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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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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Speaker floats dual citizenship as solution to falling births
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Artificial rain tested over Yellow Sea to fight fine dust
South Korea conducted an artificial rain experiment over the Yellow Sea on Friday to analyze the method's effect on reducing fine dust pollution.The Korea Meteorological Administration and the Ministry of Environment said that their research institutes jointly began the rare experiment over the sea off the nation's west-central coast in the morning.An airplane owned by the KMA dispersed silver iodide, a chemical that increases precipitation by collecting water vapor, into the clouds. (Yonhap)Res
Jan. 25, 2019
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Measles cases increase to 38
An additional case in Seoul brought the number of confirmed measles cases in a recent outbreak in South Korea to 38, according to Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. The latest case was confirmed in Gangdong-gu in Seoul on Thursday. The patient is a 17-year-old girl who resides in the Philippines and recently entered Korea after visiting the US. (Yonhap)Of the 38 people who have contracted measles, 27 have been released from medical isolation after the KCDC confirmed they were no lo
Jan. 25, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Govt. to launch special probe team to investigate sexual violence in sports
The South Korean government said Friday it will launch a special probe team to look into sexual violence and other human rights violations in the country's sports community, following a series of claims by athletes that they were assaulted by their coaches.Sports Minister Do Jong-hwan, Education Minister Yoo Eun-hae and Gender Equality Minister Jin Sun-mee convened for a ministers meeting on social affairs and discussed measures to prevent and eradicate violence in sports. Sports Minister Do Jon
Jan. 25, 2019
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2 injured by a patient in psychiatric hospital
A 57-year-old patient who injured a doctor and a citizen by wielding a deadly weapon has been caught and is being investigated, Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said Thursday.“The patient has been accused of swinging a lethal weapon toward a 39-year-old psychiatrist, who was pregnant, at the hospital lobby on 4:10 p.m. on Thursday,” said the police. (Yonhap)The daily news media KBS reported that the 57-year-old suspect had been hospitalized with auditory hallucinations and insomnia since Novem
Jan. 25, 2019
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More jobless people apply for 'unemployment credits' in 2018
South Korea saw more jobless people seek financial assistance from the state pension fund in 2018 amid the country's rising unemployment, data showed Friday.About 416,000 unemployed people applied for the "unemployment credits" last year, compared with 369,000 a year earlier, according to the data from the National Pension Service. (Yonhap)The number accounted for nearly 48 percent of jobless people who received unemployment benefits from the government.South Korea introduced the unemployment cr
Jan. 25, 2019
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JTBC chief rejects accusation of violence filed by freelance journalist
Sohn Suk-hee, the chief and well-known news presenter of the cable channel JTBC, is facing an allegation that he used violence against a freelance journalist, but he denied the accusation and reported the accuser to the police for blackmail, the police and Sohn said Thursday.The freelance journalist, whose name was withheld, lodged a charge alleging the use of violence by Sohn with the police earlier in the day, accusing the JTBC chief of punching him in the face several times during their dinne
Jan. 24, 2019
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[Weekender] ‘I want to be pretty like mom!’
On a Friday afternoon, a customer enters a beauty spa that looks like the whole place has been dipped in pink.The difference from ordinary spas is that everything here at Shushu & Sassy is miniature-sized, from the gowns to the chairs.Clad in a pink bathrobe and a hair band shaped like rabbit ears, the customer lets go of her mother’s hand and soaks her feet in a bubbly basin. A spa specialist then carefully covers the child’s tiny face with a sheet mask and massages her hands and arms with loti
Jan. 24, 2019
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[Herald interview] Sitcom ‘Haiphong Families’ depicts reality of Korea’s multicultural families
JEJU -- As an ordinary man who has lived in Korea his whole life, Kim Jung-hyuk did not have many chances to meet foreigners or multicultural families and even felt prejudiced against people of different races and nationalities. However, that changed when he encountered stories of children from multicultural families being bullied and discriminated at school. Upon learning about such incidents, he realized that such actions are not right. That is how Kim, a TV producer at a regional broadcaster
Jan. 24, 2019
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Family of Korean hospitalized after fall at Grand Canyon seeks financial help
The family of Park Joon-hyuk, a 25-year-old student hospitalized in Flagstaff, Arizona, after a fall at Grand Canyon National Park, is asking the South Korean government to help with his hospital bill of over $886,000.The request has sparked fierce debate, with some arguing the government should not be held responsible for an individual’s accident and others insisting the government should step in.Park, who is currently unconscious, fell off a cliff near Yavapai Point along the South Rim of the
Jan. 24, 2019
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Seoul City projects hit snag
Large-scale projects by Seoul City, such as the expansion of the Gwanghwamun Plaza and the redevelopment of Euljiro, have hit a snag, as the city government appears to have failed to sufficiently discuss them with relevant entities.The Ministry of the Interior and Safety said in a statement Wednesday that there has been no agreement between the ministry and Seoul City regarding the city government’s plan to include some buildings and plots of the central government complex in the restructuring o
Jan. 24, 2019
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180-kg wild boar captured in Busan
A wild boar rampaged through a residential area in Busan and was captured 16 hours after the initial sighting, according to the Busan Wildlife Conservation Commission.On Wednesday at 3:59 a.m., Busan police received a call about a boar running on a street in the Dangni-dong area of Busan and heading toward the underground parking garage of an apartment complex. (Busan Police Station)The animal is reported to have run around the first and the second floors of the parking garage, causing severe d
Jan. 24, 2019
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[News Focus] Are civil service jobs haven for young generation?
SEJONG -- Over the past decade, more young job seekers in the nation have prepared for civil service examinations, which reflects unstable job security in the private sector including conglomerates.Furthermore, a majority of these job seekers aimed to become low-grade civil servants, not senior government officials, which requires sitting for the Public Administration Examination. According to data from the Ministry of Personnel Management, 202,978 people applied for the written test to select 4
Jan. 24, 2019
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Crew of Korean icebreaker help isolated Chinese researchers
The Araon, South Korea's only icebreaking vessel, has helped evacuate 24 isolated Chinese researchers in the Antarctic region, the country's ocean ministry said Thursday.The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said the icebreaker gave assistance to researchers on Inexpressible Island near South Korea's Jang Bogo Antarctic Research Station in the southernmost continent a day earlier.(Yonhap)While the team originally planned to leave the island on board the Chinese icebreaker Xuelong, the vessel hit
Jan. 24, 2019
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Adoptee deported by US sues S. Korea, agency
Adam Crapser lives in limbo, a stranger in South Korea, the country of his birth. Forcibly separated from his wife, children and friends in America, he is isolated by language and culture, left alone to navigate this sprawling city he's been expelled to four decades after being sent to adoptive parents in Michigan at age 3. Crapser was abused and abandoned by two different sets of adoptive parents in the United States then deported after run-ins with the law because none of his guardians filed c
Jan. 23, 2019
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Lawmaker denies all allegations
Rep. Sohn Hye-won again denied all allegations brought against her in a press conference in Mokpo, South Jeolla Province, Wednesday. Sohn is alleged to have used her influence as lawmaker to intervene in the designation of a dilapidated area in the city as a cultural asset. She is also accused of purchasing properties under the names of her family members, including a niece, in the area to profit from the real estate price increase expected after the area became protected for its cultural value.
Jan. 23, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Korea eyes artificial rain in fine dust fight
South Korea plans to conduct this year’s first artificial rain experiment over the Yellow Sea on Friday, as part of efforts to tackle fine dust pollution amid growing concerns over public health. The Korea Meteorological Administration said Wednesday the one-hour experiment will be conducted in the sea between the Korean Peninsula and China on Friday morning, with a plane, boat and other devices mobilized to measure meteorological conditions. The KMA will carry out a cloud seeding experiment a
Jan. 23, 2019
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Ex-prosecutor in 'Me Too' case gets 2 years in jail
A former ranking prosecutor was sentenced to two years in jail Wednesday for unfairly disadvantaging his female junior colleague after she raised sexual misconduct allegations against him.The Seoul Central District Court handed down the guilty verdict to Ahn Tae-geun, who last held his job as chief of criminal affairs at the Ministry of Justice. Ahn was immediately taken into custody after the court ruling. Ahn Tae-geun (Yonhap)Ahn, 53, was indicted in April last year for abusing his authority
Jan. 23, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Appeals court upholds another wartime forced labor victim's compensation claim
A Seoul appellate court on Wednesday upheld another compensation claim by an elderly South Korean victim of Japan's wartime forced labor, ordering Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. to pay her 100 million won ($88,754). The appeals division of the Seoul Central District Court made the ruling in favor of Lee Choon-myeon, 88, who filed litigation accusing the Japanese company of forcing her to toil without pay in poor working conditions during World War II. Lee Choon-myeon (Yonhap)Wednesday's court ruling add
Jan. 23, 2019
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Seoulites help crack down on over 45,000 illegal prostitution ads
A Seoul citizen watchdog organization reported over 50,000 illegal online prostitution advertisements in 2018, helping police crack down on illegal establishments and adult entertainment establishments. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government on Wednesday, the watchdog organization reported 52,677 sex trafficking advertisements online and smartphone applications. Advertisements for dating for pay and on-site massages, widely perceived as a means of prostitution, made up the majority 82.7
Jan. 23, 2019
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Men taking paternity leave rise 46.7 percent on-year in 2018
The number of male employees taking paternity leave in Korea rose 46.7 percent on-year in 2018 amid a shift in social perception and workplace culture, the government said Wednesday.A total of 17,662 male workers went on paternity leave last year, up 46.7 percent from 12,042 people in 2017, according to data from the Ministry of Employment and Labor.“The rise in paternity leave is due to changes in the social atmosphere, alongside various policies such as increased income replacement ratio durin
Jan. 23, 2019