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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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Voyeurism still tricky to stamp out in South Korea
The number of sex crimes involving the taking of intrusive pictures of body parts increased dramatically in South Korea between 2005 and 2014, but the ambiguity of current laws make it tricky to crack down on, according to the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office Monday.In 2014, a total of 6,735 cases of voyeurism crimes were reported, which was 19.8 times higher than in 2005, at 341.Also, 24.1 percent of all sex crime perpetrators caught in 2014 were those who illicitly took pictures of others, compared
Jan. 25, 2016
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Walkway near United Kingdom Embassy to be restored
The Deoksugung Palace stonewall walkway that was disconnected by the site of the British Embassy in Seoul will be restored for the first time in 132 years and opened to the public soon, officials said Monday. City councilor Choi Pan-sul of The Minjoo Party of Korea said Seoul City was planning to invest 2.8 billion won ($2.35 million) in constructing a 170-meter pedestrian walkway past the British Embassy. The traditional stonewall walkway surrounding Deoksugung Palace was disconnected after the
Jan. 25, 2016
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Korea to conduct survey on surviving separated families
South Korea plans to survey surviving families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War for the first time in five years to better prepare for family reunions, government officials said Monday.In March, the government will launch a three-month research project on 65,000 separated family members to ask whether they are willing to meet their relatives living in North Korea, according to the Unification Ministry.There are about 130,000 separated family members on a waiting list for family reunions. Abou
Jan. 25, 2016
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Koreans can purchase quick immigration services at British airports
South Koreans frequently visiting the United Kingdom with entry visa will be able to use the quick immigration checkpoint at British airports, the South Korean Embassy here said Monday.The new system is effective from Monday as the British government included South Koreans in its registered travelers system.Registered foreigners including South Koreans entering the country through international airports will now be able to use either ePassport gates or immigration checkpoints for local Britons/E
Jan. 25, 2016
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There is difference between abuse and discipline: health minister
Health and Welfare Minister Chung Chin-youb on Monday stressed the importance of society acknowledging the difference between abuse and discipline when raising kids, during his meeting on ways to combat violence against children.“We need to change the general perception that often mistakes abusing our children as disciplining them,” Chung said at the meeting with police officers and health professionals in Seoul.Health and Welfare Minister Chung Chin-youb (Yonhap)Following high profile child abu
Jan. 25, 2016
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Jeju airport resumes operations
Jeju International Airport resumed operations at noon on Monday after a 42–hour closure due to heavy snow and high winds. (Yonhap)Nearly 86,000 people were stranded and some 1,100 flights were canceled on the southern resort island over the weekend and early Monday. The island recorded its biggest snowfall in three decades at 11 centimeters as of Sunday, with more than 1 meter of snow in mountain areas. (khnews@heraldcorp.com)
Jan. 25, 2016
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Korea's power capacity to top 100 gigawatts this year
South Korea's power generating capacity is expected to surpass the 100 gigawatt mark this year as the country moves to put more nuclear and thermal power plants online in the coming months, industry sources said Monday.The total is expected to hit 108.7 gigawatts this year, marking an 11.3 percent gain from the installed generating capacity of 97.6gigawatts tallied for late 2015, according to the sources. This year's increase of more than 10 gigawatts will mark the sharpest annual growth in t
Jan. 25, 2016
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Korea gears up for another top 10 Olympic
As an age-old golf cliche goes, you can't win a tournament in the first round, but you can certainly lose one.A few weeks into 2016, South Korean athletes gearing up for the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro are taking up the same mantra:that they may not be able to win a medal in January, but they can possibly lose one before they even get to Brazil.Such is the importance placed on the last winter training for the athletes before the first Summer Games in South America. Choi Jong-sam, head of t
Jan. 25, 2016
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Diverse events to mark 220th anniversary of Hwaseong Fortress
A series of cultural festivities and exhibitions will commemorate the 220th anniversary of Hwaseong Fortress in this city, officials said Monday.The Suwon City Government said a number of cultural, academic and sports events are scheduled from this month in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, some 50 kilometers south of Seoul, to raise the profile of the city.With an aim to invite some 7 million tourists, the city government has designated the year as "Visit Suwon Hwaseong Year.""Once an identity or image
Jan. 25, 2016
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Cold wave sweeps South Korea
SEOUL/JEJUDO ISLAND-- The number of frozen-pipe accidents and hypothermia patients soared while operations at the Jeju International Airport were paralyzed following the biggest snowfall in the region in three decades Sunday, as the nation experienced the coldest weather this winter. Just a day after the Korea Meteorological Administration issued a cold wave warning for Seoul, temperature in the capital dropped to minus 18 degrees Celsius on Sunday -- the coldest since January 2001. Also on Sund
Jan. 24, 2016
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Riot police system to end
The riot police system, under which paramilitary police were recruited by the Defense Ministry, will officially fade into history 45 years after it was introduced. The system, which has long been considered a symbol of the nation’s dictatorial rule, will be officially scrapped Monday, when a legal revision comes into effect, the National Police Agency said. The riot police have gradually been replaced by police conscripts, who choose to serve their mandatory national service in the police rather
Jan. 24, 2016
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1 out of 3 disabled at risk of poverty
One in three households with a disabled member are living in poverty due to low income and lack of support from the government, a new report showed Sunday. According to statistics released by Korea Disabled People’s Development Institute, the poverty rate, earning less than 50 percent of the nation’s median income, for the disabled’ families stands at 34.5 percent. The poverty rate for the total population is 16.3 percent. The figures mean that one out of three households with a disabled member
Jan. 24, 2016
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South Korean men suckered by international marriage fraud
In 2007, before Ahn Jae-sung flew to Uzbekistan from Seoul to meet his potential future wife, he wrote a lengthy letter. Among the things he wrote down were his age, monthly-income, job and that he’s a nonsmoker and teetotaler. It was his CV for the international marriage market. “I even had it translated into Uzbek,” the 55-year-old told The Korea Herald. “I asked my broker to give it to women who were interested. Later I found out that my wife, whom I only ended up living with for three months
Jan. 24, 2016
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Cold wave sweeps Korea; Snow paralizes Jeju airport
SEOUL/JEJUDO ISLAND-- The number of frozen-pipe accidents and hypothermia patients soared while operations at the Jeju International Airport were paralyzed following the biggest snowfall in the region in three decades Sunday, as the nation experienced the coldest weather this winter.Just a day after the Korea Meteorological Administration issued a cold wave warning for Seoul, temperature in the capital dropped to minus 18 degrees Celsius on Sunday -- the coldest since January 2001. Also on Sunda
Jan. 24, 2016
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Labor group vows all-out walkout against gov't-led labor reform
A major South Korean labor organization on Saturday threatened to stage an all-out strike against government-led labor reform that it claims will only result in poorer working conditions for workers. The walkout will be staged from Monday and last indefinitely, said the Korea Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), one of two umbrella labor groups here. The announcement came one day after the labor ministry said it will go ahead with the proposed labor reform despite a recent collapse of three
Jan. 23, 2016
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Ministry releases final labor reform guidelines
The Employment and Labor Ministry on Friday released the final version of its employment guidelines, which include allowing companies to lay off underperforming workers, drawing vehement opposition from the labor unions.The ministry, which had revealed its draft version last month, said that companies will be allowed to fire workers that have shown “extremely” low job performance or capacity to an extent that they “burden their colleagues.” They will first be given a chance to redeem themselves
Jan. 22, 2016
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Korea's overseas arrivals, departures hit record high in 2015
The number of locals and foreigners going in and out of South Korea recorded the largest figure last year, a 7.7 percent increase from the previous year, the Ministry of Justice said Friday.The tally came to some 66.37 million, with the number of locals reaching 39.11 million and that of foreigners coming in at 27.26 million.But the number of foreigners visiting South Korea stood at13.35 million, a 6.3 percent decrease from the previous year, the ministry said.The decline, the first in 12 years
Jan. 22, 2016
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Korea to allow companies to fire 'noticeably' underperforming workers
The government announced Friday contentious labor guidelines as part of its efforts to make the rigid labor market more flexible and help revitalize the sagging economy.The guidelines finalized and released by the Ministry of Labor and Employment ease restrictions for employers to fire "noticeably"underperforming workers and allow companies to change employment rules more easily.Labor representatives strongly voiced opposition to the move, saying that the government policy would make it easier f
Jan. 22, 2016
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Activist gets suspended jail term for leading violent rallies
A local court on Friday sentenced an activist to three years in prison for organizing violent rallies in central Seoul over a deadly ferry disaster.Still, the Seoul Central District Court suspended the sentence for Park Rae-gun for four years and ordered him to perform 160 hours of community service.The 55-year-old activist was convicted of holding unauthorized rallies and injuring police officers in 2014 and 2015 over the ferry sinking. The 6,825-ton ferry Sewol sank in waters off the country's
Jan. 22, 2016
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Gov't extends pig movement ban to control FMD
The government decided Friday to extend its pig movement restrictions for a southwestern province for seven days to help stem the spread of foot-and-mouth disease.Two new cases of the highly contagious animal disease were confirmed at pig farms in Gimje and Gochang, North Jeolla Province, earlier in the month, the Agriculture Ministry said. It said the outbreaks in the southwestern part of the country caused 10,842 animals to be culled. "The restrictions will be pushed back to midnight on Jan. 2
Jan. 22, 2016