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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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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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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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More med professors to take day off each week while govt. urges them to stay
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Ship linked to NK arms shipments to Russia is moored in China: State Dept.
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Hankook Ilbo chairman ignores summons
Chang Jae-ku, chairman of the Hankook Ilbo, a Korean-language newspaper, did not respond to the prosecution’s summons for questioning on Tuesday.The prosecution summoned Chang over allegations that he used the company’s money for personal use and inflicted huge financial losses on the media group. But the chairman requested a delay in the summons until the end of July, saying he needed more time to collect the required documents.The labor union filed a lawsuit against Chang in April, alleging th
July 16, 2013
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N. Korea presumed to be behind Cheong Wa Dae hacking: officials
North Korea was most likely behind the cyber attacks carried out between June 25 and July 1 this year on the websites of Cheong Wa Dae and the Office of Government Policy Coordination as well as multiple newspaper companies, the government said on Tuesday.“North Korean IP addresses were found and the hacking methods, such as the same malware found in the past North Korean cyber attacks, are the same,” said Chun Kil-soo, the director of Internet Incident Response at the Korea Internet and Securit
July 16, 2013
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Video of expats abusing Korean woman ‘staged’
An online video showing a Korean woman apparently being harassed by a group of Western men in a nightclub was staged, two men who say they acted in the video have claimed. The video, which has caused outrage online in recent days and appeared in Korean and foreign media including the Washington Post webpage, appears to show a number of men sexually and verbally harassing an intoxicated Korean woman. The men are shown cursing at the woman, filming her chest and forcing her own finger up her nose
July 16, 2013
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Prosecution raids ex-president's house over unpaid fines
State prosecutors on Tuesday raided the residence of former President Chun Doo-hwan as part of their move to collect a massive amount of unpaid fines levied on him for amassing large sums of secret funds during his presidency in the 1980s.Chun was ordered by a court in 1997 to return to the state coffers the 220 billion won (US$195 million) he was found to have illegally accumulated during his term. But he refused to make the payment, saying he was almost penniless.He has so far paid only a quar
July 16, 2013
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One worker killed, six others missing in flooding during underground work
One worker was killed and six other workers are missing after being swept away by swift currents on Monday while removing old water pipes inside a water distribution reservoir near the Han River, police said. Cho Ryong-geun, 57, who was killed in the incident, is known to be Chinese. Work to rescue the six others -- including three workers also believed to be Chinese -- is currently underway. Water from the rain-swollen Han River, which flows through the center of Seoul, rushed into the nearby 4
July 16, 2013
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Conglomerates to invest to control toxic leaks
Nine conglomerates have pledged to invest 2.8 trillion won ($2.4 billion) by 2015 in industries to prevent toxic leaks as part of joint measures to prevent environmental disasters at factories, the government said Friday.Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and others will be injecting the funds to improve old facilities, enhance safety installations and build up toxic gas monitoring systems. All industries will be required to adopt the leak detection and repair system, which currently only appli
July 15, 2013
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‘Yoon’s sexual assault investigation nears end’
South Korean diplomats in Washington expect the local police to conclude a sexual abuse investigation into former presidential spokesperson Yoon Chang-jung as early as this month, a report said Monday. Yoon is alleged to have inappropriately touched a South Korean embassy intern at a local bar and later to have called her to his hotel room during President Park Geun-hye’s visit to the U.S. in May. He was initially accused of misdemeanor sexual abuse.South Korean Embassy officials told Yonhap New
July 15, 2013
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[Photo News] Forestalling flood
July 15, 2013
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Discussions on new pension scheme end without progress
An advisory panel on the government’s new pension scheme for elderly citizens ended four months of discussions without reaching consensus on major issues. The committee, consisting of representatives from the government, civic groups, labor and business, decided to implement the new pension system from July next year, but not for all elderly citizens. The government will use taxpayers’ money to support the elderly, officials said after the meeting. But they failed to reach agreement on who shoul
July 15, 2013
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Rights watchdog urges greater protection for illegal migrants’ kids
An independent human rights body called on the government Monday to overhaul the existing law on immigration to prevent children of immigrants living here illegally from being deported without due regard to their right to education.The National Human Rights Commission made the request to Justice Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn after a 17-year-old boy surnamed Kim from Mongolia was forcibly repatriated to his home country last November, a move condemned by human rights activists as a violation of the Unit
July 15, 2013
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Courts will treat Asiana passengers differently
The potential compensation payouts for people aboard Asiana Airlines Flight 214 will probably be very different for Americans and passengers from other countries, even if they were seated side by side as the South Korean jetliner crash-landed.An international treaty governs compensation to passengers harmed by international air travel. The pact is likely to close U.S. courts to many foreigners and force them to pursue their claims in Asia and elsewhere, where lawsuits are rarer, harder to win an
July 15, 2013
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SNU to use plagiarism detection software
Seoul National University is mulling over installing a plagiarism detection program amid a series of scandals involving several professors.There are several detection programs, such as Turnitin, that check for duplication of content by comparing submitted papers and theses through an online database.The school announced on Sunday that it was looking to purchase plagiarism-tracking software and to start using it from next year.All master’s and doctoral degree theses as well as professors’ publica
July 14, 2013
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[Photo News] Floodgates open
July 14, 2013
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[Newsmaker] Public outcry fazes state pension service
The number of taxpayers signing up in an online campaign to abolish the state-run pension system is nearing 100,000, signaling a growing opposition against the mandatory program for all employees in the country.The Alliance for Taxpayers Korea said on Saturday that the number of people who think the current pension scheme is unfair and disagree with a plan to raise subscribers’ contribution rate, is fast growing. The civic group claimed that the government should enact a dramatic reform to impro
July 14, 2013
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Ministry to monitor levels of sodium in school meals
The government is planning to require all public schools specify the amount of salt in school meals starting next year in order to reduce the risk of obesity and diabetes among students.The Education Ministry announced Sunday that it would regulate all school meals and monitor the amount of salt they contain, as part of efforts to reduce students’ salt consumption by more than 20 percent.The current average sodium intake from a school lunch is 928 milligrams ― equivalent to about 2.35 grams of s
July 14, 2013
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Downpour kills 3 in Gyeonggi
Localized torrential downpours have hit Seoul and the surrounding areas over the weekend, causing flooding and killing at least three. Heavy rain warnings and watches were issued Saturday in Seoul, Gyeonggi, Incheon and Gangwon provinces as 225.5 millimeters of rainfall soaked the capital. As of 2 p.m. Sunday, the accumulated rainfall in northern Gyeonggi Province reached 245 millimeters in Gapyeong, 216 in Namyangju, 201 in Yeoncheon and 198.5 in Pocheon. In Pocheon, northeast Gyeonggi Province
July 14, 2013
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Heavy rains batter northern parts of Gyeonggi Province
Localized heavy downpours battered regions north of Seoul Sunday, flooding homes and roads, and knocking down a section of the wire fence on the border with North Korea. Two people were killed after being swept away in swollen streams, officials said.Up to 272 millimeters of rain fell in northern parts of Gyeonggi Province between Saturday and Sunday alone, with Yeoncheon County near the border with North Korea receiving nearly 100 mm of rain in about an hour from between 6 a.m., officials said.
July 14, 2013
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S. Korea's vice foreign minister to visit Japan for talks
South Korea's vice foreign minister is expected to visit Japan next week, during which he may possibly discuss a summit between the two countries, diplomatic sources said Saturday.Kim Kyou-hyun, Seoul's first vice minister for foreign affairs, plans to visit Tokyo for the opening ceremony Thursday of a new building for the South Korean embassy there.Kim is expected to use the occasion to meet with his Japanese counterpart, Akitaka Saiki, and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said the sou
July 14, 2013
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Talents used for good
When Won You-min, a 31-year-old architect, was requested to build a private childcare center in a small and isolated fishing village near Gangjin, South Jeolla Province, all he could think of was how to politely decline. Not only because he had no experience with designing a children’s facility but also because it was an offer made by a non-governmental organization that did not have sufficient funding. But soon after the architect reached the village, some 500 kilometers south of Seoul, he coul
July 12, 2013
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Seoul court orders review of compensation ruling on Vietnam War defoliant victims
South Korea's top court on Friday partly reversed a lower court ruling that said two U.S. producers of a toxic chemical should compensate most of the South Korean Vietnam War veterans who sued the firms for their exposure to the defoliant.Sending the case back for review, the Supreme Court said the Seoul High Court should reconsider its 2006 verdict of a combined63 billion won (US$61 million) in damages awarded to 6,795 South Koreans.In a ruling, the court did not recognize epidemiological corre
July 12, 2013