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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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Yellow dust engulfs S. Korea, advisory alert issued
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S. Korea to boost support for single-parent families
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Court upholds jail term for man who attempted to murder ex-girlfriend
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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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S. Korean religious leaders to meet Kim Jong-il next week
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- The heads of South Korea's seven largest religious orders are scheduled to travel to Pyongyang next week to hold a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, a rare suprapartisan move aimed at promoting a breakthrough in inter-Korean relations, sources said Thursday.Th
North KoreaSept. 15, 2011
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GNP turns to Na for mayoral race
Lawmaker fast narrowing opinion poll gap with liberal candidate ParkRep. Na Kyung-won of the Grand National Party is once again gaining momentum as the party’s likely candidate for next month’s race for Seoul mayor as the polls show her catching up with potential candidate Park Won-soon.According to
PoliticsSept. 15, 2011
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S. Korea proposes talks with Japan over comfort women
South Korea proposed an official bilateral discussion with Japan to address issues concerning former “comfort women” who were forcibly taken by its army for sexual slavery during World War II, officials said Thursday.It is the first time for Seoul to make such a proposal to the Tokyo government, whi
PoliticsSept. 15, 2011
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Three-way talks on gas pipeline speed up
South and North Korean officials visit Moscow simultaneouslyThe project to pipe Siberian gas through North Korea to South Korea, which is expected to be economically beneficial for all three countries, is shaping up as South and North Korean officials visit Moscow for working-level talks.Constructio
PoliticsSept. 15, 2011
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S. Korea, Colombia commit to concluding trade fact this year
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos pledged Thursday to significantly boost relations between the two countries and seek an early conclusion of a free trade agreement.The leaders agreed during summit talks in Seoul to upgrade their half-century-old relatio
Foreign AffairsSept. 15, 2011
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Loss of power threatens communications networks
With some cities including Wonju, Gangwon Province, without power for more than 40 minutes Thursday, outages left telecommunications companies hoping their emergency generators could hold out.The power cuts began to occur at 3:30 p.m. According to the Korea Electric Power Corp., the power plants wer
Social AffairsSept. 15, 2011
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Blackouts shut banks, businesses, schools
People trapped in elevators; banking services stop; college application delayedRare power outages that struck across the nation Thursday halted businesses and hampered people’s daily activities.The blackouts hit right before the entrance application deadline for prospective Kookmin University studen
Social AffairsSept. 15, 2011
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Heat wave to continue until Friday
The heat wave, cited as of the causes for Thursday’s widespread power outage, is to continue through Friday, according to the state weather agency.The Korea Meteorological Administration said that as a high-pressure system has settled over the nation, the temperatures surged with those in some south
Social AffairsSept. 15, 2011
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U.S. spy plane to begin flights near DMZ
The U.S. is poised to start flying a spy plane near the Demilitarized Zone to acquire further intelligence on North Korea, a report said.In an article dated Monday, the Stars and Stripes, a U.S. military newspaper, quoted U.S. Air Force officials as saying the U.S. was negotiating with South Korea t
DefenseSept. 15, 2011
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Military to assign more women to combat duties
The military will place female officers in more combat duties that have so far been closed to them, a senior official said Thursday.Boo Jae-won, head of the personnel planning bureau at the defense ministry, said 12 combat branches will be open to female soldiers from 2012 to 2014.“We will open up a
DefenseSept. 15, 2011
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Health minister nominee won’t raise cigarette prices excessively
Health and Welfare Minister-nominee Rim Che-min indicated Thursday that he will not seek to raise cigarette prices excessively during his term. In the National Assembly’s confirmation hearing Thursday, Rim said tobacco prices are closely related to everyday lives of ordinary people. Asked by Re
PoliticsSept. 15, 2011
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Korea, Colombia agree to seal trade deal this year
President Lee Myung-bak and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday agreed to seek an early conclusion of a free trade agreement and to develop bilateral relations beyond economic interests.The two leaders agreed to upgrade their half-century-old ties to a “strategic cooperative partnersh
PoliticsSept. 15, 2011
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Universities resist, bow to reforms
The recent government announcement of a list of 43 poorly managed universities to face subsidy cuts or closure has not only spurred reform efforts but provoked resistance.Forty-seven faculty members of Seoul-based Chugye University for the Arts on Wednesday announced their resignation in protest of
Social AffairsSept. 15, 2011
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Toxic substance found in military antiseptics
The military used antiseptics containing toxic substances over the past two years a government report said on Thursday.According to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, a public contractor had supplied the DAPA with antiseptics that were 7 to 40 percent industrial methanol, for two years,
Social AffairsSept. 15, 2011
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Lockheed to assemble Korean T-50 jets
U.S. company hints at transferring some of stealth technologies to S. KoreaFORT WORTH, Texas ― Lockheed Martin will establish facilities in the U.S. for the final assembly of Korea’s T-50 supersonic aircraft to meet the possible U.S. demand for trainer jets, a senior official at the defense giant sa
DefenseSept. 15, 2011
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Korean researcher appointed to U.N. panel
Kim Hyoun-soo, explosives expert at the state-funded Agency for Defense Development, has been appointed as a member of the International Explosives Technical Commission under the International Civil Aviation Organization, officials said Thursday.The 54-year-old researcher at the High Energy Density
Social AffairsSept. 15, 2011
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Jonathan Lee named Dokdo envoy
Teenager to campaign on green issues around Korean isletsYoung environmentalist Jonathan Lee has been named a goodwill ambassador to promote environmental protection for Dokdo, the easternmost islets of Korea.The North Gyeongsang provincial government, whose jurisdiction covers the islets, said Wedn
Social AffairsSept. 15, 2011
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Power blackouts strike across the country
Traffic lights are off at an intersection in Jung-gu, central Seoul, on Thursday, due to a nationwide power outage. (Yonhap News)Seoul and many other parts in Korea suffered power cuts on Thursday as the unseasonable heat drove up electricity consumption beyond capacity.According to the Korea Electr
Social AffairsSept. 15, 2011
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Military to assign more women to combat duties
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- The military will place female officers in more combat duties that have so far been closed to them, a senior official said Thursday.Boo Jae-won, head of the personnel planning bureau at the defense ministry, said 12 combat branches will be open to female soldiers from 201
DefenseSept. 15, 2011
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S. Korea proposes talks with Japan over wartime sex slaves
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Thursday proposed holding talks with Japan to discuss the issue of Tokyo's sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War II, an issue that has long been one of the thorns in relations between the two nations.The Foreign Ministry called in Nobukatsu Ka
PoliticsSept. 15, 2011