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- S.K. has singular role in resolving N.K. issue: presidential aide
- Song Min-soon, top presidential security advisor, said on September 18 that "there is a role only South Korea can take" in resolving the North Korea nuclear issue.
"While it ...
- Sep.19,2006 14:54 KST
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- U.S. troops ‘trip wire’ no longer: Roh
- During a visit to the United States last week, President Roh Moo-hyun said, "The opinion that the United States Forces Korea (USFK) should serve as a trip wire is wrong," accord...
- Sep.19,2006 14:40 KST
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- Ball is in North’s court: U.S. ambassador
- "If North Korea clearly show its willingness to return to the six-party talks, Washington can hold bilateral talks with Pyongyang even before the next round of six-party talks,"...
- Sep.19,2006 14:05 KST
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- Same railroad, different tracks
- The 107th annual Railroad Day fell on September 18, marking the day when the first railroad in Korea opened in 1899, a 33 km stretch from Noryanjin, Seoul to Jemulpo, Incheon. B...
- Sep.19,2006 13:58 KST
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- Wordplay
- The sign says "Leftward Project," a play on the term "Northeast Project," China’s academic enterprise designed to claim, in scholarly terms, that certain parts of Korean history...
- Sep.19,2006 09:49 KST
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- Seeing stars
- A second exam for selecting astronauts was carried out at 8 locations nationwide on September 17. An applicant closes his eyes just before the exam begins in Seoul. Some 36,000 ...
- Sep.18,2006 14:30 KST
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- Tree extract used to treat terminal cancers
- The five-year survival rate of terminally ill cancer patients treated with an extract from the lacquer tree was between 22.4 and 25.9 percent. This figure stands in contrast to ...
- Sep.18,2006 14:03 KST
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- Textbook revision to reflect changing society
- School textbooks that use expressions that perpetuate stereotypical gender roles - such as "working father" and "housewife" - will be revised beginning next year. Additionally,...
- Sep.18,2006 13:53 KST
