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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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Gov't appears to shelve punitive measures against mass walkout by doctors
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Govt. asks hospitals to mitigate impact of medical professors' absence
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Doggy patrol team on the move to protect their cities
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S. Korea's working-age population to dip nearly 10m by 2044 amid low births
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Samsung mocks Apple over iPhone alarm glitch
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Angels of Sorok Island awarded Korean citizenship
Two nuns from Austria were awarded certificates of honorary South Korean citizenship Wednesday in recognition of their contributions to the country through more than 40 years of caring for leprosy patients, government officials said.The Justice Ministry conferred citizenship on sisters Marianne Stoeger, 82, and Margareta Pissar, 81, who have treated leprosy patients on South Korea's most famous leper colony of Sorok Island off the country's southern coast. Stoeger attended a ceremony at the mini
June 8, 2016
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Lawmakers' military exemption rate hovers below nat'l average
The percentage of lawmakers in the new National Assembly who were exempted from serving in the military has fallen below the national average, data showed Wednesday, a development that reflects growing demand that elected officials fulfill their obligations before asking for votes.Of the 249 male lawmakers in the 20th National Assembly who were elected in the April 13 polls, 208 had fulfilled their military duties, with the exemption rate standing at 16.5 percent, the Military Manpower Administr
June 8, 2016
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Victims of toxic chemicals call for safer society
Activists and families of toxic humidifier victims held a joint news conference on Tuesday with an advocacy group representing families of Samsung employees who contracted diseases or died, calling for a safer society.At the joint event held outside Samsung’s headquarters in southern Seoul, the participants denounced “conglomerates’ profit-focused practices and the government’s inaction,” which they saw as the major reason behind hundreds of deaths related to industries.EXPANDING PROTEST -- Memb
June 7, 2016
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Korean working mothers struggle due to lack of reliable child care support: study
More than 40 percent of South Korean working mothers who quit their jobs last year said it was because they did not have a reliable person or service to look after their children while they were at work, a government study showed Monday.The study, organized by the Korea Institute of Child Care and Education for the Welfare Ministry, surveyed 2,593 Korean households with children nationwide last year. Among the participants, 31.4 percent said they had quit their jobs to focus on caring for their
June 7, 2016
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Ministry to strengthen safety of teachers in remote areas after gang rape case
The government on Tuesday vowed to step up safety measures for female teachers working in remote areas amid public uproar over the recent rape case of a teacher by students’ parents. The Education Ministry said it would conduct an overall safety check of the residences of female teachers working in isolated regions by Friday and draw up measures to boost their safety. This includes checking surveillance cameras, emergency bells, protective windows and other security systems Education Minister Le
June 7, 2016
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Ministry pushes again to legalize telemedicine
South Korea’s Health Ministry on Monday announced it would once again proceed to revise the current Medical Service Act to allow telemedicine -- the use of information technology and telecommunications in order to provide clinical health care at a distance -- in spite of fierce opposition from the largest body of physicians here.The service, once legalized, would only benefit individuals with physical disabilities, those who live in remote areas and elderly patients with chronic medical conditio
June 7, 2016
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Seoul mayor in hot water over safety
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon is on the hot seat amid escalating criticism over his governing ability with regard to the recent deadly safety accident and prolonged conflicts with civic activists concerning city affairs. Park has 1 1/2 years left in his second term.During a press briefing Tuesday, Park said that safety measures discussed in the past had mostly not considered the real conditions at work sites and had been “empty talk.”He added, “I will stop blaming the past and continue to think abou
June 7, 2016
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Public outrage at teacher’s rape
The gang rape of a female teacher in a remote island village in Shinan County, South Jeolla Province, is igniting fierce public outrage. The teacher’s rape by three locals has sparked criticism against the lack of safety measures and flagrant disregard for the rights of women and teachers in rural areas.The regional government’s homepage is being bombarded with comments on the case and incompetence of the local officials, which some say was the cause for the attack. (123RF)More than 300 messages
June 7, 2016
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Korea to crack down on low-quality tour operators catering to Chinese
South Korea will tighten regulations on tour operators that lure Chinese travelers with cheap, low-quality packages to screen out substandard agencies and improve the tourism industry's competitiveness, the government said Tuesday.The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said it will form a task force with related organizations to crack down on tour operators that offer low-quality programs and force travelers to shop at particular places in return for brokerage fees. "As the inbound travel m
June 7, 2016
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Google Korea CEO summoned again in toxic sterilizer probe
The CEO of Google Korea who formerly headed the local unit of Oxy Reckitt Benckiser was summoned again by prosecutors Tuesday to face questions over the British firm's toxic humidifier sterilizer which has caused numerous deaths and illnesses here.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office summoned John Lee as a suspect in the snowballing case that involves scores of deaths since 2011, including some pregnant women.The summons came about two weeks after he was first grilled by prosecutors la
June 7, 2016
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28% of new recruits with bachelors’ degree quit within 1 year: survey
A recent survey showed that 1 out of every 4 new employees with a bachelors’ degree or higher quits within a year.Such early exits are three times more common at companies with less than 300 employees than at larger businesses.The results were shown in the survey conducted on 306 businesses nationwide by the Korea’s Employers’ Federation on their employment status as of this year. The departure ratio among new recruits who have graduated from college came at 27.7 percent, 2.5 percentage points h
June 6, 2016
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Ministry moves on subcontract workers' safety
The South Korean government will propose a revision bill to ensure the safety of subcontract workers and enforce stronger preventive measures for industrial accidents, a ministry said Monday. The Ministry of Employment and Labor said they are preparing to propose a revision to the current Industrial Safety and Health Act to better protect subcontract workers from safety accidents. Members of a union group for part-time workers protest near Guui Station in Seoul on Saturday, calling for workers’
June 6, 2016
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Large number of endangered porpoises found off S. Korea's west coast
A large number of endangered porpoises has been discovered near the Taean Peninsula, a sign that the marine mammals are making a comeback off South Korea's western coast, the local park service said Monday. According to the Korea National Park Service, some 100 Indo-Pacific finless porpoises have been sighted in protected waters. It said the discovery of such a large number of porpoises is a sign of the stable and safe eco-system of the Taeanhaean National Park. The mammals are listed on
June 6, 2016
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S. Korean fishermen seize Chinese boats near inter-Korean border
A group of South Korean fishermen captured two Chinese fishing boats near the western inter-Korean sea border Sunday, saying they were angry at the Chinese for illegally fishing in their waters.The fishermen seized the 22-ton and 15-ton boats just south of the Northern Limit Line around 5:23 a.m., according to coast guard officials. A total of 11 Chinese fishermen were aboard, but they were sleeping when their vessels were dragged to the border island of Yeonpyeong by five South Korean fishing b
June 5, 2016
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[From the scene] Death of subway worker triggers wave of protests
Citizens pay tribue to 19-year-old worker, surnamed Kim, who was killed by an arriving train while repairing a safety door on subway platform, at the memorial site inside Guui Station in eastern Seoul, Saturday. (Ock Hyun-ju/The Korea Herald)On Saturday, a week after a 19-year-old irregular worker died while repairing a screen door on a subway platform at Guui Station, hundreds of people took to the streets calling for a fundamental change to a “money-focused” society. Since the worker’s death o
June 5, 2016
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South Korean hospital to open fertility clinic in UAE
The Cheil General Hospital & Women’s Healthcare Center in Seoul will become the first South Korean hospital to export medical technology and systems related to infertility, officials said.The hospital said that it had signed a business deal on June 3 with Al Garhoud Private Hospital -- the largest modernized hospital in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, founded in 2012 -- to open an infertility clinic there within this year.Ahead of the signing, officials of Cheil Hospital met with Sami al-Qamz
June 5, 2016
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4 in 10 parents support grown-up children: report
Four in 10 Korean parents were found to continuously support their grown-up children regardless of whether they were employed or married, a report showed Sunday. (Yonhap)According to the report by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 39 percent of adult children continued to receive financial support from their parents last year. The result was based on a two-month phone survey on 262 parents aged between 40 and 64 who have children aged 25 or older. Of the grown-up children, about
June 5, 2016
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Nexson says lent money to ex-prosecutor for stock purchase
Nexson Corp., a local online game developer, said Saturday that it lent money to a former prosecutor to buy its stocks, which helped him amass a huge personal wealth, an indication that the company paid a favor to the former government official.Nexson's belated confession came as the controversy over a shoddy stock transaction involving former senior prosecutor Jin Kyung-joon is escalating. Nexson, currently listed on the Japanese stock market, had up to that point tightened its lips on details
June 4, 2016
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GM Korea execs arrested over alleged bribery
A 57-year-old executive of the South Korean unit of U.S. carmaker General Motors Co. was formally arrested Friday on charges of receiving bribes in return for business favors.The Incheon District Court issued a warrant to arrest the executive in charge of labor management, whose identity was withheld. He is suspected of collaborating with GM Korea Co.'s labor union leaders to give favors to a certain company when purchasing gifts for employees in return for some tens of millions of won.Later in
June 4, 2016
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Park pledges to support innovation in young people from S. Korea, France
South Korean President Park Geun-hye vowed Friday to support the innovative activities of young people from South Korea and France, the latest in a series of steps to boost creativity. Park has made the creative economy one of her top priorities by viewing it as the only viable growth engine for Asia's fourth-largest economy. The creative economy is designed to, among other things, turn new ideas into real businesses with the help of cutting-edge science and information technology. “I wil
June 3, 2016