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Former Vice Justice Minister Kim Hak-ui has been asked to appear for questioning by police sometime next week on suspicions that he received sexual favors from a local contractor in return for business favors, according to an officer Saturday.The sex bribery scandal centers around allegati...
Updated : 2013.05.25 12:10
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Every Tuesday, a group of corporate executives and high-ranking government officials attend a lecture on humanities at Seoul National University. The program, named “Ad Fontes,” a Latin expression m...
Updated : 2013.05.24 21:21
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Prosecutors are tracing overseas bank accounts with international authorities in the widening probe into food and entertainment giant CJ Group, which is suspected of massive income tax evasion through offshore slush funds and illegal wealth transfers to the chairman’s children. Sources sa...
Updated : 2013.05.24 21:07
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South Korea plans to expand support for foreigners who establish a business here as part of efforts to attract more foreign talent into the country and thus help boost its economy, government officials said Friday.Under the plan that focuses on better working and living environments for fo...
Updated : 2013.05.24 21:07
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South Korea officially joined an international treaty on adoption to provide protection for children, the health ministry said Friday.According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, South Korea became a member state of the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in...
Updated : 2013.05.24 20:12
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Time-honored humanities subjects such as literature, philosophy and history have struggled to draw students in recent years, but it’s not all doom and gloom. Educational institutions and local libr...
Updated : 2013.05.24 18:23
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South Korea’s Pai Chai University recently announced an organizational overhaul that will merge several humanities departments, touching off a debate on the “crisis of humanities.” At the center of...
Updated : 2013.05.24 18:13
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Prosecutors are tracing overseas bank accounts of CJ Group with help from the banks to secure evidence to allegations that the local food and entertainment conglomerate amassed a massive slush fund offshore, sources close to the investigation said Friday.The country's 14th largest conglome...
Updated : 2013.05.24 15:51
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Singer Son Ho-young was rushed to the hospital early Friday after an apparent suicide attempt, hours after he attended the funeral of his girlfriend, who is thought to have taken her own life earlier this week. Police said Son appeared to have made the attempt in his car by burning a subst...
Updated : 2013.05.24 10:10
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The chief editor of a local online media outlet has been indicted on charges of publishing articles carrying false rumors about President Park Geun-hye and her brother, prosecutors said Thursday.Paik Eun-jong, the 60-year-old chief editor of the media Web site Voice of Seoul, is accused of...
Updated : 2013.05.23 20:22
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A joint study in South Korea and the United States has proven the effectiveness of a Korean diet in lowering cholesterol and reducing the risks of contracting related health issues such as diabetes and cardiac disorders, a report showed Thursday.According to the report from the Rural Devel...
Updated : 2013.05.23 20:22
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The state-run disease control agency on Thursday confirmed another fatality caused by a killer tick virus amid fears that the disease may quickly spread nationwide.The Korea Center for Disease Control & Prevention said a man who died on the southern island of Jeju Friday has been confirmed...
Updated : 2013.05.23 20:11
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A 37-year-old actor has been arrested on suspicion of rape, Seoul Gangnam Police Station said ThursdayThe actor, whose name was withheld by authorities, is accused of raping a 28-year-old woman at his home in Cheongdam-dong, southern Seoul in January. The victim sued the actor in mid-Febru...
Updated : 2013.05.23 18:35
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Seoul National University said on Thursday that male students in the school can now take a leave of absence if they have a child under the age of 8.After revising the academic regulations, the university announced that both male and female students taking bachelor’s, master’s or doctorat...
Updated : 2013.05.23 18:29
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Prosecutors are expanding their investigation into food and entertainment giant CJ Group to include additional suspicions of massive income tax evasion and illegal wealth transfer to chairman’s children. The country’s 14th largest conglomerate has been under probe on allegations of creat...
Updated : 2013.05.23 15:45
