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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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  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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  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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  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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  Korea, Czech Republic elevate ties to strategic partnership The Czech Republic is now Korea's 20th strategic partner, a sign that, over the past 25 years, the two sides have recognized the rising importance of their political and economic cooperation and ...

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  Korea's Constitutional Court rules adultery law unconstitutionalWe begin with a historic ruling,... Korea's Constitutional Court says... the adultery law is unconstitutional. The decision, out Thursday, comes as the controversial law is seen as infringing on a...

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  President Park to name new chief of staff Friday afternoon President Park Geun-hye will name her new chief of staff this afternoon. Her spokesperson Min Kyung-wook told reporters this morning, that the announcement will come later in the day. The pres...

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  Spy agency chief named new presidential chief of staff We begin with news from the presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae. President Park Geun-hye has named the head of Korea's spy agency... as her new chief of staff. She also replaced her senior pres...