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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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Government to expand support for childcare
The government said Friday it will push to increase the number of public day care centers and expand support for female non-regular workers as part of efforts to relieve women's burden for childcare and strengthen their social status. Setting priorities on the eradication of gender inequality and balance between work and family roles, the government put forth the five-year policy blueprint for women set to be launched next year. Under the envisioned plan, more public day care centers will be est
Dec. 14, 2012
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‘Benz’ prosecutor cleared of bribery charges
BUSAN (Yonhap News) ― A disgraced former female prosecutor has been acquitted of charges of receiving lavish bribes, including a luxury sedan and a designer bag, in return for peddling her influence for a criminal case, court officials said Thursday.Overturning a lower court’s ruling of a three-year prison term and the forfeiture of 44.6 million won ($39,700), the Busan High Court delivered a not guilty verdict for the 37-year-old woman, known by her family name Lee, said the officials.The forme
Dec. 13, 2012
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Arson suspected in fire at ex-president’s birthplace
DAEGU (Yonhap News) ― Former President Roh Tae-woo’s birthplace house was hit by a small fire that did little damage Thursday, presumed to be triggered by an arson attack, police said.An unidentified male was caught on CCTV entering the building in the southern city of Daegu around 4:05 a.m., officials said. Soon afterwards, a fire could be seen inside the house.The outbreak of the suspected arson attack has left a trail of smoldering debris inside but no casualties were reported, they said. A l
Dec. 13, 2012
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NIS employee to sue for DUP ‘confinement’
A National Intelligence Service employee accused of making malicious comments online about Democratic United Party presidential candidate Moon Jae-in will press charges against party officials for illegal confinement, the agency said Thursday. “The DUP used physical force to unlawfully trespass into the private residence of an individual, foul language and blocked family members from entering the residence and thereby engaged in illegal confinement,” the NIS said in a press release on Wednesday.
Dec. 13, 2012
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Koreans nabbed for stealing U.S. military equipment
Police said Wednesday they have booked three South Koreans without physical detention on charges of stealing a thermal observation device from a U.S. unit’s military equipment storage and attempting to sell it online. A 56-year-old waste management employee working at a U.S. Army base in Gunsan, 274 kilometers south of Seoul, is suspected of stealing the TOD, estimated to be worth about 100 million won ($93,100), in March and selling it to a military equipment dealer for just 50,000 won, the Seo
Dec. 12, 2012
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Victim of Japanese sex slavery dies
Kim Bok-sun, 87, a surviving victim of Japan’s sex slavery, passed away Wednesday due to old age. She had been in hospital for a long time, according to the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan, an organization to help the victims.The number of surviving victims of Japanese sex slavery during the colonial period stands at 59, said Yoon Mee-hyang, a representative of the organization.The 1,054th Wednesday protest demanding an official apology from the Japanese
Dec. 12, 2012
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11 Chinese sailors rescued in Yellow Sea
Eleven Chinese sailors were rescued from their cargo ship that was tilting in South Korean waters near the border with North Korea, the Coast Guard said Tuesday.The Cambodian-flagged 1,996-ton freighter sent out a distress signal at around 5:40 p.m. as it was listing on its right side about 56 kilometers south of Daecheong Island, it said.The Coast Guard said it immediately dispatched a helicopter and a patrol boat to the scene but the sailors had already been rescued by a passing freighter.The
Dec. 11, 2012
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Seoul lays out new support plans for multicultural families, foreigners
The government announced a set of measures for multicultural families on Tuesday to improve education, eradicate discrimination and support their social and economic participation. The five-year project that kicks off next year is the second part of the Korean government’s policy efforts to harmoniously integrate multiculturalism into traditionally homogenous Korean society. The first phase of the comprehensive multicultural project, started in 2010, ends this year. The new support measures focu
Dec. 11, 2012
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[Newsmaker] Anonymous donor warms the heart
A 60-something man in a dark-brown checkered coat approached a Salvation Army officer manning a red kettle in Myeong-dong, a fashion and shopping district in Seoul on Sunday. The man put a white envelope in the red kettle, saying, “Please use it for the elderly in need.”He then took a taxi and disappeared.The Salvation Army Korea Territory later found a check of around 106 million won ($98,300) with a letter in the envelope while counting up donations. “My parents kept a sense of sharing, helped
Dec. 11, 2012
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Korean students rank high in math and science proficiency
Korea’s middle school students ranked top in math proficiency and third in science in the world, while primary students ranked top in science and second in mathematics, a global-assessment data showed on Tuesday.According to the data released by the international research association IEA, students aged 13-14 years old in Korea received the highest average score of 613 in mathematics among 42 countries, followed by that of Singapore with 611. Singapore topped in science proficiency in the age gro
Dec. 11, 2012
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Seoul subway workers call off planned strike
Unionized subway workers called off plans to go on strike Tuesday after reaching a last-minute agreement with the transit system operators on retirement age and the severance pay system.The 8,118-member union member of Seoul Metro, a public corporation that runs Seoul subway lines one through four, were scheduled to walk later in the day after repeatedly failing to find middle ground on various outstanding issues despite mediation from the National Labor Relations Commission.The two sides had en
Dec. 11, 2012
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Man puts 105m won in Salvation Army donation kettle
An anonymous man left a check for 105.7 million won ($97,900) in a Salvation Army collection kettle, the Salvation Army Korea Territory said Monday.According to the Salvation Army, a man in his late 50s or early 60s placed an envelope containing the check and a short letter in the collection kettle in central Seoul on Sunday requesting the money to be used for the elderly.“I send a small seed to the Salvation Army’s noble and holy forest out of respect for my parents wishes,” he said in the lett
Dec. 10, 2012
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Seoul sees sixth-coldest day for early Dec.
By Kim Young-wonThe temperature in the capital Seoul on Monday was minus 7.1 degrees Celsius, the sixth-lowest temperature in early December since the nation’s weather agency started meteorological observations in 1907 in Seoul.The lowest average temperature was recorded in 1944 with minus 10.4 degrees Celsius, followed by minus 8.8 in 1910, minus 8.5 in 1956, minus 8.3 in 1926, and minus 7.2 in 1937.The temperature in the city dipped to a low of minus 11.8 degrees Celsius. As a cold front swept
Dec. 10, 2012
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More women prioritize income in choosing partner
The proportion of Korean women who consider income in choosing their prospective husbands has increased 8 percent over the past 10 years, while fewer and fewer women give preference to profession and educational background, a matchmaking firm said Monday.Seoul-based Sunwoo released the results of a survey of 900 single working women that indicated a shift in their concerns from social position to economic stability. The company divided them into three groups for arranging dates with three differ
Dec. 10, 2012
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Number of hagwon in Seoul in decline
The number of private educational institutes in Korea is on the decline as a prolonged economic slowdown and the government’s drive to enhance school learning affect the vibrant private education market, data showed Monday.According to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, the number of registered hagwon, mostly located in the Gangnam district in southern Seoul, stood at 13,208 as of December, down from 13,352 a year earlier. The tally was more than 13,500 in 2009.There are 1,070 private l
Dec. 10, 2012
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Alternative school helps young N.K. refugees adapt
More than 23,000 North Koreans have resettled in South Korea since the Korean War ended in 1953. But many young refugees still find it hard to adjust to the differences due in part to the lack of a proper education.The number of teen refugees exceeded 1,600 last year, up from 421 in 2005. But the dropout rate among them stands at nearly 5 percent, more than twice the overall rate, according to a report from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.“The problem is most dropout students c
Dec. 10, 2012
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The constant promise and problems of legal education
The promise and problems attending legal education are old. In 450 B.C., the Roman commoners, the “plebes,” forced the elite patricians to make the laws publically available for the first time, posting them on 12 bronze tables so everyone could learn and assert their rights. According to the greatest Roman republican lawyer, Marcus Tullius Cicero, they were written in an easy metrical form so that children were taught to sing the Twelve Tables, the “carmen necessarium,” as part of their basic ed
Dec. 10, 2012
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SKorea‘s porn fight ’like shoveling in a blizzard‘
Moon Tae-Hwa stares at his computer, dizzy and nauseous from the hours of porn he‘s viewed online while his wife and children slept. He feels no shame only a righteous sense of mission.``I feel like I’m cleaning up dirty things,‘’ the devout Christian and family counselor said.Moon is among the most successful members of the ``Nuri Cops‘’ (roughly ``net cops‘’), a squad of nearly 800 volunteers who help government censors by patrolling the Internet for pornography in their spare time.Unlike mos
Dec. 10, 2012
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U.S. army deserters nabbed for making, selling synthetic drugs
Four runaway American soldiers have been arrested on suspicion of producing and selling a new type of synthetic drug, South Korean police officers said Monday.The suspects, including a 23-year-old private from the U.S. army, only known by his initial K, are accused of smuggling synthetic marijuana via international air mail, officers said. They then allegedly produced a new type of narcotics called “Spice,” and sold the drugs to locals, foreigners, and other American soldiers in the foreigners‘
Dec. 10, 2012
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Seoul subway workers threaten to strike Tuesday
Final negotiations between a Seoul subway operator and unionized subway workers were to continue Monday to resolve a dispute and avoid a planned strike, both sides said.A subway strike by the 8,118-member union of Seoul Metro, a public corporation that runs Seoul subway lines one through four, is scheduled from Tuesday if the two parties cannot reach an agreement at the bargaining table.The service, however, will largely not be affected by the strike, as Seoul Metro said it plans to pull in some
Dec. 10, 2012