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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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Yoon’s jailed mother-in-law excluded from latest parole list
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Hybe and Min Hee-jin, CEO of Hybe sublabel Ador, lock horns
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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[Pressure points] Leggings in public: Fashion statement or social faux pas?
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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Ex-vice-chief of KT&G gets reduced jail term for bribery at appeals court
An appeals court has handed down a reduced jail term to a former vice-president of South Korea's largest tobacco maker for receiving kickbacks from a company subcontractor, court records showed Monday.The defendant, identified only by his surname Lee, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on charges of receiving hundreds of millions of won from a local cigarette pack maker. The court also ordered Lee, 61, to forfeit some 325 million won he received.The former vice-president of KT&G was indicted
May 2, 2016
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Number of Korean students in U.S. falls 7.8 percent
The number of South Korean students studying in the United States fell about 8 percent in March on-year, U.S. government data showed.According to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement data, Korean students with either F-1 or M-1 visas totaled 78,489 in March, a 7.8 percent drop from last year.Korean students accounted for 6.6 percent of all foreign students in the U.S., and were the third-largest group after China's 353,069 students and India's 194,438 students, the data showed.Japanese studen
May 2, 2016
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Supermarkets slammed for promoting Oxy products
Local distributors Homeplus and Lotte Mart came under fire over the weekend for promoting Oxy Reckitt Benckiser products as a boycott against the company continues to spread amid the ongoing probe into its toxic humidifier disinfectant.The supermarket chains reportedly promoted sales of household items including Oxy’s stain remover OxiClean, toilet-cleaning gel Easy Off Bang, fabric softener Cherie, closet repellent Thirsty Hippo and more. Their sales promotion included buy-one-get-one-free even
May 1, 2016
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Korean workers hold May Day rallies
Tens of thousands of South Korean workers took to the streets during May Day rallies across the nation on Sunday opposing state-led labor market reform plans. An estimated 80,000 laborers belonging to the nation’s two biggest umbrella trade unions – Federation of Korean Trade Unions and Korean Confederation of Trade Unions -- participated in demonstrations in 15 cities. The unionized workers called for a withdrawal of labor reform plans which they see as making it easier for employers to dismi
May 1, 2016
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Suwon invites visitors to city of heritage, festivities
Located 30 kilometers south of Seoul, Suwon is the largest metropolis of Gyeonggi Province. Besides being home to a World Heritage site and some 1.1 million residents, it is also known as the “city of filial piety.”King Jeongjo, who reigned during the Joseon Dynasty from 1777 to 1800 as the 22nd king, wanted to build a “utopian city” to remember his ill-fated father Prince Sado –- who was victimized in faction struggles in 1762 -- by constructing a fortress around his father’s tomb at Haenggung
May 1, 2016
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Oriental medicine evolves worldwide
OKINAWA, Japan -- When Dr. Klaus Hambrecht was in his early 20s, he suffered a shoulder condition that caused him pain. It was only when he was treated by an Oriental medicine expert who performed acupuncture that his condition significantly improved. “I was very impressed,” the German physician told The Korea Herald during the International Congress of Oriental Medicine in Okinawa, Japan, earlier this month. “Now I’ve been practicing Chinese medicine and acupuncture (in Germany) for the last 20
May 1, 2016
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South Korean workers to stage big rallies nationwide
Tens of thousands of unionized workers will hold rallies across the country to criticize the government's labor reform plans that they say will make firing people easier, the nation's two largest umbrella unions said Saturday.On Sunday, 50,000 members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) will stage protests in 15 cities to urge the government to nullify the agreement made in September between management and labor representatives.The trilateral deal allows companies to dismiss worke
April 30, 2016
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N. Korea slams S. Korea-U.S. drills as 'worst provocation ever'
North Korea on Saturday condemned South Korea and the United States for conducting joint military drills that it called the "worst military provocation in the history of the Korean Peninsula."South Korea and the U.S. wrapped up this year's Foal Eagle exercise earlier in the day, with the Key Resolve command post drill having concluded last month. The two exercises have been carried out annually to deter nuclear and missile threats by wayward North Korea.This year's exercises were the biggest of
April 30, 2016
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Foreign Ministry denies speculation over resignations of GGGI, GCF chiefs
The Foreign Ministry denied speculation Friday that the heads of two South Korea-based international organizations battling climate change have offered to resign due in part to Seoul's lack of attention to an environmental agenda.Yvo de Boer, director general of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), and Hela Cheikrouhou, executive director of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), have offered to step down. Their decisions spawned speculation that they might have felt unhappy that the climate change
April 29, 2016
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Korean sculptor to donate work to cheer up quake-hit Ecuador
A South Korean sculptor said Friday he plans to erect four of his works, including two giant sculptures bowing Korean-style, in Ecuador this year to encourage and soothe people affected by recent earthquake.The donation of the sculptures -- two sets of "The Greeting Man" and "The Mirror Man" -- to the Central American country is part of a project that sculptor Yoo Young-ho, 51, has created to link cultures and people by reproducing his artwork across the world."The Greeting Man," a 6-meter-tall,
April 29, 2016
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Prosecution seeks 15 years for pastor for murder of daughter
The prosecution on Friday asked for 15 years for the pastor who killed his teenage daughter and hoarded her mummified body for nearly 11 months. The prosecution is also seeking a 12-year sentence for his wife, who is not the mother of the victim and a joint-principal offender. In the final trial held at the Bucheon Branch of Incheon District Court, the prosecution said, “The defendants failed to carry out their due responsibility as parents to look after their child.” “They severely abused the v
April 29, 2016
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[WEEKENDER] Parental competition, anxiety over future drive kids market
For Kim Young-eun, a 39-year-old office worker in Seoul, her priority this week was to secure a box from the latest Lego series “Nexo Knights” for her 7-year-old son as a present for Children’s Day. “It’s around 140,000-150,000 won,” she said, adding that it’s almost her duty as a parent not to disappoint her kid, who often compares his presents with those of classmates.“The problem is that we have too many occasions to celebrate. … Apart from Children’s Day, we also have Christmas, birthdays,
April 29, 2016
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Man immolates self after unsatisfactory court ruling
A man who set himself on fire at around 9 a.m. Friday in front of the Gwangju District Court is thought to done it to protest an unsatisfactory court ruling.The 55-year-old was immediately transferred to a hospital where he now lies in critical condition with third degree burns. (123RF)The police said the man had recently filed a damage suit against an insurance company after suffering a car accident. He lost the case and later appealed. The self-immolation appears to be an act of protest agains
April 29, 2016
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[Weekender] No time to kid around
Life is full of hope and dreams for Lee Seo-hyun, a 9-year-old child attending a primary school in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province. She wants to be a painter, teacher, owner of a big supermarket, florist, designer, scientist, and more.Every day, she wakes up and goes to school by 8 a.m. When school finishes at around 2 p.m., she briefly plays with her friends in the playground until she goes to her private lessons for piano, computer classes and English.“When the lessons are over at around 4 p.m. I
April 29, 2016
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Teens go fast-and-furious with stolen car
Six teenage runaways who stole a car and drove around town for over three hours were arrested Friday. The Gwangju Gwangsan police said the boys, aged 13, are accused of stealing over 32 million won ($28,000) worth of goods, including an Equus sedan. (123RF)They found the car parked on a roadside with the key inside and rode it around the city for 24 kilometers until the car broke down. They deserted the car and fled with the money they found inside the vehicle. According to the police, some had
April 29, 2016
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[Weekender] Working parents struggle to balance work, child care
Kang Ji-hye, 34, the mother of a 4-year-old boy, runs a wedding shop in Gangnam, Seoul. Her business requires her to work during weekends and even on national holidays. Her husband goes to work at a manufacturing firm six days a week.After Kang heads to work at 8 a.m., her son Dong-woo is taken care of by a nanny she hired three years ago.For Kang, this year’s Children’s Day will not be so different from any other day. She asked the nanny to come in despite it being an official holiday, as she f
April 29, 2016
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[Weekender] Why becoming a parent takes learning
When her daughter turned 18 months a few years ago, Lee Ji-seon faced a totally unexpected situation. Her daughter only wanted to spend time outdoors -- all day, every day. She’d sit on her stroller and cry nonstop until Lee would take her outside, even if it was two o’clock in the morning.“So I’d take her on a stroller walk at 2 a.m., and just walk around the neighborhood until she fell asleep,” said Lee, a former teacher who now raises two children. “And I’d very carefully take her back to her
April 29, 2016
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Ministry may recognize wider range of humidifier disinfectant damage
The government said Friday it will push to lower the threshold of recognizing the damage caused by toxic humidifier disinfectants amid an on-going probe against the manufacturers and escalating public uproar. (Yonhap)The Environment Ministry said it will consider recognizing respiratory diseases and health problems as damage caused from use of the toxic humidifier disinfectants.So far, the government has limited the damage scope to those suffering from lung-related diseases, recognizing 530 as o
April 29, 2016
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In-flight lawbreaking on rise: data
The number of cases of law violations in airplanes is on the rise, with smoking accounting for the most violations, data showed Friday. (Yonhap)According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, a total of 460 cases occurred on flights operated by the seven local airlines, doubling in two years.By type, smoking took up the most with 381 cases, followed by 42 cases of affray and 15 cases of sexual harassment. They also included nine cases of threatening the safety of others under th
April 29, 2016
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New head of U.S. forces in Korea to take command on Saturday
The next commander of the 28,000-strong United States forces stationed in South Korea will officially take office this week, U.S. Forces Korea said Friday.In a change of command ceremony to be held at USFK's Yongsan garrison in central Seoul on Saturday, Gen. Vincent Brooks will take over from outgoing USFK commander Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, according to the USFK. Brooks, currently the commanding general of the U.S. Army Pacific, graduated from West Point in 1980 and served with United States Fo
April 29, 2016