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Hyundai Motor eyes 80,000 jobs, W68tr investment at home by 2026
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Korea enters full election mode
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Dialogue hopes fade as doctors pick hard-liner as new head
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Coupang pledges W3tr to expand Rocket Delivery nationwide by 2027
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[Election Battlefield] Political novice to face off star politician in ‘swing district’
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[Kim Seong-kon] The April 2024 election will decide our future
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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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Seoul’s bus union prepares for strike
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Ruling party chief visits N.K. amid lingering tensions
Visit raises anticipation for reactivation of economic cooperationSouth Korea’s top right-wing politician visited a joint factory park in North Korea Friday, raising anticipations for the possibility of the two Koreas reactivating their economic cooperation. Before crossing the heavily fortified lan
North KoreaSept. 30, 2011
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Man who pushed wife off cliff gets 10 years in jail
A lower court on Friday sentenced a man to 10 years in prison for the attempted murder of his wife in Goseong, Gangwon Province.The 56-year-old man was arrested in July after stabbing his wife repeatedly and pushing her off a 100-meter cliff. .Despite her injuries the 44-year-old woman survived the
Social AffairsSept. 30, 2011
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Physical altercations highest in Navy: report
Navy soldiers have been more exposed to physical abuse compared to other military forces over the past several years, a lawmaker said Friday, calling for measures to curb violence in the barracks.A total of 4,670 cases of violence took place in the Navy between January 2005 and June this year, Rep.
DefenseSept. 30, 2011
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Ruling party chief visits joint industrial complex in N. Korea
South Korea's ruling party chief crossed the border into North Korea to tour a joint inter-Korean industrial complex on Friday, a move seen as an attempt by Seoul to improve strained ties with Pyongyang.Tensions still linger between the two divided Koreas over the North's two deadly attacks on the S
PoliticsSept. 30, 2011
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Air Force under probe for lost files on wartime operational plan
South Korea's Air Force is under investigation for having lost classified documents on its aerial operational plan in case of war, a military official said Friday. (Yonhap News)Two secret military documents have been missing at the Air Force headquarters since late August, right after South Ko
DefenseSept. 30, 2011
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GNP chases civic groups’ support
Ji Sang-wuk of Liberty Forward Party announces bid for mayoral by-electionIndependent candidate Lee Seog-yeon has officially withdrawn his candidacy in the upcoming Seoul mayoral by-election, but efforts to solidify support around a single conservative candidate continued.“I wish to withdraw my prev
PoliticsSept. 29, 2011
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Film rekindles rage over Inhwa School case
Public uproar over sexual assault against disabled leads police to reopen 2005 caseA local box office hit about the true story of sexual abuse of disabled students by teachers in a special school has reignited public outrage over lenient court rulings. It has prompted police to reopen th
Social AffairsSept. 29, 2011
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GNP seeks civic groups’ support
Ji Sang-wuk of Liberty Forward Party announces run for mayorIndependent candidate Lee Seog-yeon has officially abandoned his candidacy in the upcoming Seoul mayoral by-election, but efforts to solidify support around a single conservative candidate continued.“I wish to withdraw my previous pledge to
PoliticsSept. 29, 2011
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Military needs more sailors, pilots
Harassment and abuse by senior officers still rampant: lawmakersThere will be a serious shortage of military sailors and pilots as the country is stepping up efforts to secure scores of new high-tech warships and aircraft to enhance national defense, a lawmaker claimed Thursday
DefenseSept. 29, 2011
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Civic groups fume at national cemetery burial of coup leaders
At least five people who took part in a 1979 military coup were found to have been buried at the national cemetery, rekindling a rumpus over who deserves to be laid to rest there.Civic groups in August had opposed the burial of Ahn Hyun-tae, a member of Hanahoe, a group of military officers led by e
PoliticsSept. 29, 2011
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Environment group chief convicted of bribery charge
The president of Korea Green Foundation was slapped with a fine and prison sentence for taking bribes in an appeal but was not put under court custody.In the ruling by the Seoul High Court, Choi Yul was found guilty for receiving 130 million won ($110,560) in bribes for helping a real estate firm wi
Social AffairsSept. 29, 2011
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‘S. Korean reporters held in China released’
Chinese authorities released a group of South Korean journalists and others who were detained early last week while on a reporting trip near the Chinese border with North Korea, a foreign ministry official in Seoul said Thursday. The five-member team dispatched by Seoul’s JoongAng Ilbo newspaper was
Foreign AffairsSept. 29, 2011
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Hallyu and shopping has tourists spending in Seoul
A survey showed that the average tourist spends roughly $2,000 in Seoul over five days, with hallyu quickly becoming the No. 1 reason to visit, capital officials said Thursday.According Seoul Metropolitan Government, 90 percent of the tourists surveyed chose to visit Seoul during their stay, with 83
Social AffairsSept. 29, 2011
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‘Seoul announced Iraq oil deal prematurely’
The 2009 announcement by the South Korean presidential office of an oil field development project in Iraq was made prematurely and inaccurately, diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks suggested Thursday. On Feb. 26, 2009, the office of President Lee Myung-bak announced leaders of South Korea and Iraq signed
Foreign AffairsSept. 29, 2011
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U.S. regrets soldier’s alleged rape of Korean woman
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) -- The U.S. government on Wednesday vowed full cooperation in the investigation into an alleged rape by an American soldier of a young Korean woman near a military base north of Seoul, according to the South Korean Embassy in Washington.Assistant Secretary of State for East
Foreign AffairsSept. 29, 2011
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Gangnam to hold fashion festival
Pop singer Rain to top 9-day event with finale performanceGangnam will turn into a fashion mecca for nine days from Oct. 1. The fifth fashion festival will take place in three of the affluent district’s chicest areas ― Samseong-dong COEX Mall, Apgujeong-dong and Cheongdam-dong. Started in
Social AffairsSept. 29, 2011
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3 honored for bringing royal books from France
Three people who contributed to bringing home royal Korean books that were looted by France in the 19th century were honored by the government on Thursday. Lee Tae-jin, president of the National Institute of Korean History, Lee Sung-mi, honorary professor at the Academy of Korean Studies, and Yoo Bo
Foreign AffairsSept. 29, 2011
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N. Korean leader's grandson to study in Bosnia: reports
A grandson of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has enrolled in an international college in Bosnia, local papers reported on Wednesday.Kim Jong-nam (Yonhap News)The16-year-old Kim Han-sol, son of the North Korean leader's oldest son Kim Jong-nam, is on a list of 72 sixth-year students of the Unit
North KoreaSept. 28, 2011
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Seoul denies it played down U.S. base relocation cost
Suspicion has been raised the Defense Ministry underreported the amount of money it would have to pay for a U.S. military relocation project in an apparent move to circumvent public criticism.A diplomatic cable revealed by WikiLeaks indicated that the ministry of the former Roh Moo-hyun government i
DefenseSept. 28, 2011
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Charity night of art and music
An artists’ collective has formed to launch a new poverty-fighting initiative with a multi-media show in Seoul. The Korea Against Poverty group launched by Stefan Lotz and Colin Owen Griffin is to bring together visual artists, musicians, writers and performers to put their talents to charitable use
Sept. 28, 2011