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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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Old couple suicides on parents’ day
An elderly couple who suffered from severe health problems hanged themselves on parents’ day.Yongin Seobu Police Station said they found the bodies of a Mr. Jeon and Ms. Roh at their apartment. The couple, who were in their 60s, left behind five pages of notes saying, “sorry and thank you.”Mr. Jeon and Ms. Roh suffered from Alzheimer’s and cancer, respectively.The couple sent their son and his fam
May 10, 2011
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GNP swamped with calls for reform
The ruling Grand National Party was facing internal strife as junior lawmakers pushed on with their bold reform plans.Party leader Ahn Sang-soo, together with Supreme Council members, stepped down on Sunday, taking responsibility for the party’s defeat in last month’s by-elections and giving way to an emergency committee.However, disagreements occurred over the leadership and composition of the co
May 9, 2011
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Lee makes conditional invitation to N.K. leader to nuclear summit
BERLIN -- President Lee Myung-bak said Monday that he was willing to invite North Korean leader Kim Jong-il to the world’s largest nuclear summit to be held in Seoul next year if Pyongyang “firmly agrees” with the international community to denuclearize. President Lee Myung-bak speaks during a news conference after a summit with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Monday. (Yonhap News)“If
May 9, 2011
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Lee discusses economic ties, reunification with German leaders
President says existence of nuclear arms on Korean Peninsula will delay reunificationBERLIN -- President Lee Myung-bak and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday discussed ways to strengthen economic ties, especially for the development of renewable energy, during their talks here in the German capital.Lee’s talks with Merkel came after the Korean president held a summit meeting earlier in the
May 9, 2011
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Ministry eases passport rules
Regulations on passport issuance for those who have committed crimes overseas will be eased, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said Monday.It said that the revision is likely to go into effect from July. Currently, those who have committed crimes in foreign countries are banned from being issued passports for a year. Passport issuance is restricted for three years for those who are charged
May 9, 2011
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Lee offers to resign as leader of minority LFP
Conservative says his party needs changeLee Hoi-chang, leader of the conservative minority Liberty Forward Party, has turned in his resignation in the hope of overcoming the party’s prolonged political stagnation.“I am stepping down to give way to changes in our party,” Lee said in the Supreme Council meeting held on Monday morning.“Political circles are undergoing sweeping changes and the LFP nee
May 9, 2011
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Military strengthens protective facilities on border islands
The South Korean military is strengthening its protective facilities on the country’s five northwestern border islands with corrugated steel plates a military official said Monday.It has been bolstering its defense capabilities on the islands near the tense western sea border since the artillery attack on Yeonpyeong Island in November last year, killing two soldiers and two civilians.Additional hi
May 9, 2011
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Lee Hoi-chang offers resignation
(Lee Hoi-chang offers to resign as minor conservative party chief. Yonhap News)Lee Hoi-chang, leader of the conservative minority Liberty Forward Party, offered his resignation on Monday, in an attempt to catalyze the party’s reform moves.“Our party is to face up to the ongoing changes within the political circles,” Lee said.Lee, who has held the LFP leader post since 2008, also suggested that the
May 9, 2011
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Lee says North's nukes an obstacle to unification
BERLIN (Yonhap News) -- President Lee Myung-bak said Sunday that Korea should seek unification with North Korea at any cost, stressing the need to end Pyongyang's nuclear programs that he said are an obstacle to unification.Lee made the remark in Berlin, the symbolic city of German unification, on the first leg of a three-nation European tour, saying that unification with the North could come at a
May 9, 2011
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GNP power shift weakens loyalists of President Lee
Developments may bolster Park Geun-hye ahead of major electionsA major power shift has taken place within the ruling Grand National Party amid calls for reform and concerns over the impact last month’s electoral debacle could have on the general elections slated for April next year.The shift became clear Friday as Rep. Hwang Woo-yea, seen as a “neutral non-mainstreamer,” was elected party floor le
May 8, 2011
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Bahk named finance minister
President Lee replaces four other Cabinet membersPresident Lee Myung-bak on Friday named one of his closest aides and incumbent labor minister as the new finance minister-designate in a partial Cabinet shakeup.Lee also nominated another four minister-designates of agriculture, environment, labor and land, mostly former or incumbent senior government officials, replacing a third of Cabinet members.
May 6, 2011
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Bahk Jae-wan named new finance minister in Cabinet reshuffle
President Lee Myung-bak named Labor Minister Bahk Jae-wan, considered one of his closest aides, as the new finance minister Friday in a Cabinet reshuffle that also affected four other ministers, the presidential office said. The other new ministers are for land and transportation, agriculture, environment as well as Bakh's successor as labor minister. Unification Minister Hyun In-taek and Just
May 6, 2011
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Ex-floor leaders express respect for each other
Following the aftermath of the April by-elections and recent turmoil over the Korea-EU Free Trade Agreement bill, political parties face a major leadership shift, including for the floor leader seats.The ruling Grand National Party held an in-party election on Friday, and the main opposition Democratic Party is scheduled to follow suit next Friday, according to officials.The last inter-party issue
May 6, 2011
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Neutral figure elected GNP floor leader
Hwang not affiliated with any faction; Lee Ju-young picked as chief policymakerRep. Hwang Woo-yea was voted floor leader of the ruling Grand National Party in a party election Friday.In the initial vote held in the early afternoon, Hwang won 64 votes out of 159, closely beating his rival An Kyung-ryul, who won 55 votes.The two front runners were then put to a final vote, in which Hwang won 90 vote
May 6, 2011
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Lee to replace 6 ministers in shake-up slated for later Friday
President Lee Myung-bak is expected to carry out a long-awaited Cabinet reshuffle later Friday that is likely to affect six ministers, including the finance minister and the unification minister handling relations with North Korea, an official said. "A partial Cabinet shake-up will be announced around 7 p.m. (Friday)," a presidential aide said. Lee has long been expected to shuffle the Cabi
May 6, 2011
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S. Korea's oldest reactor safe to operate: gov't
South Korea's oldest nuclear reactor is safe to operate, as a detailed inspection showed no problems with the unit that went into emergency shutdown last month due to an electrical glitch, the government said Friday. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology announced after a meeting of the Nuclear Safety Commission said it has approved the restart of the 33-year-old reactor northeast
May 6, 2011
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Lee to replace several Cabinet ministers Friday
Partial reshuffle signals beginning of ruling bloc’s post-election overhaulPresident Lee Myung-bak is expected to name five or six new Cabinet minister designates Friday, about a week after the ruling party’s by-election defeat and just before taking off for a weeklong trip to Europe. Outgoing ministers this time will include those who have been in the Cabinet for more than two years, have offered
May 5, 2011
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Lawmaker calls for active diplomacy over Dokdo
For Rep. Park Sun-young, a former constitutional law professor, changing her official domicile to the easternmost island of Dokdo was her way of fighting against Japan’s territorial sovereignty over the rocky islets.Shortly before the 92nd anniversary of the March 1 Movement, when independent fighters declared independence from Japanese colonial rule, the lawmaker of the conservative minor Liberty
May 5, 2011
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Lee to start Europe tour Sunday
President Lee Myung-bak will fly to Berlin on Sunday, the first destination of his weeklong European tour aimed mostly at strengthening economic cooperation.The businessman-turned-president plans to discuss how to promote bilateral trade and investment as well as cooperation for green growth with the leaders of Germany, Denmark and France, Cheong Wa Dae said.Korea’s free trade agreement with the E
May 5, 2011
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Opposition camp faces discord over FTA bill
Left wing criticizes DP leadership for deal with ruling partyOpposition parties face rough sailing to solidarity due to the conflict over the passage of the Korea-EU Free Trade Agreement bill Wednesday night.The National Assembly began a belated plenary session at 10:03 p.m., in which lawmakers of the Grand National Party approved the disputed bill, after opposition lawmakers boycotted the vote.Ea
May 5, 2011