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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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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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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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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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[Music in drama] An ode to childhood trauma
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'The Roundup: Punishment' becomes fastest 2024 film to top 2 mln admissions
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Japanese anti-hate speech network, online activist to receive internet peace prize
The Japanese anti-hate speech organization the Kawasaki Network of Citizens Against Hate Speech and Japanese activist Ken Ogiso are the winners of the 2018 Sunfull Internet Peace Prize, the Sunfull Foundation announced Wednesday.From left in first row: Bae Joong-do, chairman of Seikyu-sha; Hiro-o Sekida, president of the Kawasaki Network of Citizens Against Hate Speech; Min Byoung-chul, chairman of the Sunfull Internet Peace Movement; and Min Byung-do, president of Scout Co. (Sunfull Foundation)
Sept. 19, 2018
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Ex-short track coach sentenced to 10 months in jail for assaulting athletes
SEONGNAM -- Former South Korean national short track coach Cho Jae-beom was sentenced to 10 months in prison on Wednesday for assaulting multiple athletes.The Seongnam branch of the Suwon District Court in Seongnam, just south of Seoul, placed Cho under court custody, saying the ex-coach abused his position to physically punish his skaters, including two-time Olympic champion Shim Suk-hee. (Yonhap)Cho was charged with assaulting Shim and three other skaters between 2011 and January 2018. An inci
Sept. 19, 2018
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[Weather] Clouds linger nationwide, light rain to fall in southern parts
The weather on Wednesday across Korea will get gradually cloudy throughout the day, while southern coastal areas and Jeju Island will receive light rain showers beginning from the afternoon. The rain will expand nationwide Thursday and is expected to cease in the night. (Yonhap)Temperatures in the morning plunged to 14 to 21 degrees Celsius in the morning, but will rise to 23 to 27 C in the daytime. The daytime high in Seoul will reach 25 C, Suwon 25 C, Gangneung 24 C, Daejeon 25 C, Gwangju 27
Sept. 19, 2018
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Puma caught after fleeing zoo in Daejeon
DAEJEON -- A puma was caught Tuesday hours after escaping from an enclosure at a South Korean zoo.Zookeepers at Daejeon O-World in the city some 160 kilometers south of Seoul discovered earlier in the day that the eight-year-old female puma had disappeared. (Yonhap)They immediately reported the situation to authorities.She was found at around 7 p.m., and a tranquilizer dart was used to capture her, they added. (Yonhap)
Sept. 18, 2018
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Parents of children 5 and under get 100,000 won monthly allowance starting Friday
Most parents of children aged up to 5 will be given a monthly allowance of 100,000 won ($88) per child starting from Friday, with the exceptions of some high-earners and overseas residents, the country’s Welfare Ministry said.Of 2.3 million applications submitted from June 20 to Sept. 14, 1.9 million have been accepted for the allowance scheme aimed at boosting the country’s critically low birthrate. This means 94.3 percent of all South Korean children aged up to 5 will benefit from the program,
Sept. 18, 2018
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Korea lifts quarantine on confirmed MERS patient
South Korean health authorities said Tuesday that the sole Middle East Respiratory Syndrome patient in the country has been released from quarantine after testing negative for the respiratory disease.The Ministry of Health and Welfare said the 61-year-man has fully recovered from the potentially life-threatening disease and poses no threat of contagion. (Yonhap)He was diagnosed with MERS on Sept. 8 after returning home from a three-week business trip to Kuwait via the United Arab Emirates.It was
Sept. 18, 2018
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Police to act upon repeated shooting range accidents
Police are studying measures to enhance safety at live shooting ranges after a man killed himself Sunday.The Namdaemun Police Station in Seoul said Tuesday that the man, a 36-year-old film production worker, shot himself at the Myeong-dong Shooting Range in Seoul on Sunday evening. He entered the shooting range after filling out personal information, as required by regulations. He then used a stun gun he had brought along on the shooting range employee accompanying him before shooting himself. (
Sept. 18, 2018
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[Weather] Mostly cloudy in Seoul, sunny in Pyongyang
Tuesday‘s weather will be mostly cloudy in South Korea, with a chance of light rain in coastal areas of Gyeongsang Province in the afternoon. The temperature in the morning plunged to 13 to 21 degrees Celsius in the morning but will rebound to 24 to 28 C in the afternoon. The daytime high in Seoul will rise to 27 C, with the high for Incheon at 25 C, Suwon at 27 C, Gangneung 25 C, Daejeon 27 C, Gwangju 28 C and Busan at 27 C. As the big daily temperature ranges are expected to be seen for a whil
Sept. 18, 2018
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Class-action suits to be possible in broader range of cases, justice minister tells BMW victims
In a meeting held Monday with the victims of BMW vehicle fires, Justice Minister Park Sang-ki said the government would make class-action suits possible in a wider range of cases. Unlike the US and certain European countries, in Korea, class-action suits can only be filed in cases involving securities trading. Under proposed revisions, Koreans would be able to file class-action suits in areas where there is a significant risk of repeated mass damage, Park told a group that included the victims o
Sept. 17, 2018
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Seoul’s spy agency drew up report about NK involvement right after 1987 KAL bombing
South Korea’s spy agency drew up a document with details about North Korea’s involvement in the 1987 midair bombing of a Korean Air flight just three days after the bombing took place and killed all 115 people aboard, court records showed Monday.The document of the then-Agency for National Security Planning was about the code-named Operation Rainbow aimed at taking advantage of the Nov. 29 bombing to sway public opinion in favor of the then-ruling party candidate in the presidential election jus
Sept. 17, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Gyeonggi Province to introduce first surveillance cameras inside operating rooms
Following recent reports of violence and medical malpractice in operating rooms at hospitals across the country, Gyeonggi Province announced Monday it will install surveillance cameras in operating rooms. Gyeonggi Province said in a statement that surveillance cameras will be installed inside surgery rooms at the Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center Ansung Hospital on Oct. 1. It will mark the first time that surveillance cameras are being placed inside operating rooms at a public medical institute
Sept. 17, 2018
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Hwaseong city councilman accused of assaulting woman
Police have launched an investigation into an alleged assault case involving a city councilman and a woman in her 40s, authorities said Monday. According to Bundang Police Station, the Hwaseong city councilman, who belongs to the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, has been booked without physical detention on a charge of assault. (Yonhap)He is accused of striking the woman multiple times around 9:30 p.m. on Monday inside his car at a parking lot in Pangyo-dong, Gyeonggi Province. The woman had b
Sept. 17, 2018
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Govt. to compensate victims of wartime civilian killings
The government will have to compensate bereaved families of civilians shot to death by military and police officers 68 years ago based on false accusations that they were communists during the Korean War.In a damage suit filed by the family of a victim surnamed Yang killed in the 1950 manslaughter in Boseong, South Jeolla Province, the Seoul Central District Court ruled that the government should pay about 100 million won ($88,635) to Yang’s family. (Yonhap)In 2008, the government-led Truth and
Sept. 17, 2018
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Everland headquarters raided over allegations of sabotaging union activities
Prosecution investigators raided the headquarters of South Korea's biggest amusement park Monday as part of an investigation into suspicions that the Samsung Group affiliate sabotaged labor union activities.Investigators from the Seoul Central Public Prosecutors' Office seized documents, computer hard disks and other materials during the raid of the headquarters of Everland in Yongin, south of Seoul, officials said. (Yonhap)Prosecutors launched the investigation after a complaint was filed that
Sept. 17, 2018
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Court awards state compensation over police massacre of civilians during Korean War
The Seoul Central District Court has awarded compensation to the bereaved family of a victim of a 1950 mass killing by police of civilians suspected of helping North Korean troops during the Korean War, officials said Monday.The court ordered the state to pay 100 million won ($89,046) in compensation to the family of the victim, identified only by the surname Yang, saying police killed the victim for no legitimate reason and without due legal procedures. Bodies of some 400 Korean civilians lie i
Sept. 17, 2018
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Man dies from self-inflicted gunshot at Seoul gun range
A man died from a self-inflicted gunshot at a shooting range in Seoul on Sunday.Security footage shows the victim was shot in the neck by the gun he was holding. He was reportedly already dead when the emergency team arrived at the scene, according to police. (Yonhap)Only the man, the owner of the shooting range and staff working there were present at the time of the incident.Authorities said there was no indication that anyone other than the man who died was involved in the incident. The exact
Sept. 17, 2018
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[Weather] Daytime high to reach 28 C Monday
Monday’s weather will be cool in the morning and again at night, but daytime temperatures will range from 24 to 28 degrees Celsius nationwide, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration. (Yonhap)Clear skies will be seen throughout the country except for Jeju Island, where more than 120 millimeters of rain are expected to fall through Tuesday. The autumn rain will resume Thursday in most parts of the country.The daytime high will record 28 C in Seoul, 26 C in Incheon, 27 C in Suwon, 26
Sept. 17, 2018
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Highway congestion due to pre-Chuseok grave mowing
Weekend highway congestion escalated a week ahead of the Chuseok holidays. At various sections on the Korean highway on Sunday, cars traveled at speeds below 40 kilometers per hour at around 4 p.m. across a 330-kilometer section. The Korea Expressway Corp. said the phenomenon was due to people tending to their ancestral graves prior to the Chuseok holidays, which start next Saturday. (Yonhap) (Yonhap)On the day, an estimated 4.2 million cars traveled on highways across the country, exceeding the
Sept. 16, 2018
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Truck with 9 tons soju crashes on highway, causes 2-hour congestion
A 9-ton delivery truck full of soju crashed into another 8.5-ton truck inside a highway tunnel on Thursday, causing 2 hours of congestion.The accident took place at around 9 a.m. inside a tunnel in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province. Police believe the offending driver failed to decelerate in time.Both truck drivers were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. Photos provided by Gyeonggi-do Fire Services Photos provided by Gyeonggi-do Fire ServicesBy Lim Jeong-yeo (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)
Sept. 16, 2018
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[From the Scene] Contrasting rallies on Refugee Act in Seoul
Two contrasting rallies, in support of and opposition to the Refugee Act, took place across from each other in Jongno in central Seoul on Sunday. The movements came two days after the Justice Ministry granted one-year humanitarian stay permits to 23 Yemeni asylum seekers.Under the rain, some 200 rallygoers demanded the government grant greater legal refugee status to more asylum seekers, and called for efforts to reduce discriminations against asylum seekers, in front of Bosingak.Just across the
Sept. 16, 2018