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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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[Robert J. Fouser] AI changes rationale for learning languages
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[Today’s K-pop] Stray Kids go gold in US with ‘Maniac’
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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Woman arrested for producing fake bills for luxury shopping
A woman was arrested for allegedly producing fake money in order to repay debts stemming from her lavish purchases of luxury handbags and cosmetics, police said Tuesday.The 27-year-old woman, surnamed Lee, is suspected of printing out 1.7 million won (US$1,560) worth of counterfeit bills and checks
Aug. 9, 2011
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11 percent of college students at risk of gambling addiction
A Korean study has found that the prevalence of problem gambling in college students is nearly twice as high as that found by an earlier study on the general population.Daegu’s Catholic University conducted a study on 2,026 students nationwide, and found out that 11 percent of them were dependent on
Aug. 9, 2011
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Vietnamese wife booked for attempting to poison mother-in-law
GWANGJU, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) -- Police said Tuesday that a Vietnamese woman married to a South Korean man has been booked without detention on charges of attempting to poison her mother-in-law.Last week, the 23-year-old suspect, whose name is withheld, allegedly put poison in food she had prepared for h
Aug. 9, 2011
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KTX train forced to stop
CHEONAN (Yonhap) -- A home-made high-speed train stopped abruptly on its way from Seoul to a southeastern town Monday due to unspecified technical problems, the train's operator said.A locally-built KTX-Sancheon train was forced to pull over near Cheonan-Asan Station, 92 kilometers south of Seoul, a
Aug. 8, 2011
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Women still stereotyped in TV commercials: report
While society moves toward the diversification of gender roles, TV commercials’ portrayals of women are still bound by stereotypes, the National Human Rights Commission said Monday. In its report on 2,046 TV commercials aired in 2010, it found that men were flexibly depicted, moving away from fixed
Aug. 8, 2011
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Airfield link probed in military secrets case
Prosecutors are investigating whether a private airfield owned by a former South Korean air force official is connected with his indictment on charges of leaking military secrets to a U.S. defense conglomerate.According to Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office on Monday, Kim Sang-tae owns a 40,0
Aug. 8, 2011
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Korean scientists discover stress-resistant plant genes
Korean scientists have found the genes that enable plants to grow in harsh environments in a discovery that could help to produce plants resistant to natural disasters. Knowing the genes that help plants grow even when affected by saline, cold or arid habitats could offer a way to tackle global food
Aug. 8, 2011
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Giving boomers a new social role
Head of retirees’ associationstresses new approach to retirementAs 7.1 million baby boomers in Korea near retirement, the whole nation seems to be growing nervous. But retirement itself is not a social problem. It is a celebrated phase in one’s life and should be more so for the Korean boomers, who
Aug. 8, 2011
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Baby boomers caught between tradition, future
Communication with family members necessary to avoid problems in retired life To mark the 58th anniversary of its establishment on Aug. 15, The Korea Herald is publishing a series of articles on the looming retirement of Korean baby boomers and its socioeconomic impact on the nation. The follow
Aug. 8, 2011
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Attempted murder suspect caught running hagwon
A Korean-American wanted for two counts of attempted homicide in the United States was captured in Seoul after running an English-language academy under a false identity.According to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency on Monday, the 33-year-old fugitive, identified by his surname Kim, has been wan
Aug. 8, 2011
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Typhoon spreads chaos through the nation
Typhoon Muifa left much of the west coast in ruins, with extreme winds and more torrential rains taking four lives as it made its way north, said the state’s weather agency.(Yonhap News)According to the Korea Meteorological Administration on Monday afternoon, the downgraded typhoon was heading
Aug. 8, 2011
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Typhoon Muifa pounds west coast cities as it nears Seoul
Typhoon Muifa pounded South Korea's west coast, leaving at least one dead and two others missing as it proceeded northward to reach the capital of Seoul Monday morning, the meteorological office and the emergency control agency said.As of 6:00 a.m., Muifa, the ninth typhoon of the year spawned in th
Aug. 7, 2011
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Retirement of baby boomers looms
Iconic generation behind Korea’s growth set to exit workforce unpreparedTo mark the 58th anniversary of its establishment on Aug. 15, The Korea Herald is publishing a series of articles on the looming retirement of Korean baby boomers and its socioeconomic impact on the nation. The following is the
Aug. 7, 2011
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A portrait of Korea’s aging population
Korea’s elderly population grew by 24 percent in the five years from 2005 while the country’s younger population decreased by 13 percent in the same period, the nation’s census showed.The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said in the Korea report of its 2007 Economic Surveys that
Aug. 7, 2011
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Kim Tae-woo named head of Korean unification think tank
Kim Tae-woo, former vice president of the Korea Institute of Defense Analyses, has been appointed president of the Korean Institute for National Unification, government officials said. The appointment came at a board meeting of the Korean Research Council under the Prime Minister’s Office Friday, wh
Aug. 7, 2011
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Koo takes U.N. post on Yeosu Expo
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Samuel Koo, a former U.N. official and journalist, as the U.N. commissioner-general for the 2012 Yeosu Expo, the Nairobi-based U.N. Environment Program said Thursday. Samuel KooKoo will manage the U.N. pavilion of the expo and play a bridging role between
Aug. 7, 2011
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Korean language center to open in Indonesia
An Indonesian university is scheduled to open a Korean language center next month, giving traction to a movement to spread the language among a minority tribe there, officials here said Sunday.According to the Hunminjeongeum Society and Kyungpook National University, the Muhammadiyah University of B
Aug. 7, 2011
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Typhoon Muifa pummels Jeju, hampers air, sea travel
Typhoon Muifa on Sunday pummeled Island Jeju and other parts of the country with strong winds and lashing rain, causing cancellations of flights and ferry services, and damaging property. On the island, the gusts also broke the bottom part of a 20-meter-tall, 600-year-old hackberry tree, Natur
Aug. 7, 2011
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Five killed after vehicle overturns
MUJU (Yonhap News) -- Five university students were killed with as many injured Sunday when their van overturned near a tunnel in this southern county, police said.The five students from Chungnam National University died after their vehicle slammed into a guardrail on a road in Muju, about 240 kilom
Aug. 7, 2011
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Man, woman dead in apparent Internet suicide pact
A man and a woman both in their 20s were found dead in a car Saturday in an apparent Internet-arranged suicide, police said.Police said they inhaled toxic fumes inside the vehicle on a hill in Buan, North Jeolla Province.The 29-year-old man and 26-year-old woman apparently burned coal briquettes and
Aug. 7, 2011