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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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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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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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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Business leaders discuss model to reshape Seoul
Global business leaders discussed Friday ways to promote cooperation between the public and the private sector and expand citizens’ participation in the Seoul city government’s policymaking and development projects. Under the theme “Seoul as a role model in triple partnership: business, government and citizens” brought by a liberal-minded Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, key business figures from around the world offered solutions for the country’s capital aiming to become a city full of creativity an
Oct. 26, 2012
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Lee’s son grilled on retirement home plan
President Lee Myung-bak’s only son was questioned Thursday over alleged irregularities in connection with his father’s now-defunct retirement home project.Lee Si-hyung, 34, became the first child of an incumbent president to be summoned as a criminal suspect. “I will speak the truth, answer sincerely,” he told reporters at the independent counsel’s office in southern Seoul in the morning. He was accompanied by lawyers and presidential security guards. On behalf of the president, Lee bought a plo
Oct. 25, 2012
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Ministry to restrict online gaming money
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Thursday announced a package of plans to regulate online gambling including a limit on the purchase of game money to 300,000 won ($280) a month. The decision is expected to trigger fierce resistance from online game operators who claim that the regulation will kill the industry. According to the authorities, registered users of sites hosting “hwatu” (a Korean card game), poker and other games will only be able to buy 300,000 won worth of game money
Oct. 25, 2012
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Arrest warrant sought for LIG owner’s son, executives
Prosecutors on Thursday sought the arrest of the first son of LIG Group Chairman Koo Cha-won and one former and one current top executive of the group’s affiliates in connection with allegations that the group’s owner family fraudulently issued commercial papers worth multiple billions of won last year.Koo Bon-sang, the son and vice chairman of LIG Nex1, a defense arm of the group; Oh Chun-seok, the president and CEO of LIG Corp.; and Jeong Jong-oh, the former chief management official at LIG En
Oct. 25, 2012
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Lee aide says he saw transcript of 2007 summit
A top security official said Friday he saw a transcript of the 2007 summit dialogue between former President Roh Moo-hyun and then North Korean leader Kim Jong-il amid allegations the late president made remarks undermining the legitimacy of the western sea border.Senior presidential security secretary Chun Yung-woo said during a parliamentary audit of the presidential office that he saw a transcript of the dialogue being kept at the intelligence agency.“It was about two years ago, not long afte
Oct. 25, 2012
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Nongshim ordered to recall noodles containing carcinogen
Korea Food and Drug Administration on Thursday ordered a recall of instant noodles found to contain benzopyrene, a substance classified as a carcinogen.The decision comes four months after the food inspection agency found an excess amount of benzopyrene in the powdered soup seasoning in six of Nongshim’s ramyeon brands.The list of brands that contain the toxic substance includes Nongshim’s Neoguri, Saewootang Keun Sabalmyeon and Saeng Saeng Woodong. Nongshim, the country’s largest instant noodle
Oct. 25, 2012
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KEITI chief named adviser to U.N. environment body
Yoon Seung-joon, president of the Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute, has been named a member of the advisory board to a United Nations body on environmental technology, the state-run KEITI said Thursday. He is among the six experts in the 17-member International Advisory Board to the U.N. Environmental Program’s International Environmental Technology Center. The board consists of government policymakers, U.N. officials and experts in the environmental field from around the wo
Oct. 25, 2012
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Serving the world with safe, clean drinking water
The Korea Herald, in collaboration with the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute, is presenting a series of articles introducing small but promising environmental tech firms. The following is the seventh installment. ― Ed.From deep sea to tap water, water treatment covers a wide range of industries and markets. This week’s Korea Herald choice for Green Innovator stands at the very end of the spectrum, manufacturing filters for household water purifiers. For Microfilter Co., the ma
Oct. 25, 2012
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Osteopetrosis
Our bones may seem sturdy and hard, but they are very active organs that undergo extensive synthesis and absorption. Bones are associated with growth, fracture repair and adjustment to exercise. We develop more bone in areas where they are needed more. For example, in environments with no gravity (as for astronauts in space), the bone becomes very weak and light. In athletes, the bones grow stronger because they are constantly under load. Our bones are cylindrical in shape with an empty space i
Oct. 25, 2012
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South Koreans have ‘moderate’ English-language skills
South Korea ranked 21st among 54 countries in the English proficiency index, indicating its people’s English-language skills are “moderate,” a global survey showed.EF Englishtown, an education company, released its second survey for the year 2012, which asked 1.7 m people over three years in 54 countries to take a free online test. The respondents were more urban and younger than the general population, the survey noted.English proficiency was graded on five levels -- very high, high, moderate,
Oct. 25, 2012
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Lee's son appears before special counsel over 'retirement home scandal'
President Lee Myung-bak's only son appeared before a special counsel on Thursday to face questioning over alleged irregularities in a land deal for his father's now-scrapped retirement home project.The 34-year-old Lee Si-hyung entered the counsel's office in Seocho-dong, southern Seoul, at 10:11 a.m. in his capacity as a criminal suspect in the alleged attempt to misuse taxpayer money through the aborted land deal. This is the first time in South Korean history a child of a sitting president has
Oct. 25, 2012
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Korea hopes for success of Naro
Space technology has advanced through trial and error, a solace for Korean scientists who were humiliated by the past two failed launches of the country’s first locally assembled rocket called Naro. Advanced economies such as the U.S. and Japan have a record of launch failures. Even Russia, which fired the most rockets into space between 1957 and 2011, had several misfires.In a survey of 1,000 Koreans by a local news agency, over 80 percent said that Korea should increase its space investment an
Oct. 24, 2012
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[Newsmaker] President’s only son probed as suspect
President Lee Myung-bak’s only son will face questioning by a team of independent investigators Thursday as part of an escalating probe into his father’s now-scrapped retirement home plan.Lee Shi-hyung, 34, will be greeted by an army of TV cameramen, photographers and journalists anxious to catch the moment the president’s son faces the music. Confronted by the special investigative team, which his father reluctantly agreed to, he now must fight to clear his and his father’s name in a corruption
Oct. 24, 2012
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Mayor’s first year in office focused mainly on welfare
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon pledged Wednesday to continue to focus on improving the welfare of low-income citizens and better protecting the environment as he marks his first year in office Saturday.He took office by winning a by-election as an independent backed by grassroots civic groups and the main opposition Democratic United Party.“I took office at a time of a grand paradigm shift. We should build a creative economy that focuses on the quality of life and welfare, breaking away from the era
Oct. 24, 2012
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Lee’s elder brother returns, likely to face summons
Lee Sang-eun, President Lee Myung-bak’s eldest brother, on Thursday returned home from an overseas trip as scheduled amid a widening probe by independent investigators into a property scandal ensnaring the first family. The 79-year-old chairman of automotive seat maker DAS, who is also involved in the scandal, had left for China on a business trip on Oct. 16, a day before the special investigative team sought a travel ban for him. He was scheduled to return Thursday. The special investigative te
Oct. 24, 2012
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Driver who crashed cars on purpose arrested for insurance fraud
A 44-year-old man who allegedly collected insurance proceeds by deliberately causing more than a hundred traffic accidents was arrested for fraud on Tuesday.The man, only identified by his surname Lee, took a total of 270 million won ($244,000) in insurance payments and settlement money from victims for 169 accidents in 19 months. Lee caused as many as four accidents a day.Lee targeted and crashed into vehicles which were changing lanes, crossing the center line or going the wrong way on a one w
Oct. 24, 2012
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S. Korea ranks 108th in gender equality: WEF report
South Korea ranked among the lowest group in the world in gender equality, a report showed Wednesday, indicating that it needs to step up efforts to bolster women‘s economic participation and their access to education.According to the report by the World Economic Forum (WEF), South Korea came in at 108th out of 135 countries it surveyed in terms of gender equality this year. The ranking was one notch lower than the previous year and it was also similar to countries such as the United Arab Emirat
Oct. 24, 2012
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Votes by merchant seamen most costly to process in presidential election
Votes by merchant seamen working overseas are expected to cost the most, to tally at around 154,000 won (US$140) per person, compared with other ballots to be cast in December‘s presidential election, the government said Wednesday.That figure is about 26 times the average ballot cost, which is estimated to reach 5,830 won, according to officials at the Ministry of Public Administration and Security and the National Election Commission, the country’s election watchdog.About 40.5 million citizens
Oct. 24, 2012
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‘Missing’ youth lied to go drinking
Korean police’s hours-long search for a man who had been reported missing by his girlfriend ended after it was revealed that he had lied to her about being chased by a man to go drinking with his friends.The 22-year-old, identified by his surname Shin, went drinking with five other friends in Seoul after finishing his part-time job on the night of Oct. 14. The drinking continued until 2 a.m. the next day but he did not answer his girlfriend’s repeated calls. Instead, he sent her a text message s
Oct. 24, 2012
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U.S. federal court approves extradition of suspect in murder of S. Korean student
A U.S. federal court has approved the extradition of an American suspect in the 1997 murder of a South Korean college student in Seoul, court and Justice Ministry officials here said Tuesday.Arthur Patterson, 33, is accused of stabbing the victim to death inside a bathroom at a Burger King outlet in the foreigners' hub of Itaewon in April 1997.He has been held in custody in Los Angeles since May 2011 after South Korea's Justice Ministry requested his extradition in connection with the case.On Mo
Oct. 24, 2012