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Politics
Turkish PM: We’ll teach aggressors lesson
Turkey has no intention of attacking anyone, but will “teach those who dare to test the limits of its might,” Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday as he introduced Turkey’s first domestically produced training jet to the public in a show of the nation’s increasing defense capacity. Erdoğan…
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Annan invites Turkey to Geneva meeting on Syria
UN envoy Kofi Annan has invited Turkey to the upcoming Geneva meeting of world powers to find ways of ending the violence in Syria. Annan said on Wednesday that the action group for Syria will convene at the ministerial level in Geneva on Saturday. US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham…
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Iran may boycott Korean products
If Korea complies with the European Union sanctions, Iran will consider halting all South Korean imports in response, Iran’s ambassador warned Wednesday. In an interview with Yonhap News Agency, Ambassador Ahmad Masumifar said Tehran “may decide to fully stop importing Korean goods” in protest against Seoul’s decision. The decision will…
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Samsung, LG lose secret panel knowhow
Key display panel production technology of Samsung and LG has been leaked overseas through a subcontractor, presumably to a Chinese display giant. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office arrested and indicted three Korean workers at the Korean branch of Orbotech, an Israel-based company supplying display testing equipment, Wednesday, on charges…
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Society
‘Comfort women’ to sue Japan’s ultra-right activist
The last-remaining “comfort women,” who were forced to serve as sex slaves under Japanese colonial rule (1910-1945), plan to take legal action against Japanese right-wing activist Nobuyuki Suzuki. Suzuki last week provoked public anger here by tying a wooden stake to the statue of a young comfort woman erected in…
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Society
Asian nations seek to boost cooperation in legislation
Over 1,500 delegates, including justice ministers and legal experts from 20 Asian countries kicked off a three-day forum in Korea on Wednesday to strengthen cooperation in legislation. The Ministry of Government Legislation is hosting the Asian Forum of Legislative Information Affairs at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province. The event is…
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Society
Is Kim Jong-nam mending ties with NK?
Speculation swirled Wednesday over the role of Kim Jong-nam, the eldest son of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, following a report that he visited the Stalinist country last month. Citing a source, a local daily reported that Kim Jong-nam, said to live in semi-exile due to his wayward lifestyle,…
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Society
ACRC’s outreach program in full swing
Making Korea a warm-hearted, transparent country is the motto of the state-run anti-corruption commission. The endeavors and achievements of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) are as truly remarkable as praised by the United Nations and other goodwill international organizations. However, Kim Young-ran, chairperson of the ACRC, says many…
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Society
‘I object to faculty’s sense of privilege’
KAIST chief dismisses professors’ claim about patent theft Suh Nam-pyo, president of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), said Friday that he won’t succumb to pressure from the professors’ council. ““The professors’ council has told me to quit and leave this school. But I won’t do so.…
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Politics
Erdogan:Turkish Military Authorized Against Future Syrian Attacks
The growing conflict between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Turkish government and Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime worsened on Friday following the shooting down of a Turkish jet by Syria. Erdogan stated that Turkey will no longer tolerate security threats from Syria along its border. Turkish PM Erdogan spoke to…
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