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[Newsmaker] 22 workers in hospital after inhaling ammonia at meat factory

Twenty-two people were sent to hospital for treatment after inhaling ammonia during a leak at a meat processing factory in central South Korea, local firefighters said Thursday. The gas leak happene...

Mar 7, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Former President Lee Myung-bak released on bail

Former President Lee Myung-bak was released on bail Wednesday after almost one year of detention on corruption charges. Lee, president from 2008-2013, was sentenced by a lower court in October to 15...

Mar 6, 2019
Politics
[Newsmaker] Text messages implicate Seungri in sex bribery, police corruption

Amid the ongoing Burning Sun scandal, text messages exchanged between K-pop star Seungri and related officials implicating him in sex bribery and collusion with police have been reported to the Anti-...

Mar 5, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Kindergarten association folds to public pressure

The Korea Kindergarten Association on Monday ended the postponement of the start of the spring semester for private preschools across the country. The KKA had declared that the starting date of the s...

Mar 4, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Main opposition party ends boycott of parliament

The main opposition Liberty Korea Party on Monday ended its more than one-month boycott of parliamentary activities. The National Assembly has been idle since Jan. 24 amid tensions over a raft of al...

Mar 4, 2019
Politics
[Newsmaker] Private preschools delay opening of spring semester in protest

Hundreds of private preschools nationwide postponed the start of the spring semester Monday in protest of the government's plan to scrutinize their use of state subsidies to prevent misappropriation....

Mar 4, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] South Korean authorities, private preschools on collision course

The education authorities of Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon warned Sunday that local private schools will face harsh administrative punishments if they press ahead with a collective action to p...

Mar 3, 2019
Education
[Newsmaker] Group claims establishment of NK provisional government

Free Joseon announced Friday that it has established a provisional government for North Korea in an effort to fight against the regime’s abuse of human rights. The group previously claimed it had pr...

Mar 1, 2019
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Russian cargo ship bumps into S. Korean bridge with intoxicated captain

A Russian cargo ship veered off course and bumped into a bridge off the southeast coast of South Korea on Thursday with a drunk captain on board, authorities said. The Korea Coast Guard (KCG) said t...

Feb 28, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Spain investigates incident in North Korean Embassy

MADRID (AP) - Spanish authorities said police were investigating an incident last week at the North Korean Embassy in Madrid in which a woman was hurt and, according to a North Korean government's ai...

Feb 28, 2019
World News
[Newsmaker] 2 short trackers to be suspended from nat'l team after being kicked out of training center

Two short track speed skaters will be suspended from representing the national team after they were expelled from the national training center for violating dormitory rules, an official with South Ko...

Feb 28, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Chung Eui-sun steps up to take full-fledged control of Hyundai Motor

In September, when Hyundai Motor heir apparent Chung Eui-sun was promoted from vice chairman to executive vice chairman, the group was still cautious about acknowledging him as the official new leade...

Feb 27, 2019
Automode
[Newsmaker] Police target Seungri in sex-trade investigation

Seoul police on Tuesday said they had launched an investigation into an allegation that K-pop star Seungri of Big Bang ordered his employees to procure sexual favors for his investors at a nightclub....

Feb 26, 2019
Music
[Newsmaker] Will second screen help LG’s struggling smartphone biz?

With the announcement of the V50 ThinQ phone, one thing has been clear: LG Electronics is out, for now, of the unfolding competition for foldable phones. According to online communities, tech blogge...

Feb 25, 2019
Technology
[Newsmaker] Seoul, Tokyo at odds again over Japan’s participation in maritime exercises

Seoul and Tokyo are at odds over Japan’s participation in planned multinational maritime exercises in spring, raising tension between the two countries already strained by a recent military spat and ...

Feb 24, 2019
Defense

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