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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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Will tug-of-war between doctors, government end soon?
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Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth
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Trilateral talks acknowledge ‘serious’ slumps of won, yen
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[Graphic News] More Koreans say they plan long-distance trips this year
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[KH Explains] Hyundai's full hybrid edge to pay off amid slow transition to pure EVs
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North Korea removes streetlights along cross-border roads with South
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Russia's denial of entry of S. Korean national unrelated to bilateral ties: Seoul official
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Farming households dip below 1m for first time in 2023
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N. Korea increases imports of anti-riot gear from China
BEIJING, June 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has recently created a special police task force and bought large amounts of anti-riot gear from China in an apparent attempt to cope with any possible riots in the North, a source said Tuesday.The communist North purchased tear gas, helmets and shields through Chinese merchants in China's northeastern city of Shenyang in recent months, the source said.The
North KoreaJune 21, 2011
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Lee unveils plan to establish ‘Green Technology Center’
President Lee Myung-bak said Monday that South Korea will establish an international research center charged with developing environment-friendly “green” technologies in cooperation with leading research institutes from home and abroad.The establishment of the “Green Technology Center” is the latest in a series of projects that South Korea has pushed forward under Lee’s “green growth” campaign. La
Social AffairsJune 20, 2011
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Heat wave to grip nation
The Korea Meteorological Administration issued a heat wave alert for Seoul and adjacent areas at noon Monday, advising people to refrain from going outdoors.The unusually early hot weather will subside no later than Wednesday when the country enters rainy season, or jangma. According to the weather agency, the mercury in Seoul as well as Suwon, Gyeonggi Province and Chuncheon, Gangwon Province ros
Social AffairsJune 20, 2011
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Cabinet, panel agree on more police freedom
Plan to keep prosecution’s control of police, allow police right to open criminal probesThe special parliamentary committee on judicial reform passed on Monday the revision bill of the criminal action law to allow the police to hold independent authority over investigations, largely upholding the Cabinet’s earlier decision.The bill will be handed over to the legislation and judiciary committee and
PoliticsJune 20, 2011
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Court rules in favor of Hewlett-Packard domain rights
Korea’s Supreme Court ruled Monday that a U.S. decision to transfer the domain name “hpweb.com,” registered by a Korean national, to Hewlett-Packard Co. was appropriate. “The domain name ‘hpweb.com’ is confusingly similar to the HP mark. The plaintiff’s registering and perusal of the domain name amounts to cybersquatting under the U.S. federal law,” Judge Kim Ji-hyung said. A Korean surnamed Kim r
Social AffairsJune 20, 2011
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Seoul to discuss assets at N.K. resort this week
South Korea is likely to discuss with companies this week how to deal with North Korea’s request that Seoul promptly deal with the issue of disposing its assets in the North’s scenic mountain resort. The two Koreas had launched a joint tour project at the North’s Mount Geumgang in 1998 as a symbol of reconciliation. The tours, which had been one of impoverished Pyongyang’s main sources of income,
North KoreaJune 20, 2011
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Call center opened for foreign wives
POSCO Chairman Chung Joon-yang (fourth from left), Rep. Kim Hye-seong (fifth from left) and Paik Hee-young (sixth from left), minister of gender equality and family affairs, applaud at the opening ceremony of Danuri Call Center on Monday in Seoul. (Yonhap News)A call center was opened Monday to help foreign wives adjust to life in Korea. According to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Affa
Social AffairsJune 20, 2011
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Minister to visit New York on N.K., Ban
South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan will make a congratulatory speech on the reelection of Ban Ki-moon as the U.N. secretary-general in New York on Tuesday, after which he will hold talks with U.S. officials over North Korea’s nuclear standoff, the Seoul government said. Kim left for New York on Monday, four days ahead of his scheduled meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,
Foreign AffairsJune 20, 2011
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Defense chiefs of S. Korea and Sweden to hold talks
Defense chiefs of South Korea and Sweden will hold talks in Seoul on Tuesday to discuss ways to enhance bilateral military exchanges and cooperation in the defense industry, officials at the Ministry of National Defense said Monday.Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin and his Swedish counterpart Sten Tolgfors will also exchange views on issues concerning regional security and peace, officials said. Durin
DefenseJune 20, 2011
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GNP to kick off 2-week leadership race
Seven candidates have been confirmed for the Grand National Party leadership election on July 4 ― Reps. Park Jin, Nam Kyung-pil, Na Kyung-won, Yoo Seung-min, Hong Joon-pyo, Won Hee-ryeong and Kwon Young-se.The lineup of hopefuls to be party chair is dominated by relatively young lawmakers.Most are in their late 40s or early 50s. Even if 57-year-old Hong wins the vote, he may be considered a “young
PoliticsJune 20, 2011
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Ministry makes sex offender’s identity public
The personal information of a sex offender has been made available to his neighbors for public safety, the Ministry of Justice said Monday. This is the first time public notification of this kind has been implemented in Korea after a relevant law came into effect on April 6. According to the ministry, the offender, identified as a 37-year-old man living in an adjacent area of Seoul, was sentenced
Social AffairsJune 20, 2011
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[Herald Interview] Seoul shares bus network secrets with world cities
Seoul’s eco-friendly bus policy is good inspiration for green efforts by major cities throughout the world, a ranking official of the city government said.“Central governments talk a lot about climate change. But we in the cities are acting,” said Jeong Yon-chan, Seoul City’s assistant mayor of environmental protection headquarters, who attended the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit held in Sao Paul
Social AffairsJune 20, 2011
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‘No need for tactical nukes on peninsula’
USFK commander says timing of Seoul’s defense reform efforts is ‘right’U.S. Forces Korea commander Gen. Walter Sharp said Monday that tactical nuclear weapons do not need to be redeployed here, underscoring the U.S. security commitment to South Korea.With the North continuing to launch military provocations, some here have raised the need to station U.S. nuclear weapons here, all of which were wit
DefenseJune 20, 2011
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OECD chief sees no double dip
The world economy is seeing some signs of a slowdown due to the eurozone’s debt problems and a weak U.S. housing sector, but is not headed for a double-dip slump, Angel Gurria, secretary general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, said Monday.“No, that is not the case,” Gurria said when asked if recent signs of a slowdown pointed to the global economy facing another downt
Social AffairsJune 20, 2011
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Shift of mindset vital for green growth: UNESCAP
The most important shift from the current economic paradigm to a green growth paradigm is a shift of the mindset, Noeleen Heyzer, the executive secretary of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, said Monday.“We need to change the way we talk about green growth, which used to be seen simply as a reaction to climate change,” Heyzer said in an interview with Korean m
Social AffairsJune 20, 2011
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India releases oldest prisoner, aged 108
India's oldest inmate Brij Bihari Pandey was released at 108.LUCKNOW, India (AFP) - Prison authorities in India have released the country's oldest inmate, 108-year-old Brij Bihari Pandey, who was convicted of a murder he committed at the age of 84, officials said Saturday.Pandey, a Hindu priest, was freed on Friday by a court in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh on humanitarian grounds as prison
Foreign AffairsJune 20, 2011
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A man throws hot water in Starbucks worker’s face
A man allegedly threw a cup of scalding hot water into a barista’s face at Starbucks in San Diego on Thursday morning, Daily Mail reported.Now arrested on suspicion of battery, Dennis Christopher Lee, 58, came into the café and asked for a cup of hot water, which Starbucks provides for free.However, after the female barista served him, Lee started taking items from the condiments table. Since the
Social AffairsJune 20, 2011
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Alleged N. Korean police document reports case of cannibalism
SEOUL, June 20 (Yonhap) -- An alleged North Korean police document reported a case of cannibalism, a South Korean missionary group said Monday, a development, if confirmed, that could support what has long been rumored in the North.There have been accounts among some defectors of eating human flesh amid chronic food shortages that culminated in a massive famine in the late 1990s that was estimated
North KoreaJune 20, 2011
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Prosecution, police agree on gov't mediation on criminal law reform
SEOUL, June 20 (Yonhap) -- The prosecution and police on Monday agreed to end their long-standing disputes over the rights to open criminal investigations through government arbitration, officials said.According to the compromise agreement announced in the attendance of Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik, both parties agreed to the revision of the Criminal Procedure Code, which calls for granting police
PoliticsJune 20, 2011
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Hyundai Motor workers disciplined for online gambling at work
ULSAN, June 19 (Yonhap) -- An internal audit by Hyundai Motor Co. revealed that 97 workers have accessed Internet gambling sites at work, leading the company to discipline them for improper use of company computers, corporate officials said Sunday. The audit was launched in April after the company received a whistle-blower's tip that some employees on production lines were betting online with offi
Social AffairsJune 19, 2011