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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Ship linked to NK arms shipments to Russia is moored in China: State Dept.
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Student caught trying to hack into professor’s computer
A law school student who allegedly tried to steal exam questions by hacking into a professor’s computer is facing disciplinary measures.Yonsei University said the 24-year-old student, named Choi, sneaked into the professor’s office on the night of Dec. 10 and tried to embed hacking software on the computer.He was caught by a security official while installing software that can remotely monitor a computer, the school said. The university has reported the case to the school’s board and will hold a
Dec. 17, 2013
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Korea to expand support for firms introducing wage peak system
Starting next year, the government will pay more incentives to firms introducing a wage peak system in an effort to reduce financial burdens caused by extending the retirement age of their workers under a new law, the labor ministry said Tuesday.The plan is a key part of a revised enforcement decree to the employment and labor law which was approved by the Cabinet that day, the ministry said. In South Korea, no parliamentary endorsement is required for the revision of an enforcement decree.Under
Dec. 17, 2013
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Bookseller says Korean readers favor fiction titles in 2013
A Buddhist monk’s meditative title grabbed the top slot on the national bestseller list for two straight years, Kyobo Book Centre said on Tuesday. “Things You Can Finally See When You Stop,” authored by Ven. Haemin, ranked first on the list compiled by the country’s biggest bookseller. The Korean edition of Francois Lelord’s “Hector and the Search for Happiness” was the No. 2 bestseller this year. Kyobo said readers favored both offline and online novels this year. For digital books, novels acco
Dec. 17, 2013
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Police raid railway union offices as strike continues
Police raided the offices of the state-run rail operator’s labor union Tuesday, as its strike entered the ninth-day, taking a toll on passenger and cargo services.Korea Railroad Corp. has filed complaints against 190 unionists for impeding business with their “illegal” strike.Courts issued warrants to detain 10 union leaders including chairman Kim Myung-hwan after they refused to respond to a summons by prosecutors.About 30 investigators seized computer hard drives and documents at the two offic
Dec. 17, 2013
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Two POSCO employees found dead at Pohang plant
DAEGU -- Two POSCO employees were found dead Monday at the steelmaker's main plant in Pohang, southeastern South Korea, fire officials said.An accident of unknown cause occurred at an oxygen production facility of the Pohang plant about 380 kilometers southeast of Seoul at 8:30 p.m., said the officials, adding that fire fighters have rushed to the scene.The officials and the municipal government of Pohang said an investigation was under way to determine the cause of the accident."The Pohang fir
Dec. 16, 2013
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Court dismisses demand to change answer to college exam question
An administrative court ruled Monday against a group of high school seniors seeking a change to their scores on the national college entrance exam.Thirty-eight students who took the College Scholastic Ability Test on Nov. 7 filed a lawsuit last month, claiming that the test organizers chose an incorrect answer to Question 8 in the geography section.The multiple-choice question asked examinees to choose the correct statement about the European Union and the North American Free Trade Agreement blo
Dec. 16, 2013
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Police launch clampdown as strike fallout worsens
A passenger was killed Sunday in a subway accident apparently caused by safety failures amid an ongoing strike by railway workers. Police on Monday began cracking down on leaders of the Korea Railroad Corp. union, whose walkout halted 70 percent of freight train services in its eighth day. President Park Geun-hye urged them to stop taking the economy hostage for their own interests. The union began a general strike on Dec. 9 in protest of the state-run rail monopoly’s plan to establish a subsidi
Dec. 16, 2013
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Ministry launches center for Middle Eastern patients
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Monday that it has established a support center for patients and doctors coming from Middle Eastern countries for intensive medical treatment and training.The Global Healthcare Center for Middle East, located in Itaewon, central Seoul, will perform online coordination of medical services between patients from the region and Korean hospitals. The center will also provide a wide range of consulting services, helping with visa issuances, traffic information,
Dec. 16, 2013
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Habitual tax defaulters increase
The government on Monday unveiled the personal information of 14,500 high-profile tax delinquents including former President Chun Doo-hwan. The Ministry of Security and Public Administration disclosed a list of those who failed to pay over 30 million won ($28,500) for more than two years. Their number rose by 25.7 percent from last year largely due to more business failures in the economic slowdown. The total amount in arrears also jumped 26.6 percent year-on-year to 2.14 trillion won, while the
Dec. 16, 2013
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GPS-guided bombs for Korean fighters to be built in U.S.
South Korea selected two U.S. companies ― Boeing and Kaman Aerospace Corporation ― to jointly produce air-to-ground bombs guided by the global positioning system for its fighter jets, the state arms procurement agency said Monday. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration opened the bid in July to equip F-15Ks and KF-16s with the smart bombs capable of launching precision attacks against North Korea’s artillery bases or hidden targets using the GPS system. The precision-guided bombs will be
Dec. 16, 2013
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Posts spread urging students’ participation in social issues
It started with a single school board post, calling for students to pay attention to social issues at hand. Now, more posts are popping up across the country, urging people to open their eyes to key issues facing Korean society.On Monday, a first-year high school student in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, put up a post on her school bulletin board pressing fellow students to play a bigger role in “protecting the democracy as citizens of Korea.” “Even as I heard the news of the state-run National
Dec. 16, 2013
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Internet use spreading fast in S. Korea: survey
The number of Internet users in Korea has topped 40 million, with the rate of Internet use also surpassing the 80 percent mark, a survey showed on Monday.According to the report compiled by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, the number of Internet users in the country, with a population of nearly 50 million, reached some 40.08 million as of September, up from 38.12 million a year ago, and some 82 percent of South Koreans log on to the Internet at least once a month, also up from 7
Dec. 16, 2013
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Arrest warrants to be sought for unionized rail workers
Prosecutors said Monday they will seek arrest warrants for 10 unionized rail workers for refusing to respond to a summons as part of an investigation into an ongoing strike.More than 6,500 unionized workers of state-run Korea Railroad Corp. (KORAIL) went on strike last Monday in protest against a government decision to set up a new rail operator that they claim is the first step toward privatization."Arrest warrants will be sought for 10 union members, including a union leader, as they have refu
Dec. 16, 2013
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Over 600 arrested in crackdown on sex, gambling crimes
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency arrested 650 people related to brothels on Sunday, exposing 231 illegal gambling houses and brothels. “We will reinforce the criminal penalty given to such brothels as prostitution is now mutating in various forms and places,” said an official from the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.Tightening control of widespread sex-trafficking, the police agency issued warnings to landlords that they could also come under fire for providing the location for brothels. Th
Dec. 16, 2013
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Tong Yang Group chief summoned over alleged financial fraud
The head of Tong Yang Group was called in by prosecutors Monday over suspicions that the financially troubled group fraudulently issued commercial papers, inflicting heavy losses on retail investors.Hyun Jae-hyun appeared at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in southern Seoul around 9:40 a.m. to undergo questioning.The 64-year-old chairman is accused of issuing some 160 billion won ($150 million) worth of asset-backed commercial papers, a type of short-term debt, in July and Septemb
Dec. 16, 2013
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[Photo News] Year-end party
Dec. 15, 2013
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Prosecutors indict 70 for tax fraud
The prosecution has indicted 70 operators of ghost companies for issuing fake receipts worth around 2 trillion won ($1.89 billion) to assist their clients in tax evasion.The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office said Sunday it has arrested 58 in a crackdown on the illegal businesses since September. They were indicted on tax evasion and other charges. An additional 12 people were also charged without detention. They are accused of making illegal profits by issuing fake receipts for dealings in waste coppe
Dec. 15, 2013
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Message ignites student gathering on political issues
About 200 college students braved the freezing weather Saturday to take part in an outdoor debate at a Seoul university on themes ranging from the rail workers’ strike to intelligence agents’ electioneering.The gathering was called in by a single school board post, titled “How are you doing?” put up by Joo Hyun-woo, a Korea University student, last Tuesday, calling for students to pay attention to social issues.The post asked students if they were indeed doing okay when thousands of railroad emp
Dec. 15, 2013
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Pro-N.K. activists to stand trial for alleged security law breach
Nine members of a local activist group have been indicted on charges of carrying out pro-Pyongyang propaganda activities in violation of the country’s security law, South Korean prosecutors said Sunday.The nine are under suspicion of having secret meetings regularly to praise North Korea and support the communist regime’s demands for various inter-Korean issues, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said.South Korea’s National Security Law prohibits citizens from forming organizations t
Dec. 15, 2013
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Rail workers threaten massive protest rally in Seoul
Striking rail workers on Sunday threatened to stage a large-scale protest rally in Seoul this week unless the government withdraws its decision to set up a new rail operator that they claim is the first step toward privatization.Thousands of unionized rail workers went on strike on Monday after the government decided to set up a separate rail affiliate as part of its efforts to “rationalize” its heavily indebted rail operations.Korea Railroad Corp. denied that its move to set up a separate opera
Dec. 15, 2013