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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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Gov't appears to shelve punitive measures against mass walkout by doctors
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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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Govt. asks hospitals to mitigate impact of medical professors' absence
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S. Korea's working-age population to dip nearly 10m by 2044 amid low births
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Doggy patrol team on the move to protect their cities
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S. Korea, China, Japan in talks to hold trilateral summit May 26-27: official
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[Newsmaker] Former NIS chiefs guilty on transfers to Park
Former National Intelligence Service chiefs were sentenced to prison terms of three to 3 1/2 years Friday for regularly making secret money transfers to former President Park Geun-hye’s aides when she was in office. The Seoul Central District Court found the three former spy chiefs -- Nam Jae-joon, Lee Byung-kee and Lee Byong-ho -- guilty of sending 3.5 billion won ($3.24 million) from the agency’s “special activities” budget, which had been suspected by investigators to be an illicit channel fo
June 15, 2018
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Supreme Court chief vows cooperation over probe into power abuse case
The Supreme Court chief justice said Friday he will actively cooperate with a prosecution probe into allegations that the top court under his predecessor used trials as bargaining chips in its dealings with the presidential office.The Supreme Court under then-Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae is alleged to have sought to use politically sensitive trials as bargaining chips in its dealings with the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae over organizational changes.An internal probe showed that the National
June 15, 2018
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S. Korean woman suspected of catching mosquito-borne illness on trip to Malaysia
CHUNCHEON, Gangwon Province -- Health authorities are launching epidemiological investigations into a woman with a suspected case of a mosquito-borne illness that can permanently deform sufferers' joints, they said Friday.The woman from Chuncheon, northeast of Seoul, in her 30s, showed suspected symptoms of the disease, Chikungunya fever, early this month after making a three-day visit to Malaysia, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. It added that she is currently recoveri
June 15, 2018
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Democratic Party of Korea to normalize parliament next week: floor leader
The ruling Democratic Party of Korea will soon set up a task force to carry out the election campaign promises made by the party‘s candidates, its floor leader Hong Young-pyo said Thursday. Democratic Party of Korea floor leader Hong Young-pyo (right) and the party chairwoman Choo Mi-ae. Yonhap“From next week, we are expecting to start negotiations (with opposition parties) to organize the National Assembly and normalize it,” Hong said at a general meeting of the ruling party. Hong’s remarks ca
June 14, 2018
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Prosecutors demand 12 years for ex-president Park for taking bribes from spy agency
Prosecutors on Thursday requested a 12-year jail term for former President Park Geun-hye for taking bribes from the national spy agency. They also demanded she be fined 8 billion won ($7.38 million).Park, 66, is serving a 24-year sentence over a separate corruption case that led to her ouster.In January, prosecutors additionally charged Park for accepting 3.65 billion won from the National Intelligence Service during her term and using it personally. Ex-President Park Geun-hye (Yonhap)Park was a
June 14, 2018
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Vocalist sentenced to 7-year jail term for sexual assault
The Seoul Central District Court said Thursday it has sentenced a top vocalist to seven years in prison and 120 hours of sexual violence treatment for sexually assaulting his male student and acquaintances during the first hearing. The vocalist is reported to be a prominent figure in the music scene, having appeared in multiple entertainment shows on television as a mentor for young students dreaming to become a singer. (Yonhap)The vocalist was indicted last year in December for allegedly rapin
June 14, 2018
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Elderly woman booked for ripping ballots
Cheongju Sangdang Police Station said Wednesday that it had booked a 67-year-old woman without detention for violating the Public Official Election Act.She is accused of ripping three ballot papers at a polling station in Yongam-dong, Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, around 5:50 p.m. Wednesday. (Yonhap)She had been drunk, according to the National Election Commission.Police said the woman claimed that she tore the ballots because there was “no one to vote for.”By Ahn Sang-yool (koolsangon@h
June 14, 2018
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Abuse cases against seniors on the rise: report
The number of seniors being abused has increased in recent years, with most perpetrators being their own family members, a government report showed Thursday.According to the annual report by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, there were 4,622 cases of abuse carried out against seniors in 2017, up 8 percent from a year earlier. The findings showed that most of the assaults were committed at home. (Yonhap)The number has steadily increased from 3,502 in 2013, 3,532 in 2014, 3,818 in 2015 to 4,280
June 14, 2018
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DUI policeman flees, causes crash
A police officer caused a car accident after fleeing from a failed sobriety test.Police said Thursday that the officer drove away his in sedan when he failed a field sobriety test from Daejeon Interchange on Gyeongbu Expressway around 11:40 p.m. on Wednesday.The vehicle reportedly headed in the direction of Seoul recklessly weaving between lanes. Cheongju Seobu Fire StationThe automobile stopped at 11:54 p.m. when it crashed into an iron pillar at a gas station in Jugam Service Area, about 17 ki
June 14, 2018
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First-grader dies after choking on fish cake
A 7-year-old girl who choked on an after-school snack died Wednesday in Gongju, South Chungcheong Province, police said. According to local authorities, the victim was eating fish cake provided by her elementary school when she choked around 3:40 p.m. Tuesday. (Herald DB)She was rushed to Cheonan’s Dankook University Hospital via a helicopter. Doctors reportedly found her in a coma upon arrival. The victim was receiving treatment in the intensive care unit when she died at 9:20 a.m. Wednesday,
June 14, 2018
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Govt. to provide transportation subsidy for young workers
South Korea will offer a transportation subsidy for young workers in remote industrial areas to encourage small and medium-size companies to employ them, the industry ministry said Thursday.The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said it will monthly provide 50,000 won ($46.4) for workers aged between 15 and 34 employed by small companies to work in areas that lack adequate public transit service.Those who are qualified for the program will be available for the subsidy that can be used for bu
June 14, 2018
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[From the scene] S. Korean voters flock to polls amid peace mood with NK
In a queue at a polling center in Yongsan District, northern Seoul, Park Jung-sook, 54, was finally nearing the voting booth, sure of which candidate she would cast her ballot for. For the long-time supporter of a conservative party who works as a freelancer, the quadrennial local elections used to be all about left and right in South Korea’s highly divided politics. But it all feels new this time around, she said. “I think there is no right or left when it comes to building a lasting peace with
June 13, 2018
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[Photo News] South Koreans at the polls for June 13 local elections
As local elections kicked off at 6 a.m. Wednesday, South Koreans flocked to 14,124 polling centers nationwide. Voting runs through 6 p.m.As of 10 a.m., 11.5 percent of 42.9 million eligible voters had cast their vote, according to the National Election Commission.Polling centers were installed in various venues across the country, including gymnasiums, an indoor baseball training center, wedding halls, parking lots and banks. A total of 4,016 local administrative, legislative and educational pos
June 13, 2018
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Prosecutors begin probe into N. Korean restaurant workers' defection
Prosecutors have started looking into allegations that a dozen North Korean restaurant workers were brought into the South against their will in 2006 in a political maneuver by the then-Park Geun-hye government, a lawyers group said Monday. (Yonhap)The Lawyers for a Democratic Society, better known as Minbyun, filed a complaint last month against former senior officials claiming they engineered the planned mass defection. The group said the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office asked two o
June 11, 2018
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Man stabs younger peer for ‘showing disrespect’: police
A man in his 50s was arrested for allegedly stabbing a younger peer from his alma mater in the neck after he felt reportedly disrespected, Busan police said Monday. According to Busan-jin Police Station, the 54-year-old suspect, surnamed Kim, is being charged with attempted murder and is currently undergoing questioning by the police. Kim reportedly stabbed the 53-year-old victim in the neck following a heated argument at approximately 11:54 p.m. Sunday night in front of a motel in Bujeon-dong,
June 11, 2018
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Only remaining polar bear in S. Korea to move to British wildlife park
YONGIN, Gyeonggi Province -- The only remaining polar bear in South Korea, which has been living in a zoo south of Seoul for more than two decades, will move to a wildlife park in Britain later this year, zoo officials said Monday.The planned relocation of the bear, named Tongki, from the Everland zoo to Britain‘s Yorkshire Wildlife Park came as the zoo has looked for ways to provide the aged bear with a better living environment after other polar bears of the zoo died.Animal activists have also
June 11, 2018
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S. Korea says FMD virus originated abroad
A foreign virus was the source of two outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease at pig farms in South Korea this spring, the local quarantine agency said Monday.The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency confirmed that two A-type FMD outbreaks were detected in Gimpo, west of Seoul, on March 26 and April 1, and both had overseas origins. It did not specify any country the virus could have come from."The analysis had limitations in comparing the domestic cases with foreign ones as only partial DNA sequencin
June 11, 2018
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Workers ambivalent about 52-hour maximum workweek: survey
South Korean workers have mixed feelings about the 52-hour maximum workweek due to effect next month as it could help improve productivity but reduce income, a survey by a local employment portal site showed Monday.In a recent survey of 905 workers at companies with more than 300 employees, Job Korea found the respondents expected productivity to improve the most, but they also expressed concerns over a decrease in payments for overtime work. (Yonhap)On the positive side, 50.4 percent of the res
June 11, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Wife of Korean Air chief grilled over alleged illegal hiring of foreign housekeepers
Lee Myung-hee, wife of Korean Air Lines Co. chief, on Monday appeared for questioning once again, this time over allegations that she hired housekeepers from the Philippines without due visas.Lee, 69, arrived at the Seoul office of the Korea Immigration Service at around 10 a.m.She is accused of hiring some two dozen maids from the Southeast Asian country for at least the past decade by sponsoring them with traineeship visas in violation of the law.To work as housekeepers in Korea, a foreigner m
June 11, 2018
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Temp salaries at small businesses down for 11th straight month
Low-income nonregular workers at small businesses in South Korea have seen their wages drop steadily for nearly a year despite the minimum wage hike, mainly due to the decline in working hours, data showed Monday.The monthly wages of temporary workers in such establishments as restaurants and bars with five to nine employees declined on-year for 11 straight months from May 2017 to March this year, according to the data from the Korean Statistical Information Service.Industry observers said the d
June 11, 2018