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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Colleges still counting cost of blacklisting
The aftereffects from the blacklisting of 43 universities for bad management continued to hit the university community.Seoul-based Sangmyung University President Lee Hyung-cheon stepped down, while Kundong University in North Gyeongsang Province faces a sharp reduction in freshmen enrollment.Sangmyu
Sept. 8, 2011
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Park denies making shady deal with Kwak
Jailed professor claims money given to Seoul education chief was not bribeThe election graft scandal involving Seoul’s education chief Kwak No-hyun took a twist Thursday, after a professor under arrest for taking bribes from Kwak claimed that the money he received was not a bribe.Speaking through hi
Sept. 8, 2011
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Gov't to probe large coffee franchises for possible labor law breaches
The government will investigate seven big coffee franchises operating in the country's capital area and five other large cities to see if they violated local labor laws, the labor ministry said Thursday.The seven chains are Caffe Bene, Coffee Bean, Starbucks, Tom N Toms, Pascucci, Angel-in-us and Ho
Sept. 8, 2011
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Prosecutors seek arrest warrant for Kwak
After two days of interrogation, prosecutors sought warrant to arrest Kwak No-hyun, Seoul’s education superintendent, Wednesday on allegations that he bought a rival candidate out of last year’s election. Investigators at the Seoul Central Prosecutors’ Office were said to have reached a conclusion t
Sept. 7, 2011
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Smallpox vaccines against N.K. attack unusable
The majority of smallpox vaccines that Seoul has stockpiled in case of a biological attack by North Korea have either expired or failed to pass toxicity tests. According to a report by the Korea Food & Drug Administration released on Wednesday, Seoul stockpiled 7 million vaccines between 2002 and 20
Sept. 7, 2011
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Researchers search Japan for clues to patriot Ahn’s remains
A group of researchers are seeking clues in Japan as to the whereabouts of the remains of South Korean patriot Ahn Jung-geun, in the first trip of its kind, sources said Wednesday“A group of four researchers left for Japan yesterday as part of efforts by the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs
Sept. 7, 2011
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Councilors slam posh residences amid public housing
The recent establishment of foreigner-only serviced apartments in the public housing district in Seocho, southern Seoul, has caused controversy, as it comes at the expense of low-income Korean residents. Foreigner-only serviced residences with golf practice facilities will be built inside a public h
Sept. 7, 2011
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Coffee chain accused of refusing holiday pay
Youth Community Union says 81% of cafes nationwide pay no allowancesA former part-time coffee shop worker filed a complaint with the Ministry of Employment and Labor on Wednesday that the nation’s largest coffee shop franchise, Caffe Bene, had refused to pay him and his coworkers with weekly holiday
Sept. 7, 2011
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Daejeon prosecutor found dead in apparent suicide
A 34-year-old prosecutor in Daejeon, some 150 kilometers south of Seoul, was found dead at his home in an apparent suicide on Wednesday, police said.The police investigating the case said that the prosecutor, surnamed Huh, strangled himself to death using a pair of rubber gloves in his kitchen.“When
Sept. 7, 2011
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Teacher accused of attempted rape on ex-student
A teacher in Incheon is now under investigation for attempting to rape a student from a school where he previously worked.He is accused of taking the student to a motel in Siheung to sexually assault her last month. Earlier, police said, he went to see a movie with the student and groped her thigh.“
Sept. 7, 2011
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Police look into deaths of Park Geun-hye's two relatives
Two relatives of Park Geun-hye, a powerful presidential aspirant from the ruling Grand National Party (GNP), were found dead in what was presumed to be an internal family fight, police said Wednesday.Park Geun-hye (Yonhap News)A paternal nephew of Park, who is a daughter of late former preside
Sept. 7, 2011
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Kwak questioned over funds for second day
Interrogation focuses on source of 200 million won paid to ParkSeoul’s education chief Kwak No-hyun faced a second day of interrogation by prosecutors Tuesday on allegations that he bribed a rival candidate out of the race during last year’s education election. Following the interrogation, prosecuto
Sept. 6, 2011
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N.K. boosts electronic warfare capabilities
North Korea is independently developing a GPS jamming system effective over more than 100 kilometers, according to a government report on Tuesday.The report by the Ministry of National Defense said the North imported some 20 different kinds of communication and radar jamming instruments from the the
Sept. 6, 2011
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Colleges in shock after management blacklisting
The naming and shaming of 43 poorly managed universities by the Education Ministry on Monday has spawned confusion and concern among universities, with some decrying the label or expressing worries about next year’s freshmen recruitment. Several major universities in operation for more than 50 years
Sept. 6, 2011
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Ministry, hospitals clash over fees for cancer surgeries
General hospitals and the government are at odds over discounted fees for a state-of-the-art method of gastric cancer surgery, with hospitals cancelling scheduled procedures because of reduced revenues.Concerns are mounting over whether cancer patients will be able to get the surgery that involves a
Sept. 6, 2011
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Groups gather in Japan to save S. Korean prisoner in N. Korea
Nearly 40,000 sign petition as Seoul makes efforts to draw world attentionDozens of international human rights groups will gather in Tokyo on Wednesday to urge the North Korean regime to halt its inhumane activities and release a South Korean woman believed to be held captive at a prison camp, an ac
Sept. 6, 2011
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Chemistry professor to lead science council
Kim Keon, 62, chemistry professor of Korea University, has been appointed as the sixth chairman of the Korea Research Council of Fundamental Science and Technology, which supports the government’s policy on science research and development and sets up programs to improve affiliated research institut
Sept. 6, 2011
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Couple commits suicide together in Busan motel
(MCT)With the Chuseok holidays just around the corner, a married couple committed suicide together in a motel room after suffering from poverty. The owner of the motel called the police, who found the couple dead in a motel room in Busan.The room had been completely sealed with adhesive tape.
Sept. 6, 2011
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Fire erupts on Jeju-bound ferry but no causalities reported
(Yonhap News)A passenger boat caught fire in waters off the country's southern coastal city of Yeosu early Tuesday, but all people on board were rescued, the Coast Guard said.The 4,000-ton ferry Seolbong, which departed from the port city of Busan late Monday for Jeju Island, was traveling along the
Sept. 6, 2011
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Kwak grilled over election corruption
Interrogation focuses on whether 200 million won was bribeKwak No-hyun, Seoul’s embattled education chief, faced interrogation from city prosecutors on allegations that he paid a rival candidate to quit last year’s election. An expressionless Kwak arrived at the lobby of the Seoul Central Prosecutor
Sept. 5, 2011