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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Naver’s Line ownership in jeopardy as Japan ups pressure
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South Korea to launch space security center under spy agency
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More med professors to take day off each week while govt. urges them to stay
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Hybe refutes Ador CEO Min's denial of breach of trust
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S. Korea, Japan could consider simplified entry agreement: Seoul official
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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[Today’s K-pop] NewJeans' single teasers release amid intrigue
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Fire breaks out at Incheon SK factory
A fire broke out at an SK Energy factory in Incheon Tuesday afternoon, but there were no casualties, the refining unit of the nation’s largest oil refiner SK Innovation said.The fire started at around 3:17 p.m. at the factory for desulfurization and was put out about an hour later, fire authorities said. Fire fighters put out a blaze at an SK Energy factory in Incheon on Tuesday afternoon.(Yonhap
April 26, 2011
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Prosecutors probe claims of N.K. role in Nonghyup cyber attack
South Korea’s prosecution is looking into whether North Korea was involved in the weeks-long paralysis of the South Korean farm cooperative’s banking system after finding some suspicious Internet protocol addresses originating from China, officials said Tuesday.Traces of break-ins into Nonghyup’s servers were discovered in a laptop owned by an employee of IBM Korea, the cooperative’s computer netw
April 26, 2011
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Digital era dominates lawsuit filings
As many futurists predicted, digital is dominant in many areas of our society and lawsuits are no exception. According to the Supreme Court, 79.5 percent of the suits filed with the Patent Court since April 26 last year, when the system was first adopted, were “paperless” electronic suits. About 47.9 percent were applied for online and another 20.5 percent were transferred to the digital system af
April 26, 2011
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Sleepy husband stabs wife for waking him up
SELANGOR - An angry husband, who was awakened from his morning slumber, beat up and stabbed his wife, Harian Metro reported. The woman is now in a coma and fighting for her life at a hospital, the paper said.A police source told the daily that the couple in their 30s had quarrelled at their home after the wife woke him up at about 6am on Sunday and asked him to perform his dawn prayers.After repea
April 26, 2011
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College students don’t invest much time on study: report
South Korean college students spend less time on study and are passive in class, research showed Tuesday. A report released by the Korea Educational Development Institute indicated that full-time college students don’t devote much time to studying. The institute surveyed 2,019 full-time students attending four-year universities nationwide on their study habits from June 14-July 2. The report showe
April 26, 2011
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Fire hits SK oil storage
A fire broke out at SK Energy’s oil storage facility in Incheon Tuesday afternoon.No casualties were reported. Fire fighters have been struggling to put out the fire.
April 26, 2011
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Police probing online commerce fraud
A woman in Gwangju requested a police investigation after she received a can of butane gas from an online seller instead of the iPod she had paid for. Kim ordered an iPod from an online second-hand vendor who offered it at half the market price.After a phone call with the seller, the woman sent half of the money to the vendor’s account. But what Kim received was a can of butane gas. Kim tried to r
April 26, 2011
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Judges, prosecutors lured into law by fat salaries
When South Korea’s first-ever female Supreme Court justice retired from the bench in August, she was surprised to learn how much she could earn in her first year if she practices law.“I heard that I could make up to 10 billion won ($9.2 million) in my first year as a lawyer, which is nearly 1 billion won a month,” said Kim Young-ran, 55, who now heads the government’s Anti-Corruption and Civil Rig
April 25, 2011
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ROTC program grows popular among coeds
The Army’s college-based program to train officers is drawing keen attention among young women now that they are allowed to enroll in the Reserve Officer Training Corps as of last year, officials said Monday.South Korea’s Army picked 60 female ROTC cadets from seven selected universities last year as part of its efforts to secure more talented female officers and give more opportunities to women.F
April 25, 2011
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Four charged with rape of hagwon teacher
Four teenagers have been charged with the gang rape of an English teacher in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province.The three university students and one unemployed man are accused of taking turns raping the 24-year-old hagwon teacher at a motel on April 12 after meeting her at a bar. The teacher, who is from the U.S., had been drinking with the men after friends she had been with left, according to Anyang pol
April 25, 2011
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Umbrella unions join forces
FKTU, KCTU leaders agree to team up against labor policyThe heads of the nation’s two umbrella unions vowed Monday to stand against what they call a oppressive Lee Myung-bak administration and influence the by-elections slated for Wednesday. This is the first time the two groups jointly and publicly denounced the administration. Lee Yong-deug, head of the more moderate Federation of Korean Trade U
April 25, 2011
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Austrian authorities reveal find of buried treasure
Picture of a backyard (MCT)VIENNA (AP) ― A man turning dirt in his back yard stumbled across buried treasure ― hundreds of pieces of centuries-old jewelry and other precious objects that Austrian authorities described Friday as a fairy-tale find.Austria’s department in charge of national antiquities said the trove consists of more than 200 rings, brooches, ornate belt buckles, gold-plated silver p
April 25, 2011
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Seoul to complete anti-quake subway reinforcement project by 2014
Citizens participate in the earthquake exercise held in Incheon Metro subway station in March 30. (Yonhap News)The Seoul city government said Monday that it will complete an ongoing project to make the city's subway tunnels quake-resistant by 2014, two years earlier than originally scheduled, amid heightened safety concerns following Japan's devastating earthquake.Since 2004, the city has been ass
April 25, 2011
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Man sues over FMD burial site management
A real estate owner near a burial site for cattle culled to prevent the further spread of foot-and-mouth-disease filed suit against the government Saturday over environmental damage he said the slaughter and burial have caused.The suit makes him the first person to file for compensation over the FMD measures but observers expect more to follow as the weather grows warmer and decomposition speeds u
April 24, 2011
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Derailing puts subway safety in focus
Union blames accidents on massive layoff of KORAIL maintenance workersKORAIL’s union has slammed staff cuts, blaming them for Saturday’s derailment of a metro train. While the operator discribes the accident as a minor error, its union attributes it to KORAIL’s downsizing of maintenance employees. Unionists said that the accident could have caused serious injuries, as well as damage.According to K
April 24, 2011
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Father claims 2-year-old son killed mother
A toddler in Florida has allegedly shot his mother by accident, his father told police.Julia Bennet, 33, was found dead in her apartment by police who came immediately after the 911 call made by the father. They happened to be at the apartment for another case.The couple have several children including the toddler, but were not legally married. The 2-year-old is now under the custody of Florida’s
April 24, 2011
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Subway car on Bundang Line derails near Jukjeon Station: reports
News reports said a subway car running from Bojeong Station to Jukjeon Station on Bundang Line derailed at Jukjeon Station at around 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, forcing more than 40 passengers to get off on the rail and walk to the platform of Jukjeon Station to get on another subway car.There was no injury on passengers, multiple reports said.As of 3:30 p.m., the Bundang Line was in operation only be
April 23, 2011
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Four killed, one injured in highway traffic accident
Four people were killed and one was injured in a highway traffic accident on Saturday, police said.The accident took place around 7 a.m. when a truck ran into the rear of a cab on a highway in Daegu, some 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, police officials said.The taxi's driver was severely injured and moved to a nearby hospital, but four passengers in the cab were killed instantly, they said.Pol
April 23, 2011
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Head of defense research institute faces dismissal over bribery allegation
State inspectors called for the defense ministry to sack the head of a state-run defense research institute over allegations of taking bribes, according to the Board of Audit and Inspection on Saturday.Kim Koo-sub, the head of the Korea Institute for Defense Analysis, is accused of receiving 2 million won ($1,850) from an Army colonel, who is identified only by his surname Cho,for promoting him in
April 23, 2011
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Judge resigns over subway sexual harassment
A 42-year-old judge resigned after being accused of harassing a woman on the subway, officials at the Supreme Court said Friday.The incumbent judge at the Seoul High Court, surnamed Hwang, was investigated by police on charges of harassing a woman in her 20s on a crowded subway during Thursday morning rush hour, according to police.Hwang was caught in the very act by a patrol police officer who fo
April 23, 2011