• Marriage brokers for overseas brides under greater scrutiny

    The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said Wednesday it will implement stricter rules on interracial marriages brokered by matchmaking firms, mandating the companies to provide detailed personal information about Koreans looking for foreign spouses. The measure comes amid concerns that many brokers have provided foreign women seeking to marry…

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    Macquarie deal up for revision

    The contract between Seoul City and investors in the capital’s subway line 9, including Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund (MKIF), is being reexamined and should be amended, if found to contain unfair and improper elements, Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon said, Monday. “It appears that investors including Macquarie have failed to keep…

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  • Police investigate firms after snakes found in western Seoul

    Police said Wednesday that they plan to investigate companies making products advertized as stamina food containing snake-based ingredients, in an effort to find where a number of snakes caught and sighted in Sinwol-dong, western Seoul, came from. Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said Wednesday that investigators will enter businesses located in…

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    [Indonesia Report] Jakarta, world’s most active twitter city

    Jakarta, Indonesian capital city, is home for the most active “tweeps” and “twitterian” in the world. Semiocast, a French based social media monitor company published a survey on July 30, saying that Jakarta is the city with most number of posted tweets. Tweep is a Twitter user who is a…

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    Throne Day Celebration of Morocco observed in Seoul

    A reception to mark the 2012 Throne Day Celebration of the Kingdom of Morocco was held on July 30, 2012 at the Lotte Hotel, Seoul under the auspieces of Amb. & Mrs. Mohammed Chraibi of Morocco. In a speech, Amb. Chraibi touched upon the significance of the 50th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relationship…

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    One second too many

    Series of blunders compromise Olympic credibility South Korean fencer Shin A-lam probably never expected to see her dream of standing on top of the medal podium in London end in what has emerged as one of the biggest controversies of the Olympics. Nor did she imagine herself sitting alone at…

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    [Indonesia Report] Indonesians condemn violence in Rakhine

    Rohingya – Rakhine conflict in Myanmar has been going on for the past two months. According to Amnesty International, Myanmar’s National Human Rights Commission on July 11 reported at least 78 people have been killed, but unofficial estimates exceed 100. Around 50.000 – 90.000 people has been displaced. Due to…

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  • KORAIL starts tour program titled “Railgreen”

    “Do you know Railgreen?” Those who plan their train tour to the farming area this summer, come to take a special bonus. KORAIL (Korean National Railroad) began ticket sales from July 28th on the basis of the MOU it signed with eight local self-governing bodies such as Kimcheon City, Sancheong County,…

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    All amateur judges!

    Team Korea unhappy with officiating Team Korea is suffering through what it sees as poor officiating at the 2012 London Olympic Games. After Beijing Olympic champion Park Tae-hwan’s temporary disqualification following a bad call and reinstatement in his 400-meter freestyle heat on the first day, judoka Cho Jun-ho saw his…

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    Seventh straight time!

    Women archers’ Olympic winning streak continues; striker Park scores Putting behind a slower start to the Summer Games, Korea achieved sweet victories Monday morning (KST) when its women archers won gold in the team event for the seventh-straight time. And the football team, led by Hong Myung-bo, moved closer to…

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