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Updated : 2013.04.16 19:54
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There is no place like home. However, if home has mold on the walls and a sagging ceiling, its residents can hardly feel comfortable at all.Before spring flowers fully bloom, a group of volunteers in ...
Updated : 2013.04.16 19:52
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Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon joined a campaign event in Seoul Square Tuesday to raise the importance of shoes for barefooted poor children. The annual campaign, entitled “One Day Without Shoes,” not on...
Updated : 2013.04.16 19:52
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South Korean pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin of the Los Angeles Dodgers is pushing to create a foundation for less fortunate children. “I am preparing to establish a charity foundation because I want to do good...
Updated : 2013.04.16 19:51
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Every show by musical troupe K.SMART ends with a standing ovation, prompted not only by their performance, but also a sense of empathy, inspiration and respect for the performers who are deaf and mute...
Updated : 2013.04.02 19:46
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NongHyup has launched a joint project with several private organizations to provide a package of various welfare services to farmers. The “Farmers’ Happiness Bus” project, launched in a ceremony at...
Updated : 2013.04.02 19:45
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TOKYO (AFP) ― Americans have given nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars in private donations to help tsunami-wracked communities, a report said, as Japan marked the second anniversary of the disaster on March 11.Individuals, companies and nonprofit groups have donated $712.6 million...
Updated : 2013.03.19 19:38
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The accumulated number of overseas service volunteers dispatched by the Korean government exceeded 10,000 on Tuesday.The Korea International Cooperation Agency, a government institution in charge of a...
Updated : 2013.03.05 20:24
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TEXCOCO, Mexico (AP) ― The research center largely responsible for launching the “green revolution” of the 1960s that dramatically raised crop yields is getting support from the world’s richest men to develop genetically-modified seeds to help farmers in the developing world grow more ...
Updated : 2013.02.19 20:21
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In the frigid days of late December to the first week of this month, snow piled ankle high on the streets of Jingwan-dong, Eunpyeong-gu, northwestern Seoul. Newly remodeled buildings of Indeokwon, a n...
Updated : 2013.02.19 20:20
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An ordinary worker recently donated 100 million won he had saved up over 25 years of working at his company to his less fortunate neighbors.Park Woo-hyun, a 57-year-old technician who test runs large ...
Updated : 2013.02.05 20:17
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Governments should keep track of Hansen’s disease and support projects helping those who suffer from it, says Klaus Leisinger, chairman of the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development.He visit...
Updated : 2013.01.22 19:12
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Sejung Group, a Busan-based group built on the fashion business, has spread holiday cheer to less fortunate neighbors for 15 years in a row. Its executives and employees launched a service corps for L...
Updated : 2013.01.22 19:10
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Asan Foundation said Tuesday that it will award scholarships to about 1,700 university students this year.They will include some 80 students of the newly created SOS Scholarship scheme, which will cover full tuition fees. The foundation plans to expand the portion of those scholarship reci...
Updated : 2013.01.08 19:38
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Lee Ho-taeg and Cho Myung-sook, an activist couple, went on their honeymoon to China in 1997, with a secret mission to bring 13 North Korean defectors to the South. They fled thousands of kilometers t...
Updated : 2013.01.08 19:38
