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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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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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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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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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Yonsei professor accused of disparaging ‘comfort women’ suspended, denies allegations
A Yonsei University professor was suspended Monday from teaching after his remarks on wartime sexual enslavement sparked controversy. The university said Monday in a statement that Ryu Seok-chun, a sociology professor, has been suspended from teaching and that the school’s gender equality committee has launched an internal investigation. Speaking about victims of Japan’s wartime sexual enslavement during his lecture on Thursday, Ryu said “Japan is not the direct assailant (of c
Sept. 23, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Doctor performs abortion on wrong patient
A pregnant woman here lost her child when a doctor performed an abortion after medical staff mixed up her medical chart with that of another patient.Seoul Gangseo Police Station on Monday said they booked a gynecologist and a nurse for conducting an abortion on a six-week pregnant woman by failing to check the patient’s information before the operation.According to investigators, the alleged victim -- a Vietnamese national -- who was six weeks into her pregnancy was prescribed nutritional
Sept. 23, 2019
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Concerns resurface as suspected case of African swine fever reported in Gimpo
SEJONG -- Another suspected case of African swine fever was reported Monday at a hog farm in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province, while there has been no additional confirmed case of the virus for four days since the second outbreak in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi Province, on Wednesday.The farm is located in Gimpo’s Tongjin district, which is south of Kaesong in North Korea and west of Gyeonggi’s Paju, where the first outbreak of ASF hit the nation last Tuesday. Tongjin, Paju and Yeoncheon are areas cl
Sept. 23, 2019
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S. Korea working to recover from Typhoon Tapah damage
South Korea is working Monday to recover from the impact of Typhoon Tapah, which caused scores of injuries and the cancellation of hundreds of flights.Thirty people, including three police and fire officials, were injured when this year's 17th storm hit the country's southern regions over the weekend, according to the anti-disaster government agency.Three people were reported to have died from storm-related accidents but were excluded from the official figures as their deaths were not directly l
Sept. 23, 2019
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Another suspected case of African swine fever reported
South Korea's agriculture ministry said Monday that another suspected case of African swine fever was reported after the country confirmed two cases of the deadly animal disease last week.The suspected case was reported at a farm in Gimpo, 30 kilometers west of Seoul, according to the ministry. It was the first suspected case reported south of the Han River, which runs through the South Korean capital.South Korea's first-ever confirmed case of ASF was reported in Paju, located near the border wi
Sept. 23, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Professor under fire for comparing ‘comfort women’ to prostitutes
A professor at a prestigious university in Seoul has come under fire for reportedly likening Korean victims of Japan’s wartime sexual enslavement to prostitutes, triggering calls for his expulsion from the political circle and his alumni. During a lecture, Ryu Seok-chun, a sociology professor at Yonsei University, said that the victims of Japan’s sexual slavery sold sex because they needed to earn a living, and dismissed a civic organization advocating on behalf of them as
Sept. 22, 2019
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University students nationwide call for Cho Kuk’s resignation
Students at South Korea’s top three universities are planning to expand their protest against Justice Minister Cho Kuk, calling for participants from colleges across the nation.In a statement issued Saturday, the leaders of Thursday’s candlelight protests held by students of Seoul National University, Yonsei University and Korea University said they are preparing for a joint protest with the participation of college students from around the country. “College students, who are a
Sept. 22, 2019
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Son of former police officer stopped with bullets at airport
A 47-year-old man, the son of a former police officer, was caught by airport security holding three bullets at around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday.He was discovered with the bullets at the airport security check counter, Incheon Airport police said. The man was apparently departing on a trip abroad with colleagues.During police questioning, the man said the bullets may have been placed in the pocket of the jacket he was wearing when his mother was cleaning the house.Finding no criminal intentions, auth
Sept. 22, 2019
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Typhoon Tapah sweeps Korea’s southern region, at least one dead
Typhoon Tapah battered Jeju Island and the southern region of Korea on Sunday with strong winds and heavy rain, leaving at least one person dead and seven injured. The typhoon, packing wind gusts of 126 kilometers per hour with an atmospheric pressure of 970 hectopascals at its center, was traveling northeastward from Jeju Island at a speed of about 35 kilometers per hour as of 3 p.m., according to the Korea Meteorological Administration. A two-story house collapsed at 10:25 p.m. Saturday in Bus
Sept. 22, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Fire at Dongdaemun fashion market injures 2, fumes continue for hours
A fire that started around midnight Sunday at a fashion wholesale market in central Seoul continued to burn Sunday afternoon, with two people injured.Fire authorities have been fighting the blaze for more than 14 hours as of 3:30 p.m. Sunday at a six-story building located in Jeil Pyunghwa Clothing Market in Sindang-dong.While the fire was mostly contained, the surrounding area was thick with black fumes still rising from the building on Sunday afternoon.Two women who were inside the building wh
Sept. 22, 2019
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Typhoon Tapah approaching S. Korea with strong winds, heavy rains
Typhoon Tapah was moving north toward the southern island of Jeju on Sunday, the weather agency said, with heavy rains and strong winds already battering the island and other southern regions and causing cancellations of hundreds of flights.The powerful typhoon, packing wind gusts of 126 kph with an atmospheric pressure of 970 hectopascals at its center, was about 250 kilometers southwest of Jeju traveling at a speed of 28 kph as of 9 a.m., according to the Korea Meteorological Administration.
Sept. 22, 2019
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[From the scene] Koreans join global climate protest
Thousands of people took to the streets in central Seoul on Saturday to call for immediate action to tackle climate change, joining millions of protesters around the world in the global movement. An estimated 4,000 people gathered in Daehakro in central Seoul to criticize the government for its lukewarm response to climate change and to call for more drastic change in energy policies -- such as shutting down coal-fired power plants, shifting to renewable energy and cutting other emissions. &ldqu
Sept. 21, 2019
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Typhoon Tapah dumps heavy rain, causing flight cancellations
Typhoon Tapah pounded South Korea's southern island of Jeju with heavy downpours and strong winds on Saturday, forcing the cancellation of 29 domestic and international flights at the airport.Parts of the island received 215 millimeters of rain as the typhoon was bearing down on South Korea.The Korea Meteorological Administration said that Typhoon Tapah could dump more than 600 millimeters of rain in some mountainous areas in Jeju between Saturday and Monday. Typhoon Tapah was moving northward
Sept. 21, 2019
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Agriculture minister calls for staying vigilant to contain African swine fever
Agriculture Minister Kim Hyeon-soo on Saturday called on quarantine officials to continue to stay vigilant to contain African swine fever, after recently reported cases at two pig farms in the border city of Paju tested negative. "For the next three weeks, we should not loosen up," Kim said during a meeting to check the ongoing quarantine and disinfection efforts at the government complex in Sejong, an administrative hub located 130 kilometers southeast of Seoul.On Tuesday, the South K
Sept. 21, 2019
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3 dead pigs in Paju test negative for African swine fever
SEJONG -- South Korea still has recorded two cases of African swine fever since Wednesday, as two more suspected cases (three dead hogs) in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, tested negative for the virus early Saturday.On Friday, two hog farms in the region notified the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of the suspected cases of ASF, and a group of inspectors were dispatched to the farms in Paju’s Jeokseong (where two hogs were found dead early in th
Sept. 21, 2019
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Steve Yoo had no intention to dodge military duty: lawyers
Lawyers for a Korean-American K-pop star on Friday called on the court to carefully examine whether it is legal for the justice ministry to deny him entry into the country for nearly two decades for dodging military service, in line with a top court ruling in his favor.During the first hearing of the case at the Seoul High Court after it was returned from the Supreme Court, the singer also insisted he had no intention to evade conscription. In July, the top court overruled a lower court decision
Sept. 20, 2019
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Serial rape-murder suspect ‘unperturbed,’ denies guilt despite DNA match
The prime suspect in a series of at least eight rape-murders in the 1980s and early 1990s has denied all charges in three rounds of questioning, police said Friday. Police identified the suspect, a 56-year-old man surnamed Lee, after a DNA match linked him to three of the murders.Police visited Busan Prison for three consecutive days from Wednesday to Friday to question Lee, who has been serving a life sentence since October 1995 for the rape and murder of his sister-in-law. Police said he flatl
Sept. 20, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Police decide to drop pimping charges against former YG chief
Police have dropped pimping charges against Yang Hyun-suk, an idol-turned-K-pop guru who was head of YG Entertainment, one of the biggest K-pop management firms, police officials said Friday.The officials at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said police investigators failed to verify suspicions that Yang arranged sex services for foreign investors in 2014 and sent his case to the prosecution with a recommendation that he not be indicted on pimping charges.The 49-year-old Yang was booked in Ju
Sept. 20, 2019
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Prosecution zeroes in on Cho Kuk
An investigation into Justice Minister Cho Kuk is now a possibility as dozens of prosecutors are looking into his suspected involvement in his family’s investment in a private equity fund and alleged attempts to destroy evidence. A number of prosecutors and other staff with expertise in investigating financial crime cases have joined the team scrutinizing Cho’s family at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office. They include a prosecutor who investigated stock trade irreg
Sept. 20, 2019
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Typhoon Tapah forecast to bring heavy rain to southern S. Korea
The southern part of the nation is expected experience downpours and strong winds over the weekend as a small slow-moving typhoon is approaching from the south, the state-run weather agency said Friday. Typhoon Tapah, this year's 17th, took shape 470 kilometers south of Japan's Okinawa in the western Pacific Ocean the previous day and is currently tracking northward, the Korea Meteorological Administration said.As of 3 a.m., the typhoon's central pressure was 992 hectopascals and the maxim
Sept. 20, 2019