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Hyundai Motor eyes 80,000 jobs, W68tr investment at home by 2026
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Korea enters full election mode
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Dialogue hopes fade as doctors pick hard-liner as new head
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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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Coupang pledges W3tr to expand Rocket Delivery nationwide by 2027
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[Election Battlefield] Political novice to face off star politician in ‘swing district’
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[Herald Interview] Son Suk-ku chooses to be swayed by others in navigating life
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Court upholds jail term for man who attempted to murder ex-girlfriend
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Court rules libel charges for online slander constitutional
The Constitutional Court on Monday ruled that punishing those who post slanderous comments online with libel charges is constitutional. Two individuals, one of them identified by the surname Choi, filed a constitutional appeal after they were fined 1.5 million won ($1,200) for posting defamatory comments online against a businessman who failed to return their investment costs. They claimed that the definition of “slanderous purpose” in the information network law is ambiguous and that the regula
Feb. 29, 2016
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Court orders compensation for victims in manipulated 1981 investigation
A Seoul lower court on Monday ruled that the state must provide partial compensation for victims who were tortured and forced to make false confessions under Korea’s 1980s military dictatorship. Seoul Central District Court handed down the ruling that the government should give 3.3 billion won ($2.66 million) to four victims and their families from the manipulated probe that has been dubbed the “Hakrim” case.(Yonhap)In 1981, the Chun Doo-hwan military government illegally detained and tortured d
Feb. 29, 2016
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New subway train with wider seats to be introduced
The Seoul metropolitan government said Monday it will introduce new subway trains with wider seats beginning late next year. To be first introduced on Seoul subway's No. 2 line, each seat will be widened so that six people can sit in a row instead of the current seven.According to the Seoul city administration and Seoul Metro, each seat will be widened to 480 millimeters from present 450 and made of non-combustible materials.The exterior of the train will feature a white design, according to the
Feb. 29, 2016
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College graduates outside labor force double over 15 years
The number of college graduates outside the labor force has more than doubled over the past 15 years due to a rise in those who gave up looking for jobs amid a prolonged economic slump, government data showed Monday.South Korean college graduates who are neither employed nor unemployed reached 3.35 million in 2015, compared with 1.59 million in 2000, according to the data by Statistic Korea.From a year earlier, the number rose 4.7 percent."Companies recruit fewer workers due to lower global dema
Feb. 29, 2016
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Light aircraft crashes in western Seoul, kills 2
A light aircraft crashed at Gimpo International Airport in western Seoul, sources said Sunday, killing two on board after losing communication shortly after takeoff.Firefighters said the plane crashed in a field within airport grounds around 6:32 p.m., killing the only two people aboard, including the pilot.Seoul Regional Office of Aviation said the cause of the crash has not been identified. The plane belongs to Halla Sky, a local pilot school.Other flights at the airport are operating as sched
Feb. 28, 2016
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Many Korean overseas tourists shirk vaccinations
YonhapAbout 60 percent of South Koreans who visit areas with a high risk of disease do not receive the necessary vaccinations before leaving the country, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Sunday.Upon the request from the KCDC, the Samsung Medical Center in Seoul surveyed some 1,641 Korean travelers at different locations, including the Incheon International Airport and general hospitals, from July to December last year. Among the participants only 35.7 percent of the trav
Feb. 28, 2016
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More young Korean households live in poverty, study shows
YonhapThe proportion of South Korean households with breadwinners aged 34 or under who live below the poverty line increased from 2006 to 2014, an indication that the nation’s welfare programs may have been ineffective, a study showed Sunday.The report, written and published by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, showed that the proportion of Korean households with breadwinners aged 65 or older who live in poverty also increased over the same time period. “The slow economy worldwi
Feb. 28, 2016
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Navy names its seventh 1,800-ton submarine
The Navy said Sunday it has named its seventh 1,800-ton class attack submarine after a South Korean independence fighter who strove to liberate Korea from Japan's colonial rule.The vessel named Hong Beom-do is the seventh edition of the Navy's 1,800-ton diesel-electric attack submarine known as the Type 214. The Son Won-Il submarine, named after South Korea's first navy chief, is the first edition of the Navy's 214-class line. The latest submarine is currently in the final stages of constructio
Feb. 28, 2016
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Salvage team to fence off sunken Sewol ferry
The salvage team for Sewol plans to install an underwater fence around the sunken ferry to ensure that the bodies of missing passengers that may be still inside are not lost during the salvage operation, government officials said Sunday. According to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Chinese state-run Shanghai Salvage Co. -- which leads the consortium that is raising the ferry -- will set up a perimeter around the Sewol by the end of March, prior to salvaging the ship. The fence will be 200
Feb. 28, 2016
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Korean cosmetics' popularity grows in U.S.
South Korea's cosmetics exports to the United States rose at the fastest pace among all sectors last year as the popularity of Korean makeup products grew among American consumers, a report showed Sunday. Korean beauty products sold to the U.S. jumped 70 percent last year, outdoing a 20.4 percent surge of car exports to the world's No. 1 economy, the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) said in a report, without specifying the amount. Korean companies have been rapidly expanding their
Feb. 28, 2016
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Korea to help Philippine police boost investigative capability
South Korea will launch a three-year project with the Philippines to help the Southeast Asian country's police boost their investigative capability, especially in cases involving South Korean nationals living there, the police said Sunday.South Korea plans to invest US$6.6 million for three years starting in 2016 for the project, led here by the Korean National Police Agency and the Korea International Cooperation Agency.Under the project, the South Korean police agency will transfer its investi
Feb. 28, 2016
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Korea most successful in bridging digital divide: survey
People in South Korea have easy access to the Internet regardless of their age, income and educational backgrounds, showing the smallest digital divide in the world, a U.S. research center said Sunday. According to the survey on 45,435 people in 40 nations conducted by the Pew Research Center, South Koreans aged between 18 and 34 all had access to the Internet, while the corresponding figure for the elderly was 92 percent. The gap is far below the 14 percentage points in the United States and 3
Feb. 28, 2016
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Chinese sailor makes illegal entry to S. Korea
South Korea's immigration office said Friday it is searching for a Chinese sailor who illegally entered the country from a port located in western Seoul, marking the third time for immigration security to be breached this year at the area. A 33-year-old Chinese crewman allegedly crossed over a 2.7-meter security fence at the western port city of Incheon at 12:56 a.m. using a 3-meter ladder. Investigators said while the fences have alarms that sound when physical contact is made through infrared
Feb. 26, 2016
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Over half of Koreans negative about migrant workers
(Yonhap)More than half of Koreans have a negative attitude towards foreign workers residing here, a recent survey showed. In a survey by local pollster Gallup Korea, 54 percent of respondents said that the migration of foreign workers to Korea is “not a good thing.” The study was conducted on 1,500 Koreans aged 19 and above. Thirty-nine percent said that it is a “good thing,” which is significantly lower than the 57 percent average across the 69 countries that participated in this global survey.
Feb. 26, 2016
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[Eye] Coping with survivor’s guilt
Two days after the Sewol ferry sinking on April 16, 2014, took away 304 lives, mostly students on a school trip, one of the survivors was found dead in an apparent suicide.It was the vice principal of Danwon High School in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, where most of the student victims had attended. He left a note saying he could not bear living while over 200 of his students were still missing. Since the Sewol tragedy, three other surviving students as well as Kim Dong-soo, 51, who saved more than
Feb. 26, 2016
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Spending on private education hits record high in 2015
South Korea’s monthly spending on private education per child hit a record high in 2015, with seven out of 10 students taking private lessons, government data showed Friday. According to the survey by Statistics Korea and the Ministry of Education, 68.8 percent of students across the nation received private tutoring last year, up 0.2 percent from a year earlier.(Yonhap)The average amount spent was 244,000 won ($197), up 1 percent from the previous year. However excluding those not receiving priv
Feb. 26, 2016
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Toxic humidifier disinfectant firm refutes product harmfulness
The manufacturer of the toxic humidifier disinfectant that allegedly caused lung damages to 126 people and killed 95, refuted the health impact of its product with experiment data, prosecutors said Friday. The special probe team of the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office said that it has received a product harmfulness test result from Reckitt Benckiser, which produced Oxy Ssak Ssak, the disinfectant used by about 70 percent of the victims. The test result, which was independently conducte
Feb. 26, 2016
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Court backs ban against protest near U.S. Embassy
A local court has rejected an injunction seeking to stop police from banning one-man protests in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, court records showed Friday.Five progressive lawyers had taken the legal action after the Jongno district police force prevented them from taking turns staging one-man protests last week over the potential deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system.The police physically denied the lawyers access to the front of the embassy.The Seoul Central District Cour
Feb. 26, 2016
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South Korean men in 50s most lenient on violence:study
In South Korea, older men with relatively low education levels are more lenient towards social violence, especially sexual harassment, while younger women with post-secondary education tend to be the most intolerant of violence, a study showed Thursday. People respond differently to violence based on their gender, education levels and age, and young women in their 20s with university degrees are most sensitive to abuse including sexual violence, showed a report released by the Gender Ministry.
Feb. 25, 2016
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Korea opens new health center in Peru
South Korea's state international aid agency said Thursday it has opened a new health center in Lima, Peru, to provide medical assistance and cooperation to the South American country.The new health care center is the eighth of its kind that the South Korean government has set up in Peru free of charge since 1992, according to the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).KOICA said the modern health center named "Santa Luzmila Mother and Child Center" opened in Comas, in the northern outsk
Feb. 25, 2016