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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Yoon, Lee end first talks with differences, agree to meet more
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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What is Hybe’s next move?
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China outpaces Korea in smaller OLED shipments for 1st time
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[Grace Kao] Hybe vs. Ador: Inspiration, imitation and plagiarism
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Samsung Electronics Q1 operating profit soars; chip biz returns to profit
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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[Herald Interview] Mom’s Touch seeks to replicate success in Japan
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Police to open alleged stalking probe over pastor over Dior bag scandal
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Club VIPs under probe for illegally sharing sex videos
Police have begun reinvestigating allegations that VIPs of a Gangnam club illegally shared via group chat rooms both sex videos and lascivious photos of women.Fourteen VIPs of the club, including actors, a promoter of the club Arena and children of wealthy people, are suspected of sharing illegally filmed sex videos and photos of women taken without their consent through two KakaoTalk group chats between 2014 and 2015. (Yonhap)An official at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said Monday they
April 30, 2019
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Fine dust sensor in DMZ to monitor pollutants from China, N. Korea
A monitoring system to measure levels of particulate pollution will be installed near the Demilitarized Zone that separates North and South Korea to analyze the amount of toxic pollutants coming from China and North Korea, the government said Tuesday. (Yonhap)The Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of National Defense signed a memorandum of understanding to reduce particulate pollution earlier in the day. Under the memorandum, the ministries will work together to analyze the amount of emis
April 30, 2019
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Overtime hours on steady decline at companies subject to 52-hour workweek
The overtime hours average has been on a steady decline at South Korean companies affected by the mandatory 52-hour workweek, a government report said Tuesday.According to the report by the Ministry of Employment and Labor, the average overtime hours per person at manufacturing companies with more than 300 employees was 19.2 hours in February, down 0.2 hours from a year earlier.The reduction of overtime hours was particularly noticeable among manufacturers of the top-five sectors in terms of ove
April 30, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Ex-KT chairman faces arrest over alleged hiring irregularities
Lee Suk-chae, former chairman of telecom firm KT Corp., appeared before a local court Tuesday morning to attend an arrest warrant hearing in connection with allegations that he gave preferential treatment in hiring to a high-profile opposition lawmaker’s daughter. (Yonhap)Lee, who served as KT chairman from 2009 to 2013, is suspected of involvement in giving preferential treatment to job applicants with ties to powerful figures -- including a daughter of Rep. Kim Sung-tae of the then-ruling Libe
April 30, 2019
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TV celebrity Holley bought 1 gram of meth, used it twice: police
Robert Holley, a naturalized Korean citizen from America and TV personality, bought 1 gram of methamphetamine and took the illegal substance twice in March, police said Tuesday.The Gyeonggi Southern Provincial Police Agency made the announcement after wrapping up a monthlong drug investigation into Holley, better known among local TV viewers by his Korean name Ha Il.The police agency said it plans to refer Holley's case to the prosecution Wednesday for an indictment. (Yonhap)The 58-year-old from
April 30, 2019
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Singer-actor Park confesses to taking drug: police
Park Yoo-chun, an actor and former member of boy band JYJ who was arrested last week on drugs charges, on Monday reversed his earlier claim of innocence and confessed to using a banned substance, police said.According to the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency, the 33-year-old Park began to admit most of the drugs charges against him in questioning that resumed in the morning. (Yonhap)Park had stubbornly denied the charges until a local court approved an arrest warrant for him on Friday."I h
April 29, 2019
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Anti-fine dust body launched in S. Korea under ex-UN secretary-general
Speaking at the Monday launch of a pan-national anti-fine dust body, former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for efforts to reduce domestic emissions as well as for closer cooperation with China on the issue. Ban Ki-moon (Yonhap)Headed by Ban, the National Council on Climate and Air Quality aims to find solutions to the particulate pollution issue, come up with policy ideas, and coordinate actions with neighboring countries such as China.“When I met Chinese President Xi Jinpin
April 29, 2019
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Bus drivers’ unions plan May 15 strike
Bus drivers’ unions threatened Monday to stage an all-out strike on May 15 should they fail to reach an agreement with their employers on working conditions ahead of the enforcement of the 52-hour working week in July. (Yonhap)Of 479 bus companies around the country, trade unions from 234 companies -- involving some 20,138 buses and 41,280 workers -- are expected to join the strike. In Seoul alone, 7,552 buses and 17,735 employees could band together in a walkout. The bus drivers are demanding t
April 29, 2019
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Tours to JSA to resume on southern side this week
Tours to the southern side of the truce village of Panmunjom that straddles the inter-Korean border will resume this week, the defense ministry said Monday.The popular tours south of the Joint Security Area have been suspended since October last year, as South and North Korea launched a campaign to demilitarize the area under a military tension reduction agreement signed a month earlier. (Yonhap)The two Koreas had agreed to restart the tour program after the area's demilitarization and allow vi
April 29, 2019
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Police question arrested singer-actor Park over alleged drug use
Police on Sunday questioned Park Yoo-chun, an actor and former member of boy band JYJ, over his alleged drug use for the first time since his arrest last week, investigators said.The provincial police agency in Suwon, 45 kilometers south of Seoul, grilled the 33-year-old Park over allegations that he took drugs together with the granddaughter of the founder of a major dairy producer. He was arrested on Friday. (Yonhap)Park is accused of purchasing 1.5 grams of methamphetamine on three occasions
April 28, 2019
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[News Focus] Trains run for 120 years - from Noryangjin to KTX era
SEJONG -- In the 1970s and ’80s, a dominant portion of Seoulites took trains to visit their hometowns spread across the country during the two biggest holidays of each year to celebrate Lunar New Year’s Day and Chuseok.Those days were before the “my car era” opened in Korea in the early 1990s.As tickets for the Saemaeul and Mugunghwa (also dubbed train udeung) were relatively expensive, the third-tier Tongil (train teukkeup) and fourth-tier Bidulgi (train botong or wanhaeng) gained more populari
April 28, 2019
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Hundreds of Korean forced labor victims to sue Japanese firms for damages
Hundreds of victims of wartime forced labor and surviving family members will file a damage suit with a South Korean court next week against Japanese companies, a civic group said Friday.A Gwangju-based group that works with victims of colonial Japan's recruitment of Koreans for forced labor and their descendants said a total of 537 victims and family members have agreed to participate in the litigation.The first batch of them will file a lawsuit on Monday, seeking compensation from Japanese fir
April 26, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Singer-actor Park Yoo-chun arrested over suspected meth use
K-pop singer-actor Park Yoo-chun was arrested Friday (early Saturday) on suspicion of purchasing and using methamphetamine. (Yonhap)Park, 33, is suspected of buying 1.5 grams of methamphetamine on three occasions and taking it on five occasions earlier this year with his former fiancee, Hwang Ha-na. Hwang, 31, is the granddaughter of the founder of Namyang Dairy Products. Park, a member of the K-pop band JYJ, appeared before the Suwon District Court at around 1:50 p.m. on Friday to attend the h
April 26, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Singer Park Yoo-chun appears for arrest warrant hearing
K-pop singer and actor Park Yoo-chun appeared before a local court for a hearing on his arrest Friday, over suspected use of an illegal drug after he recently tested positive for methamphetamine. The result is likely to come late Friday or early Saturday. (Yonhap)Wearing a gray suit, Park, 33 and one-third of K-pop band JYJ, appeared before the Suwon District Court at around 1:50 p.m. to attend the hearing. He did not answer a barrage of questions by reporters at the scene. He is suspected of b
April 26, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Prosecution rejects ex-president’s stay of execution request
The prosecution concluded Thursday that former President Park Geun-hye, who was jailed for corruption, should not be allowed a stay of execution of her prison sentence as her state of her health does not warrant it. Park, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison and a fine of 20 billion won ($17.2 million) for bribery and abuses of power by the appeals court, asked for a stay of execution last week, citing her “searing” back pain that cannot be treated in custody. Former President Park Geun-hye (
April 25, 2019
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[Graphic News] Nearly half of all S. Koreans with disabilities over 65
Nearly half of all South Koreans registered as having disabilities are over 65 years old, a government report showed. The annual report on disabilities by the Ministry of Health and Welfare found that as of last year, 2.59 million people, or 5 percent of the 51.83 million people living in the country, suffered from a debilitating condition. Of those registered as disabled, 46.7 percent were over 65 years old, up from 41.4 percent in 2014 and 38 percent in 2011.
April 25, 2019
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Court rules against Angolan family stranded at Incheon Airport
INCHEON -- A court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by an Angolan family that has been stranded for four months inside Incheon Airport’s transit zone after being denied a chance for refugee application and entry to the country. Nkuka Lulendo, his wife and four children aged under 10, who arrived in Korea on a tourist visa on Dec. 28, filed a suit in February, asking the court to invalidate the immigration office’s decision to deny entry and their chance at refugee status application. The I
April 25, 2019
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Soon-to-be released child rapist’s face made public
The face of convicted child rapist Cho Doo-soon, whose brutal rape of an 8-year-old girl in 2008 shocked the South Korean public, was revealed on a TV program Wednesday amid growing concerns over his upcoming release. (MBC)Public broadcaster MBC released a photo of Cho, who is due to be released from prison Dec. 13 next year, during a program that aired Wednesday afternoon. It was the first time Cho’s face was revealed to the public. Under the law, the faces of people who commit heinous crimes
April 25, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Ex-environment minister indicted on power abuse charge
Prosecutors on Thursday indicted a former environment minister and presidential secretary for alleged abuse of authority, obstruction of business and coercion in replacing an auditor of an agency under the ministry.Kim Eun-kyung is the first ex-minister of the Moon Jae-in administration to be indicted.(Yonhap)Prosecutors cleared of charges Cho Kuk, senior presidential secretary for civil affairs, and others involved in the alleged surveillance of civilians by a Cheong Wa Dae special inspection t
April 25, 2019
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[News Focus] Korea overtakes 20 countries in life expectancy for 20 years
SEJONG -- Japan is the world’s leading “aged society,” according to the United Nation’s standards, with its number of citizens aged 70 or above accounting for more than 20 percent of its population.South Korea is following suit. Those 70 years old or above surpassed 10 percent of the population, or 5.31 million of the total 51.83 million as of March 2019. (Graphic by Heo Tae-seong/The Korea Herald)As of 2000, life expectancy at birth for Japanese born between 1995 and 2000 was 80.5 years, accord
April 25, 2019