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The government on Tuesday allowed North Korean defectors to work as experienced public servants in an effort to better embrace them as members of society. According to a revision of related rules en...
Updated : 2013.04.16 16:05
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A South Korean man was shot dead and another Korean was seriously injured in a shooting attack in Angeles City of the Philippines, a Seoul official said Tuesday. Unknown gunmen shot the two Korean n...
Updated : 2013.04.16 09:36
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A Korean tourist who went missing while visiting Guam was attacked by a shark before he drowned, according to findings from an autopsy. Authorities identified the man as Nae Dok Kim, 40, Pacific Dai...
Updated : 2013.04.16 08:56
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The state-run Korea Gas Corp. said on Monday that its president and CEO Choo Kang-soo has offered to resign. In a press release, Choo said that he wants to step down to help South Korea open a "new ...
Updated : 2013.04.15 22:13
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Dozens of South Korean civic groups on Monday urged the two Koreas to defuse escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula by seeking a peaceful resolution through dialogue. Tensions have been simmeri...
Updated : 2013.04.15 22:12
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The number of Korean medical institutions expanding overseas has nearly doubled in the last three years, a report showed Monday. According to the report released by the state-run Korea Health Indust...
Updated : 2013.04.15 20:24
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The government and political parties reached an agreement Monday to readjust the proposed rules for real-estate tax breaks aimed at boosting the lackluster property market. The government has propos...
Updated : 2013.04.15 20:23
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The Seoul High Court on Monday lowered the jail term for Hanwha Group chairman Kim Seung-youn from four years to three years after confirming most of the charges of embezzlement and breach of trust. ...
Updated : 2013.04.15 20:23
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A teenager lost his hand and a man was burned on Sunday when their clumsy attempt to make a homemade rocket from a firecracker ended in failure, police said. A 16-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man,...
Updated : 2013.04.14 21:20
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Former President Kim Young-sam is in intensive care with symptoms pneumonia, his son said Saturday. The 86-year-old Kim was admitted to Seoul National University Hospital on April 5 with a high feve...
Updated : 2013.04.14 20:11
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Korea plans to expand its investment immigration program beginning next month to help boost local property development markets. Korea currently grants permanent residency to foreigners who make a ce...
Updated : 2013.04.14 20:06
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The Supreme Court has recently opened a website to provide legal assistance in more than a dozen languages to foreign residents in Korea. Aside from the court’s English website, the new website (jif...
Updated : 2013.04.14 20:05
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Chung Yoon, former vice science minister, has been one of the most vocal critics of the nation’s disregard of science and engineering education, warning that an aggravating shortage of professionals...
Updated : 2013.04.14 20:00
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Police have warned of stern action against ungrounded rumors about a North Korean attack which have been spreading online this week and further anxiety amid military tensions on the peninsula. “We w...
Updated : 2013.04.12 21:56
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The state-run National Health Insurance Service is considering filing lawsuits against cigarette companies to seek compensation for rising health costs from smoking-related illnesses. Its president ...
Updated : 2013.04.11 20:45
