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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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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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[Robert J. Fouser] AI changes rationale for learning languages
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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S. Korean Christian activists launch association promoting religious freedom in N. Korea
South Korean Christian leaders and activists on Friday launched an association to secure and promote religious freedom in North Korea.The International Coalition for Religious Freedom in North Korea held its inaugural meeting in central Seoul on Friday, bringing together some 200 activists and Christian advocates. Among them are Thae Yong-ho, who served as a high-ranking North Korean diplomat based in London before defecting to South Korea in 2016, and Kenneth Bae, a Christian missionary who was
June 14, 2019
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Yang Min-suk steps down as YG CEO
Yang Min-suk, the brother of YG Entertainment’s founder and chief producer Yang Hyun-suk, who also served as the label’s CEO, stepped down from his post Friday, announcing his decision in an emailed statement. In the statement, the former YG CEO said he wished his “decision (to resign) will bring about the start of new, positive changes for YG Entertainment.”Earlier in the afternoon, his brother also announced his decision to step down from all his posts at at the agency.
June 14, 2019
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Yang quits as YG chief amid growing suspicions of drug offense cover-up
Yang Hyun-suk, quit as the head of YG Entertainment, the agency he founded 23 years ago, as allegations of police collusion grew Friday.In the latest development in a string of scandals swirling around the embattled label, a whistleblower filed a report against YG with the Anti-corruption and Civil Rights Commision Tuesday, which raised suspicions of the label’s colluding with the police to cover up a possible drug use offense involving one of its artists -- B.I of iKon. YG terminated
June 14, 2019
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[Breaking] Yang Hyun-suk quits as YG Entertainment head
Yang Hyun-suk announced Friday he had stepped down from all posts he holds at YG Entertainment. The announcement was posted on the label’s official website Friday afternoon.He said while he had “devoted the past 23 years of his life to YG Entertainment,” he “couldn’t bear the shameful things being said as if they were true any longer.” “I believe the truth will be revealed in due time through investigation,” he added.YG founded the label in 19
June 14, 2019
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Prosecutors demand prison term for singer-actor Park Yoo-chun
Prosecutors demanded imprisonment of one and a half years for Park Yoo-chun, an actor and former member of boy band JYJ, in a court trial on his drug charges Friday.They also asked for a fine of 1.4 million won ($1,180) against the disgraced entertainer during the trial at the Suwon District Court in Suwon, 40 kilometers south of Seoul.The prosecutors asked the court to issue probation and treatment orders for Park if it chooses to give a suspended prison sentence. The 32-year-old Park was indic
June 14, 2019
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S. Koreans bid farewell to ex-first lady Lee Hee-ho
South Koreans bid their last farewell to late former first lady Lee Hee-ho on Friday, in honor of her contribution to inter-Korean reconciliation efforts and the enhancement of women's rights.Lee died at the age of 96 late Monday while suffering from liver cancer. She was the widow of former liberal President Kim Dae-jung, the architect of the "sunshine policy" of engaging North Korea and the Nobel Peace Prize winner.A funeral service was held at Seoul National Cemetery in southern Seo
June 14, 2019
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S. Korea, Hungary officials discuss search plans for 3 missing in boat sinking
Officials of South Korea and Hungary discussed ways to continue the search for three Korean passengers missing from last month's sinking of a tour boat that left 28 people dead or missing, the foreign ministry in Seoul said Friday.South Korean Ambassador to Hungary Choe Kyoo-sik and defense attache at the embassy Song Shun-keun met with Janos Balogh, head of the Hungarian police, on Thursday (Budapest time) and agreed to cooperate in searching for the missing people, the ministry said in a relea
June 14, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Witness accuses YG of collusion with police
YG Entertainment’s Yang Hyun-suk faced allegations Thursday that he pressured a witness to change his testimony in an attempt to cover up iKON leader B.I’s alleged use of an illegal drug. The witness filed a report Tuesday with the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission claiming the investigation into B.I’s alleged drug use was dismissed due to corrupt ties between police and YG, according to local media. B.I, 23, whose real name is Kim Han-bin, bought the hallucinog
June 13, 2019
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Doctors deny covering up cause of newborn’s death
Doctors on trial for attempting to conceal the death of a newborn dropped by the medical team denied all charges in the first hearing Thursday.Prosecutors said the defendants – a gynecologist surnamed Moon, 52, and pediatrician surnamed Lee, 65, – face charges of deleting records after the infant died from the drop and issuing a faulty medical certificate.The defendants’ attorney denied both charges, claiming they had neither directed the record’s removal nor had any invo
June 13, 2019
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Thai teen detained for attempting to smuggle meth
An 18-year-old from Thailand has been detained for attempting to smuggle large quantities of methamphetamine and yaba -- a mix of meth and caffeine -- into the country.According to Busan District Prosecutors’ Office and Busan Main Customs on Thursday, the teenager was detained for violating the narcotics law.Prosecutors said the suspect arrived at Gimhae International Airport on a plane from Thailand on June 2, carrying 1 kilogram of meth and 14,118 yaba tablets in her luggage. Authorities
June 13, 2019
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Korean Air family members get suspended jail terms for smuggling
The widow and eldest daughter of the late Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho on Thursday received suspended prison terms for smuggling luxury goods into South Korea through company planes. The Incheon District Court sentenced Cho Hyun-ah, 45, the former Korean Air vice president, to eight months in prison suspended for two years. She must pay a fine of 4.8 million won ($4,060) and forfeit 63 million won. The late chairman’s wife, Lee Myung-hee, 70, was handed a six-month jail term susp
June 13, 2019
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Foreigners residing over 6 months must subscribe to state health insurance from July
All foreigners who stay in South Korea for six months or longer will be required to sign up for the country's health insurance program to prevent them from receiving medical treatment and leaving without paying insurance fees, the operator of the state medical insurance scheme said Thursday.Under the new rules that take effect July 16, all foreigners, including Korean expatriates residing in the country, should pay over 110,000 won ($93) per month, according to the National Health Insurance Serv
June 13, 2019
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Man accused of hiding treasures from 14th-century shipwreck
A man in his 60s has been arrested on suspicion of possessing ancient pottery that is believed to have been taken illegally from an underwater resting place off the southwestern coast of South Korea, police said Thursday.The 63-year-old suspect, whose name was withheld, is accused of having hidden ancient Chinese celadon and other treasures retrieved in the 1980s from the Sinan underwater relics burial site in waters off South Jeolla Province in violation of the Act on Protection and Inspection
June 13, 2019
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Police investigate death of murder suspect’s stepson
Police are now investigating the death of the stepson of Koh Yu-jeong, a murder suspect of her ex-husband. Koh’s stepson, 4, died March 2 at her and her current husband’s home in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province. In the investigation that followed, Koh’s husband told police he found his son dead next to him when he woke up in the morning. Koh said she had slept in another room.While the cause of the child’s death has yet to be identified, the National Forensic Se
June 13, 2019
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Widow and daughter of late Korean Air chief get suspended jail terms
An Incheon court on Thursday issued suspended prison terms to the widow and elder daughter of the late Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho for smuggling luxury goods by making use of the airline's planes.The Incheon District Court sentenced the late chairman's wife, Lee Myung-hee, 70, to six months in prison, suspended for one year, with a fine of 700,000 won ($590) and a forfeit of 37 million won. Lee's daughter, Cho Hyun-ah, 45, former Korean Air vice president, got a suspended sentence of eight m
June 13, 2019
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3 remain missing in Hungary boat sinking after another body confirmed to be S. Korean
A body found in a river south of Budapest was confirmed to be a South Korean missing from last month's deadly sinking of a tour boat that left 26 Koreans dead or missing, Seoul's foreign ministry said Thursday. That brought the total number of Koreans killed in the May 29 sinking to 23, and the number of those missing to three. The latest victim in his 60s was discovered 110 kilometers downstream from the sinking site Wednesday (Budapest time).The sightseeing boat carrying 33 South Korean touris
June 13, 2019
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Prosecution brings additional Samsung bribery charges against Lee Myung-bak
Some 5 billion won ($4.2 million) could be added to the total amount of bribes former President Lee Myung-bak is alleged to have taken from Samsung Group, according to prosecutors Wednesday. The Anti-corruption and Civil Rights Commission sent evidence of Lee’s additional bribery charges to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office’s Special Investigation department at the end of May, the prosecutors said.The prosecutors submitted a memo Monday asking the co
June 12, 2019
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[Graphic News] Koreans spending more time on Instagram
The combined time spent on the photo and video-sharing platform Instagram by South Korean Android users surged by 73 percent on-year in May, industry data showed. They spent a total of 26 billion minutes using Instagram last month, compared with 15 billion minutes during the same period a year earlier, according to the data compiled by industry tracker WiseApp. Instagram was the most favored SNS platform among Android users in their 30s and teens, with users in their 30s spending the longest am
June 12, 2019
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S. Korea’s suicide mortality rate on decline for all age groups, except in 20s
South Korea’s suicide mortality rates across all age groups have been steadily declining since a 2011 peak, except for people in their 20s, data showed Wednesday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea Suicide Prevention Center said Tuesday the country’s overall suicide death toll in 2017 had decreased by 4.8 percent from 2016’s 13,092. This marked a notable decline from 2011’s 15,906 -- down by 3,443 to 12,463 in 2017 -- when the suicide toll reached its highest on
June 12, 2019
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Korean team to go inside salvaged wreck in search for four missing
South Korean rescue workers will enter the wreck of a tour boat salvaged from the Danube River on Wednesday to search for four Koreans still missing after its deadly sinking, Seoul's foreign ministry said. Hungarian authorities raised the Hableany sightseeing boat from waters on Tuesday (Budapest time) and placed it on a barge, nearly two weeks after the accident. Rescue teams retrieved four more bodies over the course of the salvaging. Three of them were confirmed to be Koreans, including
June 12, 2019