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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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[KH Explains] Will alternative trading platform shake up Korean stock market?
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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S. Korea lowers COVID-19 warning level, lifts last-remaining antivirus mandates
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Teenager steals car and takes off
A teenager fled in a car that was parked in front of a bakery in Suseong-dong on Sunday, police said. Nine hours after the car was stolen, police spotted the suspect, a 16-year-old surnamed Kim, in Gunsan on CCTV. The chase seemed to end in Songhak-dong, when he was blocked by a police barricade. However, Kim escaped and ran off yet again. After an additional 20-minute chase involving seven police cars, Kim’s flight came to an end at an express bus terminal in Iksan. “The car engine was running
Jan. 8, 2013
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Youth population on track to halve by 2060: report
Korea’s youth population will decline to less than half of the current level in 2060 if the country’s birthrate stays low, a government report said Monday. The number of people aged between 9 and 24 declined to 10.2 million last year, accounting for 20.4 percent of the total, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said. The figure reached its peak at 14 million in 1980 and is forecast to decline further, to 9.6 million in 2015, 7.1 million in 2030, 5.9 million in 2050, and 5 million in 2060.
Jan. 7, 2013
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Ethical standards decline among young people: survey
Four out of 10 high school students are willing to risk imprisonment for 1 billion won ($942,000) and seven out of 10 do not feel guilty for plagiarizing homework, according to a survey released Monday.Young Korean Academy, a youth movement group, unveiled its poll of about 6,000 primary and secondary school students that highlighted their deteriorating sense of ethics and growing leaning toward material values. The researchers attributed the trend to their exposure to greed, fraud and irrespons
Jan. 7, 2013
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Man fined for rumor about ‘smartphone battery blast’
A Seoul court has imposed 15 million won (14,136) in fines on a 28-year-old man for spreading a false rumor that the battery of a smartphone made by the country’s major handset maker exploded, court officials said Monday.The defendant, only identified by his surname Kim, was indicted for defaming the local handset maker LG Electronics Inc. by repeatedly writing on the Internet in 2011 that its Optimus 3D smartphone’s battery had exploded, they said.Kim also distributed fliers containing the fals
Jan. 7, 2013
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Civil service grew by 1.7 percent under Lee
More than 10,000 new civil service jobs were created during since President Lee Myung-bak’s administration began in 2008, according to official data released Monday.According to the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, there were 615,487 civil servants working for the government in 2012, up 10,773 from five years ago.The ministry noted that concerns on public security were the main factor for the increase in civil service jobs. More than half of new employees, 6,500, were police offic
Jan. 7, 2013
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Ministry to hire 1,000 more school violence counselors
The government said Monday it will double the number of counselors at primary and secondary schools nationwide this year as part of its effort to stop the increase in school violence and bullying.The education ministry said it will recruit 500 counselors in charge of helping both school bullies and victims by March, and dispatch them to the country’s private primary, middle and high schools deemed prone to in-campus violence.It will also hire 500 additional counselors through the annual teachers
Jan. 7, 2013
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Korean named Asia head of global weather body
A senior Korean weatherman has been chosen to head the world weather body’s regional office for Asia, the Korea Metrological Administration said Monday. Park Chung-kyu, 57, who currently serves as the director-general for planning and coordination at the Korean state-run weather agency, will assume the position of the director of World Meteorological Organization’s regional office for Asia and the South-West Pacific. “It is the first time since the establishment of the KMA that a Korean officia
Jan. 7, 2013
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Cho’s death brings copycat fears
After the death on Sunday of Cho Sung-min, the ex-husband of late actress Choi Jin-sil and former professional baseball player, there are worries that interest in the story may lead to copycat deaths. Cho, 39, was found dead in an apparent suicide on Jan. 6 at around 3:40 a.m., at his girlfriend’s apartment in Dogok-dong, Seoul, according to Suseo Police Station. This shocking news is feared to encourage other people to attempt copycat suicides. When suicide is frequently talked about on the Int
Jan. 7, 2013
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KORAIL to start Seollal reservations Jan. 15-16
The state-run railway operator KORAIL said Monday that ticket reservations for this year’s Lunar New Year holidays would start on Jan. 15 or 16, depending on the route.The reservations are for train services including KTX, Saemaul, Mugunghwa, Nuri, and ITX trains, KORAIL announced.Tickets for the Gyeongbu Line, which connects Seoul and Busan, will go on sale on Jan. 15 and Honam Line tickets, bound for South Jeolla Province, will be released on Jan. 16.Unlike previous years, Internet reservation
Jan. 7, 2013
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Spurned lover arrested for setting fire to his ex’s house
A college student has been arrested for setting fire to the house of his girlfriend, who wanted to finish the relationship, police reported.Yangcheon police station in central Seoul said that the suspect had been arrested for committing arson on Dec. 29, resulting in severe burns inflicted on the woman’s disabled father.Police investigation revealed that the 20-year-old suspect had thrown a burning cigarette butt into his ex-girlfriend’s window when he failed to contact her after waiting for hou
Jan. 7, 2013
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Low birth rate to cut youth population by half in 2060: report
South Korea could see the younger population aged between 9-24 decrease by more than 50 percent from now in 2060 if the country's low birth rates continue, a government report showed Monday.The nation's youth population reached its peak at 14 million in 1980, but it has since steadily declined to 10.2 million last year, accounting for 20.4 percent of the total population, census data by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family showed.The number of young people aged 9-24 is expected to dwindle
Jan. 7, 2013
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Choi Jin-sil’s former husband found dead
Cho Sung-min, the ex-husband of late actress Choi Jin-sil and a former star baseball player, was found dead early Sunday morning in an apparent suicide, police said. The body of Cho, 39, was discovered by his girlfriend, hanged in the bathroom of her apartment in Dogok-dong, southern Seoul, at around 5:26 a.m. according to Suseo Police Station, which is investigating the case. “We have found no signs yet of a break-in or any injuries to suspect his death to be a homicide,” the police said a pres
Jan. 6, 2013
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No family-accompanied stay of troops: USFK
The U.S. military in South Korea said Friday it will again be unable this year to normalize tours of its troops here where more troops will be accompanied by their family members.The U.S. military has been trying since 2008 to increase the number of troops on “normal” or family-accompanied tours to about half of its 28,500 soldiers stationed in South Korea by 2020, but it has been unable to begin the process largely due to lack of funds.The U.S. Forces Korea said in a statement that its commande
Jan. 6, 2013
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Former organized crime boss Kim Tae-chon dies in hospital
Kim Tae-chon, former boss of South Korea’s noted criminal syndicates in the 1970s and 1980s, died early Saturday at a hospital in Seoul after about a year of treatment for diseases. He was 64. The cause was said to be heart failure, according to officials at Seoul National University Hospital, where Kim had been admitted since December 2011 for treatment of a type of thyroid disease. Kim had been under intensive care since March because of difficulty breathing. Kim “died early today after being
Jan. 6, 2013
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Ministry cracks down on illegal overseas study programs
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has filed a complaint with the prosecution against 12 private agencies involved in illegal overseas study programs. The accused agencies have been luring students who seek to obtain an overseas degree by allowing them to transfer to foreign colleges without requiring tests, the ministry said Sunday.Under their special admission programs, students study English for one or two years in local colleges and transfer as second or third-year students to
Jan. 6, 2013
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Ministry cracks down on illegal overseas study programs
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has filed a complaint with the prosecution against 12 private agencies involved in illegal overseas study programs. The accused agencies have been luring students who seek to obtain an overseas degree by allowing them to transfer to foreign colleges without tests, the ministry said Sunday.Under their special admission programs, students study English for one or two years in local colleges and transfer as second or third-year students to foreign c
Jan. 6, 2013
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S. Korea‘s overseas arrivals, departures top 50 million in 2012
The number of locals and foreigners going in and out of South Korea rose 10.8 percent in 2012 from a year earlier, surpassing the 50-million mark last year for the first time, the Justice Ministry said Sunday.The tally came to some 50.32 million, with the number of locals reaching 28.14 million, while that of foreigners came in at 22.18 million, the ministry said.Some 3.49 million Japanese visited South Korea last year, followed by China with 2.48 million, according to the ministry. The Korean w
Jan. 6, 2013
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S. Korea‘s labor productivity decline larger than OECD countries
South Korea‘s labor productivity fell by the second-largest margin in the third quarter of last year among the members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), due mainly to a drop in economic growth, data showed Sunday.According to the data compiled by the OECD, South Korea’s labor productivity declined 0.4 percent in the July-September period of last year from three months earlier, the second-largest drop among the 22 OECD member countries after Norway, which suffer
Jan. 6, 2013
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Prosecution questions Shinsegae vice chairman
Prosecutors questioned Chung Yong-jin, vice chairman of Shinsegae Group, Wednesday over his rejection of parliamentary summons to attend a hearing in October.The National Assembly accused Chung and three other heads of major retail giants here of abandoning their duties to attend the hearing session during a parliamentary inspection. They were ordered to appear at the National Assembly and answer questions by lawmakers but none of them did, citing business trips. The Seoul Central Prosecutors’ O
Jan. 5, 2013
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Former gang boss Kim Tae-chon dies in hospital
Kim Tae-chon, former boss of South Korea's noted criminal syndicates in the 1970s and 1980s, died early Saturday at a hospital in Seoul after about a year of treatment for diseases. He was 64.The cause was said to be heart failure, according to officials at Seoul National University Hospital, where Kim had been admitted since December 2011 for treatment of a type of thyroid disease. Kim had been under intensive care since March because of difficulty in breathing.Kim "died early today after being
Jan. 5, 2013