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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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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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[KH Explains] Will alternative trading platform shake up Korean stock market?
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S. Korea lowers COVID-19 warning level, lifts last-remaining antivirus mandates
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Pagoda Group looks beyond successful English hagwon
The name Pagoda may not ring a bell to those outside English education, but among English hagwon, it has made its name as a prestigious institution.Founded in 1969 in front of the Pagoda park in Jongno, the Pagoda Academy has evolved from one of the first English tutoring institutions to one of the biggest private education companies in this country.Pagoda currently runs 14 branches with more than 1,000 employees, and its foreign language courses now include English, Chinese and Japanese for pre
Dec. 30, 2012
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Understanding Korean education based on international study
An international assessment of mathematics and science for the fourth and eighth grades, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, or TIMSS, has been conducted every four years since 1995. According to the analysis of the TIMSS from 2011, Korea is placed in the top tier of participating countries. Korea’s fourth-grade mathematics and science achievements are respectively ranked second and first place, and eighth-grade scores respectively ranked first and third place. The results ind
Dec. 30, 2012
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Retired high-ranking civil officer to serve in Uzbekistan
Kim Nam-seok, former vice minister of public administration and security, is expected to be appointed as a high-ranking public officer in the Republic of Uzbekistan. The Ministry of Public Administration and Security said last Friday that it and the Uzbekistan government are considering naming Kim as the vice chairman of the Central Asian nation’s Committee on Information and Communication Technologies. When the nomination is finally approved by the Uzbek government, Kim will be the first Korean
Dec. 30, 2012
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‘Smile therapy’ professor Hwang Soo-kwan dies
Hwang Soo-kwan, 67, a medical professor who was widely known as “Shinbaram (excitement) Professor,” died of blood poisoning Sunday. After having breathing difficulties, Hwang had had heart surgery on Dec. 12 at Gangnam Severance Hospital in southern Seoul.The medical school professor at Yonsei University in Seoul gained popularity for his positive character as he promoted “smile therapy” on several TV programs in the late 1990s.He also worked as a senior advisor for the ruling Saenuri Party in 2
Dec. 30, 2012
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TV broadcasters to end analogue services nationwide Monday
South Korea will complete the process of replacing existing analogue broadcast services provided by terrestrial TV channels with superior digital broadcasting as scheduled on Monday, officials said.Terrestrial TV stations such as KBS, MBC and SBS have gradually turned off analogue broadcasting in provincial areas from early this year. They will terminate the services in Seoul and its satellite cities, the only area that has remained unaffected from the change, as planned at 4 a.m. Monday, the Ko
Dec. 30, 2012
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Free childcare likely to go into full service next year
All families with children up to five years old will likely get free childcare service starting next year, officials said Sunday, as political parties reacted affirmatively to President-elect Park Geun-hye‘s pledge to expand the government’s welfare spending.If the program is confirmed, beneficiaries will be allowed to choose between free attendance at childcare centers or kindergartens and a monthly allowance of up to 200,000 won ($187) from next March regardless of their income levels, said th
Dec. 30, 2012
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Park aide suggests maritime ministry headquartered in Jeolla
A heated competition is looming between the nation’s major port cities in the east and west to host a new ministry in charge of maritime and fisheries affairs.A key aide to President-elect Park Geun-hye suggested Friday that the new authority to be created under her presidency be headquartered in Mokpo, South Jeolla Province.Reviving an independent maritime and fisheries branch is a key campaign pledge of Park. She had promised to establish the headquarters in Busan during her campaign speeches
Dec. 28, 2012
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Two Hyundai Motor contract workers ordered to end protest atop transmission tower
A local court ordered two Hyundai Motor Co. contract workers Thursday to end their two-month protest atop a power-transmission tower, saying rejection of the ruling will cause them to pay daily fines of 300,000 won (US$280).The two workers began the protest on Oct. 17, demanding permanent employment of contract workers. They complain that contract workers are paid far less than regular workers, although both groups do the same type of work. Hyundai Motor currently has about 6,800 contract worker
Dec. 27, 2012
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Court rules retroactive anklet law constitutional
The Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that the current law allowing retroactive enforcement of electronic anklets for convicted sex offenders is constitutional.The court dismissed a petition filed by a district court against a controversial clause of a subsidiary law on putting electronic anklets on convicted sex offenders who are likely to repeat crimes after their release.The monitoring system is “aimed at preventing repeat crimes by sex offenders and protecting the people from sex crimes
Dec. 27, 2012
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Gender equality slightly improved last year: gov't report
South Korea's gender equality improved slightly last year, but the equality level deteriorated when it comes to safety due to the recent rise of heinous crimes against women, a government report showed Thursday.According to the 2012 report on Korea's gender equality by the Korean Women's Development Institute, the nation's equality index was 63.5 out of the full score of 100 for last year, up 0.3 points from 63.2 in 2010.The index measures gender equality in eight major categories: family, welfa
Dec. 27, 2012
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Prosecution demands six-month term for late Roh’s daughter
The prosecution on Wednesday demanded a six-month jail term for late President Roh Moo-hyun’s daughter on charges of violating the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act.Roh Jeong-yeon is alleged to have illicitly wired 1.3 billion won ($1.2 million) to a Korean-American lawyer in 2008 to purchase a high-end apartment in New Jersey without reporting the outbound money transaction to the state authorities.During a court hearing at the Seoul Central District Court, Roh’s attorney Kwak Sang-eon claimed
Dec. 26, 2012
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Social spending second lowest among OECD countries: report
The ratio of public social spending to the gross domestic product in Korea was the second lowest among OECD countries with 9.4 percent, a report showed on Wednesday.Mexico was the lowest with 8.2 percent while social spending amounted to 22.1 percent of GDP on average in the OECD area in 2009, OECD said in its recent report.Korea, however, experienced the fastest increase in real social spending between 2007 and 2012 at 37 percent, far exceeding the OECD average of 10 percent, it added.The repor
Dec. 26, 2012
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Innisfree tea recalled on bacterial test
A tea product from Innisfree, a South Korean cosmetics company, has been recalled, authorities said on Wednesday.“Cactus Tea” with the expiration date of Nov. 27, 2014, failed to pass the bacterial test, according to the Korea Food & Drug Administration. Innisfree, a popular cosmetics shops, is taking the product in question off the market voluntarily. The KFDA said consumers should take the purchased tea back to the shop. From news reports(khnews@heraldcorp.com) <관련 한글 기사>이니스프리 ‘백년초티’서 기준치 초과
Dec. 26, 2012
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S. Korea's welfare spending 2nd lowest among OECD nations: report
South Korea spends much less on public welfare than most other advanced countries compared to its gross domestic product (GDP), but the growth rate of its social expenditure far outpaces them, a report showed Wednesday.According to the report by the state-run Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, the ratio of South Korea's welfare spending to its GDP stood at 9.4 percent in 2009, the second lowest among 30 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The
Dec. 26, 2012
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Police officer arrested in vault burglary
A police officer has been arrested on suspicion of helping to rob a post office vault earlier this month, police said Wednesday.The 44-year-old officer, identified only by his surname Kim, is suspected of colluding with a robbery suspect, surnamed Park, in stealing some 52 million won ($48,408) worth of cash from the vault in this southwestern port city on Dec. 8, they said.The Yeosu Police Station said they have placed Kim under emergency arrest after obtaining a confession from Park who was ap
Dec. 26, 2012
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Questions linger over Park’s pledges on education
Following is the fourth in a series of articles on President-elect Park Geun-hye’s key policies. ― Ed. Building a better education system is a quest for all governments, but the pressure is ever more intense and urgent for President-elect Park Geun-hye.Private education costs, added to swelling household debt, are weighing heavily on the whole economy. Mediocre classes are threatening to undermine national competitiveness. Cutthroat competition for academic excellence is driving stressed student
Dec. 25, 2012
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Police arrest runaway rape suspect
A man who escaped five days ago from a police station where he was being questioned for rape allegations has been arrested, local police said Tuesday.Noh Young-dae, 32, was found hiding in a residential building in Ansan, Gyeonggi Provice at 4:25 p.m., with his left hand still handcuffed, the police said. Noh, alleged of raping a woman at an Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province apartment earlier this month, had been apprehended for questioning on Dec. 17. He fled the Ilsan police station on Dec. 20 while of
Dec. 25, 2012
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Korean workers’ average age approaches 40
A rapidly graying population is changing the look of Korea’s labor force, with the average age of workers approaching 40, according to government data. Workers’ age averaged 39.6 in 2011, up from 36.5 in 2001, according to a report released Sunday by the Ministry of Employment and Labor. In 2001, young workers, aged 15-29, were the biggest demographic group in the labor pool, with their number coming to 4.27 million. This group has shrunk by 15.6 percent over the past decade to 3.6 million, whil
Dec. 24, 2012
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Mastermind of contract killing caught in U.S.
Korean and international police have recently caught in Los Angeles the suspected mastermind of a contract killing of a woman 16 years ago.The 56-year-old man, known to be a member of a Chinese gang operating in Los Angeles, is suspected of sending his henchmen to Seoul in 1996 to kill the woman. The husband of the then 45-year-old victim asked the man, identified by his surname Kim, to kill her while the couple was in the process of divorce, police said. The wife had requested 5 billion won ($4
Dec. 24, 2012
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Seoul considers action against illegal stem cell operations in Japan
The Ministry of Health and Welfare will consider taking legal action against a Korean biotech company involved in illegal stem cell operations of Korean patients in Japan and China, officials said on Monday.The move came after a Japanese newspaper reported on a dermatology clinic in Fukuoka administering stem cell injections to hundreds of Korean patients a month.About 500 patients a month were injected with manufactured stem cells in hospitals without approval in Korea, by a Seoul-based bio ven
Dec. 24, 2012