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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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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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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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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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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
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[Newsmaker] University bans public, deliveries, taxis after naked trespasser
After students’ calls for action against trespassing on campus by people to commit sexual acts, Dongduk Women’s University officials announced measures Sunday to prevent recurrences.From November, non-registered members of the public will not be able to enter campus grounds, including food delivery men and taxi drivers. School identification card readers will also be installed in front of all campus buildings, according to school authorities. Initially, the school had rejected students’ demands
Oct. 22, 2018
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[Weather] Temperature fluctuations expected this week
Cloudy skies are forecast nationwide Monday, with thick fog in the Gyeongsang provinces, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration.As the edge of a high-pressure front in the East Sea moves closer and sweeps the peninsula, it will bring cloudy skies and Jeju Island may get some rain in the afternoon. (Yonhap)Fine dust will reach “bad” levels throughout the day in the southern areas of Gyeonggi Province, as well as in North Chungcheong Province. Elsewhere, levels will be good to normal
Oct. 22, 2018
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Suspect in Gyeongju armed robbery caught
GYEONGJU, North Gyeongsang Province -- Police apprehended a suspect in an armed robbery of a community credit cooperative branch in a southeastern city Monday, in which two employees were injured. Police arrested the 46-year-old suspect, whose identity was withheld, in his home in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, about 270 kilometers southeast of Seoul, police said. He had overdosed on drugs and was immediately taken to a hospital, they said. (Yonhap)He is suspected of robbing a branch of t
Oct. 22, 2018
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[Feature] How teen feminism is changing school uniforms in South Korea
When Jeong Ji-eun was in her high school, in the early 2000s, one of her close friends pierced her tongue. The friend, who had hated having to wear her school uniform all the time -- she especially found the stiff fabric of her blouse unbearable --, wore a red-color tongue ring, which almost looked like a candy in her mouth. “That’s what I first thought, too -- that she was having her candy,” Jeong, now a 32-year-old professional in Seoul, told The Korea Herald. “Until it was caught by our teac
Oct. 21, 2018
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Professor’s son enrolls in father’s courses, earns top grades
A professor at a public university allowed his son to enroll in his classes and gave him top grades, and the son received multiple scholarships worth about 5.4 million won ($4,776) from the institution, a lawmaker has revealed. According to Rep. Kim Hyun-ah of the main opposition Korea Liberty Party, the son, who had been enrolled in a different university, transferred to the Seoul National University of Science Technology, where his father is a faculty member, in 2014. SNUST is a public univer
Oct. 21, 2018
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Four Yemenis investigated for illegal drug use: police
Four Yemeni nationals are being investigated by police on suspicion of having consumed Khat, a plant classified as an illegal narcotic in Korea, according to the Jeju police. The four individuals, who entered Korea earlier this year, underwent a health examination as part of their application for refugee status. Authorities said cathinone, a stimulant that is illegal in Korea, was detected in their urine samples.South Koreans protest against asylum seekers in central Seoul. (Yonhap) Earlier thi
Oct. 21, 2018
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Sole resident on Dokdo islets dies
DAEGU -- The only remaining resident on Dokdo, South Korea's easternmost islets, died on Sunday.Kim Sung-do, 79, passed away at a Seoul hospital having suffered from liver cancer since September, according to the North Gyeongsang provincial government, which administers the islets.He will be laid to rest at the national cemetery in Daejeon, 160 kilometers south of Seoul. This photo shows a memorial to Kim Sung-do, the only remaining South Korean resident on Dokdo, the country`s easternmost islet
Oct. 21, 2018
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750,000 sign petition urging strong punishment for PC room murder
More than 750,000 people have signed an online petition at Cheong Wa Dae to toughen punishment for the suspect of a high-profile murder case.The petition was first filed on Wednesday, and the figure of signatures topped 750,000 in just four days, becoming the most signed petition since the online platform launched in 2017.On Oct. 14, a 21-year-old part-time worker at a PC room in Seoul was murdered by a man who said the worker was “not polite” to him. The suspect is currently being held in polic
Oct. 21, 2018
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[Weather] Korea’s weather to be chilly with fair skies nationwide
Weather in South Korea is expected to be generally fair nationwide due to high atmospheric pressure along the west coast, but early-morning temperatures will be in the single digits for the most part.According to the Korean Meteorological Administration, morning temperatures should be 1-12 degrees Celsius across the country, but are set to rebound to 19-22 C, with a wide temperature range between day and night. (Yonhap)Daytime temperatures in Seoul will reach 21 C, Incheon 19 C, Gangneung 20 C,
Oct. 21, 2018
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Education Ministry to disclose private kindergartens found with accounting fraud
The Education Ministry began operation of a corruption report center to monitor private kindergartens for irregularities Friday, after thousands of private institutes were found with accounting fraud. On Thursday, Education Minister Yoo Eun-hae announced the ministry will open the results of past inspections conducted on private kindergartens across the nation from 2013 to 2017 and also reveal the names of institutes found to have committed accounting fraud. The results will become available on
Oct. 19, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Only 28% of school buildings reinforced for earthquake in Korea: lawmaker
Only 28 percent of schools in Korea have undergone earthquake-resistant construction, and it will take over a decade for all the buildings to be reinforced a lawmaker said Friday. According to the data Rep. Kim Hyun-ah of Liberty Korea Party received from the Education Ministry, only 28.1 percent of 61,670 schools have undergone seismic reinforcement in Korea.(Yonhap)By region, 17.2 percent of schools in Jeju were reinforced to withstand earthquakes; 20.3 percent in North Jeolla Province; 21.3 p
Oct. 19, 2018
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[Weather] Clear skies to follow brief fog
Friday will mostly be sunny with clear skies throughout the nation, except in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, and Jeju Island, which are expected to remain cloudy. (Yonhap)Fog lingering from Thursday’s light rainfall will be seen in the morning, but soon reveal clear skies, the Korean Meteorological Administration said. Despite the sunny weather, the KMA advised people to pay attention to the wide gap between the high and low temperatures. Temperatures are to stay in a range of 7-12 degrees Celsius
Oct. 19, 2018
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Alcohol, private lender ads getting less TV airtime
The number of TV ads for alcoholic beverages and private lenders dropped last year from the year before, records from the communications watchdog showed Friday, apparently as the ads were more broadly distributed to other outlets, such as mobile platforms.Some 19,158 alcohol-related commercials aired on terrestrial and cable TV channels last year, down 20.3 percent from the previous year, according to the Korea Communications Commissionwho released the data for a parliamentary audit. (Yonhap)Alc
Oct. 19, 2018
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200 Vietnamese students come to learn Korean, end up with illicit jobs
Immigration authorities said Wednesday they uncovered the irregular practices of a Korean agency that illegally hired Vietnamese students who entered the country to learn the local language.Between November 2016 and August 2018, the agency, located in Gyeonggi Province, hired 262 Vietnamese university students and put them to work at various subcontractor firms for large-scale supermarkets’ distribution centers. The agency profiteered off the wages the students received. If a student earned 10,0
Oct. 18, 2018
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Man gets 1-year jail for assaulting convenience store clerk, civil servant
Incheon District Court on Thursday ordered a 47-year-old man to serve a one-year prison term for assaulting an employee at a convenience store and a civil servant in two separate incidents. The assailant was indicted on charges of “special violence, interference with business and obstruction of official duties,” according to authorities. (Yonhap)On July 20, the man assaulted a part-time convenience store employee in Michuhol-gu, Incheon, at around 2:40 p.m. after the worker reportedly refused t
Oct. 18, 2018
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[Weekender] Hiking a national pastime with benefits, consequences
Hiking is a hugely popular pastime in Korea, with 32 million of the 51.6 million population said to visit a mountain at least once a year. Hiking’s popularity, and older generations’ apparently love of hiking attire for everyday activities, has led to a massive market for “outdoor” clothing, peaking at over 6 trillion won ($5.2 billion) in 2014. The popularity of hiking also comes with a downside. The sheer number of hikers comes with environmental concerns, especially with trash left behind by
Oct. 18, 2018
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[Weekender] Keeping the mountain trails alive
Every autumn, a chunk of the population rushes to the mountains to enjoy the breathtaking hues of the fall foliage, but a number of environmentally unfriendly habits that they bring along have been polluting South Korea’s ancient slopes for more than a decade. In recent years, eating meals packed in plastic containers and drinking bottles of rice wine at the summit has become a ritual for the hikers of South Korea. Hikers climb Seoraksan or Mount Seorak in Yangyang in South Korea`s northeastern
Oct. 18, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Taxi drivers rise against Kakao’s new carpooling service
Tens of thousands of private and corporate taxi drivers took to the streets Thursday to protest Kakao Mobility, a new carpooling service to be launched by the end of the year. At Gwanghwamun Square, central Seoul, some 70,000 taxi drivers gathered, according to the rally organizers, to fight what they called “illegal carpooling services” to be offered by the mobile messaging giant Kakao. (Kim Sung-woo/The Korea Herald)“Let’s take down Kakao, which is stomping on the taxi industry,” chanted the p
Oct. 18, 2018