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[AtoZ into Korean mind] Humor in Korea: Navigating the line between what's funny and not
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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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Yoon seeks rebound, taps 5-term lawmaker as chief of staff
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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Medical standoff deepens as doctors reject new med school plan, talks
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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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[Herald Interview] Why Toss invited hackers to penetrate its system
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S. Korea calls on Japan to confront history amid Yasukuni Shrine visit
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S. Korean envoys convene to navigate strategy amid Middle East tensions
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N. Korea sends economic delegation to Iran amid suspected military cooperation
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Former chief of Oxy Korea summoned in toxic sterilizer probe
A former chief of the South Korean unit of Oxy Reckitt Benckiser was summoned for the second time by Seoul prosecutors on Monday to face questioning over suspicions that the British firm sold humidifier sterilizers that resulted in numerous deaths and illnesses here.Former chief executive officer (CEO) Shin Hyun-woo appeared before the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in southern Seoul as a suspect in the snowballing case that involves numerous deaths since 2011, including some pregnan
May 9, 2016
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Korea to hold regular high-level talks with China's Jiangsu Province
South Korea and China's Jiangsu Province, one of the most popular Chinese destinations for Korean investors, agreed to set up a regular high-level consultative channel to discuss ways to enhance bilateral economic and commerce cooperation, the trade ministry here said Monday.South Korean Trade Minister Joo Hyung-hwan and Jiangsu Province Gov. Shi Taifeng signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on trade cooperation in Seoul, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. Jiangsu Prov
May 9, 2016
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Study shows birth defects on increase
Cases of congenital anomalies have been increasing among newborns, with defects in the urinary system showing a marked rise, study results by a team that has been tracking the issue indicated Monday.Out of 100 babies born, 5.5 were found to have birth defects, according to the research team at Inha University's College of Medicine. The team studied 403,250 babies born in 2009-2010 in seven major cities, based on health insurance applications. The findings were published in the newest edition of
May 9, 2016
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Korea dismisses Kim's calls for inter-Korean military talks as insincere
South Korea on Monday dismissed North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's proposal for cross-border military talks as "insincere," urging Pyongyang to move toward its denuclearization.During a key congress of the North's ruling Workers' Party of Korea late last week, Kim made the overture, saying "talks and negotiations" between the two militaries are needed for peace and reunification of the Korean Peninsula."It is hard to believe that there is sincerity in its offer of military talks given that the No
May 9, 2016
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Ukrainian arrested for maritime hit-and-run
A 63-year-old Ukrainian captain was detained on Sunday for a hit-and-run case at sea. According to the Ministry of Public Safety and Security’s Yeosu maritime branch, the man is being accused of sailing a 62,000-ton Singaporean oil tanker that collided with a four-ton fishing vessel on Thursday, 17 kilometers east off Ando-ri, Nam-myeon, of South Jeolla Province’s Yeosu City.The 62,000-ton oil tanker. (Yonhap)The fishing vessel’s captain fell into the sea due to the collision and was found dead
May 9, 2016
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Pimps extort money from Chinese prostitute
Two Korean pimps who extorted money from a Chinese prostitute after she expressed her desire to quit her job were detained on Monday in Busan. According to the Busanjin police, the two 27-year-old pimps, surnamed Kim and Yeo, had allegedly deceived the 37-year-old Chinese woman by saying that they would help her get to the airport and instead driving her to a rural mountain in Jinju city, South Gyeongsang Province, where they took 18 million won ($15,430) from her. (123RF)The woman spent the nig
May 9, 2016
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False alarm over white powder on Mount Daemosan
A false biochemical terrorism alarm was raised Sunday after a foreigner was spotted sprinkling white powder on Seoul’s Mount Daemosan. However, the powder was found to be flour, which the foreigner was using to marking the path for a cross-country run. According to the Suseo police, a middle-aged Korean man reported the case around midday, saying, “A foreigner sprinkled white powder on trees and rocks at the mountain peak and ran down. The powder looks like anthrax I saw on TV.”(123RF)The man h
May 9, 2016
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Humidifier sterilizers raise risks for lung damage by 116 times
Years of exposure to humidifier sterilizers increased the risk for severe lung damage in users by 116 times more than in those not exposed to the chemicals, a state health agency said Sunday. In August 2011, when the government acknowledged a connection between lung problems and the chemicals used to clean household humidifiers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began a survey to investigate the levels of lung damage in 16 people who argued their condition was due to the hu
May 9, 2016
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Korea, U.S. to hold talks on energy security Tuesday
South Korea and the United States will hold working-level talks on energy security in Washington D.C. this week, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said Sunday, a move to enhance the allies' coordination over their energy and climate change policies.The third "Energy Security Dialogue" will be held on Tuesday (Washington time), led by Lee Hyung-jong, director-general for climate change, energy and environmental affairs at the Foreign Ministry, and Mary Warlick, U.S. principal deputy assistant secretary of
May 9, 2016
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Foreign couple dies after falling from rooftop
A foreign couple died after they accidentally fell from the rooftop of a three-story building in central Seoul while they were kissing each other, police said Sunday.The Yongsan Police Station said that at around 2 a.m. on Sunday, a 31-year-old American man and a 26-year-old South African woman dropped from the rooftop of their house in Itaewon. Police are now trying to ascertain the exact cause of their death. But they believe that chances are little that they were pushed by someone.Witnesses s
May 9, 2016
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Seoul rejects N.K.'s dialogue offer as proposal with no sincerity
South Korea said Sunday that North Korea's offer for inter-Korean dialogue is merely a propaganda ploy that lacks sincerity, calling on Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons program.North Korean leader Kim Jong-un proposed holding military talks between the two Koreas in a bid to ease tensions along their tense border at the congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) which kicked off on Friday, according to the North's state-run media.South Korea's unification ministry rejected the North's
May 9, 2016
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[Graphic News] Koreans prefer adopting girls
A total of 1,057 South Korean children were adopted last year, with domestic adoption continuing to show the tendency of preferring girls over boys.The Ministry of Health and Welfare said that the number of adopted children declined slightly from 1,172 in 2014. Last year, Korean parents adopted 683 children, up from the 637 in 2014. Fewer South Korean children, however, were adopted overseas in 2015 -- 374 compared to 535 the previous year. Of those adopted in Korea, 67.5 percent were girls whil
May 8, 2016
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Fewer Koreans feel responsible for aging parents
Fewer Koreans believe that grown-up children should be responsible emotionally and financially to care for their aging parents, a study showed Sunday. According to the report released by the Korean Women’s Development Institute, 16.6 percent of Koreans said in a survey conducted in 2014 that an individual is responsible to finance their own post-retirement years. It showed a 1.7-fold increase from 9.6 percent in 2002. At the same time, the number of those who think family members, including gr
May 8, 2016
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Attempted rapist gets suspended sentence
A man who attempted to rape a woman who had agreed to have sexual relations in return for money was handed down 30 months in prison with four years’ stay of execution on Sunday. The man, aged 33 and surnamed Kim, became violent when the 23-year-old woman who met him at a motel room asked for the cash up-front. (123RF)The Jeonju district court said, “This crime resulted from Kim’s misguided belief that it was acceptable to disregard a woman’s sexual autonomy if she agreed to have sexual relation
May 8, 2016
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Fake Harvard graduate arrested for fraud
A man who had been on the run after duping women with a false identity as a Harvard graduate has been caught after four years. The Yeongdeungpo police said Sunday they arrested the man, 61 and surnamed Cheon, on charges of fraud. (123RF)Cheon had appropriated roughly 40 million won ($34,200) from three women he had met through an online chatting site in 2011. The women, all in their forties, did not suspect anything when Cheon lied to them about his age, saying he was 10 years younger than he r
May 8, 2016
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Court denies psychological damage from military mission
A reserve military officer, who had served in Iraq and was in charge of bringing back the body of a South Korean who was beheaded by terrorists in 2004, was rejected in his application to be considered a man of national merit, a status that confers state benefits.Sources from the Seoul Administrative Court said Sunday that the man, whose identity was withheld, had filed a suit against the Nambu District Office of Patriots and Veterans Affairs to withdraw their refusal to recognize him as a man o
May 8, 2016
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Ruling party to push for hearing on Oxy case
The ruling Saenuri Party decided Sunday to push for a hearing on the toxic humidifier disinfectant case after the prosecutorial probe is completed.After holding talks with the government, the party also decided to keep open the option of holding an audit against involved companies and government organizations if the hearing fails to fully clarify the wrongdoings related to the tragedy that left more than a hundred people dead after using the products containing toxic substances.The party will al
May 8, 2016
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Rooftop tragedy in Itaewon
A couple fell to their death while kissing on a rooftop in Itaewon on Sunday.According to the Yongsan police, at around 2 a.m., a 31-year-old man from the United States and a 26-year-old woman from South Africa accidentally fell from a three-story building while kissing precariously close to the banister. (Yonhap TV Capture)Witnesses have reported that the woman fell first and the man, while attempting to catch her, fell after her. The two were taken to the hospital but did not survive due to h
May 8, 2016
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Daebudo murder suspect’s full identity goes public
Police on Saturday arrested Jo Sung-ho, the suspect in a case involving a dismembered body found in Daebudo Island at Gyeonggi province’s Ansan city last month, revealing his full name and face to the public in a rare occurrence. Jo, 30, appeared for his arrest warrant hearing without a mask covering his face. His name and other details were revealed after the warrant was issued. Jo's Facebook account is now deactivated. (Jo Sung-ho's Facebook)The police said the degree of brutality of the crime
May 8, 2016
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Korea reports 4th confirmed case of Zika virus
The fourth case of a Zika virus infection in South Korea has been found in a 25-year-old woman who recently came back from a trip to Vietnam, local health authorities said Saturday.The unmarried woman, whose identity was withheld, worked in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam from April 10-30 and entered South Korea on May 1, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.She visited a hospital in the western port city of Incheon on May 4 to treat a chronic thyroid gland problem after having
May 7, 2016