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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Emergency cares offer help after suicide attempts
In 2013, Lee Eun-byeol, a nurse at Mokpo Jung-Ang Hospital in Mokpo, South Jeolla Province, received a 15-year-old patient who weighed only 35 kilograms. The teenager had just been admitted to the hospital’s emergency unit after cutting her wrist in an attempt to end her own life.And it wasn’t the teen’s first attempt. She was reportedly suffering from depression after being constantly bullied by her classmates at school. Her mother also had mental health issues, while her father was physically
May 3, 2016
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Constitutional Court dismisses review on deportee detention
The Constitutional Court on Tuesday dismissed the request for review on the constitutionality of the South Korean government holding deportees in protection centers for an unlimited duration.The 5-4 decision thereby upheld the constitutionality of the immigration law that allows the authorities to keep illegal residents until their repatriation. Illegal residents who are caught during clampdowns, or while committing crimes, are sent to designated shelters until their deportation. The period of s
May 3, 2016
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N. Korean defectors face problems seeking jobs due to accent
Many North Korean defectors have experienced difficulties finding jobs in South Korea because of their accent and the way they speak, a survey carried out by a local human rights watchdog said Tuesday.The poll of 1,400 North Korean defectors aged 15 years and older was conducted by the Institute of Unification Studies of Ewha Womans University at the request of the National Human Rights Commission last year.When asked about the most difficult problem in regards to employment, 26.8 percent of the
May 3, 2016
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No. of illegal aliens in S. Korea tops 210,000
The number of illegal immigrants in South Korea surpassed the 210,000 mark last year, three times the total reported for neighboring Japan, government data showed Tuesday.Illegal immigrants living in South Korea reached 214,187 last year, according to the Ministry of Justice. Corresponding figures for Japan stood at 62,818. The number of illegal immigrants has been increasing steadily from 183,106 in 2013 to 208,778 in 2014, along with the number of tourists who visit the country using the no-vi
May 3, 2016
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Man indicted over illegal entry into gov't complex
Prosecutors said Tuesday they have indicted a 26-year-old South Korean man on charges of breaking into a government complex to tamper with exam results. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said the man, identified only by his surname Song, is accused of unauthorized entry into the government complex in central Seoul and manipulating the results of the civil service examination he took.According to prosecutors, Song illegally entered the building a total of five times after he stole th
May 3, 2016
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[EXCLUSIVE] LGBT advocacy groups to file petition against Christian party
Civic groups in support of sexual minorities are set to file a petition against a Protestant-affiliated party in late May amid growing controversy over the party’s campaign pledges.The groups advocating the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in South Korea began to collect signatures online on Tuesday, hoping to lodge the petition with the National Human Rights Commission of Korea on May 24. There are a flyer reading “Christian Libertarian Party is Human Rights Violation Party! Sto
May 3, 2016
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Seoul city official commits suicide
A public official of the Seoul city government took his life in a motel room by intentional carbon monoxide poisoning, Monday. The police said the 39-year-old surnamed Park had worked as a 7th grade civil servant for two months, before breaking into tears in front of his mother complaining of his work being “too tough” and disappearing shortly after. His mother reported him as missing to the police, who tracked the location of Park’s cell phone and found his body at a motel located in Jegi-dong,
May 3, 2016
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Teacher loses job for insinuating paid dates
A public school teacher in Busan was removed from his position after allegedly insinuating paid dates with minors. According to the Busan Metropolitan City Office of Education on Tuesday, the teacher, in his 50s, told his pupils he had “dated a young foreign girl” in the past, after which more than 10 female students alerted the school authorities that they felt sexually humiliated as “potential dates.”The teacher defended his case, saying that he had only told the story of his first love, howev
May 3, 2016
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Korea in the ’50s through a U.S. soldier’s eyes③
These are the last batch of photos The Korea Herald received from the U.S. university student Brendan Donley, whose great-uncle served in the U.S. army just after the Korean War and helped rebuild the war-ravaged country in cities of Busan and Susaek between 1953-54. Take a look. By Lim Jeong-yeo (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)Below are the links to the previous articles with more photos.Korea in the 50s through a U.S. soldier’s eyes②Korea in the ’50s through a U.S. soldier’s eyes①
May 3, 2016
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U.S. soldier rescues women and children from fire
A U.S. airman rescued six people including three children from a burning building in Osan, Gyeonggi Province, Saturday, by rallying the public to hold up a blanket for the trapped occupants to jump onto. (Facebook capture)Master Sgt. Daniel Raimondo, upon seeing the burning building outside Osan Airbase, urged the people on the street to help hold a blanket while convincing the three mothers to throw their babies and then themselves from the fourth floor window.A video of the rescue was posted o
May 3, 2016
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Local retailers receptive to joint compensation for victims of humidifier sterilizers
Local discount chains that had sold toxic humidifier sterilizers indicated Tuesday they will work with Oxy Reckitt Benckiser, the maker of the product that caused the greatest harm, to compensate the victims.Ata Safdar, CEO of Reckitt Benckiser Korea, apologized on Monday for selling the deadly sterilizers and proposed that other makers of similar products, namely discount chains Lotte Mart and Homeplus, work with the company on joint compensation. Officials of the two retailers said they would
May 3, 2016
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Murky law school admission system comes under fire
Criticism has been sparked over the law school admission system after the government’s nationwide survey found clues of nepotism, with the Education Ministry also coming under fire for imposing light punishment against the schools.The Education Ministry said Monday that it found a total of 24 cases in which law school applicants revealed the occupations or social positions of their parents to allegedly take advantage of it in the admission process. Such information in five cases allowed the admi
May 2, 2016
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Korean-Chinese priest presumed to have been killed by N.K. security agents
Three North Korean security agents might have killed an ethnic Korean priest who was found dead in a Chinese border town last week, the head of a group of South Korean abductees' families said Monday.The Chinese national, only identified by his surname Han and known as a supporter of North Korean defectors, was found dead on Saturday in a northeastern Chinese town near the border with North Korea.Han is believed to have been murdered by three North Korean agents who were dispatched to the Chines
May 2, 2016
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Alcohol, civilian clothing permitted for cadets outside schools
The nation's military, naval and air force academies have decided to allow their cadets to wear civilian clothes and drink alcohol when they are off campus, authorities said Monday.A military official said the three academies have revised school regulations banning cadets from wearing civilian clothing and drinking liquor last year and have been implementing the new rules since March this year.But those cadets who are younger than the legal drinking age of 18 still cannot drink alcohol or wear c
May 2, 2016
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No. of foreign residents in Korea marks 1.9 mln
The number of foreign residents in South Korea reached 1.9 million this year, with a steady increase in the number of Chinese nationals, government data showed Monday.The number of foreigners living in South Korea reached 1.94 million as of March, up 4.7 percent from a month earlier and 7.2 percent from March 2015, according to the Ministry of Justice.By nationality, Chinese people topped the list at 50.8 percent, followed by Americans at 7.4 percent and Vietnamese people at 7.1 percent, the dat
May 2, 2016
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Oxy Reckitt Benckiser CEO offers formal apology for sterilizer victims
The chief of Oxy Reckitt Benckiser on Monday formerly apologized and promised compensation for the victims of a toxic humidifier sterilizer amid a full-fledged prosecution probe into the Korean unit of the British firm and local consumers' move to boycott its products.The humidifier disinfectant case, one of the worst scandals involving consumer products using chemicals, came to light after four pregnant women died of lung problems for unknown reason in 2011. A government-led investigation confi
May 2, 2016
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PM hopes more people participate in social contribution activities
Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Monday praised dozens of celebrities for their donations, expressing hope that more people will participate in social contribution activities."I ask that the act of social contribution will become more established in our lives so that it becomes our society's seeds of hope," Hwang said.The premier made the remarks during a luncheon with 12 actors and singers, including actress Jan Na-ra and singer Sean, at his official residence in central Seoul.Jang, who is popul
May 2, 2016
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Ministry’s survey on law schools fails to find nepotism
The Education Ministry has been conducting a nationwide survey on law schools since last year to find clues of “rampant nepotism” – which critics claim happens -- during the admission process. The ministry announced the results on Monday, but indicated they were able to only find mild cases that cannot be directly linked to any irregularities.The ministry said it found a total of 24 cases in which law school applicants revealed the occupations or social positions of their parents, to allegedly t
May 2, 2016
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[Reporter’s column] Before thanking Sister Marianne
Last week, a number of South Korean newspapers published articles featuring the visit of Sister Marianne Stoger, an Austrian nun who spent more than 40 years caring for Korean patients with Hansen’s disease in the nation’s remote island of Sorokdo from the 1960s to the mid-2000s.She had left Sorokdo and returned to Austria back in 2005 in secret, just leaving a hand-written letter to the staff and her patients. Featuring her first visit to the island in 10 years, many papers here described Stoge
May 2, 2016
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People’s Party lawmaker-elect summoned over alleged bribery
Prosecutors called in an opposition lawmaker-elect for questioning on Monday on suspicion that he received illegal political funds ahead of last month’s parliamentary election. Park Joon-young of the People’s Party, who served as governor of South Jeolla Province, denied the charges before entering the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office in southwestern Seoul. “I did not receive the money. There must be a misunderstanding,” the 69-year-old told reporters at the scene. “It is a shame that
May 2, 2016