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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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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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[Herald Interview] Guggenheim Museum makes a push for technology-based art with LG
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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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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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'The Roundup: Punishment' becomes fastest 2024 film to top 2 mln admissions
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New chief named to anti-corruption body
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[Music in drama] An ode to childhood trauma
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Int'l military report considers Korean Peninsula most 'dangerous' since Korean War
The Korean Peninsula is experiencing its most "dangerous" period since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War in light of North Korean provocations last year, an international military report showed Wednesday. The 2011 edition of the annual Military Balance, published bythe London-based think tank International Institute for StrategicStudies (IISS), said international tensions rose across the worldin
DefenseMarch 9, 2011
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Elderly suicides on rise in S. Korea: study
South Korea has seen a dramatic rise in suicides of economically strapped elderly people over the last two decades, a study revealed Wednesday, calling public attention to the dark aspects of the nation's rapidly aging society. The suicide ratio for those aged over 65 jumped to 77 per100,000 population in 2009, an over five-fold surge from 14recorded in 1990, according to Hallym University's Ins
Social AffairsMarch 9, 2011
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Students support physical punishment: report
While most students as well as human rights activists support the abolition of corporal punishment, some want to keep the tradition, believing it to be effective. Students at St Augustine High School, in New Orleans, Louisiana, rallied in support of physical punishment at school, according to Fox news.Director's assistant Tommy Curtain conducts practice of the St. Augustine High School marching ba
Social AffairsMarch 9, 2011
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Obama lauds S. Korea's education system
U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday called on the U.S. to benchmark South Korea in rebuilding the country through educational reform. "In South Korea, teachers are known as 'nation builders,'" Obama said during a classroom visit at Tech Boston Academy in Massachusetts' capital city. "That's how they're described. Here in America, it's time we treated the people who educate our children with the
PoliticsMarch 9, 2011
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Gadhafi is ‘great psychologist,’ says Ukrainian nurse
A Ukrainian nurse who worked for Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi told a TVI reporter that he is in good health and a “great psychologist,” according to the Telegraph. The most well-known of Gaddafi's nurses was Galyna Kolotnytska. US diplomats believe she may have been the Libyan dictator's lover as well as his nurse. (AP)In the interview aired last Saturday, Gadhafi’s nurse -- only identified by he
Foreign AffairsMarch 9, 2011
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Campus cleaners strike over pay
Cleaners at three major private universities in Seoul went on strike Tuesday, calling for wage raise.About 860 cleaners and janitors of Korea University, Ewha Womans University and Yonsei University started the sit-in at 6 a.m.More than 86 percent of the unionized workers at the schools agreed to strike in a recent vote. A labor group representing the cleaners, under the hardline umbrella union th
Social AffairsMarch 9, 2011
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State secrets believed leaked to Chinese mistress
Three S. Korean diplomats in Shanghai alleged to have given informationSuspicions of an espionage scheme are snowballing as at least three former South Korean diplomats are believed to have leaked confidential government information to a Chinese woman they had affairs with in Shanghai. The data thought to be leaked to the Chinese woman surnamed Deng includes visa records, documents on the Foreign
Social AffairsMarch 8, 2011
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Seoul to streamline military leadership
The Ministry of National Defense on Tuesday confirmed its plan to revamp the top military command structure for the first time in some 20 years in efforts to enhance interoperability among all military branches.It has also confirmed a series of measures to counter North Korea’s possible provocations and its asymmetrical military threats, streamline the military structure and deal with other types
DefenseMarch 8, 2011
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Top U.S. officials due here for talks on North Korea
New USFK commander visits SeoulSEOUL/WASHINGTON ― Senior U.S. officials will travel to South Korea later this week to discuss North Korea, bilateral ties and other issues of bilateral and regional concern, the State Department said Monday.Kurt Campbell, assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs, “arrives in Seoul on March 12, and he will meet with senior officials,” Philip Cro
Foreign AffairsMarch 8, 2011
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S. Korea, Japan discuss N.K. uranium program
Nuclear envoys of South Korea and Japan discussed how to deal with North Korea’s renewed uranium enrichment activities and the terms of resuming multinational talks on Pyongyang’s denuclearization in Seoul on Tuesday. The meeting comes as tensions on the Korean Peninsula continue to run high over the communist North’s ongoing nuclear ambitions as well as the issue of repatriating dozens of North K
Foreign AffairsMarch 8, 2011
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Chief auditor nominee faces tough questions
Chief state auditor nominee Yang Kun faced tough questions about his moral standards and professional independence on the first day of his parliamentary confirmation hearing Tuesday.President Lee Myung-bak last month nominated the law professor of Hanyang University to be chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection, which has been vacant for five months. The former audit chief Kim Hwang-sik was
PoliticsMarch 8, 2011
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Seoul to bolster cyber security
Seoul plans to expand the scope of its cyber security efforts and recruit more security staff following recent denial-of-service attacks on government and financial institutions.The Seoul Metropolitan Government’s u-Total Security Center will grow to include its data center in an effort to stay ahead of increasingly professional and intelligent cyber threats, officials said Tuesday.The data center
Social AffairsMarch 8, 2011
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Automated immigration system to be expanded
South Korea will expand the use of an automated immigration system at international airports and seaports nationwide in the first half of this year in a bid to make traveling more convenient for foreign tourists, the Ministry of Justice said Tuesday.Justice Minister Lee Kwi-nam unveiled the plan while meeting with chiefs of the culture ministry, state tourism agencies and Incheon International Air
Social AffairsMarch 8, 2011
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Korean university libraries trail behind America’s
Korean university libraries’ stock of books is dismal compared to their U.S. counterparts, questioning the basic foundation of academia here, according to research released Tuesday.Korea’s largest university library falls only slightly ahead of the institute ranked 39th among North American universities. A 2010 study by the Korea Education & Research Information Service placed Seoul National Unive
Social AffairsMarch 8, 2011
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Hospital staff levels lag OECD average
Korea has more hospitals than the OECD average, but they are staffed below the normal rate, raising concerns over the quality of the country’s medical services. According to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, there are 81,681 medical facilities nationwide, including hospitals, clinics, public healthcare centers, maternity nursing care centers, dentists, pharmacies and Oriental med
Social AffairsMarch 8, 2011
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Orange Ball highlights 50 years of ties
The Dutch community is planning an event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between South Korea and the Netherlands.The highlight of the festive program includes a performance by Dutch pop showband “Beethoven.”Besides dinner and dancing, an extra attraction will be an intermezzo in which an example of Korean culture will be presented.In order to boost
Foreign AffairsMarch 8, 2011
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Subways outnumber McDonald's worldwide
(AP)Subway now has more restaurants worldwide than McDonald's.The sandwich chain surpassed the world's largest hamburger chain in terms of number of stores in the U.S. in 2002 and now it has taken the global lead.Subway had 33,749 restaurants worldwide at the end of last year, according to the company. McDonald's Corp. had 32,737, according a regulatory filing.McDonald's, however, remains the indu
NationalMarch 8, 2011
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[Photo] LIVE-FIRE DRILLS -- A U.S. Stryker unit engages in a live-fire exercise
LIVE-FIRE DRILLS -- A U.S. Stryker unit engages in a live-fire exercise as part of the ongoing Foal Eagle field training exercise in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, Monday. (Park Hyun-koo/ The Korea Herald)
DefenseMarch 8, 2011
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Diplomatic documents, politicians' numbers leaked to Chinese woman
Diplomatic documents and the contact information for South Korean political heavyweights have been leaked to a Chinese woman suspected of having an affair with a Korean consulate officer in China, sources familiar with the issue said Tuesday.The latest revelation comes after the 41-year-old consular officer in Shanghai last month resigned while the Ministry of Justice was widening its probe into a
Foreign AffairsMarch 8, 2011
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Lee calls for utmost efforts to ease public anxiety about inflation
President Lee Myung-bak urged his government Tuesday to ramp up efforts to alleviate public worries over inflation, saying the problem is something of "the inevitable" under the current economic situations at home and abroad, according to his office Cheong Wa Dae. "The consumer price problem has an inevitable aspect due to climate change, hikes in international law material prices, and other fac
PoliticsMarch 8, 2011