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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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Over 9,000 hotline calls made by stalking victims in 2023
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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Monthly users on local streaming platforms outpace Netflix, Disney+
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US will take steps for three-way engagement on nuclear deterrence with S. Korea, Japan: Campbell
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Hand sanitizer, mask sales jump amid flu season: data
Sales of hand sanitizers and facial masks, as well as health products, spiked last month amid influenza season, industry data showed Tuesday.According to the data by discount store chain Lotte Mart, sales of facial masks jumped 15.6 percent in the Dec. 1-30 period compared to a year earlier. (Yonhap)Sales of health products known to improve the human immune system such as Korean red ginseng jumped 15 percent on-year during the cited period, the data showed.Ticket Monster, an online marketplace,
Jan. 8, 2019
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Workers with infectious diseases to be segregated from postnatal centers
Postnatal care center workers who have or are suspected to have a disease that could infect others will be separated from the centers, the government said Monday.According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, a revised Mother and Child Health Act passed the National Assembly at the end of 2018. If the revised act is proclaimed this month, it will enter into force starting from next year. (Yonhap)Under the revised act, postnatal care center workers must inform the owner of the center if they ar
Jan. 7, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Labor Ministry lays out details of revised minimum wage calculation process
Amid ongoing debate over the minimum wage hike, the Ministry of Employment and Labor on Monday laid out a rough draft of the revised minimum wage calculation method, which contains details about the composition of the committees in charge of deciding the annual hourly minimum wage.But the changes face escalating opposition from labor groups, which argue that the new process is less likely to reflect their position.“The minimum wage decision-making process has remained the same since 1988, while
Jan. 7, 2019
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Human rights body chides hospital for denying service to HIV-positive person
The nation’s human rights watchdog said a hospital’s choice to deny a medical checkup to an HIV-positive person at its health screening center was discriminatory, and it urged the hospital to take action to prevent similar incidents in the future.According to the National Human Rights Commission, an HIV-positive person booked a comprehensive medical checkup at the only university hospital in the region that was designated by the government to offer consultation services for HIV-positive people i
Jan. 7, 2019
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Ex-chief of top court gave his opinion on wartime forced labor case to judges: prosecutors
Prosecutors say they have evidence that a former Supreme Court chief justice expressed his opinion about a politically sensitive court ruling on wartime forced labor to a senior judge deliberating the case.Yang Sung-tae told Kim Yong-deok that a final verdict ordering Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to compensate the South Korean victims of forced labor at Mitsubishi during World War II could give rise to an international legal dispute, prosecutors said. Yang Sung-tae (Yonhap)Prosecutors see th
Jan. 7, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Missing intelligence agent found dead in his car
An active officer at the National Intelligence Service was found dead Sunday inside his car, which was parked at a vacant lot near his home.According to a police station in western Yongin, a city located south of Seoul in Gyeonggi Province, the body of the missing NIS agent, 43, was found at 1:25 p.m. Sunday, nine hours after his family reported his disappearance.Yongin Seoubu Police Station (Yonhap)The police also found at his home a three-page document that appeared to be his will. The content
Jan. 7, 2019
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Less than 40% of public rate government officials’ work ethic improved
Koreans rate government officials negatively in their overall work, while officials evaluated themselves favorably, a recent survey showed Sunday.According to a survey of 700 citizens, 18,747 government officials, 112 retired government officials and 89 experts conducted by Korea Institute of Public Administration, only 38.4 percent of the citizens said the work ethic of officials had improved compared to the past. Among the officials polled, 80.3 percent responded positively to the question whi
Jan. 6, 2019
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Govt to expand financial support for couples seeking fertility treatment
The government will expand financial support for couples who struggle with fertility problems, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Sunday.As part of efforts to lessen the financial burden on low-income couples seeking fertility treatment, the government has been offering financial aid since October 2017 under the National Health Insurance. Under the newly revised plan, couples who earn less than 5.12 million won ($4,584) a month, or the beneficiaries of medical aid, can receive up to 500,000
Jan. 6, 2019
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Inciting suicide online can get up to 2 years in prison
A person who incites or encourages online another person to take their own life will soon face up to two years in prison.Under the revised Act on the Prevention of Suicide and the Creation of Culture of Respect for Life, due to take effect early July, a person who seeks out other people to die with, suggesting details on how to commit suicide or uploading content which encourages others to take their own lives, such as pictures, videos or texts, can be sentenced to a maximum of two years in pris
Jan. 6, 2019
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Abe expresses regret over S. Koreans' move to seize Japanese firm's assets over forced labor
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday expressed deep regret over South Korean victims of World War II forced labor taking legal steps to seize the assets of a Japanese firm. During NHK's "Sunday Debate" program, Abe said he "deeply regrets" the fact that South Korean victims of forced labor are trying to seize a Japanese company's assets to receive compensation. (Yonhap)"The government is taking this issue seriously," he said. "To take actions with fortitude based on international laws, I
Jan. 6, 2019
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S. Korean plaintiffs' lawyers to demand talks with Japanese firm over forced labor compensation
TOKYO -- Lawyers for South Korean victims of forced labor plan to request consultations with a Japanese firm over a set of issues related to compensation and the firm's apology, Japan's Kyodo News reported Saturday.Last year, South Korea's Supreme Court ruled in favor of the South Korean victims forced into hard labor by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. during Tokyo's 1910-45 colonial rule of the peninsula. (Yonhap)It recognized the victims' individual rights to claim damages, though Tokyo claim
Jan. 5, 2019
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Former Supreme Court chief summoned as suspect over power abuse scandal
Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae has been summoned for questioning as a suspect next week over his alleged role in a power abuse scandal involving former top court officials, the prosecution said Friday. (Yonhap)The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office has called in Yang for interrogation at 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 11, making him the first former head of the Supreme Court to face prosecutorial questioning as a criminal suspect in the country’s history. The 71-year-old former jud
Jan. 4, 2019
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Suicidal 119 caller mistaken as prankster, found dead 3 days later
A woman in her 20s who called 119 in the midst of a suicide attempt was repeatedly doubted by the emergency service center during her request for help, but emergency services have denied that this affected the failed attempts to rescue her.(Yonhap)On Nov. 27, a woman called the emergency services, asking to be rescued after she jumped into the Han River as an attempt for suicide. Following the call, the dispatchers searched the Mapo Bridge, where the victim had jumped off, and the surrounding ar
Jan. 4, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Prosecution raids Kim Tae-woo’s office
Investigators looking into allegations against a former Cheong Wa Dae inspector secured documents and at least one computer hard drive from the suspect’s office, the prosecution revealed Friday. According to investigators of the Suwon District Prosecutors Office looking into allegations surrounding Kim Tae-woo, the suspect’s office at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office was raided on Dec. 31. Kim Tae-woo appears for questioning at the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors` Office on Thurs
Jan. 4, 2019
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Russian worker found dead after fall from 28th floor in Incheon
A Russian woman was found dead in a garden just outside a high-rise apartment complex in Incheon on Wednesday.The Incheon police reported Thursday that the 26-year-old cleaning service worker had fallen from the 28th floor of a building in the complex around 10 a.m. the previous morning. Police station in Yeonsu-dong, a district in Incheon (Incheon Yeonsu Police Station)The police were alerted to the case by her colleague after she went missing while on duty cleaning the apartment. The colleague
Jan. 3, 2019
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Ex-special investigator appears before prosecution over spying claims
A former special investigator at the presidential office accused Cheong Wa Dae of dereliction of duty as he appeared before the prosecution Thursday for questioning over his spying claims. (Yonhap)Kim Tae-woo, who was dismissed from Cheong Wa Dae and returned to his original post at the prosecution, was questioned about allegations that his superiors at the presidential office had instructed him to surveil civilians and former bureaucrats for political reasons. “I have performed my duty as a m
Jan. 3, 2019
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S. Korea to take back garbage from Philippines
Some 6,500 metric tons of South Korean plastic waste illegally exported to the Philippines will return to Korea, according to local officials and environmental activists Thursday. (Greenpeace)Some 1,400 tons of the waste, seized and held at the Mindanao International Container Terminal in Misamis Oriental province, will be sent back to Korea as early as late this month, according to officials from the Ministry of Environment. The 51 containers of waste will leave for Pyeongtaek Port on Wednesda
Jan. 3, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Whistleblower admitted to hospital over signs of planning suicide
The former official at the Ministry of Economy and Finance who accuses the Moon Jae-in administration of manipulating the issuance of treasury bonds for political reasons was found alive after going missing and admitted to a hospital in southwestern Seoul, police said Thursday. Shin Jae-min, 34, was found at a motel in southwestern Seoul at noon following searches of his house, where his cellphone was found along with three pages of suicide notes. Police raid the house of Shin Jae-min, whistleb
Jan. 3, 2019
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Mother faces charges in death of 4-year-old
A divorced mother of three is facing charges following the death of her 4-year-old daughter on Tuesday.The suspect, whose identity remains undisclosed, said she found her daughter collapsed on the bathroom floor at 7 a.m. after she made the child stand in a corner as a “disciplinary measure” earlier that morning. While the girl was taken to the hospital by ambulance in the afternoon, she was pronounced dead shortly after. Uijeonbu Police Station in Gyeonggi Province (Uijeonbu Police Station)The
Jan. 3, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Whistle-blower reportedly missing after leaving suicide note
The police are trying to locate a former Finance Ministry official who made public accusations against the Moon administration, after he reportedly went missing Thursday, leaving behind a suicide note. According to the police, Shin Jae-min, a former official of the Ministry of Finance and Economy, sent text messages to his friend at around 7 a.m., expressing difficulties and giving signs that he was planning to take his own life. (Yonhap)Police raided Shin’s house following the friend’s report a
Jan. 3, 2019