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The Supreme Court ruled in March last year that bonuses, if paid out to the employee periodically and uniformly, constitute part of ordinary wages. What might have appeared to be an innocuous decisio...
Updated : 2013.05.12 19:48
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Late last month, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe claimed that “invasion” had no definition that was firmly established, either internationally or academically. He said it differed, depending on fr...
Updated : 2013.05.10 20:51
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When the Bank of Korea kept its benchmark rate unchanged a month ago, Governor Kim Choong-soo said a rate cut was not needed because the Korean economy was showing signs of recovery. He was holding o...
Updated : 2013.05.10 20:51
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There is a growing sign of intergenerational conflict over jobs. To the embarrassment of lawmakers, a set of bills recently passed to enhance employment have added fuel to the dispute between differe...
Updated : 2013.05.09 19:27
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President Park Geun-hye’s U.S. visit culminated in her address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, in which she tried to win American hearts and put forward a vision for upgrading the allian...
Updated : 2013.05.09 19:27
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A bill proposing to give the same investigative power as judicial police officers to public officials in charge of early childhood education and care has been shelved due to pressure from operators o...
Updated : 2013.05.08 20:20
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An audio file uploaded to YouTube last weekend has clearly shown where the government should direct its economic democratization campaign. The short clip, lasting less than three minutes, recorded a...
Updated : 2013.05.08 20:19
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Finance Ministry officials are said to be considering a measure to link cigarette price hikes to inflation rates. This consideration appears to have come from the need to compromise different views o...
Updated : 2013.05.07 20:05
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It was a mean act for some local Internet users to make attacks against a 7-year-old boy who gained fame for his appearance in Psy’s “Gangnam Style” music video. Hwang Min-woo, dubbed “Little Psy,” i...
Updated : 2013.05.07 20:05
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A group of unethical college prep schools in southern Seoul has brought shame on the nation by allegedly helping students who were preparing to get into U.S. universities cheat on the Scholastic Apti...
Updated : 2013.05.06 19:58
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The main opposition Democratic Party, which was called the Democratic United Party until last week, has elected Rep. Kim Han-gil as its new leader. By picking a non-mainstreamer as its new chairman, ...
Updated : 2013.05.06 19:58
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The Special Committee on Budget and Accounts has resumed deliberations on a supplementary budget, aiming at passing it by Tuesday ― the final day of the National Assembly’s current extraordinary sess...
Updated : 2013.05.05 19:54
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The withdrawal from the industrial complex in North Korea’s border town of Gaeseong has been completed, with the seven remaining South Koreans having returned home and $13 million in back pay and sev...
Updated : 2013.05.05 19:54
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The National Election Commission has come up with a set of proposals to change the nation’s election culture, which it described as overly restrictive. The election watchdog says its proposals are g...
Updated : 2013.05.03 20:58
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President Park Geun-hye reminded many of her father when she presided over a meeting on trade and investment at Cheong Wa Dae on Wednesday. Attended by corporate CEOs as well as ministers, the high-p...
Updated : 2013.05.03 20:58
