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Who's lying? Hybe vs. Min conflict continues to intensify
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Seoul should engage Kim Jong-un’s elites for change, ex-North Korean diplomat says
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Most teen sex offenders get away with slap on wrist
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Ex-Trump official calls for S. Korea to raise defense spending to 3 or 3.5% of GDP
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Thousands rally in Seoul to call for Yoon resignation
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Man sentenced to 1 year, 8 months for stealing from elementary school classrooms
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FM champions multilateralism, stresses S. Korea's vision as 'global pivotal state'
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Same-sex couple denied insurance clearance despite landmark ruling
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Panmunjom tours for select Korean nationals may resume in October
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Young Poong says no better offer for Korea Zinc
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The U.S. government needs to be more open
“There’s classified, and then there’s classified,” President Barack Obama said in a recent interview. Unfortunately, he’s right: The U.S. government classifies vast amounts of material as secret, top secret and the like, much of it with no relevance to national security.This isn’t just a bureaucratic waste of money and a blow to the democratic ideal of government transparency. Overclassification makes the U.S. less secure, in that it distracts intelligence agencies from protecting actual life-an
ViewpointsApril 20, 2016
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Military conducts drill to counter N.K. rear infiltration
The South Korean Army said Wednesday that it has completed its largest-ever drill to counter rear area infiltration by North Korean troops in the event of war.South Korea's 2nd Operations Command said that the military finished a three-day exercise earlier Wednesday, which focused on crushing a possible amphibious assault by North Korean troops along the country's western coast.The exercise involved 27 units from the Army, the Navy and the Air Force, mobilizing more than 3,300 personnel and mili
DefenseApril 20, 2016
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[Tom Orlik] Good reason for China’s slow reforms
China’s critics are united on one point: The country’s central problem is that it’s moving too slowly to embrace free markets. For now, however, the bigger risk lies in moving too fast.It’s important to remember how China reached this point. For any big economy, coordination poses a steep challenge. The problem is particularly acute at early stages of development, when a combination of poverty and a past record of underperformance mean no one has an incentive to invest.What’s required is a big p
ViewpointsApril 20, 2016
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Korea, Japan hold director-general talks on sex slavery
South Korea and Japan held director-general-level talks over the implementation of last year's landmark agreement to settle the thorny issue of the latter's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.The meeting was held in Seoul, led by Chung Byung-won, director-general of the South Korean Foreign Ministry's Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau, and Kimihiro Ishikane, director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau."In thi
Foreign AffairsApril 20, 2016
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[David Ignatius] Don’t give up on Arabs in search for peace
As President Obama travels this week to Saudi Arabia, here’s a surprising snapshot of what young Arabs think: They’re scared about the Islamic State and terrorism; they yearn for more freedom and gender equality; they fear that the Arab Spring has made life worse; and they’re increasingly skeptical about the role of traditional religious values. If these Arab reactions seem similar to what people would say in the West, maybe that’s the real takeaway. Despite all the violence and extremism that p
ViewpointsApril 20, 2016
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Korea to provide $700,000 in aid to quake-hit Ecuador
South Korea plans to provide Ecuador with humanitarian assistance totaling $700,000, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, joining global efforts to support the Latin American country’s search and rescue operations following a massive earthquake. Foreign Ministry spokesman Cho June-hyuck (Yonhap)Saturday’s 7.8-magnitude tremor was the nation’s worst disaster in decades, leaving more than 480 killed and thousands wounded or missing. In all, the quake has affected some 450,000 Ecuadorians, with aro
Foreign AffairsApril 20, 2016
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7 North Koreans defect during founder's birthday: RFA
Seven North Koreans from two families defected to an unidentified country despite the communist country's tight security for its founder's birthday, a U.S. radio outlet said Wednesday.Their defections occurred during the special alert period set from April 1 to 20 by the North Korean regime to commemorate the April 15 birthday of Kim Il-sung, the Washington-based Radio Free Asia reported. The birthday known as the Day of the Sun is a major holiday in the isolated country.Quoting a North Korean s
North KoreaApril 20, 2016
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Korea aims to ease commutes with more double-decker buses
At 6:50 a.m., a group of people with eyes half-closed make a long line outside Seoul Station.“This is quite usual (to wait in a long line). Even if the bus is packed, I will still hop on and ride the bus standing for the entire 40 minutes,” said Jeong Hye-ryoung, who commutes to Pangyo in Gyeonggi Province for work every day.Like Jeong, as many as 24,000 or 12.5 percent of bus commuters in the metropolitan region travel crammed into a bus daily, barely standing up and holding onto the seat for s
Social AffairsApril 20, 2016
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Korea, U.S. conducting large-scale air defense drill
The South Korean and U.S. Air Forces are conducting their two-week-long regular aerial exercise in a bid to boost combined defense capabilities against North Korea, military officials said Wednesday.The allies will carry out the Max Thunder exercise, which kicked off last Friday and runs through April 29, according to the U.S. Air Force. It said the drills will involve more than 100 aircraft from the two sides.Max Thunder was officially launched in 2009 with an aim at fostering the allies' joint
DefenseApril 20, 2016
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105 potential sinkholes in Seoul
Seoul City has discovered 105 underground cavities after four months of high-tech ground inspection. According to the city government Wednesday, during its inspection of 48-kilometer section of arterial roads previously connected to cave-in accidents, 105 potential sinkholes were detected. A sinkhole that opened up at an apartment complex in Sindorim-dong, Guro-gu, last year. (Yonhap)With an additional 246-kilometer section to be scanned this year, an estimated 195 more cavities are expected be
Social AffairsApril 20, 2016
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Incheon airport named world's best for 11th consecutive year
Incheon International Airport, Seoul's main gateway, won the world's best airport prize for a record 11th consecutive year at an award ceremony in Australia on Tuesday (local time).The airport grabbed the annual Airport Service Quality Award, presented by the Airports Council International, as the best in the business. Incheon scored 4.978 points out of 5.00 and extended its own record winning streak to 11 years.Incheon also shared first place with Changi Airport in Singapore as the best airport
Social AffairsApril 20, 2016
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Foreign students learn about spirit of April Revolution
Located near the serene Bukhansan National Park in northwestern Seoul, the April 19 National Cemetery is home to 199 victims who sacrificed their lives in the April Revolution of 1960.Thousands of students had marched from Korea University to the presidential office on April 19, 1960, calling for the resignation of then-president Syngman Rhee to overthrow the autocratic First Republic of South Korea.Police opened fire on protestors, wounding thousands and killing approximately 180. That day, the
Social AffairsApril 20, 2016
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[팟캐스트](141) 격동의 제20대 총선 외 1건
진행자: 박세환, Julie Jackson 1. 격동의 제20대 총선 기사요약: 지난 13일 제20대 국회의원 선거가 막을 내린 가운데 새누리당은 제1당 타이틀을 야권에 넘겨주게 되었다. 16년에 여소야대 국회가 탄생한 것이다. 이에 새누리당 당 대표를 비롯해 지도부 일부가 총선 패배의 책임을 지고 일제히 물러났다. 아이튠즈(아이폰):https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 팟빵 (안드로이드):http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638 [1] Ruling party reeling from election routThe leaders of the ruling Saenuri Party resigned en masse Thursday in the wake of its crushing defeat in the parliamentary election the day befo
English EyeApril 20, 2016
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Koreans' working hours cut by more than 30 min over 25 yrs
South Korean workers' working hours have fallen more than 30 minutes over the past 25 years, government data showed Wednesday.The total money-making hours of working people aged over 20 years averaged six hours and 52 minutes per weekday in 2014, down from seven hours and 25 minutes in 1999, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea.The working hours for Saturdays dropped to six hours and one minute from six hours and 50 minutes over the cited period, while the Sunday figure fell to fiv
Social AffairsApril 20, 2016
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Korea names new envoys to Vietnam, Singapore
The Foreign Ministry on Wednesday announced a roster of new ambassadors to 15 countries including Vietnam, Singapore, Uzbekistan and Finland as part of a regular reshuffle of senior envoys. Lee Hyuk, ambassador for international relations to Incheon City and former representative to the Philippines, was tapped to head the embassy in Vietnam. Lee Sang-deok, former director general for Northeast Asian affairs at the ministry, was appointed the new ambassador to Singapore. President Park Geun-hye (
Foreign AffairsApril 20, 2016
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Work accidents plague foreign workers
Maria, a 25-year-old dancer from a small country in West Africa, sustained leg injuries after falling on a slippery floor during a performance in 2012. The young migrant worker used to work for the African Art Museum in Pocheon, which later made headlines for their appalling working conditions for African workers in 2014. Her employer neither took her to a hospital nor paid for her medical expenses when she cried for help. Foreign workers attend a rally calling for protection of their rights in
Social AffairsApril 20, 2016
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Seoul City vows to build more schools for disabled
Seoul City’s education office vowed Wednesday to build three more special schools for the disabled by 2019 to improve the education infrastructure.The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education said it would establish two schools for those with intellectual disabilities in the eastern and western capital, and one school in Gangnam for those with physical disabilities. If successfully built, they will be the first of such schools established in the city since 2003. As of this year, a total of 29 spec
Social AffairsApril 20, 2016
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Disinfectant maker accused of destroying data
Household products manufacturer Oxy Reckitt Benckiser allegedly destroyed evidence related to humidifier disinfectant blamed for the loss of some 140 lives, when the prosecution launched a probe in late February, prosecutors said Wednesday.The Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office said that the firm is suspected of deleting a number of materials and safety data sheets written from 2001 to 2011 and created by a local chemical company SK Chemical.An official from the humidifier disinfectant m
Social AffairsApril 20, 2016
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Artday to hold April auction
Herald Artday, a subsidiary of Herald Corp., is holding an online auction from April 22-26 presenting major artworks of modern and contemporary Korean artists. The art auction features 180 artworks of renowned Korean artists, including Kim Tschang-yeul, Lee U-fan, Lee Bae, Chun Kyung-ja, Kim Jong-hak and Nam June Paik. Highlights of the auction include a painting by Kim Tschang-yeul which depicts water drops against a page of an old book page written in Chinese characters, and a pencil drawing
PerformanceApril 20, 2016
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New USFK chief reaffirms nuclear umbrella commitment to S. Korea
The commander-designate of U.S. Forces Korea said Tuesday that removing the “nuclear umbrella” protection over South Korea will likely prompt Seoul’s nuclear armament, adding that the U.S. is looking for a nonnuclear Korean peninsula.Gen. Vincent Brooks, nominated to succeed Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, said that the U.S. nuclear umbrella could be withdrawn in the absence of a nuclear hazard, but stressed that “we’re not at that time now and nor will we be in the near future.”Gen. Vincent Brooks (U.
DefenseApril 20, 2016