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Expats to promote Gangnam district
Gangnam-gu Office has selected a group of foreign nationals as honorary publicity ambassadors to promote the district around the world, officials said Tuesday.The 29 expats from 14 countries, including the U.S., Canada, Britain, the Philippines and Thailand, will introduce Gangnam’s tourist attractions to their home countries using social media such as Twitter and Facebook. They will also contribu
Social Affairs March 1, 2011
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S. Korea, U.S. kick off annual drills amid N. Korea's threat
South Korean and U.S. troops launched their annual joint drills on Monday, officials said,following North Korea's threats of militaryretaliation.The Key Resolve/Foal Eagle exercises are the first regularly scheduled joint drills between Seoul and Washington since the North's deadly artillery strike on Yeonpyeong Island last November, which left four people dead.South Korea and U.S. start Monday th
National Feb. 28, 2011
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N. Korea not likely to collapse through popular uprisings: expert
The international community should not expect North Korea to collapse soon through popular uprisings but instead seek an incremental approach to build trust with the nuclear-armed communist state, an expert said Sunday.Andray Abrahamian, a freelance writer on Korea issues who teaches at Social Science College of the University of Ulsan, South Korea, dismissed chances of any collapse of the North K
National Feb. 28, 2011
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GM Korea says goodbye to Daewoo, hello to Chevrolet
GM Korea Co., the South Korean unit of U.S. automaker General Motors Co., will officially launch the Chevrolet brand in South Korea this week, saying goodbye to Daewoo, a name that has endured in South Korea for the past 28 years, the company said Monday.The name of the company will officially be changed to GM Korea from GM Daewoo also from Tuesday, it added."The change of the company name is an e
National Feb. 28, 2011
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Number of Seoulites with advanced degrees tripled since 1990
The number of Seoul citizens holding master’s or doctoral degrees has tripled over the past 20 years, a study found Sunday. There were 39,538 master’s and 5,043 doctoral graduates last year, almost triple the 14,049 in 1990, according to the study conducted jointly by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and Statistics Korea.Women with higher education showed a five-fold increase in two decades, with
Social Affairs Feb. 27, 2011
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Lawmaker moves legal place of origin to Dokdo
An opposition lawmaker has recently changed her family’s permanent address of origin to Dokdo in protest against Japan’s sovereignty claim over the rocky islets in the East Sea.Rep. Park Sun-young, the spokeswoman for the Liberty Forward Party, said Sunday that her family transferred their domicile from Gyeonggi Province to Dokdo on Feb. 22.It was the first time for a lawmaker to have their family
Politics Feb. 27, 2011
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Minister pledges to reform college admission policy
Lee stresses lower difficulty in written tests and development of new ways to find talented studentsThe government will keep trying to make the college entrance exam easier, while encouraging schools to accept students with different talents, Education Minister Lee Ju-ho said Thursday.“It’s not appropriate that one or two points make a difference in college admission. Along with easier questions,
Social Affairs Feb. 24, 2011
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Construction resumed for curved bridge
A 21-meter-high arch was placed on the Yanghwa Bridge on Wednesday, signaling the resumption of suspended construction work.The currently curved bridge, which has prompted safety concerns among drivers, will be reshaped into a straight line within eight days of engineering work, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said. “Opening to traffic could be possible by early May after related works are compl
Social Affairs Feb. 23, 2011
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Report warns against aging teaching workforce
An annual education report warned Friday that the nation’s teaching workforce was getting older. According to the Korean Educational Development Institute, the teaching workforce here has gotten older ― by up to three years ― compared to 10 years ago. Last year, the average ages of teachers at kindergartens, elementary, middle and high schools were 31.8, 39.7, 41.3 and 41.5, respectively. Compared
Social Affairs Feb. 23, 2011
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Free school meals to cost 13 trillion won over 5 years
Free lunch for every student will cost more than 13 trillion won ($11 billion) for five years, a report by the National Assembly’s budgetary committee found Tuesday. A total of 13.44 trillion won, including 2.77 trillion won this year, will be needed in the coming five years to offer free meals at all schools, according to the report disclosed by Rep. Kim Dong-sung of the ruling Grand National Par
Social Affairs Feb. 22, 2011
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‘Mistreatment of minorities likely to foment terrorism’
A terrorism expert Monday raised the possibility of home-grown terrorist attacks in Korea where social minorities struggle with prevalent discrimination against them. “Migrant workers, children of married immigrants and North Korean defectors who may experience disgrace and discrimination against them here are more likely to vent their anger through terror attacks,” Lee Man-jong, professor of law
Social Affairs Feb. 21, 2011
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Seoul school to open for defectors’ children
A boarding school for North Korean defector children will open in Seoul next week, aimed at offering Korean language lessons to those from low-income households, a non-profit defectors’ group said Friday.According to North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity, the Samheung School will start its first semester on Feb. 25, with 27 elementary students. Considering that their parents usually return home lat
Social Affairs Feb. 18, 2011
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More benefits for couples who adopt disabled children
A 50-year-old office worker, Jun Soon-geol, and his wife Shin Joo-ryeon, also 50, adopted two baby girls 11 years ago.They soon discovered that the younger child, Ah-young, was suffering from cerebral palsy but have never regretted their decision. “Government subsidies have helped a lot for raising our daughter. But we hope that more support is given for essential but expensive medical equipment l
Social Affairs Feb. 17, 2011
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Seoul to offer 13,000 rental homes for poor households
Amid soaring jeonse prices, the Seoul Metropolitan Government has decided to supply about 13,000 rental homes for low-income households in the first half of the year.The city said Thursday that more than 80 percent of the total 15,665 public houses will be provided within the timeframe. They include 4,995 permanent rental houses for low-income households, 2,822 for families with multiple children
Social Affairs Feb. 17, 2011
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Seoul to finance cultural events of expat community
The Seoul Metropolitan Government is to offer financial support to cultural events held by the foreign community here, officials said Wednesday.The city will cover up to 80 percent of the event costs or 6 million won ($5,320) for selected events.Since 2003, the city has offered such financial support to give opportunities for both foreign residents and locals to better communicate through cultural
Social Affairs Feb. 16, 2011
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