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[Newsmaker] Former ‘comfort woman,’ women’s activist Kim Bok-dong dies

Kim Bok-dong, a South Korean victim of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II and a symbol of the fight against wartime violence, died late Monday, bringing the number of survivo...

Jan 29, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] US charges Huawei in technology theft, sanctions violations

The US Justice Department on Monday unveiled sweeping charges against Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei in two cases likely to ratchet up tensions between the two superpowers -- including that ...

Jan 29, 2019
World News
[Newsmaker] New twists and turns in case against JTBC chief

Sohn Suk-hee, the president of cable channel JTBC and a popular news anchor, offered company money to keep a freelance journalist from going public about an assault Sohn allegedly committed, a vernac...

Jan 28, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Ex-Supreme Court chief hires another lawyer in preparation for legal battle

Former Supreme Court Chief Yang Sung-tae, currently in detention, has hired another lawyer to prepare for what will be a tough legal battle over allegations that he politically influenced trials to l...

Jan 27, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Govt. to launch special probe team to investigate sexual violence in sports

The South Korean government said Friday it will launch a special probe team to look into sexual violence and other human rights violations in the country's sports community, following a series of cla...

Jan 25, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Seoul focuses on military elements in friction over Japanese warplanes

Seoul is focusing on the military aspects of inappropriate actions by Japanese military planes, in an apparent move to avoid the matter being politicized by Tokyo, following another close-proximity f...

Jan 24, 2019
Defense
[Newsmaker] Korea eyes artificial rain in fine dust fight

South Korea plans to conduct this year’s first artificial rain experiment over the Yellow Sea on Friday, as part of efforts to tackle fine dust pollution amid growing concerns over public health. ...

Jan 23, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Appeals court upholds another wartime forced labor victim's compensation claim

A Seoul appellate court on Wednesday upheld another compensation claim by an elderly South Korean victim of Japan's wartime forced labor, ordering Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. to pay her 100 million won ($8...

Jan 23, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Human rights watchdog to set up independent monitoring system to root out sexual violence in sports community

Following rampant allegations of sexual misconduct by authority figures in the skating community, the chief of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea on Tuesday vowed to establish an independe...

Jan 22, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Seoul to expand Gwanghwamun Square, create underground path by 2021

The Seoul Metropolitan Government is to expand Gwanghwamun Square 3.7-fold, create an underground passage connecting major spots in central Seoul and make the area a public transport hub, according t...

Jan 21, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Korea calls on Japan to halt 'inappropriate' media campaign over radar dispute

South Korea's defense ministry on Monday renewed its calls for Japan to stop an "inappropriate media campaign" over a military radar dispute, with Tokyo poised to reveal fresh evidence that is likely...

Jan 21, 2019
Defense
[Newsmaker] Lawmaker accused of real estate speculation quits ruling party

Rep. Sohn Hye-won of the ruling Democratic Party on Sunday cut ties with the party over alleged property speculation, but nevertheless vigorously denied the allegations. Sohn maintained her initial ...

Jan 20, 2019
Politics
[Newsmaker] Seoul court orders Japanese firm to compensate forced laborers in separate ruling

South Korea’s appeals court upheld on Friday a lower court ruling ordering a Japanese company to compensate a group of Koreans forced into labor during Japan’s 1910-45 occupation of the Korean Penins...

Jan 18, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Seoul-Tokyo radar tussle spreads to YouTube

While the ongoing clash between Seoul and Tokyo over a recent radar incident at sea shows no signs of abating, it has also triggered controversy on YouTube, with the defense ministries of the two cou...

Jan 17, 2019
Defense
[Newsmaker] Court dismisses indictments against Jeju massacre survivors after over 70 years

The district court on the southern island of Jeju on Thursday dismissed the charges against over a dozen survivors of a bloody 1948-1954 government-civilian clash, effectively ruling them not guilty ...

Jan 17, 2019
Social affairs

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