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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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ReWorld Forum hosts large, small firms to discuss energy transformation plans
Officials from large and small firms, business experts and government officials gathered at the ReWorld Forum 2024 in Seoul on April 24 to exchange ideas on how South Korea should realize RE100 and work toward decarbonization. RE100 is the global corporate renewable energy initiative of businesses committed to achieving 100 percent renewable electricity. According to the SDX Foundation, the non-profit organization responsible for hosting the event, the forum saw around 400 participants. ReWorld
April 29, 2024
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Police investigating 10 men after suspected gang fight near Haeundae Beach
Police in Busan on Monday said they are investigating 10 men in their 30s in connection to a violent incident that took place near Haeundae Beach last week. Police suspect the men are members of a local gang. According to the Busan Haeundae Police Station, a fight broke out between two men in the entertainment district near the beach on April 24. The situation escalated as the two men called for back up and more men joined in the brawl about 90 minutes later. The men reportedly fought in group
April 29, 2024
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Medical tourists to Korea rises to record high of 606,000
South Korea attracted a record number of 606,000 foreign national patients in 2023, mainly for dermatological treatments and plastic surgery, the Health Ministry said Monday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced that the number of foreign national patients visiting Korea has hit a record high at 606,000, up 2.4 times from a year earlier, 248,000. This is the highest ever since 2009 when the ministry started to compile the number of foreign patients. Also, this figure is 1.2 times higher
April 29, 2024
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Govt. to deploy more medical staff as senior doctors at 5 major hospitals take weekly breaks
Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said Monday that the government plans to deploy more medical staff as senior doctors at five major hospitals in Seoul decided to take a weekly day off starting this week. Cho also renewed a pledge to accomplish medical reform, although a mass walkout by trainee doctors has crippled public health services at major hospitals for more than two months. The government will "further strengthen the emergency treatment system by sending more medical personnel to preven
April 29, 2024
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[Graphic News] Korean farming households fall below 1m for first time in 2023
The number of farming households in South Korea fell below 1 million for the first time ever in 2023, and half of farmers were aged 65 or older, data showed. The number of farming households came to 999,000 as of December 2023, down 2.3 percent from a year earlier, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea. It marked the first time that the figure has fallen below the 1 million mark since 1949 when the agency began compiling related data, though the data has a margin of error of about
April 29, 2024
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
A 23-year-old woman received a six-month prison term, suspended for two years, for injuring her boyfriend who assaulted her, a court said Sunday. The Chuncheon District Court found the defendant guilty of inflicting special bodily injury on another but took into consideration the fact that the woman had no previous criminal record and that the victim asked for her not to be punished. The defendant is accused of injuring the victim during a fight in February. The defendant's boyfriend had ac
April 28, 2024
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
Oh Dong-woon, the nominee for the chief of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials, pledged on Sunday to strengthen the agency's role as an independent investigative body and ensure its effectiveness. “I have a heavy heart because I have been nominated as the chief of the CIO during a difficult time,” Oh told media while en route to his office in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, south of Seoul, on Sunday, to prepare for his confirmation hearing at the National
April 28, 2024
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
A South Korean rapper recently received a one-year prison sentence following a public fight with another rapper, as well as for posting a video of a forced apology and drug use. The Seoul Western District Court found the 26-year-old defendant guilty of coercion by collective force, defamation and marijuana use. It also ordered him to participate in an 80-hour drug treatment program. The defendant got into an argument on Instagram with a 21-year-old rapper last year, which led to them schedulin
April 28, 2024
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
Medical schools that have been allocated additional seats anticipate opening a minimum of 1,500 new slots for the upcoming year, as they are set to make final decisions on their admissions availability following the government’s decision to grant flexibility in the quota allocation. The government earlier said it would allow medical schools to freely adjust new seats within a 50 to 100 percent range of the enrollment quota given to them for the 2025 academic year. It announced in February
April 28, 2024
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Sunday that it will provide housing subsidies to couples who don’t own houses and who have newborns from 2025, to mitigate the trend of couples forgoing parenthood due to the city's high housing costs and enable more married couples with newborns to continue living in Seoul. Under the program, the city government revealed its plan to provide financial support of 300,000 won ($218) per newborn per month for a maximum duration of two years. Th
April 28, 2024
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2.2 magnitude quake hits near southern county of Hapcheon
A 2.2 magnitude earthquake struck near South Korea's southern county of Hapcheon on Sunday, the weather agency said. The quake struck 11 kilometers northeast of the county 242 km southeast of Seoul at 10:33 a.m. at a latitude of 35.61 degrees north and a longitude of 128.28 degrees east at a depth of 14 km, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration. The agency advised people to watch out for their safety as shaking may be felt in areas near the epicenter of the quake. About 50 pe
April 28, 2024
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Doctor group's incoming head renews call for govt. to scrap medical school quota hike for dialogue
The incoming head of South Korea's leading doctors' lobby group reiterated on Sunday the call for the government to scrap the planned medical school quota hike in order to initiate dialogue with the medical community. About 12,000 trainee doctors have left their worksites since Feb. 20 in protest of the plan to boost the number of medical students by 2,000, causing delays in medical treatments, with some emergency rooms partially limiting their treatment of critically ill patients. Lim
April 28, 2024
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New head of doctors' association vows war in case of disadvantage to medical professors
The new head of the doctors' association vowed Saturday to wage an all-out war against the government in case of any disadvantage to medical professors considering taking weekly breaks in support of the ongoing walkout by junior doctors. Lim Hyun-taek, the president-elect of the Korean Medical Association, is known for his hawkish stance in the ongoing stalemate with the government regarding an increase in the medical school enrollment quota. "The Ministry of Health and Welfare's treatment
April 28, 2024
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
When the Dongdaemun Design Plaza first opened its doors in March 2014, the structure, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, was met with mixed reviews. Replacing a baseball stadium built in 1959 and another sports stadium dating to 1925 nestled in the fashion retail district of Dongdaemun, the DDP faced criticism for its perceived lack of harmony with its surroundings, with some likening it to "a spaceship that crash-landed in Seoul." Now, a decade after it opened, the DDP has finally s
April 27, 2024
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More med professors to take day off each week while govt. urges them to stay
With concerns only deepening over the disruption of the health care system in South Korea, amid the standoff between doctors and the government continuing for 10 weeks over the government's plan to hike the medical school enrollment quota, medical professors at the country's "big five" hospitals decided on Friday to suspend treatment for one day a week. Professors at St. Mary's Hospital said they will join the suspension of treatment following professors at Seoul Nationa
April 26, 2024
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
A second public official from Gimpo City Hall was found to have died by suicide, police said Thursday. Police received an emergency call Thursday morning from a civil servant at Gimpo City Hall in Gyeonggi Province, who was unable to reach his colleague, a man in his 40s. He said he had received a text message from his colleague the previous evening saying, “I am sorry I couldn't finish my work first before going.” Within 30 minutes of the call, police found the man dead in hi
April 26, 2024
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Overdue wages for migrant workers average 6.63 mln won: survey
Overdue wages for migrant workers averaged 6.63 million won ($4,825), a survey conducted by the state human rights watchdog showed Thursday. The survey, which was conducted on 379 migrant workers who are currently working in the country or have worked here for over a year, also showed the average number of times wages were overdue was 1.09, according to the National Human Rights Commission of Korea. By amount, 34.4 percent of the respondents said they were due between 1 million won and 3 million
April 25, 2024
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Seoul to promote luxurious side of the city
The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Thursday that the city is now setting its sights on the global luxury tourism market and is preparing strategies to become one of the world's best luxury holiday destinations. Luxury, or high-end, tourism refers to a style of travel associated with top-quality service throughout the trip. It is about more than just luxury hotels and first-class air travel. It now means visiting extraordinary destinations and enjoying authentic and unique experienc
April 25, 2024
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Doctor gets suspended term for administering propofol to Yoo Ah-in
A doctor accused of illegally administering propofol for disgraced actor Yoo Ah-in and himself was sentenced to a prison term of one year and two months, suspended for two years, by a local court on Thursday. The Seoul Central District Court found the defendant surnamed Shin guilty of violating the Narcotics Control Act. It also ordered that he forfeit 270,000 won ($200) and undergo a 40-hour drug treatment program. The defendant is accused of administering propofol for Yoo on 17 occasions from
April 25, 2024
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Girl picks up pile of cash, helps return it to owner
The National Police Agency on Wednesday shared on its official YouTube page a video of a teenage girl who came across a pile of cash and helped return it to the owner. In the surveillance camera footage, a man was shown dropping 1.22 million won ($890) in cash while riding a bicycle in Hadong-gun, South Gyeongsang Province, on Feb. 27. A few moments later, a young girl came by and stopped in her tracks. She took out a phone to take a photo of the money, after which she picked up the bills. The
April 25, 2024