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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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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Shinsegae faces showdown with investors over SSG.com's delayed IPO
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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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 discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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S. Korea to issue travel ban on Haiti amid intensifying gang violence
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Leaders of S. Korea, Angola agree to boost economic, trade cooperation
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Reports of Daejeon likely to be selected for science belt draw angry response
The government is reportedly considering choosing Daejeon as the site for the envisioned international science-business belt, which many other provincial governments have strenuously sought to have for their regional interests. Chiefs of provincial governments angrily responded to the reports that Daejeon is the most likely candidate site, saying that the government evaluation process was not fai
May 14, 2011
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Rocket landed near South Korean base in Afghanistan
A rocket fell just outside a base in Afghanistan, where South Korean aid workers and troops are stationed, early Saturday, but there were no reports of injuries, officials at the Foreign Ministry said. The RPG-7 rocket appears to have landed about 200 meters away from the base in Charikar City in the northern Afghan province of Parwan, according to them. The attack was the seventh one apparently a
May 14, 2011
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Former finance minister elected DP floor leader
The main opposition Democratic Party elected Friday a former finance minister as the new floor leader to take charge of in-party and inter-party communication.Second-term lawmaker and economic expert, Rep. Kim Jin-pyo beat his rivals, Rep. Kang Bong-kyun and Rep. Lew Seon-ho, to be named the party’s floor leader.He is to succeed Rep. Park Jie-won and lead the party for the next year. Rep. Kim Jin-
May 13, 2011
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Lee, Sarkozy discuss G20, trade ties
Korea, France renew commitment to G20 goals to reduce imbalances, energy price volatilityPARIS ― President Lee Myung-bak and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy discussed during summit talks here Friday ways to further expand bilateral trade and investment as Korea’s free trade pact with the European Union goes into effect July 1.Differences with Paris over the issue of returning Korea’s centur
May 13, 2011
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Lee says N.K. reaction to invitation not official one
COPENHAGEN (Yonhap News) -- President Lee Myung-bak said Thursday he does not expect North Korea to respond quickly to his offer to invite leader Kim Jong-il to an international summit in Seoul next year and even a negative response does not necessarily mean a rejection. Lee made the remark a day after the North's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland denounced his offer as "r
May 12, 2011
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Seoul to discuss Lee’s overture with N. Korea
COPENHAGEN -- An aide to President Lee Myung-bak said Thursday that Seoul may hold working-level talks with Pyongyang to follow up on Lee’s conditional invitation of Kim Jong-il to a global nuclear summit next year.Pyongyang downplayed Lee’s latest overture in Berlin that he would invite the reclusive North Korean leader to the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul next spring if Pyongyang made a firm
May 12, 2011
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[Herald Interview] G20 speakers to gather in Seoul for talks
Speaker Park says Korea should take leading role in promoting world peaceFollowing Seoul’s hosting of the Group of 20 summit last year, the National Assembly speaker is set to lead a meeting of G20 parliamentary speakers next week.“We are now living in a global era and the parliament, as the state’s key legislative organ, should keep pace with the changing world,” Park Hee-tae told The Korea Heral
May 12, 2011
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Korea, Denmark ink green growth deal
Lee agrees with Danish leader to expand political and economic tiesCOPENHAGEN ― President Lee Myung-bak agreed with Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen during their summit talks here Thursday to reinforce political and economic cooperation as well as technological exchanges for green growth.Korea and Denmark also launched earlier in the day a “Green Growth Alliance,” which includes Copenha
May 12, 2011
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GNP lawmakers seek to recoup depositors’ losses
Some Grand National Party lawmakers are considering ways to enable depositors of suspended savings banks to partially recoup lost money, officials said Thursday.They are also mulling giving the state-run Korea Deposit Insurance Corp. the right to independently inspect savings banks to keep the Financial Supervisory Service in check. Critics said the FSS has wielded a “monopolistic” inspection auth
May 12, 2011
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GNP to elect new leader on July 4
The Grand National Party will select a new leader on July 4 to take the helm for the general and presidential elections next year.The ruling party’s emergency panel held its first meeting on Thursday, where they scheduled hold a national convention for that date, officials said.The committee was launched after former party leader Ahn Sang-soo and other Supreme Council members stepped down on Sunda
May 12, 2011
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GNP upholds floor leader as interim chief in power strife
The power struggle within the ruling Grand National Party escalated as the party secretariat decided that the vacant party leader seat is to be filled by the newly-elected floor leader, instead of the designated emergency panel chairman.“It is best to let the floor leader take over the party leader’s authority and the emergency panel chairman lead the panel,” said the party’s vice secretary-genera
May 11, 2011
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Korean leader touts green diplomacy
President Lee opens Global Green Growth Institute in CopenhagenCOPENHAGEN ― Korea’s ambitious Global Green Growth Institute opened its first overseas office here Wednesday in a show of strengthened ties with Denmark.Denmark has vowed to contribute $5 million annually for three years to the international organization launched by the Lee Myung-bak administration last June. President Lee attended Wed
May 11, 2011
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Sohn turns his back on Korea-U.S. FTA bill
Sohn Hak-kyu, chairman of the main opposition Democratic Party, said on Wednesday that he would object to a bill to ratify the free trade agreement with the United States.His remark, coupled with the Grand National Party floor leader Hwang Woo-yeah’s vow not to run in general elections next year if the ruling party railroads the bill, darkens the prospect for its smooth passage this year.“Damage i
May 11, 2011
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Rules toughened to prevent draft dodging
Military manpower chief says measures will close loopholesThe military conscription agency has been implementing or seeking to introduce a series of measures to block those looking to exploit legal loopholes to dodge their compulsory service, the agency chief said Wednesday.They include toughening screening processes, securing an independent investigative authority, allowing elementary-school grad
May 11, 2011
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Lee discusses N. Korea with leaders of German unification
President says Pyongyang will seek dialogue with Seoul for stability as it goes through power transition FRANKFURT -- President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday met with four leaders of the 1990 German reunification in Berlin to share their experiences and advice in preparing for South Korea’s reunification with North Korea. Lee met with Lothar de Maiziere, the last prime minister of East Germany; Wolfgan
May 10, 2011
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Former and current ambassadors to give lectures on ASEAN
Former and current South Korean ambassadors will give a series of lectures in Seoul on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations from May 31 through July 5 to enhance understanding of its 10 member countries. The ASEAN-Korea Center has organized the lectures on relations between Korea and ASEAN members and ways to improve them.The center is an international body established in March 2009 under an
May 10, 2011
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Gyeonggi governor eyes GNP leadership
Gyeonggi Governor Kim Moon-soo, one of the ruling camp’s presidential hopefuls, expressed his intention to join the Grand National Party’s leadership contest on Tuesday.The former third-term lawmaker said that should all the other presidential hopefuls join the race, he would throw his hat in the ring to “save the party,” now faltering after its recent by-election defeat. The leadership contest is
May 10, 2011
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GNP seeks to avoid ‘wealthy party’ tag
New floor leader Hwang says party will reach out to the people with policiesThe newly elected floor leader of the ruling Grand National Party pledged to rid the party of its reputation as an affluent party remote from the realities of citizens.“Our party will focus on designing customized welfare policies for people of all ages,” said Rep. Hwang Woo-yea in a radio speech on Tuesday.“Our aim is to
May 10, 2011
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Ex-generals to be briefed on reforms
Retired officers say plans to revamp military do not go far enoughThe Ministry of National Defense will hold a three-day session next week to outline to retired general-grade officers its military reform efforts, which critics claim will not effectively address problems in the military.About 600 retired general-grade officers are expected to attend the session from Tuesday to Thursday next week, m
May 10, 2011
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Presidential duel looms for Park, Sohn
Opposition leader’s rise alarming ruling party’s front runnerIn the early morning of April 28, a throng of lawmakers were gathering at the entrance of the National Cemetery in Seoul, waiting for their party leader to arrive.When Sohn Hak-kyu, chairman of the main opposition Democratic Party, showed up around 8:30 a.m., they extended their hands for him to shake and followed him to the tomb of late
May 10, 2011