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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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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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KT launches new mobile plans for foreign residents
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With no new ASF confirmed for 3rd day, S. Korea revs up containment efforts
With no new ASF confirmed for 3rd day, S. Korea revs upcontainment South Korea has ratcheted up quarantine efforts to prevent additional outbreaks of African swine fever, though no new confirmed cases have been reported for three days, as a typhoon is on course to hit the southern part of the country this week.The country's quarantine authorities have been implementing disinfection operations at major roads and rivers near the inter-Korean border, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affa
Sept. 30, 2019
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Seoul City offers Korean name service to overseas Korean culture fans
The Seoul city government said Monday that it has launched a pilot program to give foreigners Korean names as part of efforts to promote the Korean alphabet, hangeul. The program, titled "Korean Names for Non-Koreans," is available to foreigners who reside overseas and are interested in Korean culture, Park Jin-young, a city official in charge of communication, said. The application form can be downloaded from the city's foreign language website and e-mailed to the city at e
Sept. 30, 2019
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[Graphic News] No. of S. Koreans living abroad inches up in 2018: ministry
The number of South Korean nationals living overseas rose slightly last year from two years earlier, largely led by increases in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, a biennial report by the Foreign Ministry showed. The figure stood at 7.49 million at the end of 2018, up 0.85 percent, or 62,899, from the 7.43 million tallied at the end of 2016, according to the report on Koreans living in 180 countries. That compares with a 3.42 percent gain in 2016 and a 2.45 percent increase in 2014. Of the to
Sept. 29, 2019
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Teaching ‘digital natives’ to pursue knowledge in a creative way
Drawing and retaining the attention of high school students armed with smartphones in a big class is not an easy task. However, Kim Hyeon appeared relaxed and confident in delivering a special lecture on digital storytelling to students at the art center of Hana Academy Seoul (also known as Hana High School) located in Jingwan-dong, Seoul, Wednesday. His secret was the creative mix of digital technology and humanities knowledge in a way that captures and stimulates the curiosity of students. K
Sept. 29, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Typhoon Mitag to strike southern Korea this week
Typhoon Mitag is forecast to hit the southern region of the Korean Peninsula this week, according to the Korea Meteorological Agency on Sunday.The weather agency said Mitag is expected to make landfall on Jeju Island on Wednesday morning before making its way through the country’s southern and central regions. By Thursday morning, Mitag is predicted to reach waters 120 kilometers west of the Dokdo islets. Formed off the east coast of the Philippines, Mitag was reported to be traveling nort
Sept. 29, 2019
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S. Korea still on high alert over additional African swine fever outbreak
South Korea is remaining highly vigilant over additional outbreaks of African swine fever and is stepping up disinfection efforts, although there have been no further confirmed cases of the deadly animal disease in the past two days, the country's agriculture ministry said Sunday.The country has confirmed nine cases of African swine fever since Sept. 17, when the first was reported. There were several suspected cases in the past two days, but all tested negative, according to the ministry."
Sept. 29, 2019
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Another suspected African swine fever case tests negative in S. Korea
A new suspected case of African swine fever reported in South Korea on Saturday tested negative amid concerns over the spread of the highly contagious and deadly animal disease despite extensive quarantine efforts.The suspected case, which was earlier reported at a farm in the city of Yangju, 30 kilometers north of Seoul, tested negative, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. South Korea has confirmed nine cases of African swine fever since Sept. 17, when the first wa
Sept. 29, 2019
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Large-scale rally held to support justice minister, reform drive
A large number of people gathered in Seoul on Saturday to support Justice Minister Cho Kuk and his drive to reform the prosecution despite a widening investigation into corruption allegations involving his family.A candlelight demonstration was held late in the day in southern Seoul where the Supreme Prosecutors' Office is located.Participants voiced support for Cho, claiming that the media is conspiring with the prosecution to derail his reform drive."The prosecution and the media are tryi
Sept. 29, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Typhoon Mitag may affect S. Korea next week
Typhoon Mitag, the season's 18th typhoon, could affect the Korean Peninsula next week, the weather agency said Saturday.The typhoon formed in the Philippine Sea earlier in the day and is moving northwest at a speed of 56 kilometers per hour, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration. As of 9 a.m., Mitag was classified as "small" with a central pressure of 1,000 hectopascals (hPa). The maximum sustained wind speed near its center was 61 kph, or 17 meters per second.It m
Sept. 28, 2019
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Another suspected African swine fever case reported in S. Korea
South Korea reported a new suspected case of African swine fever on Saturday, adding to concerns over the potential spread of the deadly animal disease despite extensive quarantine efforts.The suspected case was reported at a farm in the city of Yangju, 30 kilometers north of Seoul, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Should the case test positive for the highly contagious disease, South Korea will have experienced 10 confirmed ASF cases since Sept. 17, when th
Sept. 28, 2019
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Nine injured in cargo ship fire at Ulsan port
Nine sailors were injured after a fire broke out on a cargo ship and spread to another vessel following an explosion in the southeastern port city of Ulsan, authorities said Saturday.The 25,881-ton vessel for transporting petroleum products from the Cayman Islands caught fire following the explosion at around 10:51 a.m. when it was in a berth at Yeompo Quay in Ulsan, 400 kilometers southeast of Seoul. A total of 25 people, all foreign nationals, were aboard the ship, but were all rescued, a
Sept. 28, 2019
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[From the scene] Korean students join global climate strike
Some 500 students on Friday took to the streets in central Seoul to demand bolder measures to mitigate climate change, joining the global movement triggered by Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg.Some of the students skipped classes and others came with their classmates, teachers and parents. They called for action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, such as scrapping plans to build new coal fired power plants in Korea and abroad by 2020, and transitioning to 100 percent renewable energy by 205
Sept. 27, 2019
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Moon stresses human rights, reform amid investigation of justice minister
President Moon Jae-in on Friday stressed the importance of reforming the prosecution, Cheong Wa Dae said. According to spokesperson Ko Min-jung, Moon emphasized that whether Cho is responsible for any wrongdoings will be determined according to the law and that he should be allowed to conduct his official duties regardless of the investigation in the meantime. “The duties of the prosecution should be left to the prosecution, and state affairs should be allowed to continue,” Moon
Sept. 27, 2019
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Man arrested for fatally beating stepson for 20 hours
A South Korean man in his 20s has been taken into custody on suspicion of beating his stepson to death. On Friday, the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency revealed it is seeking an arrest warrant for the 26-year-old suspect, who allegedly beat his 5-year-old stepson to death. The man is accused of tying up the victim with cable ties and beating him with a wooden bar for around 20 hours starting Wednesday afternoon and into the next day at their home in the Michuhol district of Incheon. Arou
Sept. 27, 2019
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[Herald Interview] ‘Take the burden off our children’
In the eyes of Song In-soo, South Korea is a cruel place for schoolchildren. After official school hours are done, they sit for several more hours in “shadow schools.” At hagwon, as they are more commonly known, elementary school students learn middle school subjects. Middle school students may even be expected to complete the entire high school math curriculum before they start high school. “Parents come home from work in the evening, but their kids aren’t home from hagw
Sept. 27, 2019
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Police begin probe into professor over remarks on wartime sexual slavery
Police have launched an investigation of a conservative professor who allegedly called Korean victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery "prostitutes" during a school lecture, a Seoul prosecution official said Friday.A civic group filed a complaint with the prosecution Monday against Lew Seok-choon, a sociology professor at Yonsei University in Seoul, on charges including libel, sexual harassment and spreading false information. "We have assigned Professor Lew's case to the crimina
Sept. 27, 2019
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Prosecutors grill Cho Kuk’s brother over foundation
Prosecutors grilled Justice Minister Cho Kuk’s younger brother on Thursday over alleged irregularities involving the Cho family’s private school foundation.Cho’s brother left the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office at around 11:40 p.m. Thursday after more than 13 hours of questioning about the lawsuit he and his ex-wife filed against Ungdong School to collect receivables for a construction project. Cho’s father ran the construction firm Goryeo Construct
Sept. 27, 2019
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Ninth case of African swine fever confirmed in Ganghwa
Another case of African swine fever has been found in the Ganghwa district of Incheon, pushing up the total number of confirmed cases to nine.The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said Friday that the ninth case of the disease had been detected at a pig farm on Ganghwa Island, about 60 kilometers west of Seoul. Two other suspected farms in Yangju, Gyeonggi Province, tested negative. The farm where the most recent case was detected has some 2,000 pigs.The first outbreak of the deadl
Sept. 27, 2019
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S. Korea's gender pay gap widened to 37% last year: survey
South Korea's gender pay gap widened in 2018 from a year earlier, marking the largest difference among the 36 member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a local workers' union said Thursday. Last year, the wage gap between male and female workers in Asia's fourth-biggest economy widened to a "serious level" of 37.1 percent, up from the previous year's 34.6 percent, the Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU) said in a forum. "The widening pay gap
Sept. 26, 2019
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[Graphic News] Most imported fake products are Chinese-made: data
Nearly 90 percent of the counterfeit goods found by customs authorities in the last five years were from China, with Louis Vuitton the biggest victim among reputable brands, data showed. The value of imported fake goods uncovered between 2015 and August this year amounted to 1.86 trillion won ($1.55 billion), with 89 percent, or 1.65 trillion won, from China, according to data from the Korea Customs Service obtained by Rep. Hong Il-pyo. Louis Vuitton was on top among counterfeited brands
Sept. 26, 2019