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Hyundai Motor eyes 80,000 jobs, W68tr investment at home by 2026
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Korea enters full election mode
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Court upholds jail term for man who attempted to murder ex-girlfriend
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S. Korea to boost support for single-parent families
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Yellow dust engulfs S. Korea, advisory alert issued
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Kia EV9 wins world car of year
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Lee Jong-sup resigns as envoy to Australia
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Gov't disciplinary body recommends toughest penalty for official over controversial comments
The government's disciplinary body on Tuesday recommended the toughest penalty on public servants for an ex-education ministry official over controversial comments.The Central Disciplinary Committee of the Ministry of Personnel Management decided to depose Na Hyang-wook, who was relieved of his duties as the head of the ministry's policy planning bureau last week. On July 9, vernacular daily Kyunghyang Shinmun quoted Na as calling the Korean people "dogs and pigs" during his dinner with the pape
July 19, 2016
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Authorities seek to freeze assets of prosecutor arrested on bribery charges
Authorities are seeking to freeze the assets of a senior prosecutor arrested on charges of taking bribes from a major online game maker.An ad hoc team investigating the case on Tuesday filed for a court order to freeze some 14 billion won ($12.3 million) worth of assets of Jin Kyung-joon. The 49-year-old was put behind bars Sunday on charges of accepting bribes from Nexon Co. and using them for shady stock transactions.The move comes a day after both Justice Minister Kim Hyun-woong and Prosecuto
July 19, 2016
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Hyundai Heavy worker dies in work accident
A South Korean worker hired by the world’s biggest shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries died on Tuesday while working on a shipbuilding project for Norwegian oil company Statoil. The 39-year-old man, surnamed Shin, died after falling off scaffold at 2:20 p.m. He was taken to a nearby hospital, but was pronounced dead two hours later. He sustained injuries to his face and neck as well as fractures in his arms and both legs. A 39-year-old worker, surnamed Shin, died after falling off scaffold at H
July 19, 2016
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Comfort women film to be shown in 13 Japanese cities
A Korean film depicting the tragic lives of women forced into sexual slavery for Japanese troops during World War II will get rotational screening in major Japanese cities starting this week, the film's director said Tuesday."Spirits' Homecoming" will go on a screening tour of 13 Japanese cities beginning with Tokyo on Thursday, according to director Cho Jung-lae.Cho said he changed the way of distributing the film to free community screenings after it failed to find a theater in the country.A s
July 19, 2016
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Marriage losing appeal for Korean women
For Kim Eun-jin, a 36-year-old working mother in South Korea, being at work is her “break.” She gets up at 4:30 a.m. every morning, leaves for work and returns home at about 8:30 p.m. What awaits after her long commute -- she lives in Incheon and works in Seoul -- are dirty dishes and unfolded laundry. She makes dinner, does the dishes, mops the floor and folds the laundry. Then she spends about 30 minutes talking to her kids -- one 8, the other 12 -- who are looked after by Kim’s mother-in-law
July 19, 2016
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Education minister vows personnel reform
A week after the scandal over a high-ranking official’s rant against the general public as “dogs and pigs,” Education Minister Lee Joon-sik said Tuesday that he will carry out drastic personnel reform that would include bringing in outside figures.“It is extremely regretful and I apologize for causing pain among the public,” Lee said in an interview with a local news media. “I will work to recover the trust through carrying out drastic personnel reshuffle.”He explained that he was also consideri
July 19, 2016
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Korea 4th most popular destination for Chinese tourists
Korea ranked fourth after Australia, Japan and Hong Kong among preferred Chinese tourist destinations, an online hotel reservation site said Tuesday. The survey of 3,000 Chinese tourists and officials at about 5,800 hotel-related firms worldwide, conducted by the hotel reservation site Hotels.com, found that 15 percent of respondents said they want to visit Australia. It was followed by 13 percent who selected Japan. Hong Kong was chosen by 11 percent, followed by Korea, which was picked by 7 pe
July 19, 2016
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Lawyer indicted for opening real estate agency
Prosecutors said Tuesday they have indicted a lawyer for opening a realty agency without a license. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said Kong Sung-bae is indicted on charges of violating the Licensed Real Estate Agents Act, which reserves brokerage services exclusively for certified realtors.In December, the 44-year-old launched a website and started advertising Trust Lifestyle, the first real estate agency run by lawyers in South Korea. Under local law, any person who intends to
July 19, 2016
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Man arrested for petty theft of $6
A man was arrested for stealing 7,000 won ($6) from a restaurant, Gwangju Bukbu Police said on Tuesday. According to the police, the 32-year-old surnamed Song went through a great deal of trouble to break in and steal the money from a fried chicken restaurant in Buk-gu, Gwangju, at around 5:20 a.m. on July 12. (Gwangju Bukbu Police)Song covered his head with a yellow plastic bag, jumped over a wall, picked a lock and removed a safe from the restaurant. He accidentally dropped the safe while run
July 19, 2016
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Daycare center employee indicted for abuse
A caretaker at nursery in Seoul was indicted for habitual abuse of children under her care, Dongbu District Prosecutors said Tuesday. The 31-year-old surnamed Shin is accused of hitting seven children around the age of four multiple times between March and May, according to the prosecutors.The youngest victim was two years old. (123RF)Shin allegedly used her hands, a wooden stick, toys and a food tray to hit the children who did not follow her instructions to take a nap or have a meal.She was r
July 19, 2016
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Bus driver blamed for pileup in Yeongdong Expressway
A bus driver is being held responsible for an accident Sunday on the Yeongdong Expressway that claimed four lives and injured 37 people. Police in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, said Tuesday that the driver, aged 57, is presumed to have driven past the regulated maximum speed level. (YTN News Capture)Blackbox recordings showed that the bus sped at 105 kph while the traffic law regulates vehicles on expressways to keep to a maximum speed of 100 kph and safety distance of 100 meters. Bang is also
July 19, 2016
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Korean man gets 4-year jail term for Yasukuni bombing
A Tokyo court handed down a four-year jail term to a Korean man Tuesday for detonating a bomb in a public restroom at a controversial Tokyo war shrine last year, according to media reports. The Tokyo District Court found the 28-year-old suspect, identified only by his surname Chon, guilty of breaking into the premises of the Yasukuni Shrine on Nov. 23 and setting up the bomb in the public restroom, Kyodo News said. Photo shows a South Korean man, identified only by his surname Chon, who has been
July 19, 2016
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Construction worker killed in Seoul building collapse
A construction worker died in a sudden building collapse in Hongeun-dong, Seoul, Monday. The 57-year-old victim surnamed Baek was found unconscious 4 meters from the building exit after a six-hour rescue effort, according to the Seodaemun-gu Fire Department. Baek was taken to hospital but did not survive. (YTN News YouTube Capture)Seodaemun-gu Fire Department had deployed 175 rescue operators to save Baek. However, the operation only began after cutting off the electricity in the adjacent area.
July 19, 2016
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Foundation for former comfort women to be launched next week: source
A foundation dedicated to helping Korean women who were sexually abused by Japan during its colonial occupation period (1910-45) will be launched next week, an informed source said Tuesday.In December, Korea and Japan reached a landmark deal in which Tokyo apologized for its colonial-era atrocities and agreed to provide 1 billion yen ($9.6 million) for the creation of a foundation aimed at supporting the surviving victims, euphemistically called comfort women. "Preparations have been made to lau
July 19, 2016
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Korea to strengthen anti-missile system in Seoul metropolitan area
Korea will beef up its anti-missile system in the Seoul metropolitan areas by 2018 to counter possible missile attacks from North Korea, its defense ministry said Tuesday. The Ministry of National Defense is in the process of upgrading the PAC-2 Patriot anti-missile system at a military base in Gangwon Province into the more effective PAC-3 Patriot system which employs "hit-to-kill" technology that has no warhead, a ministry official said. This undated computer graphic image shows a PAC-2 Patri
July 19, 2016
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Homosexual teens more likely to develop depression, suicidal thoughts: study
South Korea’s gay and lesbian teenagers are more likely to develop substance abuse and suicidal thoughts compared to straight students, a study by a medical institution showed Monday.The study, organized by physicians at the Samsung Medical Center, analyzed survey data on some 129,000 Korean teenagers in grades seven to 12 from 2008-2012. Researchers found that among all participants, a total of 2.306 of them have engaged in sexual or romantic encounters with same-sex individuals. They accounted
July 18, 2016
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One person buried under collapsed building: report
A building collapsed in Hongeun-dong, northeastern Seoul, Monday, leaving a construction worker trapped in the rubble. The three-story building had been undergoing reconstruction when it collapsed at around 2:05 p.m. (YouTube Capture)A 57-year-old construction worker surnamed Baek is reportedly still buried in the wreckage.The fire department is conducting a rescue operation. Two workers and a resident have been taken to hospital with injuries caused by the collapse.By Lim Jeong-yeo (kaylalim@h
July 18, 2016
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Korea to halve electric car charging fee
Korea will cut electric car charging fees by half later this year as part of its efforts to promote the sector as a new growth engine, the trade ministry here said Monday.Electric vehicle owners will pay 60,000 won ($53) to super-charge their cars at on-street public charging points starting from September, down from the current 120,000 won, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.The price for normal charging will also go down to 9,500 won from 19,000 won, the ministry said.The
July 18, 2016
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Naked Sinchon runners banned from leaving country
Two foreign women who raced through the streets of Sinchon naked were booked without detention and banned from leaving the country under charges of public display of obscenity, according to police on Monday. (YouTube Capture)One of the women is from Australia while the other is from the U.S. They are both 21. They had stripped and ran through the popular district on the night of July 7 as a drunken prank. The Seoul Seodaemun-gu Police identified the women as one-month summer school exchange stu
July 18, 2016
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Korea's duty-free shop sales surpass 5 tln won in H1
Sales at Korea's duty-free stores jumped 26.1 percent in the first half of this year from a year ago, helped by a rising influx of Chinese travelers, the customs agency said Monday. The combined revenue of 50 duty-free outlets nationwide was tallied at 5.77 trillion won ($5.07 billion) in the January-June period, surpassing the 5 trillion won mark for the first time, the Korea Customs Service said. If the current trend continues in the latter half, this year's duty-free sales are expected to rea
July 18, 2016