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[Weekender] Can students afford to be an intern while pressured to “buy credits?”
[Weekender] Can students afford to be an intern while pressured to “buy credits?”

Today’s university students lead a very hectic life, bogged down by worries of getting a job after graduation at time when the unemployment rate has peaked …

Cabinet members vow to crack down on illegal protest
Cabinet members vow to crack down on illegal protest

The South Korean government vowed tough measures against any unlawful activity during the scheduled mass rally against labor and education measures on Saturday …

Over 2 million Koreans experience gambling addiction

Some 2.07 million South Koreans aged 20 or older have been addicted to gambling at least once as of last year, while 82.2 percent of the population have …

63% of cybercrimes in Korea committed by teens, 20-somethings

More than 60 percent of South Korea’s major cybercrimes — illegal gambling, wire fraud, Internet scams, personal information fraud, and online …

Park to embark on trip for G20, APEC, ASEAN

President Park Geun-hye will leave for Turkey on Saturday, the first stop of her trip that will also include the Philippines and Malaysia to participate in …

Late bizman’s aide receives suspended sentence for embezzlement

A Seoul court on Friday handed down a suspended prison sentence for embezzlement to an aide of a late businessman involved in a bribery case. The Seoul Central …

Park’s approval rating hits 11-week low over history textbooks row

President Park Geun-hye’s job approval rating fell to an 11-week low over the controversy surrounding the government’s decision to reintroduce …

Top court upholds life sentence against Sewol captain

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the life sentence for Lee Joon-seok, 70, who was captain of the ferry Sewol that sank off the southwest coast in April …

Parties fail to agree on new constituencies
Parties fail to agree on new constituencies

The rival parties on Thursday failed to negotiate the redrawing of a new electoral map, missing the legal deadline and further complicating the political and …

Test-takers embrace challenges of ‘Suneung’
Test-takers embrace challenges of ‘Suneung’

Jo Myeong-ja, 79, has taken a long detour en route to higher education. As the oldest of some 630,000 students who took the annual college entrance exam …

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