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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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Will tug-of-war between doctors, government end soon?
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Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth
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Trilateral talks acknowledge ‘serious’ slumps of won, yen
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[Graphic News] More Koreans say they plan long-distance trips this year
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[KH Explains] Hyundai's full hybrid edge to pay off amid slow transition to pure EVs
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North Korea removes streetlights along cross-border roads with South
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Russia's denial of entry of S. Korean national unrelated to bilateral ties: Seoul official
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Farming households dip below 1m for first time in 2023
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Police refer Orion vice chief to prosecution for embezzlement
Police said Wednesday they referred the vice chairwoman of South Korean confectionery maker Orion Group to the prosecution recommending she be charged for embezzlement. Lee Hwa-kyung had been under police investigation for allegedly spending 20.3 billion won ($17.8 million) of company funds on building a private mansion on the outskirts of Seoul between 2008 and 2014. (Yonhap)Police sought to arrest Lee early this month, but the prosecution dismissed the request citing insufficient grounds for
Oct. 24, 2018
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[Weather] Clear skies ahead, but rain expected later this week
The nation should see clear skies Wednesday, with daytime temperatures that are average for the season, but temperatures will show unusually wide fluctuations between morning and night.The mercury will jump as much as 10 degrees Celsius over the course of the day, from 3-13 C in the morning to 17-21 C in the afternoon. The high forecast for Seoul is 20 C and the low is 8 C. (Yonhap)Drivers are warned to slow down, as a number of inland areas will experience thick fog.The air is expected to becom
Oct. 24, 2018
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Assault victim demands stern punishment for 7 assailants
Only two of seven middle and high school students accused of assaulting a female peer in May have been ordered to transfer schools or put on a 10-day suspension, fueling debate on lenient penalties among victims of assault. According to news reports, the alleged assailants attacked a girl in the open streets of Gangnam, southern Seoul, because they did not like her “attitude.” They then allegedly dragged her to the rooftop of a building where they assaulted her for around four hours. Pictured i
Oct. 23, 2018
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Conflict over kindergarten accounting fraud deepens
A conflict between public and private kindergartens is deepening following a lawmaker’s revelations of thousands of cases of accounting fraud by private kindergartens.As the Education Ministry and government are moving to introduce stronger measures to monitor the private institutes, the kindergartens are lashing back, announcing a move to not admit new students. The Education Ministry is to open the results of all past inspections of private kindergartens that took place from 2013 to 2017 on Th
Oct. 23, 2018
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Seoul taxis to accept QR code payments from January
Passengers in Seoul will be able to pay for a taxi by scanning a QR code from a mobile app, starting in January.The Seoul City government said on Tuesday that it would put standards in place for “taxi QR code contactless payment,” which will be an option in some 70,000 taxis. (Yonhap)While offline payments in Korea typically use a “static QR code” method, a “dynamic QR code” method will be used for Seoul taxis.With the “dynamic” method, QR codes can be created in real time to reflect fares based
Oct. 23, 2018
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[Newsmaker] More Korean women choose to freeze their eggs
The number of South Korean women who chose to freeze their eggs increased 12-fold from 2013-2017, the country's major medical firm said. According to CHA Medical Group, a health care firm which owns a number of major medical facilities nationwide, 288 women froze their eggs at three of their hospitals -- CHA Gangnam Medical Center, CHA Bundang Medical Center and CHA Fertility Center Seoul Station -- a steep rise from the 23 in 2013.The three hospitals currently store the largest number of frozen
Oct. 23, 2018
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2 men apparently electrocuted to death at public bathhouse
Two elderly men died Tuesday after apparently getting electric shocked at a public bathhouse in the town of Uiryeong, southeastern South Korea.A 73-year-old man and a 68-year-old man were found lying in a cold pool and a hot pool, respectively, around 5:40 a.m. The two men, found by the bathhouse's janitor, were whisked to a hospital before being pronounced dead. (Yonhap)At the time of the accident, 10 people were at the bathhouse with only the two men inside the pools, police said. One of the 1
Oct. 23, 2018
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College student spreads self-nude pictures taken at kindergartens
A university student in his 20s was arrested Monday for spreading nude pictures of himself and sex videos, police said.The suspect is accused for taking some 100 nude pictures and videos of himself and spreading them via social media since 2015. He was reported to have taken the photos at public spaces including preschools, elementary schools and kids’ cafes. (Yonhap)The suspect claimed that he has frequently uploaded nude pictures of himself because he enjoyed receiving messages from people who
Oct. 23, 2018
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Parking lot stabbing victim’s ex-husband arrested
A 49-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder in the death of his ex-wife, whose body was discovered in the parking lot of an apartment building in Deungchon-dong, southwestern Seoul, police said. According to the Gangseo Police Station, officers arrested the suspect, surnamed Kim, at a hospital in Seoul around 9:40 p.m. Monday. A resident of the apartment building had called the police Monday morning around 7:15 a.m. to report a “woman bleeding profusely on the floor (of the parkin
Oct. 23, 2018
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Korea strengthens bird flu quarantine efforts ahead of winter
South Korea's agriculture ministry vowed Tuesday to step up quarantine measures against bird flu as about 40,000 migratory birds have flocked here.The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said it has heightened alertness against the avian influenza as several outbreaks have been reported in Russia, where the migratory birds start their journey in late fall. (Yonhap)South Korea has confirmed four H5 strains of avian influenza near bird habitats across the nation this month, with all o
Oct. 23, 2018
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[Weather] Light rain, cloudy skies to clear up in the afternoon
Cloudy skies will continue Tuesday nationwide, and light rain will dampen some parts of the country from morning through early afternoon.According to the Korean Meteorological Administration, the nation will see gray skies throughout the day, but the drizzle is expected to clear in the late afternoon starting from the western areas. In the morning, thick fog will envelop the southern inland areas. Seoul, October 23rd(Yonhap)Temperatures will remain around average, reaching 5-15 C in the morning
Oct. 23, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Internet cafe murder case fuels debate on mental health and violent crimes
A heated debate on mental health and its link to violent crimes is underway after a murder suspect requested that his medical history be considered to mitigate punishment. He had been medically treated for depression before allegedly stabbing a man to death. Kim Seong-su, 29, is suspected of having stabbed a man to death at an internet cafe in western Seoul on Oct. 14. On Monday, he was sent to the Institute of Forensic Psychiatry in Gongju, South Chungcheong Province, for a monthlong examinatio
Oct. 22, 2018
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2 USFK soldiers invoke right to silence after assaulting passer-by, policeman
Two female soldiers with the United States Forces Korea invoked their right to silence after allegedly assaulting a South Korean man and a police officer in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province. According to the Gyeonggi Bukbu Provincial Police Agency, a private in the 8th Army and private first class in the Second Infantry were walking along a road in Dongducheon when they pushed over a motorcycle at a little past midnight Monday.The owner of the motorcycle, 58, testified to police that the private,
Oct. 22, 2018
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2,062 nabbed for illegal filming, porn distribution
Police nabbed 2,062 people suspected of illegally filming women’s body parts and distributing pornography after a two-month special crackdown on online sex crimes.Police detained 88 of the suspects, National Police Agency Chief Min Gap-ryong said Monday.“(Police) cracked down on 99 pornographic websites that had servers overseas, and so it was not easy to track down the 55 suspects involved, detaining 21 of them,” Min said in a statement.“(Police) raided 20 companies that run data storage busine
Oct. 22, 2018
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Postal workers saddled with wrong-delivery costs: lawmaker
Based on data from Korea Post, postal workers paid a total of about 25 million won ($22,000) for dealing with delivery errors, a lawmaker said Monday. According to the data acquired by Party for Democracy and Peace Rep. Kim Kyung-jin from Korea Post, there were more than 700 instances of wrong delivery in 2017, each costing approximately 30,000 won to 40,000 won each to be re-sent. (Yonhap)Most delivery errors occur when postal workers mistype the recipient information or when mail center employ
Oct. 22, 2018
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Green line saw most crimes among Seoul metro lines
The green metro line, Line 2, had more crimes reported than any other subway line in Seoul since the start of 2016.Some 6,084 crimes were reported From the beginning of 2016 and August 2018 on Seoul subway lines 1 through 8, according to the Seoul Metro data released by Rep. Park Hong-geun of the Democratic Party, who sits on the parliamentary committee for land and transport. (Yonhap)More than a third of the crimes on subways, or 2,171 cases, took place on Line 2, the circular line that runs ar
Oct. 22, 2018
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6 feral cats found dead at Busan apartment complex; poisoning suspected
Six feral cats were found dead at an apartment complex in Busan over about a week, according to police.Police said Monday that they are currently investigating the sudden deaths of the stray cats. (Yonhap)A dead cat was first reported Oct. 12, followed by two more the next day. Three more dead cats were reported a few days later, found near a flower bed on the complex grounds.All the dead cats were found within 50 meters of the flower bed. Though blood was found at the scene, no external injurie
Oct. 22, 2018
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“Is this sexual harassment?” YouTuber asks
In the wake of #MeToo in South Korea, an elderly man has garnered criticism for directing sexually oriented questions toward a young YouTube creator as she was filming a live video. YouTuber YulKong on Sunday night uploaded a two-minute video, titled, “Is this sexual harassment?” In the video, she is approached by an elderly man who asks to be filmed. The creator goes along with his unexpected request, even complimenting him on his “good looks.” A still image screen-captured from YulKong’s YouTu
Oct. 22, 2018
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Man arrested over killing of mother, assault on father
Police have arrested a man in Seoul on suspicion of murdering his mother and assaulting his father.The 42-year-old man, who was previously institutionalized in a mental hospital, went to his parents’ house and assaulted his father during an argument over why his parents had sent him to the institution, police said.His mother was killed while trying to stop her son’s assault, according to police. (Yonhap)It has been reported that the suspect made an unauthorized escape from the mental hospital in
Oct. 22, 2018
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Majority of Koreans back Kakao's carpool: poll
More than half of South Koreans back the planned launch of Kakao Corp.'s carpool service, which sparked angry protests from the taxi industry, a survey showed Monday. (Yonhap)In a survey conducted by Realmeter with 500 adults across the country Friday, 56 percent of the respondents said they agree with the service because it benefits citizens. Those who oppose it accounted for 28.7 percent, while 15.3 percent said they were unsure or they refused to answer. The planned launch of Kakao T Carpool
Oct. 22, 2018