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Hyundai Motor eyes 80,000 jobs, W68tr investment at home by 2026
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Korea enters full election mode
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Dialogue hopes fade as doctors pick hard-liner as new head
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Coupang pledges W3tr to expand Rocket Delivery nationwide by 2027
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[Election Battlefield] Political novice to face off star politician in ‘swing district’
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Court upholds jail term for man who attempted to murder ex-girlfriend
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[Herald Interview] Son Suk-ku chooses to be swayed by others in navigating life
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Police seek arrest warrant for ex-vice justice minister
The police requested an arrest warrant Tuesday against former Vice Justice Minister Kim Hak-ui for his alleged involvement in a sex-for-favors scandal. Sources said he faces charges of rape. “(The police) requested an arrest warrant for Kim on Tuesday afternoon. We can’t say what charges are being sought for him because the investigation is still ongoing,” an investigator at the Korean National Police Agency said.Investigators suspect Kim of raping a number of women at a luxury weekend house in
June 19, 2013
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Prosecution to seek arrest warrant against 'CJ slush funds manager'
Prosecutors said Wednesday that they will seek an arrest warrant against a CJ Group executive accused of playing a key role in managing massive slush funds for the conglomerate's chairman.The vice president, surnamed Kim, of the conglomerate's Chinese corporate body, is suspected to be fully aware of the size and current situations of Chairman Lee Jae-hyun's slush funds both at home and abroad, and the scale of assets kept in borrowed names.The Seoul Central Prosecutors' Office probing the case
June 19, 2013
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IT entrepreneur appointed to head youth committee
President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday appointed Nam Min-woo, a leading venture entrepreneur, as the chief of the presidential committee on youth affairs.Nam, 51, CEO of a local IT firm Dasan Network, will head the committee in charge of providing advices for venture start-ups, job creation and other youth-related policies, senior presidential press secretary Lee Jung-hyun said.The president has also named 18 young leaders as members of the committee. The list includes Kakao Talk CEO Lee Jae-beom, m
June 18, 2013
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Overseas Koreans pledge support for creative economy
Overseas Korean leaders opened their annual meeting in Seoul on Tuesday to discuss ways to better nurture young talent and support the government’s “creative economy” initiative. About 380 Koreans from 73 countries are participating in the four-day World Korean Community Leaders Convention organized by the Overseas Koreans Foundation to promote networking among compatriots at home and abroad. President Park Geun-hye attended the opening, calling for their support for her policy to forge new grow
June 18, 2013
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Most college students unwilling to support parents
The majority of college students in South Korea think “parents should prepare for their elderly life on their own,” according to a survey conducted by National Pension Service released on Tuesday.The organization’s Gwangju headquarters surveyed 486 local college students on their understanding of the country’s pension system. Of them, 86 percent said they were unwilling to financially support their parents after retirement.Reasons for their unwillingness were that their parents should rely on th
June 18, 2013
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Rainy season begins: weather agency
Heavy rain is forecast to fall across the country through Thursday, with more than 100 milliliters of precipitation expected for some regions.According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, the rainy season is to begin in the central region on Tuesday, three or four days earlier than usual. The monsoon season is likely to continue until mid-July, it added.The heavy rain is expected to spread across the entire nation on Tuesday, officials said.The rain front, coming from North Korea, is exp
June 17, 2013
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Agency offers anticorruption training to foreign officials
Korea’s corruption watchdog Monday started a two-week training program for Asian and African public officials to help emerging countries tackle graft and boost transparency. The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission said 13 officials from different countries including China, Singapore, Thailand and Zimbabwe were participating in the session. In his welcoming address, chairperson Lee Sung-bo stressed the importance of international cooperation to combat corruption. “Corruption is a transnat
June 17, 2013
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UNESCO forum to tackle bioethics
More than 200 international experts will gather in Seoul for a U.N. conference aiming to set bioethical standards in step with fast developing life science and technologies. The 20th annual UNESCO International Bioethics Committee will open Wednesday for a three-day run to discuss equal access, human rights and other various issues arising from biotechnological and medical advances. The committee launched in 1993 will announce a draft report on the principles of non-discrimination and non-stigma
June 17, 2013
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Police to reinvestigate murder after teen found innocent
Iksan Police Station in North Jeolla Province said on Sunday it would reinvestigate the murder of a taxi driver after claims that the police may have forced a confession from an innocent teenager. The move came after claims made on SBS investigative program “Unanswered Question” on Saturday. The 15-year-old delivery boy insisted during his trial that the police forced him to make a false statement, but he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. After the teen had spent three years behind bars, G
June 17, 2013
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School official commits suicide amid fraud probe
A vice principal at a prestigious South Korean middle school committed suicide on Sunday amid an ongoing investigation into admission-related fraud. The 54-year-old vice principal, identified by his surname Kim, was found dead inside Younghoon International Middle School in Seoul at around 7 p.m. Beside him was a note: “I did it for the school, but it seems like I have made a mistake.”Kim was suspected of receiving money from parents in exchange for admitting unqualified students, according to
June 17, 2013
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CJ’s U.S., Indonesia units probed in slush fund case
Prosecutors said Sunday they were looking into new allegations that CJ Group raised massive slush funds through its branches in the U.S. and Indonesia.The family-owned food and entertainment giant is under intensive investigation for allegedly running secret funds at home and abroad using borrowed-name accounts, ghost companies and fraudulent accounting. CJ is also suspected of evading taxes. Prosecutors said they confirmed that the group had illegally transferred tens of millions of dollars rai
June 16, 2013
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Seoul to provide taxi fare information for foreign tourists
Seoul City will publicize standard taxi fares on 56 routes popular among foreign tourists as part of efforts to protect them from overcharging. The price estimates will be available online (www.visitseoul.net) from the end of this month, and later via smartphone applications and tour guidebooks, it said.The information will cover courses linking 12 spots ― two airports, five lodging facilities and five tourist attractions, it said. To stamp out the illegal practice of taxis overcharging, one of
June 16, 2013
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Labor dispute escalates at Korean daily
Labor disputes at the Hankook Ilbo, a Korean-language newspaper, escalated over the weekend after its management expelled defiant reporters and closed the newsroom.The two sides have been at odds for months over allegedly unfair appointment and personal corruption by chairman Chang Jae-ku. On Saturday, the management evicted two journalists from its newsroom mobilizing 15 contract security guards and closed down the office, according to the labor union.The firm demanded that reporters sign a doc
June 16, 2013
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Longchamp wins fake bag case
French fashion house Longchamp has won a legal battle with a Korean brand over the sale of bag products that look similar to its signature folding bags, an appellate court said Sunday.The Seoul High Court overturned a lower court’s order and ruled in favor of Longchamp which accused the local brand of copying its best-selling product Le Pliage. Le Pliage, meaning fold in French, has been popular here for its practical design since 1997. “The bag (produced) by ‘S’ brand appears to carry designs s
June 16, 2013
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DP claims ‘TK line’ behind NIS cover-up
The main opposition Democratic Party said Sunday it received a tip-off that indicates powerful figures from the same region as President Park Geun-hye tried to hamper a police probe into intelligence agents accused of interfering in last year’s election.The party did not elaborate on what it called “the main body” behind former Seoul police chief Kim Yong-pan, the main suspect of the attempted cover-up, but the argument is expected to heat up partisan debates ahead of the planned parliamentary i
June 16, 2013
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Conscientious objectors to file constitutional petition
A group of 330 Jehovah’s Witnesses plans to file a constitutional appeal Tuesday, demanding their right to conscientious objection, their legal representative said.In the petition, they will propose that the Korean government provide alternative military service, compensate objectors who served time in prison and erase their criminal records, according to lawyer Oh Du-jin."The U.N. Human Rights Committee has repeatedly advised Korea to provide alternative service, which Korea has consistently ig
June 16, 2013
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KDIC faces tax haven controversy
The Korea Deposit Insurance Corp and its subsidiary KRNC are mired in controversy over setting up paper companies in tax havens by former executives and employees of the two state-run financial companies.The Korea Center for Investigative Journalism, known locally as Newstapa, on Saturday released another batch of six Koreans found to have operated two ghost companies in the British Virgin Islands.The six included Kim Gi-don, former CEO of KRNC and former senior manager of KDIC, and five others
June 15, 2013
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Former chiefs of NIS, Seoul police indicted over election interference
Prosecutors indicted former National Intelligence Service chief Won Sei-hoon without detention Friday on charges of meddling in last year’s presidential election. Announcing the results of its two-month-long probe, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said Won ordered his agents to put up online comments and express opinions on Internet posts over political issues. Among 1,760 posts by the NIS agents with hundreds of fake IDs from Sep. 19 to Dec. 14 last year, 67 are confirmed to have
June 14, 2013
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June 14, 2013
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Severance Hospital raided over ‘contract killing‘ sick note
Korean prosecutors raided Yonsei Severance Hospital on Thursday to investigate whether one of its staff wrote a false doctor’s note for a woman convicted of arranging a contract-killing. The doctor allegedly exaggerated the diagnosis, helping the criminal patient to delay the execution of the sentence.The 68-year-old woman was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2004 for hiring a hit-man to kill an innocent college student who she believed was having an affair with her son-in-law.But she delayed t
June 14, 2013