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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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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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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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More dads take paternity leave
More fathers are taking time off work to take care of their children, data showed Wednesday, in another sign that the country’s workaholic corporate culture is giving way to family values.The growth of men taking leave has been significant in the past four years. While moms on leave grew 25.4 percent annually, the figure for dads was 58.1 percent. Yet, the male share of total child care leave cases was still minimal, at 2.8 percent at the end of September, the data showed. Male workers are entit
Oct. 17, 2012
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Maverick KAIST chief yields to pressure to resign
Suh Nam-pyo, president of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, announced Wednesday that he would resign in March after his reform drive sharply divided the school for the past six years.The announcement, however, is setting the stage for another round of conflict with the board of the country’s top research university.“I will leave my office in March 2013, despite my remaining term, and will cooperate to elect the new president before January,” Suh said in a news conference in
Oct. 17, 2012
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Koreans’ charity donation increased 20% last year
Despite sagging economic conditions, Koreans’ donation for charity increased 20 percent in 2011 from 2009, according to a survey. The Beautiful Fund, a nonprofit organization, unveiled the result of its survey of 1,029 people conducted in June and July to look into Koreans’ charitable activities and attitudes.The average amount of yearly donation per person was 219,000 won ($198), up 20 percent from 182,000 won in 2009, according to research.The rate of participation in charity donation also sli
Oct. 17, 2012
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Incheon makes final push for fund
Green Climate Fund board members gather in Songdo for vote on headquarters’ locationBoard members of the Green Climate Fund gathered in Songdo on Wednesday for a three-day meeting in which they are expected to decide where to locate the fund’s headquarters. Korean officials, both of the central government and Incheon Metropolitan City, are making last-minute efforts to bring the office to Songdo, a newly-developed district in Incheon. Songdo, built from scratch with the vision of becoming an int
Oct. 17, 2012
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Songdo touted as green, foreigner-friendly city
Songdo International City is 20 minutes away from Incheon International Airport and only 28 kilometers away from the capital Seoul. Transportation is well developed and convenient as its trains, subways and highways are well connected with other regions.It was designed to be a low-carbon green city from the start and to be a role model for green growth, and thus boasts many environmentally friendly features.Thirty-two percent of Songdo is filled with greenery, which is the highest ratio in the c
Oct. 17, 2012
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U.S. soldier held for attempted rape
A U.S. solider of the 2nd Infantry Division was arrested on Wednesday on allegations of attempted rape and assault.According to police, the soldier attempted to rape an employee of a drinking establishment in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province. The solider is also suspected of assaulting the owner of the establishment who tried to intervene. The soldier, who is currently being held at the police station in the nearby city of Uijeongbu, is denying the allegations. “The 2nd Infantry Division deeply re
Oct. 17, 2012
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KAIST president Suh to resign in March
Suh Nam-pyo, the president of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, said Wednesday he will step down in March amid internal disputes over his reform drive.“I will leave office in March 2013, despite my remaining term, and will cooperate to elect the new president before January,” Suh said in a news conference in Seoul.His term ends in 2014. Suh has been at odds with rank-and-file professors and the student association. Earlier this year the board of directors demanded his resig
Oct. 17, 2012
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Creativity, mental illness linked
People who work in the creative professions are treated more often than the general population for mental illness, researchers in Sweden say.Simon Kyaga of the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm said the findings give cause to reconsider approaches to mental illness.Kyaga and the research team tracked almost 1.2 million patients and their relatives, identified down to second-cousin level. The resu
Oct. 17, 2012
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Chinese fisherman shot dead by S. Korean Coast Guard
A Chinese fisherman aboard a boat illegally fishing in South Korean waters in the Yellow Sea was shot dead on Tuesday by a South Korean Coast Guard officer during a raid, officials said.The South Korean Coast Guard caught 30 Chinese boats that were illegally fishing in the southwestern sea about 90 kilometers northwest of Hong Island in Shinan County, South Jeolla Province, at around 3:10 p.m.The
Oct. 16, 2012
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Investigators seek travel ban on president’s son, aides
Special prosecutors investigating the now-scrapped project for President Lee Myung-bak’s retirement home Tuesday asked the Justice Ministry to ban about 10 people involved from leaving the nation, including Lee’s son Si-hyung and former presidential chief of staff Yim Tae-hee. Lee Sang-eun, the eldest brother of the president, was not included on the list since he left the nation on Monday, raising suspicions of a tip-off. Si-hyung allegedly borrowed money from Sang-eun, the majority shareholder
Oct. 16, 2012
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Curbs put on sexual images of underage entertainers
The government plans to impose an R-rating on visual materials that evoke sexual images of underage female entertainers by zooming in on the chest, bottoms and other suggestive areas.The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family on Tuesday put up a public notification of the revision to the Youth Protection Law. The measure is a part of efforts to protect underage entertainers from being depicted as sexual objects as well as minors who watch them perform, officials said.The new standard is an addit
Oct. 16, 2012
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Forum on women’s leadership kicks off Thursday
Prominent scholars, politicians and business leaders will discuss women’s leadership in the future at the World Women Economy Forum that kicks off Thursday at COEX InterContinental Hotel in Seoul. The speakers include former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, former Finnish President Tarja Halonen, Canadian Senator Yonah Kim-Martin and Wharton School professor Stuart Diamond, also known as the author of best-selling book “Getting More.”Under the slogan “New horizon for women leadership: From sur
Oct. 16, 2012
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Research universities agree to improve ‘learning infrastructure’
Leaders of top research-oriented universities in 27 countries agreed to work together to build a creative and innovative learning infrastructure during an annual forum in Seoul on Tuesday.More than 80 participants representing 56 universities attended the International Presidential Forum on Global Research Universities hosted by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.Under the theme “Effective Education and Innovative Learning,” the participants discussed the significance of crea
Oct. 16, 2012
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Songdo allows restaurants, cafes to accept foreign currencies
The Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority has selected 40 restaurants and cafs in Songdo International City that will be able to accept dollars and euros as part of its efforts to improve living conditions for foreign residents.The selected locations would also accept foreign credit cards. Since September, the establishments have put certification marks on their buildings and have been promoted via the Global Service Center website and guidebooks so that people can find them more easily.Establish
Oct. 16, 2012
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Foreign residents talk about Songdo
Foreign residents living in Songdo shared their feelings about living in the international city. Soleiman Dias, chairman of the Songdo Foreign Advisory Board, said when he first arrived as an international school teacher in 2008, the city did not even have proper roads, but now it had grown into an attractive place to live.Dias, who has lived in several different countries such as Brazil, Italy and the United States, said Songdo cannot be compared with any other cities in the world. “The Central
Oct. 16, 2012
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Songdo, a place cut out for U.N. operations
With 10 U.N. agencies already settled, city looks to become Asian hub for international organizationsHaving been built from scratch on reclaimed land near the West Sea, Songdo of Incheon Metropolitan City is now developing into an international business center in Northeast Asia. Songdo has seen a rapid growth in population, especially foreign residents. Of its more than 55,000 residents, some 1,900 are foreigners, many working for international corporations and organizations which have settled i
Oct. 16, 2012
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Korea group draws unusual mix in Denver
DENVER (Yonhap News) ― Getting to know Korea ― both the language and culture ― is not as easy to do in Colorado, where an estimated 30,000 Koreans live, as it is in, perhaps, California or New York. Their community mostly revolves around Korean market places and public organizations, but these days, a nascent group is attracting members who are getting to know the Asian nation in a more personal way.Liz Salibsury, 28, is one of four people who attended the first meeting of what is now called the
Oct. 16, 2012
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Man kills ex-girlfriend, himself in Gangnam
A 33-year-old man stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death and killed himself in Gangnam in southern Seoul on Tuesday.According to Gangnam Police Station, the man identified only by his surname Oh disguised himself as a delivery man and entered the apartment of his former girlfriend, 33-year-old Choi.Oh killed Choi and stabbed her fiancé Park, who had tried to stop him, and then committed suicide. Park is now in a critical condition.Police suspect the murder to be a crime of passion and are investigat
Oct. 16, 2012
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Weather chief to stand trial over bribery
The head of the state weather agency was indicted Tuesday on charges of abusing his power and taking bribes in return for business favors, police said.Cho Seok-joon, the chief of the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), is suspected of helping a particular business win a bid for supplying a new weather instrument by fabricating official documents and leaking relevant bidding information for
Oct. 16, 2012
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Teenage pro gamer hit by shutdown system
A professional gamer forfeited a match due to a Korean government regulation which bans minors from playing game after midnight."Starcraft 2" pro gamer Lee Seung-hyun, 15, faced another gamer Choi Min-su on Oct. 14 to win a ticket for the final of a tournament titled “Iron Squid Chapter 2,” to be held in France. Considering viewers from overseas, their match began near midnight.But Lee adopted a seemingly reckless strategy in the second round and hurriedly finished it, mentioning his concern ove
Oct. 16, 2012