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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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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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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Ship linked to NK arms shipments to Russia is moored in China: State Dept.
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[Photo News] Typhoon Kong-rey heralds heavy downpour Saturday
Coastal areas of South Korea are bracing for Typhoon Kong-rey, which is approaching faster than forecast. Heavy rain is already pouring down in most parts of Korea and coastlines are getting strong winds, which are moving toward the nation’s central area.Ships have docked up at the ports of Busan and Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, with fierce tides already battering them. More than 100 domestic and international flights set to depart from Jeju Island have been canceled. The Korea Meteorological A
Oct. 5, 2018
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Korea on alert as typhoon forecast to hit southern parts Saturday
Typhoon Kong-rey is approaching the Korean Peninsula faster than forecast and is likely to make landfall on the southern coast around noon Saturday, meteorologists here said Friday.The Korea Meteorological Administration said that this year's 25th typhoon, which has slightly weakened from "very strong middle-class" to "medium-strength middle-class," is expected to pass over Jeju Island's port of Seongsan at around 6 a.m. on Saturday before moving into the East Sea in the afternoon via the areas
Oct. 5, 2018
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Former presidential chief of staff sentenced to 1 1/2 years in prison for abuse of power
A Seoul court on Friday sentenced former President Park Geun-hye’s chief of staff Kim Ki-chun to 1 1/2 years in prison and former Presidential Secretary Cho Yoon-sun to one year in prison suspended for two years over the abuse of power. The Seoul Central District Court handed down the sentence to the two former presidential aides for creating a list of pro-Park civic organizations to illicitly provide them with hundreds of millions of won in support. Kim Ki-choon (left) and Cho Yoon-sun (Yonhap)
Oct. 5, 2018
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[Weather] Korea on full alert as Typhoon Kong-rey approaches Jeju
Scattered rainfall fell over parts of South Korea on Friday due to Typhoon Kong-rey, with strong winds and heavy rain expected in most parts of the nation over the weekend.According to the Korea Meteorological Agency, the rain began Thursday on Jeju Island, which is expected to receive 100 to 300 millimeters of rain until Saturday, and up to 500 mm in the mountain area. (Yonhap)The southern coast and eastern parts of the country including Gangwon Province are expected to receive 300 mm of rain.
Oct. 5, 2018
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710,000 illegal online contents reported in 5 years: data
More than 710,000 instances of illegal or harmful online content were reported in five years, government data showed Friday.According to data from the Korea Communications Standards Commission and submitted to the National Assembly, 711,434 complaints were made to the agency about illegal content such as pornography or illegal gambling on portals or social media between 2014 and July of this year. (Yonhap)The number decreased from 201,791 in 2016 to 84,872 in 2017 but jumped 67 percent on-year t
Oct. 5, 2018
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Ex-police chief arrested over illicit cyber operations
Former National Police Agency Commissioner-General Cho Hyun-oh was arrested early Friday on charges of masterminding cyber maneuvers to benefit a previous conservative government.The Seoul Central District Court granted the warrant, acknowledging that his charges have been explained and that he may destroy evidence. Cho was arraigned on Thursday. (Yonhap)The 63-year-old is accused of having mobilized at least 1,500 police officers to write some 33,000 Internet comments while he was in office fr
Oct. 5, 2018
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Court set to deliver ruling on corruption charges faced by ex-President Lee
A Seoul court was set Friday to deliver its verdict on former President Lee Myung-bak on a string of corruption charges. The sentencing hearing is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. at the Seoul Central District Court and will be televised live. If found guilty, Lee, 76, will become the fourth former South Korean president to be convicted of criminal charges. Lee, president from 2008-2013, was indicted in April on 16 counts ranging from bribery, abuse of power and embezzlement to other irregularities.
Oct. 5, 2018
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Korean missing in Indonesia found dead: Foreign Ministry
A South Korean who has been missing in Indonesia since last week’s earthquake has been found dead, Seoul’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thursday. The deceased, identified by the surname Lee, was found under the debris of the hotel where he was staying in Palu, which was hit by a tsunami. Emergency personnel approach a collapsed hotel in Palu, Indonesia. YonhapLee is the only South Korean identified to have been killed in the earthquake, which has so far claimed more than 1,420 lives. “The b
Oct. 4, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Two Yemeni asylum seekers attacked by Koreans in Jeju
Two Yemeni asylum seekers were attacked by Koreans on the southern island of Jeju, police said Thursday. According to Jeju Dongbu Police Station, two Yemeni asylum seekers reported they were beaten by a group of Koreans near Jeju City Hall at 2:41 a.m. on Tuesday. When police arrived at the scene, the suspects had already fled.(Uto Image)Police identified one suspect as a man who appears to be in his 20s from footage obtained from surveillance cameras installed nearby the crime scene. The asylum
Oct. 4, 2018
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More weirs to be opened in monitoring four rivers
The Environment Ministry opened the Ipo Weir on the Han River on Thursday in an effort to revive the four major rivers that underwent refurbishment under the conservative Lee Myung-bak administration. The Ipo Weir will release water to a level that does not affect the water supply to nearby farmlands, the Ministry of Environment said. The Ipo Weir is one of 16 weirs constructed as part of a project involving four major rivers in the country. Nine weirs have already been partly or completely open
Oct. 4, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Korean service sector workers fight for ‘right to sit’ at work
Unionized workers in South Korea’s service and retail sectors -- mainly those who work at department stores and duty-free shops -- are fighting for their “right to sit down” at work, saying many of them suffer health conditions that result from having to stand in high heels for more than seven hours daily. Since late September, the union members have been sitting at work when there are no customers around as a way to protest. “It’s been 10 years since chairs have been placed at department store
Oct. 4, 2018
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1 worker dies, 4 others injured at thermal power plant fire in Yeosu
YEOUSU, South Jeolla Province -- One worker died and four others were injured in a fire at a thermal power plant in Yeosu on South Korea's southwestern coast on Thursday, the police and fire department said.The fire started at a coal silo at the plant inside the city's industrial complex, which is run by Korea South-East Power Co., around 11:16 a.m. when the workers were changing a filter for a dust-gathering device. (Yonhap)According to police, flames spurted out of the 50-meter-high silo as so
Oct. 4, 2018
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[Weather] Typhoon Kong-rey expected to bring heavy rain this weekend
Typhoon Kong-rey, which is forecast to batter Japan, is also likely to impact the Korean Peninsula indirectly, with heavy rain and strong winds starting from late Thursday.The typhoon was about 340 kilometers southeast of Japan’s Okinawa Island as of 6 a.m. Thursday. (Yonhap)Most parts of Korea will see clear skies in the morning, but rain will start to fall on Jeju Island and coastal areas of Gangwon Province and North Gyeongsang Province in the afternoon. The rain will expand nationwide Frida
Oct. 4, 2018
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Former Japanese Prime Minister apologizes to Korean survivors of atomic bomb
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama apologized to atomic bomb survivors in Korea on Wednesday. During a visit to a welfare center for atomic bomb survivors in Hapcheon, South Gyeongsang Province, Hatoyama consoled the Korean survivors, in a first for a former Japanese prime minister. He also paid his respects at a memorial altar for atomic bomb victims. (Yonhap)“Hello, I am Yukio Hatoyama,” the former prime minister said in Korean, before switching to Japanese to deliver his apology. “
Oct. 3, 2018
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[Graphic News] 4 in 5 Koreans concerned about heavy dependency on smart devices
According to the research conducted by Embrain, 82.8 percent of South Koreans believe society is overly reliant on smart devices. The survey was conducted on 1,000 respondents, aged from 19 to 59, in June. More than half of the respondents, or 54.7 percent, claimed they themselves were reliant on their smart devices. Around 72 percent of respondents said they use smartphones in their free time, which marked a slight increase from 61.5 percent posted in 2016.
Oct. 3, 2018
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1% of domestic violence suspects get jail: lawmaker
Only 1 percent of domestic violence suspects are sentenced to a prison term in South Korea, a lawmaker said Wednesday. Rep. Lee Jae-jung of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea said the ratio is based on audit data from the National Police Agency. The data show that more than 160,000 suspects have been arrested on the charge of domestic violence in the past 3 1/2 years. (Yonhap)Lee, a member of the National Assembly’s Public Administration and Security Committee, said 164,020 suspects were arres
Oct. 3, 2018
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[Feature] South Korea's odor pollution problem
Chloe Choi, a Korean-British living in London, says she fears visiting her native South Korea because of something she cannot bear: odor from the sewers. The 29-year-old, who lived in Seoul from 2009-2010, said the distinctive smell on the streets often made her sick. “I would cover my nose and run away from (the smell) as far as possible. I would literally run,” she told The Korea Herald. “Being constantly exposed to it was definitely not right. I was shocked that this was the reaction I was
Oct. 3, 2018
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Woman serving life sentence granted retrial, a first in Korea
A woman who has served 18 years of a life sentence for killing her father will be retried, the top court confirmed Wednesday. It is the first time that a retrial has been granted for a convict serving a life sentence that is already in progress.The Supreme Court granted a retrial for Kim Sin-hye, who was given a life sentence in 2001, accepting Kim’s claim that she confessed under duress during police questioning. Kim has been incarcerated for the past 18 years at the Cheongju Women’s Penitentia
Oct. 3, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Typhoon to affect southern parts of Korea over weekend
Super Typhoon Kong-rey is expected to affect southern parts of South Korea this weekend, the weather agency said Wednesday. As of 9 a.m., this year's 25th typhoon was traveling northwest at a speed of 18 kilometers per hour about 710 kilometers south-southeast of Japan's Okinawa Island, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration. Super Typhoon Kong-rey's expected path (YouTube)It had an atmospheric pressure of 930 hectopascals at its center and winds of up to 180 kph. Kong-rey formed a
Oct. 3, 2018
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[Photo News] Seoul Olympics marathon re-enacted for 30th anniversary
Thousands of people hit the streets in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the 1988 Seoul Olympics.The Son Kee-chung Peace Marathon started at 8 a.m. from Jamsil Olympic Stadium in Seoul, which was used as the main stadium during the Seoul Olympics in 1988. Parts of the roads have been closed for the run from 7 a.m. and will reopen to the public around 1:40 p.m.The event is made up of one 42.195-kilometer full course, a 10-km course and a 5-km course, re-enacting the run as it was 30 years ag
Oct. 3, 2018