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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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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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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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Cancer treatment costs top W9tr in 2018
Cancer treatment costs in South Korea exceeded the 9 trillion-won ($7.8 billion) mark in 2018 due to a rise in the number of patients and more state coverage, a report showed Monday.Nearly 9.01 trillion won was spent to treat cancer patients last year, taking up 11.6 percent of the country's total medical spending covered by the state health insurance program, according to the report by the National Health Insurance Service and the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service. The high percent
Nov. 11, 2019
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[Graphic News] Number of temporary workers rises 13.1% in 2019
The number of temporary workers in South Korea rose 13.1 percent on-year this year, with such positions also accounting for a rising percentage of the total, government data showed. A total of 7.48 million workers were nonregular workers, part-timers or outsourced laborers as of August 2019, up about 870,000 from a year ago, according to the data from Statistics Korea. They accounted for 36.4 percent of the country’s 20.55 million salaried employees. In 2018, temporary workers accounted f
Nov. 10, 2019
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Video of former President Chun playing golf sparks uproar
Video footage of former President Chun Doo-hwan playing golf, who has been avoiding attending a defamation trial claiming dementia, has sparked public anger. Chun has been accused of defaming late Rev. Cho Bi-oh regarding the 1980 Gwangju Democratic Uprising. Justice Party Vice Chairman Lim Han-sol on Friday released a video clip of Chun playing golf with his companions. Upon the release, civic groups, including the May 18 Memorial Foundation, immediately condemned Chun. “This is
Nov. 10, 2019
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[News Focus] Year of soccer, Olympics, elections coming up
SEJONG -- The 2010s will terminate in about 50 days, and South Korean politics will face a turbulent time from the beginning of the 2020s as the nation has already entered the election mode for the 21st Assembly.In 2020, the general election for the National Assembly is slated for April 15, while there will be a presidential election in the US on Nov. 3.Meanwhile, next year will also feature big international sports events.People in Europe and across the globe are waiting for opening of the
Nov. 10, 2019
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President Moon to hold televised town hall meeting next Tuesday
President Moon Jae-in plans to hold a town hall meeting Nov. 19, Cheong Wa Dae said Sunday. Local televisio network MBC will broadcast the 100-minute meeting starting at 8 p.m. “Anyone is welcome to join, and people can ask the president any question,” Cheong Wa Dae spokesperson Ko Min-jung said, adding the president expects to talk candidly to exchange views on his policies so far. Moon, sworn in as president in May 2017, passed the halfway point in his five-year term last Sa
Nov. 10, 2019
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Police open full-scale probe into ‘dark web’
The South Korean police are widening their probe against criminal activity on the “dark web” – parts of internet hidden from public access.The dark web, which is not indexed by search engines and requires special software to access, has been associated with crimes and other illicit activities as it permits users to dodge identification and keep their browser history discreet.The police investigation of the dark web, which was hitherto handled by a six-member task force at the N
Nov. 10, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Police probe former YG chief over alleged drug cover-up
Former head and executive producer of K-pop talent agency YG Entertainment Yang Hyun-suk was grilled by police Saturday for about 14 hours.The Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency, handling the case, said its special crime squad questioned Yang from 10 a.m. to 11:50 p.m.Police booked Yang on Wednesday on suspicion of blackmailing a witness to retract her statement to police in August 2016 alleging drug use by one of YG’s artists -- B.I of boy band iKON. Yang is also suspected of paying
Nov. 10, 2019
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Abusive S. Korean facility exported children
BUSAN (AP) -- A notorious South Korean facility that kidnapped, abused and enslaved children and the disabled for a generation was also shipping children overseas for adoption, part of a massive profit-seeking enterprise that thrived by exploiting those trapped within its walls, The Associated Press has found. The AP, which previously exposed a government cover-up at Brothers Home and a far greater level of abuse than earlier known, has now found that the facility was part of an orphanage pipeli
Nov. 10, 2019
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Search under way at chopper crash site, gov't vows all-out efforts
Ten days after an ambulance chopper crashed into the East Sea, the authorities continued operations to find four missing persons on Saturday, with Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon vowing to do everything to the end.On Oct. 31, the ambulance helicopter, carrying seven people, crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo. The chopper, owned by the National 119 Rescue Headquarters, was on a mission to save a patient from a fishing boat. So far, three bodies
Nov. 9, 2019
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Former YG chief faces police probe into intimidation charges
Yang Hyun-suk, former CEO of YG Entertainment, was summoned by police on Saturday for questioning into his alleged attempts to cover up drug suspicions surrounding one of the company's singers, officers said.Yang, an idol-turned-K-pop guru who once led one of the country's biggest K-pop management firms, arrived at the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency building in Suwon, 45 kilometers south of Seoul, to undergo interrogation into suspicions that he threatened a whistleblower who earlier re
Nov. 9, 2019
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Solidarity for Hong Kongers spreading fast in Seoul
On the wall of the main library in Seoul National University, yellow sticky notes with messages of support for Hong Kong protesters for democracy filled empty spaces Friday. One of the notes read, “I advocate (for the Hong Kongers) as one human being, remembering that liberty was not given but was achieved.”A group of South Korean students on Wednesday transformed one side of the school’s main library building, hanging up sheets of large paper where people could write messages
Nov. 8, 2019
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Moon stresses education, prosecution and labor reform
President Moon Jae-in on Friday stressed the importance of ridding the nation of corrupt practices, listing education and prosecution reform as two of the most urgent issues. Speaking at a meeting of the anti-corruption policy committee, Moon said the labor market and the practice of giving preferential treatment to retired public officials need urgent reform. “Anti-corruption reform and (building a) fair society is a calling of our administration,” Moon said. Listing changes m
Nov. 8, 2019
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Jincheon arsonist faces murder charges
Police said Friday they are seeking an arrest warrant for a man who killed one and injured several others during a family rite in Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province, on charges of murder.The 79-year-old suspect, whose name has not been revealed, was detained on Thursday after he set fire to a group of his relatives performing a ritual ceremony in the mountains. An 85-year-old man was killed, while 10 others sustained burns of varying degrees. Based on witness statements, the man allegedl
Nov. 8, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Interpol Red Notice issued for actress Yoon Ji-oh
Actress Yoon Ji-oh, who is under investigation for suspected fraud and defamation, lashed out at police for requesting an Interpol Red Notice for the Korean Canadian, despite her alleged crimes not being serious. Women’s rights activists accused police of showing “surprisingly” strong determination to conduct an investigation into Yoon, saying she is under tighter scrutiny by police because she is a woman. “A Red Notice is targeting those who committed heinous crimes
Nov. 8, 2019
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Elite high schools to be abolished in 2025
The Ministry of Education on Thursday announced its decision to abolish elite high schools across the country in March 2025, as part of efforts to improve fairness in the education system. “In 2025, independent private schools, foreign language schools and global schools will be turned into regular schools all at once, and we will lay the groundwork for a high school credit system and future-oriented education,” Education Minister Yoo Eun-hae said at a press briefing at the Central G
Nov. 7, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Travel ban slapped on Mongolian judge accused of sexual misconduct
Police said Thursday they have placed a travel ban on Dorj Odbayar, head of Mongolia’s Constitutional Court who is accused of groping a Korean flight attendant and verbally abusing a Mongolian crew member during a flight from Ulaanbaatar to Incheon on Oct. 31. “We feel confident that Odbayar’s charges are clear and well founded. We will hand him over to the prosecution on Friday or some time definitely before Nov. 15, when the 10-day travel ban expires,” an Incheon Metro
Nov. 7, 2019
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Special investigation begins into ferry disaster
A special investigation unit tasked with reinvestigating the Sewol ferry disaster in 2014 officially commenced work Thursday. “I fully understand the gravity of the task I’m leading. I will do my best, considering it the last opportunity to reexamine the case,” said Lim Gwan-hyeok, the unit’s chief prosecutor. A day earlier, the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office announced that it would establish a special body to address resurfacing questions about t
Nov. 7, 2019
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Millennials dominate Blue House petition board
Millennials are the most active participants on Cheong Wa Dae’s online petition site.Figures released by Cheong Wa Dae on Wednesday showed 689,273 petitions were submitted to its webpage in the first two years of Moon Jae-in’s presidency. This translates to 851 petitions filed per day. Average daily visitor count was 245,586.According to the data, collected between Aug. 18, 2017 and Oct. 20, 2019, the younger generation had a petition engagement rate far exceeding that of their older
Nov. 7, 2019
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[Photo News] Bird flu quarantine operations
BIRD FLU QUARANTINE OPERATIONSOfficials conduct quarantine operations against the H5 avian influenza virus in the region surrounding Geumho River in Gyeongsan City, North Gyeongsang Province, on Thursday. (Yonhap)
Nov. 7, 2019
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Obscene animations featuring characters in school uniform constitute child porn: top court
The Supreme Court on Thursday overturned an appellate court’s decision that pornographic animations showing characters in school uniforms could not be considered child porn and ordered a retrial of the case.Following a similar decision made in a separate case in May, this is the second decision by the top court that recognizes explicit animations featuring characters that appear to be underage as child porn. A 45-year-old operator of a file-sharing website, identified only by his surname L
Nov. 7, 2019