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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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Prosecutors grill ex-Justice Minister Cho
Former Justice Minister Cho Kuk was questioned for eight hours by prosecutors Thursday. Cho appeared at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office in the morning, a month after his resignation as justice minister, and three days after his wife’s second indictment on additional charges. “Given all charges against me are all untrue, I think it’s unnecessary for me to address prosecutors’ questions one by one. I intend to reveal the truth at the court,”
Nov. 14, 2019
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One dead, another in coma after inhaling toxic gas from waste oil tank
One man was killed and another injured after inhaling toxic gas in an offshore waste oil tank on Wednesday, the coast guard said.The incident occurred in an oil storage structure docked near a shipbuilding yard in the southeastern port city of Busan. Officers from the Busan Coast Guard found the chief executive of an oil waste collection company, identified by his surname, Jeong, and a worker, surnamed Lee, unconscious inside the tank.Jeong in his 30s died later in hospital and Lee, 62, is
Nov. 13, 2019
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Prosecution requests $6,000-fine for Mongolian judge over sex offenses
The Incheon District Prosecutors’ Office said Wednesday that it asked the court to withhold trial and instead fine a Mongolian judge accused of groping a Korean flight attendant roughly $6,000. Prosecutors said Judge Dorj Odbayar was summarily indicted as he admitted to most of his charges during a flight from Ulaanbaatar to Incheon on Oct. 31. He was also accused of verbally abusing a Mongolian crew member but was cleared because the crew member did not press charges. Prosecutors
Nov. 13, 2019
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[Newsmaker] First hearing in ‘comfort women’ case held three years after lawsuit filed
The first hearing in a lawsuit brought against the Japanese government by former victims of Japanese military sexual slavery was held Wednesday, nearly three years after the suit was filed. The Japanese government, which had delayed court proceedings by refusing to accept South Korean court-issued documents demanding its presence in court, was absent from the hearing at the Seoul Central District Court. Eleven survivors and 10 bereaved family members representing six other victims file
Nov. 13, 2019
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1 killed, 5 injured in Daejeon lab explosion
At least one person was killed and five others were injured in an explosion at a state-run scientific lab in Daejeon on Wednesday, local fire authorities said.The explosion occurred at 4:24 p.m. at a lab at the Agency for Defense Development in the city 160 kilometers south of Seoul, according to the officials. The injured people were sent to a nearby hospital. The one casualty was reported to be a researcher in his 40s.Around 120 fire authorities have been dispatched to the site to handle the a
Nov. 13, 2019
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1 killed, 5 injured in Daejeon lab explosion
At least one person was killed and five others were injured in an explosion at a state-run scientific lab in Daejeon on Wednesday, local fire authorities said.The explosion occurred at 4:24 p.m. at a lab at the Agency for Defense Development in the city 160 kilometers south of Seoul, according to the officials. The injured people were sent to a nearby hospital. The one casualty was reported to be a researcher in his forties.Around 120 fire authorities have been dispatched to the site to handle t
Nov. 13, 2019
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Sexual minorities, activists call for legalization of gay marriage
Some 40 gay couples and rights activitists held a press conference in front of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea in Seoul on Wednesday, calling for legalization of same-sex marriage and filed a petition with more than 1,000 signatures with the human rights panelThe coalition of civic groups filing the petition shed light on intolerance toward same-sex relationships.“The basic rights to marriage and family life guaranteed by the Constitution are not protected for gay couples in
Nov. 13, 2019
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[News Focus] Will K-pop singer Steve Yoo be allowed into South Korea?
Once a K-pop icon, Steve Seung Jun Yoo, also known as Yoo Seung-jun, is ever closer to entering South Korea again for the first time in more than 16 years. With the exception of a sojourn in 2003, the Korean American singer and actor has not been able to set foot in his motherland since he chose to become a US citizen, which immediately relieved him of his duty to serve in the military in Korea. Korea’s Military Manpower Administration, or MMA, viewing his US naturalization in
Nov. 13, 2019
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Nightclub rejects NHRCK’s recommendation on racism
A South Korean club accused of denying foreigners entry has rejected the recommendation by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea that the club not discriminate against customers based on race, the human rights watchdog said Wednesday.According to the NHRCK, a petition was filed by an Indian American in June last year after the person was refused entry into the club for being a foreigner. The petitioner’s Korean American friend was not denied entry.The NHRCK concluded that the club
Nov. 13, 2019
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Man claiming wrongful conviction in rape, murder of child requests new trial
SUWON, Gyeonggi Province -- A man surnamed Yun on Wednesday filed a request for a retrial in hopes of overturning his conviction for the 1988 rape and murder of a child, for which he served nearly 20 years in prison.“I am innocent. Today is a happy day for me,” Yun told reporters before filing his request with a district court in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, where he was tried and given a life term in October 1989.Yun, 52, is seeking exoneration for what has been identified as the eight
Nov. 13, 2019
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S. Korea to offer $100,000 in aid for flood-hit Central African Republic
South Korea plans to provide Central African Republic with $100,000 in emergency humanitarian assistance, Seoul's foreign ministry said Tuesday, as tens of thousands of local residents have been left homeless due to floods.The ministry said the decision represents South Korea's commitment as a "responsible member of the international community." The government will "expand humanitarian aid to join in recovery efforts by countries and people dealing with natural disaster damages,&q
Nov. 12, 2019
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Man test-parachuting from skyscrapers under investigation
Police said Tuesday they are questioning one of two men, identified as Russians, who performed a parachute glide from a 155-meter-tall, 42-story hotel in the Haeundae district of Busan on Sunday a week earlier. The two Russians, who call themselves “base-jumping artists,” sky-dived from the building with a parachute without the permission of building maintenance. The two men have been conducting similar stunts at other skyscrapers in the city, according to police. Police 
Nov. 12, 2019
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McDonald's reaches settlement with 'hamburger disease' victim
McDonald's Korea said Tuesday it has reached a settlement with a girl suffering from so-called "hamburger disease" to pay medical bills for her treatment, in an apparent effort to ease negative public sentiment over the US fast food chain. A mother filed a complaint against the Korean arm of McDonald's in July 2017, claiming her four-year-old daughter was diagnosed with hemolytic uremic syndrome after eating an undercooked hamburger patty purchased from the chain in September 2016.&nbs
Nov. 12, 2019
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Government inspects pig burial sites following river contamination
The government is conducting inspections in areas of northern Gyeonggi Province where pigs culled to contain the spread of African swine fever were buried, after blood from their carcasses leached into the river.A river cutting across the central part of the Korean Peninsula was polluted over the weekend by the blood of pigs killed during the containment efforts, according to Gyeonggi officials.The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said Tuesday that it has taken emergency measures
Nov. 12, 2019
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Hong Kong activist seeks solidarity for democracy
A leading democracy activist sought support for Hong Kongers as they strive for democracy and autonomy, speaking to a Seoul audience Monday.“The movement in Hong Kong is about securing democracy, not independence from China,” Lai Yan-ho, vice convener of the Civil Human Rights Front, a pandemocratic group, said during a meeting with students, activists and reporters at an art gallery in Jongno, central Seoul.On Saturday, a crowd marched on the streets of Seoul’s Hongdae in supp
Nov. 12, 2019
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10 people booked for alleged ‘Produce X 101’ vote rigging
Police said Tuesday that they booked 10 people, including producers of a K-pop audition TV show and officials of CJ ENM, in connection with allegations they had rigged the results of audience voting. Police are looking into whether high-ranking officials from music labels were involved, whether there was any vote rigging on former seasons of the Mnet audition shows and whether bribes were given in return for allegedly manipulating the votes.“I think an investigation into alleged vote riggi
Nov. 12, 2019
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3 students awarded grand prize at 19th IYF English Speech Contest
Three students were awarded the grand prize at the 19th International Youth Fellowship English Speech Contest on Saturday.A total of 1,500 students competed nationwide in the regional preliminary competition and the best 78 made it to the finals of the annual speaking contest, held at Sejong Hall in the Seoul Human Resource Development Center.Each of the middle and high school students competing in the finals gave a three-minute speech on one of six topics, including dreams, school violence, pro
Nov. 12, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Teenager booked for sharing child pornography
Police booked a high school student in Incheon for sharing child pornography through a mobile messaging application.Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency said Tuesday a teenager -- whose name and age were withheld -- was booked Monday for violation of the Act on the Protection of Children and Juveniles from Sexual Abuse. The male student is accused of sharing thousands of online links to pornography through the secure mobile messenger app Telegram. Police added that the boy was a different per
Nov. 12, 2019
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‘Humanitarian status holders deserve same protection as refugees’
Asylum seekers staying in South Korea with humanitarian status should enjoy the same protections and treatment as recognized refugees, activists monitoring the human rights situation facing 39 asylum seekers said Monday. Better access to information on how humanitarian status holders can adjust to life in Korea -- what rights they have and what services are available to them -- are also necessary, the activists said at the briefing held at the National Human Rights Commission of Korea. &ld
Nov. 11, 2019
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Five years later, prosecutorial probe kicks off into Sewol ferry sinking
The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office on Monday launched a special investigation unit to probe allegations surrounding the sinking of the Sewol ferry in 2014.During a press briefing at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, the unit said it is “committed to making its probe so thorough that it will be the last one to be conducted into the Sewol sinking.”The unit will take on investigations conducted by a provisional state commission formed in January 2015 with a f
Nov. 11, 2019