers living in the country.The booklet describes different scenarios and offers detailed responses in a wide range of issues including applying for refugee status, health insurance and c
Feb. 6, 2012
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Government toughens against school violence
The government announced a wide range of measures against school violence Monday, focused on united tough action by all members of society.The measures called for strengthening the role of teachers and headmasters in resolving school violence, zero-tolerance towards bullying and more protection of a
Feb. 6, 2012
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Korea to test Camp Carroll area residents for chemicals
The government of Chilgok-gun and a state-run research institute will conduct health checkups for the residents of areas close to the U.S. military’s Camp Carroll.Located in Chilgok-gun in North Gyeongsang Province, Camp Carroll was at the center of a controversy raised by a former U.S. soldier who claimed that Agent Orange, a toxic defoliant, was buried within its grounds. The claims were disproved by a joint Korea-U.S. investigation team that discovered that drums containing chemicals were exc
Feb. 6, 2012
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Road show to bring Korean scientists back home
The Korean government plans to go on a road show in U.S. cities where prestigious universities are clustered in a bid to attract young Korean scientists to the new domestic science belt, officials said Sunday. Vice Minister of Education and Science Kim Chang-kyung will make presentations to Korean scientists on doctoral or post-doctoral courses in Chicago and Boston from Monday to Saturday. He will explain the “Brain Return 500” project focused on bringing Korean scientists back home.The project
Feb. 6, 2012
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Chinese struggle with Korean college fees
Semester fees here equivalent to annual tuition plus living expenses in ChinaTotalWhile Korean students struggle with rising college tuition fees and living costs, Chinese students are also feeling the strain. A Chinese student surnamed Song has been working at a convenience store part-time for five months to earn her monthly rent and living expenses in Seoul. Her day starts with studying Korean at one of the well-known universities in Seoul. From 2-7 p.m., she works as a cashier at a convenienc
Feb. 6, 2012
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DJ DOC’s Kim Chang-ryul donates scholarship
Kim Chang-ryul, a member of K-pop group DJ DOC and a sophomore at Kyung Hee Cyber University, has given his performance fees from school events and commercials to underprivileged students at the university as scholarships, the school said Sunday. “I heard there are many students worrying about their tuition fees lately. The scholarship may not be large but I would like to help students in need,” Kim said. The 39-year-old singer is well known for passing high school qualification and college entr
Feb. 5, 2012
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Elementary school students in Seoul rest 3 hours per day: report
Elementary school students in Seoul get an average of just over three hours of spare time per day during the week, a report showed Sunday, indicating growing competition even among younger age groups.Elementary school children in the capital spend an average of 195.6 minutes per day in leisure activ
Feb. 5, 2012
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Two dead, six injured in explosion at coal mine
TAEBAEK (Yonhap News) -- A gas explosion at a coal mine has killed two people and injured six others, police said Saturday. The blast occurred at around 8 p.m. on Friday when nine miners were working at a site about 970 meters deep or 3,400 meters from the entrance, police officer Chang
Feb. 4, 2012
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Brand panel pushes more sites on U.N. World Heritage list
The nation will up efforts to have several Confucian academies and temples adopted into the UNESCO world heritage list as part of its drive to raise Korea’s profile abroad, said a government report on Friday.According to the Presidential Council on National Branding, it plans to have nine Confucian academies and several Buddhist temples recognized by the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization by 2014 and 2015, respectively.Well known schools such as the Sosu Seowon and Dosan Seow
Feb. 3, 2012
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Male nude photo stirs fans and critics of podcast
The nation’s most popular political podcast, “Naneun Ggomsuda,” has started a fresh round of dispute as one of its male supporters posted a nude photo of himself in response to the mounting criticism of the racy campaign to free one of the hosts from jail. The fire reignited on Thursday when 37-year-old Choi Young-min posted a photograph of himself naked with “I am serious,” and “Bring back my model!” written across his body on a website dedicated to Chung Bong-ju. Chung is a panelist on the sho
Feb. 3, 2012
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U.S. army private gets 3-year prison term for raping S. Korean
A regional court on Friday sentenced a U.S. soldier stationed here to three years behind bars for raping a local woman.The 31-year-old U.S. Army private of an unidentified unit in Chilgok, some 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, was convicted of raping a South Korean woman in her residence last July
Feb. 3, 2012
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Appellate court upholds prison terms for 3 medical students over sexual abuse
A Seoul appellate court upheld a lower court's prison terms on Friday for three former medical students for sexually harassing an inebriated female schoolmate during a trip. The Seoul High Court's ruling confirmed the previous court's two-and-a-half-year prison sentence for a 24-year-old man surname
Feb. 3, 2012
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Rep. Lee says funds in aide’s account his
Rep. Lee Sang-deuk, elder brother of President Lee Myung-bak, said Thursday that 700 million won ($626,000) in his secretary’s bank account belongs to him. The six-term lawmaker denied that the money was a slush fund or political kickback, claiming it to be his personal property. Still, he is likely to be questioned over the money.According to Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, Lee submitted a document purporting to prove his ownership of the money to prosecutors investigating a bribery
Feb. 2, 2012
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Push for shorter work hours gets lukewarm response
Many workers prefer fatter paychecks to more leisure time The government’s latest drive to reduce working hours is facing reluctance from workers who fear an impact on their paychecks. Yet, experts see it as inevitable that the country tackles the ingrained culture of long hours to boost productivity, improve workers’ quality of life and create new jobs. “Long working hours have prevailed in Korea under consent of three parties ― management, labor and government, with the management bent on redu
Feb. 2, 2012
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Korea supports job-seeking marriage immigrants
A growing number of spouses from international marriages are seeking jobs here, taking advantage of the South Korean government’s active job placement support for them, data showed Thursday.According to the data compiled by the labor ministry, a total of 11,724 foreigners who settled here after being married to South Koreans applied for employment via the government’s job network, called “Worknet,” up nearly six-fold in two years.“Some 80 percent of the foreign spouses landed a job in the manufa
Feb. 2, 2012
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Seoul to raise bus, subway fares
The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Thursday it will raise public transit fares by 150 won ($0.13) late this month to reduce mounting deficits in the public transportation system.The minimum bus and subway fare will rise from 900 won to 1,050 won for adults from Feb. 25. Fares for children and teenagers will remain unchanged.The decision to allow the fare hike was taken to lower deficits stemming from energy costs, fee discounts and some free rides, among other factors, officials said. It is
Feb. 2, 2012
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President’s brother claims W700m in secretary’s account
Rep. Lee Sang-deuk denies bribery, but faces interrogationRep. Lee Sang-deuk, elder brother of President Lee Myung-bak, said Thursday that 700 million won ($626,000) in his secretary’s bank account belongs to him. The six-term lawmaker denied that the money was a slush fund or political kickback, claiming it to be his personal property. Still, he is likely to be questioned over the money.According to Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, Lee submitted a document purporting to prove his own
Feb. 2, 2012
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Korea shivers on coldest Feb. day in decades
Deep freeze disrupts public transport, pushes power demand to new highTemperatures in Seoul and the northern part of the country fell to the lowest levels reported in February in over half a century Thursday, disrupting transportation and pushing the power demand to a new record high. Cold air moving south from the Arctic blanketed the Korean Peninsula for the second straight day, driving the morning low in the capital to minus 17.1 degrees Celsius with a wind chill of minus 23.7 degrees. Accord
Feb. 2, 2012
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Podcast hosts blasted for racy campaign
The hosts of the nation’s most popular podcast have come under fire for a racy campaign to save one of its imprisoned colleagues. Female supporters posted pictures of themselves in bikinis with “let’s save Chung Bong-ju” written across their breasts on a website that demands the former Democratic Party lawmaker be freed. Feminists and other opponents are demanding the show hosts apologize and drop the campaign. Chung was imprisoned for spreading false information about President Lee Myung-bak du
Feb. 1, 2012