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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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Gov't appears to shelve punitive measures against mass walkout by doctors
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[Eye Interview] 'If you live to 100, you might as well be happy,' says 88-year-old bestselling essayist
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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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S. Korea, China, Japan in talks to hold trilateral summit May 26-27: official
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Celebrity sex brokers admit all charges
The stakeholders of an entertainment management agency admitted to taking part in celebrities’ overseas prostitution at a public hearing held on Wednesday. The Seoul central court said the three accused, each identified by their last names Lim, Yoon and Oh, had connected a female celebrity and a trainee to a Korean entertainment company that owed them investment money. (123RF)The company’s CEO and chairman, surnamed Kang and Park, were under financial pressure to repay the trio for their invest
April 20, 2016
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Korea aims to ease commutes with more double-decker buses
At 6:50 a.m., a group of people with eyes half-closed make a long line outside Seoul Station.“This is quite usual (to wait in a long line). Even if the bus is packed, I will still hop on and ride the bus standing for the entire 40 minutes,” said Jeong Hye-ryoung, who commutes to Pangyo in Gyeonggi Province for work every day.Like Jeong, as many as 24,000 or 12.5 percent of bus commuters in the metropolitan region travel crammed into a bus daily, barely standing up and holding onto the seat for s
April 20, 2016
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105 potential sinkholes in Seoul
Seoul City has discovered 105 underground cavities after four months of high-tech ground inspection. According to the city government Wednesday, during its inspection of 48-kilometer section of arterial roads previously connected to cave-in accidents, 105 potential sinkholes were detected. A sinkhole that opened up at an apartment complex in Sindorim-dong, Guro-gu, last year. (Yonhap)With an additional 246-kilometer section to be scanned this year, an estimated 195 more cavities are expected be
April 20, 2016
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Incheon airport named world's best for 11th consecutive year
Incheon International Airport, Seoul's main gateway, won the world's best airport prize for a record 11th consecutive year at an award ceremony in Australia on Tuesday (local time).The airport grabbed the annual Airport Service Quality Award, presented by the Airports Council International, as the best in the business. Incheon scored 4.978 points out of 5.00 and extended its own record winning streak to 11 years.Incheon also shared first place with Changi Airport in Singapore as the best airport
April 20, 2016
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Foreign students learn about spirit of April Revolution
Located near the serene Bukhansan National Park in northwestern Seoul, the April 19 National Cemetery is home to 199 victims who sacrificed their lives in the April Revolution of 1960.Thousands of students had marched from Korea University to the presidential office on April 19, 1960, calling for the resignation of then-president Syngman Rhee to overthrow the autocratic First Republic of South Korea.Police opened fire on protestors, wounding thousands and killing approximately 180. That day, the
April 20, 2016
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Koreans' working hours cut by more than 30 min over 25 yrs
South Korean workers' working hours have fallen more than 30 minutes over the past 25 years, government data showed Wednesday.The total money-making hours of working people aged over 20 years averaged six hours and 52 minutes per weekday in 2014, down from seven hours and 25 minutes in 1999, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea.The working hours for Saturdays dropped to six hours and one minute from six hours and 50 minutes over the cited period, while the Sunday figure fell to fiv
April 20, 2016
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Work accidents plague foreign workers
Maria, a 25-year-old dancer from a small country in West Africa, sustained leg injuries after falling on a slippery floor during a performance in 2012. The young migrant worker used to work for the African Art Museum in Pocheon, which later made headlines for their appalling working conditions for African workers in 2014. Her employer neither took her to a hospital nor paid for her medical expenses when she cried for help. Foreign workers attend a rally calling for protection of their rights in
April 20, 2016
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Seoul City vows to build more schools for disabled
Seoul City’s education office vowed Wednesday to build three more special schools for the disabled by 2019 to improve the education infrastructure.The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education said it would establish two schools for those with intellectual disabilities in the eastern and western capital, and one school in Gangnam for those with physical disabilities. If successfully built, they will be the first of such schools established in the city since 2003. As of this year, a total of 29 spec
April 20, 2016
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Disinfectant maker accused of destroying data
Household products manufacturer Oxy Reckitt Benckiser allegedly destroyed evidence related to humidifier disinfectant blamed for the loss of some 140 lives, when the prosecution launched a probe in late February, prosecutors said Wednesday.The Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office said that the firm is suspected of deleting a number of materials and safety data sheets written from 2001 to 2011 and created by a local chemical company SK Chemical.An official from the humidifier disinfectant m
April 20, 2016
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Japan's quake could affect Korea in upcoming years: geologist
The possibility of an earthquake with a magnitude of up to 5.5 occurring on the Korean Peninsula in the next several years cannot be ruled out in the wake of Japan's latest quakes, a geologist here said, citing a pattern of seismic activity.But the presumed quake, even if realized, will cause no severe damage to South Korea as its buildings are designed to resist a maximum 6.5-magnitude earthquake, according to Ji Heon-cheol, head of the quake research center at the state-funded Korea Institute
April 20, 2016
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Russian arrested for cashing a counterfeit check
A Russian sailor who cashed a fake 10 billion won ($8.8 million) check was arrested on Wednesday. The Busan Saha police said the 29-year-old Russian exchanged the visibly crude counterfeit check at a convenience store for 650,000 won.Police discovered the store’s part-time worker to be verbally impaired and lacking in discernment. The counterfeit checks the Russian held upon arrest. (Yonhap)Emboldened by the initial success, the man attempted an identical trick two hours later at another conven
April 20, 2016
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Girlfriend-killer arrested a day after murder
A man who killed his girlfriend and fled the scene was caught on Wednesday, a day after the murder. The 31-year-old identified by his surname Han, had stabbed his girlfriend multiple times in broad daylight at the parking lot of an apartment complex in Songpa-gu, Seoul. (123RF)Han had later fled on a motorcycle but was caught in a field near a greenhouse in Guri-si, Gyeonggi Province. The Songpa police said Han had admitted to attacking the victim. The motive of his crime is currently unknown.
April 20, 2016
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Teen masturbates in class, let off for ‘playfulness’
The Busan education authority is looking into a case of a male middle school student masturbating during a class run by a female teacher, local media reported Wednesday. According to reports, the student masturbated during a female teacher’s class on April 14. An ordinary Korean schoolroom. (Yonhap)The teacher was alerted to the situation when other students started laughing, and instructed the boy to stop immediately. The incident was reported to the school management, but the school alerted th
April 20, 2016
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Gangnam to reduce cigarette venders
Seocho-gu area in Gangnam will be reducing its number of cigarette vendors by widening the distance between each vendor starting October. The Seocho-gu district government said on Wednesday it will increase the minimum distance between vendors from 50 meters to 100 m. (Yonhap)This new rule will also apply within building complexes, therefore making it difficult for an establishment to house more than one cigarette seller. Previously, buildings over six stories in height and 2,000 square-meters i
April 20, 2016
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Thief lures men through dating app
A man who had drugged two of his dates to steal their money was arrested by the police on Wednesday.(123RF)The 28-year-old surnamed Lee used a chatting application to connect with dates. After meeting them in person, he drugged them with sleeping pills and stole their phones, clothes and wallet. The items he stole from two men in one night were worth 2.4 million won ($2,100). He committed the crimes at a three-hour interval. Northern Busan police said they are going through Lee’s cell phone to d
April 20, 2016
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Korean pastor convicted of breaching security law
The nation's top court has sentenced a 54-year-old pastor to six months in prison for praising North Korea in violation of South Korea's national security law.Upholding a lower court's decision, the Supreme Court convicted Park Kwang-hyuk of supporting the authoritarian regime on the Web site of a pro-North Korean online community from 2010. The top court agreed with the lower court's judgment that Park's posts on the Web site pose a clear threat to national security as they can be distributed t
April 20, 2016
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Korea to offer $700,000 in aid to quake-hit Ecuador
South Korea will offer $700,000 in aid to Ecuador in the wake of a deadly earthquake that has claimed hundreds of lives, the Foreign Ministry said WednesdayOn Saturday, a 7.8-magnitude quake hit the South American nation, leaving more than 400 people killed and thousands injured or missing. The Ecuadorian government has declared a state of national emergency, with about 40,000 people deemed to be in need of urgent humanitarian assistance."As a responsible middle power of the international commun
April 20, 2016
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Seoul ward office to snuff spread of smoke shops
The Seocho ward office in Seoul said Wednesday it plans to implement a new regulation in late October that would strengthen a distance requirement in a bid to reduce the number of tobacco retailers on par with the levels of advanced countries.Under the regulation, the distance of any future smoke shop from others would have to be widened to 100 meters from the current 50 meters. For tobacco shops to be installed in such large buildings as a bus terminal, the shops would most likely be within 50
April 20, 2016
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'Sewol' ribbon listed as standard unicode
A remembrance ribbon which commemorates the deadly ferry sinking that took more than 300 lives two years ago was designated as a computing text standard, the Unicode Consortium said Wednesday.The unicode refers to the industry computing text standard, which includes the English and Korean alphabets, that is displayed on computers around the globe. The yellow ribbon, previously called the "reminder ribbon" under the code "1F397," changed its title to "Remember 0416" after an anonymous sponsor mad
April 20, 2016
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Teenagers gang-rape middle school girl
Six middle school students were arrested Wednesday for sexually assaulting a girl who had only just graduated from primary school.The boys, aged 14, are being accused of having sexual intercourse with a minor who was incapacitated under alcoholic influence and unable to resist. This is a stock image. The girl in this photo is not the victim mentioned in the article. (123RF)The incident took place at a goshiwon -- low-cost single room accommodation -- rented by one of the boy’s parents, in Buche
April 20, 2016