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Hyundai Motor eyes 80,000 jobs, W68tr investment at home by 2026
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Doctors' group picks new leader amid tense standoff over increased enrollment quota
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Dialogue hopes fade as doctors pick hard-liner as new head
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Coupang pledges W3tr to expand Rocket Delivery nationwide by 2027
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[Election Battlefield] Political novice to face off star politician in ‘swing district’
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[Kim Seong-kon] The April 2024 election will decide our future
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Korea enters full election mode
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Seoul’s bus union prepares for strike
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Fire breaks out at Mount Halla
Fire broke out at Mount Halla National Park Tuesday, according to local fire department.Jeju Island Provincial office said they deployed helicopters along with 4,000 civil servants to battle the flames.From news report <관련 한글 기사>한라산에 불..진화 헬기 등 총동원24일 낮 12시께 세계자연유산인 한라산국립공원 어리목 인근의 해발 1천450m 사제비오름에 발생한 산불이 오후 2시께 대부분 진압됐 다.한라산국립공원사무소에 따르면 발화지점은 사제비오름 약수터 근처이며, 이 불 로 인근지역 1.6㏊가량이 소실됐다.산불은 바람을 타고 발화
April 24, 2012
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Lee aide denies influence peddling
Kwak Seung-jun, chief of the Presidential Council for Future and Vision, on Tuesday denied allegations that he had received entertainment from CJ chairman Lee Jay-hyun in 2009 in return for business favors.“I met Lee because we have been friends for 30 years. It was not business related and we enjoyed each other’s company. There was no inappropriate third party involved,” said Kwak, one of President Lee Myung-bak’s right-hand men. The Seoul Shinmun newspaper reported that Kwak met the chairman o
April 24, 2012
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Faux cult member indicted for killing daughters
Prosecutors on Tuesday indicted a woman who killed her two daughters at the urging of a supposed member of a non-existent cult. The 38-year-old woman, identified only by her surname Kwon, drowned her 10-year-old daughter in a bathtub and suffocated her 6-year-old daughter with a pillow in a motel on March 8, according to Jeonju District Prosecutors’ Office.Kwon was following the direction of a 32-year-old woman, surnamed Yang, who lied about being a member of a pseudo-religion called “the System
April 24, 2012
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Lee’s closest confidant admits he took money
The former chief of the country’s media regulator admitted on Monday to having received money from a business developer in the latest bribery scandal involving close confidants of President Lee Myung-bak.The prosecution is said to be investigating the former chairman of the Korea Communications Commission Choi See-joong on suspicion of taking bribes in return for influence-peddling in a construction project.But Choi, widely referred to as Lee’s political mentor, denied it was a bribe, saying the
April 23, 2012
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Gov't to spend 6.2 trln won in support of women
The government said Monday it will spend more than 6.2 trillion won ($5.44 billion) this year to support women in jobs, through childcare and in other areas that could lead to an overall improvement of their social standing.Under the plan, the government will offer customized job support for women seeking reemployment, women in rural areas, marriage immigrants and other groups. The sum is about 70
April 23, 2012
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Teachers demand judicial authority
The nation’s largest teachers’ group asked the government to give special judicial authority to teachers to curb school violence. In a meeting with the Education Ministry on Monday, the Korean Federation of Teachers Associations also demanded the government extend counseling and therapy and set up more alternative schools.The teachers said it has become even more difficult to control unruly students because of rules on students’ human rights that went into effect in Seoul this year.The governmen
April 23, 2012
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Lee scolds police, demands reform
President Lee Myung-bak on Monday called for drastic reform of the police agency following a series of corruption allegations and bungled rape and murder cases. “We need to use the appointment of a new police commissioner general as an opportunity to end internal corruption and reestablish police attitudes to better protect the life and property of the public,” Lee was quoted by his spokesperson Park Jung-ha as saying during a meeting with senior secretaries. In an untypically harsh tone, he sco
April 23, 2012
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Diesel vehicles required to install exhaust filter
Used diesel car owners in Seoul must install a diesel particulate filter beginning in the latter half of the year under a new regulation to improve air quality, city officials said Monday.Those caught without the device will be fined 200,000 won ($175).Diesel vehicles such as vans, buses and trucks that weigh more than 3.5 tons and have been used more than seven years are subject to the new rule.The vehicles will be monitored through closed circuit television cameras on the streets of the capita
April 23, 2012
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Police widen probe into music school admissions fraud
Police are widening an investigation into alleged corruption at a public university after a professor was found to have offered illegal private tutoring to students in exchange for admission. Police requested Sunday an arrest warrant for the 44-year-old contrabass professor of Korea National University of Art. He was charged with offering illegal private tutoring to high school students preparing for the school’s admission test, and giving them undeserved high scores. According to the Seoul Metr
April 23, 2012
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Latest member of Lee’s inner circle to fall
Ex-KCC chief Choi new embarrassment to president dogged by corrupt aidesOne of President Lee Myung-bak’s most trusted aides is suspected of having taken bribes from a business developer for several years, dealing a serious blow to an embattled president already suffering from corruption scandals involving his aides.Choi See-joong, a former journalist from Dong-A Ilbo, headed the research organization Gallup Korea from 2004-2007 before joining Lee’s camp.Choi, who studied alongside of Lee’s older
April 23, 2012
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Woman allegedly blinded by cold medicine files suit against gov't
A Busan woman who lost her eyesight after taking cold medicine has filed a compensation lawsuit against the government, the drug maker and other concerned parties, claiming her misfortune was caused by side effects of the drug, her law firm said Monday.According to the law firm CS, the 36-year-old, identified only by her family name of Kim, took the rare legal action against the government, the dr
April 23, 2012
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Online mall busted for selling information of over 11 million people
Seven businesspeople have been detained on charges of illegally releasing the personal information of more than 11 million people, selling some of the data to insurance companies for profit, police said Monday.The Gyeonggi Provincial Police Agency said they apprehended two people who operate an Internet shopping mall on suspicion of sharing the private information of 11.75 million clients and memb
April 23, 2012
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Prosecutors to summon police chief over Roh remarks
Prosecutors are reportedly considering summoning Police Commissioner General Cho Hyun-oh in a libel investigation over remarks he made that indicated the late former President Roh Moo-hyun amassed slush funds. The investigation prompted by complaints by Roh’s family is expected to shed new light on the bribery scandal involving Roh. He killed himself on May 23, 2009, as the prosecution tightened its examination into the allegations of illegal funds. The investigators closed the case after his de
April 23, 2012
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Ministry warns against strike by rail workers
The government said on Sunday that unionized rail workers’ recent decision to walk out to resist the proposed partial privatization of KTX bullet-train operations is clearly illegal and should be scrapped.“An introduction of competition (into the KTX operations) will promote the interest of the people and the nation and is a future-oriented move,” the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs said in a statement.“It is problematic for Korail to claim vested rights and a monopoly on public
April 22, 2012
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Korea to appeal to IHO on map use of East Sea
The government will appeal to international society to acknowledge the body of water between Korea and Japan as “East Sea,” instead of or alongside the current name of “Sea of Japan.” The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on Friday announced that a government delegation would attend the 18th general meeting of the International Hydrographic Organization scheduled from Monday through Thursday in Monaco. IHO is the body responsible for uniformity in nautical charts and documents. The authoriti
April 22, 2012
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U.S. general hones Korean front line to ‘fight tonight’
A quarter-century of historical events is reflected in the resume of Maj. Gen. Edward Cardon of the Second Infantry Division. The commanding general of the U.S. Forces Korea’s front line division was in Europe to see the fall of the Berlin Wall, at the Pentagon for 9/11 and in Iraq for the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. This prompts the question of what will happen while he is stationed in Korea.For Cardon, the 2ID’s motto “fight tonight” could not ring any truer, having seen both the death o
April 22, 2012
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3 officers arrested for taking bribes from bar
Three more police officers have been arrested on charges of receiving bribes from a big-time Seoul room salon owner now under arrest for tax evasion and other law violations, prosecutors said Sunday.With the additions, a total of 10 incumbent police officers, who formerly served at a police substation in Nonhyun-dong in the affluent southern Seoul district of Gangnam, or at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, have been indicted or arrested in the bribery probe into Lee Kyung-baek. The 40-year-
April 22, 2012
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Lack of evidence blights spying probe
One month into reinvestigation, prosecutors still struggle to identify key suspectsAfter a month of reinvestigation into alleged spying on civilians by the Prime Minister’s Office, prosecutors are still struggling to identify the higher-ups who ordered the surveillance and its cover-up.According to Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, more than 20 people have been questioned for allegedly playing a role in the illegal surveillance of scores of citizens including businessmen, politicians,
April 22, 2012
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Korean doctor builds orthopedic surgery in Tanzania
When Lee Jae-heon, an orthopedic surgeon and World Friends Korea volunteer, arrived in the northern town of Arusha, Tanzania three years ago, he was the only orthopedic specialist in the town. In the country with an average of one such specialist per 3.5-5 million people (equal to Seoul having just two or three orthopedic surgeons), the conditions were too poor even for basic surgery on broken arms or legs. Traffic accidents were frequent there, causing many injuries.Dispatched to Mount Meru Hos
April 22, 2012
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Korean War veteran up for Medal of Honor, sainthood
A Korean War veteran may be the first ever to be both awarded the United States’ highest military honor and be made a saint.Father Emil Kapaun, who served in the Korean War as a U.S. Army Chaplain, has been posthumously nominated to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor and may be canonized for his services here, according to the Wichita Eagle, a daily based in Kansas, U.S., and other media.Kapaun would be the third American saint and the first to have received a Medal of Honor, awarded only to those
April 22, 2012