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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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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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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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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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Life tough for students returning home
Experts suggest parents prepare children for Korean school life before coming backFor Chung, a Korean student who came home after spending her elementary school years in England, the main problem in adapting to Korea was the language. Working now in Korea after graduating from a college in the U.K., Chung recalled her experiences here from the sixth grade in elementary school to her first year in
July 20, 2011
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Man physically abuses senior for being gentle to wife
A man who allegedly beat up a man in his 60s for offering a seat to his wife was booked without detention, according to Busan Dong-nae Police Station.The accused, whose name has only been released as Lee, was travelling in a bus with his spouse last Thursday when an older man let the wife take his seat.Lee hurled abuse at the old man for showing hospitality to “someone else’s wife.” He then tried
July 20, 2011
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Teenager arrested for necrophilia
A male teenager was arrested Wednesday for sexually violating the corpse of a woman who had fallen from an apartment following an apparent suicide. The 16-year-old high-school student told police that he wanted to see “what would happen.” The incident happened in an apartment complex in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province on Monday.According to police, he found the 68-year-old woman dead in a ga
July 20, 2011
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Highest suicide rate in the developed world
Alarm bells are ringing loudly over the rapidly growing number of suicides among aged Koreans.Figures from Statistics Korea show the number of suicides per 100,000 people aged 65 or over increased 5.38 times from 14.3 in 1990 to 77 in 2009. In comparison, the figures for age groups of 15-34 years and 35-64 years rose by 2.49 times and 3.41 times to 23.2 and 35.9, respectively, over the same period
July 19, 2011
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Lonely life, solitary death
Calls mounting for better safety net for aged people living aloneA 65-year-old woman surnamed Park was found dead in an apartment where she had lived alone in Asan, South Chungcheong Province, on a freezing day in February. Just two hours earlier, police had discovered a 55-year-old man, who had also been living in solitude, lying dead in a neighboring apartment.Police officers, who visited their
July 19, 2011
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Military adopts new rules against barracks abuse
The military has introduced new rules to block the physical and verbal abuses that are allegedly rampant inside barracks, officials said Tuesday.The measures came in the wake of a deadly shooting spree by a marine in his barracks early this month. Under the rules adopted by the Defense Ministry, enlisted soldiers, excluding squad or team leaders, may no longer order or instruct fellow soldiers, an
July 19, 2011
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Kindergarten costs surge
Private kindergarten costs surged by an average of 32.6 percent over the last five years, exceeding the average private university tuition rise of 19.4 percent.According to Statistics Korea on Tuesday, the rate of increase for private kindergarten fees is almost double the country’s combined inflation rate of 18.2 percent between 2006 and 2011, and is higher than the average rate increase of publi
July 19, 2011
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Nation’s first nudist forest to open at end of this month
The nation’s first nudist forest spa will be opening late this month in South Jeolla Province, allowing “free spirits” a chance to walk among nature in their birthday suits.Woodland, a forest spa offering various cypress related treatments, will open its newest venue, Vivi Ecotopia, on July 30. The idea of a nudist forest drew much media attention after the announcement to open the venue nearly a
July 19, 2011
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Market experts roll up their sleeves to help elderly people start businesses
Kim Sang-hun, a noted business consultant, recently advised on the opening of “Silver Day,” a caf run by the silver generation of those over 65 years old.Kim lent a hand in working out the details, from selection of location to analyzing business feasibility. His firm, Start Business, consulted on interior and exterior designs, facility management, menu and purchase of ingredients as well as staff
July 19, 2011
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Fitness fanatics may have caused mall shaking
Jumping in a fitness center is believed to have caused the shaking of the 39-story shopping mall in Seoul that had forced the evacuation of hundreds of tenants earlier this month, experts said Tuesday.The upper floor of TechnoMart, which houses hundreds of electronics retailers and commercial offices, rocked up and down for about 10 minutes on July 6 for no apparent reason. Authorities evacuated t
July 19, 2011
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Heat wave kills two people
Temperatures soar past 30°C as across the countryTwo people died due to sweltering heat that swept the country after a three-week-rain front subsided on Sunday afternoon. Both were women in their 80s in South Chungcheong Province.According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a 84-year-old woman died of heat stroke while working in a field on Monday. Another 89-year-old woman f
July 19, 2011
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NPS to diversify overseas investment
The national pension fund will invest more overseas to guarantee a profitable yet secure source of interest for subscribers, the National Pension Service said Tuesday. Having focused on overseas bonds since its overseas investment kicked off in 2001, the NPS headquarters said it would diversify its investment portfolio. The public corporation owns several pieces of overseas real estate including t
July 19, 2011
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National pension embraces unemployed
Choi Sun-hee, a 56-year-old housewife, recently bought the national pension policy, although she was not obliged to. She will be paying around 140,000 won a year for the next 10 years and will start receiving around 250,000 won every month from then. “It is a bank savings program with the highest interest rate, you can say,” she said.Choi admitted that she wasn’t too keen to join the pension progr
July 19, 2011
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International Pension Conference enhances NPS global status
Korea hosted the International Pension Conference to discuss issues surrounding the world’s most influential investment funds from July 11-13. The forum drew 37 heads of pension services worldwide who manage a total of 3,620 trillion won ($3.4 trillion) worth of assets.Representatives from powerhouses including Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund, Canada’s Canada Pension Plan Investment and
July 19, 2011
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Man steals wife’s car to pay debt
A man in Gwangju was charged with stealing his wife’s car from their apartment parking lot, the police said Tuesday. The man identified by his surname Oh was in deep debt and decided to put his wife’s car up as collateral for a 12 million won ($11,000) loan. Oh’s wife noticed a week later that her car -- worth 35 million won --was missing. Once she reported the missing automobile, police spotted h
July 19, 2011
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Female crime rate rises sharply
The crime rate among women has hit a five-year high, largely affected by a surge in offenses committed for the sake of livelihood, according to the Ministry of Justice on Monday.Data released by the ministry’s women and children’s policy team showed that 408,111 women were convicted in 2009, accounting for 16.2 percent of that year’s overall convictions ― the highest proportion in five years.Previ
July 18, 2011
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Consulting firm offers tips on U.S. university admission
As more South Korean students try to get into top American colleges, they have started to turn to admission consulting companies which provide application assistance and help design extracurricular activities.A team of experts from Manhattan Global Prep, a New York-based college admission consulting firm, offered advice to Korean students in its seminar last Saturday in Seoul on what students shou
July 18, 2011
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President Lee to publish autobiography in U.S.
An English-language autobiography of President Lee Myung-bak will be published in the United States in November, according to online bookstore Amazon.com. Titled “The Uncharted Path: The Autobiography of Lee Myung-Bak,” the book will be out on Nov. 1, published by Chicago-based Sourcebooks, the website said. It is currently available for pre-order online. The 336-page hardcover is priced at $26.99
July 17, 2011
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Korean a mouthful for English speakers
Korean has long been thought of as a difficult language to learn, and now a U.S. website, the ThirdAge (www.thirdage.com), has ranked it the fourth most difficult language to learn, at least among English native speakers. The website, which calls itself the biggest site for baby-boomer generation women, said that Korean has a “different sentence structure, syntax, and verb conjugations that makes
July 17, 2011
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Heat wave forecast this week as storm clouds subside
As the rainy season comes to an end, the country is expected to face sweltering weather throughout the week, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration on Sunday. The North Pacific high-pressure system developed north, placing the Korean peninsula on its outer edges, bringing about a heat wave and partly cloudy skies in place of wet weather.Temperatures will remain at hotter than 30 degr
July 17, 2011