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What is Hybe’s next move?
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Medical profs at top hospitals suspend surgeries, clinics
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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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Hopes rise for possible Gaza truce deal
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Ex-pro baseball player who killed debtor appeals sentence
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S. Korea to issue travel ban on Haiti amid intensifying gang violence
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Seventeen shows who is the ‘Maestro’ of K-pop in greatest hits album
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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Around 50% of people with disabilities aged 65 or above: report
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‘N.K. military receives most aid’
North Korean government, administrative, military and related industry officials receive priority in food rations, according to media sources in the country, as a U.N. aid agency claims ordinary citizens are given less than a third of the recommended nutritional diet.North Koreans were only given 20
Aug. 17, 2011
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Revised GRE introduced in Korea
The U.S. Education and Testing Services has made the biggest change in its GRE general test in 60 years. Officials of the Korean branch of ETS said that the agency has advanced the test technologically with emphasis on real-world applications.The GRE general test is the most widely adopted test for
Aug. 17, 2011
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Ministry to scrap medical internships
As early as 2014, the one-year internship program for medical school graduates will be scrapped and replaced with strengthened residency training, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Wednesday. A ministry committee for medical reform found the internship system ineffective and time-consuming for
Aug. 17, 2011
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Samsung told to improve worker safety
Labor Ministry calls on firm to give better protection to workers from hazardsSamsung Electronics Co. has been asked by local authorities to take costly measures to better protect its workers, after a series of leukemia-related deaths in its semiconductor manufacturing lines. The Labor Ministry said
Aug. 17, 2011
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Mayor signs agreement with East African organization
An East African intergovernmental organization has signed an agreement with the mayor of Seoul aimed at increasing mutual cooperation in e-government technology and other areas of interest.According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government on Wednesday, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon signed a memorandum of unde
Aug. 17, 2011
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Woman held for smuggling N. Korean art
Seoul police said Wednesday that they had booked an ethnic Korean woman from China for allegedly smuggling North Korean paintings into South Korea, selling them to local consumers and sending some of the profits to the North. The 46-year-old woman, surnamed Kim, was accused of bringing in about 1,30
Aug. 17, 2011
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Man kills soldier on vacation with umbrella
A man accidently killed his soldier friend on vacation with an umbrella after having an argument with a passerby, Busan Geumjeong Police Station announced.The man, only known by the surname Kim, was with his naval serviceman friend near a convenience store at Busan on Sunday.The two got involved wit
Aug. 17, 2011
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iPhone users to file class action suit against Apple Wednesday
A class action lawsuit seeking compensation for privacy violations by U.S. electronics maker Apple Inc. will be filed on Wednesday with a regional court in South Korea, a law firm dealing with the litigation said. A total of 27,612 Korean users of Apple's iPhone joined a class action suit last month
Aug. 16, 2011
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HUFS head cleared of embezzlement suspicions
Prosecutors said Tuesday they have cleared the head of a private Seoul university of allegations that he embezzled school funds.Park Chul, the president of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, was summoned by prosecutors early this month over accusations that he misappropriated some 160 million won
Aug. 16, 2011
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Asylum claims approach record
386 people submit requests in 1st halfThe number of asylum seekers this year has sharply increased from previous years, and may reach the highest number of applicants since Korea started receiving refugee claims, according to government data. The information, released by the refugee support group Na
Aug. 16, 2011
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Chey under probe for illegal loans
SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won is under probe for allegedly taking out loans from a local savings bank, using borrowed names, a local daily reported Tuesday. According to the JoongAng Ilbo, investigators at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office have detected some suspected transactions in b
Aug. 16, 2011
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School violence surges almost 40%
School violence resumed its upward trend in 2010 after a brief drop the previous year, indicating growing aggression among the nation’s young students, a government report showed Tuesday.According to the data compiled by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, a total of 7,823 cases of vi
Aug. 16, 2011
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Law allows phone fraud victims to recover loss without litigation
Victims of phone fraud, commonly known as voice phishing, will be able to get their stolen money back within three months from the day they were victimized without undergoing litigation, the government decided Tuesday.The government, during a Cabinet meeting, approved an enforcement ordinance of a s
Aug. 16, 2011
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‘Consensus needed for delay of retirement age’
Faced with a rapidly growing population of seniors, many countries in the West have opted for a significant delay in, or an outright abolishment of, compulsory retirement based on age.Calls are growing here that Korea should follow suit to ensure a soft landing from the retirement of 7.12 million ba
Aug. 16, 2011
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Forum on smart aging set for September
Five government ministries and agencies will jointly organize a global forum on aging next month, which officials hope will provide a platform for information exchange and discussion on policy options for the baby boomer generation.The Global Symposium on Smart Aging will open on Sept. 1 at KINTEX,
Aug. 16, 2011
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Ensuring a soft landing for baby boomers
Experts advise retirement reform, efforts to create jobs for seniorsTo mark the 58th anniversary of its establishment on Aug. 15, The Korea Herald has published a series of articles on the looming retirement of Korean baby boomers and its socioeconomic impact on the nation. The following is the last
Aug. 16, 2011
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Korea heads for Homeless WC
The World Cup is not just for national players. It can be a stage where homeless men around the world gather to compete and reinvigorate themselves.The South Korean team of eight homeless men will head to Paris on Thursday to participate in the 2011 Homeless World Cup, the international event that a
Aug. 16, 2011
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Universities to be checked for overseas student facilities
Universities here educating students from abroad will undergo inspections to determine their ability to manage and care for their international academic community, according to the education ministry on Monday.The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology plans to prevent poorly managed universi
Aug. 15, 2011
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Rallies mark Liberation Day
Groups campaign against FTA, high tuition fees, Japan’s Dokdo claimVarious political and civic groups held rallies across Seoul on Monday, as the country marked the 66th anniversary of independence from Japan. The groups, many of which were separated along ideological lines, sought to take advantage
Aug. 15, 2011
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Streetwise Korea drops Japanese address legacy
After decades of confusion, Korea has ditched its traditional address system and adopted one based on named streets and consecutively-numbered buildings.But many residents are less than happy, saying a cultural legacy has been abandoned in the name of logic.From July 29 all the country’s 5.68 millio
Aug. 15, 2011