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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Ministry approves eight new history textbooks
The Ministry of Education on Tuesday approved eight revised Korean history textbooks, including one authored by conservative scholars, for use in high schools from next year.“(The ministry’s) special committee have analyzed the revised texts and decided to approve all eight textbooks,” Education Minister Seo Nam-soo said at a news conference Tuesday. After an initial approval by a state-run history text screening body on Aug. 30, the ministry ordered publishers to revise 829 sections it deemed t
Dec. 10, 2013
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Man dies after plastic surgery in Ulsan
Ulsan Police on Tuesday said it is investigating a case of a man who died 20 days after getting plastic surgery.According to Ulsan Nambu Police Station, a man in his late 20s died Saturday after he had received cosmetic surgery on his eyes and nose at a plastic surgical clinic in Nam-gu, Ulsan, on Nov. 28. He had visited a host of hospitals, including one in neighboring city of Busan, to treat inflammation that flared up after the initial surgery. The family of the deceased pinned the blame on t
Dec. 10, 2013
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KORAIL board approves KTX spin-off plan despite strike
The board of the Korea Railroad Corp on Tuesday approved a plan to establish an affiliate for a new bullet train operation despite a general strike by workers who claimed the spin-off was a disguised step toward privatization. During a closed-door meeting held an hour ahead of schedule, 12 of the 13 board members voted in favor of the plan. “The company for the new KTX operation is an opportunity to increase the quality of the railway operation and service as well as KORAIL’s competitiveness,” K
Dec. 10, 2013
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30% of Korean firms avoid hiring recruits aged over 30: survey
30% of Korean firms avoid hiring recruits aged over 30: survey Three out of 10 Korean companies tend to avoid hiring those in their 30s, a survey conducted by job portal Saramin showed Tuesday. Among the 778 companies surveyed, 29.4 percent expressed negative views on applicants aged over 30, with 16 percent of responses coming from major companies, 32.4 percent from mid-sized companies and 29.6 percent from smaller enterprises.An overwhelming 60.4 percent of participants said there is an optima
Dec. 10, 2013
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NTSB to hold investigative hearing on Asiana crash
Five months into a probe into the cause of Asiana Airlines flight 214's crash landing in San Francisco, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Monday it will hold an investigative hearing this week expected to provide the public with comprehensive information on the incident.The two-day event beginning Tuesday will be led by NTSB chairwoman Deborah Hersman at the NTSB's headquarters in Washington, D.C."We are in a fact-gathering phase," a senior NTSB official said in a roundtable m
Dec. 10, 2013
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Prosecution to question official involved in love child scandal leak
The prosecution plans to question a government official alleged to have requested a Cheong Wa Dae official to track down personal information of a boy suspected to be the illegitimate son of former prosecution chief Chae Dong-wook.The official at the Ministry of Security and Public Administration, identified only by his surname Kim, is said to have asked Cho Oh-young, an administrative official at the president’s office, to check on the boy’s home address and family registration in June. He deni
Dec. 9, 2013
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Hyosung chairman faces fraud, tax evasion grilling
The prosecution is set to question Hyosung Group chairman Cho Suck-rai on Tuesday as part of an investigation into the company’s alleged tax evasion, slush funds and accounting fraud, officials said Monday. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office has summoned Cho to appear at 10 a.m. Tuesday. He will be the third person from the family to be questioned. Hyosung is Korea’s 26th largest business group, with assets of more than 11 trillion won ($10.4 billion). Prosecutors are expected to gri
Dec. 9, 2013
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Leniency leads to child sex crimes: survey
Leniency leads to child sex crimes: surveyNearly five out of 10 Koreans said mild punishment is the major cause behind sex offenses targeting children and adolescents, according to survey results released on Monday.The recent survey conducted by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and the Anti-Corruption Civil Rights Commission showed that 47.3 percent believe that sex crimes against children occur because of lenient punishment, followed by deviant sexual impulses (21.1 percent) and porno
Dec. 9, 2013
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New voice phishing target bank customers
Voice phishing swindlers are targeting South Korean phone users with a new trick: the new address system that will go into effect in January next year.Under the address system change, customers of bank and other services are being required to update their addresses. Professionals engaged in voice phishing -- usually pretending to be officials from commercial banks -- are now asking unsuspecting users to type in personal information including resident numbers and passwords to update their data fo
Dec. 9, 2013
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Prosecutors raid teachers’ union in electioneering probe
Prosecutors conducted on Monday a search operation looking for any evidence that a teachers’ union had illegally involved itself in last year’s presidential election.Officials from the Seoul South District Prosecutor’s Office raided an unnamed server provider to investigate traces of illegal electioneering on the Korean Teacher’s Union homepage. Prosecutors have reportedly found evidence supporting the charges against the KTU on the union’s website and intranet system.The KTU has been on a rolle
Dec. 9, 2013
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Rail workers protest privatization
Unionized rail workers launched a general strike Monday against a plan to launch a subsidiary for new bullet train operations, calling it a move to privatize the state-run rail operator. The Korea Railroad Corp. filed complaints with police against nearly 200 union members for impeding business and threatened to take disciplinary measures against all participants in the walkout. The strike caused no major disruptions to passenger transport services, including the KTX trains and Seoul subway line
Dec. 9, 2013
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More than 3,300 indicted for subsidy fraud
More than 3,300 people have been indicted on charges of siphoning off or embezzling state subsidies worth a total of 170 billion won ($160 million), prosecutors and police said Sunday, revealing serious problems with Korea’s subsidy management system.In a six-month joint crackdown launched in June, prosecutors and police uncovered a total of 3,349 people suspected of involvement in subsidy-related irregularities. Of them, 127 were formally arrested, while the rest were put to trial without physi
Dec. 8, 2013
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Online petition against ‘addiction bill’ gains more than 300,000 votes
The Korea Internet Digital Entertainment Association’s online petition against the so-called “addiction bill” saw more than 300,000 votes as of Sunday. According to K-IDEA, the online petition that launched on Oct. 28 against the proposed act, which classifies Internet games as addictive, has gained 300,978 votes. The poll is operated jointly by major domestic gaming corporations including Nexon, NCsoft, NHN Entertainment and CJ E&M Netmarble.“The opposition movement in every corner, even among
Dec. 8, 2013
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Regulator orders BAT Korea to change misleading ads
South Korea‘s trade watchdog issued a correction order to a British tobacco firm over misleading advertising. The Fair Trade Commission said Sunday it sent the order, a mild form of a sanction, to British American Tobacco Korea for describing its Dunhill Fine Cut 1 mg menthol as containing charcoal filters. The product had “charcoal filter” written on its packaging from November 2010 to September 2012 and generated 11.8 billion won ($11.15 million) in revenue, even though it did not have such a
Dec. 8, 2013
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Zookeeper attacked by tiger at Seoul Zoo dies
A zookeeper who was bitten by a Siberian tiger died Sunday after 14 days in a coma, according to Ajou University Hospital.The 52-year-old zookeeper, identified by last name Shim, was mauled by the 3-year-old tiger in the neck and spine at a zoo in Seoul Grand Park on Nov 24.According to the zoo officials, Shim was laying food outside the tiger compound when he was attacked. The tiger escaped through an enclosure door, but how the door came to be unlocked is unknown. The tiger walked back into hi
Dec. 8, 2013
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Prosecutors seek suspended jail terms for celebrities accused of illegal gambling
State prosecutors said Friday it is seeking suspended jail terms for singer Tony An, Tak Jae-hoon and comedian Lee Soo-geun after the three admitted to betting on illegal sports gambling websites.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office demanded that An be sentenced to 10 months in prison, suspended for two years. For Tak and Lee, prosecutors sought eight and six months behind bars, respectively, suspended for two years each. “It has been taken into account that all of the defendants have
Dec. 6, 2013
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S. Korea enshrines 666 sets of remains of Korean War dead
South Korea enshrined the remains of 666 soldiers on Friday, more than 60 years after they were killed in the three-year Korean War that ended in a truce in 1953.Prime Minister Chung Hong-won, Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin and 400 other government and military officials attended an enshrinement ceremony at Seoul National Cemetery for the remains excavated this year. A total of 731 sets of remains were recovered after searching 77 former battlefield sites from March to November, of which 666 have
Dec. 6, 2013
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Seoul cleared of ultrafine dust, gov't lifts advisory
The city of Seoul got cleared of ultrafine dust coming from China on Friday, leading the Seoul government to lift the warning against the pollutant.Concerns, however, persist, as China still has a high level of the "particulate matter (PM) 2.5," a nanoscale particulate matter that is 2.5 micrometers or less in diameter and largely made up of sulphate and nitrate particles.The city and the surrounding areas experienced unprecedentedly thick layers of ultrafine pollutants on Thursday, prompting th
Dec. 6, 2013
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Seoul issues first-ever fine dust alert
The country’s first ever fine dust alert was issued in Seoul on Thursday, as fine and ultrafine dust particles continued to be blown in from China.The Seoul city government issued an alert as of 4 p.m., with ultrafine dust levels reaching 93 micrograms per cubic meter of air. Ultrafine dust is defined as particles that measure less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter, or PM 2.5. Along with the ultrafine dust level, that of fine dust ― particles measuring less than 10 micrometers in diameter ― also
Dec. 5, 2013
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College students doubt effectiveness of English-only classes
Song Hong-bin, a 22-year-old college student in Seoul, regrets his choice of an all-English class this semester.Unable to comprehend lectures and conversations, he is only left with frustration and a sense of inferiority. “I chose the class to learn real-life English. But I feel like I’m being left out. Others seem to understand all the lectures,” he said.“It’s more like showtime for English-fluent people to boast their ability. I don’t think my English improved.” More and more universities are
Dec. 5, 2013