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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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Korea’s top university lags behind in global indicators
Seoul National University, one of Korea‘s leading universities, needs to spur efforts to further internationalize if it wants to rise in global rankings, the SNU board of trustees said Monday. On Monday, a team of 12 SNU researchers headed by professor Ye Sung-joon of the Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, submitted a project report that analyzed the number of joint international research initiatives conducted by SNU and its implications in global university rankings.The fron
April 4, 2016
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Police officer sprayed with burning acid
A police officer was sprayed with a corrosive chemical solution, currently presumed to be hydrochloric acid, at Seoul Gwanak Police Station, Monday morning, by a woman who visited the station to file a civil complaint. (Yonhap)Police said the woman, surnamed Jeon, 37, assaulted an officer of the Cyber Investigation Team on the third floor of the police station at around 8:45 a.m.The attacked officer, surnamed Park, was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. In the process of restraining the w
April 4, 2016
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Court upholds ban on political advertising
The Constitutional Court ruled Sunday that a ban on election campaign advertising by individuals on mass media was constitutional.In a vote of six to three, the top court voted in favor of the current Public Official Election Act, saying that its blanket ban on election-related ads was legitimate. (Yonhap)“Political campaigns through mass media are more influential than printouts and thus more likely to affect the fairness of elections,” the court said.“Also, excessive competition may lead to an
April 3, 2016
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[FEATURE INTERVIEW] Incest victims fight back against abusers in South Korea
When Kim Mi-eun was in middle school, she accidentally read a story about an incest victim in a newspaper. That’s when she realized she had been constantly raped by her father, who had told her to keep their “playing sessions” a secret. “I’d been abused by my father since I was a first-grader, and it lasted for 12 years,” Kim told The Korea Herald. “During sex education classes at school, they teach you to run away when a stranger tries to sexually abuse you. But they don’t specifically tell yo
April 3, 2016
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South Korea warns on Japanese encephalitis
South Korea issued a nationwide warning on Japanese encephalitis Sunday, urging the public to take precautionary measures including vaccination. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the warning in response to discovery of the culex tritaeniorhynchus, a species of mosquito that carries the virus, in South Jeolla Province and Jejudo Island. The virus is the leading cause of vaccine-preventable encephalitis in Asia. Most human infections are asymptomatic or result in only mil
April 3, 2016
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South Korean tobacco companies oppose new warning stickers
South Korean tobacco-makers and retailers expressed their opposition to the Health Ministry’s new antismoking policies, which require all firms to fix health-warning illustrations on their cigarette products, claiming the government is interfering with their rights to product design. The new measures, scheduled to be implemented starting later this year, requires health warnings consisting of text and images to be printed on the top 50 percent of the front panels of all cigarette packages. Also
April 3, 2016
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Prosecution to summon firms behind toxic disinfectant
(Yonhap)The prosecution said Sunday it will summon four humidifier disinfectant makers later this month, on suspicion that their products triggered lung damages which resulted in the loss of 143 lives.The four humidifier disinfectant makers include a leading household manufacturer Oxy Ssak Ssak, Cefu, local supermarket chain Homeplus, and Lotte Mart’s in-house brand Wiselect.Their products contained polyhexamethylene guanidine phosphate, a chemical known to have powerful sterilizing power compar
April 3, 2016
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Gov't to establish gene bank for families of forced laborers
The government said Sunday it is pushing to set up a gene bank for the bereaved families of Koreans who were forced to work for Japan under its 1910-45 colonial rule.The Ministry of the Interior said it is planning to launch the gene database project next year and has sent the plan to the Ministry of Strategy and Finance for a budget review.The genetic data would help the verification of the victims who were buried without a proper funeral arrangement or a grave.The genetic test process is estim
April 3, 2016
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New high school entrants to decrease by over 100,000 by 2018
The number of students entering high schools in South Korea is forecast to dip by more than 100,000 over the next two years, a government report said Sunday, signaling an upcoming demographic upheaval caused by the nation's falling birthrate.The Ministry of Education said the number of new entrants into high schools nationwide will fall to 526,895 in 2017, down about 70,000 from this year's 596,066.According to the ministry's prediction, the figure will again decrease by about 63,900 to 462,990
April 3, 2016
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Cambodia-bound plane makes unscheduled landing on Jeju due to radar problems
An Air Busan plane bound for Cambodia from South Korea's Busan made an unscheduled landing on Jeju Island after its weather radar malfunctioned, airport and airline officials said Sunday.The low-cost carrier's A321-200 plane with about 180 passengers and crew left Gimhae International Airport at 8:05 p.m. for Cambodia on Saturday but detected an unusual signal demanding a checkup of its weather radar 1 1/2 hours later, the officials said.After deciding to turn around, the plane landed at Jeju In
April 3, 2016
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Online indecent proposal leads to heartbreak, headaches
A man posing as a woman in order to prompt obscene messages from people he met online and blackmail them was arrested Friday, according to Busan Saha-gu Police. In December 2015, a sexually suggestive offer was posted to controversial online hook-up site and den of sexual deviancies Sora.net. “Swear at me. I like being talked down to. I’ll sleep with those who send me their naked photos, ‘first-come, first-served.’ If you have any wits you’ll figure out how to reach me,” a post written from an a
April 1, 2016
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Woman disposes of dead newborn in subway station
A Vietnamese woman was arrested on Friday for disposing the body of her dead newborn at a subway station in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province. “I thought if I leave the body in a subway station, one of many passing people would find him and give him a funeral,” said the 19-year-old mother in her testimony to the Uijeongbu police. The woman, on CCTV recording. (Yonhap)The woman enrolled at a university in Korea in January as a language school student. At the time of her arrival, she was six months pre
April 1, 2016
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International St. Mary’s Hospital to have joint operation with UAE’s Royal Hospital
Catholic Kwandong University International St. Mary’s Hospital said Friday it has sealed an agreement with Royal Hospital in Sharjah of the United Arab Emirates for a joint operation, paving way for advancement into the Middle East.The two sides signed a memorandum of understanding on March 23.The ceremony was attended by H.H Sheikh Faisal bin Khalid Mohammad Al Qasimi, the chairman of Royal Hospital, Robinder Singh MD, the CEO of Royal Hospital, Dr. Park Moon-seo, the secretary-general of Inche
April 1, 2016
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Quarantine measures for foregin vessels splishod
Foreign vessels detected to be harboring pathogens were found to have moved from one local fishing port to another without any quarantine measures taken, officials said Friday.According to the Health and Welfare Ministry’s audit reports for the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Quarantine Station, a total of 66 foreign ships contaminated with pathogens moved through local ports in 2014. More than 205 ships stationed in Korea were also excluded from quarantine cont
April 1, 2016
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Wallet thief falls in love with victim, gets arrested
A thief in Korea was arrested after falling for the girl from whom he had stolen a purse.The 21-year-old university student, surnamed Sohn, had stolen the teenager’s purse, which had been left on a bench in front of a public toilet at the Busan subway station Nampo. Busan Jungbu Police Station (Yonhap)Sohn had gone through the purse and found 100,000 won ($87) and the identity card of the 16-year-old high school student, whose surname is Kang. He was smitten by her picture. A quick online searc
April 1, 2016
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Korean military vows to prevent spread of Zika virus
South Korea's defense ministry said Friday it has ordered its troops to step up efforts to prevent the outbreak of the Zika virus after the country confirmed its first case in March.The military's move came as a 43-year-old man tested positive for the mosquito-borne virus last month after he traveled to Brazil and confirmed he was bitten by a mosquito during his trip."The government ordered the ministry on Thursday to strengthen efforts to effectively deal with the virus as mosquitoes start to b
April 1, 2016
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Court rules ban on prostitution constitutional
The Constitutional Court ruled in favor of the country’s antiprostitution law Thursday. In a 6-to-3 ruling, the court confirmed the legality of the antiprostitution law that punishes both those who voluntarily sell and buy sex, citing the need to repress the demand for prostitution. The verdict came three years after the top court began to review the act to rule whether it violates voluntary sex workers’ freedom to choose their job and what to do with their own bodies. “Demand for the sex trade
March 31, 2016
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Plastic waste a problem in rural Korean areas
Plastic waste is causing environmental hazards in agricultural towns in the Korean countryside, as more than half of the waste is abandoned in empty fields, data showed Thursday.In the winter, those in farming villages wrap greenhouses with plastic to prevent crops such as peppers, onions and garlic from freezing. The plastic also works as a protection from weeds. Despite serious environmental issues such as soil pollution, the number of farmers abandoning used sheets of plastic on the ground ha
March 31, 2016
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Smell latest bugbeat for apartment residents
An estimated more than two-thirds of South Koreans live in apartments, and living in such close proximity has often caused disputes between neighbors over noise and more recently – odors wafting over from nearby homes. A post on an online community went viral recently: “Is eating samgyeopsal (roasted pork belly) at home a problem?”It was written by an apartment resident in Seoul, who said that he had felt insulted when his neighbor who lives upstairs made a fuss because he had cooked samgyeopsal
March 31, 2016
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Korea pushes to protect teachers from violence
The Korean government is pushing to better protect teachers’ rights amid a series of violent incidents that have threatened their safety and authority. The Education Ministry said it would run four healing support centers for teachers on a trial basis as part of its efforts to support the mental treatment of those who suffer abuse by students. The photo shows a contract teacher being hit by his students with a broom during class in December in Incheon, Gyeonggi Province. YonhapStarting in Daejeo
March 31, 2016