| South Korea Parliament siege ends
International Herald Tribune
Opposition lawmakers ended their violent, 12-day siege of South Korea's Parliament Tuesday after successfully delaying a key vote on a U.S. free trade deal and other legislation. Democratic...
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| Smart Phones Advanced but Expensive
The Korea Times
... hyung Staff Reporter More and more wireless users are splurging on expensive mobile phones that double as handheld computers ― but it's hard to tell whether they are paying for toys...
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| Record Low Class Size in Elementary Schools
Chosun
As the amount of students decreases due to the low birthrate and a growing number of new schools open, the number of students per elementary-school class has dropped below 30 for the first time. The...
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| US FTA Motion Likely to Be Passed in Feb.
The Korea Times
Floor leaders join hands after reaching an agreement on disputed bills at the National Assembly, Tuesday. From left, Moon Kook-hyun of an alliance of two minor opposition parties, Won Hye-young of...
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| Green New Deal S. Korea ahead of U.S.
MSNBC
South Korea said Tuesday it will invest 50 trillion won ($38 billion) over the next four years on environmental projects in a "Green New Deal" to spur slumping economic growth...
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| Stars Fall Out of Apt Ads
The Korea Times
... second commercial clip of Asian heartthrob Bae Yong-joon unwinding from a hectic day in a posh Honorsville living room boosted Keangnam Enterprises' formerly...
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| Kospi rises as investors favor tech shares
JoonAng Daily
Korean stocks rose 1.76 percent yesterday, gaining for a fourth session, as tech shares jumped on ascending chip prices, analysts said. The local currency gained against the U.S. dollar.
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| Classes to Open for Gifted Students
The Korea Times
... who Staff Reporter Primary and secondary schools in Seoul will have at least one classroom for gifted students by 2012. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education plans to select...
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| Watchdog plans to ban risky funds
JoonAng Daily
Any mutual funds found to be overly risky or unprofitable for investors will be taken off the market, the FSS said. The watchdog said the aim of the set of measures that were unveiled yesterday was...
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| Local banks forecast rise in loan defaulters
JoonAng Daily
Local lenders expect credit risks for smaller firms to reach a 10-year high in the first quarter as fears mount that the slumping economy will result in more bad loans, the central bank said...
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| Energy drink is most-produced drug
JoonAng Daily
Dong-a Pharmaceutical produced a total of 126.9 billion won ($96.7 million) worth of the Bacchus in 2007 alone, the Korea Food and Drug Administration said in a release yesterday. One bottle of...
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| Certified Realtors Will Start Service for Foreigners
The Korea Times
... yoo Staff Reporter Seoul City will introduce ``certified real estate agents for foreigners'' to help them buy and rent homes more easily. It has already issued the certification to...
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| Migrant Spouses Talk Up Life in Korea
The Korea Times
... sook Staff Reporter When Lorphoumara, a Cambodian native, came to Korea to live with her Korean husband six years ago, all she knew about the country was that it had just hosted the...
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| Falling chip prices bruise IT exports
JoonAng Daily
Korean information technology exports rose a mere 0.9 percent in 2008 due mainly to weak chip prices and a global economic slump, a government report showed yesterday.
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| Housewives Caught Gambling at Casino
The Korea Times
Confiscated gambling chips and other materials are on display at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Station, Tuesday. Police nabbed 19 gangsters who operated an illegal casino and 29 housewives who were...
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| Foreign-owned stocks at new low
JoonAng Daily
Foreign ownership of Korean stocks plunged to a 10-year low in November as a global financial crisis frightened investors out of emerging markets, the financial regulator said yesterday.
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| Restructuring without job cuts
JoonAng Daily
But the global economic downturn last year seemed a different story to its workers. In several meetings, employees voiced concerns that the company could cut its payroll, a source within the company...
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| [In-depth interview]From the public to private sphere
JoonAng Daily
Sk Networks president Jung Man-won is very familiar with this particular phrase. As chief executive officer some five years ago, we saw all of SK Group become embroiled in accounting fraud at SK...
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| Defectors from North face an added danger
JoonAng Daily
The teenage girl who defected from North Korea trembled as she recounted her ordeal. Vulnerable and alone, she said she had been sexually abused by a person in whom she had little choice but to place...
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| First batch of law students prep to enter new schools
JoonAng Daily
A semicircle-shaped classroom in a new building at Sungkyunkwan University was nearly full of students yesterday morning while the rest of the school was nearly empty due to the winter vacation.
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| South Korea to spend 37 billion on
MENAFN
Marketwatch) -- South Korea said on Tuesday said it would spend 50 trillion won ($38 billion) during the next four years on environmentally-friendly projects in an effort to...
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| Workers clean the main chamber of the National...
The Korea Times
Parliamentary normalization: Workers clean the main chamber of the National Assembly, Tuesday, after opposition lawmakers ended a sit-in to block the governing party’s possible unilateral passage...
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| S. Korea Seeks Israeli Radar On Air Trainer
Middle East Newsline
South Korea has been negotiating for the acquisition of anIsraeli radar as part of the development of a light attack jet. Industry sources said South Korea's Defense Acquisition...
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| • Dokdo Visitors Jump 28%
The Korea Times
... soo Staff Reporter The territorial dispute over ownership of Dokdo between South Korea and Japan helped attract a record number of visitors to Dokdo last year, the government said...
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| S. Korea to invest about $38 bln in eco-friendly projects
Eview Week
The South Korean government on Tuesday said it will invest a total of 50 trillion won (37.87 billion U.S. dollars) in eco-friendly development projects within the coming four years. "The...
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