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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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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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Ship linked to NK arms shipments to Russia is moored in China: State Dept.
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KORAIL chief steps down after bullet train derailment
DAEJEON -- Oh Young-sik, CEO of the Korea Railroad Corp., resigned Tuesday, taking responsibility for the derailment of a bullet train that injured over a dozen passengers in the country's northeast. "I have emphasized that (ensuring) the safety of our people is the most important role and reason for KORAIL's existence, but I take full responsibility with my deepest apologies for failing to keep that promise," he said in a statement. (Yonhap)A Seoul-bound KTX train ran off the tracks in the eas
Dec. 11, 2018
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Man arrested over Charlie Puth, IU online concert ticket deals
A 31-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of defrauding music lovers in connection with ticket offers for Charlie Puth, H.O.T. and IU concerts, the Busan Jin Police said Tuesday.Police say the man advertised concert ticket trade deals on online sites for four months beginning in July. He is being accused of taking some 18 million won ($16,600) from 55 victims without keeping his end of the deal. (Yonhap)The man was found in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, after a nationwide search. The police narrowed dow
Dec. 11, 2018
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Childcare allowances may be delayed until regulations are revised
Payouts of childcare allowances, to be implemented from next year, may have to be delayed by a month or so until related regulations are revised and the payment system is ready, officials said Tuesday.The National Assembly approved part of the 2019 fiscal budget that would give 100,000 won ($88.65) monthly from January to households for each child aged six or younger. The allowances program is to be expanded from September to cover all children under school age. (Yonhap)Before the budget passage
Dec. 11, 2018
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[Feature] Presidential petition: platform for constructive proposals or witch hunt?
A slow news day? Look no further than the electronic petition system run by the presidential office for raging public debates on everything from the highly personal request of extending summer vacations to highly divisive and unaddressed grievances that all ask for the immediate attention of the Blue House. The online petition system, which allows people to file a petition anonymously, has seen more than 357,000 petitions made since it was launched in August 2017 by the Moon Jae-in administratio
Dec. 10, 2018
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Prosecutors to probe ex-presidential aide’s DUI case
Two people who were in the vehicle of President Moon Jae-in’s protocol secretary when he drove under the influence last month told police they tried to stop him, concurring with the aide’s statement earlier. Kim Jong-cheon drove about 100 meters under the influence of alcohol shortly after midnight on Nov. 23 in Hyoja-dong, Jongno-gu, near the presidential office. Kim Jong-cheon (Yonhap)Police plan to hand over the case to the prosecution this week with a recommendation to indict Kim on DUI cha
Dec. 10, 2018
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First trial of former senior judge held in massive judicial power abuse scandal
The trial of Lim Jong-hun began Monday, marking the first trial in a massive judicial power abuse case involving former top court officials. At the Seoul Central District Court, the first trial was held against Lim, the former deputy head of the National Court Administration, who was indicted Nov. 14 for power abuse, dereliction of duty and obstruction of justice, among other charges. Lim was not present in the trial, as it was a preparatory trial. Lim Jong-hun (Yonhap)He is suspected of aiding
Dec. 10, 2018
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Photographer Rotta denies sexual harassment allegations
Photographer Choi Won-seok, widely known as “Rotta,” denied sexual harassment allegations at his first court hearing Monday.Rotta is charged of indecent assault for allegedly touching the abdomen, waist, thighs and genitals of a 21-year-old model during a photo shoot in June 2013. Photographer Rotta (Rotta`s Instagram)During the trial Monday, Rotta’s lawyer acknowledged that the photographer did have physical contact with the model, but denied that it was without consent. The Public Prosecutor’
Dec. 10, 2018
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Obligation for public day care centers in new apartment complexes
Public day care centers should be set up and operate in new apartment complexes of more than 5,000 households, and day care centers must check whether infants are vaccinated each year, as decreed in a newly revised law. The revised Infant Care Act, proposed by Rep. Kwon Mi-hyuk, will come into effect in the next three to six months, after it passed the National Assembly on Friday, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare. (The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea)The government had
Dec. 10, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Investigation, trial records of 1974 student movement to be revealed
The investigations and trial records of the Federation of Democratic Young Students affair in 1974 are set to be revealed more than 40 years after the incident took place.National Archives of Korea on Monday announced that it received the records from the Ministry of National Defense in November. A total of 105 volumes, about 77,000 pages, of records include investigation reports, evidence, arrest warrants, written arraignments and trial reports of 180 people involved in the affair. Records of f
Dec. 10, 2018
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Water meters in Seoul freeze in cold weather
The three-day cold spell that eased Monday caused 160 water meters to freeze and burst in Seoul, the local government said. According to the Office of Waterworks Seoul Metropolitan Government on Monday, a total of 58 cases of frozen water meters had been reported over the weekend as of Monday morning. (Yonhap)Temperatures fell as low as minus 11 degrees Celsius on Friday and minus 11.4 degrees Celsius on Saturday, triggering a warning to be issued for freezing water meters.After temperatures ea
Dec. 10, 2018
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46% of Koreans for Kim Jong-un giving speech at National Assembly
South Koreans on balance support Kim Jong-un giving a speech at the National Assembly during his envisioned trip to the South, according to a recent survey.In a poll of 503 adults across the country, 46.7 percent of the respondents said they agreed to having Kim speak at the parliament, while 40.2 percent said they were against it. (Yonhap)The survey, conducted by Realmeater and commissioned by CBS, had a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points, with a 95 percent confidence level.Over 70 perc
Dec. 10, 2018
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Korail resumes KTX Gangneung service
The Korea Railroad Corp. resumed normal operations of the KTX Gangneung Line on Monday morning, as work to restore the line was completed three days after a derailment. According to Korail, a KTX train bound for Seoul from Gangneung Station departed at 5:30 a.m. with 102 passengers. The train safely arrived at Cheongnyangni station. A KTX train bound for Seoul from Gangneung Station (Yonhap)Ahead of the departure, Korail operated test rides from Gangneung Station and Jinbu Station simultaneously
Dec. 10, 2018
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Dengue fever accounts for third of all cases of contagious disease contracted abroad: KCDC
Dengue fever accounted for a third of all contagious diseases contracted by people entering South Korea from abroad, a state report said Sunday.According to the findings by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were a total of 529 people diagnosed with infectious disease in 2017, with 171 cases involving the fever caused by the dengue virus transmitted by mosquitoes. (Yonhap)The disease is mostly found in tropical climates and is not indigenous to South Korea.The KCDC said
Dec. 10, 2018
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Normal operations resume on KTX Gangneung line 3 days after derailment accident
Normal operations resumed on the KTX bullet train Gangneung line three days after a derailment accident, the Korea Railroad Corp. said Monday.The public railway operator said the first train departed Gangneung, about 240 kilometers east of Seoul, at 5:30 a.m. (Yonhap)The normalization comes after a KTX train with 198 passengers that was left for Seoul derailed five minutes after leaving Gangneung station early Saturday morning. The incident resulted in 16 people getting injured. Since the derail
Dec. 10, 2018
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Cause of derailed KTX train investigated
A railroad switch system error likely caused the recent derailment of a KTX train, a joint team of the Transport Ministry and Korail officials said Sunday.The tentative conclusion came after the team inspected the derailment site Saturday. According to the authorities, the Korail control center detected an error in the railroad switch system around the South Gangneung intersection at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, soon before the derailment took place.A Seoul-bound KTX bullet train derails shortly after de
Dec. 9, 2018
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Land minister apologizes over KTX derailment
GANGNEUNG -- South Korea's Land Minister Kim Hyun-mee apologized Sunday over the derailment of a KTX bullet train that injured over a dozen passengers in the country's northeast. "I express my deepest regret and apologies to the public for letting an accident like this happen again," she told reporters. (Yonhap)Kim paid a visit to the accident site in Gangneung, about 240 km east of Seoul, where recovery work was under way to restore the rails damaged in the derailment of a Seoul-bound KTX from
Dec. 9, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Former Gwangju mayor arrives in Korea for probe over fake first lady scandal
Former Gwangju Mayor Yoon Jang-hyun, who allegedly had engaged in a fake ex-first lady scam, arrived in Korea early Sunday morning for a prosecution investigation. Prosecutors seized Yoon’s mobile phone at the airport and ordered him to appear for questioning Monday morning.Yoon had been in Nepal for a medical volunteer program since Nov. 16. The program ended on Nov. 21, but Yoon had not returned to Korea and did not respond to the prosecution’s summons. According to the Gwangju District Prosec
Dec. 9, 2018
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Recovery work continues on derailed KTX train site amid cold weather
Work is continuing Sunday to restore the damaged rails after a bullet train derailed and injured over a dozen passengers in the northeastern province of Gangwon, officials said. A Seoul-bound KTX with 198 passengers aboard went off the tracks minutes after departing from Gangneung, about 240 km east of Seoul early Saturday. A total of 15 passengers suffered minor injuries. (Yonhap)About 300 personnel have been mobilized for the operations to remove the locomotive and passenger cars that broke a
Dec. 9, 2018
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Seoul-bound KTX train derails, 15 injured
A KTX bullet train bound for Seoul derailed Saturday shortly after departure, injuring more than a dozen passengers, authorities said.No deaths were reported and the Korea Railroad Corp., the operator of the train, said the accident seems to be attributable to a rail problem caused by freezing weather. (Yonhap)The train, with 198 passengers aboard, went off the tracks at around 7:35 a.m., minutes after departing from Gangneung, a city located 237 kilometers east of Seoul. It was running at about
Dec. 8, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Ex-ranking Army officer under probe jumps to death: police
A retired former Army general under a prosecution investigation on illegal surveillance charges jumped off a building in an apparent suicide, police said Friday. Lee Jae-su, former chief of the Defense Security Command, the military intelligence unit, appears to have thrown himself off a building located in the eastern Seoul district of Songpa at 2:48 p.m., police said. Former chief of the Defense Security CommandLee Jae-su (Yonhap)A suicide note was found at the scene. Lee’s body has been trans
Dec. 7, 2018