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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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Will tug-of-war between doctors, government end soon?
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Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth
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Trilateral talks acknowledge ‘serious’ slumps of won, yen
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[Graphic News] More Koreans say they plan long-distance trips this year
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[KH Explains] Hyundai's full hybrid edge to pay off amid slow transition to pure EVs
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North Korea removes streetlights along cross-border roads with South
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Russia's denial of entry of S. Korean national unrelated to bilateral ties: Seoul official
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Farming households dip below 1m for first time in 2023
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Doctor injects secret lover with drugs before her death
Police said Wednesday they suspect a local obstetrician injected his secret lover with a mixture of drugs that caused her death before abandoning her body.The 45-year-old obstetrician, surnamed Kim, was arrested last week on charges of abandoning the body of the 30-year-old woman in a Seoul parking lot after she suddenly died from getting the shots, according to the Seocho Police Station.The docto
Aug. 8, 2012
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Ministry runs ‘Donation School’ for educators
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said Wednesday it is hosting a special workshop for developing volunteer and donation programs.More than 100 education officials across the country are participating in the event scheduled for Thursday and Friday in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province.The two-day workshop titled “Donation School” is designed to provide the participants with skills and tools to develop more successful donation programs, according to the ministry.At the workshop, the
Aug. 8, 2012
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Helping Botswana with education
Kim Hai-yung’s life used to be full of affliction, failures and discrimination. She was permanently disabled by her father’s violence, habitually abused by her mother and unwelcomed by schools, friends and society. That was until 1990, when she went to southern Africa as a volunteer worker. “When I first saw the children in poverty and despair as I used to be, I thought of what I could do for them,” Kim, 47, said.She has devoted herself to education in the village at Good Hope, Botswana, for 14
Aug. 8, 2012
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Fire in kennel kills 50 dogs
A fire broke out in a dog kennel on Tuesday at 9:40 a.m. at Gangseo-gu, Busan.Among 150 dogs, 50 died due to burning or asphyxiation, and property including temporary buildings were lost. The fire department estimated the damage to be more than 3 million won ($2,700).The cause of the fire is still unknown. Police are questioning the caretaker and witnesses.<관련 한글 기사>개 50마리 사망...부산 사육장 화재7일 오후 9시40분께 부산 강서구 대저동의 한 애완견사육장에서 원인을 알 수 없는 불이 나 10여분만에 진화됐다.이 불로 사육장 내 치와와 등 애완견 150마리 중 50여마리가 연기에 질식하거나
Aug. 8, 2012
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Algae threatens water supply
The nation is on high alert over fast-spreading algal blooms on major rivers and lakes, threatening to affect public health and drinking water. The government attributes the algae to hot weather and the long drought. Activists blame the government’s massive development of four rivers that they claim slowed water flows and damaged the eco-system. Rapid increases in algae are typically caused by nutrient enrichment, high temperatures and still water conditions. Blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria,
Aug. 7, 2012
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Foreign minister to host Ramadan dinner
Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan will host an “Iftar” dinner this week with a group of diplomats and business leaders here from Muslim countries, ministry officials said Tuesday.Iftar, which literally means “breakfast,” refers to the first meal Muslims have in the evening after a day of fasting on each day of the Ramadan month. The ministry has hosted the dinner since 2004 to promote ties with Muslim nations.About 40 ambassadors, business and religious leaders from the Organization of the Islamic
Aug. 7, 2012
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UPP members face arrest over vote fraud
Police on Tuesday sought warrants to arrest six aides to the disgraced former leader of the minor opposition Unified Progressive Party (UPP) on charges of tampering with a crucial voter survey ahead of April’s general elections.The UPP and the main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) chose single joint candidates for the parliamentary elections based on the results of public surveys asking voters which contenders they favored.Police said the six aides of Lee Jung-hee, the former UPP co-chai
Aug. 7, 2012
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Korean language teachers from overseas
More than 200 Korean language instructors from 52 countries began training on Tuesday to secure more modern, practical and effective teaching skills, the Overseas Koreans Foundation said. The state-run organization said it is hosting the eight-day program at Kyung Hee University’s Suwon campus in Gyeonggi Province, which also includes sessions for school management, leadership education and Korean culture. The participants are from Europe, the Americas, the Commonwealth of Independent States and
Aug. 7, 2012
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Korea to launch new unification fund
South Korea’s cabinet Tuesday endorsed a bill which sets up a special fund to cover the huge cost of potential reunification with North Korea.The bill calls for dividing the existing Inter-Korean Cooperation Fund into two accounts ― one for promoting cross-border cooperation and the other for covering unification costs, said the unification ministry.The bill, endorsed at a cabinet meeting chaired by President Lee Myung-Bak, needs approval from parliament.The unification account will draw funds f
Aug. 7, 2012
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Major online porn distributor ring caught
INCHEON (Yonhap News) ― Police on Tuesday busted the nation’s largest known distribution ring of online pornography, allegedly involving a university professor and another man in his 70s.The arrest comes as police crack down on online distributors of sex videos and other pornography in the wake of a number of brutal sexual offenses against women and children.Three operators of a local file-sharing service were booked without physical detention on charges of recruiting people to upload porn and p
Aug. 7, 2012
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U.N. forum to discuss women’s global role
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will deliver a speech about women’s role in world development in Seoul next week at a meeting for young women leaders, officials said.Ban along with many high profile officials are participating in the inaugural World Congress of Global Partnership for Young Women, which is being held at Duksung Women’s University from Aug. 10-13.Under the title “Sharing Together,” the four-day meeting will also bring together more than 1,000 university students from 33 countri
Aug. 7, 2012
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Heat wave in South Korea kills more than 341,000 poultry
A heat wave has killed more than 341,000 chickens and ducks across South Korea since July, an agriculture official said Monday.Temperatures have hovered above 33 degrees Celsius since July 20 in most parts of the country, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration.The scorching temperatures killed 330,500 chickens and 10,700 ducks as well as 96 pigs across the country between July 20 and
Aug. 6, 2012
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Tobacco packs to bear graphic health warnings
The government plans to require tobacco firms to put graphic images illustrating the health hazards of smoking on their packages beginning early next year.The packages will also have to contain detailed information of tobacco ingredients and will not be allowed to feature words deemed to mislead consumers about smoking’s health effects. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Monday it plans to issue a public notification of the revised National Health Promotion Law this month as part of its cam
Aug. 6, 2012
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Majority of foreign workers receive reemployment permit
A majority of foreign workers who applied to be rehired in South Korea have received a reemployment permit thanks to their “exemplary” working records, the Labor Ministry said.Under the current law, foreign manual workers can apply to be rehired by the same employers if they have not left their designated workplaces during a certain period of stay.From July, the government softened the laws by allowing those “exemplary” foreign workers to be re-employed three months after returning home, which i
Aug. 6, 2012
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One in 4 SNU doctorate holders unemployed
More than one in four doctorate degree recipients from Seoul National University were unemployed last year, statistics showed Monday, the highest ratio in 10 years that indicates the country’s most prestigious university is no exception to the tightening job market.According to SNU’s annual statistics on employment and careers of graduates, out of 1,054 people who earned doctoral degrees from the school between August 2010 and February 2011, 289 or 27.4 percent were unemployed.The unemployment r
Aug. 6, 2012
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70% of multicultural students see themselves as ‘pure Korean’
More than 70 percent of students from multicultural families in South Korea consider themselves as “100 percent Korean,” a survey showed Monday.According to the survey of 1,502 multicultural students in their fourth year of primary school nationwide, 73.4 percent said they are “100 percent Koreans,” followed by 21.5 percent regarding themselves as “half Korean and half foreigner.” Those who identified themselves as “pure foreigner” came to 3 percent, showed the survey conducted by the National Y
Aug. 6, 2012
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Police crack down on cigarette littering
The Ministry of Public Administration and Security and the National Policy Agency announced Monday that they had conducted a crackdown on throwing cigarette butts away while driving in July, and found 1,990 illegal cases.The policy agency said it imposed a penalty of 30,000 won on each case and that fines would rise to 50,000 won from Sep 1.The number of reports by citizens reached 836 and the citizens who provided information were given 5,000-10,000 won.A ministry official said the authority wi
Aug. 6, 2012
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KEPCO posts power electricity alert
South Korea’s state-run power company issued a power shortage alert Monday to reflect a surge in electricity consumption caused by high temperatures.The measure by Korea Electric Power Corp. comes after the weather service issued nationwide heatwave warnings earlier in the day, with power consumption expected to reach a record high. (Yonhap) <관련 한글 기사>한전, 전력경보 ‘주의’로 격상!전력거래소는 6일 오전 11시 5분 전력경보를 ‘주의’로 상향 발령했다.전력경보 주의가 내려진 것은 지난해 9.15 정전 사태 이후 처음이다전력경보 ‘주의’는 예비전력 300만㎾ 미만 200만㎾ 이상인 상태가 10분 이상 지속하거
Aug. 6, 2012
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S. Korean student wins international linguistics tournament
A South Korean high school student won the top place in a globally-recognized language competition for the first time, a local academic association said Sunday.Kim Hong-soon, a 17-year-old from the Korean Minjok Leadership Academy, scored the gold medal in the individual round of the 10th International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL) held in Ljubljana, the capital city of Slovenia between July 30 and Aug. 3, according to the Linguistic Society of Korea.It is the first time a Korean has ranked first i
Aug. 6, 2012
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U.S. congressional aides visit Seoul
A group of aides to United States Congress members will visit South Korea this week as part of the two countries’ efforts to boost exchange and cooperation, trip organizers said Saturday.Eight secretaries of U.S. Congress members including Sen. Richard Lugar, Sen. Jon Kyl and Rep. Steve King arrived in Seoul on Sunday for a seven-day visit at the invitation of the Korea Foundation, according to foundation officials.During the visit, the delegation plans to meet with government officials here and
Aug. 5, 2012