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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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Probe of first lady on Dior bag allegations set to begin
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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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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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'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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[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
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Court to decide on arrest warrant for disgraced ex-Supreme Court chief
A Seoul court will hold a hearing Wednesday to decide whether to issue an arrest warrant for former Supreme Court Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae over a massive power abuse scandal involving the country's top court.Yang, 71, is due to appear at the Seoul Central District Court for a 10:30 a.m. hearing. Prosecutors filed for his arrest warrant last Friday.The former top court chief from 2011-2017 stands accused of using or seeking to use trials as political leverage to lobby the office of then-Presid
Jan. 23, 2019
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[News Focus] Sejong City strives to provide offices for lawmakers, president
SEJONG -- Two ministries, the Ministry of Interior and Safety and Ministry of Science and ICT, will join the Government Complex Sejong this year via relocation of their offices in Seoul and Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, to Sejong.While more than 2,000 civil servants from the two ministries will move to temporary buildings around the Complex Sejong by September 2019, new building construction is scheduled for late 2021.With their relocation, the number of ministries headquartered in the administra
Jan. 22, 2019
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Man arrested for working with fake pharmacist license
A man who worked at eight pharmacies over a four-month period with a fake pharmacist license has been arrested for violating pharmaceutical laws and fabricating official documents, according to police Monday.The 31-year-old is reported to have worked as a short-term pharmacist dispensing medicine at eight pharmacies located in Ulsan, Busan and South Gyeongsang Province from August to November last year. (Yonhap)The offender reportedly pretended to be pharmacist with knowledge he gleaned from wo
Jan. 22, 2019
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Bad welding 27 years ago caused Ilsan hot water pipe rupture
The pipeline rupture on Dec. 4, 2018 that killed one person turned out to be the result of weak welding when the pipeline was first installed in 1991, according to police Tuesday.“We have received results from the National Forensic Service that say the underground pipe burst due to weak welding done 27 years ago when it was first installed. Bearing water pressure for many years, it seems a piece of welding fell off,” said an official from Ilsan Dongbu Police, adding that police are tracking down
Jan. 22, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Human rights watchdog to set up independent monitoring system to root out sexual violence in sports community
Following rampant allegations of sexual misconduct by authority figures in the skating community, the chief of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea on Tuesday vowed to establish an independent monitoring system to root out widespread violence in sports.“Physical and sexual harassment in the sports community take place repeatedly within a structured system, rather than accidentally. Violence is exonerated in the performance-centered culture,” said Choi Young-ae, the head of the rights wa
Jan. 22, 2019
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2018 Lotto sales mark 15-year high
Total Lotto sales in Korea last year of 3.9 trillion won ($3.45 billion) set a 15-year record, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance on Tuesday.As one ticket costs 1,000 won, the sales volume last year from January to December equals some 3.9 billion games. The year’s sales topped 3.8 billion won in 2003 and sales volume of 3.7 billion games in 2017. (MBC)The 2018 records translate into each person in South Korea buying 76.8 games, spending 76,800 won on average.Half of last year’s s
Jan. 22, 2019
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S. Korea, China hold talks on fine dust amid dispute
South Korea and China are holding a series of talks in Seoul to tackle the fine dust problem amid mounting public concerns over increasingly toxic levels of fine and ultrafine dust believed to originate mostly from China. Director-generals from Seoul’s Ministry of Environment and Beijing’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment held their third meeting on fine dust in Seoul on Tuesday, the same day as the first meeting of an operating committee within the South Korea-China Environmental Cooperatio
Jan. 22, 2019
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Over 80% of foreigners have positive national image of Korea: poll
More than eight out of 10 foreigners have a positive national image of South Korea, a survey released by the government showed Tuesday.According to an online survey of 8,000 people in 16 countries, including South Korea, 80.3 percent of foreign respondents evaluated South Korea's national image positively.Notably, 34.6 percent expressed a "very positive" impression of the nation's image, the survey showed. It was jointly conducted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and its
Jan. 22, 2019
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Measles breaks out; at least 31 cases confirmed so far
A measles outbreak has struck at least 31 people in South Korea in the past month, and is likely to continue.The latest confirmed cases were in Ansan in Gyeonggi Province, Seoul and South Jeolla Province, with earlier cases confirmed in Daegu as well as North Gyeongsang and Gyeonggi provinces.Of the 31 people who have contracted measles, 16 are infants and children aged 4 or younger. The rest are medical workers or parents of children with measles and are in their 20s and 30s. (Yonhap)The highly
Jan. 22, 2019
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Two Koreas may step up bid to recover remains of hero Ahn Jung-geun in China
South Korea will redouble its effort to recover the remains of Ahn Jung-geun, the revered independence fighter who assassinated a top Japanese colonial official in China 110 years ago, government officials said Tuesday.Ahn -- who shot the Korean Peninsula's first Japanese governor-general, Hirobumi Ito, at a railway station in Harbin, the capital of China's northeastern province of Heilongjiang, in 1909 -- is respected as a national hero.Ahn was executed at a Japanese prison in the northern Chin
Jan. 22, 2019
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Seoul mayor hoping to show Seoul Station, Han River to NK leader
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon said Monday he wants to introduce Seoul Station and the Han River to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un if he visits Seoul for inter-Korean summit talks. "There are many things I'd like to introduce (to Kim) if I get to guide (him)," Park said during a New Year's meeting with foreign correspondents at the Press Center in Seoul.Park said he wants to show Kim Seoul Station as it will be the starting and final station of the railroad leading to Eurasia if severed inter-Korean
Jan. 21, 2019
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[Graphic News] Poll shows 8 in 10 exposed to secondhand smoke from neighbors
As many as 8 in 10 South Koreans have experienced exposure to secondhand smoke from neighbors, but most refrained from complaining, a poll showed. The survey of 1,542 residents of Gyeonggi Province -- the nation’s most populous province, which surrounds Seoul -- found that 1,197 respondents, or 78 percent, had been subjected to harm as a result of smoking by their neighbors. The poll was conducted by the Gyeonggi Provincial Government from Dec. 21-27 last year on its online site. Seventy-four p
Jan. 21, 2019
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Police blame text message reporting system for mishandling of knife incident
The inappropriate handling of Saturday’s knife incident at Dangsan Station in Seoul was the result of the limitations of text message-based police reports, the police said Monday. According to the police, the system limits the length of a text message to 40 characters, causing longer messages to be cut off so police cannot read them in full.“The officers sent to the scene did not receive the details about the man and the incident so inevitably had to search for the person who made the report, wh
Jan. 21, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Seoul to expand Gwanghwamun Square, create underground path by 2021
The Seoul Metropolitan Government is to expand Gwanghwamun Square 3.7-fold, create an underground passage connecting major spots in central Seoul and make the area a public transport hub, according to a plan to transform the square unveiled Monday. Blueprint of new Gwanghwamun Square to be completed in 2021 (Seoul Metropolitan Government)Iconic statues of King Sejong the Great and Adm. Yi Sun-sin at Gwanghwamun Square will be relocated in order to secure an expansive view of Bugaksan and Gyeong
Jan. 21, 2019
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Young Skater Association reveals additional sports #MeToo cases
The Young Skater Association on Monday raised further allegations of sexual abuse by skating coaches, amid snowballing revelations of #MeToo cases in South Korea’s sports community.The association held a press conference at the National Assembly on Monday afternoon with Rep. Sohn Hye-won, who had represented the ruling Democratic Party on the parliamentary culture committee. Sohn stepped down from the position and left the party on Sunday over allegations of property speculation in Mokpo, South
Jan. 21, 2019
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Only 11 percent of graduating students have steady jobs to go to
Only 1 in 9 university students graduating this year have been hired as regular workers, a survey conducted by the job searching portal site, Job Korea showed Monday. According to Job Korea, among some 1,112 students surveyed, only 11 percent answered that they have been hired for regular positions -- meaning full-time work with with permanent contracts. Another 10 had found work on irregular contracts, while the remaining 79 percent said that they have yet to find employment. (Job Korea)Compar
Jan. 21, 2019
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Seoul claims nuclear-free energy policy not the cause of high fine-dust levels
South Korea's industry ministry on Monday claimed that the worsening fine dust concentration in the country's air cannot be attributed to the government's nuclear-free policy, claiming Seoul has steadily made efforts to reduce coal-based power generation.The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy claimed that it is wrong to conclude that the density of fine dust increased because the country operated more coal power stations to meet demand for electricity amid South Korea's efforts to move break
Jan. 21, 2019