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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Over 9,000 hotline calls made by stalking victims in 2023
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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US will take steps for three-way engagement on nuclear deterrence with S. Korea, Japan: Campbell
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[Newsmaker] Wife of Korean Air chief quizzed for 2nd time over assaults
Lee Myung-hee, the wife of the Korean Air Lines Co. chief, appeared for police questioning for a second time on Wednesday over multiple assault and abuse allegations.Her appearance at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency comes after she underwent a 15-hour interrogation by police on Monday.Police said the second questioning is to mainly supplement the ongoing investigation, as she has denied most of the charges and witnesses' statements show inconsistencies with hers.Police indicated Tuesday the
May 30, 2018
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Munitions factory fire kills 2, injures 5
An explosion at a munitions factory sparked a fire that killed at least two people and injured five others.The accident happened at the Hanwha factory in the central city of Daejeon at 4:17 p.m. (Yonhap)Two workers were killed, and five others were taken to a hospital, three of them seriously injured with burns all over their bodies and the two others with burns to their hands and faces, according to company officials and firefighters.A total of 29 fire trucks and 55 firefighters were mobilized
May 29, 2018
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Nanoparticles may be linked to early first period in Korea: study
Exposure to air pollution, particularly to nanoparticles classified as PM2.5, may cause early first periods among young girls, which is known to increase one’s risk of developing other health conditions, such as breast cancer and early menopause, a new study showed on Tuesday. Scholars at Ewha Womans University came to the conclusion after researching 639 young girls aged 13-17 who participated in a survey from 2010-2012. Their findings showed that participants’ exposure to nanoparticles was li
May 29, 2018
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Prosecutor suspended for investing with money borrowed from suspect
A prosecutor was suspended for four months after investing in stocks with money borrowed from a suspect under investigation.The Justice Ministry said on Tuesday it suspended the prosecutor surnamed Jung for breach of duty and demeaning the prosecutors’ office.Jung borrowed money from a suspect under investigation at another prosecutors’ office last year, and used it to invest in stocks under someone else’s name. (Yonhap)While serving as the head of a prosecutorial branch, Jung made insulting and
May 29, 2018
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Chief Justice Kim hints at cooperation in investigating his predecessor
The Supreme Court indicated that it will cooperate with the prosecution in investigating former Chief Justice Yang Seung-tae over allegations that he kept a secret list of judges and their political orientations. On Tuesday, Chief Justice Kim Myeong-so of the top court told reporters on his way to work that “all options are on the table” in response to questions on whether the prosecution could launch a separate investigation into Yang. The remark came a day after Kim said he was “disappointed”
May 29, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Dog meat dealer resumes business at Moran Market
A dog meat dealer resumed business at Seongnam’s Moran Market by bringing back its butchery equipment which the city government removed last week, continuing a legal battle to maintain its business.Under an administrative order, city officials on Friday dismantled the last remaining dog slaughter facility in what used to be Korea’s largest dog meat market amid much media attention. City officials dismantle the last remaining dog slaughter facility in what used to be Korea’s largest dog meat mark
May 29, 2018
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Govt. toughens punishment of civil servants involved in hidden camera crimes
The government has toughened the punishment of civil servants for hidden camera crimes and other sexual offenses, officials said Tuesday.The Ministry of Personnel Management said it has revised the decree on disciplinary action against public officials and its enforcement regulation in a way that calls for suspension or heavier disciplinary action against officials involved in such sexual crimes.The revision also calls for punishing supervisors of offenders if they knowingly overlooked those cri
May 29, 2018
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Drunk lieutenant sets off fire extinguisher inside train
A South Korean Army lieutenant has been arrested for an outburst, setting off a fire extinguisher inside a train and delaying its operation for longer than 10 minutes.Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said Monday that a 28-year-old lieutenant from the 30th Infantry Division created a disturbance at Wangsimni Station around 10:45 p.m. on Monday.The lieutenant was apparently inebriated and did not hear either the announcement that all passengers must get off because it was the last station or other
May 29, 2018
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Unruly in the skies: Passenger assaults crew member during smoking row
A woman in her 20s assaulted a female flight attendant after she was caught smoking in the toilet on a plane en route to Vietnam, according to Incheon police Tuesday. The 25-year-old passenger was reportedly drunk when she was caught by the flight attendant smoking in the bathroom of the plane, leaving from Incheon International Airport to Noi Bai International Airport at 11:30 p.m. last year on Aug. 21. (Yonhap)Budget airline Eastar confirmed that the passenger flew into a rage -- kicking her
May 29, 2018
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Cabinet approves measure to promulgate independent counsel bill
The Cabinet approved a measure Tuesday to promulgate legislation on the appointment of an independent counsel to look into allegations that a power blogger tied to ruling party officials manipulated Internet comments for political purposes.The National Assembly passed the bill last week, paving the way for a special probe into suspicions that the blogger, known by his nickname Druking, and his team manipulated comments on Internet news stories in an effort to sway public opinion on hot-button po
May 29, 2018
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Police to review calling in presidential secretary for allegedly taking bribes from Druking
Police said Monday it may call in a presidential secretary for questioning into his alleged bribery linked to an opinion-rigging scandal.The police have been looking into the “Druking” scandal in which a blogger nicknamed Druking allegedly masterminded an illegal online campaign to manipulate the popularity of certain online comments to sway public opinion on the liberal Democratic Party of Korea and President Moon Jae-in. The presidential aide, Song In-bae, who had also worked as an aide for fo
May 29, 2018
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Koreans prefer girls for adoption: data
South Koreans prefer girls over boys when adopting a child domestically, government data showed Monday. According to a report by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, of the 465 Korean children adopted in the country in 2017, 68 percent were girls. The preference for girls over boys among Korean adoptive parents has existed since the early 2000s. In 2001, 58 percent of all children adopted domestically were girls. In 2013, the proportion increased to 70 percent, and dropped slightly to 65 percent
May 28, 2018
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First bus to connect Pyeongtaek and Gangnam
Intercity express bus M5438, the first bust to connect Pyeongtaek city with capital Seoul’s Gangnam area, will kick off test operation from Friday. The bus will run 18 times a day for the pilot period of one month.Once the test period is over, starting July 1, a total of ten M5438 buses will run 36 times a day. Intercity express bus M5428 will begin test operation from June 1 (Online community)Each day’s first bus departs from Jije Station in Pyeongtaek at 5 a.m., and the last bus from Gangnam
May 28, 2018
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Top justice vows to take right action on surveillance of judges
Supreme Court Chief Justice Kim Meong-su said on Monday he was “disappointed” at the recent findings that the judiciary under his predecessor had tried to make deals with the presidential office over trials to get its support to introduce a new appellate court.“I am sorry (the judiciary) has disappointed the people. I am disappointed as well,” Kim told reporters on his way to work. A special inquiry panel under the Supreme Court said in a report on Friday that it found more documents in which th
May 28, 2018
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Cyclists asked to walk their bikes at pedestrian crossings
Among cyclists, there is a common saying that no one owns the roads. Bicycles should be permitted on the roads as much as they are on bike paths, they argue. However, if the Eunpyeong district government has its way, they will soon have to get off their bikes when using pedestrian crossings. A warning sticker on the side of a pedestrian crossing in Yeokchon-dong, Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul, says “Get off your bike.”The northwestern district in Seoul issued a press release on Monday saying the district
May 28, 2018
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Ajou University creates ‘blended’ online-offline courses for MBA students
Ajou University Graduate School of Business offers courses that are available via online and in-class lectures, which the school says caters to the needs and convenience of office workers looking to study and is in keeping with the trend of the “fourth industrial revolution.”Ajou University was the first in the country to introduce the so-called “blended course” on 2000. As of 2018, 40 offline lectures and 30 online lectures are available each semester, making it possible for students to study a
May 28, 2018
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Over 200 students secretly filmed at studio
A studio photographer in his 20s was booked without detention over allegations that he sexually harassed his customers after secretly taking pictures up their skirts, police said Monday. According to Seodaemun Police Station, the 23-year-old photographer is being accused of forcibly touching body parts of 215 clients, who are all college students in the area, and secretly taking pictures up their skirts on 225 occasions between May 4 of last year and Feb. 2 at a studio in Sinchon. (Yonhap)Police
May 28, 2018
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[Weather] Daytime high to hit 29 C
Monday will see a high of 29 degrees Celsius despite the clouds covering most of the nation’s sky. Ozone saturation level is forecast to be in the “bad” range, with stagnant air causing fine dust levels to shoot up in west-central regions in the morning.The day’s low will hover between 10 C and12 C, with highs between 19 C and 29 C, slightly hotter than Sunday.In Jeju, light precipitation of between 5 to 20 mm is forecast to continue through the afternoon. The weather agency warned of wide diffe
May 28, 2018
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Two baseball players undergo police questioning over sexual assault allegations
INCHEON -- Two professional baseball players facing sexual assault allegations underwent police questioning on Monday, with one of them denying charges against him.Cho Sang-woo, a reliever for the Nexen Heroes, and Park Dong-won, a catcher for the same Korea Baseball Organization team, appeared at Incheon Namdong Police Station in Incheon, 40 kilometers west of Seoul, just before 10 a.m.The two are accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a team hotel in Incheon last Wednesday, with the Heroes
May 28, 2018
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Korean Air chief's wife grilled over alleged assaults
Police questioned the wife of the Korean Air Lines chairman Monday over multiple assault and abuse allegations.Lee Myung-hee, director of Ilwoo Foundation, appeared at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency at around 10 a.m.Wearing dark-colored attire and a blue muffler, she bowed her head and apologized."I am sorry for causing troubles. I will cooperate fully with the investigation," she said. She refused to answer any more questions from reporters. Lee Myung-hee, wife of Hanjin Group Chairman Ch
May 28, 2018