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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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'Korean Houdini' nabbed a!fter six days on the run
Robbery suspect Choi Gab-bok, is escorted by police at an apartment in Milyang on Saturday. (Yonhap News)A robbery suspect who earned the nickname "Korean Houdini" after breaking out of prison through a very narrow cell window was nabbed Saturday after six days on the run, police said.Choi Gab-bok, 50, was caught on the rooftop of an apartment building in Milyang, 386 kilometers southeast of Seoul
Sept. 23, 2012
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Granddaughter of Korean emperor loses trial to regain lost land
The granddaughter of Korean Emperor Gojong, the 26th monarch of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), lost a trial to reclaim land that she claims was taken over by the government without following due process.Princess Yi Hae-won and 16 other people who are descendants of the dynasty that was stripped of its powers by Japan in the early 20th century had filed a legal suit asking for the return of 12,700
Sept. 22, 2012
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Two killed, dozen injured in construction site collapse
Two construction workers were killed and 12 others were injured Saturday after they fell from a bridge under construction in this city near the northern border, police and emergency officials said.The upper part of the concrete bridge in Paju, north of Seoul, collapsed at around 8:50 a.m., and 14 workers who were working on the bridge fell 15 meters down to the ground, they said. Seventeen were wo
Sept. 22, 2012
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Seoul’s best flea markets
Sunny, brisk September days are perfect for some treasure hunting at outdoor flea markets. Here are Seoul’s most popular flea markets.Seocho Saturday Flea MarketLocation: Sadang Station, Lines 2 and 4, Exit 11 Time: Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.Phone: (02) 2155-6693 Website: www.seocho.go.kr On an 800-meter-long street between Sadang and Chongshin University subway stations, thousands of buyers and sellers hustle and bustle every Saturday. This is Seoul’s oldest and largest flea market and th
Sept. 21, 2012
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Court orders financial regulator to disclose Lone Star reports
A Seoul court has ruled that the country’s financial regulator should make public its reports that helped Lone Star retain its status as the largest shareholder in a South Korean bank, court officials said Friday.The Seoul Administrative Court made the ruling in a lawsuit filed by a group of employees of the Korea Exchange Bank, the fifth-largest lender in South Korea, against the Financial Supervisory Service, they said.Since 2003, the Texas-based private buyout fund has been the biggest share
Sept. 21, 2012
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Korea to allow foreign doctors to practice while training here
The Ministry of Health and Welfare plans to allow foreign doctors to practice medicine on a limited scale. The ministry unveiled the plan during a public hearing Friday aimed at opening the door for foreign doctors and dentists to practice while they receive training here. Under the current law, foreigners with a medical license are allowed to practice a limited scope for educational or research purposes after getting permission from the Health Ministry. But due to a lack of actual guidelines an
Sept. 21, 2012
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One in five schools has no native English teachers
One in five schools in Korea currently has no native English-speaking teachers, governmental data showed on Friday. As of the end of April, 8,520 foreign English teachers were employed at the country’s 11,368 primary, middle and high schools. The number is down 800 from a year ago, representing an 8.5 percent drop, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said.Some 18 percent of schools, or 2,065, currently have no English speaking assistant teachers. The shortage in English-speaking te
Sept. 21, 2012
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Treasure hunting at flea markets
Community-based markets for secondhand goods thrive in SeoulA riverside park around Han River bustles with sellers both young and old. They sit on mats with their items and call out to potential customers. Many eat snacks or lunch while they wait. Buyers survey each mat and scrutinize the objects on display, while market staffers walk around and monitor the area. Welcome to Ttukseom Beautiful Flea Market, where bargain shoppers meet hundreds of vendors every Saturday, hoping for amazing deals an
Sept. 21, 2012
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Prosecution quickening probe into political funding scandal
Prosecutors are stepping up their investigations into corruption scandals involving politicians from both the ruling and opposition parties. Political parties are keen to the development of the inquiries which coincide with the launch of a three-way race for the December presidential election and are expected to affect voter sentiment considerably. Prosecution investigators on Thursday raided the home and office of Hong Sa-duk, a former lawmaker and close aide to Saenuri Party presidential nomin
Sept. 20, 2012
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Labor group elects new leader
Moon Jin-guk, chief of the national taxi drivers’ union, was elected president of the Federation of Korean Trade Unions on Thursday.He replaces Lee Yonh-deuk who resigned last month over an internal feud regarding the labor umbrella group’s relations with political parties. Moon will serve until January 2014 when the term of the former chairman ends. Moon’s running mate Han Kwang-ho, FKTU executive vice president, was elected secretary-general. The duo were the sole candidates in the by-election
Sept. 20, 2012
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Japan’s emperor hopes to visit Korea, willing to apologize: report
TOKYO (Yonhap News) ― Japanese Emperor Akihito has expressed his wish to visit South Korea and said he could apologize for Japan’s colonial rule if needed, a Japanese weekly reported, amid heightened diplomatic tension between the two nations.During a Sept. 4 issue briefing with Koji Tsuruoka, the deputy vice-minister for foreign policy in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Akihito said he and Empress Michiko hope to visit South Korea “some day,” the Japanese women’s magazine published Wednesday r
Sept. 20, 2012
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Long-tailed gorals, hoofed rock climbers
Before industrialization, Korea’s steep, rugged mountains were a perfect home for long-tailed gorals, a species of wild goat dwelling at high elevations from Russia all the way down to the Himalayas. These small, antelope-like ungulates were often spotted resting on rocky cliffs in mountains throughout the country, where their predators, including humans, couldn’t dare to climb. But as Korea developed, constructing roads that reached deeper into the mountains, habitats that suit gorals’ shy, tim
Sept. 20, 2012
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Where did all the stars go?
When was the last time that you viewed a star-studded night sky? In Seoul and other major cities, chances are that you have not seen one for many years. And perhaps you never will. A starry night is becoming like an endangered species here and elsewhere in the developed world, with neon signs, street lights, giant ad screens and decorations on office towers lighting up the night sky. “Light pollution is, perhaps, the fastest-growing pollution these days. What makes it more serious is that not ma
Sept. 20, 2012
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Cord blood storage reaches 500,000 samples
The number of umbilical cord blood samples in storage in Korea has increased to near 500,000 as public awareness has grown of its potential use in treating cancers and genetic diseases, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.Cord blood collection began 13 years ago and the number of samples reached 497,095 as of June, with the growth rate averaging 10 percent since mid-2000s.The data showed 90.4 percent of the samples were for the donor or family members and 9.6 percent for anonymous re
Sept. 20, 2012
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Rapist’s father says too much media coverage hurting his family
The father of a 23-year-old man who sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl earlier this month said Thursday his family is suffering from excessive attention by the media.“Our son went wrong, and now our entire family is about to break down. Please spare my family,” 55-year-old Kim said.He begged the media not to reveal personal affairs of the family, and said too much attention was tearing the family apart.Kim said he first found out about his son’s crime last week when he recognized his son’s fa
Sept. 20, 2012
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Video shows Japanese trampling on Korean flag
A video showing Japanese people trampling on Korea’s national flag Taegeukki is spreading online, adding controversy to already strained Korea-Japan relations.The video shows a small group of Japanese people taking turns to step on a version of the Korean flag in which the black lines around the red-and-blue central circle are depicted as cockroaches.The video is reported to have been created in late July by members of an extreme right-wing organization that calls for Japan to sever diplomatic t
Sept. 19, 2012
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Prosecutors raid LIG Group, affiliates over fraud charges
Prosecutors raided the offices of LIG Group and its affiliate firms early Wednesday as part of an investigation into allegations that the group chief and his family members illegally issued multi-billion won of commercial papers last year.Scores of prosecutors and investigators searched several offices of LIG Group, LIG Insurance Co. and LIG Engineering & Construction Co., as well as the residences of the group chief and his family members engaged in running the affiliates in Seoul earlier in th
Sept. 19, 2012
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Taegeukgi insulting video causes furor
A YouTube video uploaded by Japanese people insulting the South Korean national flag Taegeukgi has triggered furious responses here in Seoul.In the video, a group of Japanese people place the maliciously depicted Taegeukgi on the floor and take turns to trample on it. According to Yonhap News, the people in the video are far-right activists demanding that Japan sever diplomatic ties with Korea.The video is entitled “mat of cockroaches around the old Pepsi logo,” referencing the red and blue "tae
Sept. 19, 2012
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Juvenile sex offenders rise 11-fold in decade
The number of juveniles committing sex offenses against other minors has jumped 11-fold in 10 years, court data showed Wednesday, indicating that enhanced measures are needed to discipline and protect youth.A total of 609 adolescents aged 10-18 were convicted by juvenile courts last year for committing sex offenses against minors under 19 years old, more than 11 times higher than 60 in 2002, accor
Sept. 19, 2012
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Three Japanese sued for defamation over provocative 'Dokdo' stakes
A South Korean history institute has filed a defamation suit against three Japanese accused of setting up provocative wooden stakes in downtown Seoul last month to lay claim to Dokdo, police said Tuesday.Two Japanese suspects in their 30s and 60s allegedly put three wooden posts with the phrase, "Takeshima (referring to Dokdo in Japanese) is Japanese territory," at the entrance to the Dokdo Resear
Sept. 18, 2012