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Former PM Koizumi calls for nuclear-free Japan
Flamboyant former Japanese premier Junichiro Koizumi on Tuesday called on his one-time protege and the nation's current leader to abandon nuclear power as anti-atomic sentiment runs high after the Fukushima disaster. The 71-year-old has emerged as a high-profile critic of the nuclear power industry he once supported, a move that surprised Shinzo Abe's administration which is pushing to restart Japan's shuttered reactors.Abe was Koizumi's right-hand man during part of the latter's 2001-2006 tenur
World News Nov. 12, 2013
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China leaders promise bigger role for free market
China's leaders promised Tuesday a bigger role for the free market in the country's state-dominated economy as they try to overhaul a worn-out growth model.In a brief statement issued following a four-day meeting aimed at producing a reform blueprint for the coming decade, Communist Party leaders said state ownership will remain a pillar of the economy. But they gave an unusually strong endorsement to Chinese private businesses, saying they also are ``important components'' of the economy.Chines
World News Nov. 12, 2013
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Leftist lawmaker denies rebellion charges at court hearing
A leftist lawmaker, on trial for rebellion charges, flatly denied Tuesday that he had plotted to overthrow the South Korean government in the event of an inter-Korean war.Rep. Lee Seok-ki of the minor opposition Unified Progressive Party (UPP) has been indicted on charges of conspiring and inciting a rebellion, as well as sympathizing with North Korea, in violation of the South's anti-communist National Security Law, prosecutors said."(I) have never intended to conspire to stage a rebellion," Le
Politics Nov. 12, 2013
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S. Korea, Indonesia agree to conclude CEPA by year’s end
JAKARTA -- South Korea and Indonesia on Saturday agreed to conclude a comprehensive economic partnership agreement by the end of this year to prop up their shared vision for mutual growth and prosperity.During their summit, President Park Geun-hye and her Indonesian counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made the agreement that capped her eight-day “sales diplomacy” efforts to cement ties with geostrategically crucial, resource-rich Southeast Asian nations.“Sharing the view that the CEPA would he
Foreign Affairs Oct. 12, 2013
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檢, 효성그룹 압수물 분석 총력
효성그룹의 탈세 의혹 등을 수사 중인 검찰이 지난 금요일 확보한 압수물을 분석하며 증거물 확보에 주력하고 있다.사건 담당인 서울중앙지검 특수2부(윤대진 부장검사)는 12일 오후 수사팀 전원이 출근하였으면 다음주 월요일부터 회사 관계자를 불러 조사 할 것이라고 전했다.한편, 검찰은 국세청 조사 당시 출국금지됐던 조석래 회장과 이상운(61) 부회장, 조 회장의 개인재산 관리인 고모(54) 상무를 비롯해 조 회장의 세 아들 현준(45)•현문(44)•현상(42)씨와 비리 연루 임원 수명을 함께 출국금지 한 것으로 알려졌다. 검찰은 전날 오전 7시30분부터 오후 5시까지 10시간가량 효성그룹 본사와 효성 캐피탈 빌딩, 조석래(78) 회장과 조 회장 아들 3형제의 주거지 등 7∼8곳을 압수수색해 컴퓨터 하드디스크와 회계 장부, 내부 보고서 등을 확보했다.검찰은 앞서 7일 서울지방국세청에서 임의제출 형태로 제출받은 효성 세무조사자료와 대검찰청 중앙수사부가 지난 4월 넘긴 효성그룹 내사 자료
한국어판 Oct. 12, 2013
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U.N. to send investigators to Cuba over seized N.K. ship
A U.N. Security Council sanctions committee will send a team of investigators to Cuba later this month to examine the case of a North Korean ship that was caught carrying weapons from the Caribbean nation, a news report said Saturday.The 14,000-ton Chong Chon Gang ship was intercepted by Panamanian authorities in July while trying to pass through the Panama Canal with a shipment of weapons suspected to be in violation of U.N. sanctions.North Korea and Cuba have both said that the ship was transp
North Korea Oct. 12, 2013
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N. Korea to complete lavish ski resort late next month
North Korea is set to complete construction of a lavish ski resort, touted as one of its young leader Kim Jong-un's pet projects, in late November and will formally open it next January, China's state media reported Saturday.The Masik ski resort, located near the North's east coast city of Wonsan, has been under construction since earlier this year.South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers this week that the North Korean regime has "wasted" $300 million to build leisure and sports facilities, incl
North Korea Oct. 12, 2013
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Free trade likely to top agenda for Park's summit with Indonesia
South Korean President Park Geun-hye was to hold a summit with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Saturday that is expected to center on buttressing the fast-expanding economic cooperation between the two countries with a free trade deal.South Korea and Indonesia launched negotiations to forge a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) last year and have since conducted five rounds of talks. A CEPA is the equivalent of a free trade pact designed to tear down or lower bar
Foreign Affairs Oct. 12, 2013
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Kenneth Bae's mother thanks N.K. for allowing meeting with son: report
The mother of an American man jailed in North Korea for unspecified anti-government crimes has expressed her gratitude to the North Korean government for allowing her to meet her son in Pyongyang, a news report said Saturday.Kenneth Bae, a 45-year-old Korean-American known as a Christian missionary, was arrested in North Korea last November on charges of unspecified anti-government activities. In April, he was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor.His mother, Bae Myung-hee, 68, flew to Pyongyang o
North Korea Oct. 12, 2013
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At IMF session, S. Korea calls for 'credible fiscal consolidation' plan
South Korea's Finance Minister Hyun Oh-seok on Friday stressed the importance of a prudent fiscal policy as the world economy strives for sustained and balanced growth."A credible medium-term fiscal consolidation plan and structural reforms should be executed to increase policy space and improve economic fundamentals," he said in written suggestions submitted to the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group.This year's sessions opened Friday in Washington
Oct. 12, 2013
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U.S. involved in NK trip by Kenneth Bae's mother
The U.S. government said Friday it played a limited role in the ongoing trip to North Korea by the mother of a jailed American man.In North Korea, Bae Myung-hee reportedly met her son, Kenneth Bae, who has been held in the communist nation for nearly a year, on Friday (local time). She arrived there a day earlier.The State Department said it was aware of her visit."The U.S. government did not arrange Mrs. Bae's private trip. We helped her coordinate her trip with the Embassy of Sweden in Pyongy
North Korea Oct. 12, 2013
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Hyundai, Kia see sharp rise in China sales this year
Hyundai Motor Co. and its smaller affiliate Kia Motors Corp. said Thursday that they saw their combined sales in China surge 25 percent in the first nine months of the year on brisk sales of mid-sized and sports utility vehicles.Hyundai Motor, South Korea's top automaker, said it sold 760,916 units in China in the January-September period, up 28 percent from a year earlier.Kia Motors also saw its sales in China soar 20 percent on-year to reach 400,360 units over the cited period.Hyundai and Kia
Industry Oct. 3, 2013
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KT secures key bandwidth for W900b
KT, Korea’s second largest mobile carrier, won the right Friday to use a key mobile bandwidth that will allow it to expand services at relatively low costs.But its success in bidding for the D2 bandwidth came at a premium, as it agreeing to pay 900 billion won ($812 million) for its use, more than three times the minimum asking price.Korea’s three major mobile carriers on Friday bid for four newly opened bandwidths – A2 and B2 in the 2.6 GHz band and C2 and D2 in the 1.8 GHz band.SK Telecom Co.
Technology Aug. 30, 2013
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이건희 회장의 ‘각별한’ 犬사랑
‘개먹는 나라’로 인식되던 한국. 그 비난을 딛고 새로운 애견문화가 정착된 것은 한 사람의 남다른 애견 사랑으로부터 시작됐다.지난 1993년 삼성그룹은 국내 첫 안내견 학교를 비롯, 구조견과 동물치료 사업을 시작했다. 88년 서울 올림픽 개최 이후 외신의 “보신탕” 비난으로 국가 이미지가 추락하자 글로벌 진출을 목전에 두고 있던 삼성이 발벗고 나선 것이다. 수출판로를 뚫겠다는 기업의 전략도 있었지만, 유례 없는 동물복지사업에 뛰어든 배경에는 이건희 회장이 있었다.이 회장은 지난 1997년 기고 에세이에서 “나는 주변사람들에게 ‘1취1예’는 있어야 삶의 질이 윤택해진다고 얘기하면서 애견을 키워보라고 한다. 나는 6.25전쟁이 막 끝났을 무렵 부친의 손에 이끌려 일본으로 건너가 거기서 초등학교를 졸업했다. 혼자 있다 보니 개가 좋은 친구가 됐고, 사람과 동물간에도 심적 대화가 가능하다는 것을 그때 알았다”고 밝혔다. 젊은 시절 이 회장은 천연기념물인 진돗개의 원산지가 한국임을 세계에
한국어판 Aug. 30, 2013
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Nat'l Assembly extends spy agency probe
The National Assembly on Monday passed a proposal calling for the extension of a parliamentary probe into the state spy agency's alleged meddling in last year's presidential election.Last week, rival political parties agreed to extend the probe by eight days until Aug. 23 and summon witnesses for hearings starting this Wednesday.The probe, which began early last month, aims to uncover the truth behind allegations that the National Intelligence Service conducted an online smear campaign to sway p
Politics Aug. 12, 2013
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