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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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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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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Ex-leader Roh’s loyalist becomes minority party chief
Rhyu Si-min, a loyal supporter of the late President Roh Moo-hyun and one of the nation’s most influential liberal politicians, was elected chief of a minority left-leaning party over the weekend, taking a step toward his likely goal to become president in 2012. Rhyu, who served as welfare minister under Roh and is especially popular among the progressive younger generation here, will likely seek
PoliticsMarch 20, 2011
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Gangnam to offer customized safety services to foreign residents
Gangnam-gu Office will offer customized safety services to foreign residents in cooperation with district police stations, officials said Sunday. The district office said it will sign a memorandum of understanding with the Gangnam and Seocho police stations Tuesday. Foreign nationals who cannot speak Korean well have sometimes become easy targets for crimes here. So, as part of the MOU, a matching
Social AffairsMarch 20, 2011
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Battle to recognize fishermen’s sacrifice continues
On April 2 of last year, a week after the sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan, a small fishing boat collided with a Cambodian cargo ship and sank in the West Sea. Nine fishermen, who were aboard the ill-fated private trawler “Geumyang 98” ― mobilized by the government to assist in the search for the missing sailors of the sunken warship ― never returned to their families. Only two bodies w
PoliticsMarch 20, 2011
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Cheonan sinking reshapes military strategies
S. Korean Armed Forces focus on combined capability, countering asymmetrical threatsThis is the first of a two-part series to mark the first anniversary of the sinking of the corvette Cheonan. ― Ed.North Korea’s torpedo attack on the corvette Cheonan a year ago has prompted South Korea to reshape its military strategies against the belligerent neighbor and sharply raised public security awareness.
DefenseMarch 20, 2011
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Report paints stark reality for North Koreans
The belief that South and North Korea are “one nation” might be a fantastic idea in theory, but it does not reflect the reality of the situation.Last week, the British and Netherlands Embassies co-hosted a seminar with the Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights to highlight and discuss the launch of reports about the integration of North Korean defectors in South Korea and the violence a
Foreign AffairsMarch 20, 2011
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Southeast Asia guidebook for teens
The ASEAN-Korea Centre has published “ASEAN and Korea, We Are Friends,” a guidebook for teenagers.“It is a booklet designed for junior and high school students in Korea so that they can learn about our close neighbor ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations),” said secretary general Cho Young-jai.The book provides introductory information on the block’s relations with Korea and its ten member
Foreign AffairsMarch 20, 2011
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Paraguay River development key to economic growth
No matter the riches and opportunities Paraguay offers, the growth of this Latin American country’s export industries is hindered by its location.A landlocked country, Paraguay’s plan to become a regional hub for Asian products relies heavily on its main waterway, the Paraguay River, the backbone that connects Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina to the vital shipping lanes of the Atlantic Oce
Foreign AffairsMarch 20, 2011
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New envoy holds new vision for Ecuador
Adding value needed to break South American nation’s cycle of povertyThe new Ecuador ambassador has arrived with a plan: to ask Korean companies and officials to have vision and realize that Ecuador is not the same country that it was many years ago.“We are building an infrastructure for Ecuador that will help us get out of this circle of poverty,” Nicolas Trujillo told The Korea Herald during his
Foreign AffairsMarch 20, 2011
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Donations to Red Cross campaign for Japan quake victims top W10 bln
The Korea National Red Cross (KNRC) has collected more than 10 billion won (US$8.9 million) in a national fundraising campaign for those affected by Japan's massive earthquake and tsunami. South Koreans from all walks of life donated 10.5 billion won in 532,000 cases to the KNRC as of Saturday, the sixth day of the campaign, KNRC officials said. Among the top donors were Korean TV stars popular
Social AffairsMarch 20, 2011
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KTX train breaks down in tunnel due to unknown problem
BUSAN (Yonhap) -- A KTX bullet train abruptly stopped for an unknown reason inside a tunnel shortly after departing from Busan for Seoul on Sunday, paralyzing Seoul-bound railway traffic for about an hour, railway officials said. The train came to an unscheduled halt at 12:13 p.m. inside the 20.3 kilometer-long Geumjeong tunnel on the outskirts of Busan, the longest in the country. The stop
Social AffairsMarch 20, 2011
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Maximum prison term for brutal murderers to double to 50 years
The Supreme Court will hold its sentencing council meeting on Monday to finalize a new set of sentencing guidelines that call for increasing the maximum prison sentence for brutal murderers to 50 years, officials said Sunday. Under the new guidelines prepared following last year's revision of the criminal law, those convicted of killing more than two people in a premeditated or cruel manner wi
Social AffairsMarch 20, 2011
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Yellow dust from China contains radioactive substance: institute
Yellow dust blowing over South Korea every year from China is believed to contain radioactive materials presumed to have been leaked from nuclear power plants in the neighboring country, a state think tank said Sunday. Small amounts of cesium-137, a highly radioactive material, have been detected in the air and surface of South Korea between February and April, when the dust gets most serious, o
Social AffairsMarch 20, 2011
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Japan promises to keep S. Korea up to date on nuclear accident situation
Japan on Saturday promised to keep South Korea up to date on the situation at a quake-stricken atomic power plant, an official said, amid fears of a potential nuclear disaster in the country. Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto briefed his South Korean counterpart, Kim Sung-hwan, on efforts to cool down nuclear reactors and fuel rods at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant during a bilat
Foreign AffairsMarch 20, 2011
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97 Korean nationals confirmed alive in Japan
Ninety-seven of the 102 Korean nationals who were reported missing in Japan's Iwate prefecture have been confirmed alive, Seoul's foreign ministry said Saturday. However, the fate of the remaining five Koreans in Iwate and 90 others in Sendai has yet to be confirmed, a ministry official said. Meanwhile, South Korea has sent 100 tons of bottled water and six thousand blankets in emergency aid
Social AffairsMarch 20, 2011
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One year after N. Korea's warship attack, Seoul reinforces military posture
This Saturday, the nation will mark the first anniversary of its worst peacetime naval disaster. On the night of March 26 last year, a 1,200-ton South Korean Navy patrol ship, Cheonan, sank just south of the tense Yellow Sea border with North Korea, killing 46 of its 104 sailors. The cause of the South Korean Navy's nightmarish experience, which severely stunned and saddened people across th
DefenseMarch 20, 2011
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S. Korea to attend UN meeting on counter-piracy
South Korea will attend a U.N. meeting to be held in New York next week to discuss counter-measures against piracy off the coast of Somalia, the foreign ministry said Saturday. "The Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia" will be attended by 150 delegates from 50 countries and 10 international organizations, the ministry said in a statement. (Yonhap News)
Foreign AffairsMarch 20, 2011
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S. Korea, Japan, China agree to boost cooperation in disaster management, nuclear safety
KYOTO, Japan -- South Korea, Japan and China agreed Saturday to work closely together in disaster management and nuclear safety as their foreign ministers met for annual talks that were heavily overshadowed by a devastating earthquake and nuclear crisis. South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi began the
Foreign AffairsMarch 20, 2011
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N. Korean leader cherishes memory of late Hyundai founder
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has sent a verbal message to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of a noted South Korean industrialist who pioneered cross-border economic projects, the North's media said Saturday. Chung Ju-yung, the then chairman of Hyundai Group, initiated a series of major economic projects in North Korea starting in 1998, including a sightseeing tour to scenic M
North KoreaMarch 20, 2011
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S. Korean rescue team retreats from devastated Sendai
SEOUL/NIIGATA (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government has pulled all members of its rescue team sent to quake-stricken Japan out of the ravaged city of Sendai due to concerns about the workers' possible exposure to radiation, a senior government official said Saturday. "Some members of the team who had remained in Sendai are moving to Niigata, where the main force is staying," said the officia
Foreign AffairsMarch 19, 2011
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Forestry helicopter crash leaves one dead
SEOSAN (Yonhap) -- A South Korean forestry helicopter crashed into a reservoir Sunday, leaving one crew member dead while two others were rescued, authorities said. The Korea Forest Service (KFS) chopper carrying three crew members crashed into a reservoir in Seosan, some 277 kilometers south of Seoul, at 6:47 a.m., a few minutes after taking off for an extinguishing operation in the nearby M
Social AffairsMarch 19, 2011