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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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Students with history of violence will be barred from becoming teachers
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Samsung mocks Apple over iPhone alarm glitch
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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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[Newsmaker] Transgender sergeant forcibly discharged from military
A Korean transgender sergeant was forcibly discharged Wednesday from the military after undergoing sex reassignment surgery while enlisted, despite her wish to continue service as a female officer. What the solider has done “falls into reasons deemed unfit” for military service in accordance with related laws, the Army said Wednesday in a statement after a committee convened to decide on the sergeant’s discharge, among other items on its agenda, earlier in the day. Staff
Jan. 22, 2020
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Clouds and rain forecast nationwide during Seollal
Cloudy weather, with a chance of rain or snow, is forecast for the coming Seollal holidays from Friday to Tuesday. Throughout the holiday, temperatures in Seoul will be mild, with highs reaching about 7 degrees Celsius on average, the Korea Meteorological Agency said Wednesday. Starting Monday, rain is expected nationwide, with Gangwon Province likely to see either rain or snow. Southern regions and Jeju Island will also see up to 80 millimeters of rain until next Tuesday. Throughout Monday a
Jan. 22, 2020
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[Herald Interview] ‘I take pride in my gay son’
When her son Jiho, 38, came out as gay 12 years ago, Hong Jung-seun felt as if her world had stopped. The ardent Roman Catholic asked God many times why she and her family were facing this personal crisis and what she had done wrong in her life. She begged God to change her son’s sexuality so that he could lead a normal life. In the end, it was she who changed.“I had been so devoted to serving God, but why my son? I thought it was a punishment for something I did wrong. I h
Jan. 22, 2020
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S. Korea remains vigilant against spreading Chinese coronavirus
South Korea is ramping up screening and quarantine efforts to prevent the spread of Wuhan coronavirus here, especially ahead of the four-day Lunar New Year holidays this week, as the SARS-like illness has been confirmed to spread between humans, the health protection agency said Wednesday.The country reported its first confirmed case of the new coronavirus on Monday when a Chinese resident who arrived at Incheon International Airport, the country's main gateway on Sunday, tested positive for the
Jan. 22, 2020
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Man sentenced to 8 months in jail for killing dog
A 28-year-old man was sentenced to eight months in prison on Wednesday for the brutal killing of a lost dog.The Seoul Western District Court handed down the prison sentence to the man, surnamed Jeong, on charges of breaching animal protection law.Jeong, who worked at a local fried chicken restaurant, was charged with killing a lost dog in Seoul's western ward of Mapo in October last year. The dog was found with severe wounds to its head."The method of the crime was very cruel and showed (Je
Jan. 22, 2020
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Ultrafine dust in Seoul, Beijing has similar ingredients: report
Ultrafine dust in the capitals of South Korea and China is made up of similar components, most coming from automotive emissions and coal power plants, joint research by the two countries showed Wednesday.According to the research released by the Korea-China Air Quality Joint Research Team, ultrafine dust collected in Seoul and Beijing was found to contain similar elements such as ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulfate and organic matter, though composition ratios differed.In Beijing, ammonium nitrat
Jan. 22, 2020
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[Herald Interview] Lawyer on mission to redeem justice failures
Our criminal justice system is not perfect, and most vulnerable to its flaws and errors are the society’s disadvantaged and marginalized, according to one lawyer helping exonerate those wrongly convicted.The celebrated lawyer, Park Joon-young, gained fame for defending men and women who have fallen victim to wrongful convictions, working to prove them innocent.“Laws may be designed to protect the citizens, but they are not foolproof -- because at the end of the day, their execution i
Jan. 21, 2020
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[Graphic News] No. of traffic fatalities in Seoul drops 19%
The number of traffic accident deaths in Seoul fell 19.1 percent last year from a year earlier, data showed. A total of 246 people died in traffic accidents in Seoul in 2019, down from 304 tallied a year earlier, with a daily tally of 0.67, according to the data compiled by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. (Yonhap)
Jan. 21, 2020
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[Newsmaker] 8,093 foreigners in Korea without permission leave voluntarily
The Justice Ministry said Tuesday that 8,093 foreign nationals who had been staying in Korea illegally voluntarily left in the period of one month, thanks to new incentives that exempt them from penalties if they leave by June 30 and allow them to reenter the country on short-term visas.The daily average number of those leaving Korea more than doubled after the incentives were introduced on Dec. 11, the ministry said.From March 1, those found to have overstayed their visas will be slapped with f
Jan. 21, 2020
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Govt. identifies NK defectors in urgent need of help
The Unification Ministry and local governments are taking steps to provide emergency support to destitute defectors from North Korea.Surveys conducted last year showed that 553 -- or 1.7 percent -- of the 31,000 defectors from the North residing in South Korea were suspected to be in “crisis” and in urgent need of help, the ministry said Tuesday.The inquiries were made in a bid to locate those in the blind spot of the welfare system, after a woman from North Korea and her 6-year-old
Jan. 21, 2020
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[News Focus] International marriages increasing after lull in 2010s
SEJONG -- International marriages to South Koreans recorded a continuous decline in the 2010s, despite the growing number of foreign nationals residing here.In 2010, 34,235 Koreans -- 26,274 men and 7,961 women -- married foreigners. But the latest official figure, for 2018, was down 33.6 percent from eight years earlier, according to the Ministry of Justice, to 22,698 -- 16,608 men and 6,090 women.For Korean men who wedded foreign women in 2018, Vietnamese brides were the most numerous at 6,338
Jan. 21, 2020
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S. Korea on high alert amid possible human-to-human spread of new coronavirus
South Korea's quarantine authorities said Thursday they are ratcheting up efforts to contain a new type of Chinese coronavirus amid reports that it could possibly spread among humans, after the country reported the first confirmed case of the SARS-like disease early this week. Multiple media reports showed that two Chinese confirmed to be infected with the new strain of the pneumonia-like illness currently spreading in China and across other parts of Asia have never been to the centra
Jan. 21, 2020
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North Korean defector in his 60s found dead
Police are investigating the death of a 62-year-old North Korean defector who was found dead last week at a cemetery in Daegu.The Daegu Suseong Police Station said Monday that the defector, from the North’s Ryanggang Province, was found by a rescue dog at around 10:20 a.m. Friday at the cemetery in Suseong, a southeastern district in the city. According to the police, the man, who came to South Korea in 2008, had been living by himself on government subsidies since 2010, when he could no l
Jan. 20, 2020
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[News Focus] Korea’s youth population sees steepest fall among OECD members
SEJONG -- Fifty years ago, South Koreans aged 14 and under made up 42.5 percent of the population in the wake of the country’s 1955-1963 baby boom.Korea ranked second in a retrospective comparison of the 36 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which looked back at youth populations relative to total country populations in 1970. While Mexico topped the list for that year, with 46.8 percent of its population no older than 14, the majority of OECD members post
Jan. 20, 2020
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Seoul on alert after 1st confirmed case of coronavirus from China
Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun on Monday ordered health authorities to respond quickly to prevent the spread of a new coronavirus from China, after the first case was confirmed in South Korea. On Monday, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that a Chinese woman had tested positive for the coronavirus. On receiving the report, Chung ordered the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the KCDC to work with other concerned organizations to prevent the virus from spreading,
Jan. 20, 2020
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Public housing to be built over highway
A compact community equipped with public housing, parks, child care and commercial facilities will be built above a highway in northern Seoul as part of efforts to meet housing needs for the young and the newly wed, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday. According to a blueprint revealed by the municipality and the Seoul Housing and Communities Corps., an artificial plot of land will be built above a 500-meter section of the Bukbu Expressway to create a public housing complex for 990 hou
Jan. 20, 2020
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[Newsmaker] Opposition leader sends beef jerky to Buddhist monks
South Korea’s opposition leader accidentally sent beef jerky to the Jogye Order of Buddhism as a Lunar New Year’s gift, bewildering the country’s largest Buddhist group, which practices vegetarianism.Gift sets containing beef were delivered to several of the group’s senior officials earlier last week under the name of Liberty Korea Party Chairman Hwang Kyo-ahn. The main opposition party learned about the mistake Friday and retrieved the gift sets the same day. It sai
Jan. 20, 2020
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Prosecutors demand death penalty for Jeju murderer
JEJU -- Prosecutors on Monday demanded the death penalty for a 37-year-old woman accused of brutally killing her former husband and stepson last year.In the final hearing at the Jeju District Court, prosecutors demanded the death penalty for Koh Yu-jeong, who allegedly murdered her former husband and 5-year-old stepson in two separate incidents."The defendant Koh Yu-jeong murdered a father in front of a son and a son in front of her father. ... Both cases derive from her contempt towards hu
Jan. 20, 2020
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S. Korea reports 1st confirmed case of China coronavirus
South Korea on Monday reported the first confirmed case of China coronavirus amid concerns that a pneumonia-like illness is set to spread across China and Asia.According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a Chinese woman suffered fever, respiratory problems and other symptoms after arriving at Incheon International Airport and tested positive for the virus.She traveled to the Chinese city of Wuhan in Hubei Province last week. The patient has been given treatment at a local
Jan. 20, 2020
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[Newsmaker] Ulsan mayor questioned in election-meddling probe
SEOUL/ULSAN -- Ulsan Mayor Song Cheol-ho was questioned Monday over an ongoing probe into allegations that some presidential officials conspired to help him win the mayoral seat in a 2018 election.Song, 71, was being questioned at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office this morning for the first time regarding the election-meddling allegations, according to political and legal sources with knowledge of the matter.The mayor, who successfully ran as a ruling Democratic Party candidate for t
Jan. 20, 2020