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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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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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Over 9,000 hotline calls made by stalking victims in 2023
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Monthly users on local streaming platforms outpace Netflix, Disney+
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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Seoul to promote luxurious side of the city
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Ex-basketball player arrested for murder of sister-in-law
A former basketball player, identified only by his surname Jeong, was nabbed by police Wednesday on suspicion of murdering his sister-in-law and abandoning her body. Hwaseong Dongbu Police Station arrested without a warrant a 31-year-old suspect for allegedly murdering the twin sister of his 32-year-old wife last Wednesday at the home of his wife’s parents.According to police, Jeong got into a heated argument with the victim before strangling her to death. Jeong then took the victim’s body to a
July 3, 2013
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Embattled ex-chief of spy agency summoned over bribery suspicions
Prosecutors said Tuesday they have summoned the embattled former chief of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) to appear for questioning later this week over allegations that he took bribes from a local construction firm.Won Sei-hoon, who served as NIS chief under former President Lee Myung-bak until early this year, is suspected of accepting more than 100 million won (US$88,144) of cash in bribes from the head of a local construction firm in exchange for business favors.Prosecutors said they
July 2, 2013
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Hopes building for repatriation of China’s Korean War dead
Just a few kilometers south of the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, there is a lone graveyard where 1,000 North Korean and Chinese soldiers killed during the Korean War are buried.Unlike Korea’s burial tradition, the graves at the enemy cemetery are pointed to the North ― demonstrating the last wish to return home.Officially known as “Cemetery for North Korean and Chinese Soldiers,” the graveyard in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, opened in 1996 under an international convention that urged
July 2, 2013
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Fewer SAT tests to be held in Korea
The operator of the main U.S. college admission test has decided to cut the number of its tests administered in South Korea after a recent revelation of pervasive cheating surfaced, its website showed Tuesday.The number of Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) dates offered in the country will be cut from six to four for the 2013-2014 academic year, while the SAT Subject Tests, the U.S. national admissions tests, are planned to be administered twice, according to the College Board.The SAT is held seven
July 2, 2013
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Teaching visa rule to guarantee minimum pay
The Justice Ministry has tightened visa regulations for foreign language teachers to ensure they are paid at least 1.5 million won ($1,324) per month. The ministry said the new guideline was designed to improve their working conditions and the quality of language education. Under the rule, effective as of Monday, the E-2 teaching visa will be issued only if employers guarantee foreign teachers the minimum monthly rate. Its survey in March found that some lecturers are paid less than 1 million wo
July 2, 2013
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Women leave jobs for average 4.5 years
Women in Seoul take an average of 4.5 years away from their career mostly due to childbirth and rearing, research showed Tuesday.The Seoul Women’s Resources Development Institute released its survey of 1,969 women who registered at job-training and career-building agencies for women in the city.Half of them said they had once worked, but found they had to quit after an average of 8.4 years. They were out of work for 4.5 years on average. About 46 percent of them cited childcare as the reason for
July 2, 2013
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Number of foreign residents nears 1.45 million
The number of foreigners living in South Korea has been on the rise over the past few years, with a sharp increase in the number of children born to non-Korean families, government data showed Tuesday.According to the data by the Ministry of Security and Public Administration, foreign residents numbered 1.45 million as of Jan. 1, 2013, accounting for 2.8 percent of the country’s total population.The 2013 figure is up 2.6 percent from a year earlier and marks the seventh consecutive on-year rise
July 2, 2013
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Korea doles out pensions to elderly dual citizens
South Korea has begun to pay pensions to its low-income elderly citizens with dual citizenship, an official said Tuesday, a move that stirred up controversy on whether Seoul should use taxpayers‘ money to support those who have spent most of their lives in foreign countries.The Ministry of Health and Welfare said it doles out up to 97,000 won ($85) per month to elderly people who are qualified for the elderly pensions under a 2011 law that allows those aged 65 and over who previously held South
July 2, 2013
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CJ chairman arrested over slush fund allegations
The chairman of food and entertainment conglomerate CJ Group was put behind bars Monday on charges of creating secret funds and evading taxes.Lee Jay-hyun was taken to the Seoul Detention Center on the southern outskirts of Seoul immediately after the Seoul Central District Court issued an arrest warrant for allegedly dodging some 70 billion won ($61.4 million) in taxes by stashing secret funds and misappropriating 100 billion won in company money. The country's 10th richest man is also accused
July 1, 2013
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Assembly to start NIS probe Tuesday
Rival parties agreed Monday to launch this week a parliamentary investigation into allegations that the state spy agency meddled in last year’s presidential election.The probe, which will run for 45 days starting on Tuesday, will look into allegations that former National Intelligence Service chief Won Sei-hoon ordered an online smear campaign to sway public opinion in favor of the ruling party ahead of the Dec. 19 election.The probe is also expected to focus on former Seoul metropolitan police
July 1, 2013
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Heavy rain expected throughout the week
Heavy rain is expected to pour out across the nation this week, starting Tuesday in Gyeonggi {rovince and western regions first and other areas later. The precipitation will hit Seoul and the Gyeonggi Province area hardest, with 150 millimeters, while 30-120 millimeters of rainfall is forecast in other regions. Some thunder and lightning is anticipated in the Seoul and Gyeonggi region until Wednesday and in southern parts until Thursday for two days. The intense heat will be alleviated with belo
July 1, 2013
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Local cities compete for DMZ peace park
If the past is any guide, President Park Geun-hye’s plan to build a peace park in the Demilitarized Zone may be close to infeasible. Previous attempts by governments to bring symbols of peace into the no-man’s land, fortified with heavy arms and strewn with land mines, ended in smoke. Worse, inter-Korean ties are at one of the lowest ebbs in recent years.But regional governments bordering the 4-kilometer-wide buffer zone are brimming with hopes and already embarking on plans to host the envision
July 1, 2013
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Prosecution detains ex-DP member for trapping NIS agent
The prosecution on Monday detained a former Democratic Party member who locked in an intelligence agent last year accused of conducting an online smear campaign against an opposition candidate during the presidential election.The man, identified by his surname Chung, continued to defy the prosecution’s summonses, an official said.The ruling Saenuri Party and a National Intelligence Service official surnamed Kim have filed complaints against him and other DP members who allegedly kept her from le
July 1, 2013
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Urban community program embroiled in dispute
From ecological farms to flea markets to after-school institutes, local cooperatives are sprouting up in many districts in Seoul. About 500 neighborhood groups are currently supported by the city government’s “village community” program initiated by Mayor Park Won-soon, a former progressive civic activist.But his pet project has recently been embroiled in political controversy, with conservatives suspecting some of the organizations as hotbeds of leftists and potential support bases for the mayo
July 1, 2013
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Controversy deepens over summit transcript disclosure
Tensions between the ruling and main opposition parties escalated Monday as the two sides argued over whether to disclose the original version of a summit transcript containing late South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun’s controversial remarks on the disputed Yellow Sea border with North Korea.Last week, the National Intelligence Service disclosed its copy of the transcript amid the ruling Saenuri Party’s claims that Roh had tried to scrap the western sea border, called the Northern Limit Line, in
July 1, 2013
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Police say SKorean man spurred NJ school lockdown
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korean police say a local man is responsible for prank 911 calls that prompted school lockdowns in New Jersey last year.The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said Monday in a statement that a 19-year-old surnamed Lee made calls from South Korea to a New Jersey communications center and threatened to use an AK-47 to kill students at Hackettstown High School.The calls led schools in the northwestern New Jersey town and at Centenary College to keep students inside for
July 1, 2013
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Comfort women were sex slaves: Japanese activists
Japanese activists held a protest on Monday to criticize their government for failing to respond to a U.N. body’s call to put an end to attempts to deny the fact that the former comfort women were sex slaves.According to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency, Amnesty International Japan and other organizations held a demonstration in front of an office building of Japanese Parliament members. The protestors decried Tokyo’s stance against the recent recommendation by the U.N. Committee against Torture
July 1, 2013
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Official: Hacking attack on presidential site causes massive data leak
Personal information from roughly 100,000 people was leaked in a recent hacking attack on the presidential office, a presidential official said Sunday, in the first confirmed data leakage involving the top South Korean office. The official said the compromised information includes names, birth dates, identification numbers and offline addresses and Internet Protocol addresses, which are the online equivalent of street addresses or phone numbers. Still, users' passwords and their registratio
June 30, 2013
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Foreign start-up entrepreneurs to have wider visa access
The government plans to give certified foreign entrepreneurs looking to set up a company in Korea wider leeway to receive a visa, as part of efforts to stimulate foreign investment, the Justice Ministry said on Sunday.According to the proposed revision to the enforcement decree of the Immigration Control Act, an “entrepreneurship visa” will be granted as part of the corporate investment visa (D-8) to foreigners who hold at least a bachelor’s degree, have earned an intellectual property right and
June 30, 2013
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More women, seniors taking irregular jobs
More women and older workers are taking up irregular jobs in South Korea, showing that the “socially weaker” group remains less protected in the employment market, a report showed Sunday.Of all irregular workers, 53.8 percent were women as of March this year, a 5.2 percentage point rise from 48.6 percent in 2007, the Korea Employment Information Service said.The percentage of women holding regular jobs, meanwhile, declined to 37.7 percent from 38.4 percent during the same period.The ratio of mal
June 30, 2013