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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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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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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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Monthly users on local streaming platforms outpace Netflix, Disney+
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US will take steps for three-way engagement on nuclear deterrence with S. Korea, Japan: Campbell
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Seoul plans sustainable development on Han River
Seoul City plans to restrict the height of new buildings alongside the Han River as part of measures to better preserve the riverside environment and promote sustainable urban development.The metropolitan government announced a master plan for riverside management which also includes construction of more eco-friendly parks and facilities and increasing accessibility to the river. To prevent reckless construction of skyscrapers, all apartments planned near the riversides should not have more than
April 2, 2013
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Ryu Si-won charged with threatening his wife
Korean actor Ryu Si-won has been accused of threatening his wife, according to police.The woman surnamed Cho lodged a complaint against the 41-year-old actor for threatening her at the end of February, according to Gangnam Police Station on Tuesday. Ryu appeared at the police station for questioning on Monday afternoon. “The case is not about financial or child custody issues. The schedule for any further summoning has not been set yet,” said an official.The police official declined to elaborate
April 2, 2013
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Park Si-hoo’s case sent to prosecution
Actor Park Si-hoo’s case over allegations that he sexually assaulted a 22-year-old woman was handed over to the prosecutor’s office Tuesday.The hallyu star is accused of raping the woman, whose identify is withheld, on Feb. 15. The alleged victim said the 35-year-old actor raped her while she was unconscious after drinking.“Putting together the evidence including the two parties’ statements, CCTV images, mobile text messages and the drug test results of the alleged victim, Park will be charged f
April 2, 2013
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Failed minister nominee makes bitter attack on Korea’s ‘old prejudices’
Kim Jeong-hoon, who withdrew his candidacy for science minister on March 4 amid controversy over his dual nationality, expressed bitterness about nationalism in Korea in an opinion piece in the Washington Post. In a March 31 article entitled “Old prejudices in a new world,” he said the Korean political and business environment would impede an “outsider” like him from carrying out the mission of the ministry. “Change-resistant forces in the political and bureaucratic circles and certain business
April 1, 2013
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Chief prosecutor rejects reform proposal
Prosecutor general Chae Dong-wook voiced his opposition Monday to a government-led reform plan that calls for the establishment of separate bodies to investigate cases involving high-profile officials, politicians and business leaders. Instead, the new prosecution chief proposed expanding an in-house special investigative team to deal with such sensitive incidents, which are currently handled by the powerful Central Investigation Department. Another new unit also needs to be established to keep
April 1, 2013
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Seoul’s chief prosecutor offers to resign
The chief of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office offered to resign Monday.“Now is the best time for me to step down as (the prosecution) is starting over with a new prosecutor general,” Choi Gyo-il said in a release.The 51-year-old Choi, who is a graduate of Korea University with a bachelor’s degree in law, passed the state judicial examination in 1983. He has been heading the office since August 2011.Choi’s successor is expected to be decided sometime next week, according to sources
April 1, 2013
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Court orders compensation for man wrongly imprisoned
The Seoul Central District Court has ordered the government to pay 1.8 billion won in compensation to an 80-year-old man after ruling that he was wrongly imprisoned for nearly 10 years from 1985 for spying, it said Monday.The former National Security Planning Agency (currently National Intelligence Service) fabricated evidence against the man named Go Chang-pyo, using abuse and torture during the investigation process, the court stated Monday.“We must prevent future occurrence of such irrational
April 1, 2013
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Teachers with higher degrees on the rise
The number of teachers holding master’s and doctorate degrees increased 55.1 percent in seven years, according to a statistics report by the Korean Educational Development Institute released Sunday.The incentives in financial reward and promotion and their desire for self-improvement led them to attain higher education, the report said. The report said 143,917 teachers, or 30.8 percent of the 467,627 teachers from kindergarten to high school last year, held a master’s degree, and 4,852, or 1 per
March 31, 2013
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Flash mob organizers should report to police: court
The Supreme Court ruled Sunday that organizers of flash mob events should notify the authorities in advance when they intend to communicate political and social messages. The court upheld a lower court’s decision to impose a fine of 700,000 won ($630) on a man surnamed Kim on charges of holding an outdoor gathering without notifying the district police. A flash mob is an event in which a group of people assemble suddenly in a public place and hold an unusual performance for a short time. Kim ins
March 31, 2013
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Koreans in Chile carry on traditions of home
SANTIAGO (Yonhap News) ― Almost all of the tables are occupied this afternoon in Sukine, a small diner, and the air is filled with a confusion of languages. A party of British tourists near the window is enjoying a bowl of chili paste fried pork ― the house favorite. At a smaller table nearby, a Korean woman and her two daughters have just given their order to a young Chilean waiter. A couple that just sat down is studying a large menu on the wall with images of over 20 specialties, from kimchi
March 31, 2013
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Police raid villa at center of sex bribery scandal
SEOUL -- Police on Sunday raided a villa east of Seoul that allegedly served as the site of parties in a snowballing sex bribery scandal. Police said about a dozen investigators raided the villa in Wonju, about 130 kilometers east of Seoul, around noon. They have accused the villa's owner, a construction contractor surnamed Yoon, of inviting high-ranking government officials to sex parties there.Police believe Yoon might have been seeking business favors by giving officials sex services.
March 31, 2013
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A life of sharing, service and modesty
Kim Soung-soo, retired bishop of the Anglican Church of Korea, is like a godfather to the disadvantaged in Korean society, especially the mentally disabled. These people have been his lifelong partners. He served as headmaster of St. Peter’s School, a school for the intellectually challenged. In his later years, the 83-year-old retired reverend heads a community of mentally disabled people. Nestled in his quiet rural hometown on Ganghwado Island, Incheon, the village is home to about 50 people.
March 29, 2013
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Anglican Church of Korea works hard on missionary training, evangelization
The Anglican Church of Korea is a province of the Anglican Communion in Korea. It has over 100 parish and mission churches with a total membership of roughly 50,000 people.The Church works hard for missionary education and social evangelization.The origin of the Anglican Church of Korea can be traced back to Nov. 1, 1889, when Bishop Charles John Corfe was ordained at Westminster Abbey and inaugurated as the first diocesan bishop of Korea.With his colleagues who had been invited to join the miss
March 29, 2013
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Urimaul: A village allowing self-support for disabled
Tucked away in a quiet area of Ganghwado Island in Incheon, 50 intellectually disabled adults work and live under the guidance of retired Anglican bishop Kim Soung-soo. For a self-reliant life, they grow and sell bean sprouts, and also package goods and assemble simple electric parts. They also join programs including expert-assisted art therapy, a horticulture class and bake bread to share with local seniors.The community, named “Urimaul” (Our Village), is formally a social welfare corporation
March 29, 2013
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Prosecutors raid POSCO unit in price-fixing probe
The Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office seized and searched a POSCO ICT office in Bundang, Gyeonggi Province, Friday. The investigation team, consisting of a prosecutor, digital forensic expert and six investigators, searched the mail server holding POSCO’s steel trade records.In February, the Fair Trade Commission had slapped a 290 billion won ($260 million) fine on five major steel companies including POSCO for fixing prices on products such as galvanized sheet iron and colored steel sh
March 29, 2013
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Police, prosecution clash over sex scandal
The prosecution and police are in a tug-of-war over plans to investigate former Vice Justice Minister Kim Hak-ui, who is implicated in a burgeoning sex-for-favors scandal.Police requested earlier this week the Justice Ministry to ban some 10 people including the former top prosecutor Kim from leaving the country pending an investigation into their involvement in the sex scandal.On Thursday, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, however, turned down the request for a travel ban, saying
March 29, 2013
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Police to crack down on child pornography
South Korean police have said they will clamp down on Internet child pornography.According to National Police Agency, the crackdown targets anyone who had possessed, produced, sold or displayed child pornography on the Internet. This comes as part of President Park Geun-hye’s pledge to root out four major “social ills” -- sexual assault, domestic and school violence, and low-quality food. In a bid to prevent the related crimes, the National Assembly passed a revision of the sex protection law fo
March 29, 2013
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Prosecution turns down travel ban for former vice minister
Prosecutors on Thursday rejected a police request to impose an overseas travel ban on Kim Hak-ui, the former vice justice minister involved in an escalating sex-for-favors scandal, news reports said. Bans against some 10 others implicated in the same scandal were also turned down, according to them. Police have obtained statements from a woman allegedly hired by a contractor to perform sexual services for the official in 2009 at a country house in Wonju, Gangwon Province. After his name was disc
March 28, 2013
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Supreme Court upholds ruling to confiscate dolphins
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an earlier ruling by an appeals court to confiscate four dolphins that can allow the marine mammals to be set free into the wild. Justices confirmed the high court's ruling and sentenced the owner of the dolphins who ran a tourist attraction near Jungmun Beach on southern Jeju, to eight months in prison, suspended for two years. The owner identified only by his surname of Heo, willalso have to pay a fine of 10 million won (US$9,000). The country's highe
March 28, 2013
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Court confirms prison term for election cyber attack
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a four-year prison term for an aide to a former ruling party lawmaker for launching a cyber attack on the national election watchdog’s Web site during Seoul’s mayoral by-election in October 2011.The 29-year-old aide to former Saenuri Party lawmaker Choi Ku-sik was found guilty of masterminding the so-called distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on the Web site of the National Election Commission on the eve of the by-election.In the same ruling, the cour
March 28, 2013