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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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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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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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Man caught filming women in bikinis at Dongmak Beach
A man in his 40s was caught secretly filming women in bikinis by an officer on patrol duty at a beach in Ganghwa-gun, Incheon, police said Tuesday. According to Incheon authorities, the 44-year-old was booked without physical detention for violating the Criminal Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes. (Screen-captured from Ganghwa Dongmak Beach)The man is accused of secretly filming two women at Dongmak Beach using his smartphone around 1:40 p.m. Sunday. During interroga
July 17, 2018
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[Weather] Hot weather to continue on chobok day
Tuesday is chobok in Korea, which refers to the beginning of the hottest days of summer. Temperatures across the country will rise up to 31 to 37 degrees Celsius, which are higher than the annual average by 4 to 7 C. The daytime high in Seoul will reach 34 C, Incheon 32 C, Daejeon 35 C, Gwangju 36 C, Daegu 37 C and Busan 32 C. Most regions in Korea will have a tropical night as the summer heat wave is set to continue during the night. (Yonhap)Fine dust levels will remain “bad” in some parts o
July 17, 2018
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Korean tourist wounded in Philippines shooting
A South Korean tourist suffered a gunshot wound in the Philippines at the weekend, Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday.The man in his 40s came under attack by an unidentified assailant while getting into a taxi in Manila. He ran away and the armed man fired several rounds at him.One of the shots hit his left shin. He was taken to a hospital and the wound is not life-threatening, according to the ministry. (Yonhap)The South Korean Embassy in Manila asked local police to conduct a thorough probe
July 16, 2018
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1 in 6 Korean medical professionals have latent TB: study
About 1 in 6 Korean medical professionals are estimated to have latent tuberculosis, and a stronger measure is needed to prevent the potentially infectious disease, a newly released study showed Monday. Latent TB is a condition in which inactive TB bacteria are present in the body with no symptoms. Without treatment, about 5 to 10 percent of latent TB patients will develop symptoms of TB sometime in their lives. Researchers came to the conclusion after testing some 1,650 medical professionals i
July 16, 2018
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Blackout hits several apartment buildings amid high temperatures
Miscellaneous blackouts left thousands of households sweltering without air conditioning in several Korean cities Sunday night, amid heat wave warnings.About 260 households in an apartment building in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province, lost power for an hour and a half on Monday at midnight.According to the state-run Korea Electric Power Corp., the blackout was caused by trees that had grown over the summer and caused power lines to touch each other.(Yonhap)About 960 households in Deogyang, Gyeonggi Prov
July 16, 2018
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Tesla CEO under fire for likening Thai rescue diver to ‘pedo’
Telsa CEO Elon Musk has come under fire after calling one of the divers involved in the Thai cave rescue mission a “pedo.”In a series of tweets Sunday, Musk said he never saw “this British guy” in the caves while he was there, referring to diver Vernon Unsworth, and called him a “pedo guy.”Musk also said he would bet a “signed dollar” on his accusations -- presumably that the man is a pedophile -- being true. The tweets have since been deleted following backlash, but captured images of the origi
July 16, 2018
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Seoul fire department launches special investigation unit to protect firefighters on duty
Seoul Metropolitan Fire and Disaster Headquarters on Monday launched a special unit for investigating attacks against personnel to better protect them in the line of duty. According to Seoul’s fire department, the unit will operate to specifically deal with illegal acts committed against firefighters to protect them while they are on duty. It is the first time for the headquarters to have an internal police team for the specific purpose, it said. (Yonhap)The move comes in line with rising calls
July 16, 2018
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Over 200,000 petition to abolish entertainment media outlet Dispatch
The Korean online entertainment media outlet Dispatch is under fire after it revealed the personal information of a celebrity’s husband who is not a public figure. As of Monday, more than 200,000 people in an online petition on the presidential office’s website have called for its abolishment. The petition was first filed on June 26, but after an exclusive report from Dispatch was released on July 10 revealing detailed personal information about Korean actress Choi Ji-woo’s husband, the number o
July 16, 2018
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2 opposition lawmakers indicted for soliciting job favors
Two opposition lawmakers will stand trial for allegedly exerting pressure on a state-run casino operator to hire people they knew, prosecutors said Monday. Reps. Kweon Seong-dong and Yeom Dong-yeol of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party have been indicted without physical detention on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of business, the Seoul Northern District Prosecutors' Office said. They are accused of pressuring Kangwon Land Inc. to hire some 50 people, including children of their
July 16, 2018
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Spouse runaway biggest problem for international marriages: hotline
Research indicated nearly 1 in 3 Koreans who called the international marriage hotline attributed problems in their marriage to their foreign spouses last year, according to the Korean Institute for Healthy Family. In 2017, some 614 Koreans called to consult the family institution, of which 31.3 percent, or 192 cases, dealt with spouse-related problems such as runaways, divorce or visas. (Yonhap)Among spouse-related incident reports, nearly 8 out of 10 international couples ended in divorce due
July 16, 2018
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Korea announces blueprint for 2 smart cities
South Korea on Monday announced a blueprint for the administrative hub of Sejong and the southeastern port city of Busan to be test beds for the realization of smart cities.Various innovative technologies, ranging from unmanned vehicles to facial recognition systems, will be adopted in parts of the two urban areas to make them into world-class smart cities, the Presidential Committee on the Fourth Industrial Revolution said. The detailed plan was announced by Chang Byung-gyu, the head of the com
July 16, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Protesters raise voice against dog meat consumption
Hundreds of protesters held a rally for and against dog meat consumption near Sejong Center for Performing Arts in Gwanghwamun on Sunday ahead of chobok, a day when Koreans traditionally eat “stamina food.” Koreans commonly eat hot bowls of supposedly stamina-boosting soups on the three “bok” days of summer. The days are referred to as chobok, jungbok and malbok and fall on July 17, July 27 and Aug. 16, respectively.Some of these soups involve commonplace meats such as chicken, but others have d
July 16, 2018
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Confiscated narcotics soar in H1: customs data
The amount of illegal narcotics confiscated in South Korea jumped in the first six months of the year, as more drugs are being smuggled in through increasingly diverse means, the customs office said Monday.The Korea Customs Service said that it confiscated a total of 146.9 kilograms of drugs in the January-June period, more than a fivefold jump from a year earlier. (Yonhap)The amount has an estimated street value of 203 billion won ($180 million), also marking more than a fourfold increase from
July 16, 2018
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Govt. allows 7 Yemeni asylum seekers to leave Jeju for other areas
JEJU -- Seven Yemeni asylum seekers have left the southern island of Jeju for other parts of South Korea after the government allowed them to do so for family reunions and medical treatment, officials said Monday.In recent months, more than 500 Yemenis arrived on Jeju and sought asylum, sparking concern that many could be bogus claimants seeking economic advantages. That led the government to ban them from leaving the island for other areas pending deliberations of their refuge applications. (Yo
July 16, 2018
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Man dies after jumping from Ulsan Bridge
A man in his 30s apparently jumped to his death from Ulsan Bridge on Monday, marking the fifth fatal leap this year from the bridge, police said. Ulsan Maritime Police Station said they received a report at around 1:40 a.m. of a man “abandoning his car mid-bridge and leaping off the edge.”The rescue team reportedly discovered the victim floating in waters 200 meters south of the bridge at around 2:30 a.m. He was rushed to the hospital, but was pronounced dead upon arrival, according to reports.
July 16, 2018
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[Weather] Korea braces for hottest day of the year
Residents in South Korea will see the hottest day of the year so far on Monday, with the daytime highs well into the thirties. The Korean Meteorological Administration has issued heat wave warnings in Gyeongsang Province, Chungcheong Province and parts of Jeolla Province, while heat wave advisories are in effect in most regions of the country. (Yonhap)The temperature in Seoul will reach 33 degrees Celsius in the daytime, with the highs elsewhere ranging from 32 C in Incheon and Busan to 37 C in
July 16, 2018
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Public torn over expanding military service exemptions for athletes: poll
South Koreans are torn over expanding military service exemptions for athletes, a poll showed Monday.In a survey of 500 adults by Realmeter, 47.6 percent said they were for creating more ways for male athletes to be exempt from conscription. The poll showed that 43.9 percent said they were against such measures, while 8.5 percent said they didn't lean one way or the other.The survey, conducted last Thursday, had a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points and a 95 percent confidence level. (Yonha
July 16, 2018
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[Video] LGBT people share what Pride means
Tens of thousands of people descended on Seoul Plaza on Saturday to celebrate this year’s Seoul Queer Culture Festival.In honor of the annual event, we asked a group of LGBT people what the Pride event means to them.(Video shot and edited by Lim Jeong-yeo/The Korea Herald)YouTuber Lee Yeol said Pride means so much to sexual minorities.“We often hide ourselves in everyday life as we live in a society where it is difficult to be truly ourselves. That’s why to be able to express ourselves and send
July 15, 2018
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S. Korea leads world in proportion of people working more than 49 hours per week: report
Korea is ahead of leading economies in terms of the percentage of people putting in more than 49 hours per week at offices or factories, a report by the central bank showed Sunday.According to the Bank of Korea's Overseas Economic Focus publication, 32 percent of Korean workers coped with near 50 hour workweeks, far exceeding the 20.1 percent for Japan and 16.4 percent tallied for the United States.(Yonhap)"In effect, a third of all Korean workers can be classified as having excessive hours," th
July 15, 2018
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[Photo News] Beat the summer heat at the beach
As the scorching weather continued over the weekend, people flocked to beaches in Korea to enjoy summer. The Korea Meteorological Administration has issued heat wave warnings in most regions of the country, as of 2 p.m., with temperatures hovering around 30 to 37 degrees Celsius on Sunday. About 250,000 beachgoers visited Haeundae Beach on Saturday, while a total of 520,000 people going to other beaches in Busan, including Gwanganli Beach and Dadaepo Beach. The combined number nearly dou
July 15, 2018