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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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Kim Dong-wan and Ha Yu-mi top sharers
Pop star Kim Dong-wan of K-pop group Shinhwa, actress Ha Yu-mi and 20 other citizens were selected as “Nanumin (sharer) of the month” by the Ministry of Health and Welfare on Tuesday. At the award ceremony held at the Press Center in central Seoul, Vice Minister Choi Won-young and 12 recipients shar
Sept. 21, 2011
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Woman travels to Angel House after KH article
A Filipina-American nurse scheduled her trip from California to South Korea to visit a disabled people’s home and its volunteers after reading about them in The Korea Herald. Tess Ramoso emailed regular Angel House visitor Kiki Fastino because she was “inspired” by Kiki and the center. She visited t
Sept. 21, 2011
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Abductees in North Korea must not be forgotten
The South Korean government has “not done much” to help citizens abducted in the North, ministry officials here have admitted, suggesting that Seoul may use food aid to push the issue with the communist state in future. Senior officials for the unification and foreign affairs ministries at a confere
Sept. 21, 2011
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‘Just some bozo who decided to run’
Runner tells how U.K. comic inspired his ‘4in4’ MS marathon challengeTwo years ago, an unfit but determined British comedian called Eddie Izzard set off on an epic quest to run 1,000 miles around the U.K. The journey took about seven weeks. He was 47 and by his own account “had only run a little bit
Sept. 21, 2011
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Gov't to single out universities with poor int'l student program
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- The education ministry will accredit universities that do well in attracting and educating foreign students and screen low-performing colleges to limit visa approvals and other benefits, officials said Wednesday.The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said it wi
PoliticsSept. 21, 2011
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Five accused of making fake designer goods worth 42 billion won
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- Five suspected members of a South Korean smuggling ring have been arrested on suspicion of producing and selling counterfeit designer goods worth 42 billion won ($36.7 million), the country's customs office said Wednesday.One person was held in custody and four booked wit
Social AffairsSept. 21, 2011
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S. Korean religious leaders head to N. Korea for rare visit
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- A group of South Korean religious leaders left for North Korea on Wednesday for a rare visit they said could contribute to peace and reconciliation on the divided peninsula.The seven leaders representing Catholics, Protestants, Buddhists and various ethnic religions plan
North KoreaSept. 21, 2011
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Koreas resume bilateral nuclear talks on disarmament steps
BEIJING, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- The chief nuclear negotiators of South and North Korea on Wednesday began a second round of talks to discuss terms for resuming the long-stalled six-nation talks on ending the North's nuclear weapons programs, officials said. During the talks, scheduled to last through
North KoreaSept. 21, 2011
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Lee calls for N. Korea's denuclearization as key precondition for unification
NEW YORK, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- 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
PoliticsSept. 21, 2011
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Savings banks face massive joint probe
The prosecution on Tuesday vowed to conduct a joint investigation with related state agencies such as the nation’s top financial regulator and the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation into corruption at mutual savings banks, signaling a tougher crackdown on bribery scandals ahead of major elections.T
Social AffairsSept. 20, 2011
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Savings banks face massive joint probe
The prosecution on Tuesday vowed to conduct a joint investigation with related state agencies such as the nation’s top financial regulator and the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation into corruption at mutual savings banks, signaling a tougher crackdown on bribery scandals ahead of major elections.T
Social AffairsSept. 20, 2011
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‘Tongyeong daughter’ alive in N. Korea
A South Korean woman and her two daughters, whose fate had been unknown after they were imprisoned in North Korea, are alive in a restricted area near the capital city of Pyongyang, an activist who works for the release of South Koreans kidnapped into the North here said Tuesday.Quoting an unnamed s
North KoreaSept. 20, 2011
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Lee visits New York to attend U.N. assembly
President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday arrived in New York to attend the United Nations general assembly and the U.N. high-level meeting on nuclear safety. Lee received a World Statesman of the Year Award from the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, an interfaith partnership of corporate and spiritual lead
Foreign AffairsSept. 20, 2011
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New minister Yu stresses flexibility in inter-Korean ties
South Korea’s unification minister expressed optimism on thawing inter-Korean ties Tuesday, as the nuclear envoys of the two Koreas were set to hold more talks over resuming regional denuclearization talks. Yu Woo-ik, inaugurated as Seoul’s new unification minister on Monday, said his government “be
North KoreaSept. 20, 2011
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Lee to run as independent candidate
Lawyer Na most likely to win GNP ticket to Oct. 26 mayoral by-electionConservatives’ attempt to form a united front in the Seoul mayoral by-election hit a snag Tuesday, after Lee Seog-yeon, a lawyer backed by right-leaning civil groups, decided to run independently. Some 200 conservative civic activ
PoliticsSept. 20, 2011
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314 die each year from overwork
An average of 314 workers die every year of “karoshi,” or death from overwork, the Ministry of Employment and Labor said Tuesday. Among males, occupational death is detected the most in high ranking workers, while for females, it was laborers that died the most frequently from overwork.According to
Social AffairsSept. 20, 2011
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Ex-president’s grandson rides coattails to Yonsei University
A grandson of former President Kim Young-sam has been admitted to Yonsei University as a “social contributor,” partly thanks to his grandfather’s legacy, it was revealed Tuesday. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said there had been no irregularities involved in the process. At the N
Social AffairsSept. 20, 2011
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FSS deputy chief entangled in savings bank graft case
An indicted lobbyist has told prosecutors investigating the illegal lobbying scandal of Busan Mutual Savings Bank that he delivered gift certificates worth tens of millions of won to a deputy chief of the nation’s top financial regulator. Park Won-ho, one of the three senior deputy governors of the
Social AffairsSept. 20, 2011
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Suicide for men in 50s quadruples over 20 years
The suicide rate for men in their 50s has soared, driven by a combination of economic hardship and poor health, reports from Statistics Office and Police Agency showed Tuesday.The suicide rate for men aged 50-54 was 62.4 per 100,000 persons in 2009, quadrupling from 20 years ago. It is the highest s
Social AffairsSept. 20, 2011
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Seoul to step up N.K. monitoring
Report says combat readiness of rapid response forces is poorSouth Korea will deploy high-tech military monitoring equipment worth 90.3 billion won ($78.7 million) to the western border islands by next year to keep closer tabs on North Korean movements, a Defense Ministry report said Tuesday.Accordi
DefenseSept. 20, 2011