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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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S. Korea, China, Japan in talks to hold trilateral summit May 26-27: official
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[Weather] Sporadic rain, sweltering heat to return Tuesday
Many regions including Seoul, Gyeonggi and Gangwon provinces will see sporadic rain until Tuesday afternoon, with chances of strong winds and thunderstorms. Starting from Tuesday night, heavy rain will fall in northern Gyeonggi and northern Gangwon provinces. (Yonhap)Hot and humid weather is expected to return across the country, as daytime highs will be significantly higher than Monday’s. The temperature in Seoul is set to reach 28 Celsius, Gangneung 25 C, Daejeon 31 C, Gwangju 32 C, Daegu 32
July 10, 2018
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Seoul Metro bans feminist ads on metro stations
Seoul Metro on Monday announced its decision to ban ads that contain “personal opinions or motivations,” such as contents in favor of certain religions, ideologies and political activism -- including those by feminist organizations. The new restriction means that such ads will not be allowed on all metro stations in Seoul and Subway Lines 1-8. Labor rights groups and feminist activists denounced the move. The decision was made after a number of ads triggered controversy. In January, an ad that
July 9, 2018
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Vegan group asks why Korean ‘hoesik’ menu is always meat
Animal rights groups Animal Liberation Wave and Nutties have jointly begun running a series of advertisements against eating meat at “hoesik,” or after-work company bonding meals, in Korea.The groups said starting Monday until Aug. 9, advertisements encouraging meat-free alternative diets for hoesik will appear inside subway cars on Line No. 6.In one of the three images of the ad, a cow sits on a plate flanked by a knife and fork, with the line, “I can live. If tonight’s dine-out menu isn’t stea
July 9, 2018
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Suspect in YouTuber sex abuse probe jumped into river in apparent suicide: police
NAMYANGJU, Gyeonggi Province -- A man who has been under police investigation for an alleged sex crime involving a famous female YouTuber threw himself into a river northwest of Seoul on Monday in an apparent suicide, police said. Police said they began the search for the 40-year-old official at a Seoul-based photography studio, whose identity is being withheld, after they received a witness report saying “a person got out of his car and jumped” into the Bukhan River at around 9 a.m. The vehicle
July 9, 2018
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Online ads of marriage agencies under scrutiny
The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said Monday it will review online video advertisements by international matchmaking agencies to see if any of them incite bias or are likely to infringe on human rights.Several marriage brokers have recently been ordered by the ministry to delete ads that sexually objectify women or promote bias. Some, for instance, claim that women of certain nationalities have “nice figures” and are “simple.”The ministry said it will look into all video ads on interna
July 9, 2018
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Seoul Pride to take place Saturday at City Hall Plaza
The Seoul Pride event will take place at City Hall Plaza on Saturday following the successful run of last year’s event that drew thousands of people to the city center. During Monday’s press conference, the organizational body announced the start of the 19th Seoul Queer Culture Festival, a 10-day event packed with various parades, art exhibitions, and an independent film festival. Organizers of the event speak at the press conference. (Lim Jeong-yeo/The Korea Herald)This year’s Pride event advoc
July 9, 2018
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Convicted felon escapes from Gwangju psychiatric ward
A convicted murderer who reportedly suffers from schizophrenic disorder has escaped from the isolated psychiatric ward in Gwangju, police said Monday. According to Gwangsan Police Station, the 48-year-old man surnamed Kim slipped through opened gates when guards were not looking at the mental institution in Gwangsan-gu, western Gwangju, Sunday. (Reuters)The man was sentenced to a three-year jail term after fatally hitting a patient for being “too loud.” Kim is reported to not be wearing an ankl
July 9, 2018
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Army general sacked for sexual misconduct
A Korean Army division commander was dismissed Monday for allegedly sexually harassing female soldiers.The 56-year-old one-star general was found to have touched a hand of a female subordinate against her wishes for three to four seconds in a car around March, according to Army investigators.He was serving as commander of a division on the outskirts of Seoul. Other personal information was withheld as he's likely to be court-martialed. (Yonhap)There are at least two other victims in the military
July 9, 2018
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More red fire ants discovered in Incheon port
South Korea has discovered dozens of red fire ants in the western port of Incheon, prompting officials to boost countermeasures against infestations, quarantine officials said Monday. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said a joint investigation team found about 70 red fire ants inside the container terminal of Incheon Port, west of Seoul, on Saturday. A total of 776 red fire ants, including a queen and 670 worker ants, were discovered at the site on Friday. It was the first tim
July 9, 2018
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Five missing in boat collision off southwestern coast
Five fishermen are missing after a fishing boat carrying them capsized following a collision with a tugboat in waters off the southwestern coast on Sunday, the Coast Guard said. The accident happened at 7:13 p.m. in waters southeast of an island near Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, about 274 km southwest of Seoul, when the 7.3-ton shrimp boat hit a 99-ton tugboat and overturned. Five people, including the 56-year-old captain surnamed Kwon, were aboard the fishing boat, and there were no foreigne
July 8, 2018
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Weapon-wielding man kills police officer, injures another
One police officer was killed and another injured after they were stabbed by a man brandishing a weapon in a residential area of the small southeastern county of Yeongyang on Sunday.The officers were sent to the scene to cope with the 40-something man, who was reported for rowdiness. They were attacked by the man at around 12:50 p.m. (Yonhap)One of them sustained serious injuries and died while being moved to a nearby hospital on a helicopter. The other policeman was not in critical condition, a
July 8, 2018
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Is it safe to wear a bikini in Korea?
Statistics by the Korean police show a spike of spy camera crimes in summer, local media reported Saturday. The police here had reportedly arrested over 980 people nationwide between July 1 and Aug. 20 last year, who had secretly filmed others’ bodies without consent, or disseminated the contents. Illegally filming or photographing others’ body and or spreading the contents is punishable by a maximum of seven years in prison or up to 30 million won ($27,000) in fines. The cases were especially n
July 8, 2018
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Asiana Airlines employees to stage 2nd protest
Employees of Asiana Airlines, the country’s second-largest carrier and part of Kumho Asiana Group, will hold their second protest to demand group’s chief Park Sam-koo to step down.The labor union of Asiana will gather again on the steps of the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Gwanghwamun, Seoul, at 6 p.m. on Sunday. Following the rally, from 7:30 p.m., the protesters will walk to the adjacent Kumho Asiana headquarters. An Asiana Airlines employee sheds tears behind her mask at the demons
July 8, 2018
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Estimated 60,000 women muster up ‘inconvenient courage’
The third women’s rally calling for a balanced inspection of voyeuristic hidden camera crimes took place in front of Hyehwa subway station on Saturday.The host of the protest, an online group fighting against female discrimination called “Inconvenient Courage,” estimated some 60,000 people took part. The police estimate is 18,000. Protesters dressed in red held up signs with slogans such as “My life is not your porn,” and “We are your future boss, not your future wife.” Other signs protested dep
July 8, 2018
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Pro-conversion therapy group to stage event alongside Seoul Pride
A religious group that openly promotes gay conversion therapy will stage an anti-LGBT event just hundreds of meters away from where the Pride event is scheduled to take place on July 14 in Seoul.The festival entitled “Better than Queer” will go ahead on the same day as this year’s Seoul Pride event, featuring a host of anti-LGBT speakers including pastors and people who say they were previously gay but are not anymore.Holylife, the religious group that organizes what it calls a “holy festival,”
July 8, 2018
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Red fire ant queen discovered for 1st time in S. Korea
INCHEON -- South Korean quarantine authorities said Saturday that they've found a red fire ant queen at a container yard in Incheon Port, prompting officials to boost countermeasures against infestations. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said its joint government and civic research team found a tropical red ant queen, 16 larvae and some 560 worker ants at the site. On Friday, the authorities found some 70 red fire ants.This is the first time that South Korea has discovered a t
July 7, 2018
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Reopened actress suicide case shows prosecution did not indict any of key suspects in 2009
About two months after a reinvestigation on the 2009 sex abuse case of the late actress Jang Ja-yeon was ordered, a news report has claimed that none of the 20 key suspects at the time were indicted by the prosecution, although there was “sufficient evidence” that they had assaulted Jang as she claimed in a letter attributed to her.Jang, 29 at the time, took her own life in 2009 leaving behind a letter accusing her agency of sexually exploiting her. In the letter, she claimed that she was forced
July 6, 2018
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ASEAN-Korea Youth program in Seoul ends, second part to resume in Manila
The first part of the annual ASEAN-Korea Youth Network Workshop organized in South Korea by ASEAN-Korea Centre ended on Friday, with a closing ceremony held Seoul. During the five-day program in South Korea, which kicked off on Monday, 70 students from Korea, Japan, China and Association of Southeast Asian Nation countries took on various activities on the theme of “Global Digitalization.” Seoul National University Asia Center co-organized the event here. (ASEAN-Korea Centre)The second part of
July 6, 2018
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Yemeni asylum seekers on Jeju still need medical assistance: human rights agency
At least 32 Yemeni asylum seekers on South Korea’s Jeju Island are in need of medical attention, despite Seoul’s announcement last month that it has offered food and medical assistance to the refugees, the National Human Rights Commission of Korea has found.“We have found that most of the support programs for the Yemeni asylum seekers on Jeju are in fact being organized and provided by nongovernmental bodies and groups,” the agency said in a statement.“We hope the central government and Jeju pro
July 6, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Prosecutors seek 5-year jail term for chef Lee Chan-oh over drug use
Prosecutors on Friday sought a five-year jail sentence for celebrity chef Lee Chan-oh on trial for the possession and use of drugs, according to the Seoul Central District Court. During the trial, the prosecution cited more concrete evidence from hair testing, which confirmed Lee’s history of drug use. Famous for his expertise in French cuisine, the chef made headlines when he was indicted without detention on May 10 for inhaling hashish -- a drug made from cannabis -- in October last year. The
July 6, 2018