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Ruling party leader asks gov't to station Marines on Dokdo

PoliticsAug 14, 2011

Grand National Party leader Hong Joon-pyo on Sunday asked the government to station Marines on Dokdo to reinforce Korea's sovereignty over the islets claimed by Japan.Korean politicians have raised a storm of protest over Tokyo's renewed claims to the East Sea islets. Earlier this month, three Japan
Study suggests beautiful people 'selfish by nature'

ScienceAug 14, 2011

A new study suggests that people blessed with attractive symmetrical faces are less likely to be cooperative and more likely to be selfish.The Observer, a British Sunday newspaper, this week reported the result of research by Santiago Sanchez-Pages, who works at the universities of Barcelona and Edi
Personal information on retired special forces leaked on Internet

DefenseAug 14, 2011

South Korean military authorities said Saturday they were investigating the online leak of the personal information of thousands of retired army special forces troops.Private information of 3,664 former special forces troops -- their Web IDs, names, phone numbers, e-mail addresses and the units they
Four people drown in southwestern Korea

Social affairsAug 14, 2011

SEOCHEON (Yonhap News) -- Four people drowned on Saturday while playing a mock cavalry-battle game at a beach in this southwestern village, police said. The three men and one woman were among 17 people, mostly in their mid or late 20s who visited this village for an weekend gathering, they said.The
Korean man shot to death in Mexico

Social affairsAug 14, 2011

MEXICO CITY (Yonhap News) -- A South Korean man was shot to death by an unknown assailant near Mexico City, local authorities said Saturday, in the latest death of a Korean national in Mexico's capital city.The man, whose identity was withheld, was shot in the face several times in front of his own
S. Korean man shot to death in Mexico

Social affairsAug 13, 2011

MEXICO CITY -- A South Korean man was shot to death by an unknown assailant near Mexico City, local authorities said Saturday, in the latest death of a Korean national in Mexico's capital city.The man, whose identity was withheld, was shot in the face several times in front of his own clothing shop
S. Korean political leaders set to visit Dokdo

Social affairsAug 13, 2011

South Korea's ruling and opposition party leaders are set to visit the easternmost islets of Dokdo in a show of support for its sovereignty, party officials said Saturday, as the nation celebrates its liberation from Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule.Rep. Hong Joon-pyo, head of ruling Grand National Par
Bill on 'comfort women' rejected 8 times in Diet: Japanese politician

Social affairsAug 13, 2011

A former Japanese lawmaker said Saturday that the National Diet has repeatedly rejected a bill on Korean women forced into sexual slavery during World War II, but legislative efforts are still under way.Haruko Yoshikawa, a former lawmaker of Japan's Communist Party, said she and three other female o
N. Korea demands cancellation of South-U.S. military drill

North KoreaAug 13, 2011

North Korea on Saturday repeated its call for the cancellation of an upcoming South Korea-U.S. military drill, saying Seoul was deliberately trying to ruin the atmosphere of dialogue on the Korean Peninsula "in collusion with outside forces."South Korea and the U.S. plan to hold their annual joint m
S. Korea's multicultural students nearly double in 3 years: data

Social affairsAug 13, 2011

The number of students from multicultural families in South Korea nearly doubled over the last three years, a report showed Saturday, highlighting their need for more educational support.There were 38,890 multicultural students attending elementary, middle and high schools nationwide this year, comp
S. Korea sees fewer crackdowns on copyright infringement: report

Social affairsAug 13, 2011

Despite the growing number of copyright infringement cases in South Korea, fewer violators faced legal punishment over the past couple of years, a report showed Saturday.The number of illegal downloads or copies discovered by the state-run copyright protection center jumped to 280,000 cases last yea
Prosecutors seek repatriation of savings bank's lobbyist from Canada

Social affairsAug 13, 2011

South Korea's prosecution has beefed up its investigation team to speed up the repatriation from Canada of a key lobbyist for a troubled local savings bank to probe his role in a massive influence-peddling scandal, officials said Saturday.Park Tae-gyu, 71, is suspected of helping corruption-ridden B
Conscripted officer hacks into police chief's email

Social affairsAug 12, 2011

A conscripted police officer has been under investigation on suspicion of hacking into an email account of the country's police chief, police said Friday.The conscript, identified only by his surname Kim, allegedly looked through emails sent to Cho Hyun-oh, commissioner general of the National Polic
Electronic ‘tattoo’ may offer new flexible way to monitor brain, heart

ScienceAug 12, 2011

Weightless, skin-like bandages with microelectronic components may one day replace the bulky monitors and electrode patches now used in hospitals to monitor patients’ vital signs, researchers said.Weightless, skin-like bandages with microelectronic components may one day replace the bulky monitors a
S. Korea returns four N. Koreans found drifting

NationalAug 12, 2011

South Korea on Friday returned home all four North Korean fishermen rescued near the Yellow Sea border a day earlier, the Seoul government said.The four were found drifting aboard two small sinking boats Thursday in waters about 6 kilometers south of the western maritime border near the South Korean