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Couple commits suicide together in Busan motel

Social affairsSept 6, 2011

(MCT)With the Chuseok holidays just around the corner, a married couple committed suicide together in a motel room after suffering from poverty. The owner of the motel called the police, who found the couple dead in a motel room in Busan.The room had been completely sealed with adhesive tape.
Water gun fight in a park? Iran sees dark designs

Sept 6, 2011

TEHRAN (AP) -- Iran is trying to put down a new wave of civil disobedience -- flash mobs of young people who break into boisterous fights with water guns in public parks. A group of water fighters was arrested over the weekend, and a top judiciary official warned Monday that “counter-revolutio
World is safer 10 years after 9/11: EU, NATO

World NewsSept 6, 2011

The world is safer today than in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on the United States, with global terror groups weaker than 10 years ago, senior EU and NATO officials said Monday.A decade after Al-Qaeda traumatized the United States, the terror network has lost its leader, Osama bin Laden
Fire erupts on Jeju-bound ferry but no causalities reported

Social affairsSept 6, 2011

(Yonhap News)A passenger boat caught fire in waters off the country's southern coastal city of Yeosu early Tuesday, but all people on board were rescued, the Coast Guard said.The 4,000-ton ferry Seolbong, which departed from the port city of Busan late Monday for Jeju Island, was traveling along the
Daegu inspires athletics in Korea

Sept 5, 2011

Nine-day international event attracts more than 450,000 fansDAEGU ― On a Saturday evening, Kim Se-jin, 11, was sitting anxiously with his mother in the stands at Daegu Stadium. “Bolt! Bolt!” he shouted loudly while jumping onto his chair as the tall man wearing a yellow jersey turned out at the trac
Ahn’s overwhelming popularity raises speculation of new party

PoliticsSept 5, 2011

With entrepreneur-turned-professor Ahn Cheol-soo tipped to enter the Seoul mayoral race, there is speculation that he might start a new political party.Yoon Yeo-joon, a former Grand National Party lawmaker and election strategist, offered Sunday to take charge of Ahn’s election campaign. He also pre
Small car sales rise to year high on economic worries

IndustrySept 5, 2011

Small automobile sales rose to a year high in August boosted by rising fuel prices and concerns for a new worldwide economic downturn.According to industry data, 38,698 small vehicles were sold on the local market in August, accounting for 53.5 percent of passenger car sales. Small automobiles are d
Kwak grilled over election corruption

Social affairsSept 5, 2011

Interrogation focuses on whether 200 million won was bribeKwak No-hyun, Seoul’s embattled education chief, faced interrogation from city prosecutors on allegations that he paid a rival candidate to quit last year’s election. An expressionless Kwak arrived at the lobby of the Seoul Central Prosecutor
Badly managed universities face fund, loan cuts

Social affairsSept 5, 2011

The Education Ministry listed 43 poorly managed private colleges and universities Monday after a two-month inquiry by an expert panel as part of a drive to weed out uncompetitive schools and address the rising tuition issue. The 43 universities will be subject to restrictions in government
Safety to top Seoul nuclear summit agenda

Foreign affairsSept 5, 2011

Some 50 state leaders will also deal with North Korea uranium issueFollowing Japan’s nuclear crisis at Fukushima, next year’s nuclear security summit in Seoul will focus on how to improve safety in atomic energy, organizers said Monday. Since the March Fukushima Daiichi plant disaster ― conside
Jeju seeks to host cluster of top foreign universities

Social affairsSept 5, 2011

Jeju Island has undertaken an ambitious project to build an international education city featuring a cluster of international schools, foreign universities, business centers and tourism.Modeled on Dubai’s Knowledge Village, the Jeju Global Education City will be home to prestigious foreign universit
Sanctions aimed at college reform

Social affairsSept 5, 2011

Ministry sets out on restructuring following dispute over tuitionThe government on Monday took the first step in a long-term drive to pressure poorly managed universities to shut down by naming 43 underperforming schools in terms of student enrollment and graduates’ employment.State financial aid wi
Many U.S. schools adding iPads, trimming textbooks

World BusinessSept 5, 2011

HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) ― For incoming freshmen at western Connecticut’s suburban Brookfield High School, hefting a backpack weighed down with textbooks is about to give way to tapping out notes and flipping electronic pages on a glossy iPad tablet computer.A few hours away, every student at Burl
Hyundai, Intel, C&S to develop mobile entertainment system

IndustrySept 5, 2011

Hyundai Motor Co., the largest carmaker in the country, on Monday agreed with Intel Korea and C&S Technology Ltd. to jointly develop infrastructure needed to deliver new channels of entertainment to drivers.The three plan to put together In-Vehicle Infotainment system enabling drivers to access out-
Amore Pacific eyes W500b ‘mega brands’

IndustrySept 5, 2011

Amore Pacific Corp. on Monday held a ceremony marking the company’s 66th anniversary, renewing its long-term target to nurture “mega brands” with more than 500 billion won ($468 million) in annual sales. “We have succeeded in having brands whose annual sales exceed 100 billion won. And now is the ti