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Hyundai Motor eyes 80,000 jobs, W68tr investment at home by 2026
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Dialogue hopes fade as doctors pick hard-liner as new head
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Korea enters full election mode
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Coupang pledges W3tr to expand Rocket Delivery nationwide by 2027
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[Election Battlefield] Political novice to face off star politician in ‘swing district’
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[Kim Seong-kon] The April 2024 election will decide our future
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Seoul’s bus union prepares for strike
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[Herald Interview] Son Suk-ku chooses to be swayed by others in navigating life
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[Photo News] Families of veterans and patriots mark Memorial Day
Commemorating Memorial Day, the bereaved families of soldiers and patriots who died during the fight for liberation from Japanese colonial rule and the Korean War visit the National Cemetery in Daejeon on Thursday. By The Korea Herald (khnews@heraldcorp.com)
June 6, 2019
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More women fear commuting at night than men: survey
Nearly half of women say they dread running into strangers when commuting at night, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs’ research showed Wednesday.According to the state-funded think tank’s study on social integration, 46 percent women replied they have been afraid when encountering passersby at night. On the other hand, only 12.57 percent of the men said they have experienced such fear. On the frequency of their fear, 2.98 percent of women said they experienced it every da
June 6, 2019
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Witness in Jang Ja-yeon case faces class-action lawsuit for taking donation for false cause
Yoon Ji-oh, who claimed to have been a witness to the sexual abuse and corruption scandal surrounding late actress Jang Ja-yeon, is facing a lawsuit from people who donated funds to help pay for her protection, according to a law firm Wednesday.The Seoul-based law firm Law & Us said the donation totaled around 10 million won ($8,500), collected from some 370 individuals. On March 18, Yoon posted on Instagram that she would receive donations and provided her bank account information. She
June 6, 2019
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Three more bodies of Korean victims in Hungary boat sinking found
Three more bodies of South Koreans in a deadly boat accident in Hungary were found Wednesday, officials said, bringing the death toll to 15 and leaving 13 still unaccounted for.The body of a man in his 60s was found first during an underwater search, followed by a woman in her 30s some 50 kilometers downstream from the site of the sinking on the Danube River in Budapest, South Korean government officials said, citing Hungarian police.The third body was of a 40-something-year-old woman, which was
June 6, 2019
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Two more bodies believed to be S. Korean victims of Hungary boat sinking found
Two more bodies believed to be victims from among the 14 South Koreans still unaccounted for in last week's deadly boat sinking in Hungary were found on Wednesday, officials said.A female body was found about 50 kilometers away from the sinking site on Wednesday afternoon (local time), South Korean government officials said. Investigators also found another body earlier in the day, which was retrieved by divers and sent to a hospital for identification. A total of 33 Koreans and two Hungar
June 5, 2019
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Tower crane workers end nationwide strike
Korea’s two main tower crane workers’ unions ended their all-out strike at 5 p.m. after two days of collective action halted operations at construction sites nationwide, the Transport Ministry said Wednesday.The ministry said a committee of concerned parties -- the unions, companies, government and civic groups -- will be formed to improve the safety of small tower cranes. “The two unions have agreed to end the strike as of 5 p.m. after a discussion with rental businesses and c
June 5, 2019
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Suspect to re-enact alleged murder of ex-husband for Jeju police
Police are to conduct an on-the-scene inspection in a murder case involving ex-spouses. The crime allegedly took place May 25-27.The suspect, 36-year-old Koh Yu-jeong, was arrested last Saturday on suspicion of murdering her former husband at a pension on Jeju Island and disposing of his body in the sea en route from Jeju to Wando, an island off the coast of South Jeolla Province. The Jeju Provincial Police Agency said Wednesday that the police will carry out an inspection on land
June 5, 2019
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Labor, management differ starkly over next year’s minimum hourly wage
The Minimum Wage Commission under the Ministry of Employment and Labor held its first public hearing on next year’s minimum hourly wage, and representatives of labor and management put forward contrasting positions on the heated issue, the ministry said Wednesday.Tensions between the two groups erupted last month after the new head of the commission, Park Joon-sik, said there was a “social consensus” that the minimum wage hike over the past two years had been “too steep.&
June 5, 2019
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Schizophrenic man receives jail term for assault, public indecency
A schizophrenic man was sentenced to jail for assaulting civilians and police officers, according to Busan District Courts on Wednesday.The court’s criminal division said the man, 32, received 10 months in prison for violating laws on obstruction of official duties, public indecency and bodily injury.The convict assaulted pedestrians on two occasions, in December 2017 and February 2018. He was arrested onsite and was put on trial after verbally insulting and slapping police officers dispat
June 5, 2019
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Man arrested for forcefully taking nude snaps of ex
Police are investigating a 24-year-old man for threatening his ex-girlfriend with nude photos he took without consent.Gwangju Nambu Police Station said Wednesday the man was arrested on charges of violating the law on sexual crimes.He is suspected of stripping his ex-girlfirend, 21, against her will and taking photos at a motel in Gwangju at around 2 a.m. on Jan. 23.The suspect then threatened to harass her family and circulate the photos if she didn’t date him again.The woman committed su
June 5, 2019
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Man assaults neighbor in elevator over noise dispute
A 40-year-old man is being investigated for assaulting his upstairs neighbor in their apartment’s elevator, Sangju Police Station said Tuesday.The incident occurred May 23 at an apartment in Sangju, North Gyeongsang Province.Police said an argument over noise between floors seems to have snowballed into physical violence.The victim, a 44-year-old woman, suffered a broken nose and cheekbone and will have to be hospitalized for about seven weeks. The police station’s crime section
June 5, 2019
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Korean pain treatment goes to Middle East
Known best for the pain treatment FIMS -- fluoroscopy-guided interventional microadhesiolysis and nerve stimulation -- Ahnkang Hospital became the first Korean hospital to open in Kuwait in July 2017. It marked one of the first instances of a Korean-owned hospital to operate in the Middle East.Dr. Ahn Kang’s ties to the Middle East first began in 2009, while he was still working for a Korean university hospital. Ahn said he was visited by an official from Libya who complained of a pain in
June 5, 2019
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3 bodies recovered in Danube, 2 confirmed as S. Korean victims of boat sinking
Three more bodies have been retrieved from the Danube River, and two of them were confirmed to be South Koreans missing in last week's deadly sinking of a sightseeing boat, officials said Wednesday.Should all of them be confirmed to be Koreans, it would raise the death toll of the May 29 boat sinking in Budapest to 12 Koreans, with 14 others still unaccounted for. Two Hungarian crew members also remain missing. Seven other Korean passengers were rescued right after the accident. A first body was
June 5, 2019
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Death toll in Danube sunken tour boat accident rises to 11
One by one, the Danube River is giving up its dead.Divers and rescue crews slowly are recovering the bodies of a growing number of people killed when a sightseeing boat and a long river cruise ship collided in Hungary's capital. Some victims have been found at the river's bottom still on the boat, which capsized and sank after the collision. Others were located as far as 132 kilometers (82 miles) downstream. The Hableany (Mermaid) carried 35 people at the time of last Wednesday's accident i
June 5, 2019
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Cruise ship boss laments sunken tour boat mishap
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- The head of the company whose ship collided last week with a sightseeing boat carrying South Korean tourists on the Danube River in Budapest has expressed his "personal and sincere condolences" to those affected by the "tragic incident." Torstein Hagen, chairman of Swiss-based Viking River Cruises, said the company is cooperating fully with the investigation, which is being carried out by Hungarian police. &
June 4, 2019
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[Photo News] Seoul Care opens
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon participates in a ceremony to celebrate the launch of the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s care and welfare brand Seoul Care at Seoul Metropolitan Seonam Hospital on Tuesday. The hospital was established in 2011 to enhance public medical services in the southwestern part of Seoul. It is the first of 12 Seoul-run hospitals to change its signboard to reflect the Seoul Care brand.
June 4, 2019
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Two more victims of Hungary tourist boat disaster found
BUDAPEST (AFP) -- Hungarian police confirmed Monday the discovery of two more victims of a sightseeing boat's collision with a river cruise ship in Budapest last week raising the toll to nine tourists killed.Only seven of the 35 people on board have survived so far, leaving 19 still missing with the prospect of finding any more passengers alive seen as very slim.The Mermaid boat carrying mainly South Korean tourists overturned and sank last Wednesday seconds after colliding with the Viking Sigyn
June 4, 2019
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[News Focus] No pension at 65? Will payouts be delayed as Korea’s population ages?
SEJONG -- It has been 31 years since South Korea introduced the national pension, and 20 years since it became a universal program in April 1999.The number of policyholders for government-administered annuity products offered by the National Pension Service now comes to more than 22 million. Among those policyholders, subscribers paying into the state pension via their workplaces in the form of mandatory deductions accounted for the dominant proportion, or 62.3 percent. Their numbers totale
June 4, 2019
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Conservative, liberal pundits battle it out in YouTube debate
Rhyu Si-min and Hong Jun-pyo on Monday took to social media to debate social and political issues, confirming the deep divide in the views of the liberal and conservative blocs on most issues. A video of the debate, uploaded on Rhyu’s and Hong’s platforms late Monday, has been viewed nearly 1 million times. Rhyu, who served as environment minister under the late President Roh Moo-hyun, is currently the chairman of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation. Hong is a former presidential candi
June 4, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Tower crane workers stage all-out strike, halt construction nationwide
Tower crane workers affiliated with the Federation of Korean Trade Unions and the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions took over some 2,500 tower cranes at construction sites nationwide in an all-out strike, calling for a ban on small tower cranes and a wage hike, the unions said Tuesday.Labor unions say small tower cranes are more vulnerable to accidents, whereas the Construction Association of Korea argues otherwise on the grounds that the driverless equipment can be controlled by a technician
June 4, 2019