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01/26/12--21:17: South Korea's Online Prophet to Study in U.S. (chan 1325683)

SEOUL -- Park Dae-Sung, 31, better known in his native South Korea by his Internet alias Minerva, is preparing to enroll in a community college in Virginia to study economics, reports the Korea ...


01/27/12--01:31: S. Korea, U.S. military exercises set (chan 1325683)

SEOUL, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- South Korea will hold its scheduled joint military drill with the United States, the first such since North Korea's regime change, officials told JoongAng Ilbo. The ...


01/27/12--04:23: Prince, Blanket and Paris, from left, the children of the late ... (chan 1325683)

Prince, Blanket and Paris, from left, the children of the late pop star Michael Jackson, participate in a hand & footprint ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theater in the Hollywood section of ...


01/27/12--04:23: Trucks loaded with 180 tons of flour head to the inter-Korean ... (chan 1325683)

NK flour aid: Trucks loaded with 180 tons of flour head to the inter-Korean transit office in border city of Paju, Gyeonggi Province, Friday. It marks the first time Seoul has transported flour to ...


01/27/12--04:23: 'Fat tax' proposed to fight obesi.. (chan 1325683)

Primary target to be hamburgers, fried chicken and pizza By Kang Seung-woo With obesity emerging as a serious social problem, there are growing voices demanding measures for the medical ...


01/27/12--04:23: • Judiciary under attack (chan 1325683)

By Yun Suh-young The judiciary is under an unprecedented attack from both conservative and liberal groups. Not only are people fiercely criticizing judges online for their ...


01/27/12--04:23: • Police officer disciplined for warning message to President (chan 1325683)

By Kim Rahn A senior police officer replied to President Lee Myung-bak's message of encouragement with a warning that Lee would be held accountable for his administration's policy on ...


01/27/12--04:23: • Should trainee doctors be present in delivery room (chan 1325683)

By Kim Tae-jong Lee Jung-eun had an unpleasant experience when she gave birth to a baby at Asan Medical Center in Seoul in 2009. She was so happy to have her first baby but the happiest moment in ...


01/27/12--06:04: South Korea allows flour shipments to NKorea (chan 1325683)

PAJU, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has sent the first shipment of flour aid to North Korea since Kim Jong Il died last month. The aid comes as North Korea unites around Kim Jong Un after his ...


01/27/12--07:12: Ex-Romanian dictator's gifts up for auction (chan 1325683)

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - What did they give the dictator who had everything? An African leopardskin or a silver dove - a novel offering from the former Shah of Iran - are just two examples of gifts ...


01/27/12--07:12: Are they UFOs, thunder, HAARP or a hoax (chan 1325683)

The online community has been spooked by a series of videos uploaded to YouTube and other video sharing websites which appear to show loud noises rumbling apparently from beneath the ground, ...


01/27/12--07:12: Chaebol bailing from bakeries ami.. (chan 1325683)

By Kwaak Je-yup Hyundai Motor Group announced Friday it was going to close its food and beverage unit Ozen, in an attempt to deflect public anger towards chaebol families and their advancement ...


01/27/12--07:12: Leaders toughen foreign policy in.. (chan 1325683)

By Kang Hyun-kyung Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has rejected Seoul's call on a Japanese cabinet minister to withdraw his controversial remarks on Korea's easternmost islets, ...


01/27/12--07:12: Samsung suffers legal setback aga.. (chan 1325683)

By Kim Yoo-chul Samsung Electronics suffered another legal setback in its patent battle with Apple, after a German court ruled against its claim that the iPhone maker infringed on its smartphone ...


01/27/12--07:13: Photo studios decry free passport.. (chan 1325683)

Members of the Korea Professional Photograph Association smash cameras in front of Bosingak, central Seoul, in a rally against the government's plan to offer a free photograph service to ...


01/27/12--07:13: Lee's aide denies role in diamond.. (chan 1325683)

By Park Si-soo A former vice minister denied his involvement in a stock price rigging scam Friday in which the state auditor pinpointed a ranking diplomat as the prime suspect a day earlier. ...


01/27/12--07:13: Top telecom regulator quits amid .. (chan 1325683)

By Kim Tae-gyu Korea Communications Commission (KCC) Chairman Choi See-joong resigned Friday amid an investigation into the bribery and influence-peddling allegations involving his close aide. ...


01/27/12--07:13: Mercedes prosecutor gets 3-year j.. (chan 1325683)

By Yun Suh-young A former prosecutor who received luxury items from a law firm in exchange for peddling her influence in a court ruling was sentenced to three years in prison by a local court, ...


01/27/12--07:13: N. Korea holds first Cabinet meeting since Kim's death (chan 1325683)

North Korea held its first cabinet meeting since its long-time leader Kim Jong-il's death, the state media said Sunday. According to North Korea's official Korea Central News Agency ...


01/27/12--08:51: Young Koreans: "Faith is a serious and life enhancing commitment" (chan 1325683)

For the first time in its history, the Episcopal Conference launches a survey aimed at all young people throughout the country's 15 dioceses. The results are surprising: young people ...


01/27/12--11:34: US, South Korea to hold joint military exercises (chan 1325683)

SEOUL - The United States and South Korea are to hold annual military exercises on the Korean peninsula soon, the first since the recent change of leadership in North Korea.


01/27/12--11:58: The South Korean capital has plenty of surprises for urban adventurers (chan 1325683)

"I want to show you something," said my guide. "It's very Korean, and a little bit strange. You'll probably think it's silly." We were walking, on an autumn ...


01/27/12--12:00: Korean War criminals tried as Jap.. (chan 1325683)

By Shin Hee-seok Hiromura Gakurai was a prison guard at the Hintok work camp along the Thailand-Burma "death railway," infamous for the extremely high human toll on the Allied prisoners ...


01/27/12--21:17: • Prosecutors raid firm suspected of illegally funding Speaker (chan 1325683)

Prosecutors have searched the headquarters of a tourist and leisure business suspected of having provided illegal funds to National Assembly Speaker Park Hee-tae to help him win a party leadership ...


01/27/12--21:17: US envoy on N. Korea to visit Russia (chan 1325683)

WASHINGTON (Yonhap) -- A top U.S. official on North Korea will visit Russia next week to discuss ways to deal with Pyongyang under a new leadership, the State Department said Friday. ...


01/28/12--00:47: South Korea sends socks to impoverished North (chan 1325683)

SOUTH Korean activists released huge gas-filled balloons filled with socks over the border into impoverished North Korea despite threats from ...


01/28/12--00:47: South Korea floats footwear to North (chan 1325683)

Members of the North Korean Peace Foundation released balloons carrying 1,000 warm socks and messages of hope and love toward North Korea Picture: ...


01/28/12--00:52: US Presses Seoul to Cut Iranian Oil (chan 1325683)

A senior U.S. official urged Korea to reduce its crude oil imports from Iran, Tuesday, as part of a U.S.-led sanctions campaign over Tehran’s alleged nuclear weapons program, saying Washington ...