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• Korean Navy names its latest submarine after female independence fighter
• Korea to complete redemption of assets of pro-Japanese collaborators this year
• President Park embarks on 9-day trip to Middle East

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  Korea's Constitutional Court rules adultery law unconstitutional Having an affair will no longer be a criminal offense. That's the ruling issued by Korea's Constitutional Court on Thursday,... following four previous appeals,... the last being in 2008. It's...

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  Head of Korea's spy agency named new presidential chief of staff President Park's chief of staff Kim Ki-chun had been widely expected to step down to take responsibility for the discord within the presidential office... that followed a controversial document l...

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  Two Koreas to debate human rights, nuclear issue in Geneva next week The two Koreas are expected to clash over Pyongyang's human rights and nuclear issues at two separate meetings in Geneva next week. South Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul will deliv...

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  Average age of Korean workers rises to 44, raising concerns of a worker shortage Just over 44-years-old -- that was the average age of Korean workers last year. That's eight years older than 40 years ago,... when people in their 30s took up the largest portion of the workfor...

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  N. Korea's attempt to steadily gain acceptance as nuke state won't work: Sherman North Korea has been told to forget ever being able to win recognition as a nuclear state. U.S. Under Secretary of State Wendy Sherman says Pyongyang is hoping to follow in the footsteps of Pakista...

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  Do recent shootings highlight Korea's failure to control anger issues? Two deadly shootings,... in two days, in a country where such crimes are rare. What's even more alarming... is the assailants in both these cases... targeted people who were close to them... wh...

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  Leading Russian politician Boris Nemtsov shot dead in Moscow The brazen killing of a leading Russian opposition politician and vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin has sent shockwaves across Russia and beyond. Boris Nemtsov (Nempt-sov) was gunned down Fr...

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  President Park enters 3rd year in office: economic outlook In her first two years in office,... President Park Geun-hye put much emphasis on revitalizing the flagging domestic economy. As a result,... Korea managed to keep up with the growth pace of...

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  North Korea says it will raise workers' wages at Kaesong to 74 U.S. dollars in March North Korea unilaterally decided to raise its workers' wages at the inter-Korean joint industrial complex in Kaesong starting next month. Seoul's unification ministry said Thursday... that North ...

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  Samsung, LG set to unveil their latest at Mobile World Congress Samsung is aiming to capture the spotlight ahead of the Mobile World Congress opening on Monday in Barcelona. It's set to unveil two versions of its new Galaxy S6 -- the standard version and the...

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  Economic policy in spotlight on second day of parliamentary interpellation session Lawmakers fired questions at government officials on the administration's economic plans for tackling pressing issues,... such as skyrocketing household debt,... deepening income polarization... ...

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  President Park's Independence Movement Day speech to focus on history President Park Geun-hye is putting the finishing touches to her speech commemorating Korea's March 1st Independence Movement Day. Attention is focused on what message she will deliver to Japan on...