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Thousands rally in Seoul to call for Yoon's resignation
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Suicide attempts spike among youth in Korea
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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is killed in Beirut strike, Israel's military says
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FM champions multilateralism, stresses S. Korea's vision as 'global pivotal state'
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[Weekender] How Seongsu, once an industrial zone, has become ‘Seoul’s Brooklyn’
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Korean American documentary ‘Free Chol Soo Lee' wins Emmy
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S. Korea to showcase Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missile on Armed Forces Day ceremony for 1st time
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Immigration policy must go beyond labor supply: experts
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Korea, China, Japan vow to address yellow dust and climate change
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4 in 10 illegal aliens entered S. Korea without visas last year: data
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Indie bands, Artists Union fight back against ‘unfair’ contracts
Public backlash continues against big-time media entertainment and production companies in Korea after a number of local indie artists recently went public about their working conditions. The controversy first ignited when some of the artists who helped make the soundtrack to the popular TV drama “Cheese in the Trap” took to social media to vent their anger at not being paid for their work. The outrage has spiraled throughout the local artist community, prompting the Artists Social Union -- a l
PerformanceMarch 16, 2016
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[Kim Myong-sik] Rejecting machine’s interference in man’s noblest hobby
It was shortly after the war and we little boys back in our country homes on summer vacation had few means of passing the time. My house had a large shed where all kinds of tools for farming and other trades were stored, along with old furniture and curios collected by ancestors. One day, we decided to make an inventory of the shed to see if there was anything of our interest. In one corner, we found a Go board and wooden bowls containing white clamshells and very little black pebbles. The Go
ViewpointsMarch 16, 2016
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Transport Ministry issues new guideline for LLCs
The Transport Ministry on Wednesday announced a new set of guidelines for low-cost carriers, urging them to allocate seats in order of flights canceled due to natural disasters.So far, passengers of all delayed or canceled flights were given boarding tickets on a first-come, first-served basis, regardless of the time of their original flight. Kwon Yong-bok, head of aviation policy at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (center) poses with representatives from airlines after an MOU
IndustryMarch 16, 2016
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Jacques Attali to speak at Korea-France Leaders Forum
Jacques Attali, one of the world’s greatest scholars, will speak at the Korea-France Leaders Forum on March 24 at The Shilla Seoul hotel. The forum, which will serve as the opening of a year-long celebration in Korea of the 130th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries, aims to discuss ways to strengthen the partnership between the two countries in various fields, including diplomacy, economy, culture and technology. Attali, a French economist who served as the first presid
PeopleMarch 16, 2016
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Korea, Indonesia to ink cooperation agreement between constitutional courts
South Korea's Constitutional Court said Wednesday it will sign an agreement with its Indonesian counterpart for cooperation and exchanges of information and research manpower.Under the agreement to be inked on Thursday, the judicial organizations of the two countries will also hold joint meetings, symposiums and seminars on common issues of interest, according to the court. Specifically, the two judicial organizations plan to exchange information, insights and experience in the areas of the cons
Foreign AffairsMarch 16, 2016
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Korean skeleton slider eyes to win more awards
South Korean skeleton slider Yun Sung-bin said Wednesday he wants to be honored frequently in the future as he feels surreal at being in the awards ceremony.Yun was named top rookie athlete at the annual Coca-Cola Sports Awards, which has been honoring amateur athletes in the country since 1995, along with figure skating prodigy You Young. Considering that skeleton has been an almost unknown sport to the public, he was also surprised that he would be a recipient at the awards ceremony. "I hope t
More SportsMarch 16, 2016
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Defense Minister Han inspects on-going Key Resolve exercise
Defense Minister Han Min-koo inspected an on-going joint South Korea-U.S. military exercise on Wednesday as the joint drills between the allies continued for the 10th day despite North Korea's relentless protests."As the South Korea-U.S. alliance has hardened through hardship and ordeal, this Key Resolve exercise, held amid the on-going crisis, will further solidify the alliance," the top defense official said during his visit to the allies' Combined Forces Command, located inside U.S. military
DefenseMarch 16, 2016
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Eugene declares takeover bid for Tongyang
Eugene Corp., the country’s largest ready-mixed concrete maker, declared Tuesday a takeover bid for its smaller rival Tongyang, saying it will raise its stake in the target through open-market purchases. “Eugene will continue share purchases until it secures control of Tongyang’s management,” the firm said in a filing after the stock market closed Tuesday. Eugene is currently Tongyang’s second largest shareholder, with a 9.29 percent stake. Pinetree Asset Management is the largest stakeholder an
March 16, 2016
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Korea, U.S. bolster interoperability in river-crossing operations
South Korean and United States forces conducted a joint river-crossing exercise on Wednesday, mobilizing their engineer troops to lay a mobile pontoon bridge in a simulated combat situation, according to the military.The combined drill, held at an army training center in Icheon, 80 kilometers south of Seoul, assembled some 130 engineer and anti-aircraft combat troops from the both countries as well as armored vIehicles, anti-aircraft missiles and mobile bridge systems. The Wednesday exercise was
DefenseMarch 16, 2016
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Opposition defection takes People's Party seats to 20
Rep. Chyung Ho-joon, who was dropped from the general election nomination list of The Minjoo Party of Korea last week, joined the minor People’s Party on Wednesday. The People’s Party led by Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo thereby gained parliamentary negotiation status with a total of 20 incumbent lawmakers, less than two months after its launch. The People’s Party is mostly made up of Minjoo Party defectors who left after clashing consistently with the party leadership, which was previously led by Rep. Moo
PoliticsMarch 16, 2016
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Museum etiquette a problem for some young visitors
Visitors viewing paintings at an art center in Jung-gu, Seoul. (Yonhap)An 11-year-old student Yang Jin-hee (not her real name) visited the Museum of Silhak in Gyeonggi Province with her friends last Saturday. But soon after they arrived at the entrance, all four students were denied access due to safety concerns.The museum said it was inevitable because its internal regulations state that children aged 13 or below must be accompanied by a guardian. More state and city museums are presenting art
Social AffairsMarch 16, 2016
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Park stirs controversy with pre-election visits
President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday visited the southeastern city of Busan, the political stronghold of the ruling party, voluntarily stepping further into looming controversy over the president’s overt involvement in the April general elections.The official reason for her visit was to inspect the achievements of local creative economy centers and on the livelihoods of the people.But her showing up in the political bastion for the Saenuri Party with less than a month remaining to the April 13 g
PoliticsMarch 16, 2016
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[Newsmaker] Minjoo chief unfazed by party pressure
Since taking his post in January, the main opposition party’s interim leader Kim Chong-in has been doing something that his predecessors have avoided in the past: driving out the elderly power brokers and outspoken liberal fightersFirst on Kim’s list was Rep. Moon hee-Sang, who had chaired the New Politics Alliance for Democracy, the predecessor to the Minjoo Party of Korea, from 2013 to 2014. Kim forced him to withdraw his bid to run for the April general election. Moon accepted the decision, t
PoliticsMarch 16, 2016
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Korean bobsleigh tandem still wants to improve
The South Korean bobsleigh tandem said Wednesday despite being No. 1 in the world, they still have things to improve upon if they want to win a medal at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games. At the 21st Coca-Cola Sports Awards, Won Yun-jong and Seo Young-woo were named MVPs for their superb performance last season when they ended as the world's top-ranked two-man bobsleigh team. But the achievement still didn't satisfy the duo. "We know we are No. 1 in world ranking, but we still need to im
More SportsMarch 16, 2016
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Park visits second-largest city of Busan ahead of elections
President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday visited South Korea's second-largest city of Busan ahead of the parliamentary elections.Park met the heads of small companies at an innovation center in Busan before moving to different facilities where fishery products are processed. The trip to the innovation center in Busan is the latest in a tour meant to boost to startups and small companies.Last week, Park visited another innovation center in the southeastern industrial city of Daegu, Park's political p
PoliticsMarch 16, 2016
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Seoul needs to work with int'l community to resolve N.K. nuke issue: opposition chief
An interim chief of South Korea's main opposition party said Wednesday that Seoul should cooperate with the international community to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue.Kim Chong-in, head of the Minjoo Party of Korea, made the call, saying there is no other choice than to join hands with the rest of the world to enforce the U.N. Security Council Resolution."Not only South Korea but the entire world is pressuring (North Korea)," Kim said during a forum hosted by the Kwanhun Club, an associat
PoliticsMarch 16, 2016
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Cosmax Indonesia receives halal certification
The Indonesian branch of South Korean cosmetics manufacturer Cosmax has officially secured halal certification, paving the way to enter the global cosmetics market targeting Muslims.Cosmax said Tuesday its manufacturing facilities in Indonesia received certification from major halal certification agency Majelis Ulama Indonesia. MUI is acknowledged by about 40 countries in the world. PT Cosmax Indonesia (Cosmax)Halal -- which means “permissible” in Arabic -- certification ensures that a given pro
IndustryMarch 16, 2016
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Magnitude 2.2 artificial quake detected in North Korea: KMA
An artificial earthquake occurred in North Korea Wednesday, presumably due to a blast, South Korea's meteorological agency said.According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, a 2.2-magnitude tremor was detected in an area some 34 kilometers southeast of the country's capital of Pyongyang at around 12:30 p.m.Considering the depth of the seismic center, which was only about 1 kilometer, the quake seems to have been caused by some sort of blasting work, it said."The quake is not believed to
North KoreaMarch 16, 2016
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Korea’s income inequality high in Asia: IMF report
Income equality in South Korea was the highest among 22 countries in Asia, according to a recent report by the International Monetary Fund. The findings showed that the top 10 percent of earners in South Korea accounted for 45 percent of the nation’s total income. A view of an alley at a slum in eastern Seoul (Yonhap)Income equality, measured by the net Gini coefficient, rose in 15 of the 22 countries from 1990 to 2013, the report said, with sharp increases witnessed in countries with large popu
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Actor Song Joong-ki attributes popularity to soldier-doctor couple
Actor Song Joong-ki said Wednesday the novelty of the soldier-doctor couple in the TV series "Descendants of the Sun" is probably what catapulted him to the center of attention lately."I think people like the idea of a doctor dating a soldier because it's different," he told reporters at Hyundai Motorstudio in southern Seoul. "Doctors have appeared in many dramas, but a soldier is a relatively uncommon occupation on TV. I think people appreciate that."Song plays the Army captain Yoo Si-jin who f
TelevisionMarch 16, 2016