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CJ Group confirmed to have made millions in illicit gains

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:11:56 GMT

By Kim Jeong-pil and Lee Jeong-yeon, staff reporters Prosecutors have confirmed that CJ Group earned millions of dollars from transactions using inside information after purchasing affiliate stocks t..

South Korean ‘paper companies’ found in onshore tax haven

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:09:15 GMT

By Song Kyung-hwa and Lee Wan, staff reporters On May 22, the website News Tapa, also called the Korea Center for Investigative Journalism, unveiled a list of major South Korean business figures who..

North Korea sends special envoy to China

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:06:34 GMT

By Park Byong-su, staff reporter and Seong Yeon-cheol, Beijing correspondent The abrupt visit to China made by Choe Ryong-hae, vice marshal of the Korean People’s Army, the official name of the North..

Pres. Park says no special offers until N. Korea shows signs of change

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:04:04 GMT

By Seok Jin-hwan, Blue House correspondent President Park Geun-hye said neither Seoul nor Washington would be making “any concessions or offers” on the crisis emerging from North Korea. Speaking at..

Planting anti-desertification trees

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:01:28 GMT

In a field in the vicinity of the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator, employees of Korean Air, along with local Mongolians and students, plant poplar and willow trees, May 22. Global warming and desertifica..

Decorating a study room for the underprivileged

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:58:44 GMT

Members of Korea MSD decorate glass panels in the Mapo Dream Center in Seoul, May 22. The panels will be used in a study room for poor children. (Newsis)

A cool performance in the shade

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:57:21 GMT

A traditional Korean orchestra performs in a shaded area outside the National Folk Museum of Korea in Seoul’s Jongno district, in the first of a series of folk concerts, May 22. The concerts will be h..

[Editorial] Park and the Blue House must break their silence on election scandal

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:50:05 GMT

President Park Geun-hye and the Blue House have kept very quiet amid allegations of election interference by the National Intelligence Service (NIS). They haven’t even responded to reports that employ..

After 3 years, Korean-American still fighting espionage charges in the US

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:47:43 GMT

By Park Hyun, Washington correspondent The ongoing controversy in the US over the seizure of Associated Press phone records by federal prosecutors is drawing renewed attention to the 2010 prosecutio..

Public discontent growing for corrupt international schools

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:44:10 GMT

By Eum Sung-won, staff reporter Kim Yeong-tae is a 12-year-old sixth grader at an elementary school in Seoul’s Yeongdeungpo district, and every day for him is like going to war. As soon as classes en..

Japanese historians say Dokdo is Korean territory

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:40:00 GMT

By Kim Kwang-soo, Busan correspondent “Dokdo is Korean territory,” said Norio Kuboi, a professor at Momoyama Gakuin University (also known as St. Andrew’s University) on May 21. “The Japanese govern..

Elderly residents in a tooth and nail fight against electricity towers

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:37:31 GMT

By Choi Sang-won, South Gyeongsang correspondent On May 19, residents of Wiyang and Pyeongbat villages in South Gyeongsang Province’s Miryang pulled an all-nighter. Korea Electric Power Corporation ..

First confirmed death from virus contracted by tick bite

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:35:15 GMT

By Kim Yang-joong, medical correspondent After reported cases in China and Japan, the first death after a bite by a virus-carrying tick has been confirmed in South Korea. Based on a review of resear..

Investigation into overseas tax evasion

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:31:55 GMT

CJ Group offices in central Seoul were raided by prosecutors on May 21 over allegations that the conglomerate managed a large slush fund overseas. (Newsis)

Happy farming in a vacant parking lot

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:30:06 GMT

Park Ssang-ae smiles as she shows off plants growing in a reclaimed parking lot in Seoul’s Mapo district, May 19. Park is head of the residents’ committee that is using urban spaces such as vacant par..

Tall blocks of inequality

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:28:19 GMT

Cleaning workers protest in front of the gate to Deoksu Palace in central Seoul, May 21. Each of their stacked boxes represents one of their demands, including regular employment, living wages and saf..

Former Japanese Prime Minister criticizes Abe’s remarks

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:13:49 GMT

By Jeong Nam-ku, Tokyo correspondent Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who made the 1995 Murayama statement, an apology to the countries that were affected by Japan’s colonial rule an..

Asylum seekers find a new kind of persecution in South Korea

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:09:58 GMT

By Kim Kyung-wook, staff reporter Ethnic minorities in Myanmar (also called Burma) have a history of harsh oppression by the country’s military government. Sometimes they were even forced at gunpoin..

Four Major Rivers Project victims gather to air their grievances

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:05:13 GMT

By Kim Jeong-su, environment correspondent “The land on the riverbanks is where organic materials collect, making it the most fertile soil. And the most appropriate use for fertile soil is farming...

[Column] Park’s Beijing summit will be time to reassess US alliance addiction

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:02:49 GMT

By Kim Ji-seok, editorial writer President Park Geun-hye is planning to have a summit soon with Chinese President Xi Jinping. This comes after her May 7 summit in Washington with US President Barack..

[Editorial] No compromise on Japan’s whitewashing of colonial rule

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:00:26 GMT

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has crossed the red line with his provocations on matters of his country’s imperial history. In a recent interview for the latest edition of the US magazine Foreign ..

Finding the best firefighter

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:57:27 GMT

At the 2013 Firefighters Competitive Games at Jamsil Sports Complex in Seoul, one participant carries a dummy from a simulated burning building, May 20. (by Shin So-young, staff photographer)

The beginning of adulthood

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:56:37 GMT

Young women born in 1993 smile and prepare for traditional bows during a ceremony to mark the official beginning of their adulthood at Hanok Village in Central Seoul, May 20. (by Kim Tae-hyeong, staff..

Leave us to live here

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:55:36 GMT

Residents of Miryang and other neighboring villages in South Gyeongsang Province stand behind ropes tied between trees meant to block Korea Electric Power Corporation construction crews from entering ..

N. Korea offered May 6 as a deadline for Kaesong talks

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:36:22 GMT

By Kang Tae-ho, senior staff writer North Korea gave Seoul until May 6 to submit an opinion for discussions on the Kaesong Industrial Complex. A document containing this information was faxed recen..