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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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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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[Feature] Cho Kuk scandal reignites debate on college admissions system
At a glance, the daughter of the newly appointed Justice Minister Cho Kuk has led a charmed life. Her wealthy, highly educated parents with powerful and respected jobs have given her an elite background and the privileges that come with it.Cho’s 28-year-old daughter graduated from a prestigious foreign language high school. In her second year in high school, she was improperly listed as a primary author in a paper published in a medical journal. She then gained admission to a prestigious u
Sept. 15, 2019
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One in three S. Korean students too reliant on smartphones: report
One out of three South Korean students is too dependent on their smartphone, is at risk of addiction and is having trouble in school, a government poll showed Sunday. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare's survey of 2,510 people aged between 9 and 17, 34 percent spent too much time on their smartphones and had problems controlling their use of the devices. Among them, 5.8 percent relied seriously on their smartphone, had problems with their families and suffered from health issu
Sept. 15, 2019
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Jeodo Island soon to open to public
A southern island that is the site of a presidential retreat will be made public this week after having been off-limits for decades. "A pleasure boat bound for Jeodo Island will make its maiden voyage as scheduled Tuesday afternoon," the Geoje city government, which administers the scenic island, said. The opening of the 430,000-square-meter islet near Geoje Island, South Gyeongsang Province, off the country's southeast coast, was one of President Moon Jae-in's campaign pledges in 2017
Sept. 15, 2019
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Justice minister's cousin arrested in link to suspicious family fund
Prosecutors on Saturday arrested a cousin of Justice Minister Cho Kuk at the center of corruption allegations surrounding Cho and his family's investment in a private equity fund. The cousin, also surnamed Cho, was arrested at Incheon International Airport earlier in the day on embezzlement charges, according to officials.After being transported to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, the cousin is currently being interrogated, the officials said.He is allegedly the de facto head of c
Sept. 14, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Police to summon K-pop band iKON's ex-leader over drugs allegation
Police plan to summon B.I, former leader of K-pop band iKON, next week to question him about an allegation of drug use, officials said Saturday.The Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency is accelerating its probe into the drugs allegation facing the former iKON member, whose real name is Kim Han-bin, as well as related suspicions over Yang Hyun-suk, the former chief of the band's music label. Kim will be grilled over whether he bought marijuana from an acquaintance in 2016 and smoked it, accord
Sept. 14, 2019
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Business administration most popular university major in Korea: report
Business administration appears to be the most popular and common major for South Korean university students, with domestic universities having more than 800 departments of business administration, a report said Saturday.According to the report by the Korean Educational Development Institute, four-year universities in South Korea had a total of 12,595 departments as of April 1, 2019.Of them, business administration accounted for the largest number with 809 departments, followed by 411 department
Sept. 14, 2019
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Unclaimed Lotto prizes top W260b over 5 years
Unclaimed lottery prizes have topped 260 billion won over the past five years in South Korea, government data showed Saturday. According to the finance ministry, 261 billion won ($218 million) in prize money offered by Lotto, the most popular offline lottery ticket, has not been claimed by winners in the 2014-2018 period. The ministry said the right to claim Lotto prizes expires after one year and the unclaimed winnings are carried over to a state social welfare fund. Sales of Lotto tickets h
Sept. 14, 2019
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S. Koreans still unable to fully use leisure time despite 52-hour
South Koreans are not fully able to use their leisure time despite having more time on their hands thanks to the 52-hour workweek, a poll showed Friday. Macromill Embrain surveyed 1,000 people between the ages of 19 and 59, 70 percent of whom said they had more time off, up 10 percentage points from 2018. South Korea adopted the 52-hour workweek in July 2018. The online research company said that among salaried workers, the number of people with m
Sept. 13, 2019
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Traffic heavy on expressways on first day of Chuseok holiday
Traffic was backing up heavily on many expressways across the country Thursday as people headed to their hometowns on the first day of the four-day Chuseok holiday. Chuseok, the Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving, is one of the country's biggest traditional holidays and serves as a chance for family members to get together to give thanks and pay tribute to their ancestors by preparing them meals and visiting their graves. Chuseok is celebrated on Aug. 15 in the lunar calendar, which falls on Frid
Sept. 12, 2019
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4 S. Korean officials leave for U.S. for joint probe into capsized ship
Four South Korean investigators left for the United States on Thursday for a joint probe with U.S. officials into the capsizing of a cargo ship off the U.S. east coast, Seoul's oceans ministry said Thursday. The investigators will team up with officials from the U.S.Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board to try to find the exact cause of the mishap near the Port of Brunswick, Georgia, the ministry said.The 71,000-ton the Golden Ray carrying about 4,000 cars capsized off the Geo
Sept. 12, 2019
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Married couple dead in apartment building fire in Gwangju: officials
A married couple in their 50s died and four others were injured in a fire in an apartment building in the southwestern city of Gwangju early Thursday, authorities said. The fire broke out around 4:20 a.m. on the fifth floor of the building where the couple was at home with their two children, both in their 20s, and one of their friends, according to officialsThe husband, 54, died after falling from his apartment and the wife, 51, was found dead inside the home.The other three were injured while
Sept. 12, 2019
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Court rejects arrest warrant for Cho Kuk family fund operator
A Seoul court on Wednesday refused to issue an arrest warrant for the operator of a private equity fund that the justice minister's family had invested in, saying more relevant evidence is needed. The arrest application was filed with the Seoul Central District Court on Monday as part of a widening probe over corruption allegations surrounding Justice Minister Cho Kuk. Cho, who was appointed Monday following heated debate over allegations of his daughter's education and question
Sept. 11, 2019
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Bodies of mother and son found inside refrigerator at fire scene
The bodies of a 62-year-old woman and her 35-year-old son were discovered Wednesday inside a fridge at an apartment that was burned down in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province. No one else was injured in the fire. Local police said the fire erupted around 5:22 a.m. the same day, following an explosion at the unit located on the fifth floor of the apartment. In extinguishing the fire in about 40 minutes, firefighters found the two burnt bodies inside each compartment of the two-door refrigerator,
Sept. 11, 2019
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Activists decry state human rights watchdog for shoddy probe
A group of activist lawyers continued to decry Wednesday a state human rights watchdog’s probe of the high-profile defection of North Korean restaurant workers in 2016, the results of which were shared with relevant authorities this week.Lawyers for a Democratic Society, more widely known by the Korean acronym Minbyun, staged a protest outside the National Human Rights Commission of Korea headquarters, accusing it of “deliberately equivocated account on ‘the waitresses cas
Sept. 11, 2019
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Tension mounts between prosecution and Justice Ministry
Tension is mounting between the prosecution and Justice Ministry, with embattled Justice Minister Cho Kuk pushing for an overhaul of the powerful law enforcement agency and prosecutors accelerating a probe into corruption allegations involving his family. Controversy surfaced Wednesday after Justice Ministry’s senior officials were reported to have suggested high-ranking officials from the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office set up an investigation team excluding Prosecutor-General Yoon Seok
Sept. 11, 2019
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Lawyers slam human rights commission probe of NK waitresses’ case
A group of South Korean lawyers said Tuesday it would challenge the National Human Rights Commission probe on 12 North Korean waitresses who reportedly defected here in 2016. The public human rights watchdog said Monday it found insufficient evidence to suspect state agencies intervened in the mass defection.Lawyers for a Democratic Society, more widely known by the Korean acronym Minbyun, had filed a petition with the human rights body Feb. 8 to look into the actions of South Korean authorities
Sept. 10, 2019
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Three foreign workers dead, another in coma after accident
Three migrant workers were found dead, and another one is in a coma, following an accident inside an underground tank at a fishery products processing factory in the eastern county of Yeongdeok on Tuesday, local fire authorities said. The four -- three Thais and one Vietnamese -- were found at the bottom of the tank at 2:30 p.m., according to the North Gyeongsang Province Fire Service Headquarters. The workers, whose names have yet to be made public, are believed to have suffocated while do
Sept. 10, 2019
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Lawmaker’s son grilled in DUI case; man booked for allegedly helping him flee
Chang Yong-jun, the 19-year-old son of opposition Liberty Korea Party Rep. Chang Je-won, admitted to driving under the influence of alcohol and attempting to pretend someone else was driving the vehicle, according to his lawyer on Tuesday.Chang, a rapper who performs under the name NO:EL, was booked and questioned by the police Monday for allegedly crashing his car into a moving motorcycle while driving under the influence of alcohol. The motorcyclist was reported to have sustained minor injurie
Sept. 10, 2019
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Heavy rains forecast for central region
More than 200 millimeters of rain is expected to hit the country's central region between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, a state-run weather agency said. As of 10 a.m. Tuesday, some parts of the region had already seen rain due to a stationary front, the Korea Meteorological Administration said."A precipitation zone is expected to form at night as the front is forecast to clash with dry air approaching from the west," the agency said. As a consequence, 30-50 mm of rain per
Sept. 10, 2019
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‘Madness drug’ yaba hits record high in S. Korea
Yaba, a psychotropic narcotic referred to as the “madness drug,” has shown a steep rise in the amount trafficked to Korea, reaching its highest known figure, prosecution data showed. According to the prosecution on Tuesday, this year, 10.015 kilograms of yaba had been smuggled into South Korea by July. The number is almost a sevenfold increase from 1.267 kg in 2013, and almost double the 5.465 kg brought in the same period last year.The illegal substance, sold in tablet form, is a co
Sept. 10, 2019