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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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S. Korea votes in favor of Palestinian bid for UN membership
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Russia's denial of entry of S. Korean national unrelated to bilateral ties: Seoul official
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Bae Doo-na shares portraying Korean identity in Hollywood's 'Rebel Moon'
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[From the Scene] Monks, Buddhists hail return of remains of Buddhas
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Medical schools granted enrollment quota flexibility for next year
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Yoon offers first one-on-one meeting with opposition leader next week
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France rejects opening Paris flight routes to T'way Air, deals blow to Korean Air merger
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Iran fires air defense batteries in provinces as sound of explosions heard near Isfahan
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Chinese man behind drug scam targeting teens nabbed in Cambodia
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Govt. briefs entertainers on mandatory military service
The military manpower agency said Thursday it held a briefing session for entertainment agencies as part of efforts to help celebrities carry out their mandatory military service and create a fair draft culture. All able-bodied South Korean men must serve in the military for about two years.The Military Manpower Administration keeps a list of potential draftees considered at higher risk of draft dodging, including entertainers, athletes and the children of high-income earners and senior public o
July 18, 2019
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37 S. Koreans extradited from Malaysia over illegal gambling websites
Police have arrested 37 South Koreans on suspicion of running illegal gambling websites, with stakes of hundreds of billion won, in Malaysia after they were extradited from the Southeast Asian country, the National Police Agency said Thursday.The 37 people from two illegal gambling rings -- one with nine members and the other with 28 members -- were extradited through Incheon airport, west of Seoul, from July 9 through Wednesday.It marked the largest number of South Koreans ever arrested oversea
July 18, 2019
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Former YG Entertainment chief booked for suspected arrangement of sex services
Yang Hyun-suk, former CEO and chief producer of YG Entertainment, has been booked on suspicions that he arranged sex services for foreign investors, police said Wednesday.Investigators have been looking into allegations that Yang treated potential foreign investors at a posh restaurant in Seoul and arranged sex services for them in 2014. Yang was summoned for the probe but was initially not a suspect. Yang, 49, has flatly denied the allegations.The probe into Yang came as big-name artists from Y
July 17, 2019
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Woman bites into raw chicken burger
McDonald’s Korea was embroiled in controversy last week after a customer complained about eating a chicken burger that was almost raw.A woman, 31, had a McDonald’s chicken burger delivered to her home in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, Saturday night.After a few bites of the burger, she noticed the chicken patty had a strange texture and then realized it was almost raw, Yonhap News Agency quoted her as saying. She said she then rushed to the emergency room of a nearby hospital, where tests
July 17, 2019
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Counseling clinic for migrant women to open Friday in Incheon
A counseling clinic for migrant women is slated to open Friday in Incheon, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said Wednesday.The clinic will provide legal, medical and psychological counseling services to migrant women who are victims of domestic violence and sex crimes and other crimes, according to the ministry. The services will be provided in Korean as well as the native language of the client by in-house interpreters at the clinic or via the ministry-operated hotline for migran
July 17, 2019
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Prosecutors demand jail for policemen who took bribes from Gangnam club
Prosecutors demanded a two-year jail term for two police officers accused of taking bribes from a club in Gangnam, Seoul, in exchange for covering up illegalities in the club’s operations.At a hearing Wednesday at Seoul Central District Court, prosecutors requested two years in jail for a lieutenant surnamed Yeom and sergeant surnamed Kim, saying the two had abused their authority in committing the crimes. Prosecutors also asked that the bribes they took be forfeited.The date of their sent
July 17, 2019
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[News brief] LB Investment head gets suspended sentence for fabricating bank statements
Koo Ja-doo, chairman of venture capital firm LB Investment, received a suspended prison term for fabricating bank statements to close accounts he maintained under other people’s names, a court said Wednesday. The Seoul Central District Court sentenced Koo, the fourth son of LG Group Founder Koo In-hoi, to one year in prison, suspended for two years, on charges of fabricating documents.Koo had a total of 281 bank accounts under the names of foreign students in Seoul who received schol
July 17, 2019
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[News brief] Car crash at FINA leaves no injuries
A bus carrying participants of the ongoing world championships in Gwangju collided with a passenger car, but there were no injuries, police said Wednesday. The bus crashed into the vehicle, which was changing lanes, near Eodeung bridge in Gwangju, where the FINA World Aquatics Championships are being held, according to the Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency. The bus was transporting 25 athletes from five countries from the Yeomju Gymnasium Artistic Swimming Competition Venue to the athletes
July 17, 2019
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Police detain 1,089 people in 4-month crackdown on int'l crimes
A four-month crackdown on international crimes, such as illegal entries and drug trafficking, has resulted in the detention of 1,089 people, the Korean National Police Agency said Wednesday.The crackdown, conducted from March 4 to July 12, mainly targeted illegal employment of foreign workers, fake visa issuance, drug manufacturing and smuggling, and voice phishing, the agency said, noting 237 of the 1,089 detainees were formally placed under arrest. The crackdown busted 557 cases, and illegal e
July 17, 2019
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Asking job applicant’s personal information now illegal
From Wednesday, prospective employers cannot ask job seekers for information unrelated to the positions they are being hired for.The Employment Ministry said Tuesday that a revised hiring law prohibits employers from collecting information irrelevant to job performance and engaging in behavior that may hurt fairness in employment practices.Asking about a job applicant’s weight, height, place of birth, marital status and assets is subject to a fine of up to 5 million won ($4,200) under the
July 16, 2019
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More young people seeking public jobs, professional licenses
A growing number of young South Koreans are preparing for state exams for public jobs and professional licenses, data showed Tuesday.The data released by Statistics Korea showed that 714,000, or 15.3 percent, of 4.68 million economically inactive youths aged 15-29 prepared for state exams in May, up 2.2 percentage points from the same period last year. Among the 714,000, 30.7 percent were preparing for state exams to become low-ranking public officials, while 6.7 percent were getting ready for h
July 16, 2019
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Busan launches fact-finding team over atrocities against vagrants decades ago
The Busan metropolitan government said Tuesday it has launched a commission to investigate human rights violations that took place at a vagrants' detention facility in the southeastern port city decades ago. The commission, headed by social welfare professor Nam Chan-seob, will meet and interview people who survived the alleged illegal confinement and mistreatment of inmates at the Brothers Welfare Center in the city in the 1970s and 1980s. The commission's nine-month investigation, due to
July 16, 2019
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Workplace anti-bullying law takes effect
A new law aimed at preventing harassment in the workplace took effect in South Korea on Tuesday, bringing the widespread but overlooked issue of bullying at work into the legal domain.A revised law on labor standards, commonly called the workplace anti-bullying law, went into effect after a six-month grace period.Under the new law, workplace harassment is defined as an act of incurring physical or mental suffering or a worsening of the work environment by employers or workers using their status
July 16, 2019
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Plaintiff in forced labor lawsuit against Japanese company dies at 90
Lee Young-sook, a South Korean victim of wartime forced labor who filed a damage suit with a Korean court against Japanese companies, has died. She was 90.Lee died of old age on Sunday, relatives of the deceased said. She was one of hundreds of Korean victims of wartime forced labor who took legal action in April, seeking compensation from Japanese firms, including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. During World War II, hundreds of thousands of Koreans were mobilized as f
July 15, 2019
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[Graphic News] No. of Koreans with positive view of Japan falls to record low: poll
Japan’s restrictions on exports to South Korea seem to be having a significant impact on Koreans’ feelings toward Japan, a recent poll by Gallup Korea suggests. In the nationwide survey of 1,005 Korean adults, only 12 percent said they had favorable views of Japan, the lowest figure since polling on the topic began in 1991. Seventy-seven percent said they did not feel friendly toward the neighboring country, while another 10 percent refused to answer. (Yonhap)
July 15, 2019
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Driver’s license to include English info
Driver’s licenses will include personal information in English starting in September, which will enable Korea-issued licenses to be used abroad automatically, according to the government Monday. New licenses issued from September will have the driver’s name, address and gender on the back of each card in English, which will allow the holders to drive without special procedures in at least 35 countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. The move will boos
July 15, 2019
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UNESCO institute for documentary heritage slated to open late 2020 in Cheongju: ministry
The government has finalized an agreement with UNESCO to host an institute for its documentary heritage register in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, according to the Ministry of Interior and Safety.The ministry said, the South Korean Ambassador to UNESCO Lee Byung-hyun and Audrey Azoulay, director-general of the UN agency, signed the agreement at the its headquarters in Paris on Friday. The International Center for Documentary Heritage is designed to support UNESCO’s programs to conse
July 15, 2019
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Christian group chief who attacked Moon under probe for other charges
Jeon Gwang-hoon, a pastor and chief of the Christian Council of Korea who has been accused of seditious conspiracy for repeatedly calling for President Moon Jae-in to step down, is under investigation over other charges, including violation of the banking law and forgery of documents. According to police, Jeon was questioned at Hyehwa Police Station in Seoul on Friday over allegations that he walked away with money he collected from Christians for a “mission bank” that he established
July 15, 2019
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300 nabbed for drunk driving nationwide over weekend: police
Police caught 300 drunk drivers during a nationwide crackdown over the weekend.The National Police Agency said Monday that the drunk driving crackdown, conducted between 8 p.m. Saturday and 7 a.m. Sunday, resulted in the license suspensions of 122 drivers and revocations of 166. Five refused to take the field sobriety test and seven asked for a blood sample test for further confirmation of the breath test results.Police said 3,716 officers were mobilized at 914 checkpoints around the country in
July 15, 2019
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[Newsmaker] New law to bring to light widespread but overlooked problem of workplace bullying
A new law designed to prevent bullying in the workplace is set to go into effect in South Korea this week, setting the stage for victims of harassment at work to get some protection.A revised law on labor standards, commonly called the workplace anti-bullying law, will be effective starting Tuesday, after a six-month grace period.Physical assault and sexual abuse in the workplace are being handled in the legal domain, but harassment has been mostly overlooked as it is regarded as a personal rela
July 15, 2019