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Society
Pro sports devalued by match-fixing scandals
It wasn’t long ago that professional sports in Korea seemed ready to shed its reputation as lovable money-losers and break out as lucrative industries. But then a slew of match-fixing scandals that blew up across the top competitions in football, volleyball and baseball robbed them of their innocence and aura…
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Politics
Park Chung-hee memorial hall opens amid dispute
Park Geun-hye, right, interim emergency committee leader of the ruling Saenuri Party, looks at a giant black-and-white photograph of her late father, President Park Chung-hee, on display at a memorial hall for the late leader in Seoul, Tuesday. A memorial hall for the late former President Park Chung-hee opened Tuesday,…
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State senior investigator files criminal lawsuit against TV9 channel, Mongolia
A criminal defamation case has launched against TV9 channel and its crew of the documentary that disclosed the corruption facts. TV9 Channel aired a corruption story about the illegal privatization of “Ulaanbaatar” printing’s building located in the city center in a documentary titled “Detective-2” on December 17, 2011. The documentary…
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“This is My Fury”
A protestor throws a stone at the police during a protest in support of the Aysen community demands, in Santiago, capital of Chile, on Feb. 20, 2012. The protest organized by several social organizations demanded reduction of the gas cost, job equity, citizens participation, and quality health care, among other…
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Society
Last nuclear reactor in western Japan shuts down for checkup
The last nuclear reactor in western Japan operated by Kansai Electric Power Company has shut down for a regular checkup, leaving only two out of Japan’s total 54 commercial reactors operating, local press reported. Kansai Electric Power Company said it completed the shut down procedures for the No. 3 reactor…
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Society
AL envoy rejects military action against Syria
Neither Syrian opposition groups nor international powers want foreign military intervention in Syria, the Arab League (AL) envoy to Russia Giuma al-Ferjani said Monday. “Nobody in the Arab world, nobody in the Arab League, nobody on the Syrian side, (including) opposition parties in Syria, are willing to have military interventions…
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Business
‘Tesco supermarkets create more jobs than mom-and-pop stores’
Lawmakers have recently attempted to regulate discount chains’ efforts to set up convenience stores in city centers as well as residential areas in the name of protecting mom-and-pop stores and ordinary people. However, Home plus Chairman Lee Seung-han said in a recent interview with The Korea Times that its neighborhood…
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Column
De-caffeinated courtships
Arguably the most pressing long-term issue confronting millennial Korea is its declining birth rate. According to reports, South Korea today has the fastest aging population on earth. This trend has ominous ramifications. Higher taxes will be required from a dwindling workforce to support an expanding populace of doddering droolers. Insurers…
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Politics
Kim Jong-un likely to grab key titles in April
North Korea will convene a rare conference of its ruling Workers’ Party in April, its state media said Monday, during which analysts expect the Stalinist state will cement the power of its new leader, Kim Jong-un. The announcement by Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) of the conference, the…
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Danube River’s Ices Damage Serbians’ Boats
People try to save boats from being damaged by the floating ice on the Danube River in Belgrade, Serbia, on Feb. 20, 2012. Hundreds of small boats and floating restaurants on the Danube River were damaged near Belgrade by big chunks of ice that have begun melting due to raising…
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