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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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Freight vessel explosion in West Sea kills 5 crewmen
(Yonhap News)INCHEON (Yonhap News) -- A freight ship carrying oil exploded in waters off the port city of Incheon Sunday morning, killing five crew members and causing six others to go missing, the Coast Guard said. The explosion of the 4191-ton vessel Doola No. 3 took place in waters three miles no
Jan. 15, 2012
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More Seoulites use medical helpline
Seoul’s 24-hour medical service call center was dialed 436,025 times by citizens and 6,241 times by foreign residents last year ― up about 17 percent from the previous year.“We will continue to make sure our citizens and foreign residents receive fast, kind and appropriate medical services from our professional doctors, nurses and urgent medical staff,” said Mo Hyun-hee, director of health policy. About 92 percent of citizens said they are satisfied with the service, up by 32 percent from the pr
Jan. 13, 2012
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Watchdog allows online campaigns
National Election Commission to push for amendment of relevant lawThe nation’s election watchdog on Friday decided to allow all election campaigns using social networking services and other online tools without time restriction, opening a new era in electioneering. People will be able to post their pictures at the voting booth and encourage others to cast their votes for certain candidates even on voting day or before the official campaigning period on their Twitter or Facebook pages, the Nation
Jan. 13, 2012
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Minister moves to tackle school violence
Lee urges preventive education, active responses; vows to step up college reformsThe start of 2012 was hectic for Education Minister Lee Ju-ho, after a spate of student suicides widely blamed on school bullying.Determined to root out recurrent school violence, Lee pledged to make sweeping changes to how schools and society deal with it. For the past few weeks, he has been busy collecting ideas and suggestions from students, teachers, parents and experts.Saying school violence was related to dive
Jan. 12, 2012
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Maternity leave excluded from working period
Decision prompts backlash from women’s groups, opposition partiesMaternity leave should not be counted as part of a woman’s working period, the Ministry of Government Legislation said Thursday, sparking a backlash from women’s groups.Critics claim that the interpretation is against the law, calling for equal treatment and opportunities for all working women regardless of pregnancy.The dispute was sparked when the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism asked the Legislation Ministry about whethe
Jan. 12, 2012
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Probe into vote-buying scandal expands
Senior presidential secretary denies his involvementProsecutors are expanding their probe into a vote-buying scandal involving former and current Grand National Party members as fresh allegations emerged that a party official attempted to bribe non-parliamentary members before the 2008 leadership contest.Investigators questioned Ahn Byeong-yong, chief of the ruling party’s district council in Seoul, over the allegations for a second straight day on Thursday.Ahn is suspected of having offered 20
Jan. 12, 2012
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Minister stresses ongoing campaign to tackle school violence
Lee urges preventive education, active response; vows to step up college reformsThe start of 2012 was hectic for Education Minister Lee Ju-ho, after a spate of student suicides widely blamed on school bullying.Determined to root out recurrent school violence, Lee pledged to make sweeping changes to how schools and society deal with it. For the past few weeks, he has been busy collecting ideas and suggestions from students, teachers, parents and experts.Saying school violence was related to diver
Jan. 12, 2012
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Chairman of suspended savings bank commits suicide
The chairman of a suspended savings bank died early Thursday of an apparent suicide after being summoned by prosecutors investigating irregularities at several troubled savings banks. Ace Mutual Savings Bank chairman Kim Hak-heon lost consciousness in a hotel room in southern Seoul after taking sleeping pills earlier in the day, prosecutors said. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Kim was scheduled to appear before prosecutors for questioning the same morning in re
Jan. 12, 2012
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Ex-KBS chief cleared of embezzlement charges
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s judgment and cleared a former chief of the state-run Korean Broadcasting System of breach-of-trust charges.The final ruling cleared Jung Yun-joo of charges he caused nearly 190 billion won ($164 million) in losses for the state broadcasting firm by withdrawing a tax-dispute suit that could have given the firm a massive tax refund.Prosecutors indicted Jung in 2008, alleging that the dropping of the lawsuit against the tax agency forced the stat
Jan. 12, 2012
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Ministry excludes maternity leave from working period
Decision invites backlash from women’s groups, opposition parties Maternity leave should not be counted as part of a woman’s working period, the Ministry of Government Legislation said Thursday, sparking a backlash from women’s groups.Critics claim that the interpretation is against the law, calling for equal treatment and opportunities for all working women regardless of pregnancy.The dispute was sparked when the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism asked the Ministry of Government Legislati
Jan. 12, 2012
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Police investigate men for illegal U.S. base passes
Police here are investigating two men on suspicions of providing and selling passes onto a Seoul U.S. military base, officials said Thursday.According to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Station, a retired Korean Army lieutenant colonel and his associate, a special assistant for international relations for a former U.S. Forces Korea commander have been booked without detention.The reserve officer and his acquaintance are being questioned regarding allegations that they provided passes onto the Yong
Jan. 12, 2012
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6 percent use Oriental medicine
Six out of 100 people here visit Oriental medical doctors, a Ministry of Health and Welfare survey found Thursday. Expensive treatment and lingering doubts about the safety of medicines are stopping more people from choosing traditional treatments over Western practices, the authority said. According to research conducted on 5,507 people who have used Oriental medicine, as well as 471 Oriental medical institutions and 863 places selling Oriental medicines, 86.5 percent of people use Western medi
Jan. 12, 2012
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Securities dealers caught for backroom dealings
The prosecution has indicted and arrested a number of securities firm officials on charges of taking bribes in warrant bond issuance deals.The Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office, which has been investigating illegal deals in the financial industry since late last year, has indicted four executives and working-level officials of four local securities firms.According the investigators’ findings the four securities dealers took bribes of as much as 830 million won ($717,000) for helping co
Jan. 12, 2012
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Supreme Court clears former KBS chief of breach-of-trust charges
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court's judgment and cleared a former chief of the state-run Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) of breach-of-trust charges.The final ruling cleared Jung Yun-joo of charges he caused nearly 190 billion won (US$164 million) in losse
Jan. 12, 2012
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Nuke reactor shut down for thermometer malfunction
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea shut down a nuclear reactor Thursday due to a malfunctioning thermometer attached to the reactor's cooling pump, the government said.The reactor at Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant, located some 400 kilometers southeast of Seoul, was automatically shut down at 4:24
Jan. 12, 2012
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3 dead, 37 rescued in Antarctic fishing boat fire
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP)-- Fire raged out of control on a fishing ship near Antarctica as the crew tried to fight back the flames early Wednesday. Three fishermen died, and two of the 37 rescued had severe burns.Rescue coordinators said help given by a nearby sister ship and another fishing vess
Jan. 11, 2012
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Speaker’s ex-aide detained in GNP vote-buying case
Prosecutors investigating alleged bribery in a Grand National Party leadership election raided the home of Parliamentary Speaker Park Hee-tae’s former secretary Koh Myung-jin on Wednesday.Koh is suspected of having been involved in the alleged bribery case. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office executed a search and seizure warrant on Koh’s home in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province early Wednesday morning, and took a number of documents and a laptop as evidence.Koh presented himself at the pros
Jan. 11, 2012
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Man arrested for holding pregnant woman hostage
Police apprehended a man who held a pregnant woman at knifepoint in a Seoul department store on Wednesday.According to Gangnam Police Station, 35-year-old Lee grabbed the woman by her hair and held her hostage while brandishing a kitchen knife at the Hyundai Department Store COEX branch.“Around 10 a.m. right after the store opened its doors, there was a young man who was hanging around and laughing suspiciously,” said one witness whose name was not disclosed.“He suddenly grabbed a knife on displ
Jan. 11, 2012
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Korea to run integrated hotline on school violence
The government and the ruling party agreed to open a school violence hotline as one major step to responding to school violence, Education Ministry officials said Wednesday. A high-level meeting of Grand National Party members and ministers of related agencies agreed to unify separate school violence hotlines into “117,” which will be operational 24 hours a day nationwide. “As we remember 112 as a number for reporting crimes, and 119 for fire reports, we decided to make 117 a number with which p
Jan. 11, 2012
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Hyundai Motor unionists return to assembly line
Union members at the nation’s largest carmaker said Wednesday that they will stop a walk-out and resume production, as many of their requests have been accepted by the management. The union at Hyundai Motor’s largest plant in Ulsan on Tuesday afternoon halted engine production after one of its members set himself on fire, alleging he was bullied by his superior, who told him not to leave work to participate in union activities.The walk-out on Tuesday afternoon broke three straight years of no st
Jan. 11, 2012