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Dawson’s story epitomizes Korean bid

More sportsJul 7, 2011

Toby Dawson felt so proud of being Korean, after PyeongChang won the International Olympic Committee vote in Durban, South Africa, Wednesday, to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. Dawson, a U.S. Olympic bronze medalist in freestyle skiing and Korean adoptee, was the PyeongChang Bid Committee’s last-minute trump card brought in to help the Korean delegation’s final presentation prior to the vote. The s
Kim Yu-na charms IOC members

More sportsJul 7, 2011

Kim Yu-naKim Yu-na, Korea’s beloved Olympic gold medalist in figure skating, showed her charm once again ― not on ice this time but on a podium in front of the International Olympic Committee assembly. Presenting the venue plan of PyeongChang ahead of the crucial IOC vote in Durban, South Africa, the 21-year-old spoke in flawless English, vibrant and full of energy. Still, she felt huge pressure n
SK Group No. 2 banned from overseas travel

Social affairsJul 6, 2011

Chey Jae-won, SK Group’s senior vice chairman and younger brother of Chairman Chey Tae-won, has been banned from travelling overseas on allegations that he amassed tens of billions of won in illicit slush funds. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, which leads the probe, suspects that the younger Chey raised the funds by falsifying the value of transactions between the group’s subsidiar
Animal abusers face prison, heavier fines

Social affairsJul 4, 2011

Starting next year, those who commit cruelty to animals in Korea may face a jail term of up to 1 year or a maximum fine of 10 million won ($9,400). The Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said Monday that a revision to the animal protection law, which entails the toughened penalties for pet abusers, is to take effect on Jan. 1, 2012. Currently, the heaviest penalty is a fine of 5
PyeongChang bid leads as D-day nears

Social affairsJul 3, 2011

PyungChang bid chief Cho Yang-ho(center) talks to reporters in Durban, South Africa(Yonhap News)Lee in South Africa to promote S. Korea for Winter OlympicsSEOUL/DURBAN ― With just two days to go before the selection of the host country of the 2018 Winter Olympics, the South Korean delegation, joined by President Lee Myung-bak, is gearing up for its crucial last-minute pitch to bring the Games to P
Korea to submit claim on East China Sea shelf to U.N.

Foreign affairsJul 3, 2011

South Korea has decided to submit a claim to an extended portion of the continental shelf in the East China Sea to a United Nations commission within this year, the government said Sunday, a move expected to rekindle its dispute with China and Japan over the extent of their respective exclusive economic zones.The submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf will claim that t
Chinese tourists arrive in N. Korea amid inter-Korean tour dispute

North KoreaJul 3, 2011

A Chinese tourism delegation has arrived in North Korea, Pyongyang’s state media said Saturday, amid the North’s efforts to revitalize a stalled tour program to a scenic mountain that once served as its key cash cow.The trip comes weeks after the North announced a law designed to develop Mount Kumgang as a special zone for international tours. It marked the first time Chinese have traveled to Nort
4 out of 10 fearful of walking outside at night

Social affairsJul 3, 2011

More than four out of every 10 South Koreans are afraid of walking outside late at night, a police poll showed Sunday, indicating a relatively high level of public anxiety over security at night.According to the poll by the National Police Agency, 43.7 percent of the total 28,103 respondents said they feel threatened when walking along streets late at night while only 28 percent responded they don
4 die of apparent asphyxiation at major retail outlet near Seoul

Social affairsJul 3, 2011

GOYANG (Yonhap News) ― Four South Korean mechanics died of apparent asphyxiation caused by refrigerant gas in an underground machine room at a major retail outlet near Seoul, officials said Saturday.The four were working to fix a refrigeration system in the machine room in E-Mart in Ilsan, northwest of Seoul, until 2:40 a.m., an E-Mart official said, adding that the ventilation system was working
Sherman tapped for top U.S. State Department post

North KoreaJul 3, 2011

WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― Wendy Sherman, a former senior U.S. official on North Korea, was nominated to a lofty State Department post on Friday despite political controversy over her earlier handling of North Korea affairs.The White House announced that President Barack Obama picked her to serve as under secretary for political affairs, the No. 3 post at the department.Sherman was an adviser to S
Would you follow ministers on Twitter?

PoliticsJun 30, 2011

Social networking tools become routine of government publicity officialsShortly after Labor Minister Lee Chae-pil met representatives of labor and management for Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction amid the labor confrontation in mid-June, word of an imminent police crackdown on striking workers started spreading via Twitter.“That wasn’t what the minister truly meant. So we responded via Twitte
Universities face restructuring

Social affairsJun 29, 2011

Demographic shift adds urgency to the need for reformThis is the third and last installment of a three-part series looking into problems in Korea’s tertiary education ― Ed. Earlier this month, professors at Sunghwa College received 136,000 won as their salary and a text message that the rest would be wired once the institution collected tuition fees from students. The college, where about 1,200 st
Hopes and fears for multiple unions

Social affairsJun 28, 2011

Long-standing ban on plural unions at company level to be lifted FridayFollowing is the first in a two-part series featuring multiple labor unions that will be introduced in Korea on Friday. ― Ed.After 13 years of hesitation, Korea is finally easing its iron-fisted labor union policy to allow more than one trade union at a single workplace, a move widely expected to open a new page in the country’
Will parliament clean up its act?

PoliticsJun 27, 2011

Rival parties agree on filibuster, new rules aimed at ending violence on floorRival political parties on Monday agreed on a set of measures, including a filibuster, which they hope would help end legislative violence and upgrade the political process. “A meeting of the ruling Grand National Party and the opposition Democratic Party worked out a tentative agreement on a number of issues, including
Lawmakers up ante against tycoons

PoliticsJun 24, 2011

The feud between parliamentarians and some of the nation’s corporate leaders escalated Thursday, as politicians threatened legal action if the businessmen defied their request to testify before parliament next week. Members of the National Assembly’s Knowledge Economy Committee decided to call to a public hearing it is organizing three of the nation’s major business organizations’ chiefs ― Huh Cha

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