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The government is planning to introduce a quota for the employment of young people to combat worsening youth joblessness. At the same time, it will promote part-time employment to create jobs for women and those approaching old age.These measures are part of an employment package the gover...
Updated : 2013.05.24 20:59
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North Korea has signaled a shift toward a peace offensive after three months of saber-rattling that increased tension on the Korean Peninsula.On Thursday, China’s state television quoted Choe Ryong-hae, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s envoy to China, as saying that North Korea “is wil...
Updated : 2013.05.24 20:58
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PARIS ― Given that no one is officially denying it, it’s fairly safe to say that Russia’s domestic security service recently slammed America’s foreign spy service face-first into the Moscow pavement ― blond wig and all ― in the person of diplomatic staffer and unconfirmed CIA case of...
Updated : 2013.05.24 20:58
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Many of you soon-to-be college graduates are determined to make the world a better place. Some of you are choosing careers in public service or joining nonprofits or volunteering in your communities.B...
Updated : 2013.05.24 20:58
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South Korea is moving to activate cooperation with Russia in a move prompted by its two powerful neighbors’ bids to grab energy and infrastructure development projects in the country trying to accelerate economic growth under President Vladimir Putin’s leadership. In recent years, Seoul ...
Updated : 2013.05.23 19:55
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Nearly 4 million closed-circuit TVs are installed at buildings, apartment complexes, public facilities and streets across Korea, according to figures from the Ministry of Security and Public Administration. Still, demand for security-related services has been growing in a reflection of wid...
Updated : 2013.05.23 19:55
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Talk about India always begins with recognition that it’s one of Asia’s rising powers, a state with a fast-growing economy and burgeoning political influence on the world stage.But a closer look shows a dark underbelly that portends a sad time ahead.Put simply, the state is so badly negl...
Updated : 2013.05.23 19:55
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WASHINGTON ― It’s a rule of thumb in Middle East conflicts that whenever peace talks are announced, each side steps up the fighting so it can grab as much territory as possible before the cease-fire...
Updated : 2013.05.23 19:55
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Good, bad or ugly, the 2013 elections are over; and now testing times are ahead for the new incumbents. It is the third coming for Nawaz Sharif, a remarkable turn of fortune for a leader who was ouste...
Updated : 2013.05.23 19:54
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The tiny city-state has outperformed its neighbors because it has vision and discipline, precisely the things we lack in fractious, divided Thailand.Singapore is a city-state the size of Phuket. It has no natural resources, but since it gained independence from Malaysia in 1965, Singapore ...
Updated : 2013.05.23 19:53
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Is there any chance of finding a toehold to break the long-standing impasse on the problem of Japanese abducted by North Korean agents? The effectiveness of the diplomatic strategy of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration is now being tested over the issue.Isao Iijima, special advise...
Updated : 2013.05.23 19:53
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Remember the Maine Incident of 1898? The USS Maine sank off Havana after an explosion and two crew members were killed. An anti-Spanish press enflamed American public opinion to a war-fevered pitch. Congress clamored for action. President William McKinley reluctantly succumbed and asked Co...
Updated : 2013.05.23 19:53
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At a time when right-wing Japanese politicians are making reckless, history-distorting remarks on a daily basis, it is refreshing to hear that a group of Japanese intellectuals is visiting Korea to set history straight. The group, consisting of three retired history professors and a Buddhi...
Updated : 2013.05.22 20:35
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Minister of Employment and Labor Phang Ha-nam has proposed tripartite talks among labor, management and the government to resolve the continuing controversy over the scope of “ordinary wages.”The controversy revolves around whether quarterly bonuses constitute part of workers’ ordinary ...
Updated : 2013.05.22 20:35
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For the U.S. college students who will be paying for a four-year bachelor’s degree long after graduation day, here’s some consolation: At least it didn’t take you six or eight years. College is expensive, yet unpredictably so. Some students pay little for degrees from elite private inst...
Updated : 2013.05.22 20:35
