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The industrial complex for South Korean corporations in the North Korean border town of Gaeseong is at risk of permanent closure now that all South Koreans are being withdrawn from the complex as a c...
Updated : 2013.04.28 20:25
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Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appears to have abandoned its desire to cultivate friendship with its neighbors, notably Korea and China. To the chagrin of the victims of Japa...
Updated : 2013.04.26 20:43
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On Tuesday, the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office disbanded its Central Investigation Department, the most powerful department with a staff of elitist prosecutors. Its abolishment went down in the history ...
Updated : 2013.04.26 20:42
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Former President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday embarked on his first overseas trip since retiring in February for an encounter with an old friend ready to welcome Lee, who has been increasingly beleaguere...
Updated : 2013.04.25 20:35
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By winning a parliamentary by-election in a Seoul constituency Wednesday, former independent presidential runner Ahn Cheol-soo joined the political establishment he has criticized for turning a deaf ...
Updated : 2013.04.25 20:35
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A bill proposing to extend Korean workers’ retirement age to 60 is likely to pass the National Assembly this month. The bill has already won approval from lawmakers on the parliament’s Environment an...
Updated : 2013.04.24 19:53
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The government’s drive to raise tax revenue by shining a light on the underground economy is expected to get a boost from a group of citizens committed to bringing tax evaders to justice. Today peop...
Updated : 2013.04.24 19:53
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Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se must have been disappointed with Japan’s blindness to its wartime atrocities disrupting his first outing abroad since taking office, which he might have hoped would kick...
Updated : 2013.04.23 19:56
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Is it a good ― or sensible ― idea to ban smoking at all places, including bars and restaurants of all sizes, in a district frequented by foreign tourists? A debate has been heating up over the questi...
Updated : 2013.04.23 19:56
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In a capitalist economy, the stock market is expected to play a central role in financing corporate investment and monitoring companies’ performance. But in Korea, this has not been the case. Here, t...
Updated : 2013.04.22 19:44
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Hyundai Motor Group set a good example for others to follow when it decided last week to reduce inter-subsidiary logistics and advertising deals worth 600 billion won a year in order to offer new bus...
Updated : 2013.04.22 19:44
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Beginning next year, the nation is most likely to have a substitute holiday when a national holiday falls on a Sunday. The Committee on Security and Public Administration of the National Assembly, wh...
Updated : 2013.04.21 20:32
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It has been three weeks since North Korea closed its border to commuters and vehicles carrying textiles and other materials to South Korean factories operating in the Gaeseong industrial complex. It ...
Updated : 2013.04.21 20:31
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Only three seats of the 300-member National Assembly will be up for grabs when the parliamentary by-elections are held on Wednesday. Still, they are drawing much more public attention than they deser...
Updated : 2013.04.19 20:57
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President Park Geun-hye completed her Cabinet lineup on her 52nd day in office when she presented letters of appointment to the maritime and science ministers, along with the communications commissio...
Updated : 2013.04.19 20:57
