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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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[KH Explains] Will alternative trading platform shake up Korean stock market?
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Fishmongers refuse to move out of old market despite power, water cuts
Merchants illegally occupying the old site of the largest fish market in Seoul continued with their business Tuesday morning, a day after power and water supplies were cut off.The National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives, known as Suhyup, cut power and water at the old site Monday morning as over 250 fishmongers refused to move to a new, modern building next door in Noryangjin, causing huge losses. Three people were injured during a scuffle Monday night as the merchants blocked trucks carry
Nov. 6, 2018
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25% of elderly Koreans eat by themselves all the time, making them vulnerable to depression
Some 25 percent of all elderly South Koreans -- defined as those aged 65 or older -- ate every meal by themselves throughout the past year, and they were 30 percent more likely to develop depression than those who had company while eating, a study showed Tuesday. Researchers at Sungkyunkwan University reached that conclusion after analyzing a survey of 4,959 elderly Koreans concerning lifestyle and depression. Of all the respondents, 25 percent said they had habitually eaten alone throughout the
Nov. 6, 2018
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Less than half of South Koreans say marriage necessary: survey
Less than half of South Koreans think marriage is a necessity as the country struggles with an alarmingly low birth rate and more people getting married later, data showed Tuesday.The survey of 39,000 people over 13 years of age, by Statistics Korea, revealed 48.1 percent saying they want to tie the knot, down from 51.9 percent tallied two years earlier and 56.8 percent polled in 2014.The findings also showed that some 56 percent of South Koreans answered that a couple can live without getting m
Nov. 6, 2018
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Teacher arrested on charges of leaking exam papers to daughters
A Seoul court on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for a teacher at a private school on charges that he leaked exam questions to his twin daughters who attend the same school. Earlier in the day, the Seoul Central District Court held a hearing to decide whether to issue an arrest warrant for the 53-year-old teacher, whose identity was withheld. (Yonhap)He's accused of stealing exam questions and answers for his daughters, second-year students at Sookmyung Girls' High School in the affluent southe
Nov. 6, 2018
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[Weather] Fine dust blankets country
High levels of fine dust are continuing on Tuesday. According to the Air Quality Forecasting Center of National Institute Of Environmental Research, fine dust levels are expected to remain “bad” in the capital area and Daegu, as well as Chungcheong, North and South Jeolla, North Gyeongsang and Jeju provinces. (Yonhap)Other areas are expected to have “normal” levels of fine dust, but may see some “bad” levels in the morning. Most parts of South Korea will have clear skies, with clouds gathering
Nov. 6, 2018
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Korea to up health insurance premiums 3.5% in 2019
South Korea plans to increase state health insurance premiums by 3.49 percent next year to meet growing insurance demands, the health and welfare ministry said Tuesday.It will mark the highest on-year increase in eight years since 2011, when the growth rate came to 5.9 percent.The premium hike comes as the revised decree of the state health insurance law takes effect, starting in January. (Yonhap)Over the past 10 years, South Korea has jacked up state health insurance premium rates annually, exc
Nov. 6, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Koreans stressed out about group chats: surveys
A significant number of South Koreans are stressed out over group chats on platforms such as KakaoTalk, according to a number of surveys in recent years.In a survey conducted last year by the Korea Press Foundation, nearly 7 in 10 Korean adults said they had stayed in chatrooms despite wanting to leave, with nearly half saying they had stayed to avoid hurting other people’s feelings.The survey, which involved a sample of some 1,000 people aged between 20 and 50, also found that one of the most c
Nov. 6, 2018
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Gyeonggi governor to file police misconduct complaint
Gov. Lee Jae-myung of Gyeonggi Province is to file a complaint against the chief police officer of the Seongnam Police Station and other police investigators over alleged abuses of authority. In a statement on his Facebook page, Lee said he would file a complaint against the investigators and the commanding officers of the Bundang Police Station in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, who had filed criminal charges against him over alleged power abuses and violations of election law. Gyeonggi Province
Nov. 5, 2018
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Young entrepreneurs win GGGI awards for innovative ideas on green growth
In an effort to encourage green growth, the Global Green Growth Institute is turning to the many young entrepreneurs around the world who have innovative business ideas, but lack finance and technical trainings.Recognizing the role of young people in accelerating the world’s transition toward green growth, the Seoul-based international organization hosted a pilot Greenpreneurs Program, designed to supercharge green growth startups particularly in and for developing countries. (GGGI)The 10-week g
Nov. 5, 2018
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Public agencies face crackdown on hiring irregularities
A team of officials will crack down on hiring irregularities at public agencies for three months, from Tuesday through the end of January.The team will look into possible irregularities in hiring and human resources management at 338 public agencies funded by the central government, 847 local public agencies and 268 organizations related to public offices for five years. (Yonhap)They will scrutinize job-related soliciting, rigging of test scores or interview scores, unfair instructions or briber
Nov. 5, 2018
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[Herald Interview] GGGI chief says Korea should aim higher, pursue 100 percent renewable energy
Amid the global efforts to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate climate change, President Moon Jae-in has vowed to increase the use of renewable energy to 20 percent of the country’s total power generation by 2030. Commenting on the goal, Frank Rijsberman, director-general of the Global Green Growth Institute, urged the country to aim higher -- to increase the use of renewable energy to 100 percent. “South Korea has seen a very rapid growth of its economy and the government developed (coal-fired
Nov. 5, 2018
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Dead bodies of toddler and man found on Jeju Island
Jeju police officers investigating the death of a 3-year-old girl whose body was discovered on bedrock near a beachside said the victim’s mother has been missing for five days. According to Jeju Seobu Police Station, the infant’s body was discovered by authorities on Sunday at 6:36 p.m. Investigators confirmed through security footage that the victim and her mother arrived on Jeju Island on Wednesday a little past 8:30 p.m. They then took a taxi to a motel in Jeju City. Jeju Navy (Yonhap)A poli
Nov. 5, 2018
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[Graphic News] Number of S. Korean landowners up more than 10% in 2017
The number of South Koreans who owned land in the country jumped 10.3 percent in 2017 from 2012, government data showed. The data compiled by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said that 16.9 million South Koreans owned 46,968 square kilometers of land -- slightly more than twice the size of New Jersey -- at the end of last year, accounting for 32.6 percent of the 51.7 million population. In comparison, 15.32 million South Koreans owned 47,504 square kilometers of land in 2012, the
Nov. 5, 2018
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Angelina Jolie's son not on Yonsei admissions list
Yonsei University spoke with The Korea Herald on Monday, denying widespread rumors that Angelina Jolie’s son was on the list of applicants for any of its 2019 programs. The actress visited Korea Nov. 2-4 as a special envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to express her support for Yemeni refugees in Korea. During her stay here, she took time out for a campus tour of Yonsei University with her two sons, Maddox and Pax. (AP)The tour sparked rumors that Maddox, 17, had applied
Nov. 5, 2018
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Stalking crimes rise with lax punishment
A man called the 112 emergency police hotline early Friday, asking police to check on the girlfriend he could not reach, saying she may have killed herself.When the officers called the woman, however, she told them that she was not home and that she never tried to kill herself. She said she had broken up with the man two days prior.When officers asked the man what was going on, he answered, “I just wanted to see her because she wouldn’t take my calls. I thought the police might help open the doo
Nov. 5, 2018
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#MeToo bills still pending in the Assembly
Despite the strength of the #MeToo movement in universities and schools across Korea, none of the related bills proposed in the National Assembly have passed the legislature yet.Sixteen bills related to sexual abuse in education have been submitted to the National Assembly since July 2017. The bills include increasing the punishment of sexual offenders, re-organizing each university’s disciplinary committee to increase the effectiveness of disciplinary measures, and preventing university boards
Nov. 5, 2018
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Seodaemun-gu Office adopts ‘gapjil’ report system
The office of Seodaemun-gu, an administrative district in Seoul, said Monday it has installed an internal system to report acts of corruption and “gapjil,” a local term referring to abuses of power.Typical gapjil incidents include the use of abusive language, bullying, sexual harassment, asking for personal errands and demanding favoritism toward a specific individual. (Yonhap)Any public official working in Seodaemun-gu can report their superior’s “gapjil” through the system, which has been adde
Nov. 5, 2018
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Seoul city releases special version of foreigner-only tour pass
The Seoul city government said Monday a limited version of a foreigner-only travel pass will be available for purchase starting this week, offering a wider range of discounts to tourist attractions in Seoul and nearby regions.The new Discover Seoul Pass comes with discount vouchers for 96 tourist hot spots in Seoul and neighboring Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, including the Korean Folk Village, Everland and Songdo Central Park. (Yonhap)The previous versions mainly included vouchers for places i
Nov. 5, 2018
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[Weather] ‘Bad’ fine dust to sweep over west
Murky air is expected Monday with “bad” levels of fine dust in the west of the country, including Seoul, and a wide range of temperature fluctuations in inland regions. According to the Air Quality Forecasting Center of the National Institute of Environmental Research, Seoul and the Gyeonggi, North and South Chungcheong and North and South Jeolla provinces will record “bad” levels of fine dust density throughout the day. (Yonhap)Density of fine dust is forecast in other regions to be “average,”
Nov. 5, 2018
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[Feature] Public balks at lenience for ‘impulsive’ crimes
The recent string of murders and violent crimes making headlines are causing great frustration and anxiety among the public, who fear that they will receive light sentences after claiming they committed their offenses on impulse. When a man surnamed Kim, 45, set fire to a convenience store in Seoul in July, he told the police he was angry at the owner for being “not kind enough” to him. The owner’s husband died from serious burns. In October, the court sentenced Kim to 13 years in prison.The rec
Nov. 4, 2018