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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Seoul to more than double military drones by 2026 to counter NK threats
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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Over 60% of S. Koreans support W100m childbirth incentive: survey
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‘Inside Out 2’ adds four new emotions, explores teenage life
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Questions raised over fair promotion of RM, NewJeans
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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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
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Cho Kuk's scandal tops agenda at parliamentary session
Corruption allegations involving embattled Justice Minister Cho Kuk and his family engulfed a parliamentary interpellation session Thursday, with the opposition bloc calling for his impeachment.Making an appearance before lawmakers at the National Assembly for the first time as a new Cabinet member, Cho vowed utmost efforts to reform the prosecution and innovate the Justice Ministry seeking cooperation for bills related to judicial reforms. The session, however, was dominated by a new revel
Sept. 26, 2019
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KGGTF holds symposium on green growth
A two-day symposium on green growth organized by the World Bank Group Korea Green Growth Trust Fund opened in Seoul on Thursday, bringing together more than 150 government officials, industry leaders and experts.The KGGTF -- a partnership between South Korea and the World Bank -- held the “Korea Green Innovation Days” event for the world’s leading experts in the environmental and development sectors to discuss the KGGTF’s projects and share their knowledge, strategies and
Sept. 26, 2019
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Samsung heiress ordered to pay W14.1b to ex-husband in divorce case
An appeals court on Thursday ordered Samsung Group heiress Lee Boo-jin to pay 14.1 billion won ($11.76 million) in alimony to her ex-husband Im Woo-jae, a former employee at a Samsung affiliate. The Seoul High Court ordered Lee, chief executive of Hotel Shilla, to pay Im 14.1 billion won in dividing the property held by the two, to which Lim had contributed during their years of marriage. In July 2017, the Seoul Family Court confirmed the couple’s divorce and ordered Lee to pay 8.6 bi
Sept. 26, 2019
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Govt. to review college admission policy amid controversy
South Korea's education minister said Thursday the government will review the country's college admission policy following a recent debate over a policy that may benefit students with influential parents."Public distrust in the 'hakjong' system is great. (We) will review almost everything, including a possible revocation of (assessing) extracurricular activities (as part of admissions policy)," Deputy Prime Minister Yoo Eun-hae, who doubles as education minister, said.Yoo added that &q
Sept. 26, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Police say Jeju ex-husband murder suspect likely killed stepson too
Police have reached a tentative conclusion that Koh Yu-jeong, who is suspected of murdering her ex-husband, killed her 5-year-old stepson as well.Cheongju Sangdang Police Station said Wednesday that investigators believe Koh, 36, murdered her stepson -- her current husband’s biological son -- after a five-month probe into the case. Cheongju police booked Koh and her husband in June on suspicions of murder and involuntary manslaughter, respectively.Based on the couple’s testimonies, p
Sept. 26, 2019
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Police to use forensic hypnosis to solve serial killings from 1980s
Police are using forensic psychiatry to solve a cold case of serial killings in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, from over 30 years ago.A forensic hypnosis technique will be used to help collect memory evidence of surviving victims and witnesses, Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency said in a press briefing Thursday. Police are in the process of contacting witnesses who gave accounts that formed the basis for a sketch of the suspect released in 1988. “Two hypnosis experts have been mobilize
Sept. 26, 2019
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Conflicts of interest could arise in probe of justice minister’s wife: anti-corruption body
The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission said Thursday that there is a possibility conflicts of interest may be present with the justice minister overseeing the prosecution while his wife is under investigation by the prosecution.The commission said if a justice minister’s spouse is being investigated by the prosecution, the spouse can be seen as a person connected to the minister’s duties. The commission made the statement in response to an inquiry by Rep. Lee Tae-gyu of the
Sept. 26, 2019
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2 dead pigs found inside DMZ test negative for African swine fever
Two dead wild pigs found inside the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas have tested negative for African swine fever, the defense ministry said Thursday.The results came amid suspicions that the highly contagious virus might have spread from North Korea after South Korea confirmed the first ASF case on Sept. 17 in Paju, north of Seoul and near the heavily fortified border with the North. "Inside the DMZ in the areas of Cheorwon, (Gangwon Province), we've so far found two dead boars
Sept. 26, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Myungsung Church's father-to-son succession practically approved
An order of the Korean Presbyterian Church on Thursday practically approved the father-to-son succession by a megachurch affiliated with the order, a move expected to fuel the heated debate over hereditary leadership in Korean Protestant churches.Myungsung Church, one of the biggest Presbyterian churches in the world with a membership of 100,000, has been at the center of controversy in South Korea since its founder Rev. Kim Sam-hwan named his eldest son, Rev. Kim Ha-na, to succeed him in 2017.
Sept. 26, 2019
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Torch for sports festival lit on Dokdo
A torch for the 100th Korean National Sports Festival, the nation's biggest annual sports competition, was lit on the easternmost islets of Dokdo on Thursday. The ceremony was held at dawn at the heliport of the islets, to which Japan also claims sovereign rights.The fire will be combined at Seoul Square on Sept. 29 with flames from other symbolic places of the country. The sports contest will be held in Seoul from Oct. 4-10. "We stand on Dokdo to remember the 100 years of the Nationa
Sept. 26, 2019
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Seoul to clamp down on taxi drivers overcharging foreign tourists
The government of Seoul on Thursday announced a plan to crack down on taxi drivers who overcharge foreign tourists in time for the peak autumn tourist season.The crackdown is scheduled for Sept. 30-Oct. 9, a period that coincides with China's National Day holiday falling on Oct. 1-7, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said.The crackdown will be intensively conducted in airports, hotels and popular tourist destinations, it said, noting that municipal officials who can speak foreign languages such
Sept. 26, 2019
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Movement ban extended amid looming concerns over further spread of swine fever
South Korea's quarantine authorities on Thursday extended a movement ban on all pig farms, feed factories and other related facilities as multiple suspected cases of African swine fever raise concern over the nationwide spread of the deadly animal disease.Since the first-ever ASF case in South Korea was confirmed on September 17, there have been six further confirmed instances of the highly contagious disease. Two other suspected cases were reported earlier in the day.The agriculture ministry, w
Sept. 26, 2019
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[News brief] Ethics teacher in Gwangju accused of child abuse
The case of a middle school teacher who was investigated by police on allegations of child abuse for screening an indecent film in class has been sent to the prosecution.The Gwangju Nambu Police Station said Wednesday that the case has been referred for violation of the Child Welfare Act.Ethics teacher Bae-Lee Sang-heun is accused of offending students by screening a French film that showed a topless woman on the streets, along with images of sexual violence.The police launched the investigation
Sept. 25, 2019
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Welcome Week for tourists to start Friday
Special deals, discounts and free souvenirs will be offered at hotels, shops and restaurants in Seoul from Friday to Oct. 6 as part of a 10-day event for foreign tourists. Under the theme of “Eat and Stay,” the Seoul Metropolitan Government will host Seoul Welcome Week 2019, targeting Chinese tourists traveling abroad during China’s Golden Week from Tuesday to Oct. 7. Discounts -- up to 50 percent for musical tickets and up to 20 percent for shopping and food -- and
Sept. 25, 2019
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[Newsmaker] 1980s serial rape-murder suspect may be linked with additional crimes
Police are looking into the possibility that more unsolved crimes might be linked to a 56-year-old man surnamed Lee, who has been identified as a prime suspect in cold case rape-murders from the 1980s and early 1990s.Police said Tuesday that there might be another set of rapes involving Lee, who is already a suspect in at least eight rape-murders that took place between 1986 and 1991 in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province. Police tied Lee to the case after DNA evidence from three of the rape-murders mat
Sept. 25, 2019