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South Korea's antitrust watchdog has launched an investigation into an online marketing and advertisement unit of NHN Corp. in what appears to be its stepped-up efforts to crack down on unfair busine...
Updated : 2013.05.21 09:18
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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...
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...
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...
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 vid...
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 restart...
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 edu...
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 fro...
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 ...
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 manage...
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 ...
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 con...
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 Administr...
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 offi...
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 U...
Updated : 2013.05.17 15:10
