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Debate has heated up over a plan put forward by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (SMOE) two days ago to place a full ban corporal punishment. The Korean Federation of Teachers’ Associa
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2010.07.23 17:31
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The Grand National Party convention, which opened yesterday, was in a word disappointing. There was absolutely no way to understand how President Lee Myung-bak intends to take responsibility in the la
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2010.07.16 15:36
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An environmental group has confirmed that stones contaminated with asbestos, a Group 1 carcinogen, have been used in the creation of an ecological stream as part of the Four Major Rivers Restoration P
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2010.07.16 15:35
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The Defense Ministry’s joint civilian-military investigation team that has been investigating the sinking of the Cheonan will reportedly conclude its activities at the end of this month without
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2010.07.09 17:44
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Another victim of illegal surveillance of private citizens has surfaced. In this case, it is a labor union leader. Bae Jeong-geun, chairman of the Federation of Korean Public Trade Unions (FKPU) that
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2010.07.09 17:42
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It is now official: there will be additional negotiations on the South Korea-United States free trade agreement (KORUS FTA). During a briefing yesterday, Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon said that the agr
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2010.07.02 17:11
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Gangbuk Police Station Chief Chae Soo-chang has claimed that police command’s excessive push for results-based competition brought about a system that led to the acts of torture and cruelty at Y
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2010.07.02 17:10
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Few expected that it would ever be carried out properly. Many predicted that there would be some roundabout rhetoric before it eventually transformed into a game of a few prominent figures moving to s
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2010.06.25 16:26
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It has been confirmed that a citizen who uploaded onto his blog a video criticizing President Lee Myung-bak has been illegally investigated by the Prime Minister’s Office. This investigation inc
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2010.06.25 16:25
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It has come to light that Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Lee Sang-eui was severely intoxicated on the evening of the Cheonan’s sinking. This revelation has raised serious doubts about the milita
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2010.06.18 17:41
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The June 15 Joint Declaration greets its 10th anniversary with an unprecedented degree of deterioration in inter-Korean relations. The situation is so critical that, far from holding an inter-Korean e
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2010.06.18 17:39
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Following the June 2 regional elections, there have been only bright expressions on the faces of the main opposition Democratic Party leadership. It is also possible to read a mood of satisfaction wit
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2010.06.11 17:06
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President Lee Myung-bak continues to pay no heed to the ruling party’s crushing defeat in the June 2 regional elections, and has said he intends to continue with is administration’s previo
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2010.06.11 17:05
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Seoul City’s plan to build an international port on the waterfront of the Han River Park on Yeouido Island is entering full swing. The administration reportedly voted in a Cabinet meeting last w
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2010.06.04 17:10
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During a training course for public welfare workers, a university professor delivered a talk that contained denigrating remarks directed at South Korea’s former presidents who have since passed
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2010.06.04 17:09
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South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met Tuesday to discuss follow-up measures to the Cheonan incident. The South Korean government says that
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2010.05.28 17:37
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Immediately after the announcement last week of the Cheonan investigation findings, the Lee Myung-bak administration held an emergency meeting and announced that it would be cracking down on any and a
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2010.05.28 17:36
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In accordance with a prior announcement, President Lee Myung-bak did not attend the 30th anniversary ceremony yesterday for the May 18 Democracy Movement. He simply sent Prime Minister Chung Un-chan i
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2010.05.21 16:24
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The Lee Myung-bak administration has reportedly decided to terminate all projects that are currently conducted by government ministries with North Korea. Prior to this, the Lee administration virtuall
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2010.05.21 16:22
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The Bank of Korea’s (BOK) Monetary Policy Committee again made the decision to freeze the base rate yesterday. We have pointed this out several times before, but since this year’s growth r
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2010.05.14 16:54