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George F. Smoot, a Nobel laureate and Big Bang theorist, gave a public lecture at Songdo Global University in Incheon on Saturday, the Incheon Center for International Cooperation & Exchange (ICICE) ...
Updated : 2013.03.24 20:09
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Kim Woo-choong Kim Woo-choong, former chairman of Daewoo Group, has returned home to attend the 46th anniversary of the founding of the chaebol. An official of Daewoosky Institute, founded by forme...
Updated : 2013.03.22 20:36
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A teenager’s idea to reduce poverty has developed into a sponsorship project attracting interest abroad. In Shantipur, Nepal, which is the hometown of President Ram Baran Yadav, on March 9, a groun...
Updated : 2013.03.22 20:04
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A former South Korean ambassador to Vietnam was appointed the new head of the Global Compact Korea Network, the foreign ministry said. Global Compact Korea Network is the local association of busines...
Updated : 2013.03.21 19:24
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Kim Sung-hwan Former foreign minister Kim Sung-hwan will take to the lecture podium at Seoul National University. The Graduate School of International Studies of the university said Thursday that i...
Updated : 2013.03.21 19:21
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The Corea Image Communication Institute and Cs jointly launched a new group aimed at promoting awareness of Korean culture among foreign visitors at the Grand Hyatt Seoul yesterday. CICI is a nonpro...
Updated : 2013.03.21 19:20
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A blue-collar worker who made headlines last month by donating 100 million won he saved up from more than two decades of working revealed Tuesday that the money was not his, but money his son had acq...
Updated : 2013.03.20 19:54
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A crew of two women on Wednesday flew a C-130 cargo aircraft together for the first time in their careers, cracking the glass ceiling in the male-dominated Air Force. Capt. Lee Na-kyum and Capt. Oh ...
Updated : 2013.03.20 19:51
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A Japanese historian has been placed in charge of conducting a research study on Korea’s modern history at one of Seoul’s major private history institutes, officials said Tuesday. Takeshi Fujii was ...
Updated : 2013.03.19 19:27
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A screenshot of actor Shin Hyun-joon making his wedding announcement on KBS’ “Entertainment Weekly” (KBS) Actor Shin Hyun-joon is to be married in May. Shin, 44, made the announcement of his eng...
Updated : 2013.03.18 19:37
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NEW YORK (AP) ― Wearing a replica of one of the organization’s uniforms, Madonna called on the Boy Scouts to lift its ban on gays while also calling for a “revolution” to prevent discrimination and a...
Updated : 2013.03.18 19:37
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Lee Yong-woo, president of International Biennale Association. (Gwangju Biennale) The founding director and current president of the Gwangju Biennale Lee Yong-woo is now president of the Internation...
Updated : 2013.03.18 19:37
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Kim Jung-chul, 25, a senior-year student at the department of international tourism of Dong-A University in Busan, has completed the Atacama Crossing, one of the world’s four toughest ultramarathons...
Updated : 2013.03.18 19:36
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A mobile app listing contact details of all Korean-run businesses in the world is the talk of Silicon Valley. Developed by Korean-American James Kim, the app lists the location and contact numbers o...
Updated : 2013.03.18 19:36
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Lee Dong-woo, a former Cheong Wa Dae senior secretary for administrative affairs, has been appointed as secretary-general of Gyeongju Culture Expo. The Gyeongju Culture Expo organizing committee ann...
Updated : 2013.03.18 19:35
