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Opposition mulls delay of financial investment income tax
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Immigration policy must go beyond labor supply: experts
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‘Korea crossed the line too far’ disgraced singer’s lawyer cries foul after 3rd visa denial
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S. Korea to showcase Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missile on Armed Forces Day ceremony for 1st time
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Nasrallah's killing reveals depth of Israel's Hezbollah penetration
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Park Zi-a, the actor who played 'The Glory' heroine's mother, dies
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Psy's touch or new trend in music? P Nation’s solo stars lose their shine
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Korean American documentary ‘Free Chol Soo Lee' wins Emmy
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KMA chief under pressure after surveyed doctors refuse to back him
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Meditation brings calm to Gwanghwamun
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Korea hopes to work with U.S. to force change in N.K.
South Korea wants to work closely with the United States to force a change in North Korea's behavior so as to curb its nuclear and missile development, a senior South Korean official said Wednesday.Cho Tae-yong, deputy chief of the presidential office of national security, made the remark upon arriving in Washington for talks with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken, underlining Seoul's push for greater pressure on Pyongyang. "The No. 1 goal of the Korea-U.S. collaboration should be on c
North KoreaFeb. 18, 2016
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U.S. voices support for Park's 'principled, firm' approach to North Korea
The United States supports President Park Geun-hye's "principled and firm" approach toward North Korea, the State Department said Wednesday, after Park outlined a hard-line policy she would take on Pyongyang."We support President Park's principled and firm approach toward North Korea," State Department spokesman Katina Adams said. "Her decisions reflect growing concern in the region about North Korea's growing threat and flagrant disregard of multiple UN Security Council resolutions. We refer y
North KoreaFeb. 18, 2016
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New U.S. bill hoped to teach North Korea a lesson: vice FM
South Korea's No. 2 diplomat expressed hope Wednesday that a new U.S. sanctions bill targeting North Korea will help teach Pyongyang that its provocations come at a price, the Foreign Ministry said.Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam made the remarks in a meeting with two U.S. Congress members -- Rep. Robert Wittman (R-Va) and Rep. Madeleine Bordallo (D-Guam) -- saying their visit as members of the House Armed Services Committee is very timely given the regional security landscape following North
North KoreaFeb. 18, 2016
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South Korea's wages to N.K. workers not in violation of U.N.
South Korea's payment of wages to North Korean workers at a joint industrial park in the North was not in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions even if the money ended up going to the Pyongyang government, a former deputy chief of the South's spy agency said Wednesday.Jun Ok-hyun, who served as deputy chief of the National Intelligence Service during the 2008-2013 Lee Myung-bak administration, made the claim during a press conference at the National Assembly as some opposition politicia
North KoreaFeb. 18, 2016
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Experts: North Korea's nuclear test may trigger volcanic eruption
A team of South Korean experts warned Wednesday that North Korean nuclear tests may trigger a volcanic eruption of Mount Baekdu, a North Korean mountain situated close to the test site.Hong Tae-kyung, a professor of seismology at Seoul's Yonsei University, said in a paper published in the Scientific Reports that strong ground motion can induce large dynamic stress changes. This may disturb the magma chamber of a volcano, thus accelerating volcanic activity."An underground nuclear explosion test
North KoreaFeb. 18, 2016
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Study carries Allied Forces' testimonies on 'comfort women'
The Allied Forces who participated in World War II have made testimonies on women who were sexually enslaved by Tokyo during the war, a recent study showed Wednesday.In the study by Tessa Morris-Suzuki, professor of Japanese History at Australian National University, a recorded testimony of Angus McDougall, a former Australian serviceman, shows how a group of girls were transported to Japanese army brothels "in the same hellish conditions" as soldiers. "These girls, McDougall recalls, were not J
Social AffairsFeb. 18, 2016
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Winter is coming for Korea's start-up funding
In terms of funding rounds, 2015 was the Korean start-up scene’s seven years of plenty. E-commerce giant Coupang and start-up acquisition machine Yello Mobile raised multibillion-dollar valuations from big-name global investors SoftBank and Formation 8, respectively, while disclosed investments across the industry are estimated to have doubled on-year, according to data by start-up news outlet Tech in Asia.But tech businesses are not immune to economic realities, where the Korean currency has wi
TechnologyFeb. 17, 2016
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TNKR helps open doors for N.K. refugees
A passion for freedom, innovation and a group of enthusiastic volunteers is all it takes to make a difference for North Korean refugees, according to Casey Lartigue and Lee Eun-koo, cofounders and codirectors of Teach North Korean Refugees.The nongovernmental organization will hold the third TNKR English Speech Contest on Feb. 27, another milestone in the organization’s three-year journey. “I’ve always been someone interested in freedom, and when you create opportunities, how do you do it so tha
Expat LivingFeb. 17, 2016
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KIC chief prioritizes risk management
The new chief of Korea’s sovereign wealth fund on Wednesday stressed risk control in an era of global financial volatility, saying its return on investment this year could remain negative after a near 3 percent loss last year. “The outlook for our investment returns is not bright this year in light of the weakness in global markets, with the New York Stock Exchange down nearly 10 percent,” Eun Sung-soo, CEO of Korea Investment Corp. told reporters at its head office in Seoul. The former World Ba
Feb. 17, 2016
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Youth unemployment hits 16-year high
Korea’s youth unemployment rose to a 16-year high in January as a sluggish economy created more jobs for senior workers than fresh and inexperienced candidates. According to Statistics Korea, the jobless rate for workers aged between 15 and 29 was 9.5 percent last month, up 0.3 percentage point from the same month in 2015. Compared to January figures of the earlier years, the level is the highest since 2000, when the number stood at 11 percent. “An increasing number of youth entered the job mark
Feb. 17, 2016
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[Graphic News] Most gifted children learning math, science
Of all elementary, middle and high school students in South Korea, 1.8 percent of have been deemed gifted children and are receiving specialized education, the Education Ministry said Wednesday. Of 110,053 gifted children nationwide, 81.2 percent of them are receiving specialized education in the fields of mathematics and science, the ministry said. Others included invention (4.0 percent), humanities and social sciences (3.5 percent), information-related studies (2.9 percent) and various foreign
Social AffairsFeb. 17, 2016
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Conservative civic group calls for Korea's nuclear armament
A South Korean conservative civic group called Wednesday for the country's own nuclear armament to better cope with persistent threats posed by North Korea's nuclear and missile programs.The "new Korea movement" said Seoul should arm itself by redeploying U.S. tactical nuclear weapons to the country and scrapping a joint declaration to keep the Korean Peninsula nuclear-free.North Korea's recent nuclear detonation test on Jan. 6 has rekindled debates among some conservative politicians, including
PoliticsFeb. 17, 2016
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USFK quits TOW missile use at its training site near border
American troops stationed in South Korea decided not to use so-called TOW anti-tank missiles at its shooting range close to the inter-Korean border after one of the missiles fired during training accidentally landed on a civilian area in December, the U.S. Eighth Army said Wednesday.One Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wired-guided missile, measuring some 50 centimeters in length, went astray during an artillery drill at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in Pocheon, northeast of Seoul, on Dec. 30
DefenseFeb. 17, 2016
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Former police chief acquitted of bribery charges
A former police chief was acquitted Wednesday of charges he received bribes from an owner of a local construction firm, citing a lack of evidence.The Busan District Court found Cho Hyun-oh, the ex-commissioner of the National Police Agency, not guilty of receiving 50 million won ($40,700) from the owner of the firm, identified only by his surname Chung, at Cho's office and a local hotel restaurant in 2010 and 2011, respectively.The court said there seems to be a lack of trust between the two to
Social AffairsFeb. 17, 2016
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Seoul mayor's son cleared of draft-dodging rumors
A local court said Wednesday that draft-dodging rumors about the son of Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon are false and handed down monetary penalties to those who spread the rumors.The Seoul Central District Court ordered Yang Seung-oh, a renowned radiologist, to pay a fine of 15 million won ($12,200) for spreading false rumors that Park's son Ju-sin evaded mandatory military service.The court also ordered six other defendants to pay fines, ranging from 7 million won to 15 million won, for attempting t
Social AffairsFeb. 17, 2016
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Korea urges Japan to stop damaging 'comfort women' deal
South Korea warned Japan Wednesday not to undermine a bilateral deal on "comfort women," upset about Japan's repeated denial of the forced nature behind the wartime atrocity.Japan should "refrain from words and deeds to damage the spirit and purpose" of the Dec. 28 agreement, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.Under the verbal accord, the Japanese government offered an apology for the sexual enslavement of Korean women by its troops during World War II. It also agreed to provide 1 billion
Social AffairsFeb. 17, 2016
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Mountain-goers with lighters or matches to be fined up to 500,000 won
Anybody who carries lighters or matches while on a mountain or in farmland vulnerable to wildfires can be fined up to 500,000 won ($407), the government said Wednesday.The Ministry of Public Safety and Security said the fine will also be levied on those who start fires in the forest or on farmland, or those caught carrying lighters or matches while climbing a mountain, as tougher measures for the prevention of wildfires that occur frequently during dry seasons like these.The ministry said it wil
Social AffairsFeb. 17, 2016
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Lifer convicted of contract killing gets more jail term for bribery
A former member of the Seoul municipal council, who is serving a life sentence for abetting a murder, received an additional three-year jail term Wednesday for bribery.The Seoul Southern District Court sentenced the former Seoul city councilor Kim Hyung-sik to three years in jail, convicting him of receiving kickbacks from a deceased wealthy businessman, identified only by his surname Song, from 2010 to 2014.The court ordered Kim to pay 50 million won ($40,700) in fines and forfeit another 583 m
Social AffairsFeb. 17, 2016
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[Newsmaker] Heiress’ new role could reshape Shinsegae
Like other chaebol daughters in South Korea, Chung Yu-kyung has stayed under the shadow of her elder brother Chung Yong-jin, heir apparent of the Shinsegae Group. Leading trendy but smaller units like hotel and bakery businesses for years, the only daughter of group chairwoman Lee Myung-hee has been standing out in the succession race for a long time. A recent promotion that placed her on the top of Shinsegae’s department store business, however, has quickly turned around this traditional idea.
IndustryFeb. 17, 2016
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[팟캐스트](132) 개성공단 폐쇄 외 1건
진행자: 이현정, Kevin Lee Selzer 1. 개성공단 폐쇄 기사요약: 북한의 장거리 미사일 발사에 맞서 우리나라 정부가 10일 개성공단 폐쇄라는 강경 조치를 취했다. 북한은 이튿날 남측 인원 전원을 추방하고 개성공단 자산을 동결했으며, 남북 간 통로로 유일하게 남아 있던 판문점 연락 채널도 폐쇄했다. 남북관계가 최악으로 치닫는 가운데, 통일부는 14일 “개성공단으로 (북한에) 유입된 된 돈의 70%가 (노동)당 서기 실에 상납 되고 핵미사일 개발에 쓰이는 것으로 파악된다”라고 밝히며 공단 폐쇄 이유를 들었다. 이를 뒷받침할 증거, 그리고 유엔 안보리 대북 제재 결의를 우리나라가 스스로 위반한 것 아니냐는 논란이 일자 통일부는 한발 물러서며 주장을 번복하며 논란을 격화시켰다. 아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 팟빵 (안드로이드): h
PodcastFeb. 17, 2016