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The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae removed a disgraced former spokesman at the center of a sexual abuse scandal from the government payroll, an official said Wednesday. Yoon Chang-jung was sacked...
Updated : 2013.05.15 20:52
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Aiming to nurture new growth engines, the Park Geun-hye administration is accelerating steps to support the development of creative industries. The government, however, should “intervene with cauti...
Updated : 2013.05.15 20:49
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President Park Geun-hye said Wednesday she will swiftly take follow-up steps as soon as the United States completes an investigation into allegations that her now-fired spokesman sexually abused a yo...
Updated : 2013.05.15 20:16
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A well-known conservative online columnist was ordered by a local court on Wednesday to compensate Lee Jung-hee, the head of the minor opposition Unified Progressive Party (UPP), for calling her a "p...
Updated : 2013.05.15 13:39
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Jun Byung-hun (Yonhap News) The main opposition Democratic Party elected three-term lawmaker Rep. Jun Byung-hun as its new floor leader Wednesday. Jun, who replaced Rep. Park Ki-choon, will serve u...
Updated : 2013.05.15 12:18
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U.S. police said Tuesday it is too early to say which charges a former South Korean presidential spokesman might face. "It's under investigation. I don't know which way the investigation is going," ...
Updated : 2013.05.15 09:31
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President Park Geun-hye called Tuesday for sweeping deregulation aimed at facilitating mergers and acquisitions of venture start-ups, saying investments, not loans, are key to revitalizing the indust...
Updated : 2013.05.14 21:05
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The sexual assault scandal involving dismissed presidential spokesperson Yoon Chang-jung escalated Tuesday as new reports and witness statements emerged linking him to an attempted rape and indicatin...
Updated : 2013.05.14 20:38
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Former presidential contender Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo will back his own candidates in October’s by-elections. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Ahn indicated that he would form his own power base before t...
Updated : 2013.05.14 20:30
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Cheong Wa Dae is reviewing ways to tighten the reins on public servants in the aftermath of the sexual assault scandal involving fired spokesman Yoon Chang-jung. The office of senior secretary on ci...
Updated : 2013.05.14 20:30
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South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se abruptly delayed his first press conference with domestic and foreign journalists, an official said Tuesday, amid a damaging scandal involving a now-fired p...
Updated : 2013.05.14 14:14
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A team of ethics officials will travel together with President Park Geun-hye when she visits foreign countries to make sure that no traveling officials engage in any misconduct, such as the alleged s...
Updated : 2013.05.14 14:11
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The government plans to newly hire more than 100 personnel to supervise sex offenders and other violent criminals as part of efforts to eradicate such violent crimes, officials said Tuesday. Accordi...
Updated : 2013.05.14 10:40
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Ahn Cheol-soo, former presidential aspirant who ran as an independent, indicated Monday he will form a political camp of his own by fielding candidates of his choice in October's re- and by-elections...
Updated : 2013.05.13 21:47
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Two female hostages are escorted after being freed by Taliban who kidnapped 23 Korean Christian missionaries in Afghanistan in July 2007. The ordeal gripped the nation and led the government to imple...
Updated : 2013.05.13 20:55
