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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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Man sentenced to 1 year, 8 months for stealing from elementary school classrooms
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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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Korea's first global webtoon festival lights up Seongsu-dong
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FM champions multilateralism, stresses S. Korea's vision as 'global pivotal state'
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[David Ignatius] The Middle East needs a new order
This month marks the 100th anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement that formed Iraq, Syria and the other fragile nations of the modern Middle East. The past few weeks have provided dramatic new evidence, if more were needed, that the old colonial framework created by Britain and France isn’t working.Iraq and Syria are coming apart: Iraq is effectively divided into three warring regions: a Sunni area ruled by the Islamic State, a Kurdish mini-state that’s nearly autonomous, and a zone from the c
ViewpointsMay 4, 2016
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[Choi He-suk] Mosquitoes and their role
Mosquitoes are back. They are quite possibly the worst insects imaginable. The tiny yet ever-so-loud whirring noise their wings make is enough to drive a man insane, and the itch caused by their bite may as well have been cooked up by a medieval torturer. These days their evil schemes are aided by manmade environments. The water tanks and dank corners of older buildings are said to provide indoor habitat, allowing the tiny vampires to return earlier than they would in the wild.In addition to the
ViewpointsMay 4, 2016
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More women will make a stronger military
An attempt to undermine the Pentagon’s decision to allow women to serve in combat roles backfired spectacularly last week -- and the U.S. will be safer for it.During a congressional debate on the defense policy bill, Rep. Duncan Hunter of California proposed requiring all 18-year-old women to sign up for the draft, just like their male counterparts. He didn’t actually support the idea -- in fact, he voted against his own amendment -- but said he wanted to start a “discussion” about Defense Secre
ViewpointsMay 4, 2016
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[Paula Dwyer] Is basic income the next big thing?
Now and then a worthy economic proposal comes along that seems as politically unattainable as it is sensible. Then, on closer inspection, you see that it’s more than a policy-wonk’s fantasy. And you wonder whether it could actually prevail.This may be happening with the concept of a universal basic income. The notion that government should guarantee every citizen an annual stipend of, say, $10,000 -- no strings attached, no questions asked -- is being studied by politicians, economists and polic
ViewpointsMay 4, 2016
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Britain can’t afford to quit the European Union
If it votes to leave the European Union in next month’s referendum, Britain will bear a substantial and lasting economic cost: That’s the conclusion of several authoritative new studies. Campaigners for exit must either refute these findings or say why they don’t matter. Their efforts up to now have fallen far short.The Vote Leave campaign has cast the referendum mainly as a decision about sovereignty, democracy and immigration -- legitimate concerns. But the economic consequences can’t be waved
ViewpointsMay 4, 2016
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[Francis Wilkinson] Warren Buffett falls into confidence trap
Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, is a confident man. Having built one of the greatest businesses in history, and having become one of the world’s richest men in the process, he sees great prosperity in the rearview mirror, and more of the same ahead.Speaking Saturday at his company’s annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Buffett said, “Twenty years from now, there’ll be far more output per capita in the United States in real terms than there is now. In 50 years
ViewpointsMay 4, 2016
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Korea strives to ensure animal rights
Over recent years, South Korea has fast become a much better place for pets to live in.From slapping harsher punishment against animal abusers to supporting pet welfare and industries, the South Korean government has been moving toward protecting pets. Dogs participating in a pet festival held at Gangwon Province run toward their owners on May 10. (Yonhap)It was in 1991 that the government first enacted the animal protection law, recognizing animals as those in need of protection and support. Wh
Social AffairsMay 4, 2016
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Seoul struggles to cope with fine dust from emissions
YonhapGiven mounting concerns over fine dust in Seoul, 29-year-old Kim Yoon, a valet parking agent in Seorae French Village in Banpo-dong, does not forget to wear a mask when heading outside. “I can see dust-ridden cars as I work outside all day long, which makes me feel like I’m in a defenseless state,” said Kim. “I think people in Seoul, not just me, are already too exposed to fine dust,” he said, adding that he is worried, as there is not much he can do about it.Over the recent decades, Korea
Social AffairsMay 4, 2016
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Seoul to connect tourist sites with underground passage
Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to create an underground passage to connect major tourist attractions in central Seoul, the mayor said Tuesday. Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon said that the underground path would link Seoul City Hall, Deoksugung Palace and Gwanghwamun Square, to recreate the city’s historic Yukjo Street leading to Gyeongbokgung Palace. The underground pathway will house exhibition centers, cultural venues, museums, restaurants and shopping malls. Gwanghwamun Square in central Seo
Social AffairsMay 4, 2016
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Military boost eyed amid N.K. threats
South Korea’s defense minister said Wednesday that boosting the country’s military strength is “inevitable” under the current situation, indicating that North Korea’s recent belligerence will intensify the arms race and tension on the peninsula.Seoul and Washington have been stepping up warnings against North Korea and its purported plan for another nuclear test. Last week, the allies wrapped up joint military drills, which also included preemptive strikes against Pyongyang’s leadership. Ministe
North KoreaMay 4, 2016
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Oxy protest taken to U.K. headquarters
The Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office raided Wednesday offices of professors of Seoul National University and Hoseo University who had led the product toxicity test requested by Oxy Reckitt Benckiser. A SNU professor surnamed Cho was arrested without warrant. The prosecution suspects that the professors allegedly received money from Oxy Reckitt Benckiser -- formally renamed Reckitt Benckiser Korea since 2014 -- in exchange for omitting some of the product’s toxicity test results. In Apr
Social AffairsMay 4, 2016
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Holiday weather not so festive
Following the unexpected rain Tuesday, powerful gusts are sweeping across Korea due to a sudden low pressure in the East Sea. The Korea Meteorological Administration issued nationwide strong wind alerts from 4 a.m. Wednesday to 21 cities in Korea. (Yonhap)The average wind velocity reached maximum 30 meter-per-second in some areas of the country, felling utility poles.From North Gyeongsang Province, more than 20 cases of wind-damages were reported including farmland and roof destructions. A numb
Social AffairsMay 4, 2016
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Unexplained infertility high among Koreans: study
More than 75 percent of Koreans who received state allowance for insemination had unexplained infertility, a strikingly high figure that may indicate many of them are not being properly tested before receiving the procedure, a study showed Wednesday.The study, by researcher Hwang Na-mi from the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, showed that the proportion of Koreans who received government allowances for infertility treatments in 2014, especially intrauterine insemination and externa
Social AffairsMay 4, 2016
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[News Focus] Park to spin Iran summit into political momentum
President Park Geun-hye’s landmark visit to Iran, which Cheong Wa Dae applauded as eliciting unprecedented diplomatic and economic progress, is hoped by the government and the ruling camp to give much-needed momentum to state affairs amid their faltering approval ratings.Citing the purported economic outcome of the visit and Iranian top leaders’ support for denuclearization, the president is likely to tout renewed leadership and to reiterate the government’s current hardline policies against Nor
PoliticsMay 4, 2016
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Korea, Australia discuss cooperation on defense supplies
South Korea and Australia agreed Wednesday to enhance bilateral collaboration in military supplies and armament maintenance during talks in Canberra, the defense ministry here said.The agreement was reached during annual bilateral talks in the Australian capital earlier in the day, according to the Ministry of National Defense.The two sides also concurred on the need to establish a joint working group to share results of their innovation measures on the defense supply sector and to expand cooper
DefenseMay 4, 2016
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Korea, U.S. to hold high-level defense talks in Washington next week
South Korea and the United States plan to hold an annual high-level defense meeting in Washington next week to build up their deterrence plan against North Korea's growing nuclear and missile threats, the Ministry of National Defense here said Wednesday.The two-day Korea-U.S. Integrated Defense Dialogue will kick off on Monday and bring together South Korea's Defense Deputy Minister for policy Yoo Jeh-seung and U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense David Shear, along with Abraham Denmark, deputy a
DefenseMay 4, 2016
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Deputy FM to visit Laos for ASEAN meetings
South Korea's deputy foreign minister will visit Laos this week to prepare for a series of upcoming regional conferences and summits, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.Kim Hyoung-zhin is scheduled to fly to Luang Prabang, an ancient city situated in northern Laos, on Saturday to attend a series of senior officials meetings involving member nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and their regional partners, the ministry said in a press release.Laos holds the chairmanship of the 1
InternationalMay 4, 2016
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Korea, U.S. discuss joint anti-terrorism measures
South Korea and the United States discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in disaster control and anti-terrorism efforts amid a spike in worldwide safety concerns, the government said Wednesday.Seoul said Minister of Public Safety and Security Park In-yong met Reginald Brothers, undersecretary for science and technology at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and discussed follow-up measures to an agreement reached in March.The two sides concurred during a weeklong disaster and security ma
DefenseMay 4, 2016
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N Korea boasts of its leader's feats ahead of party congress
North Korea on Wednesday trumpeted the accomplishments of its leader Kim Jong-un ahead of the key party congress slated for later this week, stressing that the country has legitimacy in possessing nuclear weapons.The Rodong Sinmun, the North's main newspaper, described the North's leader as "the great sun of the 21st century," listing a set of Kim's feats including what it calls successful launches of ballistic missiles from a submarine.It said the North's leader has achieved a litany of success
NationalMay 4, 2016
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N. Korea's flag carrier terminates flights between Pyongyang, Bangkok: VOA
North Korea's national carrier Air Koryo appears to have terminated its once-a-week flight between Pyongyang and Bangkok, a news media reported Wednesday.According to Washington-based Voice of America , the flight, which was to arrive in the capital city on Wednesday, did not land at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport.It said a screening of the airport's website show ed the Air Koryo flight was classified as being "cancelled" with the notice in red letters.As the Air Koryo flight JS253 did not arriv
NationalMay 4, 2016