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The police said Monday they would increase manpower to fight sex crimes over the next three years after a series of sexual assault cases sparked widespread public concern.The National Police Agency plans to launch exclusive units for sex-related offenses at 250 police stations across the c...
Updated : 2013.05.20 21:20
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The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education announced on Monday that it detected cases of fraud in the admission process of two international schools here.More than a dozen teachers and faculty from the Younghoon and Daewon International Middle School were found to have tampered with applic...
Updated : 2013.05.20 21:20
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Prosecution investigators raided the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Monday as part of an inquiry into its alleged cover-up last year of a probe into intelligence agents’ illegal interference in the presidential election. More than 25 officials from the Seoul Central District Prosecutors...
Updated : 2013.05.20 21:20
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A police parody of Psy’s latest hit “Gentleman” has gone viral on YouTube, garnering more than 456,000 views since it was uploaded two weeks ago.The Gyeonggi Provincial Police Agency posted the video titled “Gentle Cop” to promote a national campaign to fight violent crime. In the fou...
Updated : 2013.05.20 21:18
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The Korea Electric Power Corp. resumed work on the controversial high-voltage transmission towers in Milyang, South Gyeongsang Province on Monday amid strong opposition from residents.KEPCO restarted ...
Updated : 2013.05.20 21:07
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SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- A dozen officials at two prestigious international schools in South Korea have been caught falsifying documents to grant admission to unqualified students, the municipal education office said Monday. After a month-long special audit of Seoul's Younghoon Internatio...
Updated : 2013.05.20 20:55
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Justice Minister Hwang Kyu-ahn vowed on Monday to step up efforts to eradicate domestic violence against marriage immigrants and their children.He outlined policies to better protect immigrants from bias, discrimination and violence in the sixth Together Day ceremony aimed at promoting mul...
Updated : 2013.05.20 19:59
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The Seoul government is enhancing monitoring of a new strain of deadly bird flu originating from China.Prime Minister Chung Hong-won inspected on Saturday Incheon International Airport’s passenger terminal and customs and ordered a beefing up of quarantine measures.Twenty additional offic...
Updated : 2013.05.19 21:07
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A survey showed that around 80 percent of the public believed the alleged sexual assault by former presidential spokesperson Yoon Chang-jung would likely affect President Park Geun-hye’s state management. According to the survey conducted by private poll taker Mono Research last week, 76 ...
Updated : 2013.05.19 21:07
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The country's largest law firm is preparing to draft legislation aimed at compensating companies that have taken a hit from the suspension of an inter-Korean industrial complex in North Korea, a law firm official said Sunday.The factory complex in the North's border city of Gaeseong has re...
Updated : 2013.05.19 10:22
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SIHEUNG-- A large container of hydrofluoric acid fell off of a cargo truck and spilled onto a road in Siheung near an industrial complex southwest of Seoul, police said Saturday. Police said the container fell off of the truck while it was making a right turn in a residential area, cau...
Updated : 2013.05.18 12:09
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A magnitude 4.9 quake occurred near waters off of Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea, marking the eighth time in a week that a tremor was reported in South Korea, the Korea Meteorological Administration said Saturday. The seismic event took place at 7:02 a.m. with the epicenter locat...
Updated : 2013.05.18 11:20
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GWANGJU—Koreans on Saturday honored the 33rd anniversary of a popular uprising in the southern city of Gwangju that acted as the watershed event in the nation's transition into a democracy. The official event was attended by 2,500 people including President Park Geun-hye, senior gover...
Updated : 2013.05.18 11:17
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The country's first trauma center is expected to be built by 2015 to treat patients with severe external injuries, the defense ministry said Friday.Under the plan, the ministry and Seoul National University Bundang Hospital will jointly operate the center to be built inside the Armed Force...
Updated : 2013.05.17 15:10
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The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced Thursday that it would order Janssen Korea to halt production of five drugs including Children’s Tylenol syrup and file a criminal complaint against the...
Updated : 2013.05.16 21:05
