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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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S. Korea, Japan could consider simplified entry agreement: Seoul official
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Doctor group's incoming head renews call for govt. to scrap medical school quota hike for dialogue
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'The Roundup: Punishment' becomes fastest 2024 film to top 2 mln admissions
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[Music in drama] An ode to childhood trauma
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New head of doctors' association vows war in case of disadvantage to medical professors
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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N.Korea to convene parliament in April
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's youngest son and a four-star general Kim Jong Un attends a Lantern Festival concert in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP-Yonhap News)SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea said on Friday it would call its parliament into session in April, with attention focused on whether heir apparent Kim Jong-Un will be further promoted.The fourth session of the 12th Supreme People's Assembly will
North KoreaMarch 18, 2011
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Japanese cabinet secretary’s pic highlights stress of crisis
A recent picture of Japan’s chief cabinet secretary Yukio Edano has brought sympathy from people online. Two pictures of him, one before the 9.0 earthquake and tsunami hit Japan and the other after the quake show how much he has been struggling in the wake of the natural disaster and nuclear crisis. The second picture, taken at a televised briefing, shows his physical fatigue and the effects of th
PoliticsMarch 18, 2011
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N. Korea to convene rubber-stamp parliament in April
North Korea said Friday it will convene its rubber-stamp parliament next month, amid growing speculation that its leader-in-waiting Kim Jong-un may be well on his path to consolidating his power base.The communist state's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a two-paragraph report that the Supreme People's Assembly will convene on April 7 for its fourth session since being elected.Th
North KoreaMarch 18, 2011
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NK proposes inter-Korean talks on possible Mt. Baekdu volcano
North Korea on Thursday proposed holding talks with South Korea on possible volcanic activities at its landmark mountain, Seoul's Unification Ministry said, amid reports of a looming eruption there that could affect the entire peninsula. Mount Paekdu, North Korea's highest mountain on the border with China, last erupted in 1903, but experts have warned that it may have an active core, citing top
PoliticsMarch 17, 2011
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‘Japan radiation crisis unlikely to spread to Korea’
Recent explosions at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in northeastern Japan will have no serious impact in Korea, experts said in a conference Thursday. The Korea Green Foundation, a leading environmental group here, held an academic conference on the impact of the deepening nuclear crisis in earthquake-hit Japan. “Considering the long distance from here and the radiation level is dilu
Social AffairsMarch 17, 2011
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Seoul advises citizens to keep away from Fukushima plant
South Korea is advising its citizens in Japan to evacuate to safe areas outside a radius of 80 kilometers from the quake-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan said Thursday.It had previously told Korean nationals to stay at least 30 kilometers away from the troubled plant. However, it has increased the safety distance as concerns over rising radiation levels are mo
PoliticsMarch 17, 2011
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Radiation detectors installed at airport
The Korean government installed two radiation-detecting gates at Incheon International Airport on Thursday amid the widening nuclear crisis in earthquake-hit Japan. According to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety, travelers coming from Japan, if they want, are to pass between two poles after immigration checks. A flight passenger from Japan
Social AffairsMarch 17, 2011
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Employment tips for Korea’s cutthroat job market
Cho Su-hee has been interested in music for as long as she can remember, so when she enrolled at the Catholic University of Korea deciding to aim for the music industry was an easy decision.However, that was the only easy part about finding employment for Cho, who had to start building her resume as a freshman, and now steps into the world of employment as a senior.And with recruitment season in f
Social AffairsMarch 17, 2011
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Vice minister consoles Japanese spouses here
A government minister visited Japanese spouses living in Korea on Thursday to offer his consolation over the damage caused by the magnitude-9.0 earthquake, tsunami and ensuing nuclear crisis. Kim Kyo-sik, vice minister of gender equality and family affairs, had tea at the multicultural center in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, with 10 Japanese women who have settled in Korea through marriage. Four o
Social AffairsMarch 17, 2011
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Source of radioactivity rumor caught
An office worker in his 20s was apprehended Thursday for spreading groundless rumors that radioactive material from the damaged nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan, would reach Korea. The rumors elevated anxiety among people here who were already taken aback by the disaster in the neighboring country.The police, however, said they had failed to detect any intention to shake up the stock market
Social AffairsMarch 17, 2011
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G8 ministers condemn N.K. uranium enrichment program
The Group of Eight industrialized nations condemned North Korea’s uranium enrichment program at a meeting of their foreign ministers held in Paris earlier this week, a South Korean official said Thursday.The G8 foreign ministers adopted a “chairman’s summary” after two days of talks concluded Tuesday, denouncing the North’s uranium program as a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions, the o
Foreign AffairsMarch 17, 2011
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Minister rejects N.K. offer of unconditional return to nuclear talks
Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan rejected North Korea’s recent suggestion that it is willing to unconditionally return to the nuclear negotiating table, saying Pyongyang should first demonstrate its denuclearization commitment through action.North Korea’s foreign ministry said Tuesday after talks with Russia’s chief nuclear envoy that it is ready to rejoin the stalled six-party talks without any pre
North KoreaMarch 17, 2011
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Lee calls for customized aid to Japan
President reaffirms safety of Korean nuclear power facilitiesPresident Lee Myung-bak on Thursday said that Korea should provide customized assistance to Japan as the neighboring country reels from its worst-ever recorded earthquake and tsunami.“Because we are close, we can send what Japan needs in the shortest period of time,” Lee told ruling Grand National Party chairman Ahn Sang-soo at the begin
PoliticsMarch 17, 2011
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Bae becomes U.S. academy vice rep.
A South Korean Air Force cadet receiving commissioned education at the U.S. Air Force Academy has become “vice wing commander,” the second highest cadet leadership position, since January, officials here said Thursday.Bae Jae-jin, 24, was given the honorable post on Jan. 2 for the first time as a foreign cadet in the 63-year history of the prestigious academy located in Colorado Springs, Colorado,
PoliticsMarch 17, 2011
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Earthquake Survival Guide to be available on smartphone apps
An earthquake survival manual will soon be distributed via news bulletins, smartphone apps and mobile games, the Seoul government said Tuesday.The natural disaster survival guide will also be available on the Seoul Metropolitan and other provincial governments’ websites. Elementary school children are hiding underneath the desk during a nationwide civil defense training. (Yonhap News)The manual wi
Social AffairsMarch 17, 2011
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‘Don’t give up, Japan’ vs. ‘Japan sinks’
After the devastation of the earthquake that hit Japan on March 11, some news outlets have been lambasted for the way they portrayed the tragic developments.Some Korean national newspapers are under fire for using a provocative headline; in contrast, a British paper sent a much-needed message of hope encouraging the Japanese to keep going, a move that prompted unanimous public praise. A growing nu
Social AffairsMarch 17, 2011
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S. Korea delays repatriation of N. Koreans, citing technical glitch
South Korea said Thursday it will delay the repatriation of 27 North Koreans who had been set to cross the Yellow Sea border later in the day without four others who have defected here, citing a malfunction in the fishing boatthat was to carry them back home.The Unification Ministry said in a message to reporters that the South Korean Red Cross notified its North Korean counterpart of the delay th
North KoreaMarch 17, 2011
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Five missing S. Koreans rescued in Japan
Five South Korean residents and travelers who went missing after a massive earthquake hit Japan's northeast region were rescued on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said. Members of a British search and rescue team begin their search for trapped people as snow falls in Kamaishi, Japan, Wednesday, March 16, 2011. Two search and rescue teams from the U.S. and a team from the U.K. with combined numbers
Social AffairsMarch 17, 2011
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Seoul to offer record aid to Japan
Korea sends drinking water, donations to quake-stricken neighborThe South Korean government is expected to provide its biggest-ever overseas disaster relief to Japan as the neighboring country suffers from the worst earthquake and tsunami in its recorded history.Including the aid supplies, the amount of Seoul’s relief for Japan is likely to exceed the $12.5 million provided to quake-stricken Haiti
PoliticsMarch 16, 2011
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Financial regulator, police, stock exchange probe radiation leak rumors
The state financial regulator has launched an inquiry into rumors about the possible effects of radioactive leakage from Japan on Korean soil, which apparently contributed to Tuesday’s plunge in Korean shares, officials said Wednesday.In tandem with the police and Korea Exchange Inc., the Financial Supervisory Service is investigating allegations that some people were trying to manipulate stock pr
PoliticsMarch 16, 2011