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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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Delta Air Lines to launch new Incheon-Salt Lake City route in June next year
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S. Korea to showcase Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missile on Armed Forces Day ceremony for 1st time
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4 in 10 illegal aliens entered S. Korea without visas last year: data
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Korea, China, Japan vow to address yellow dust and climate change
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Korean American documentary ‘Free Chol Soo Lee' wins Emmy
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Korea secures 6th consecutive win at Int'l Abilympics
South Korea took the most medals for the sixth straight time at this year's international competition for people with special needs and disabilities, held in France, local supporters said Sunday.The South Korean team made up of veteran vocational workers grabbed 14 gold, eight silver and two bronze medals at the International Abilympics (IA) 2016 in the French city of Bordeaux. Taiwan took second place with five gold, four silver and one bronze medals, and China came in third with five gold, two
Social AffairsMarch 27, 2016
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Traditional guard ceremony at Sungnyemun to be restarted in April
The traditional guard ceremony at Sungnyemun will be resumed in April after being discontinued for eight years after a fire destroyed part of the wooden structure of the imposing historic gate, the Seoul city government said Sunday.The watch ceremony with the chief gate keeper, along with other guards dressed in Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) uniforms, will be carried out from 10 a.m. through 4:30 p.m., it said.The municipal authority said it already received permission from the Cultural Heritage Ad
TravelMarch 27, 2016
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Trump says Korea can have nukes, considers pulling out U.S. troops
Republican front-runner Donald Trump said in a news interview released over the weekend that if he becomes president, he will allow South Korea to have its own nuclear weapons and consider pulling out U.S. troops from the country.According to The New York Times picked up in Seoul on Sunday, Trump described his foreign policy as being "America first" and that he will not stand by as the U.S. is "ripped off" by smarter, shrewder and tougher countries. In this file photo, Trump speaks in Washington
World NewsMarch 27, 2016
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Official campaign for parliamentary elections to begin
Rival parties will kick off their official campaigns next week for April's parliamentary race that will determine the political landscape of the country for the next four years, election organizers said Sunday.A 13-day official campaigning period will begin next Thursday as the parties have set their own goals for the April 13 polls that are to elect a total of 300 lawmakers.The ruling Saenuri Party has vowed to claim a clear-cut victory by reclaiming more than a majority in the National Assembl
Social AffairsMarch 27, 2016
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Language institute to launch overseas Korea culture event in June
South Korea's overseas language promotion institute will host special events starting in June that will help foreigners get acquainted with Korean culture, the government said Sunday.The cultural ministry said foreign learning centers run by the King Sejong Institute that specializes in teaching Hangul will carry out "Korean culture day" programs on the last Wednesday of every month in 50 cities worldwide, including Paris, Tashkent and Phnom Penh.Hangul is the Korean alphabet.It said the program
Social AffairsMarch 27, 2016
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Actor Ahn Jae-wook channels new dad self in 'Five Children'
Actor Ahn Jae-wook has it all -- a successful career, a beautiful wife and now, a new-born daughter whose mere thought brings a smile to his face.Ahn is part of the first generation of South Korean actors who started "hallyu," or the Asia-wide popularity of Korean culture, in the 1990s. After taking a four-year hiatus, he has finally returned to South Korean TV as a widowed man with lots of baggage in the tongue-in-cheek family drama "Five Children.""The writer has done a great job of keeping th
TelevisionMarch 27, 2016
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Gov't moving to directly compensate companies forced out of Gaesong
South Korea's government is moving to directly compensate companies that were forced out of the inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex following the spike in cross-border tensions, an official source said Sunday."In 2013, when operations were suspended for several months at Kaesong, support was provided in the form of soft loans, but this time, the government is considering direct compensation for finished goods and materials left behind by South Korean firms," said the official, who declined t
Social AffairsMarch 27, 2016
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NC Dinos consensus pick to take 2016 KBO crown
The 2016 Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) season promises to be as wide open as ever: most of the playoff contestants from last season have lost key players, while those left on the outside looking in opened their wallets over the winter.Yet pundits here agreed on one club to rise like cream: the NC Dinos.The Dinos only joined the KBO in 2013 but have steadily improved themselves. They made their playoff debut in 2014 and were eliminated in the first round. Last year, they finished second in th
BaseballMarch 27, 2016
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Unified ball, home-plate collision rule among changes for 2016 baseball season
A new season typically means a handful of changes for the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), which, for the 2016 season, has instituted a new rule to reduce injuries on scoring plays and altered scheduling for its championship series.The KBO has adopted a new rule on home-plate collisions to increase player safety. It's intended to eliminate egregious collisions at home, and the rule was put into effect in the preseason.Under the rule, a base runner may not run out of a direct line to the plate
BaseballMarch 27, 2016
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Young franchise eyes first title as 35th pro baseball season opens
When English poet Alexander Pope penned the words "Hope springs eternal" in his 18th-century poem "An Essay on Man," the sport of baseball didn't even exist. Yet these words have become synonymous with the start of baseball season, the time of the year when every team, from the defending champ to the returning cellar dweller, starts with a clean slate.And when the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) launches its 35th season Friday, the 10 clubs will take this cliche to a whole new level and brace
BaseballMarch 27, 2016
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S. Korea confirms new bird flu case
South Korea confirmed a new case of bird flu on Saturday, the first outbreak in about five months.The Ministry for Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said ducks at a poultry farm in Icheon, 80 kilometers east of Seoul, have tested positive for the virulent strain of avian influenza (AI).All 10,900 ducks were culled as a precautionary measure, and the farm has been under quarantine to prevent the virulent virus from spreading, according to the ministry.South Korea has not reported any additional
Social AffairsMarch 26, 2016
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N. Korea unveils video footage showing SLBM attack on Washington
A North Korean Web site unveiled video footage on Saturday in which its submarine-launched ballistic missile scorches Washington D.C., ratcheting up its provocative acts in defiance of international pressure.The 4-minute long footage, uploaded on the website of dprktoday.com, one of the North's propaganda sites for outside online users, shows an SLBM, after re-entering the earth's atmosphere from outer space, hitting the U.S.' capital.Earlier this month, a U.S. news report said that the North ha
North KoreaMarch 26, 2016
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Activist group send anti-Pyongyang leaflets amid eased tensions
A leading civic group sent anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the inter-Korean border on Saturday amid escalating tensions sparked by the North's nuclear tests and missile launches.The Fighters for a Free North Korea said that it has scattered some 80,000 leaflets critical of the communist regime.The civic group regularly launches big balloons carrying such anti-Pyongyang leaflets in a campaign to spread dissenting messages in the reclusive country.The campaign had irked North Korea in the past, whi
North KoreaMarch 26, 2016
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Brussels police conduct more raids linked to deadly bombings
Heavily armed police swept into Brussels neighborhoods Friday in operations linked to this week's bombings as well as a suspected new plot in France, detaining three people and shooting two of them in the leg. One man was carrying a suspicious bag while accompanied by a young girl.As Easter weekend began, jittery Europeans faced uncertainly about how many violent extremists remain at large, and where and when they might strike again. On Friday afternoon, two blasts and gunfire rang out in the Sc
World NewsMarch 26, 2016
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Samsung's Lee, Chinese VP discuss business on chip, car battery
Samsung Group vice chairman Lee Jae-yong met with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang this week and discussed Samsung's businesses in China ranging from semiconductors to car batteries, Samsung officials said Saturday. The meeting between Lee and Wang took place at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound on Friday, the Chinese unit of Samsung said in a statement. Lee and Wang "exchanged views about investment into high-tech industrial sectors, including semiconductor, LCD and car battery," the statement
IndustryMarch 26, 2016
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NPS' dissenting votes up in 2015: data
South Korea's state-run pension fund actively exercised its voting rights last year with its number of dissenting votes edging up, data showed Saturday.Data from the National Pension Service (NPS), the operator of the fund, showed it voted against 10 percent of 2,836 resolutions last year at shareholders meetings of the companies it invested in, a 1.1 percentage point rise from a year earlier.The fund had been casting more opposing votes in the past few years, the no votes accounting for 6.6 per
March 26, 2016
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Korean shares expected to rebound this week
South Korean shares will likely remain rangebound ahead of key U.S. indicators next week, but begin an upward march toward the end on a continued inflow of foreign capital, analysts said Saturday.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) closed at 1,983.81 on Friday, down 0.4 percent from a week earlier.Foreign investors purchased a net 286 billion won ($244.2 million) worth of stocks. Both retail and institutional investors were net sellers as they sought to cash in on their gain
March 26, 2016
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More than 900 candidates run for parliamentary elections
More than 900 candidates have registered for next month's parliamentary elections, South Korea's election watchdog said.A total of 944 candidates -- 844 men and 100 women -- are set to compete for the 253 seats up for grabs on April 13. The competition rate is 3.7 to one, compared with 4.84 to one in the 2004 parliamentary elections.The remaining 47 seats will be allocated to political parties according to the numbers of votes that they receive overall under proportional representation, the Nati
PoliticsMarch 26, 2016
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Rolling Stones give historic free concert in Cuba
Tens of thousands of jubilant Cubans and tourists swarmed the site of the Rolling Stones' free concert in Havana Friday, calling it a historic moment for a country that once forced rock fans to listen to their favorite music behind closed doors. Coming just two days after Barack Obama finished the first trip to Cuba by a U.S. president in nearly 90 years, the evening concert cemented the communist-run nation's opening to the world. Organizers expect at least a half million spectators to see the
World NewsMarch 26, 2016
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Defense secretary says US has killed senior IS leader
U.S. forces killed a senior Islamic State leader, among several key members of the militant group eliminated this week, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Friday. The successful attack is the latest in a string of strikes targeting the group's leadership even as it losses territory in both Iraq and Syria. US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington DC, Friday. (AFP-Yonhap)Carter identified the senior IS leader as Haji Imam and described him a
World NewsMarch 26, 2016