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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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[Robert J. Fouser] AI changes rationale for learning languages
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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Naver Q1 net income soars 1,171.9% on growth of major businesses
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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Violations of corporate disclosure rules double in 2015
Violations of regulations on public disclosures by business firms have been rising rapidly since 2013 with the number doubling last year, the financial watchdog said Monday.The Financial Supervisory Service said it uncovered 126 cases of various violations committed by 98 companies last year, twice the 63 cases in 2014. In 2013, 45 cases of corporate disclosure violations were detected.Of the 126 cases, the FSS imposed sizable surcharges on 26 cases that violated the rules heavily and fines for
Jan. 18, 2016
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Korea toughens punishment on unruly air passengers
South Korea will impose tougher punishments on disruptive air passengers as part of its efforts to boost aviation safety and curb air rage incidents, the transportation ministry said Monday.The revised aviation law, effective Tuesday, slaps a five year-prison term or a fine of 50 million won on those who threaten the pilot during flight, up from a fine of 5 million won, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.Drunken passengers who injure other passengers will face a fin
Jan. 18, 2016
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Consumer body seeks prosecution probe into SK head over mistress deal
A local consumer advocacy group said Monday it plans to ask prosecutors to investigate SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won and his mistress over alleged wrongdoings related to their property deal.The woman, a U.S. citizen identified by her surname Kim, bought a luxury apartment in southern Seoul for 1.55 billion won in 2008, and then sold it to the Singapore-based consulting firm Bergaya International for 2.4 billion won two years later. The apartment was built by the group's construction arm of SK E
Jan. 18, 2016
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Plight of foreign detainees back in spotlight
On Jan. 5, three immigration officers were booked on charges of assaulting a foreign detainee at Cheongju Detention Center, rekindling concerns over the level of human rights protection at such facilities in Korea. The police launched a probe into the case of a 33 year-old Uzbek man, who claimed he was choked and assaulted by three detention center guards on Sept. 25 when he asked for medical treatment outside the facility. “I had a chronic headache for seven to eight months, but the medicine I
Jan. 17, 2016
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More women, seniors take on jobs
Women and seniors took up the largest portion of newly employed persons last year, statistics showed Sunday. Of the 337,000 newly employed in 2015, women accounted for 205,000, compared to 132,000 men, according to employment data released by Statistics Korea. This is the third consecutive year where more women joined the workforce than men. “Due to delayed marriages and other factors, the employment rate among women, especially the most economically active ones in their mid-30s, has shown a rap
Jan. 17, 2016
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Police expand probe into possible filicide case
Police on Sunday requested an arrest warrant against a married couple in their 30s on charges of abusing and mutilating the dead body of his seven-year-old son, who allegedly died in 2012. The court issued a warrant for the mother, who failed to report the death of her son on grounds of child abuse. The arrest warrant against the father, who admitted to mutilating the body of the son but denied killing the child, was still being reviewed. The body of the boy, who had been absent from school fo
Jan. 17, 2016
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Former finance minister to attend Davos forum
A South Korean ruling party lawmaker will leave for Switzerland this week to attend this year's annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, the foreign ministry said Sunday.Choi Kyung-hwan, who served as finance minister until earlier this month, will represent South Korea as a special presidential envoy at the forum in the Swiss ski resort of Davos.The so-called Davos forum is scheduled to kick off on Wednesday for a four-day run, bringing together thousands of political leaders, government off
Jan. 17, 2016
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2 killed after car crashes into sea
Two people were killed when their car crashed into the sea in South Korea's southeastern area, police said Sunday.A Kia Motors' Morning subcompact drove into the sea from a sandy beach around 9 p.m. Saturday with a thunderous noise, the police said.Emergency crew members found the vehicle overturned about 30 minutes later and pulled a man and a woman out of the car before rushing them to a nearby hospital, where they were pronounced dead, the police said.The police identified the 43-year-old man
Jan. 17, 2016
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Korea's car registration gains 4.3% in 2015
The number of registered vehicles in South Korea rose 4.3 percent in 2015 from a year earlier on the back of the government's tax-cut programs and solid demand for foreign-made cars, government data showed Sunday.Car registration stood at 20,989,885 units, up 4.3 percent or some 872,000 vehicles from a year earlier, according to the data compiled by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.The yearly gain marked the fastest clip since 2003 when it jumped 4.6 percent on-year to 14,590,0
Jan. 17, 2016
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Parents arrested over child's frozen, mutilated body
BUCHEON -- A couple was arrested Friday after their child was found dead and mutilated, police said.Police discovered the boy's body earlier in the day at the home of an acquaintance of the father in Incheon, west of Seoul.During questioning, the father said he mutilated and froze the body after his son died, recently transferring it to his acquaintance's home. He denied, however, that he killed his son.The acquaintance said he did not know what was in the bag that carried the body, police said.
Jan. 15, 2016
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Korea quarantines livestock to contain foot-and-mouth outbreak
South Korean authorities have announced a weeklong ban from Saturday on any movement of pigs from North Jeolla Province to other regions in efforts to contain the recent foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, which has resulted in the culling of over 10,000 pigs.The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said the ban would apply on all 1.2 million pigs in the area, and is effective from Saturday to midnight Jan. 23. It follows a daylong provisional quarantine of the area issued Wednesday. (Yo
Jan. 15, 2016
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Prosecutors seek 20 years for Itaewon murder suspect
Arthur John Patterson (Yonhap)Seoul prosecutors sought a 20-year jail term Friday for a Korean-American charged with murdering a South Korean college student nearly two decades ago, known as the Itaewon murder case. Arthur John Patterson, a 35-year-old U.S. citizen, was extradited to Korea on Sept. 23 to face a new trial on charges of murdering Cho Choong-pil, who was stabbed to death in 1997 at Burger King restaurant in Itaewon, a multicultural district frequented by expats in Seoul. At the cri
Jan. 15, 2016
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Ulsan to improve dolphin conditions
Ulsan’s south district office mapped out a plan Friday to enhance the welfare of dolphins locked in the city’s aquarium amid escalating criticism from environmental groups of its attempt to cover up their deaths. (Yonhap)Apologizing for hiding a series of deaths of dolphins at the city’s Whale Life Experience Museum, the office vowed to improve the living conditions for dolphins in captivity and temporarily suspend their import from Japan. Under the plan, it will make the conditions in the tanks
Jan. 15, 2016
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Active Korean Catholic priests likely to exceed 5,000 by this year
The number of Catholic priests in active service will likely exceed 5,000 by the end of this year, according to the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea on Friday.Issuing the latest version of who's who on Catholic priests in Korea, the conference said the total number of Koreans honored to the priesthood stood at 5,899 by the end of September last year.Of the total, 536 died and 427 quit the priesthood to return to secular life, leaving the number of active priests at 4,936.The CBCK said the t
Jan. 15, 2016
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4 family members killed in fire in Seoul
A fire has torn through at an apartment in southern Seoul, killing four family members, police and fire officials said Friday.The blaze erupted at around 10:50 p.m. on Thursday on the third floor of the apartment in the affluent Gangnam district before being put out 20 minutes later, they said.The officials said three people were found dead when firefighters arrived at the scene, while a fourth person was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead.Three severely burned bodies were
Jan. 15, 2016
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Court rejects Korean A-bomb victims' suit against gov't
An appeals court on Thursday ruled in favor of the government and dismissed a compensation suit filed by South Korean atomic bomb victims, who were conscripted into the Japanese military or drafted to work in Japan during its 1910-45 colonial rule.Upholding a lower court's ruling, the Seoul High Court turned down the suit filed by 79 members of an association of Korean victims of the 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings.The plaintiffs filed the suit in August 2013, representing some 2,600
Jan. 14, 2016
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Noise complaints rise in winter
Noise complaints among neighbors living in multistory complexes increase drastically during wintertime due to increased time spent indoors, a report showed Thursday. Seoul City analyzed 1,097 cases of noise complaints since 2014, when it launched a team to mediate conflicts among neighbors. Citizens hold a rally calling for stricter measures to prevent conflicts between residents over noise in June in Seoul. YonhapStarting with 47 complaint cases in October 2014, the number increased to 48 in N
Jan. 14, 2016
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Campaign launches to cancel Korea-Japan sex slavery deal
Hundreds of progressive civic groups launched an umbrella organization on Thursday to demand Seoul and Tokyo invalidate the landmark deal over Japan’s sexual enslavement of Korean women. The umbrella organization, which encompasses 383 civic, religious, lawyers’ and students’ groups as well as 300 individuals, announced its plan to campaign against the deal at home and abroad in a press conference held in central Seoul. “We gathered here to invalidate the agreement, demand renegotiations with
Jan. 14, 2016
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Koreans stress most about finances
Financial stress, such as unemployment and financial insecurity postretirement, is the biggest cause of anxiety among South Koreans, a new report showed Thursday. Yonhap The report, published by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, surveyed a total of 5,000 school children aged 14-18, as well as 7,000 adult Koreans aged 19 or older. Researchers showed that 43.7 percent of all surveyed adult Koreans were anxious because of financial insecurities. The biggest portion of the adult pa
Jan. 14, 2016
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Former 'comfort women' declare recent deal with Japan null
A group of former "comfort women" declared Wednesday the nullification of the recent South Korea-Japan agreement on the wartime sexual slavery victims, urging the Seoul government to make a "proper" resolution.The agreement, reached on Dec. 28, has sparked a wave of public protests among victims and their supporters, who claim Japan got the better end of the deal by obtaining Seoul's promise to settle the issue once and for all if Tokyo fulfills its commitments.Under the deal, Japan apologized a
Jan. 13, 2016