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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Doctor group's incoming head renews call for govt. to scrap medical school quota hike for dialogue
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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[Graphic News] Day care usage way below government 40% target: data
The proportion of children using national and public kindergartens and child care centers is expected to remain far short of 40 percent, the government's target, official data showed. President Moon Jae-in earlier set a goal to expand government support for parents with young children, vowing to more than triple the proportion of infants and toddlers looked after by publicly run centers within his term in office. As part of the effort, the government increased the number of centers by 373 in 2
Oct. 15, 2018
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Family of three found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning at campsite
A family of three was found dead at a campsite in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Sunday night. (Yonhap)According to local authorities, the bodies of an 84-year-old man and his two sons, both in their 50s, were discovered inside a parked caravan. All the doors and windows were shut tight and byproducts from burned coal were found in the kitchen sink.The authorities said the three had died of carbon monoxide poisoning, and that they were investigating to determine whether it was an accident
Oct. 15, 2018
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New labor minister burdened with challenges
Lee Jae-gap, the newly appointed Minister of Employment and Labor, is taking on the new role as things are especially getting rough in the South Korean labor market. The country’s unemployment rate reached its highest level since 1999 last month, while the government allowance for jobless hit a record high. Prior to Lee’s appointment last month, the Moon Jae-in administration had been criticized by some for its purportedly pro-labor policies, including the latest minimum wage hike and reductio
Oct. 15, 2018
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Police record largest-ever bust of drugs smuggled into Korea
South Korean police said Monday they have busted the largest-ever operation to smuggle drugs into the country, a scheme they say involves Taiwanese and Japanese organized crime rings and Korean dealers. Six people were arrested in the attempted trafficking of 112 kilograms of methamphetamine, an amount that is enough to be used simultaneously by 3.7 million people, according to police. It is estimated to be worth 370 billion won ($326.56 million). Among those arrested were a 25-year-old Taiwanes
Oct. 15, 2018
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Policeman fired for uploading obscene picture online
A South Korean police officer in his 30s has been fired for uploading obscene contents on his blog. (Yonhap)Incheon District Police Station said Monday that the 33-year-old officer has been dismissed on disciplinary grounds for the violation. The policeman was arrested in June after an online user discovered his blog post that included two pictures of his genitals and a review of an illegal massage shop. The user reported him to the state petitions agency. The owner of the illegal massage shop f
Oct. 15, 2018
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Probe finds 1,500 police officers mobilized for online opinion rigging during Lee presidency
The National Police Agency mobilized about 1,500 officers to write nearly 38,000 Internet and Twitter comments in favor of the government and police during the administration of Lee Myung-bak, an in-house investigation team said Monday.The team announced that the 1,500 or so police officers wrote an estimated 37,800 Internet comments and Twitter posts between February 2010 and April 2012 in an effort to help form public opinions favorable to the conservative Lee government and police. The team s
Oct. 15, 2018
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Korean Air chief indicted for embezzlement, breach of trust
Hanjin Group and Korean Air Lines Co. Chairman Cho Yang-ho was indicted for embezzlement, breach of trust and other charges on Monday without detention.The prosecution announced the result of its five-month probe into the 69-year-old business mogul, the father of the woman who was jailed in the notorious "nut rage" case. (Yonhap)Cho is suspected of causing 19.6 billion won ($17.3 million) in losses to the airline by having it pay commissions on purchases of flight equipment and tax-free goods to
Oct. 15, 2018
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Korea has most hospital equipment but lacks doctors
The overall number of hospital beds and medical equipment in South Korea exceeded other major economies, while the number of doctors was among the lowest, data showed Monday.South Korea had an average of 12 beds per every 1,000 people in 2016, compared with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development average of 4.7, the data showed. The data was provided by the Ministry of Health and Welfare along with the National Health Insurance Service.The country‘s medical institutions owned m
Oct. 15, 2018
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A quarter of Korean teens rely on convenience store meals: survey
About a quarter of all Korean teenagers eat convenience store meals at least three times a week, a survey showed. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted a survey and found that 39.3 percent of Korean teenagers obtained their meals at convenience stores once or twice a week, and 26 percent did so at least three times a week. (Yonhap)When asked to explain their choices, 25.6 percent of respondents answered that they grabbed instant food simply because it was convenient. And
Oct. 15, 2018
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Airbnb calls for law revision to allow Koreans to share homes with domestic travelers
Airbnb Inc. launched a campaign on Monday to call for a revision to the law to allow South Koreans to share their homes with domestic travelers in the country's major cities, it said.Under South Korea's Tourism Promotion Act, residents in urban areas, excluding rural communities defined by law, can only share their homes with foreign tourists.(Yonhap)Two relevant revised bills proposed since 2016 are currently pending at the parliament.The global house-sharing platform said it has sent an email
Oct. 15, 2018
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Korea enacts law to prevent kids from being left alone aboard school buses
South Korea has enacted a law aimed at requiring operators of daycare centers and kindergartens to install devices that prevent children from dying or suffering injuries after being left alone aboard school buses, the Korea Police Agency said Monday.Under the revised Road and Traffic Law, the driver of a school bus is required to walk to the back of the vehicle to check whether all passengers have disembarked. Sleeping Child Check sign (Yonhap)The "sleeping child check" system requires the driv
Oct. 15, 2018
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Bodies of Korean climbers killed on Nepal peak may return home Wednesday
The bodies of five South Korean climbers who were found dead on a Himalayan mountain are expected to return home as early as the middle of the week, the country's top mountaineering club said Monday. An official from the Corean Alpine Club said the families of the deceased climbers and its club members originally planned to go to Nepal and cremate the bodies before transporting them to South Korea for funeral. But the official said they couldn't secure flight tickets to Nepal in time and decided
Oct. 15, 2018
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[Weather] Fine dust blankets western parts of Korea
Skies will remain gray on Monday in many western areas of Korea as fine dust from China fills the air. The density of fine dust in the air will hit “bad” levels throughout the day in Seoul, Gyeonggi Province, the Chungcheong provinces, North Jeolla Province and western parts of Gangwon Province, according to the National Institute of Environmental Research. (Yonhap)The fine dust will move to many southern parts of the country on Tuesday, including Busan, Ulsan and parts of South Gyeongsang Prov
Oct. 15, 2018
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Ex-footballer arrested for match-fixing attempt
Former South Korean football player Jang Hack-yong has been arrested for a match-fixing attempt, an official from the national pro football governing body said Sunday.According to the K League official, Jang met a player, who is only identified by his surname Lee, at Asan Mugunghwa FC in the second division K League 2 on Sept. 21 and tried to lure the player to receive a red card within 20 minutes after kickoff in a match against Busan IPark FC on Sept. 22. Jang offered Lee 50 million won ($44,2
Oct. 15, 2018
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Government bans NK defector-turned-journalist from reporting in Panmunjeom
The Unification Ministry on Monday told a journalist who had defected from North Korea that he is not allowed to cover the inter-Korean high-level talks scheduled later in the day at Panmunjeom.Journalists from four news organizations were set to cover the event on behalf of the South Korean Joint Press Corps, but one of them -- Kim Myung-sung of Chosun Ilbo -- was excluded just an hour before his scheduled departure from Seoul.The ministry said at 6:30 a.m. on Monday that it would exclude Chosu
Oct. 15, 2018
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Accounting fraud at private kindergartens sparks uproar
South Korean parents are fuming after a lawmaker revealed thousands of cases of financial fraud at private kindergartens during a National Assembly session on Thursday. As more and more parents call for a new oversight system to monitor the financial management of private kindergartens, the Education Ministry said only that it would cooperate with provincial authorities to make public the names of the kindergartens concerned.According to Education Ministry data revealed by Rep. Park Yong-jin of
Oct. 14, 2018
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Man fined for blackmailing ex with ‘revenge porn’
A man in his 20s was fined 3 million won ($2,600) for blackmailing his ex-girlfriend with “revenge porn” after she refused to meet him.The Seoul Central District Court said Sunday that it had sentenced the 26-year-old, surnamed Kang, for intimidating his former partner of releasing videos of them having sex. (Yonhap)Kang was arrested in March for sending the video via mobile messenger to his ex-girlfriend and threatening to distribute it online to school communities and other websites after she
Oct. 14, 2018
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Bodies of Korean climbers recovered in Himalayas
All of the nine bodies of Korean climbers and Nepali guides were recovered on Sunday, a day after they were found dead on a Himalayan mountain in Nepal.“At around 10:30 a.m. (local time), the rescue team retrieved three out of the nine bodies and transported them to a nearby village,” a South Korean Embassy official said. “The recovery work was completed at around 11:30 a.m. after the six remaining bodies were also transferred one by one.”On Saturday, the bodies of the five Koreans and four Nepa
Oct. 14, 2018
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Firefighter booked for car accident and DUI
A firefighter was caught driving while drunk after smashing into five other cars.Incheon Western District Police Station said Saturday that the firefighter in his 40s was booked without arrest for charges of driving under the influence of alcohol in Dangha-dong, Incheon, on Oct. 8. (Yonhap)The accident had reportedly happened around 3:50 p.m. as the suspect tried to drive between lines of stationary traffic in the fifth and sixth lanes of a highway, resulting in a multiple-vehicle collision. T
Oct. 14, 2018
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Body recovery efforts continue for Korean climbers killed on Himalayan mountain
SEOUL/NEW DELHI -- Efforts to recover the bodies of five South Korean climbers and four local guides continued Sunday, a day after they were found dead on a Himalayan mountain in Nepal, officials said.The bodies of the nine people, including leader Kim Chang-ho, were found Saturday near their base camp located at an altitude of 3,500 meters on Mt. Gurja in western Nepal. A helicopter found their bodies but couldn't retrieve them on the spot because of its small size, bad weather conditions and t
Oct. 14, 2018