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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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Students with history of violence will be barred from becoming teachers
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Probe of first lady on Dior bag allegations set to begin
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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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Pakistan a magical tourist destination
Pakistan is a very beautiful country as it is a land of splendors and a great tourist destination. The landscape changes from high mountain ranges like the Himalayas, Karakoram and Hindukush in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in the North to the Punjab plains and deserts onward to the Arabian Sea. There are a myriad mountain peaks in Pakistan, the tallest being K-2 which is the second-highest peak in the world (8,611 meters), after Mount Everest in Nepal. The 806-kilometer-long Karakoram highway
March 25, 2012
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India unlikely to make large commitments at Seoul summit: expert
An Indian nuclear expert said India is not likely to commit much in terms of enhancing nuclear security at the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit, considering that in its view the U.S. and Russia are not doing enough to subsequently reduce nuclear materials.“I don’t think it’s going to do very much at this summit. Since the last summit, they have started an international center but that’s easy,” Ramamurti Rajaraman, co-chair of the International Panel on Fissile Materials, told The Korea Herald. The
March 25, 2012
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Leaders flock to Seoul for nuclear talks
More than half of the leaders attending the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit had arrived on Sunday for the two-day event kicking off Monday for discussions on combating nuclear threats and better securing nuclear materials.U.S. President Barack Obama’s Air Force One landed on an American military base in Seoul early in the morning and Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived at the Seoul Air Base in the afternoon.Thirty-two leaders out of delegations from 53 countries and four international organization
March 25, 2012
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Korea, India agree to bolster defense cooperation
President Lee Myung-bak and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed Sunday to seek greater defense and space cooperation and voiced concerns that North Korea's planned rocket launch would escalate regional tensions.The agreement was the highlight of a wide-ranging joint statement issued after th
March 25, 2012
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Obama visits border amid N. Korea tensions
U.S. President Barack Obama peered deep into North Korea Sunday, as he contemplated Pyongyang's planned rocket launch and his first showdown with untested leader Kim Jong-Un.Obama stood behind bulletproof glass at the tense inter-Korean border scanning the wooded hills of the Stalinist North, then g
March 25, 2012
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Korean, New Zealand leaders urge N. Korea to drop rocket launch plan
Leaders of South Korea and New Zealand urged North Korea on Sunday to scrap its plan to launch a long-range rocket, calling the move a serious threat to regional peace and stability, and a clear violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution.President Lee Myung-bak and New Zealand Prime Minister Jo
March 25, 2012
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Obama to have broader diplomatic issues in mind during DMZ trek
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) -- Staring at North Korea through binoculars at the heavily fortified land border with South Korea, U.S. President Barack Obama will attempt to send a message not only to Pyongyang but also to Teheran, another recalcitrant regime in the eyes of western officials, a U.S. news
March 25, 2012
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Korea, Thailand urge N.K. to call off rocket plan
Leaders of South Korea and Thailand urged North Korea on Saturday to call off its plan to launch a long-range rocket, saying the move hurts regional peace and violates a U.N. Security Council resolution.The appeal came after summit talks between President Lee Myung-bak and Thai Prime Minister Yinglu
March 25, 2012
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Korea, Thailand sign defense cooperation accord
South Korea and Thailand on Saturday signed a defense cooperation agreement, agreed to deepen all-around cooperation and upgrade their relations to a "strategic partnership" in the near future, a joint statement said.The statement came after a summit between South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and
March 25, 2012
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Obama in Seoul for summit with Lee, nuclear conference
U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Seoul on Sunday for talks with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and a global anti-nuclear terrorism conference amid heightened tensions over North Korea's planned long-range rocket launch.U.S. President Barak Obama (right) waves upon his arrival at Osa
March 25, 2012
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Obama leaves on trip to Asia
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- U.S. President Barack Obama left for Asia early Saturday, in a trip that will include a visit to the tense and fortified border zone between the two Koreas.Air Force One carrying the president and his aides took off from Andews Air Force Base outside Washington at 00:07 am local
March 24, 2012
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Korean-American physician tapped as World Bank leader
President Barack Obama on Friday nominated Dr. Jim Yong Kim, a Korean-born physician, to lead the World Bank, citing his tireless efforts to improve the lives of people in developing nations and promote global health."Jim has spent more than two decades working to improve conditions in developing co
March 24, 2012
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After Chernobyl, Ukraine seeks atom’s ‘peaceful service’
His nation suffered the worst nuclear disaster in history, but the Ukrainian ambassador said his country now wishes to promote the safe use of nuclear power at the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. Ambassador Vasyl Marmazov said the catastrophic explosion at Chernobyl nuclear power station’s reactor 4 on April 26, 1986 has well-placed his country to contribute to nuclear security and safety talks at the summit on March 26-27. The United Nations has estimated that 9,000 cancer-related deaths could s
March 23, 2012
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Seoul Nuclear Security Summit to open Monday
The two-day Nuclear Security Summit kicks off Monday in Seoul, bringing together leaders of 53 countries and four international organizations for discussions on how to combat nuclear threats and enhance nuclear security and safety.Event organizers said Friday they had almost finalized preparations for Korea’s largest-ever diplomatic event, completing the establishment of facilities at COEX in southern Seoul to accommodate some 10,000 summit participants.U.S. President Barack Obama, who initiated
March 23, 2012
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‘Summit will agree on specific actions’
Minister Kim: North Korean nuclear issue will be raised in bilateral talksParticipatingWith the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit coming up in a few days, Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan said he expected participating countries to individually announce specific action plans to strengthen nuclear security.“Whereas the Washington Nuclear Security Summit in 2010 served mainly as a venue to proclaim a shared awareness of the need for nuclear security, the upcoming Seoul summit is expected to produce
March 23, 2012
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After Chernobyl, Ukraine seeks atom’s ‘peaceful service of mankind’
His nation suffered the worst nuclear disaster in history, but the Ukrainian ambassador said his country now wishes to promote the safe use of nuclear power at the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. Ambassador Vasyl Marmazov said the catastrophic explosion at Chernobyl nuclear power station’s reactor 4 on April 26, 1986 has well-placed his country to contribute to nuclear security and safety talks at the summit on March 26-27. The United Nations has estimated that 9,000 cancer-related deaths could s
March 23, 2012
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U.N. chief urges ‘new efforts’ on global nuclear security governance
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday the world should strengthen the rule of law to address challenges of nuclear terrorism, calling for “new efforts” on a global nuclear security governance.Ban, who is on a four-nation tour through Asia that will highlight the second Nuclear Security Summit set for next week in South Korea, made the remarks in a written message for a nuclear academic forum held on Friday in Seoul. “We know from the tragic events at Fukushima and Chernobyl that nuclear
March 23, 2012
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Lee celebrates 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Azerbaijan
President Lee Myung-bak and Azerbaijan President exchanged celebratory letters Friday to mark the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries, pledging to further improve all-round cooperation, the presidential office said.Both leaders appreciated the steady improvement in relations between the two countries in political, economic, cultural and other sectors since the 1992 establishment of diplomatic ties, and agreed to work together to further boost cooperation, the offic
March 23, 2012
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At Seoul summit, U.S. to prioritize fight against nuclear smuggling
Leaders of more than 50 nations and international organizations will focus on crafting measures to secure nuclear and radioactive materials that could pose a danger to the world if handled improperly when they meet in Seoul next week, the U.S. said Thursday.The State Department made clear that its main aim is to tackle nuclear smuggling.“The goal of the United States Government’s nuclear security programs is the prevention of the illegal possession, use or transfer of nuclear material or other r
March 23, 2012
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Nuke summit may help stop terrorism: Thai P.M.
BANGKOK (Yonhap News) ― Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said that next week’s nuclear summit to be hosted by South Korea will present a good opportunity to help countries around the world prevent the threats of nuclear terrorism.Yingluck also said that, in a joint interview with Korean correspondents on Wednesday ahead of the second biennial Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, Thailand wants to learn South Korea’s know-how and skills on water-management projects following devastating flood
March 22, 2012