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Korea enters full election mode
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Lee Jong-sup resigns as envoy to Australia
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Court upholds jail term for man who attempted to murder ex-girlfriend
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S. Korea to boost support for single-parent families
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Yellow dust engulfs S. Korea, advisory alert issued
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Kia EV9 wins world car of year
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Korea misses out on global bond index boost
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[Photo News] Sharing solar energy
Feb. 12, 2014
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8 things debt-free people do
Amid growing concern over snowballing debt at home and abroad, it might be useful to note down eight habits that debt-free people commonly share.To live debt free, you might have to shed your current bad habits and take on constructive ones. Business Insider, the U.S. business and technology news website, offered eight tips to live debt-free. 1. They pay attention to details Debt-free people keep close track of personal finances. They monitor how much they earn, how much they save and how muc
Feb. 10, 2014
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Sunfull launches Korea-China cyber cheering squad for Sochi
The headquarters of the Sunfull Movement, which campaigns for positive online comments, launched a Winter Olympic cyber cheering squad for Korea and China with People.cn, the online portal of the People’s Daily, China’s state-run newspaper, in Seoul on Thursday.Korean members of the “Sochi Winter Olympics Korea-China cyber cheering squad” will support the Chinese team during the Winter Olympics with posts on the campaign’s website. Likewise, Chinese members will support South Korea.The Korean we
Feb. 6, 2014
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[Photo News] Shared growth
Feb. 5, 2014
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[Photo News] 60 years with UNESCO
Feb. 4, 2014
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Kim named director of national theater company
Kim Yun-cheol, president of the International Association of Theatre Critics, has been named new artistic director of the National Theater Company of Korea, the culture ministry announced Monday.Kim, 65, will serve three years starting from Feb. 4, the ministry said. A graduate of Seoul National University, the new director has a long career in the academic study of theater plays. He has been teaching at Korea National University of Arts since 1994, after a stint at Sejong University’s departmen
Feb. 3, 2014
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Foreign interns face office culture shock
For foreigners joining the Korean workforce for the first time, addressing seniors and coworkers properly can be a major challenge. That is how Liu Jing, 24, from China and Mary Tarakey, 24, from Switzerland felt when they started interning at the Seoul Museum of Art headquarters.“It was really difficult to adjust to this kind of working atmosphere. There is a strict hierarchy between seonbaes (seniors) and hubaes (juniors), so you have to make sure to adjust properly to those who are above your
Feb. 2, 2014
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Around the hotels
The ‘Big Dipper’ course meal at The PlazaThe Plaza’s Japanese restaurant Murasaki is introducing the special “Big Dipper” course meal in celebration of the Lunar New Year. The meal is part of The Plaza’s “Gourmet Cruise” series which features ingredients selected by the chef under the theme of “premium,” “rare” and “taste.” The six-course lunch (150,000 won) features two types of gobachi, three kinds of raw fish, gratin made with wild rock oyster and soybean sauce, filefish pot, Korayaki, a roas
Jan. 24, 2014
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Three get Wisconsin alumni awards
The Korean chapter of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s alumni association will present “proud alumni” awards to three graduates in a ceremony at a Seoul hotel on Saturday.The recipients are former Minister of Strategy and Finance Yoon Jeung-hyun, Inha University’s department of mathematics chair professor Kang Hyeon-bae and Virginia Tech.’s assistant professor of mechanical engineering Dennis Hong.Yoon was recognized for his contribution to stabilizing the finance market while serving as Fi
Jan. 23, 2014
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[Photo News] Kumho asiana meets Vietnamese vice premier
Jan. 20, 2014
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[Photo News] Online consolations to Sichuan quake victims
Jan. 19, 2014
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[Photo News] Global outreah
Jan. 19, 2014
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Galaxy smartphone wins top honor at Korea Image Awards
Every year, the Corea Image Communication Institute puzzles over the person, place or thing that promoted South Korea’s image abroad the most.CICI awarded the equine dance sensation Psy last year; the group recognized the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Games Bid Committee in 2012; and the year before that, it lauded Incheon International Airport.This year’s “Korea Image Stepping Stone Award” went to Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy smartphone for its “enormous contribution toward promoting Korea’s image as
Jan. 16, 2014
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[Photo News] New CCK leader
Jan. 15, 2014
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[Photo News] Jesuit leader in Seoul
Jan. 15, 2014
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Former child genius to become full-time university professor
Kim Ung-yong, a former South Korean prodigy once heralded as the smartest soul on Earth, is about to fulfill his overdue dream of becoming a professor. Chungbuk Development Corporation announced Monday that 51-year-old Kim was leaving its staff to serve as a professor at Shinhan University in Gyeonggi Province. Kim taught students as a part-time lecturer at prestigious universities including Yonsei, Sunkyunkwan and KAIST, but he said it had always been his goal to become a full-time professor.“I
Jan. 14, 2014
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[Photo News] Laura Jewell shares wine know-how
Jan. 14, 2014
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New cardinal vows to serve poor, isolated
Cardinal appointee Andrew Yeom Soo-jung said Monday that he would serve the poor and isolated and work toward peace and harmony in an increasingly polarized society. “With my mind quivering with fear (of the immense honor given to me), I humbly obey the pope’s (words),” Yeom told the crowd that gathered in front of the Seoul Archdiocese building in Myeong-dong, central Seoul, on Monday to congratulate him on the appointment. “I am a man of many shortcomings, but I will do my utmost to fulfill th
Jan. 13, 2014
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[Newsmaker] Yeom to become Korea’s third cardinal
Seoul Archbishop Yeom Soo-jung will be the third Korean to become a cardinal ― the second-most senior position in the Roman Catholic Church after the pope. Yet, he will be the only representative of Korea in the case of a conclave, a convention of cardinals younger than 80 for electing a new pope.Korea’s first cardinal, Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, died in 2009, and its second Cardinal Nicolas Cheong Jin-suk is over 80, the canonical retirement age. “We believe that (Yeom’s appointment) is a blessing f
Jan. 13, 2014
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[Photo News] First chief justice
Jan. 13, 2014