IOC athlete member vows to keep taekwondo alive at Olympics
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Newspaper ordered to pay compensation for publishing nude photo
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- A district court in Seoul ordered a newspaper
Wednesday to pay compensation for damages caused by a nude photo it published of
Lee set to shake up education ministry
By Yoo Cheong-mo
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak is set to replace ranking
education ministry officials who have been accused of being left-leaning and of
Travel agent found dead in apparent suicide amid economic downturn
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- The head of a travel agency was found dead Wednesday
in his Seoul office in an apparent suicide caused by slumping business due to a
N. Korea needs US$346 million in food aid for 2009: WFP
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korea needs urgent food aid worth US$346 million
to help millions of people get through the new year, the World Food Program said
S. Korea aims to host 2014 math Olympics
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to host the 2014 International
Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) to help boost interest in a field critical to
Japan said to give up claim to Dokdo in high school guidebook
By Yoo Cheong-mo
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- The Japanese government has decided not to include any
Hospital to appeal court order on mercy killing
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By Kim Boram
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- A hospital that has been treating a woman in a
Won climbs 1.86 pct vs. dollar on U.S. rate cut
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SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's currency rose 1.86 percent against the
Apple's iPod reported to have exploded
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- A user of Apple's portable media player the iPod has
claimed that his device exploded owing to a battery problem, South Korean media
reported Wednesday.
