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  Park to receive 3.4 pct raise

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — The Cabinet raised President Park Geun-hye’s annual salary by more than 3 percent in a wage hike that also affected all other civic servants across South Korea, officials said Tuesday. Park is set to...

  • Posted January 5, 2016
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  S. Korea convicts artist for satirical artwork of president

  By The Korea Times Seoul staff The Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s conviction of a pop artist charged with putting up satirical posters of former president Chun Doo-hwan. Lee Byung-ha, 47, known as Lee Ha, was...

  • Posted December 11, 2015
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  S. Korean Embassy in DC opens memorial altar for late ex-President Kim

  WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — South Korea’s Embassy in Washington began accepting mourners of late former President Kim Young-sam on Monday after establishing a memorial altar at the embassy building. Amb. Ahn Ho-young and the embassy staff paid their...

  • Posted November 23, 2015
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  Former South Korean President Kim Young-sam dies at age 87

  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Former President Kim Young-sam, who formally ended decades of military rule in South Korea and accepted a massive international bailout during the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis, died Sunday. He was 87. The...

  • Posted November 21, 2015
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  Ban’s S. Korean presidential bid rumors flare up amid planned N. Korea trip

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — Speculation of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s presidential bid in South Korea has resurfaced after news reports on his possible visit to North Korea. Ban’s spokesman said earlier this week that discussions are under way...

  • Posted November 20, 2015
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  President Obama launches Facebook page

  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama wants you to like him. And comment on him. And share his posts, too. Obama launched his own personal Facebook page Monday, in a fresh attempt from the social media-savvy president...

  • Posted November 9, 2015
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  Park visits NASA space flight center

  By Kim Kwang-tae WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday visited the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, a move that underscored South Korea’s efforts to strengthen cooperation with the U.S. on space initiatives. She...

  • Posted October 14, 2015
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