Articles by Chun Sung-woo
Chun Sung-woo
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Acquittals quadruple under liberal chief justice
The rate of acquittal, a source of conflict between the court and the prosecution, has quadrupled since Lee Yong-hoon took the bench as chief justice of the Supreme Court four years ago.The Supreme Prosecutor’s Office said Sunday that the annual acquittal rate at first trial was at 0.18 percent in 2
Social Affairs Aug. 21, 2011
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Korea introduces carbon tracking
Nation becomes third after U.S., Japan to run systemKorea has developed and put into operation its own system tracking how much carbon dioxide a country emits.With the greenhouse gas monitoring system up and running, Korea has become the third country after the United States and Japan to track how m
Social Affairs Aug. 21, 2011
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S. Korea’s military on alert against hacking attempts: official
South Korea’s military is on alert against hacking into its computer system, as a suspicious email is spreading among its personnel, an official said Friday.All military staff have been asked to take extra precautions when they open emails from a sender whose address is “navyojo@hanmail.net,” said t
Defense Aug. 21, 2011
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‘S. Korea sets example of democracy’
New Tibetan leader cites Koreans’ democratic movements in 1970s, ’80sNEW DELHI (Yonhap News) ― The new leader of the Tibetan government-in-exile said he believes South Korea sets an example of the vibrant democracy his people have been seeking to achieve through their decades-long struggle against C
People Aug. 21, 2011
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Korea to be Greenpeace’s 41st outpost
Group to open Korean office soon to focus on nuclear power, maritime environmentThe main issues in Korea in the last 10 years have been peace, environment and energy. Greenpeace’s announcement in June that it would open a Korean office looks set to stir these issues further.Greenpeace started in Van
Social Affairs Aug. 19, 2011
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6 N.K. professors study economics in Canada
SAN FRANCISCO (Yonhap News) ― Six North Korean professors are studying economics and other related subjects at a university in Canada on a months-long program initiated by the school, the program director said Wednesday, opening a rare opportunity for the people of the repressive regime.Professor Pa
North Korea Aug. 18, 2011
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U.S. envoy for six-way talks still without ambassador title: source
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to give an ambassador title to Clifford Hart, a State Department official in charge of nuclear talks with North Korea, and that is why there has been no announcement of his new position, diplomatic sources here said Wednesday.Hart, f
Foreign Affairs Aug. 18, 2011
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Notorious jail breaker attempts suicide in prison
Shin Chang-won, who stunned the nation with his jailbreak in 1997 and more than two years on the run, was in critical condition after attempting suicide in his prison cell on Thursday, prison officials said.The 44-year-old convict attempted suicide via strangulation using a rubber glove in his solit
Social Affairs Aug. 18, 2011
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Woman held for smuggling N. Korean art
Seoul police said Wednesday that they had booked an ethnic Korean woman from China for allegedly smuggling North Korean paintings into South Korea, selling them to local consumers and sending some of the profits to the North. The 46-year-old woman, surnamed Kim, was accused of bringing in about 1,30
Social Affairs Aug. 17, 2011
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Baby boomers caught between tradition, future
Communication with family members necessary to avoid problems in retired life To mark the 58th anniversary of its establishment on Aug. 15, The Korea Herald is publishing a series of articles on the looming retirement of Korean baby boomers and its socioeconomic impact on the nation. The follow
Social Affairs Aug. 8, 2011
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Free meals poll sets up left-right clash
Free school lunch vote to set tone for welfare policy, impact Seoul mayor’s political futureThe Seoul Metropolitan Government’s announcement last week that it will hold a referendum on Aug. 24 on how much to expand its free school lunch program has signaled the start of a fierce campaign.In the vote
Politics Aug. 7, 2011
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A portrait of Korea’s aging population
Korea’s elderly population grew by 24 percent in the five years from 2005 while the country’s younger population decreased by 13 percent in the same period, the nation’s census showed.The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said in the Korea report of its 2007 Economic Surveys that
Social Affairs Aug. 7, 2011
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Korean language center to open in Indonesia
An Indonesian university is scheduled to open a Korean language center next month, giving traction to a movement to spread the language among a minority tribe there, officials here said Sunday.According to the Hunminjeongeum Society and Kyungpook National University, the Muhammadiyah University of B
Social Affairs Aug. 7, 2011
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U.S. calls for restraint by Seoul, Tokyo in tensions over Dokdo
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) -- The U.S. government formally requested Tuesday that South Korea and Japan maintain “restraint” in resolving their latest diplomatic tensions over Dokdo, a set of Seoul-controlled islets claimed by Tokyo.The appeal came after Japan’s publication of a new defense white pape
Foreign Affairs Aug. 3, 2011
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King’s Academy of Jordan students experience Korea
A group of Middle East high school students on an educational tour is not a common sight in South Korea, more often visited by tourists from its two neighbors China and Japan.Fourteen students from Jordan, Palestine and Syria, all attending a prestigious Jordanian boarding school, recently got a cha
Social Affairs Aug. 3, 2011
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