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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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Gov't appears to shelve punitive measures against mass walkout by doctors
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[Eye Interview] 'If you live to 100, you might as well be happy,' says 88-year-old bestselling essayist
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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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S. Korea, China, Japan in talks to hold trilateral summit May 26-27: official
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Govt. asks hospitals to mitigate impact of medical professors' absence
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Police look for additional victims in day care abuse case
Police on Monday said they would expand the scope of their investigation into a fatal child abuse case at a day care facility in Hwagok-dong, southwestern Seoul, to see if other children were abused. A woman surnamed Kim, 59, is accused of murdering an 11-month-old boy by covering him with a blanket, then putting her full weight on him Wednesday afternoon. (Yonhap)According to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, all evidence -- analysis of surveillance footage, witness statements and autopsy
July 23, 2018
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Number of fathers taking paternity leave jumps 66% on-year in H1
The number of fathers who took time off to take care of their children jumped 65.9 percent on-year in the first half, aided by the government’s increased support for parental leave, the labor ministry said Monday.The number of men who took paternity leave reached 8,463 in the January-June period, up from 5,101 tallied over the same period of last year, according to the Ministry of Employment and Labor. (Yonhap)If the trend continues, the number of such people is likely to surpass the 16,000 mark
July 23, 2018
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Girl found dead in apparent suicide from alleged bullying
Police said Monday they are investigating the death of a 13-year-old female student in an apparent suicide in Yeonsu-gu, Incheon. The victim’s aunt called the police after she discovered the girl’s body upon coming home around 7:25 p.m. on Friday, according to Incheon Yeonsu Police Station.There were no signs of forced entry into the house or on the body to indicate a struggle, according to reports. (Yonhap)No note was found at the scene, but her family said she been driven to take her life due
July 23, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Soldier victims of chopper crash honored in funeral service
A funeral service was held in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, on Monday for the five Marines who died in a Marine Corps helicopter crash on July 17.Around 1,000 bereaved family members, close friends, the minister of national defense, Navy chief of staff, Marines and others attended the service to pay their respects.Before chief funeral commissioner Maj. Gen. Jun Jin-goo read the funeral speech, he read out the names of each of the departed Marines, as mourners lamented the victims. Jun prais
July 23, 2018
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[Weather] Record heat and humidity grip Korea Monday
Hot and humid conditions over the weekend will continue Monday, with daytime temperatures hovering around 33 to 37 degrees Celsius across the country. Residents in Seoul woke up to record-breaking heat in the morning of 29.2 C, the highest mark since 1907. Temperatures in Daegu will rise to 37 C, Seoul 35 C, Incheon 34 C, Suwon 35 C, Gangneung 35 C, Daejeon 35 C, Sejong 35 C, Gwangju 36 C and Busan 34 C. (Yonhap)As of 6 a.m., heat wave warnings are in effect in almost every region of the countr
July 23, 2018
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Korea No. 4 CO2 emitter among OECD in 2017: report
South Korea was the fourth-largest emitter of carbon dioxide among members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in 2017 due to its high dependence on fossil fuels, a report showed Monday.According to the report by global oil and gas major BP, South Korea's CO2 emissions came to 679.7 million tons last year, up 2.2 percent from the previous year. A coal-fired power plant in South Korea in this undated file photo (Yonhap)The volume was the fourth largest among 26 OECD natio
July 23, 2018
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[Graphic News] Cost of replacing damaged banknotes rises
The South Korean central bank spent 32.4 billion won to replace the damaged banknotes over the first half of 2018, up from 31.2 billion won recorded six months earlier. That news comes despite both the volume and face value of damaged banknotes falling slightly over the same period, the central bank said. In the January-June period, the face value of damaged banknotes discarded by the Bank of Korea came to 2.02 trillion won ($1.79 billion), down 1.9 percent, or 40.2 billion won, from the sec
July 22, 2018
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Scorching heat leads to electricity failures, casualties
As the scorching weather continues, several regions across South Korea suffered blackouts caused by circuit failures following high electricity demands. According to Korea Electric Power Corp. on Sunday, the electricity went out in 756 households of nine apartment buildings in Gwangju at 10:10 p.m. on Saturday. While the power came back for most of the houses after two hours, the outage continued as of Sunday noon for 252 households in the three apartment buildings.(Yonhap)In Busan, 200 househol
July 22, 2018
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S. Korea eases visa rules on foreign scholars
Foreigners visiting South Korea to give lectures or provide consulting services will be able to enter the country without a short-term employment visa starting next month, the government said Sunday.Currently, a C-4 visa is required for foreign scholars invited for the short period of time to give lectures, leading some renowned scholars to decline invitations from local research institutes. (Yonhap)According to the rule to be adopted on Aug. 1, foreign scholars invited to give lectures under a
July 22, 2018
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[Weather] Scorching heat wave continues Sunday
Sweltering summer heat will continue across South Korea on Sunday, with daytime highs hovering around 33 to 37 degrees Celsius. As of 9 a.m., heat wave warnings are in effect in almost every region in the country except some parts of Jeju Island, where 5 to 20 millimeters of rain will fall in the afternoon. The warnings will last until Monday, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration. (Yonhap)Temperatures in Seoul will reach 37 C in the daytime, Incheon 34 C, Suwon 37 C, Gangneung 37
July 22, 2018
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Korea Railroad to reinstate fired workers after decade-long dispute
Korea Railroad Corp., the operator of South Korea’s KTX high-speed rail network, said Saturday it has reached an agreement with a labor union to rehire cabin crewmembers who had been sacked, ending a 12-year battle over their employment status. The dispute began after the company fired 280 cabin crewmembers who had been contracted under one of its affiliates in May 2006 after they declined to be transferred to another subsidiary. The workers had been demanding that the Korea Railroad directly hi
July 21, 2018
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Police to return money thrown on the street by woman in Daegu
Police collected and returned cash that was scattered around Daegu by a woman as she was driving. The woman, 51, threw cash around Buk-gu, Dong-gu and Seo-gu in Daegu on Thursday morning, according to the Daegu Bukbu Police Station on Friday.Police collected a total of 15.8 million won ($13,970) but the total amount scattered across the city could not be determined. (Yonhap)After checking CCTV and black box footage of cars that drove near the woman’s car, police confirmed the car license plate
July 20, 2018
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Woman avoids ‘fake prosecutor’ voice phishing scam
The police prevented a woman in her 20s from losing 8 million won ($7,030) in a voice phishing scam.According to the Busan Nambu Police Station on Friday, the victim received a call on Wednesday at 3:20 p.m. from a fraudster saying that her account was involved in a crime so she should withdraw 8 million won cash and give it to an official from the Financial Supervisory Service until the case is confirmed.(Yonhap)The fraudster pretended to be a prosecutor from the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office and
July 20, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Court reviews arrest warrant for fatal child abuse case
A day care worker accused of fatal child abuse entered the Seoul Southern District Court Friday morning for a hearing to review the warrant for her arrest. Accompanied by Gangseo police officers, the 59-year-old woman was seen covered up in a black hat and mask in front of the court around 10 a.m. Asked if she admitted to killing the 11-month-old victim, Kim reportedly did not say a word. The suspect enters the Seoul Southern District Court Friday morning. (Yonhap)The day care worker allegedly s
July 20, 2018
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Jin Air under fire for sudden cancellation of international flight
Korean Air-affiliated Jin Air received a barrage of criticism from over 180 passengers after its abrupt cancellation of a flight bound for Da Nang, Vietnam from Busan’s Gimhae International Airport on Thursday night. Flight LJ075, originally scheduled to depart at 10:05 p.m., was canceled due to “poor maintenance of the aircraft,” according to airport authorities. “When it was past 9:40 p.m. (the original boarding time), I asked if the plane was going to leave any time soon. All they said was ‘w
July 20, 2018
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Over half of office employees work on weekends: poll
More than half of salaried employees in Korea work on the weekend despite the country's push to help workers strike a balance between work and their personal lives, a poll showed Friday.According to the survey of 2,004 office employees by job search portal operator JobKorea Corp., 53.8 percent of respondents said they either go to work in the weekend often due to a heavy workload or work in business sectors subject to weekend work. (Yonhap)Slightly over 62 percent of male respondents said they w
July 20, 2018
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[Weather] ‘Fire Friday’ in Korea in the middle of summer
Friday’s weather in Korea will reach a daytime high of 38 degrees Celsius, extending the record for the hottest day of the year so far.Koreans often refer to Friday nights out as “bulgeum,” meaning fire Friday or burning Friday, but this time the expression rings true in a more literal sense.(Yonhap)The weather agency forecast that even the coolest region in Korea will have a daily high of 32 C. Daegu is forecast to reach 38 C and Gumi, Pohang and Andong 37 C. Night time temperatures will hover
July 20, 2018
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Investor frenzy in S. Korea over Russia treasure ship rumors
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A South Korean company‘s claim to have found a sunken Russian warship has triggered investor frenzy amid speculation the ship was carrying an enormous amount of gold when it sank 113 years ago. South Korea’s financial regulator subsequently issued a warning against possible investment losses. The Seoul-based Shinil Group said Tuesday its divers discovered what a wreck it identified as the 6,200-ton Dmitrii Donskoi, which went down during the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese wa
July 19, 2018
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Father calls for stricter punishment in ‘pencil assault’ incident
A student’s father publicly denounced school authorities for failing to take proper disciplinary action against the student he believes “assaulted” his son with a sharpened pencil. According to the Incheon Office of Education on Thursday, a second-grader in Namdong-gu, Incheon, came back to his seat after finishing a presentation when a pencil set up upright by a peer impaled his tail bone on June 14. The classmate claimed the whole incident was intended to be a joke. The pencil reportedly pierc
July 19, 2018
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Rep. Kim Moo-sung’s daughter faces probe over fake employment
The prosecutor’s office launched an investigation Thursday into the daughter of Kim Moo-sung, a lawmaker of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, for allegedly receiving hundreds of millions of won over several years through false employment at her father-in-law’s company.The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office in Busan launched the probe after receiving a petition concerning the lawmaker’s daughter.Kim Moo-sung (Yonhap)Her father-in-law, Park Yoon-so, runs a company named NK Co. based in Busan and R
July 19, 2018