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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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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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KT launches new mobile plans for foreign residents
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Prosecution seeks arrest warrant for brother of ex-justice minister
The prosecution again sought an arrest warrant for a younger brother of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk on Tuesday over a hiring scandal and an alleged fake lawsuit in connection with a private school foundation run by his family.State prosecutors asked a Seoul court to issue a warrant to formally detain the 52-year-old man over charges, including breach of duty, bribery, obstruction of justice and aiding and abetting destruction of evidence. The brother, who worked at the Woongdong school found
Oct. 29, 2019
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SNU still using more energy than other buildings in Seoul
Seoul National University buildings consumed the most energy in Seoul, figures from the Seoul Metropolitan Government showed Tuesday.SNU used 53,195 tons of oil equivalent in 2018, ranking No. 1 on a list of energy-consuming buildings in the capital, according to data on energy use in buildings in Seoul. A ton of oil equivalent is a unit of energy, defined as the amount of energy released by burning 1 metric ton (1,000 kilograms) of crude oil. The country’s top university, which has 132,18
Oct. 29, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Obstetrician accused of performing abortion at 34 weeks
An obstetrician was detained on allegations of performing an abortion on a woman who was 34 weeks pregnant and killing the fetus after it survived the procedure.The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said Tuesday that the 60-something obstetrician faces charges of murder and performing an abortion. According to police, the fetus allegedly survived the hysterotomy abortion, which involves opening the uterus through an abdominal incision, at a hospital in Seoul in March. Police suspect the obst
Oct. 29, 2019
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Fine dust advisory in effect in Seoul
A fine dust advisory was issued for Seoul at 5 a.m. Tuesday as yellow dust particles traveling from China and Mongolia blanketed South Korea, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said. The average level of PM10 -- fine airborne particles smaller than 10 micrometers in diameter -- was 125 micrograms per cubic meter as of 8 a.m. in 25 districts across Seoul, according to the National Institute of Environmental Research. The heavily polluted air is the result of yellow dust from northeastern China and
Oct. 29, 2019
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Subway Line No.2 to halt for 10 minutes around 3 p.m.
Seoul Subway Line No. 2 will halt operation for 10 minutes at 3:10 p.m. on Tuesday for disaster drill conducted in southwest part of Seoul. Seoul Metro said it would conduct a disaster safety drill between 3 p.m.-4 p.m. at the Hyundai Department Store near Sindorim Subway Station on Subway Line No. 2. The drill will involve anti-terrorism and fire exercises, according to the companyThe exercise will involve a situation in which a terrorist installs a bomb in the subway approaching Sindorim Stati
Oct. 29, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Workplace gender discrimination hurts Korea’s fertility rate: OECD
Gender discrimination in the workplace is responsible for Korea’s low fertility rate, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.Korea’s Ministry of Health and Welfare and the OECD held a joint conference on Monday to address policy responses to the country’s declining fertility rate.“Governments need to modernize their family policies to provide families with a continuum of support, from birth to adulthood,” said OECD’s Director fo
Oct. 28, 2019
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Gender should not affect F-1 visa access: Seoul High Court
The Seoul High Court ruled Monday that the Korea Immigration Service under the Ministry of Justice should issue F-1 visas to foreign applicants regardless of their gender if they plan to visit South Korea to help a family member who is expecting or has given birth here. F-1 visas are issued to those visiting and joining their families. The immigration agency’s internal regulation states that only female family members of such immigrants can be granted F-1 visas. A male Vietna
Oct. 28, 2019
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Forced labor victim dies without resolution to suit
Lee Choon-myeon, a victim of forced labor during Japan’s occupation of the Korean Peninsula during the first half of 20th century, died Saturday. According to the Center for Historical Truth and Justice, Lee passed away in the early hours of Saturday. She was 88 years old. Lee’s suit seeking compensation from Japan’s Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. is pending at the Supreme Court. Lee’s surviving family members plan to continue the suit. In 1944, Lee, then 13, began working f
Oct. 28, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Identity of Korean killed in Battle of Tarawa confirmed
The identity of a Korean laborer who died during the Battle of Tarawa in World War II has been confirmed, according to government data. A DNA test conducted on the remains of the victim -- who was only identified as “Tarawa No. 46” -- and a man who claimed to be his son showed a 99.9999 percent probability that the two are related, National Forensic Service data obtained by Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker Rep. Kwon Mi-hyuk revealed Monday. The discovery marked the first resul
Oct. 28, 2019
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SNU to hire its first female Korean economics professor
Seoul National University, one of the nation’s top schools, said its economics department will be hiring its first-ever female South Korean professor next year. The news comes more than a year after the school failed in its first bid to appoint a female Korean economist. The department said Monday that it has decided to appoint Park Yena, currently an assistant professor of economics at the University of Rochester in New York state. Park has postponed her official assignment until Septembe
Oct. 28, 2019
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S. Korea holds search operation for ASF-infected wild boars
South Korea's quarantine officials on Monday kicked off an intensive search operation for dead wild boars possibly infected with African swine fever near the border with North Korea.South Korea's environment and forest authorities said they will implement a joint search operation to find dead wild boars near the border, as they could be infected with the virus.About 440 officials will carry out daily patrols in the designated areas.South Korea will also induce wild boars to move to northern regi
Oct. 28, 2019
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Comfort woman statue gets settled in Virginia after 3 years in warehouse
A statue symbolizing Korean victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery finally got ensconced in Virginia on Sunday, after being stored in a warehouse for three years due to Tokyo's alleged efforts against its installation. A civic group pushing to erect the statue of a young girl commemorating the former sex slaves, better known as comfort women, held a ceremony unveiling the monument in Annandale. It was the fifth such statue to be installed in the United States.The statue was first shown to the
Oct. 28, 2019
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S. Korea to set up fences from east to west to prevent spread of ASF
South Korea will establish fences across the country from east to west to prevent the spread of African wine fever (ASF) via wild boars, quarantine authorities said Sunday.The decision to build the structures stretching from the western border city of Paju to Goseong in the east coast came after a series of ASF cases were confirmed among wild boars near the inter-Korean border. No additional cases of ASF have been confirmed at local farms since early this month, but there have
Oct. 27, 2019
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3.4 magnitude earthquake strikes southern Korea
An earthquake of 3.4 magnitude was reported in South Gyeongsang Province at 3:37 p.m. Sunday, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration.The weather agency said the earthquake, whose epicenter was around 15 kilometers south of Changnyeong County, was about 11 kilometers deep.Reports of tremors came in from the surrounding areas of Changwon, Gimhae, Geoje and Haman.A nuclear power plant in the neighboring city of Ulsan was unaffected and operating as per normal, the city office said.Fir
Oct. 27, 2019
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Ex-President Park’s confidante faces tax probe
Former President Park Geun-hye’s confidante Choi Soon-sil faces a prosecution probe over allegations that she did not pay taxes on a real estate transaction.The Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office said Saturday the National Tax Service has reported Choi and her daughter Chung Yoo-ra for violating laws on tax offenses.According to the tax agency, Choi sold a building in Gangnam, southern Seoul, for around 12.6 billion won ($10.7 million) in February and has not paid some 1.9 billion wo
Oct. 27, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Police to probe professor over wartime sex slavery remarks
Police said Sunday that they are investigating a professor who called Japan’s World War II sexual enslavement of girls and women “a form of prostitution.”Police have interviewed civic groups who lodged a defamation complaint against Lew Seok-choon, a sociology professor at Yonsei University, for his remarks regarding “comfort women,” as the wartime sex slaves are euphemistically called.On Sept. 19, Lew said during a lecture that the Japanese military was &ldquo
Oct. 27, 2019
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Incheon Global Campus leads Green Growth Week events
Professors and students from the world’s leading universities with a presence at Incheon Global Campus shared their knowledge about how to achieve a green energy transformation during Global Green Growth Week. The Global Green Growth Institute hosted Global Green Growth Week 2019, which offered a chance to explore knowledge and strategies on the policy, finance, technological and social dimensions of transitioning to renewable energy. During the event, held at Coex Intercontinental Hotel f
Oct. 27, 2019
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First frost of this autumn spotted in Seoul
As the mercury dropped to the lowest degree of the season, the first frost was spotted in Seoul and its surrounding area on Sunday, according to local forecasts.Seoul and Suwon, south of the capital, saw the first frost in the morning, while the daily low dipped to 4.7 degrees Celsius and 3 degrees Celsius, respectively, the Korea Meteorological Administration said. It said frost came 15 days later than last year, when Seoul saw its first frost on Oct. 12, and one day behind the average of the p
Oct. 27, 2019
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Suspected pathogenic bird flu case reported in Anseong
A suspected virulent avian influenza case was reported in the city of Anseong, 80 kilometers south of Seoul, authorities said Sunday.A case of AI H5 virus was confirmed in excrement of wild birds that was sampled Tuesday, according the Ministry of Environment. It will take about three to five days to confirm whether the virus is highly pathogenic, officials said. Officials said they have been reinforcing quarantine and inspection efforts within the region where the virus sample was discove
Oct. 27, 2019
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Suspected pathogenic bird flu case reported in city of Gimcheon
A suspected virulent avian influenza case has been reported in the southern city of Gimcheon, authorities said Saturday, amid South Korea's efforts to contain the spread of African swine fever. A case of AI H5 virus was confirmed in wild bird feces that were sampled Wednesday, according to the officials in Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang Province, 230 kilometers south of Seoul. The authorities said it will take about five days to confirm whether the virus is highly pathogenic. Officials sa
Oct. 26, 2019