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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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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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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Over 9,000 hotline calls made by stalking victims in 2023
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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Seoul City may halt free child care
Seoul City is looking to stop providing child care support from October due to a growing budget deficit, reports said Monday.The Seoul Metropolitan Government has been citing concerns about the growing financial burden of providing “free child care,” which is one of the key welfare plans of President Park Geun-hye’s administration. Child care services have been expanded to all children age 5 and under starting this year. Previously, the government provided state subsidies to families in the bott
July 29, 2013
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Air Force, Naval academies report highest-ever applicant numbers
The Air Force Academy and the Naval Academy are enjoying record field days in the number of applicants for next year’s class, posting an average expected admission rate of less than 4 percent for both male and female students contending to study at the two military academies.Last Saturday, 6,437 applicants sat down to take the Air Force Academy’s written exams with 5,284 men and 1,153 women competing for 159 and 16 spots, respectively. The expected average admission rate is 2.72 percent.The Nava
July 29, 2013
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Seoul to open career center for immigrant women
Seoul opened a one-stop job center for female marriage immigrants on Monday. The Western Women’s Development Center in southwestern Seoul, selected as the first career center for multicultural families, will offer consulting, job coaching and various courses such as computer technology and sales services.The center will be affiliated with 24 other women’s career centers and multicultural family support systems, sharing employment information and consulting services. Only marriage immigrant women
July 29, 2013
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Korea ranks 2nd in youth mathematics competition
South Korea ranked second at an international youth mathematics competition held in Colombia earlier this month, Seoul’s Science Ministry said Monday.South Korea claimed five medals, including four gold medals, at the International Mathematical Olympiad held in Santa Marta, Colombia from July 18 to 28, and finished in second place out of 97 countries, according to the ministry.Last year, South Korea clinched the top spot. This year also marks a sharp improvement from the 13th place in 2011, acco
July 29, 2013
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Body of Sung Jae-gi found in Han River
The body of Sung Jae-gi, a men’s rights activist who had jumped off a bridge into the Han River on Friday, was found near Seogang Bridge on Monday. “The body assumed to be Sung’s was found near Bam Island close to Seogang Island at 4:10 p.m.,” said an official from the local fire department. The fire authorities had announced the termination of the search operation for Sung earlier in the day after three days of intense underwater and visual searches near the Mapo Bridge, where Sung threw himse
July 29, 2013
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Ex-tax chief denies taking bribes from CJ
A former chief of the national tax agency on Monday denied charges that he took bribes from CJ Group in return for providing favors during a tax audit into the local food and entertainment conglomerate.Jeon Goon-pyo, who led the National Tax Service (NTS) from July 2006 to November 2007, has been accused by his former staff of receiving cash and expensive watches from CJ Group in late 2006."Accusations that I received US$300,000 in U.S. bills and a watch are absolutely not true," Jeon told Yonha
July 29, 2013
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[Newsmaker] California erects comfort women monument
A statue of a girl symbolizing the victims of sexual slavery by the Japanese imperial military during World War II will be unveiled in the city of Glendale, California, Tuesday.The girl, identical to the one that sits in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, will settle in front of the Glendale Central Library as a reminder of Korean comfort women that still face denial of their ordeal by the Japanese government.The statue will incorporate a slate to explain the history of the comfort women. T
July 28, 2013
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[Graphic News] Smartphone use among school students
6.28 million students in 11,410 schools surveyed from June 28 to July 8
July 28, 2013
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Former deputy tax chief detained on CJ-bribery allegations
The investigation into illegality by CJ Group is expanding with former deputy chief of the National Tax Service Hur Byung-ik being detained on Saturday on charges of receiving a bribe from CJ chairman Lee Jay-hyun. Lee is currently in custody on multiple charges including tax evasion and embezzlement. Hur is suspected of having received money from CJ Group officials in return for shielding the conglomerate from the scrutiny of the tax authorities. Hur is denying that he was bribed by CJ Group, s
July 28, 2013
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Debate brews on age limits at public baths
Debate is brewing over the recent call by a group of public bathhouse owners for the government to lower the age limit on young male children entering female bathhouses.The Korea Federation of Public Bathhouses said that it was looking to lodge a formal complaint with the Ministry of Health and Welfare for the revision of the rule.The move comes amid growing debate about the age at which young children should be allowed to enter the baths of the opposite sex.In Korea, all public baths are separa
July 28, 2013
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Prosecutors target revenge attacks on crime victims
The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office said Sunday it had prepared measures to curb rising retaliatory crimes in the country.The number of offenders who attacked their original victim again for reporting them reached 243 last year, a nearly twofold increase from 132 in 2011.A prosecutors’ survey found that 76 percent of the retaliatory offenses took place in the early stages of investigation or immediately after the suspect was released after questioning.The prosecution said that from now on, victims w
July 28, 2013
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S. Korea to offer 'final talks' with N. Korea on Gaeseong park
South Korea said Sunday it will extend a "final offer" for talks to North Korea to discuss thenormalization of a suspended inter-Korean industrial complex in the North's border town of Gaeseong. The Gaeseong Industrial Complex has remained shuttered since early April as the North unilaterally withdrew its workers from South Korean companies there amid heightened tensions on the peninsula. The two sides have held six rounds of negotiations to reopen the factory zone, but to no avail. Seoul ha
July 28, 2013
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Police continue search for missing men's rights activist
Police said Saturday that they are continuing the search for a missing 46-year-old man who jumped off a bridge into the Han River the previous day as part of a publicity stunt to garner donations for a men's rights activist group. Sung Jae-gi, head of the men's rights advocacy group, jumped off the Mapo Bridge into the river that bisects Seoul on Friday after posting a notice online about his intentions one day earlier. Police and rescue workers have been searching for him, but he is stil
July 27, 2013
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Three dead from explosion at Samsung Fine Chemicals construction site
Three workers were killed and 12 others injured Friday when a water tank burst during a stress test at a polysilicon plant construction site inside Samsung Fine Chemicals, police said.Hospital officials said the death toll could rise as some of the injured were in critical condition.According to the police, the 1,300-ton water tank was being filled for the third day to detect any cracks or defects in it. The steel tank exploded when about 1,000 tons of water were injected.Investigators suspected
July 26, 2013
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Male rights activist jumps off bridge after pleading for donation
Police said Friday they were searching for a male rights activist who jumped off a bridge into the Han River in Seoul in an apparent attempt to carry out his open threat to commit suicide if he failed to raise funds for his financially troubled organization.Citing witnesses, police said Sung Jae-gi, 45, jumped off the Mapo Bridge in western Seoul shortly after 3 p.m. Photographs soon appeared on Sung's Twitter showing him holding onto the outer side of the bridge, ready to jump. The photos also
July 26, 2013
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Stay young, stay fun
Lee Sung-ha builds Legos for hours after work. The tiny plastic bricks are not just a pastime for the 32-year-old copywriter. His mind flies back to the time when life was simple, joyful and free from stress. “That is the only moment when I can fully relax from all the stress factors like work and marriage concerns,” Lee says. Lee, unmarried, spends some 500,000 won ($448) on Legos and other toys every month and says the investment always pays off. The collections help him relive the pure childh
July 26, 2013
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Kids at heart make toy market soar
The Galleria Department Store in Apgujeong-dong, southern Seoul, held a special event for the toy brand “Kinki Robot” in May. During the two-hour-long event, about 100 “kidult” customers gathered and purchased toys worth a combined 10 million won ($8,600). Inspired by the surprise success, the retailer opened a kidult toy chain store Replica in its luxury floor space. According to the store, the number of daily visitors is some 100 and most of them are adults.“Most of them are males in their 30s
July 26, 2013
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Law students petition against bar exam quota
A group of South Korean law school students said Friday that they have lodged a constitutional petition against a quota that limits the number of candidates allowed to pass the bar exam.In the petition filed with the Constitutional Court, third-year students at six graduate-level law schools nationwide claimed the quota violates their fundamental human rights, including freedom of occupation.“Anyone who successfully completes law school should be able to pass the exam without much difficulty,” t
July 26, 2013
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Former spy chief indicted for graft
A detained former intelligence chief has been indicted on charges of accepting kickbacks, including cash and gifts such as expensive jewelry, from a construction company, prosecutors said Friday.Won Sei-hoon, who served as the National Intelligence Service chief under then-President Lee Myung-bak until early this year, is suspected of receiving some 170 million won ($153,000) in bribes from a former head of now-bankrupt Hwangbo Construction since 2009, they said. In return, Hwang Bo-yeon, the fo
July 26, 2013
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Korea to kick off anti-suicide drive
South Korea will push for a set of measures to prevent suicide in an effort to shake off its stigma as the country with the top suicide rate among major nations, officials said Friday.South Korea is notorious for having the highest suicide rate among the countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, with an average of 33.3 people per 100,000 taking their lives in 2012, far higher than the OECD average of 12.6.In 2011, more than 15,000 people took their own lives, and th
July 26, 2013