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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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South Korea to launch space security center under spy agency
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More med professors to take day off each week while govt. urges them to stay
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Hybe refutes Ador CEO Min's denial of breach of trust
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S. Korea, Japan could consider simplified entry agreement: Seoul official
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Legoland Korea Resort to open until 9 p.m.
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Police probe Japanese tourist rape case
Police are questioning a guesthouse owner in downtown Seoul over allegations that a Japanese guest was sexually assaulted there earlier this month. According to officers in Mapo, the probe was launched after the Japanese Embassy filed a complaint against the guesthouse on May 16 after learning that a 45-year-old woman who had stayed there on May 6 was raped after sharing drinks with fellow guests, the owner and his friends. She claimed that right after she returned to her room late at night she
May 20, 2012
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Nurseries to face shutdown if they close for protests
Starting in July, nursery headmasters who close their institutions for more than one day without legitimate reason will be penalized and their facilities could be shut down, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Sunday.The rule is expected to put fetters on 15,000 private nurseries looking after more than 750,000 children nationwide. The measures came as groups of nursery operators including the Korea Edu-Care Association have been on months-long protests against the government’s recent freeze
May 20, 2012
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Training forum stresses skills sharing
An international meeting on vocational education and training in Jeju called for efforts to narrow the skills gap between developed and developing countries, stressing the importance of human skills in tackling economic issues. The WorldSkills International General Assembly wrapped up a week-long event Sunday, with representatives of 45 member countries issuing a joint declaration. “We will pursue ‘Technology Transfer for Sharing and Growing’ to enhance the potential of skills and technology in
May 20, 2012
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Conference aims to narrow disparity, boost ties
Since its introduction in 1992, the APEC Education Ministerial Meeting has served as a venue to narrow the education disparity in the Asia-Pacific region and set the future direction of education cooperation.In the fifth APEC meeting in Gyeongju, education officials will review progress in international cooperation and set the direction for a new four-year education development plan.The first meeting, “Toward Education Standards for the 21st Century,” took place in Washington, D.C. Singapore hos
May 20, 2012
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Supreme Court to issue SNS advice for judges
The Supreme Court’s ethics committee said on Sunday it decided to recommend that judges exercise caution when using social networking services to avoid “unintended consequences.”Following the decision, made on Thursday at the Supreme Court’s ethics committee meeting, the Supreme Court issued recommendations outlining what to be careful of when using social networking services. According to the committee, the recommendations summarize SNS-related issues judges need to be beware of and will help “
May 20, 2012
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Jeju to showcase eco-tourism
Officials in Jeju are busily sprucing up the island for a major gathering of environmental experts in the fall, hoping to seize the opportunity to put it on the global eco-tourism map. The volcanic island off the southern coast is a designated World Natural Heritage Site and home to a Biosphere Reserve, Ramsar Wetland, Global Geopark and much more. Those attractions will be on display when more than 10,000 policymakers, activists and scholars in the environmental field gather for the 2012 IUCN W
May 20, 2012
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What is the IUCN?
Despite its role in shaping global environmental action, few people outside the conservationist community know about the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the organizer of the WCC. Founded in 1948, the IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest environmental organization. Most of the world’s governments and hundreds of non-governmental organizations are members. Many of the world’s environmental treaties such as the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention on International
May 20, 2012
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Back to nature
World Conservation Congress to seek nature-based solutions to modern problemsThousands of conservationists, policymakers and representatives of the business world will gather on Jeju Island in September for a crucial meeting that may shape much future environmental action. The 2012 IUCN World Conservation Congress will be held at Jeju International Convention Center Sept. 6-15, coming to Northeast Asia for the first time in its greater than 60-year history. Taking place every four years, the con
May 20, 2012
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Teacher trainee sexually assaulted student: police
Police arrested a university student and charged him with sexual assault of a minor on Sunday. The 24-year-old man obtained the female student’s contact number while he was training as a teacher at her school in April, Daejeon police said. The police said the incident occurred on May 14 when the man allegedly enticed the 17-year-old student to eat with him at his home, where he sexually assaulted her.<한글 기사>교생, 여고생에게 '라면 먹자'하고 성추행교생실습으로 알게 된 여고생을 '라면 같이 끓여 먹자'고 유인해 강제로 성추행한 대학생 A(24)씨가 경찰에 성폭력 혐
May 20, 2012
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Miner alive after 17 days underground
A coal miner was found alive Saturday after being underground for 17 days following a flood in a northeast China coal mine, authorities said.Twenty-eight miners had been working underground at the time of the May 2 flood at the Junyuan No. 2 Coal Mine in Xing'an district of Hegang city in Heilongjiang Province, Xinhua reported.Ten of the miners escaped, five have been rescued, 10 have been confir
May 20, 2012
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National pavilions draw large crowds at Yeosu Expo
National pavilions that highlight ongoing efforts by humanity to harmonize with the marine environment have drawn large crowds at the ongoing 2012 Yeosu Expo, organizers for the event said Saturday. Organizers for the exposition that will run till Aug. 12 saidon average more than 10,000 visitors have toured South Korea'snational pavilion with it massive dome screen. The screen givesvisitors the
May 19, 2012
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Gwangju uprising contributed to S. Korea's democratization: poll
The 1980 Gwangju uprising played a significant role in helping move forward the democratization process in South Korea, a poll conducted by a memorial foundation showed Saturday. The May 18 Memorial Foundation said the nationwide survey of725 people showed 65.8 percent of the respondents saying thepopular revolts and the subsequent bloody military crackdown in andaround the city of Gwangju helpe
May 19, 2012
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School bus falls off cliff, 41 injured
A bus fell off a 15-meter-high cliff, injuring 38 students, two teachers, and the driver during a school trip Friday morning. Several students were unconscious and in critical condition. They were taken to a hospital by helicopter.The bus was running downhill near a military checkpoint connected to Eulji Observatory in Gangwon Province.It was reported that the brakes failed, but the exact cause of the accident is under investigation. Earlier this month, a teacher was killed and 36 students injur
May 19, 2012
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School TB outbreak has little risk of contagion: health agency
A massive tuberculosis outbreak at a high school in Gyeonggi Province carries little risk of contagion, health officials said Friday. According to the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 128 of Goyang Foreign Language High School’s 471 second-graders were found to have been infected with latent TB. They are in the pre-symptomatic and pre-disease stage of the disease and thus are not infectious, the agency said.A person with inactive TB is not ill, but may develop symptoms later when
May 19, 2012
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Seoul to aid green car purchases
The Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to promote the use of electric cars among private institutions by subsidizing two-thirds of costs for purchase. The government aims to distribute 385 electric cars this year to public and private organizations. “Seoul City will be fully prepared for the dawning of the electric car era” said Jung Hung-soon, director of Green Transportation Policy Division at the municipal government.The municipality has tried to increase the number of electric, hydrogen fue
May 19, 2012
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POSCO denies report on Lee SD’s involvement in investment loss
POSCO on Friday denied a report that lawmaker Lee Sang-deuk, elder brother of President Lee Myung-bak, encouraged the steelmaker to make a failed investment in a savings bank two years ago. POSTECH, a science and technology university affiliated to the Pohang-based firm, invested 50 billion won ($43.6 million) in Busan Savings Bank in June 2010. Citing senior POSCO officials, the local daily Hankyoreh reported Friday that Lee requested the investment to POSCO chairman Chung Joon-yang and the sch
May 19, 2012
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Choi SC, Park YJ indicted for bribery
The prosecution on Friday indicted Choi See-choong and Park Young-joon on bribery charges as part of its investigation into an influence-peddling scandal involving the members of President Lee Myung-bak’s inner circle. Choi, the former chairman of the Korea Communications Commission and Lee’s mentor, is accused of taking 800 million won ($681,000) between July 2006 and February 2008 in bribes from a local developer seeking construction rights for his mega mall project. Park, a former vice minist
May 18, 2012
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Prosecutors find slush fund linked to Roh’s brother
Prosecutors investigating alleged corruption by the elder brother of late President Roh Moo-hyun said Friday they found tens of billions of won in a bank account apparently owned by his wealth manager.Roh Geon-pyeong, 70, is being investigated for embezzlement and influence peddling allegations. He remains in custody since Tuesday for questioning at the prosecutors’ office in Changwon. The bank account is believed to be owned by Roh’s financial manager and the bulk of the money was used for thre
May 18, 2012
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Arirang-3 launch lifts Korea’s space program
Korea made progress in its commercial space program by launching its third Earth observation satellite from a Japanese space center on Friday.The KOMPSAT-3, also called the Arirang-3, lifted off aboard the Japanese H-2A rocket at 1:39 a.m. from the Tanegashima Space Center on an island some 115 kilometers south of Kyushu.The satellite was separated from the rocket and went into orbit 16 minutes after launch and sent its first signal to a ground station in Antarctica at 2:18 a.m. The satellite ex
May 18, 2012
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House foreign affairs chair to vist Seoul
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, chairwoman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, will visit South Korea next week, her first trip there in 11 years, according to a congressional source.“Rep. Ros-Lehtinen will lead a seven-member delegation of the House to visit Seoul from May 22-25,” the source told Yonhap News Agency on Thursday.During the trip, coinciding with the Memorial Day recess of Congress, she is expected to meet President Lee Myung-bak, Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan and Unification M
May 18, 2012