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Medical profs at top hospitals suspend surgeries, clinics
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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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Samsung chip business back on track, logs W1.9tr operating profit in Q1
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Shinsegae faces showdown with investors over SSG.com's delayed IPO
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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Ex-pro baseball player who killed debtor appeals sentence
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Hopes rise for possible Gaza truce deal
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Weather agency to forecast flu probabilities
The state’s weather agency will provide the probabilities of catching a cold along with their forecasts, in an effort to help citizens’ maintain their health, said officials on Tuesday.The Korea Meteorological Administration will offer a national flu report on the possibility of catching a cold or t
Sept. 27, 2011
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Koreans spent W2.3tr in Macao, Philippine casinos in 2010: report
More than 220,000 South Koreans visited casinos in Macao and the Philippines last year and lost a total of 2.3 trillion won (US$ 1.9 billion), a lawmaker said Tuesday, calling for government measures to curb overseas gambling.South Korea strictly regulates gambling within the country for its citizen
Sept. 27, 2011
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New chief Supreme Court justice sworn in
Yang Sung-tae was sworn in as the new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in South Korea on Tuesday, vowing to bolster transparency and openness of the judiciary.The 63-year-old incoming chief justice, who replaced predecessor Lee Yong-hun, said the current level of South Koreans’ trust toward the ju
Sept. 27, 2011
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Weather agency to introduce 'flu infection index'
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Yonhap) -- The nation's weahter forecast agency is to start alerting residents to how likely they are to catch a cold as part of its efforts to address growing public concern about health and disease, officials said Tuesday. (Bloomberg)The so-called "flu infection index" will be cal
Sept. 27, 2011
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Prosecutors investigate head of Jeil Savings Bank
Prosecutors said on Monday they were investigating the head of a suspended savings bank over allegations that executives of the bank offered illegal loans and engaged in other financial irregularities.Prosecutors earlier arrested Lee Yong-jun, president of the Jeil Savings Bank, along with another e
Sept. 26, 2011
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Zenith Travel probed by police for not paying refunds
A local travel agent that caters to foreigners is under police investigation after failing to refund millions of won in cancelled flights ― and is still operating despite having its business suspended by a local government office.A spokeswoman at Korea Travel Organization’s Tourist Complaint Center
Sept. 26, 2011
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Suicide attempts over Han River every other day
A suicide attempt happens once every two days off the bridges that overlook the Han River in Seoul, a government report said Monday.According to the report by Seoul Metropolitan Government, over the past five years 892 people have attempted suicide over the Han River.The report, submitted to the Nat
Sept. 26, 2011
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Number of elderly people living alone rises
Demographic shift demands independence from childrenSouth Korea’s elderly demographic is increasingly living alone. The traditional family model of children supporting parents has broken down and more elderly people are choosing to live on their own rather than depend on their offspring. According t
Sept. 26, 2011
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Women account for three of every four elementary teachers
More than three out of every four elementary school teachers in South Korea are women, government data showed Monday, indicating potential problems in the education of young students caused by a serious gender imbalance and the lack of presence of male teachers.Among a total of 180,623 teachers at e
Sept. 26, 2011
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Osaka University offers SNU faculty exchanges
Seoul National University said Sunday that Osaka University had requested mutual exchanges with it.According to Seoul National University, 12 professors from Osaka University’s Graduate School of Science visited SNU’s College of Natural Sciences and discussed plans to develop education and research
Sept. 25, 2011
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Companies fail to provide mandatory child care
More than a fifth of the nation’s biggest corporations were found to have neglected to provide some form of day care to its employees’ infants as required by law, a government report said Sunday. According to a report by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, 22 of the top 100 corporations failed to pr
Sept. 25, 2011
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Regional environment forum to start this week
Hundreds of environmentalists from the Asia-Pacific region will gather in Incheon this week for a four-day meeting to discuss and prepare a roadmap for a larger gathering to be held in Korea next year, organizers said Sunday. Members of the International Union of Conservation of Nature will hold a R
Sept. 25, 2011
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Appeals court upholds spousal rape conviction
An appellate court here legally recognized spousal rape for the first time, ruling against a husband who was found to have forced himself upon his wife using a weapon, court officials said Sunday.But the Seoul High Court reduced the sentence against the 40-year-old to two years and six months in pri
Sept. 25, 2011
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U.S. lawyer seeks to capitalize on expertise
Seoul Honorary Citizen David Linton argues need to remove legal barriers for start-ups in KoreaSince he started working here as a lawyer in 2007, David Jonathan Linton has focused not only on building his own career but also on how he can use his legal expertise to contribute to the advancement of t
Sept. 25, 2011
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3 killed in construction site collapse in Daejeon
DAEJEON (Yonhap News) -- Three workers were killed at a construction site in Daejeon, central South Korea, on Sunday, when they were accidentally buried alive while building underground drainage pipe networks, police said.The accident took place at 10 a.m. when the water-weakened ground near Gapcheo
Sept. 25, 2011
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Appeals court recognizes first ever spousal rape
An appellate court here legally recognized spousal rape for the first time, ruling against a husband who was found to have forced himself upon his wife using a weapon, court officials said Sunday.(Yonhap News)The Seoul High Court sentenced a 40-year-old man to two years and six months in prison, sus
Sept. 25, 2011
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Chief of suspended savings bank found dead
Joint investigation team raids headquarters of seven savings banksThe chief of one of the seven local savings banks that were suspended last week due to capital shortages was found dead Friday in an apparent suicide, according to Seoul police.Jeong Gu-haeng, the 50-year-old head of Jeil 2 Savings Ba
Sept. 23, 2011
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Five public colleges face restructuring By Lee Woo-young The Education Ministry on Friday selected five public universities that will undergo a restructuring process in a bid to reform public universities and raise their competitiveness in the long term. The schools -- Kangwon and Gangneung-Wonju Na
Sept. 23, 2011
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Kenyan fleeing forced marriage gets refugee status
An appellate court on Thursday granted refugee status to a Kenyan woman who fled her country to avoid marrying a man against her wishes as part of her tribe’s custom. The Seoul High Court’s administrative division ordered the Ministry of Justice to acknowledge the 43-year-old woman, known only by he
Sept. 23, 2011
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5 state-funded universities face forced restructuring
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- The education ministry has singled out five uncompetitive state-funded universities in preparation to force them to carry out reforms aimed at improving the quality of their education, officials said Friday.The move is the latest in a nationwide series of education reform
Sept. 23, 2011