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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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Seoul to more than double military drones by 2026 to counter NK threats
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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 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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74 students hospitalized following gas leak
Seventy-four students at a high school in the southeastern city of Daegu were hospitalized Monday following a suspected gas leak, officials said.The affected students were in the school auditorium when they reported smelling gas, according to emergency officials in the city 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul.Around 800 students were attending the principal's inauguration ceremony in the morning when it happened. Some of the students displayed symptoms such as vomiting, but none were reporte
Sept. 2, 2019
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Typhoon Lingling likely to hit S. Korea
Typhoon Lingling is highly likely to hit the Korean Peninsula this weekend, possibly causing much damage, South Korea's weather agency said Monday. The typhoon developed on seas some 560 kilometers south of Manila as of 9 a.m. Monday, and was moving north-northwest at a speed of 33 kilometers per hour as of 3 p.m., the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said. Its central pressure was 1,000 hectopascals, and the maximum wind speed near its center was 18 meters per second, with a wind
Sept. 2, 2019
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Seoul officials visit Malaysia, Indonesia to boost exchanges in health sector
South Korean health authorities visited the four Southeast Asian countries of Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia and Indonesia from Aug. 26 to Friday to expand regional exchanges in the health sector.During his visit to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from Wednesday to Thursday, Vice Health and Welfare Minister Kim Gang-lip met with Vietnam’s Social Affairs Minister Le Tan Dung and Health Minister Nguyen Truong Son to enforce projects in establishing health systems and enter into a bilateral agreement
Sept. 2, 2019
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CJ Group scion under drug probe
The eldest son of CJ Group Chairman Lee Jae-hyun is under investigation on drug charges, prosecutors said Monday.According to the Incheon District Prosecutors Office, Lee Sun-ho, the heir apparent of CJ Group, a leading food and entertainment conglomerate, was caught attempting to smuggle liquid marijuana in cartridges into the country via Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, on Sunday. The 28-year-old Lee is accused of concealing several dozen marijuana cartridges in his luggage that a
Sept. 2, 2019
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More Korean War remains discovered this year: ministry
The number of remains of soldiers believed to be killed during the 1950-53 Korean War and retrieved so far this year more than doubled from a year earlier, the defense ministry said Sunday.During the first phase of this year's excavation project carried out across the country until July, the military found bone pieces believed to come from 457 war dead, up from 222 remains discovered during the same period last year, according to the defense ministry.The surge is attributable to the national dri
Sept. 1, 2019
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Top court sends back Park Geun-hye corruption cases
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered retrials for former President Park Geun-hye, Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong and Park’s confidante Choi Soon-sil. The top court ruled that the ruling in Park’s appeal trial was unlawful as the lower court had not considered the bribery charge separately from other crimes of which she was convicted.Park had been sentenced to a 25-year prison term, with 20 billion won ($16.4 million) in fines for various forms of corruption, includin
Aug. 29, 2019
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Police grills ex-YG chief over gambling, soliciting sex services
Police on Thursday questioned Yang Hyun-suk, former chief of YG Entertainment, over allegations of overseas gambling and solicitation of sex services for foreign investors.Yang is suspected of gambling in hotel casinos in Las Vegas, and violating foreign exchange rules by borrowing US dollars in the US to gamble and paying it back in Korean won at home. Korea prohibits gambling by its nationals even in countries where it is legal.Police grilled Seungri, a former member of boy band Big Bang, for
Aug. 29, 2019
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British ambassador attends opening of new facilities at Seoul Foreign British School
British Ambassador to South Korea Simon Smith and British Embassy deputy head of mission Nikesh Mehta visited Seoul Foreign British School on Monday, joining principal Andy Freeman and head of Seoul Foreign School Colm Flanagan in the official opening of the school’s new learning and collaboration facilities, including a reception area, gym, multipurpose area and expanded design lab.Seoul Foreign British School, established in 1981, offers the English National Curriculum within the IPC, IE
Aug. 28, 2019
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TV celebrity Holley gets suspended prison sentence in drug case
Robert Holley, a naturalized Korean citizen from America and TV personality, was given a suspended prison sentence Wednesday in a local court's ruling on his drug case.The Seoul Western District Court sentenced Holley to a one-year imprisonment, suspended for two years, for taking a banned substance earlier this year. The court also ordered him to take a 40-hour lecture on anti-drug medications.Holley, better known among local TV viewers by his Korean name Ha Il, was indicted in April on charges
Aug. 28, 2019
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RB Korea chief blames lax govt. supervision for humidifier sanitizer scandal
The chief of a local humidifier disinfectant manufacturer responsible for the nation's worst consumer chemical disaster that broke out in 2011 triggered a controversy Wednesday by arguing that the tragedy was caused by insufficient government supervision.Park Dong-suk, CEO of Oxy Reckitt Benckiser (RB Korea), a wholly owned unit of British consumer giant Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC, made the controversial remarks during a hearing organized by the Special Commission on Social Disaster Investigati
Aug. 28, 2019
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South Korea finishes 3rd at WorldSkills 2019
KAZAN, Russia -- South Korea came in at third place at the biennial 45th WorldSkills Competition with 264 points, dropping a notch from the previous competition, event organizers said Tuesday.In the six-day competition held in Kazan, Russia, South Korea clinched seven gold, six silver and two bronze medals, as well as 26 medallions of excellence, to land in third place, trailing only China and Russia.Indicative of the paradigm shift of Team Korea from strictly results-centered to a greater empha
Aug. 28, 2019
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[Newsmaker] K-pop star Seungri questioned over gambling charges
Seoul police questioned Seungri, a former member of the K-pop boy band BIGBANG, Wednesday over allegations of illegal overseas gambling. The disgraced singer returned home at around 10:20 p.m. after nearly 12 1/2 hours of interrogation at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. He was booked earlier this month over the allegations of habitual gambling in foreign countries and illegally securing gambling funds in violation of the Foreign Exchange Transaction Act. Yang Hyun-suk, former chief p
Aug. 28, 2019
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[Herald Interview] Health Ministry pursues ‘people-first’ diplomacy in Vietnam through health care partnership
Health authorities of Korea and Vietnam are seeking to expand collaboration to boost the adoption of affordable health care and facilitate medical exchanges during an upcoming visit to Vietnam by a delegation led by Vice Minister of Health and Welfare Kim Gang-lip.Kim and the ministry’s 11 policy directors and chief officers are visiting Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh from Tuesday to Thursday to discuss bilateral health care projects with Vietnamese counterparts, including Deputy Minister of Social
Aug. 27, 2019
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Prosecution raids key locations in probe into embattled Cho Kuk
The prosecution on Tuesday raided universities, a medical center and other facilities as part of an investigation into a series of allegations involving Justice Minister nominee Cho Kuk and his family, less than a week before the parliamentary confirmation hearing on Cho is to be held. The Seoul Central Prosecutors’ Office conducted search and seizure operations simultaneously at some 20 locations, including five universities -- including Korea University and Pusan National University&rsq
Aug. 27, 2019
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Police to summon Seungri, ex-YG chief on gambling charges this week
Police are set to summon Big Bang star Seungri and Yang Hyun-suk, former head of K-pop entertainment house YG Entertainment, for questioning on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively, on charges of overseas gambling. Seungri, 29, formerly of K-pop boy band Big Bang, and Yang, 50, former chief producer and founder of YG Entertainment, are under investigation on suspicions that they gambled in a hotel casino in Las Vegas. Gambling is illegal in Korea, and Korean citizens are held to the countr
Aug. 27, 2019
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60,000 students were victims of school violence: survey
Some 60,000 students of elementary, middle and high schools said they had been victims of school violence, according to a survey released by the Education Ministry on Tuesday.This is about 1.6 percent of the 3.72 million students, from fourth graders to high school seniors, who took part in the monthlong survey in April, up from 1.3 percent (50,000 students) last year and 0.9 percent (37,000 students) in 2017. There are about 4.1 million fourth graders through high school seniors here. Psycholog
Aug. 27, 2019
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S. Korea issues travel warning for protest-hit Hong Kong
South Korea has issued a travel warning for Hong Kong, citing increasing risks from escalating violence in deepening anti-government protests, Seoul's foreign ministry said. A "navy warning", which calls for caution and is the lowest of the four-phase travel warning system, has been imposed on all of Hong Kong, effective as of Monday, the ministry said in a release. The decision was made to ensure the safety of South Koreans staying in or planning to visit Hong Kong, as physical clashe
Aug. 27, 2019
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Police to summon K-pop star, ex-chief of YG Entertainment on gambling charges this week
Police will likely summon a K-pop star and the ex-chief of YG Entertainment on charges of overseas gambling, sources said Monday.Seungri, 29, a former member of popular boy band BIGBANG, and Yang Hyun-suk, 50, former chief producer and founder of YG Entertainment, will be questioned on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively, according to the sources. The two were booked by the police earlier this month on charges of gambling in a hotel casino in Las Vegas and securing gambling money in violat
Aug. 26, 2019
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[News Focus] Young jobless Koreans de facto exceed 1 million
SEJONG -- South Korea’s unemployment rate for people aged between 15 and 29 posted 9.8 percent in July, a government release showed.This might indicate that 9 out of every 10 young Koreans are employed. The estimation, however, is based on wide inclusion of those engaged in nonregular or temporary jobs as being hired, which cannot exactly reflect the tight job market situation in the nation.Youth employment in the nation turns critical when it refers to the Supplementary Index III for Empl
Aug. 26, 2019
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[Feature] Gwanghwamun Square stands in the way of Seoul Mayor’s path to Blue House
Back in 2017, Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon gave up on entering the presidential race, saying he could not “win the hearts of the people.” Having won his third consecutive mayoral term in an overwhelming victory in June 2018, becoming the city’s longest-serving mayor, Park is now considered one of the strongest candidates for the 2022 presidential election. The 63-year-old former human rights lawyer and civic activist has not given a direct answer about his presidential ambitions
Aug. 26, 2019