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Prof. Ahn Cheol-soo counterattacks
Aide argues Rep. Park’s PR officer threatened to reveal dirty laundry A lawyer working for Ahn Cheol-soo, a popular Seoul National University professor, claimed a public relations officer to the Park Geun-hye camp threatened to blackmail Ahn to discourage him from running for president. However, the person in question, Jeong…
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‘Gangnam Style’ offers Korea PR opportunity
A U.S. diplomat thinks that now is the time for Seoul to focus on further raising Korea’s global profile as an attractive tourist and investment destination because the Korean wave or “hallyu” knows no bounds. “Seoul has become a much more cosmopolitan and global type of city as well as…
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North Korea to reduce China reliance
China and North Korea say their relationship is as close as “lips and teeth.” The analogy is discomfiting in Seoul given current trends in bilateral trade, with some concerned that Beijing will simply swallow up its neighbor. The dependence doesn’t sit well in Pyongyang, analysts say. They predict that the…
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NK to hold rare assembly soon
North Korea said Monday it will hold a rare second session of its Supreme People’s Assembly later this month. The move could be tied to economic reform measures being studied by the isolated state, analysts said. The session will be held on Sept. 25, Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency…
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Bangladeshi worker’s dream ripped apart by ill health
Mosaruf Hossain, a native of Chittagong, Bangladesh, had a big dream when he first set foot in Korea on Nov. 3, 2009 with an E-9 Visa, a work permit for a job considered too dangerous, dirty and difficult for Koreans to undertake. The 31-year-old thought it would be just a…
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‘Guardian of teenagers’ joins presidential race
Kang Ji-won, a lawyer who earned the nickname “guardian of teenagers” for his dedication to preventing juvenile delinquency, announced his bid to run in the presidential election as an independent candidate, Tuesday. In a phone interview with The Korea Times, Kang, 63, said he was determined to join the presidential…
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‘Samurai warriors’ coming to Dokdo!
This and other scenarios may not be as remote as once thought What if Japan’s “samurai warriors” tried to land on Dokdo? Japanese ultra right-wing nationalists have already landed on internationally disputed islands. At a time when Tokyo is trying to dispute Seoul’s sovereignty over Dokdo, the possibility can’t be…
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Lee consoles late Zenawi’s wife
President Lee Myung-bak expressed his deep condolences over the death of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in a handwritten letter delivered to his grieving wife Azeb Mesfin through Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan. The foreign minister attended the late leader’s funeral Sunday (local time) to console the bereaved family. Meles, who…
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Moon wins 6th straight primary
Rep. Moon Jae-in of the main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) won a primary race in Incheon, Sunday, his sixth straight victory. Despite the winning streak, the former presidential chief of staff under the former Roh Moo-hyun government may need to compete in a run-off election after the DUP primaries…
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Seoul dismisses Tokyo’s ICJ proposal over Dokdo
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade sent a diplomatic document to Japan, Thursday, dismissing the latter’s proposal to take the issue of South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The government sent the document through the Japanese Embassy in Seoul. “We’ve sent a…
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