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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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Gov't appears to shelve punitive measures against mass walkout by doctors
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Govt. asks hospitals to mitigate impact of medical professors' absence
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Doggy patrol team on the move to protect their cities
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S. Korea's working-age population to dip nearly 10m by 2044 amid low births
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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‘Korean webtoon writers earn W18 m per month’: True or skewed?
Naver announced on Tuesday that webcomic or webtoon writers publishing their work on the company’s webtoon portal, Naver Webtoon, earned on average about 200 million won ($178,000) per annum.The average salary of some 300 Naver webcomic writers from July 2017 to June 2018 was 220 million won, equivalent to an 18 million won monthly salary. (Naver Webtoon)Authorities said this is because Naver owns almost 80 percent of the webtoon portal market. Naver counts about 15.5 billion views per month --
Sept. 12, 2018
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Webtoon artist accused of libel maintains innocence
A webtoon artist accused of defaming late activist farmer Baek Nam-gi -- who died in 2016, 10 months after being blasted by a police water cannon – maintained his innocence after the prosecution Tuesday sought a one-year prison sentence. Authorities believe that the artist, Yoon Suh-in, created and distributed a series of online cartoons that depicted Baek’s daughter on vacation overseas as her father lay unconscious and critically ill after being struck by a police water cannon in 2015. Baek’s
Sept. 12, 2018
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Former ambassador gets 1 year jail for sex offenses against subordinates
A Seoul court on Wednesday handed down a one-year prison term for a former Korean ambassador for sex offenses against subordinate workers by abusing his occupational authority, when he was stationed in Ethiopia.Seoul Central District Court sentenced former Ambassador to Ethiopia Kim Moon-hwan to one year in jail and ordered him to undergo 40 hours of treatment for sex offenders. The court also prohibited Kim from working at children-related institutes for three years. Kim was detained immediatel
Sept. 12, 2018
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[Newsmaker] 12 men allegedly gain weight to dodge military service
Twelve graduates of a college in Seoul allegedly tried to dodge South Korea’s mandatory military service by intentionally gaining too much weight to pass the physical exam, the Military Manpower Administration said Tuesday. The authorities say the 12 men ate high-calorie foods such as pizza and hamburgers five times a day in an effort to become overweight and fail the physical. One gained 30 kilograms in six months, the authorities said. According to the Military Service Act, all able-bodied men
Sept. 12, 2018
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1,400 college applications rejected over plagiarism
Some 1,400 South Korean high school students were found to have plagiarized their college admission essays last year, data showed Wednesday. According to the data, provided by the Korean Council for University Education, 1,406 students were disqualified from admission over plagiarized personal statements.(Yonhap)Universities throughout Korea began using plagiarism detection software in 2011, disqualifying applicants whose essays show significant levels of similarity to works published online. Th
Sept. 12, 2018
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Ex-police chief questioned about cyber operations for second time
Police questioned former national police chief Cho Hyun-oh for the second time in a week Wednesday about allegations that he masterminded cyber operations to post Internet comments favorable to the government of then-President Lee Myung-bak.Cho, who served as commissioner-general from 2010-2012, is accused of mobilizing National Police Agency units to write more than 40,000 Internet comments in an effort to help form positive public views of the Lee administration. (Yonhap)It was his second ques
Sept. 12, 2018
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[Weather] Cloudy, rainy weather on the way
The weather in Korea will be mostly cloudy throughout Wednesday, with parts of the country expected to receive light rainfall. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, about 5 to 20 millimeters of rain will fall on Jeju Island and coastal areas in Gyeongsang provinces until afternoon. Rain might fall sporadically in Gyeongsang, Gangwon and South Jeolla areas as well.Temperatures in the morning will plummet to 12 to 20 degrees Celsius, which is slightly colder than the average temper
Sept. 12, 2018
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10 suspected MERS cases test negative
All 10 people who had shown symptoms of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome tested negative for the disease, health authorities said Wednesday.The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said one person who came into close contact with a MERS patient, as well as another nine people who came into ordinary contact with him, and who had been placed under quarantine have all been released as they did not have the potentially life-threatening disease.Experts point out that the possible spre
Sept. 12, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Judge-turned-lawyer under probe appeals to judges in email
A judge-turned-lawyer under investigation for taking tens of thousands of confidential documents from the Supreme Court was found to have emailed incumbent judges on Monday to appeal his case while the court was still reviewing a request for a warrant to search his office.While he was a senior research official at the Supreme Court, Yoo Hae-yong allegedly received a document written by the National Court Administration on the 2014 decision by the Constitutional Court to dissolve the minor Unifie
Sept. 11, 2018
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Students cry out #MeToo, accuse teachers
A teacher at a middle school in Gwangjin, Seoul, has come under fire after a handful of students alleged that he made lewd, sexist comments during class, education authorities said Tuesday. Students shared their experiences anonymously via post-it notes and stuck them all over the campus, accusing one teacher of sexual harassment and sexism. Students at the middle school posted sticky notes all over campus as a protest against sexual sexism and inappropriate comments from teachers. (Yonhap)Accor
Sept. 11, 2018
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Korea searches for 50 foreigners possibly exposed to MERS
South Korean health authorities are searching for some 50 foreign nationals who may have been in contact with the recently confirmed Middle East respiratory syndrome patient, including those who arrived in Incheon from Dubai on the same flight Friday. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was difficult to track the individuals down, as foreign travelers in Korea usually do not have local phone numbers. Authorities are going through public surveillance camera footage, a
Sept. 11, 2018
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Police crack down on crimes targeting Hongdae partiers
Police said Tuesday they arrested 46 suspects who targeted inebriated people in Seoul’s popular nightlife spot of Hongdae over an eight-month crackdown.Eleven of the 46 were taken into custody with the remaining 35 booked without detention as part of the effort that began in January. (Yonhap)So far this year, 10 suspects stand accused of having stolen from people who had passed out by pretending to help them get up. Nineteen taxi drivers and two designated drivers have been caught selling smart
Sept. 11, 2018
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Ex-NIS official behind bars for allegedly fabricating spy charges
The prosecution detained a former senior official with the National Intelligence Service for allegedly taking part in fabricating evidence against a Chinese-Korean man, who was indicted in 2013 on charges of violating the National Security Law.The Seoul Central District Court said on Tuesday that it had issued a warrant to detain the National Intelligence Service’s former director of security investigations, surnamed Lee, citing the risk that he might destroy evidence.The public security departm
Sept. 11, 2018
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Human rights watchdog recommends accession to protocol renouncing death penalty
The National Human Rights Commission recommended Tuesday that South Korea accede to an international protocol renouncing the use of death penalty.The 11 members of the commission unanimously made the recommendation that the country join the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which aims to the abolish the death penalty, during the first meeting presided over by new Chairperson Choi Yeong-ae. (Yonhap)South Korea is one of four members of the 36-na
Sept. 11, 2018
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SWAT team restrains violent, intoxicated man after 5-hour confrontation
An intoxicated man driving a trailer truck was restrained by authorities five hours after ramming his vehicle into a police car and the guard rail near the Busan-Geoje Fixed Link, police said Tuesday. The driver, in his 50s, had driven his truck into a vehicle operated by the Geoga Bridge maintenance company and the guard rail before he was found by police around 11:52 p.m. Monday, according to Busan Police Agency. The driver had initially called to request help around 11:30 p.m., sounding “very
Sept. 11, 2018
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Elderly man accused of assaulting bus driver
An elderly man was booked without detention Tuesday on the accusation of assaulting a bus driver in Gwangju. (Yonhap)On Sunday, the man reportedly grabbed the bus driver by the collar and shoved his bus pass card into the driver’s mouth. According to police, the man said he had done so because the bus driver had not given him information he had requested. Gwangju Bukbu Police plan to look into black box footage from the bus. By Kim Jee-min (jeeminkim@heraldcorp.com)
Sept. 11, 2018
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Court arraigns Samsung Electronics board chairman to decide on arrest warrant
The Seoul Central District Court arraigned the chairman of Samsung Electronics Co.'s board of directors on Tuesday to determine whether to issue an arrest warrant for him on charges of hampering labor union activities at its after-sales services unit. Prosecutors sought the arrest warrant for Lee Sang-hoon last Friday on charges of violating labor and trade union laws. (Yonhap)Lee, 63, is accused of engaging in a scheme to sabotage labor union efforts by Samsung Electronics Service employees in
Sept. 11, 2018
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Govt. keeping close tabs on 21 people who came into close contact with MERS patient
South Korea's government said Monday that it is keeping close tabs on 21 people who came into close contact with a man who tested positive for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome.On Saturday, the 61-year-old man was diagnosed with the potentially life threatening disease after returning home from his visit to Kuwait. He was rushed to the emergency room of Samsung Medical Center in southern Seoul upon his arrival at Incheon International Airport.(Yonhap)The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prev
Sept. 11, 2018
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[Newsmaker] MERS patient may have withheld information: Seoul Mayor
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon on Monday called for additional and thorough epidemiological investigation into South Korea’s first case in three years of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, confirmed Saturday. Park said it was possible that the patient may have been aware of his condition before diagnosis and withheld information from authorities. According to the Health Ministry, the 61-year-old man was officially diagnosed Saturday, a day after he returned from a trip to Kuwait via a connecting fligh
Sept. 10, 2018
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Migrant women workers’ housing safety compromised in South Korea: report
More than 50 percent of all foreign-born women who work in Korean farms, whose accommodation in the country is provided by their Korean employers live in either containers or vinyl greenhouses often without any locks, making them vulnerable to sexual harassment and other forms of violence, a report showed on Monday. The report, released by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, showed that there were about 324,000 foreign-born migrant women who were working in Korea as of 2016. They ac
Sept. 10, 2018