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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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South Korea to launch space security center under spy agency
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More med professors to take day off each week while govt. urges them to stay
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Hybe refutes Ador CEO Min's denial of breach of trust
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S. Korea, Japan could consider simplified entry agreement: Seoul official
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Legoland Korea Resort to open until 9 p.m.
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Music fest gets down to business for Korean kids
The 2011 Sejong-Syracuse Global MBA Student Association.A charity music festival on Peppero Day will raise cash to fund villages helping orphaned children in South Korea. Sejong University graduate MBA students from more than 20 countries are organizing the concert to raise funds and awareness of SO
Oct. 19, 2011
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Three nabbed for fraud in relocation of Indonesian Embassy
Three men were arrested on fraud charges for luring investors into a fake development project on the site of the Indonesian embassy here, said police officials on Wednesday. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, the three men falsely led investors into believing that a profitable multi-
Social AffairsOct. 19, 2011
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Daegu dog walk seeks volunteers
The Korean Animal Protection Society is to hold a dog walk in Daegu on Sunday, Nov. 6. Participants will meet at Daemyoung Dog Shelter near Daemyoung Subway Station Exit 4 at 2:30 p.m. before walking their new furry friends around the lake at Dyuru Park. “In Korea, we rarely get big dogs so most of
Oct. 19, 2011
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Six-nation nuclear talks ‘golden key’ to peace: Tang Jiaxuan
The six-nation talks on North Korea’s nuclear weapons programs is the “golden key” to opening the door for regional powers to achieve peace and prosperity in Northeast Asia, former Chinese state councilor Tang Jiaxuan said Wednesday. The comments come amid a flurry of renewed diplomatic efforts on h
North KoreaOct. 19, 2011
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Prosecutors, judges must forego dual citizenship
Koreans with dual citizenships may now have to renounce them to work in the courts or prosecution, according to a legal revision by the Justice Ministry released to the media on Wednesday. The revision states that a dual citizenship is a reason for automatic disqualification from becoming a judge or
Social AffairsOct. 19, 2011
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Bar owners want card commission cuts too
Joining in on the popular outrage directed at credit card firms, bar and karaoke owners demanded Wednesday that they benefit from the same reduction in credit card commission rates as restaurant owners. “People in the nightspot business are discriminated against by credit card companies, which exclu
Social AffairsOct. 19, 2011
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Korea, Japan expand currency swaps
Lee-Noda summit addresses FTA, N.K., but not comfort womenSeoul and Tokyo agreed to expand their currency swaps to $70 billion from $13 billion for stronger financial cooperation amid global economic uncertainties during President Lee Myung-bak’s summit meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yos
PoliticsOct. 19, 2011
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Prosecutors watch SNS for smear campaigns
Prosecutors here released guidelines Wednesday regarding the use of social networking services for political campaigning, in an effort to check illegal electoral practices a week before the capital’s mayoral by-election. According to the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office and the National Election Commissi
Social AffairsOct. 19, 2011
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N.K. leader’s grandson draws international attention
Looking like an ordinary teenager, Kim asks media to respect privacy as he starts school in BosniaAs one of the most reclusive countries in the world, North Korea has a strange force that draws outsiders’ attention and curiosity to the veiled lives of its leader and the “royal family.” When Kim Jong
North KoreaOct. 19, 2011
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Dozens probed for pro-N.K. online activity
Korean Air pilot accused of posting pro-Pyongyang messages onlineAbout 40 internet users, including a Korean Air pilot, are under investigation for their postings online that praise North Korea, which law enforcement authorities in the South view as a breach of the national security law. According t
Social AffairsOct. 19, 2011
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Mayoral runners strive for public poll lead
Rival camps battled on Wednesday to take the lead in the last public polls for the Oct. 26 Seoul mayoral by-election.According to the election law, public survey results may not be made public during the last six days of campaigning, which is next Wednesday.Also, the increasing number of swing votes
PoliticsOct. 19, 2011
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N.K. speeds up work to spruce up Pyongyang
Major construction works set to mark Kim Il-sung’s centennial birthdayNorth Korea is carrying out a slew of construction works in Pyongyang despite its economic woes, in an apparent move to cosmetically improve the capital ahead of its self-imposed 2012 deadline to become a “strong and p
PoliticsOct. 19, 2011
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China’s vice premier to visit S. Korea
Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang will visit South Korea next week for talks on bilateral relations and Korean Peninsula issues, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Wednesday.Li is the seventh-ranked member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China and is expected to rise to premie
Foreign AffairsOct. 19, 2011
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European consortium of Typhoon fighter jet offers technology transfer to S. Korea
MUNICH/MADRID (Yonhap News) -- With South Korea scheduled to select the winner of its project for 60 new fighter jets next fall, the European consortium of Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft has offered to fully share its technology with its South Korean partners.Germany, Spain, Italy and Britain are part
DefenseOct. 19, 2011
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About 40 public workers under probe for pro-N. Korea activities
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Yonhap) -- About 40 people, including public officials and soldiers, are under police investigation on suspicion of producing or circulating pro-North Korean materials on the Internet in breach of the National Security Law, police said Wednesday.The people under probe are suspected o
Social AffairsOct. 19, 2011
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Multiple citizenship holders banned from becoming judges, prosecutors
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Yonhap) -- Multiple citizenship holders will be barred from joining courts or prosecutors' offices here as part of the government's efforts to better protect national security, the Justice Ministry said Wednesday.Under the legal revision drafted by the ministry earlier this week, mul
Social AffairsOct. 19, 2011
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Obama to sign FTAs on Friday
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Barack Obama will sign the free trade accords with South Korea, Colombia and Panama on Friday, completing Washington's long-delayed legislative and administrative procedures necessary for the implementation of the deals, according to the White House.Oba
PoliticsOct. 19, 2011
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Lee to hold summit with Japan's prime minister
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was to hold a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Wednesday to talk mainly about bilateral relations, North Korea and a possible free trade agreement between the two neighbors.Noda arrived in Seoul on Wednesday for a t
PoliticsOct. 19, 2011
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S. Korean pilot under probe for pro-North Korea activities
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Yonhap) -- A local pilot with a South Korean passenger airline is under police investigation on suspicion of uploading pro-North Korean materials on the Internet in breach of the National Security Law, police said Wednesday.The 44-year-old plane captain surnamed Kim posted about 60 a
Social AffairsOct. 19, 2011
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Restaurateurs demand lower card costs
Tens of thousands of restaurant owners rally at Olympic Stadium in Seoul on Tuesday, demanding credit card firms lower commission rates for restaurants. (Park Hae-mook/The Korea Herald)In a rare collective action, owners of restaurants across the country rallied in Seoul on Tuesday, demanding a cut
Social AffairsOct. 18, 2011