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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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Students with history of violence will be barred from becoming teachers
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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Samsung mocks Apple over iPhone alarm glitch
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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Speaker floats dual citizenship as solution to falling births
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[Newsmaker] External sources account for 75% of Korea's fine dust pollution
External sources accounted for 75 percent of South Korea's ultrafine dust air pollution in January, a state-run environment agency said Wednesday. South Korea saw a drastic rise in the average level of ultrafine dust particles, those smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter, in between Jan. 11 and 15. According to the National Institute of Environmental Research, a think tank under the Ministry of Environment, external sources from China, Mongolia, North Korea and Japan were responsible for 75 p
Feb. 6, 2019
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Over 90% women consider ‘wealth’ important in choosing spouse
More women in Korea take into consideration a potential partner’s financial capability than men when they choose a spouse, a recent survey showed Wednesday.According to research from the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, which surveyed 1,140 unmarried men and 1,324 unmarried women aged between 20 and 44 , 92.7 percent of female respondents answered that they think of the partner’s financial capability as an essential factor in selecting a spouse, while 53 percent of male respondents
Feb. 6, 2019
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Seoul to set up Sewol commemorative site at Gwanghwamun Square
The Seoul city government will remove memorial tents set up for the 2014 Sewol ferry tragedy at Gwanghwamun Square and build a commemorative space at the site, Mayor Park Won-soon said Tuesday.Park announced the plan during a visit to the tents Tuesday to participate in a Lunar New Year memorial service. “Seoul city has been discussing with the victims’ families about renovating the place and finishing the construction before April,” the mayor said. Memorial tents set up for the 2014 Sewol ferry
Feb. 6, 2019
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Lunar New Year traffic jam begins, expected to peak in afternoon
Traffic surged on expressways around the country Wednesday as people headed home on the last day of the Lunar New Year holiday.Heavy traffic began on expressways on Wednesday morning, according to the state-run Korea Expressway Corp. Vehicles on the Seohaean and Cheonan-Nonsan Expressways were moving at slower than 40 kilometers per hour as of 7 a.m. (Yonhap)Traffic congestion is expected to peak between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. and to continue through Thursday. The state agency predicted that traffi
Feb. 6, 2019
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Ex-short track coach to be indicted for sexual assault
Former national short track speed skating coach Cho Jae-beom will be indicted on charges of sexually assaulting an Olympic champion after local police confirmed the allegations on Wednesday. The Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency concluded that Cho had sexually assaulted Shim Suk-hee, a two-time Olympic gold medalist with the national short track speed skating team. The police said that it will transfer the case to the prosecutors with the recommendation of indictment.(Yonhap)Cho was accuse
Feb. 6, 2019
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Gov't, ruling party agree to probe of contract worker's death in accident
Officials from the government and the ruling Democratic Party agreed on Tuesday to conduct an investigation into the death of a young contract worker at a thermal power plant in December, party officials said.(Yonhap)Kim Yong-gyun, a 24-year-old subcontract worker, was killed in a conveyor belt accident in mid-December at the power plant in Taean, about 150 kilometers southwest of Seoul.His death sparked public anger about the treatment of temporary workers. It also prompted the National Assembl
Feb. 5, 2019
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South Korean women begin to resist intense beauty pressure
As she pursued her dream of becoming a fashion model, veering for years between extreme dieting and overeating, Park I Seul realized she had a problem: She was not tall and skinny, like typical runway models, nor was she big enough to be a plus-size model.She also realized that the only way to meet South Korea's lofty beauty standards was for her to continuously deny who she truly is.So Park, 25, began calling herself a "natural size model" - a nearly unheard of term in South Korea - which she d
Feb. 5, 2019
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5 injured in multiple car pileup
Five people were injured in a multiple car pileup on a major highway on the country's west coast on Tuesday, police said.This year's Lunar New Year's Day, one of the largest traditional holidays in South Korea, falls on Tuesday, and the weekend extended the three-day holiday from Monday to Wednesday to five days. (Yonhap)The accident took place at 5:05 a.m. on a section of the Seohaean Expressway that snakes up the country's western coast from Mokpo all the way up through Byeonsan National Park,
Feb. 5, 2019
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Half of men in 20s show anti-feminist tendencies
Over half of South Korean men in their 20s have anti-feminist attitudes and engage in a “hostile” form of gender discrimination, a recent survey shows. According to the results of an online survey conducted by the Korean Women’s Development Institute, 50.5 percent of respondents in their 20s fell into this category, whereas such attitudes were less prevalent among older men. For example, only 38.7 percent of those in their 30s and 18.4 percent of those in their 40s fell into the same category. F
Feb. 5, 2019
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Prosecutors likely to indict ex-Supreme Court chief justice this week
Prosecutors are expected to indict former Supreme Court Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae later this week on charges that he abused his power to influence high-profile trials as a political tool to lobby the previous government. Yang, 71, is under pre-indictment detention upon a court approval of his arrest warrant on Jan. 24. He’s the first former chief of South Korea’s top court to have been arrested as a suspect and now to face a criminal trial.The retired veteran justice with a law career over 40
Feb. 4, 2019
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Seoul sees drastic rise in ultrafine dust level in Jan: data
Seoul has seen a drastic increase in the monthly average level of ultra fine dust in January, compared with data recorded over the previous three years, data showed Monday. The average level of ultrafine dust particles, smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter, was recorded at 38 micrograms per cubic meter in the capital city last month, according to the National Institute of Environmental Research, a think tank under the Ministry of Environment.The figure marks the highest level since 2015, whe
Feb. 4, 2019
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More than half of Koreans feel social conflict increased under Moon: study
More than half of the public say social conflict has increased under the Moon Jae-in administration, a study showed.According to the study conducted by the Korea Center for Social Conflict Resolution and Hankook Research, 9 in 10 Koreans consider there to be serious conflict between different groups, and 52.4 percent of Korean say conflict in society has worsened since the Moon Jae-in administration was launched in May 2017. Moon Jae-in (Yonhap)In comparison, the same study conducted in 2017 sh
Feb. 4, 2019
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S. Korea completes vaccinations of animals against foot-and-mouth disease
The government has completed emergency vaccinations of cows and pigs nationwide to prevent further spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) during the Lunar New Year's holiday, officials said Sunday.Authorities have also culled more than 2,000 cows, the most in eight years, as they are ramping up quarantine efforts following two confirmed cases last week.The agriculture ministry said that it has completed vaccinations of 1,340 cows and pigs nationwide and disinfected around 86,000 farms and relate
Feb. 3, 2019
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Where is hardest place to catch taxis in Seoul?
Seoul residents find it most difficult to grab taxis at night near Gangnam Station, followed by the areas of Jongno, Hongik University and Itaewon, according to a recent report by Kakao Mobility and the Seoul Digital Foundation. The report on the imbalance in demand and supply for taxis at night in Seoul was based on data from Kakao’s taxi ride-hailing app from November 2017 to October 2018.It was toughest to grab a taxi near Gangnam Station at midnight, with demand on the taxi-hailing app highe
Feb. 3, 2019
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Gyeonggi gov't to push for listing of DMZ as UNESCO World Heritage
Provincial officials said they believe the DMZ has an "outstanding universal value" required for the UNESCO Natural Heritage, as well as a sufficient value for the UNESCO Cultural Heritage.The Gyeonggi government will also consider applying for the listing of the DMZ as a "world mixed heritage," which is not an official term yet. (Yonhap)To the end, the government has earmarked a budget of 400 million won ($360,000) to conduct extensive research on the ecology of the DMZ this and next year. It
Feb. 3, 2019
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[News Focus] 2019 jobless rate may break 2001 record
SEJONG – Just after he was elected in May 2017, President Moon Jae-in showcased an electronic dashboard to the media, which was set up in the presidential office for the purpose of monitoring the number of jobs created.A large portion of citizens including young people were pinning big hopes on the new administration. But they have not seen him pose beside the dashboard at any time in the 20 months since then.And 2018 was one of the few periods in which young Koreans had greater difficulty than
Feb. 3, 2019
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War-torn families observe Lunar New Year’s holiday with grief and disappointment
The Lunar New Year’s holiday is here, and South Korea’s roads and expressways are clogged with traffic as hundreds of thousands crisscross the nation to gather with family. But for people with family on the other side of the border -- in North Korea -- the national holiday is just another reminder of that separation.Korea’s turbulent history has taken its toll on the people, and particularly on families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War. At one time, government statistics show, 132,124 South K
Feb. 2, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Court overturns ruling, finds ex-governor guilty of rape in #MeToo case
A high court on Friday sentenced former South Chungcheong Province Gov. An Hee-jung to 3 1/2 years in prison for raping his female aide, overturning a lower court’s not-guilty ruling, in the country’s highest-profile case amid the ongoing #MeToo movement. (Yonhap)The Seoul High Court ruled that An, who was once considered a strong presidential contender, had used his authority to sexually assault the victim, citing sufficient evidence to prove that Kim’s sexual freedom was violated against her w
Feb. 1, 2019
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Actor Lee Myoung-haeng sentenced to 8 months for sexual assault
Actor Lee Myoung-haeng was sentenced to 8 months in prison for sexual assault of a female performance staff member on Friday.The Incheon District Court found Lee guilty of indecent act by compulsion and ordered him to be taken into custody immediately. It also ordered Lee to complete 40 hours of a sexual violence treatment program, and banned him from working at institutions related to children and adolescents for the next three years. (Yonhap)The court decided the sentence on the grounds that i
Feb. 1, 2019
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[From the scene] South Koreans bid farewell to former ‘comfort woman,‘ activist Kim Bok-dong
Hundreds of South Koreans on Friday bid farewell to Kim Bok-dong, a South Korean victim of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II, near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, where she has attended a weekly rally demanding an apology from Japan. About 1,000 mourners, according to the organizer Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance, came together for a send-off ceremony for Kim, who died late Monday after battling cancer for about a year. Despite biting cold, the organizers and
Feb. 1, 2019