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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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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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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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Sad night as U.S. envoy bids farewell
Strong Korea-U.S. bonds on show during dinner with friendsA lot can be said about the strong relationship between the United States and Korea but it is only during a special occasion that those emotions are demonstrated.U.S. Ambassador Kathleen Stephens held a reception last week to bid farewell to
Foreign AffairsSept. 25, 2011
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DP chooses ex-anchor as mayoral candidate
Park Young-sun to compete against Park Won-soon for sole liberal candidacy The main opposition Democratic Party selected its policy committee chief and former news anchorwoman Rep. Park Young-sun on Sunday as its candidate for the Oct. 26 Seoul mayoral by-election.In the selection process, split eve
PoliticsSept. 25, 2011
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3 killed in construction site collapse in Daejeon
DAEJEON (Yonhap News) -- Three workers were killed at a construction site in Daejeon, central South Korea, on Sunday, when they were accidentally buried alive while building underground drainage pipe networks, police said.The accident took place at 10 a.m. when the water-weakened ground near Gapcheo
Social AffairsSept. 25, 2011
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Appeals court recognizes first ever spousal rape
An appellate court here legally recognized spousal rape for the first time, ruling against a husband who was found to have forced himself upon his wife using a weapon, court officials said Sunday.(Yonhap News)The Seoul High Court sentenced a 40-year-old man to two years and six months in prison, sus
Social AffairsSept. 25, 2011
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S. Korea holds working-level talks with U.S. N. Korea policy coordination
South Korea held working-level talks with the U.S. as the two countries took steps to coordinate the direction of a looming U.S.-North meeting, sources said Saturday.The talks, held on Friday between Cho Hyun-dong, deputy head of Seoul's six-way talks team, and Edgard Kagan, director of the Office o
North KoreaSept. 24, 2011
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Wealth under borrowed names reach 5 tril. won: lawmaker
Wealth hidden under borrowed names in South Korea has reached nearly 5 trillion won ($4.28 billion), a lawmaker said Saturday.Based on data provided by the National Tax Service (NTS), Rep. Lee Jong-koo of the ruling Grand National Party said that wealth held under borrowed names, including securitie
PoliticsSept. 24, 2011
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Lee, Gates discuss ways to help developing nations
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak met with Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Friday anddiscussed ways to help people in developing countries in Africa andother parts of the world, a focus of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The meeting took place as Lee stopped in Seattle on his way
PoliticsSept. 24, 2011
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N. Korean leader meets Laos president: KCNA
SEOUL -- Laotian President Choummaly Sayasone wrapped up a three-day official visit to North Korea Friday after a meeting with leader Kim Jong-il, the North's media reported.The North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the two leaders met in the North's capital Pyongyang but gave no other deta
North KoreaSept. 23, 2011
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Chief of suspended savings bank found dead
Joint investigation team raids headquarters of seven savings banksThe chief of one of the seven local savings banks that were suspended last week due to capital shortages was found dead Friday in an apparent suicide, according to Seoul police.Jeong Gu-haeng, the 50-year-old head of Jeil 2 Savings Ba
Social AffairsSept. 23, 2011
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Na throws hat in ring for Seoul mayor
Rep. Na Kyung-won of the ruling Grand National Party on Friday made her Seoul mayoral bid official, a month ahead of the by-election. Na, elected to one of the seven members of the GNP’s supreme council in July, is expected to vie against former minister of government legislation Lee Seog-yeon, who
PoliticsSept. 23, 2011
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###Public-college-reform
Five public colleges face restructuring By Lee Woo-young The Education Ministry on Friday selected five public universities that will undergo a restructuring process in a bid to reform public universities and raise their competitiveness in the long term. The schools -- Kangwon and Gangneung-Wonju Na
Social AffairsSept. 23, 2011
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Kenyan fleeing forced marriage gets refugee status
An appellate court on Thursday granted refugee status to a Kenyan woman who fled her country to avoid marrying a man against her wishes as part of her tribe’s custom. The Seoul High Court’s administrative division ordered the Ministry of Justice to acknowledge the 43-year-old woman, known only by he
Social AffairsSept. 23, 2011
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Seoul seeks own missile defense system
Preliminary study on missile shield system to be completed by year-endThe South Korean military is seeking to develop its own version of the Patriot missile system, which is capable of intercepting North Korean ballistic missiles and fighter jets, multiple sources said Friday.It is pushing to build
DefenseSept. 23, 2011
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5 state-funded universities face forced restructuring
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- The education ministry has singled out five uncompetitive state-funded universities in preparation to force them to carry out reforms aimed at improving the quality of their education, officials said Friday.The move is the latest in a nationwide series of education reform
Social AffairsSept. 23, 2011
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Arrest warrant sought for former presidential aide on corruption charges
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors applied for an arrest warrant Friday for a former presidential aide accused of receiving bribes from a troubled savings bank that sought his influence to avoid suspension of operations. The Supreme Prosecutors' Office filed for the court-issued warrant in orde
Social AffairsSept. 23, 2011
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S. Korea to urge Japan to hold talks on wartime sex slaves
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's foreign minister plans to call on his Japanese counterpart this week to accept a proposal by Seoul to hold talks on the issue of compensation for Korean women forced into sexual slavery for Japan's World War II soldiers, a Seoul official said Friday. Foreign
Foreign AffairsSept. 23, 2011
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KEPCO to introduce new bill to control power use in emergencies
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state-run power company said Friday it seeks to introduce a new bill to regulate power consumption during emergencies following widespread blackouts that affected homes and businesses across the country last week. South Korea reported a nationwide power outa
PoliticsSept. 23, 2011
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Prosecutors raid 7 newly-suspended savings banks
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors on Friday raided seven savings banks whose operations were suspended last week due to large debts and insufficient capital in search of possible irregularities by the executives and large shareholders of the banks.Scores of prosecutors and police investigators
Social AffairsSept. 23, 2011
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Head of suspended savings bank found dead in apparent suicide
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- The head of one of the nation's seven savings banks whose operations were suspended due to capital shortages last week was found dead in an apparent suicide Friday, police said.Jeong Gu-haeng, 50-year-old president of Seoul's Jeil 2 Savings Bank, appears to have jumped fr
Social AffairsSept. 23, 2011
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Abortion rate in S. Korea on decline: health ministry
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- The number of abortions performed in South Korea has decreased sharply over the past three years, as married women got fewer abortions, the country's health ministry said Friday.According to the ministry, the number of abortions performed on every 1,000 fertile women reac
Social AffairsSept. 23, 2011