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What is Hybe’s next move?
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Medical profs at top hospitals suspend surgeries, clinics
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Samsung chip business back on track, logs W1.9tr operating profit in Q1
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Hopes rise for possible Gaza truce deal
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Shinsegae faces showdown with investors over SSG.com's delayed IPO
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Ex-pro baseball player who killed debtor appeals sentence
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S. Korea to issue travel ban on Haiti amid intensifying gang violence
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Seventeen shows who is the ‘Maestro’ of K-pop in greatest hits album
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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Around 50% of people with disabilities aged 65 or above: report
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Thai envoy hits out at hospital where wife died
Thai Ambassador Chaiyong Satjipanon has claimed that mistakes made by a hospital known for treating expats and diplomats contributed to the death of his wife. Thitinart Satjipanon died Monday after a heart attack put her in a coma for two days.She was admitted to Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital
Foreign AffairsSept. 22, 2011
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S. Korea, U.S. to discuss deterrence of N.K. threats
South Korea and the U.S. held their regular security talks in Seoul on Thursday to discuss security conditions on the Korean Peninsula and other alliance issues.Deputy Minister for Policy Lim Gwan-bin and Michael Schiffer, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense for East Asia, led the 29th Securi
DefenseSept. 22, 2011
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Plan to deploy new weapon in trouble
Report says one in 10 low-level officers needs psychiatric counselingThe military has questioned the ability of a new weapon planned for deployment next year to neutralize long-range artillery in North Korea, a lawmaker said Thursday.According to Rep. Kim Hak-song of the ruling Grand National Party,
DefenseSept. 22, 2011
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More foreigners apply to major in Korean studies: report
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Yonhap) -- A growing number of foreigners are interested in studying about Korea, spurred by the growing cultural power of Asia's fourth-largest economy, a report showed Thursday. Foreigners who applied for the Graduate School of Korean Studies (GSKS) at the state-run Academy of Kor
Social AffairsSept. 22, 2011
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Lee, Japan's new PM agree to work together on N. Korea, bilateral relations
NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Japan's new prime minister, Yoshihiko Noda, agreed Wednesday to cooperate closely in dealing with North Korea and moving relations between the two countries forward as they held their first face-to-face talks in New York."I expe
PoliticsSept. 22, 2011
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S. Korea ready to help N. Korea if it forsakes nuclear ambitions: Lee
NEW YORK (Yonhap News) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak urged North Korea Wednesday to break its self-imposed isolation and join the international community by forsaking its nuclear ambitions, declaring that Seoul is ready to help its impoverished neighbor if it makes the strategic decision.
PoliticsSept. 22, 2011
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Obama warns N. Korea of more 'pressure, isolation'
NEW YORK (Yonhap News) -- U.S. President Barack Obama warned Wednesday that North Korea will face "greater pressure and isolation" should it continue nuclear weapons development andhostile actions against South Korea."North Korea has yet to take concrete steps toward abandoning its weapons, and cont
North KoreaSept. 22, 2011
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Emerging economies should play greater roles in global financial turmoil: Lee
NEW YORK (Yonhap News) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak met a global economic leader in New York Wednesday, proposing that emerging economies should play greater roles in resolving the current world financial turmoil, his office said.The world financial crisis was a key topic when Lee met wit
PoliticsSept. 21, 2011
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Koreas fail to agree on terms of resuming six-party talks
BEIJING (Yonhap News) -- The nuclear envoys of South and North Korea met for three hours in Beijing on Wednesday but failed to agree on terms of re-starting stalled six-party talks on the North's nuclear programs, both sides said. Wi Sung-lac of South Korea and Ri Yong-ho of North Korea parted
North KoreaSept. 21, 2011
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Universities face inquiry on foreign student management
The Education Ministry will select the bottom 15 percent of universities which poorly manage international students, and restrict visa issuance, while disclosing their list as well, in an extension of its efforts to restructure badly managed universities.It plans to conduct inquiry into schools with
Social AffairsSept. 21, 2011
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Lee calls for N. Korea to denuclearize
NEW YORK (Yonhap News) ― South Korean President Lee Myung-bak urged North Korea on Tuesday to give up its nuclear programs, saying denuclearization is a key first step toward eventual unification of the two divided states.Lee made the appeal during a speech after receiving a global leadership award
Foreign AffairsSept. 21, 2011
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Agency mulled to coordinate state projects
A presidential advisory panel is seeking to establish an independent state agency to handle regional and interclass conflicts over state projects.A slew of state projects pursued by the Lee Myung-bak administration engendered confusion and contention in different regions as their locations were undi
Social AffairsSept. 21, 2011
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Seoul education chief indicted, suspended
Prosecutors on Wednesday indicted Kwak No-hyun, Seoul’s education superintendent, on charges of buying his rival candidate out of last year’s election. His job as Seoul education chief was immediately suspended in accordance with a provincial educational law. Lim Seung-bin, deputy chief, will serve
Social AffairsSept. 21, 2011
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Divorce rate soars among baby boomers: data
Divorce among those in their 50s has increased rapidly, taking up to one-seventh of the total divorce cases last year. This contrasts with the overall decline in divorce in the country. According to the Supreme Court and the Statistics Korea, a total of 15,813 divorce cases involving husbands betwee
Social AffairsSept. 21, 2011
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Parliament approves Yang as chief justice
The National Assembly approved the long-stalled bill confirming former Supreme Court justice Yang Sung-tae as chief justice, narrowly avoiding the possible vacuum in the top bench.In the parliament’s general meeting held on Wednesday, the bill was passed with consent of 227 of 245 lawmakers present.
PoliticsSept. 21, 2011
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Activists launch mayoral candidacy
Park vows to scrap Han River canal project; Lee hints at joining GNP raceTwo non-partisan civic leaders announced their candidacy for the Oct. 26 Seoul mayoral by-election on Wednesday, drawing attention to whether they will unite with the ruling or main opposition parties.“I am a candidate embracea
PoliticsSept. 21, 2011
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Seven religious leaders visit North Korea
Heads of South Korea’s seven key religious orders on Wednesday arrived in North Korea in an unprecedented trip aimed at helping bring the two Koreas back onto a path of reconciliation and cooperation.The 24-person delegation, including the seven leaders, flew to Pyongyang via China’s Shenyang. It pl
North KoreaSept. 21, 2011
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‘Reunification should be safe, gradual’
Chief of unification think tank stresses importance of two-track strategySouth Korea must pursue a safe, gradual reunification with North Korea in a process where the reclusive regime will feel enough time and room for change, the new chief of Seoul’s state-run think tank on unification said.“As a r
North KoreaSept. 21, 2011
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Fans donate with unusual birthday gifts
People traditionally receive gifts on their birthdays, not give them. But Korean celebrities and their fans are changing this practice by replacing birthday gifts with charity donations. The idea being that “to give is to receive.”Celebrities’ birthdays are big events for their loyal fans. Fan clubs
Sept. 21, 2011
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Bazaar for Korean Red Cross
The Korean Red Cross is to hold its annual bazaar in Seoul on Wednesday, Sept. 28. The event is to run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the B Hall on the first floor of COEX. The charity is to sell traditional Korean foodstuffs including cooking pastes, fruits, and red ginseng as well as clothes, accessori
Sept. 21, 2011