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Chuseok still is a headache for couples
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N. Korea launches trash balloons toward S. Korea for 2nd day: JCS
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Heat wave watch issued for Seoul; latest on record
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Students suffer sleep deprivation, fatigue, suicidal thoughts
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Nearly 2,000 aging separated family members die in first 8 months of year: gov't data
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Popular tourist destinations beckon Chuseok holidaymakers
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Yoon's approval rating hits new low: poll
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On the road for Chuseok? Popular rest stop foods await
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Naver Map starts providing natural disaster information
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Only 12 pct of unsafe food imports taken off market for disposal: report
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Ailing Mandela still able to unite South Africans
The spelling and grammar need work, but the message has its own eloquence. A 10-year-old's note to Nelson Mandela, the prisoner who fought South African apartheid, or white racist rule, and became a global emblem of unity and humility, addresses him as “the greates president are land has ever had it is realy bad that you are in the hospital. But realy cool that you stopt apartit. you maid are land A beter place”It is one of hundreds of messages that have been placed at two makeshift shrines by S
PeopleJuly 2, 2013
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CJ chairman arrested over slush fund allegations
The chairman of food and entertainment conglomerate CJ Group was put behind bars Monday on charges of creating secret funds and evading taxes.Lee Jay-hyun was taken to the Seoul Detention Center on the southern outskirts of Seoul immediately after the Seoul Central District Court issued an arrest warrant for allegedly dodging some 70 billion won ($61.4 million) in taxes by stashing secret funds and misappropriating 100 billion won in company money. The country's 10th richest man is also accused
Social AffairsJuly 1, 2013
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FSS to probe banks over alleged rate-rigging
A total of 205 borrowers will call for the nation’s financial regulator to conduct an investigation into the nation’s first-tier banking industry on allegations that commercial banks manipulated some interest rates, the Korea Consumer Agency said Monday.This will mark the first such case since the Financial Supervisory Service implemented the “consumer-initiated” inquiry system last May. KCA said it will file a petition with the regulator against banks on Tuesday.In a statement, the consumer adv
July 1, 2013
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Navy committed to NLL defense
This is the third in a series of articles to mark the 60th anniversary of the armistice agreement that ended the 1950-53 Korean War. ― Ed.YEONPYEONGDO ISLAND ― For politicians, the Northern Limit Line may be a useful fodder to help swing the political pendulum in their favor. But for the frontline Navy, the de facto maritime border is the very reason for its existence.“It is an extension of our territory that we must safeguard and for which our comrades have made ultimate sacrifices ― why we are
DefenseJuly 1, 2013
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Samsung chief tops list of Korea’s richest 400
Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee once again topped the list of Korea’s 400 richest individuals of 2013 with total assets standing at 12.8 trillion won.Each of the 28 richest Koreans held assets worth more than 1 trillion won ($875 million) this year, conglomerate information website Chaebul.com reported on Monday.At nearly half of Lee’s total wealth, or 6.8 trillion won, Hyundai Motor Group chairman Chung Mong-koo came in second, while the son of Samsung chairman and vice chairman of Sam
July 1, 2013
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[Newsmaker] Seoul to lure companies back to Korea
In an aim to boost investment in the local economy, the government said it would offer benefits to companies that leave their overseas manufacturing sites to return to Korea.According to the Ministry of Strategy and Finance and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on Monday, such returning companies will be allowed access to special economic zones with various site rental and tax benefits.Under the current system, foreign-invested companies may lease industrial sites in six free economic z
July 1, 2013
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[Graphic News] Young people’s share of working population shrinks
Statistics Korea said Monday that the proportion of younger people in Korea’s total working population has dropped sharply over the past three decades, raising concerns that the decline could undermine the country’s overall growth potential. (Source: Statistics Korea)
July 1, 2013
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Assembly to start NIS probe Tuesday
Rival parties agreed Monday to launch this week a parliamentary investigation into allegations that the state spy agency meddled in last year’s presidential election.The probe, which will run for 45 days starting on Tuesday, will look into allegations that former National Intelligence Service chief Won Sei-hoon ordered an online smear campaign to sway public opinion in favor of the ruling party ahead of the Dec. 19 election.The probe is also expected to focus on former Seoul metropolitan police
Social AffairsJuly 1, 2013
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Heavy rain expected throughout the week
Heavy rain is expected to pour out across the nation this week, starting Tuesday in Gyeonggi {rovince and western regions first and other areas later. The precipitation will hit Seoul and the Gyeonggi Province area hardest, with 150 millimeters, while 30-120 millimeters of rainfall is forecast in other regions. Some thunder and lightning is anticipated in the Seoul and Gyeonggi region until Wednesday and in southern parts until Thursday for two days. The intense heat will be alleviated with belo
Social AffairsJuly 1, 2013
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Local cities compete for DMZ peace park
If the past is any guide, President Park Geun-hye’s plan to build a peace park in the Demilitarized Zone may be close to infeasible. Previous attempts by governments to bring symbols of peace into the no-man’s land, fortified with heavy arms and strewn with land mines, ended in smoke. Worse, inter-Korean ties are at one of the lowest ebbs in recent years.But regional governments bordering the 4-kilometer-wide buffer zone are brimming with hopes and already embarking on plans to host the envision
Social AffairsJuly 1, 2013
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Prosecution detains ex-DP member for trapping NIS agent
The prosecution on Monday detained a former Democratic Party member who locked in an intelligence agent last year accused of conducting an online smear campaign against an opposition candidate during the presidential election.The man, identified by his surname Chung, continued to defy the prosecution’s summonses, an official said.The ruling Saenuri Party and a National Intelligence Service official surnamed Kim have filed complaints against him and other DP members who allegedly kept her from le
Social AffairsJuly 1, 2013
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Urban community program embroiled in dispute
From ecological farms to flea markets to after-school institutes, local cooperatives are sprouting up in many districts in Seoul. About 500 neighborhood groups are currently supported by the city government’s “village community” program initiated by Mayor Park Won-soon, a former progressive civic activist.But his pet project has recently been embroiled in political controversy, with conservatives suspecting some of the organizations as hotbeds of leftists and potential support bases for the mayo
Social AffairsJuly 1, 2013
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S. Korea to host special summit with ASEAN next year
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei ― President Park Geun-hye will host a “special” summit with leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations next year in celebration of 25 years of their diplomatic ties, Seoul officials said Monday. The decision was made at a meeting of ASEAN foreign ministers on Sunday. The 10-nation bloc normally hosts a summit with Korea every year. “The event will provide a chance to expand and deepen the Korea-ASEAN relations and strengthen political and security cooperati
Foreign AffairsJuly 1, 2013
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Korea, Japan ministers meet to mend ties
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei ― The foreign ministers of Seoul and Tokyo held their first talks on Monday in an apparent effort to mend bilateral relations strained by historical and territorial feuds.The 25-minute conversation between Yun Byung-se and Kishida Fumio took place on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum in Brunei. It is the region’s largest security conference with 27 countries participating, including North Korea, the U.S., China and Russia. Yun scrapped a trip to Tokyo in April
Foreign AffairsJuly 1, 2013
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Powers urge N.K. to end nuclear programs
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei ― China, the U.S, South Korea and Japan on Monday urged North Korea to relinquish its nuclear programs and return to dialogue for substantive progress. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he reaffirmed the four countries’ commitment to a nuclear-free Korea with his counterparts, urging Pyongyang to meet its obligations specified in a 2005 agreement. He met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shortly after arriving here for the ASEAN Regional Forum in Brunei and
North KoreaJuly 1, 2013
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Controversy deepens over summit transcript disclosure
Tensions between the ruling and main opposition parties escalated Monday as the two sides argued over whether to disclose the original version of a summit transcript containing late South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun’s controversial remarks on the disputed Yellow Sea border with North Korea.Last week, the National Intelligence Service disclosed its copy of the transcript amid the ruling Saenuri Party’s claims that Roh had tried to scrap the western sea border, called the Northern Limit Line, in
Social AffairsJuly 1, 2013
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N. Korea blasts Park’s nuclear comments
North Korea Monday slammed South Korean President Park Geun-hye for “hurting its dignity” with her call for denuclearization and said its atomic weapons could never be a bargaining chip.“Park Geun-hye let loose a whole string of provocative remarks seriously hurting the dignity and social system in the DPRK (North Korea) while visiting China,” the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea said in a statement through state media.It was North Korea’s first official reaction to a high-profi
North KoreaJuly 1, 2013
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[Power Korea] Korea seeks to reform railway system for sustainable growth
The Korea Herald is publishing a series of articles on infrastructure as part of its second installment of Power Korea. Korea’s success story is a 60-year-old tale written by not one, but many who worked to build one of the world’s most powerful nations from the ashes of war. This series features the development and global competitiveness of Korea’s infrastructure. The special articles were made in cooperation with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. This is the 5th part of the i
July 1, 2013
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Thai government shuffles cabinet midway into term
BANGKOK (AP) ― Thailand’s government overhauled its cabinet halfway through its first term, in an apparent attempt to salvage its popularity waning because of financial losses over a rice subsidy and other projects. The changes, endorsed by King Bhumibol Adulyadej, involve 18 cabinet posts, including the key commerce, defense and education ministries, and are the fourth cabinet reshuffle since Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra took office in August 2011. Government spokesman Teerat Ratanasevi s
World NewsJuly 1, 2013
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3,000 still missing in India’s floods: official
DEHRADUN, India (AFP) ― Some 3,000 people remain missing in India’s flood-ravaged north two weeks after the tragedy, but it is unclear how many of those have been killed, a top state official said Sunday.About 1,000 people, many of them pilgrims and tourists, are confirmed dead after flash floods and landslides caused by torrential monsoon rains hit the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand on June 15, officials have said.Thousands of soldiers, backed by military helicopters, have wound down rescue eff
World NewsJuly 1, 2013