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Cheong Wa Dae has recently told the Cabinet ministries to temporarily halt the process of screening candidates for the top posts of the public institutions affiliated with them.What prompted the Presidential Office to stop the process was a growing outcry against former Finance Ministry of...
Updated : 2013.06.19 19:57
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A set of toughened sex crime laws went into effect Wednesday, ushering in big changes in meting out punishment to sex offenders, protecting traumatized victims and overseeing ex-convicts.The most significant and welcome change is the abolition of the personal accusation system that made th...
Updated : 2013.06.19 19:57
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It is worrisome that drugs smuggled into Korea or trafficked through it have been increasing rapidly in recent years. The number of drug-smuggling cases uncovered by the Korea Customs Service rose from 150 in 2009 to 232 last year.Recent figures from the KCS augmented the perception that t...
Updated : 2013.06.18 20:13
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It must have shocked teachers, students and their parents that the deputy principal of a Seoul international middle school mired in an admissions fraud scandal committed suicide. Found dead at the school Sunday, he left a note saying that anyone involved should take responsibility for the ...
Updated : 2013.06.18 20:13
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North Korea’s abrupt offer to the United States for high-level talks has left many puzzled on its intentions. In a statement issued by the National Defense Commission on Sunday, the North proposed that the two sides meet to discuss issues of mutual interest, including easing military tens...
Updated : 2013.06.17 19:50
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The central government is bracing for a long legal battle against the government of South Gyeongsang Province to salvage Jinju Medical Hospital, which the province’s stubborn governor, Hong Joon-pyo, is determined to abolish.Last week, the province’s council, dominated by Hong backers, r...
Updated : 2013.06.17 19:49
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Few would disagree with a proposal to reward those who have completed military service. Still, two government agencies are pitted against each other when it comes to a proposal that extra points be given when they take examinations for recruitment as government employees.The Ministry of Na...
Updated : 2013.06.16 20:28
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It is not unusual for chiefs of the spy agency to be convicted of politically motivated crimes when they leave office. Many of them have been indicted, with or without physical detention, and sentenced to prison terms, although some of them are suspended.Won Sei-hoon, director of the Natio...
Updated : 2013.06.16 20:28
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Incheon International Airport, the main gateway to Seoul, was selected this week as the best airport in the world for the eighth consecutive year. At this year’s Airport Service Quality Awards in Istanbul, Turkey, it scored the highest among some 1,700 airports around the world.Beaming wi...
Updated : 2013.06.14 19:56
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President Park Geun-hye recently took a right step inductive to social integration by voicing opposition to a local government’s plan to set up a park around her family’s former residence in Seoul in tribute to her father and late President Park Chung-hee. Otherwise, she would have unnec...
Updated : 2013.06.14 19:56
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Prosecutors missed another important opportunity to firmly establish their political independence when they refrained from detaining former spymaster Won Sei-hoon after charging him with intervening in the December presidential election. Wrapping up their two-month investigation, prosecuto...
Updated : 2013.06.13 19:51
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Tracing the ill-gotten hidden wealth of former President Chun Doo-hwan and forcing him to pay his massive court-ordered fines has emerged as a hot political issue since President Park Geun-hye pledged to tackle the problem.Chun, who took power in 1980 through a military coup, accumulated w...
Updated : 2013.06.13 19:51
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North Korea’s last-minute cancellation of high-level inter-Korean talks scheduled to open in Seoul on Wednesday has cast doubts on its sincerity toward dialogue with South Korea, raising the need to be more strategic and persistent in having the regime change course.The North called off t...
Updated : 2013.06.12 20:44
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It is a welcome move for Korea to have decided to join other major economies in the talks on concluding a global trade deal for services. A government official recently said that a formal announcement would be made this week after a related briefing to the National Assembly.Over the past y...
Updated : 2013.06.12 20:44
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Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo, an independent, has launched a think tank, Policy Network Tomorrow, which will undoubtedly play a key role in organizing his supporters into a political party. Ahn has come one step closer to creating his own party at a time when the main opposition Democratic Party is ...
Updated : 2013.06.11 20:40
