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Seoul offers talks with N. Korea over Gaeseong stalemate
South Korea on Thursday extended an offer to hold working-level talks with North Korea over a joint industrial complex that has been idle since early this month amid heightened inter-Korean tensions."We make an official offer to North Korea to hold a working-level meeting to discuss ways of normalizing the suspended Gaeseong Industrial Complex and providing humanitarian aid to South Korean workers there," the Ministry of Unification said in a statement.Seoul will have no choice but to take serio
North Korea April 25, 2013
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Seoul shares open higher on techs, retailers
South Korean stocks opened higher on Thursday, on the back of gains in techs and retailers, analysts said.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 3.77 points, or 0.19 percent, to 1,939.08 in the first 15 minutes of trading.Tech shares gathered ground, with top chipmaker SK hynix rising 2.23 percent and a local handset maker LG Electronics adding 1.33 percent. Top flat panel manufacturer LG Display gained 0.5 percent.Retailers also traded higher, with discount store chain E
April 25, 2013
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Psy's 'Gentleman' jumps to 5th in main billboard chart
South Korean rapper Psy's "Gentleman" galloped to fifth place on the Billboard's main chart this week thanks to increased downloads and sales, its official magazine said Wednesday."K-Pop star PSY blasts into the Hot 100's top 10 with 'Gentleman,' which wins top Streaming and Digital Gainer honors following its first full week of availability," it said. "Gentleman" ranked 12th last week."Gentleman" bounded into the top 10 "fueled primarily by a 60% gain in streaming, as it tallies a second week a
Performance April 25, 2013
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S. Korea's economic growth hits 2-year high in Q1
The South Korean economy grew at its fastest quarterly pace in two years in the first quarter as exports gained ground weathering the yen's weakness to the local currency, the central bank said Thursday.Korea's gross domestic product (GDP), the broadest measure of economic performance, grew 0.9 percent in the first quarter from three months earlier, quickening from 0.3 percent on-quarter growth in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to an advance estimate by the Bank of Korea (BOK).The first-q
April 25, 2013
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UNESCO water institute to open in Korea
A UNESCO-affiliated international water research institute is to open new headquarters in Korea next year.The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Wednesday that the operational committee of UNESCO resolved earlier in the day to establish the International Hydrological Program research center in Korea.The institute, to be located within the K-Water research complex in Daejeon, will be the fifth IHP center to open in Asia, following those in China, Malaysia, Japan and Indonesia.The
Industry April 24, 2013
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JYP '사진 조작' 관련 공식 사과
그룹 2PM의 일본 콘서트 보도 자료와 관련 ‘사진조작’ 논란에 휩싸인 2PM 소속사 JYP가 공식 사과했다. 24일 JYP엔터테인먼트(이하 JYP)는 공식 홈페이지에 “지난 주말 열렸던 본사 소속 아티스트 2PM의 도쿄돔 공연 관련 보도자료 사진 관련해서 회사측의 실수가 있었기에 사과의 말씀 드립니다”라며 장문의 사과글을 게시했다. JYP는 “회사 대부분의 스태프들이 현장에 나와 있었고 언론에 배포할 자료의 시한이 촉박하여 사진들의 색보정 작업을 부득이 외부에 의뢰하여 진행하던 중 오류가 있는 사진이 정확하게 확인되지 않고 공식 보도자료에 함께 배포되었습니다. 공연의 관객 수는 현지 공연 기획사와 공연장으로부터 확인 받은 내용이고 당시 현장에서 많은 언론사 관계자들이 실제 공연을 관람하시면서 확인하신 사항이기도 합니다”라며 2PM의 일본공연 사진 조작에 대해 사과했다. 이어 “이유를 불문하고 오류가 담긴 사진이 배포되어 업무에 불편을 겪으셨을 언론 관계자 분들과 즐겁고 기쁜 마음으
한국어판 April 24, 2013
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싸이의 대학시절은? “뚱뚱하고, 게으르고, 더러워”
싸이 (본명 박재상, 36)의 대학시절 룸메이트였다고 주장하는 남자가 그의 대학시절에 대해 ‘폭로’해 화제가 되고 있다.이 남자는 최근 미국의 경제전문지 비즈니스 인사이더에 편지를 보내 싸이의 대학시절 모습에 대해 전했는데, 그에 말에 따르면 싸이는 “뚱뚱하고, 게으르고, 더러웠으며, 전형적인 한국 남자 유학생이었다”고 한다.그는 자신이 싸이와 1997년에서 1998년까지 같이 살았다고 주장했는데, 그는 싸이가 “매일같이 수업을 빼먹었으며 모든 과목에서 낙제했다”고 전했다. 또한 친구들이 밥을 먹고 술을 마시는 동안 가라오케에서 공연을 펼쳤다고 한다.그의 회고에 따르면 싸이는 20대 초반의 어린 나이에도 자신이 넘쳤던 것으로 보인다. 이 ‘룸메이트’는 “우리는 항상 (싸이의) 통통한 볼을 꼬집으며, ‘정신차려! 이렇게 뚱뚱하고 못생긴 얼굴로는 절대 연예계에서 성공못해’라고 놀리곤 했다”고 전했다.그러나 싸이는 그때마다 “성공할 거야! 스타가 될거라고! 두고봐!”라고 장담했다고 한다.
한국어판 April 24, 2013
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Overseas construction tech school to open in 2015
A meister high school specializing in overseas engineering and construction education will open in 2015, officials said Wednesday.The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is to sign a memorandum of understanding on Thursday with the International Contractors’ Association of Korea and the Seoul Urban Science Technical High School, officials said Wednesday.The students will be provided with technical education, as well as language courses, and upon graduation will be given the opportunit
April 24, 2013
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Seoul working out measures to aid SMEs in Gaeseong
The government announced on Wednesday a set of measures to buffer losses to small and medium enterprises incurred from operation suspension in the inter-Korean industrial complex in Gaeseong.The Ministry of Unification said that state agencies will further provide liquidity, credit guarantees and tax breaks for SMEs whose Gaeseong plant operations had been ceased for more than two weeks amid escalating tensions with North Korea.It is considering further extending loans to those companies from it
April 24, 2013
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GE picks Korea as global HQ for marine business
General Electric said Wednesday it has chosen Korea as its global headquarters for offshore and marine business in light of the country’s burgeoning offshore plant industry.GE, which supplies key parts such as propulsion systems, engines and distribution transformers for drillships, FPSOs (floating production, storage and offloading units) and LNG carriers, considers technological development near Korea’s major shipyards along the southern coast, acquisition of local firms or setting up joint ve
Industry April 24, 2013
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Top diplomats of Korea, China to set up hotline
BEIJING (Yonhap News) ― South Korea’s Foreign Minister Yoon Byung-se said Wednesday he and his Chinese counterpart have agreed to open a 24-hour hotline for prompt policy consultations on North Korea.“With regard to North Korea’s several acts of raising tensions, the two sides agreed to closely work together to convince the North not to carry out additional provocations, while easing tensions on the Korean Peninsula,” Yun told reporters after a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi during
Foreign Affairs April 24, 2013
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Medical union resumes talks on Jinju Medical Center
The trouble surrounding Jinju Medical Center entered a new phase as the South Gyeongsang Provincial Government and the medical trade union agreed to postpone its closure and resume talks over its operation.Governor Hong Joon-pyo, who pushed shutting down the hospital because of its financial hardships, said on Tuesday evening that he will defer his plan for one month and reopen talks with the labor union. The governor’s offer was made after two union members tied themselves to a steel tower on t
Social Affairs April 24, 2013
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Shinsegae vice president fined for boycotting parliamentary audits
A Seoul court on Wednesday imposed a 10 million won ($8,870) fine on a Shinsegae Group executive for not attending parliamentary audits over the company‘s alleged infringement on the business rights of small retailers. Chung Yu-kyuang, the 41-year-old vice president of the country’s second-largest retail conglomerate, was found guilty of not responding to the government‘s call three times to appear at the hearings and audits of the National Assembly between October and November of last year, cit
Industry April 24, 2013
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N.K. can make nuke-tipped missiles able to hit South: expert
North Korea probably posses the ability to mount nuclear warheads on missiles that can hit all of South Korea, a local military analyst said Wednesday.Ham Hyung-pil, a senior researcher at state-run Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA), said at a academic gathering hosted by the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies in Seoul, that Pyongyang may have developed the knowhow to place a nuclear weapon on its Rodong missiles.The Rodong, already operational with the communist country‘s roc
North Korea April 24, 2013
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총수일가 사익 편취 규제 신설, ‘30%룰’은 삭제
대기업 재벌 총수 일가에 이익이 몰리는 일감 몰아주기 등을 근절하는 규제가 신설된다. 현행 법규상 규제로 제한할 수 없는 총수일가 개인에 대한 지원 및 광고,물류 등에 대한 자회사 일감 몰아주기 등을 제한할 수 있는 별도규정을 만든다. 다만 총수 지분이 30% 이상인 경우 총수가 관여한 것으로 추정해 형사처벌 하는 이른바 ‘30%’ 룰은 과잉 규제 논란에 따라 관련 규정을 삭제하기로 했다. 거래 부당성도 공정위가 입증하겠다는 뜻을 재차 강조했다.공정거래위원회는 24일 청와대 업무보고에서 “경제민주화와 창조 경제의 구현을 적극 뒷받침하겠다”며 이같이 밝히고 ▷대기업집단의 폐해 시정 ▷경제적 약자의 능력발휘를 위한 경쟁기반 확대 ▷담합 관행 척결 ▷소비자가 주인이 되는 시장환경 조성을 중점 과제로 추진하겠다고 강조했다.공정위는 총수일가 개인의 사익편취 규제를 위해 현행 부당내부거래 금지 규정을 강화하기로 했다. 현행법은 총수일가 개인에 대한 지원에 대한 규제가 불가능하다. 또 정상가격을
한국어판 April 24, 2013
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