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Hyundai Motor’s labor and management have concluded their negotiations on a wage and collective bargaining agreement without a strike. Sixty-two percent of the union’s membership voted for
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2009.12.25 16:05
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On Saturday, a cargo aircraft carrying North Korean-made missiles and other weapons was detained at a Thai airport and the weapons confiscated. Although the aircraft and its five crew members were all
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2009.12.18 15:13
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The Lee administration announced in a joint policy report by its economic ministries that it will be abolishing the comprehensive real estate tax next year. It also announced its plans to examine the
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2009.12.18 15:12
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The 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) begins today in the Danish capital of Copenhagen. The conference, which lasts un
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2009.12.11 16:55
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Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, visits North Korea today as a special envoy of U.S. President Barack Obama. This marks 10 months since the launch of the Obama adm
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2009.12.11 16:54
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U.S. President Barack Obama has decided that the final direction for the U.S.’s Afghanistan strategy will be a great boost in troops. Having given serious thought to several options, Obama has d
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2009.12.04 16:30
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President Lee Myung-bak formally expressed his intention to revise the Sejong City Development Plan in his nationally televised ”Dialogue with the President.” President Lee said that his c
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2009.12.04 16:29
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The ruling Grand National Party (GNP) and opposition parties have agreed to start deliberation in the National Assembly on the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project budget today. The Lee administratio
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2009.11.27 16:24
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Suspicions surrounding the National Tax Service (NTS) from around the time Lee administration took office are snowballing. Ahn Won-ku, former NTS bureau director, who was arrested on Nov. 20, has made
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2009.11.27 16:23
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The Global Carbon Project (GCP), an organization comprised of scientists participating from all over the world, released a report stating that increased greenhouse gas emissions will result in a rise
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2009.11.20 16:30
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At a press conference following his summit meeting with President Lee Myung-bak yesterday, U.S. President Barack Obama said he plans to send Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special representative for North Kor
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2009.11.20 16:28
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The Four Rivers Restoration Project begins in earnest today. The construction is to begin immediately, after seemingly waiting for the findings of the Ministry of Environment‘s (MOE) environment
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2009.11.13 16:34
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Twenty years ago today, we witnessed the collapse of the Berlin Wall, a symbol of Cold War division between East and West Germany. Following that historic night when the people of East Germany swept u
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2009.11.13 16:32
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The Lee Myung-bak government has begun to speak openly about scrapping the original Sejong City Development Plan. After President Lee’s announcement Wednesday of his intention to abandon the ori
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2009.11.06 16:33
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The number of irregular workers, which had been steadily declining since 2007, is once again on the rise. It has increased 5.7 percent over the past year. Moreover, with irregular workers’ wages
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2009.11.06 16:32
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The Lee Myung-bak administration is showing signs that it will resend troops to Afghanistan. At a National Assembly Committee on Unification, Foreign Affairs and Trade meeting two days ago, Foreign Mi
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2009.10.30 16:07
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South Korea’s economy has been showing signs of improvement. The third quarter GNP was 2.9 percent higher than it had been second quarter, which had been 2.6 percent higher than it had been firs
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2009.10.30 16:06
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The Ministry of Public Administration and Security (MOPAS) announced yesterday that it plans to introduce an amendment to the government employee duty regulations that would ban criticism of governmen
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2009.10.23 16:14
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Defense Minister Kim Tae-young and U.S. Secretary of State Robert Gates convened yesterday in Seoul for the 41st Republic of Korea-U.S. Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) and issued a joint communiqu
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2009.10.23 16:13
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The matters to discuss, however, should not stop there. As inter-Korean relations remain stagnant, North Korea and China are rapidly growing closer in political and economic terms. While South Korea f
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