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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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Over 9,000 hotline calls made by stalking victims in 2023
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Monthly users on local streaming platforms outpace Netflix, Disney+
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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Seoul to promote luxurious side of the city
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Saenuri mulls DP’s negotiation offer
The two main rival parties may form a four-member negotiating group to narrow their differences on outstanding issues, with the ruling Saenuri Party saying that it will decide on the matter in three to four days. The suggestion, proposed by Democratic Party chairman Rep. Kim Han-gil at a meeting with Saenuri Party leader Rep. Hwang Woo-yea, comes as the two sides seek a way out of months-long parliamentary deadlock. If agreed to, the group will also include Saenuri floor leader Rep. Choi Kyung-h
Nov. 25, 2013
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Rival party leaders to meet over parliamentary impasse
The top leaders of the ruling and main opposition parties agreed Monday to meet for talks on an ongoing parliamentary impasse over the state's alleged intervention in last year's presidential race.Rep. Kim Han-gil, the chairman of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP), proposed the talks with his ruling Saenuri Party counterpart Hwang Woo-yea earlier in the day, saying the two sides should work to prevent increasing political chaos.Hwang accepted the offer, and the two leaders agreed to meet
Nov. 25, 2013
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China begins work to set up monument for Korean independence fighter
BEIJING (Yonhap News) -- China has started work to set up a monument honoring a revered Korean independence fighter who assassinated a prominent Japanese colonial leader in 1909, a diplomatic source said Sunday.Ahn Jung-geun shot to death the Korean Peninsula's first Japanese governor-general, Hirobumi Ito, in Harbin, China, in October 1909. A year later, he was executed at a Japanese prison in the northern Chinese city of Ryojun, now called Lushun.South Korea and China have been working to set
Nov. 24, 2013
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Parties clash over priests’ remarks against Park
Controversial remarks by a group of progressive priests on Friday are adding fuel to ongoing political bickering between the ruling and opposition parties. The Catholic Priests’ Association for Justice, at a Mass in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, called on President Park Geun-hye to resign over the alleged irregularities in last year’s presidential election. Main opposition Democratic Party spokesperson Park Yong-jin in a statement on Saturday called for the ruling party and Cheong Wa Dae to hee
Nov. 24, 2013
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[Newsmaker] Priests stir row over Yeonpyeongdo, election
A left-wing Catholic priest sparked controversy with remarks that apparently sympathized with North Korea’s shelling of a South Korean border island three years ago. During a mass on Friday, the Catholic Priests’ Association for Justice also demanded the resignation of President Park Geun-hye and called her election last year illegal. The priests club, based on voluntary membership, has been at the center of Korea’s pro-democracy movement since the 1970s. “We can only conclude that a president w
Nov. 24, 2013
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New evidence shows Japan’s violence against Koreans in 1923 massacre
Japanese vigilantes and some military personnel exercised extreme brutality during the massacre of Koreans after the 1923 earthquake in Kanto, Japan, newly found records show. According to the Independence Hall of Korea and the National Archives, the details were found in the lists of Korean victims of Japan’s 1910 to 1945 occupation of Korea. The documents, compiled in the 1950s, were found at the Korean embassy in Tokyo in June, as the mission prepared to relocate. The lists, divided into over
Nov. 24, 2013
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Defense ministry slams Catholic priest for remarks on N. Korea
The defense ministry lashed out at a Catholic priest Sunday for defending North Korea in its attacks against South Korea three years ago, saying his remarks were an affront to the military and the victims' families.Park Chang-sin, a senior Catholic priest, claimed during a sermon on Friday that North Korea should open fire if South Korea and the United States continue to hold joint military exercises near the South's western maritime border with the North, called the Northern Limit Line (NLL).He
Nov. 24, 2013
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Political parties at odds over Catholic mass calling for president's resignation
Rival political parties on Saturday wrangled over a special mass organized by the left-leaning Catholic Priests' Association for Justice that called for the resignation of President Park Geun-hye.The gathering held at the southwestern city of Gunsan demanded that Park take responsibility for the alleged intervention in last year's presidential race by the country's spy agency.The ruling Saenuri Party lashed out at the priests by pointing out that they are effectively rejecting the legitimacy of
Nov. 23, 2013
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Catholic priests hold mass to demand president's resignation
More than 400 people attended a special mass held by Catholic priests on Friday urging President Park Geun-hye to step down, just hours after the presidential office expressed displeasure at their move.Members of the left-leaning Catholic Priests' Association for Justice gathered in the southwestern city of Gunsan for the mass demanding Park take responsibility for the state agencies' alleged intervention in last year's presidential race to sway the election in her favor. "We can only conclude t
Nov. 22, 2013
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Korea sends another $20m to the Philippines
Seoul officials on Friday announced plans to send an additional $20 million in aid to the typhoon-ravaged Philippines.The assistance will come in the form of Official Development Assistance funds, to be dealt out across three years beginning in 2014.Specific schemes for the money’s use have not been set, but the Korea International Cooperation Agency, which handles aid programs to foreign countries, will use it for reconstruction work in the Southeast Asian nation. According to Seoul’s Foreign M
Nov. 22, 2013
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Korea, Laos to bolster resources cooperation
President Park Geun-hye held summit talks with visiting Lao President Choummaly Sayasone on Friday, where they agreed to expand development aid for wider Korean advancement into the natural-resource-abundant Southeast Asian country.This was the first visit by the president of Laos to South Korea since the two countries rekindled diplomatic ties in 1995. The relations, initially forged in 1974, were severed in 1975 upon Laos’ communization.The two leaders agreed that mutual cooperation would furt
Nov. 22, 2013
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N. Korea calls on China to return escapees
North Korea called on China Friday to return its citizens who were caught trying to flee to another country, and denounced South Korea and the United States for trying to lure and kidnap its people.The spokesman for the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea (CPRK) said Pyongyang has urged the "related country" to reject anti-DPRK actions being pursued by Seoul and Washington, and return its citizens according to international law. DPRK stands for the Democratic People's Republic of K
Nov. 22, 2013
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Seoul plans to send troops to typhoon-hit Philippines
The Seoul government seeks to send hundreds of troops to help the Philippines rebuild after the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan, one of the worst natural disasters ever to hit the archipelago state.At a security policy coordination meeting on Thursday, senior government officials made the decision to dispatch military engineering and medical personnel, which requires approval from the Cabinet and the National Assembly.On Wednesday night, the Philippines made the request for the troop dispatch via
Nov. 21, 2013
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[Newsmaker] Lists highlight record-keeping negligence
Korea’s inefficient record keeping system has come under the spotlight again with the discovery of decades-old documents at its embassy in Tokyo, which contain details of nearly 230,000 colonial-era Korean victims. In June, embassy officials discovered two dust-covered boxes containing lists of those killed after the March 1, 1919 independence movement, and the 1923 earthquake in Kanto, Japan. The lists, compiled in the 1950s, had been sitting in a backroom and only discovered during the process
Nov. 21, 2013
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Presidential official dismissed for accepting gift certificate
A presidential staffer has been removed from his post recently after he was found to have been entertained with golf and accepted a gift certificate from businesses, an official said Thursday.The ex-staffer, who had worked under the senior economic affairs secretary, was sent back to his original ministry about a month ago after the misconduct was uncovered during a routine disciplinary inspection, the official said on the condition of anonymity.The gift certificate was found in his desk drawer,
Nov. 21, 2013
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Prosecution finds more evidence of online NIS election activity
The prosecution announced Thursday that National Intelligence Service agents posted around 1.21 million tweets with the intention of swaying last year’s parliamentary and presidential elections.The additional findings are expected to intensify the on-going political clash over the state agencies’ suspected illegal electioneering in favor of then-ruling Saenuri Party candidate, President Park Geun-hye.A special investigation team of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said that all the
Nov. 21, 2013
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Saenuri race to challenge Seoul mayor heats up
The race within the ruling Saenuri Party to challenge incumbent Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon is heating up months ahead of next year’s election.Winning the Seoul mayoral election ― often called a “miniature presidential race” ― is considered the most crucial task in the local elections in June, when new mayors, governors, educational superintendents, and local council members across the country will be picked simultaneously.“As Seoul is the capital and less swayed by regionalism, the outcome of the
Nov. 20, 2013
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Nov. 20, 2013
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Park’s insistence on welfare pick adds fuel to political feud
The already fraught relations between the ruling and opposition parties appear likely to deteriorate, with President Park Geun-hye expected to push through her appointments for prosecutor general and welfare minister.On Tuesday, the presidential office asked the National Assembly to provide confirmation hearing reports on Minister of Health and Welfare-nominee Moon Hyung-pyo and Prosecutor General-nominee Kim Jin-tae by Wednesday. If the reports are not sent to the presidential office by the req
Nov. 20, 2013
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‘North Korea appears at a level to build uranium-based bombs’
Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin said Wednesday that North Korea appears to have reached a technological level to build uranium-based atomic bombs, which threatens regional peace and stability.During a parliamentary interpellation session, the minister also said Pyongyang is thought to be currently “test-operating” its nuclear reactor in the Yongbyon complex rather than having resumed its full-scale operation.“We are keeping close tabs on North Korean movements to find out whether they would restar
Nov. 20, 2013