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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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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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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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Students with history of violence will be barred from becoming teachers
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Govt. asks hospitals to mitigate impact of medical professors' absence
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Samsung mocks Apple over iPhone alarm glitch
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'Seoul fell behind in fourth industrial revolution era': Ahn Cheol-soo
The next Seoul Metropolitan Government should pay closer attention to the “fourth industrial revolution” as part of measures to create more jobs, Seoul mayoral candidate Ahn Cheol-soo said Monday at a meeting with Seoul-based foreign journalists. Ahn Cheol-soo of the minor opposition Bareumirae Party speaks Monday at a meeting with Seoul-based foreign journalists in Seoul. YonhapAhn of the minor center-right opposition Bareunmirae Party who has been outspoken in denouncing the liberal Seoul mayo
June 4, 2018
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Experts call for unified monitoring system to check radioactive bed mattresses
Experts on Monday called on the government to come up with a unified system to monitor radioactive bed mattresses after Daijin Bed Co. products were found to release radon that exceeds set safety standards."Several government agencies, such as the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission, the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Health and Welfare, are all handling policies related to radioactive substances, such as radon," said Cho Seung-yeon, professor at Yonsei University. "It is vital t
June 4, 2018
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Man makes W2b from advertising prostitution: police
Police officers on Monday have finally tracked down the suspect, who allegedly brokered prostitution by promoting 150 sex trade places, after four months of surveillance. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, the 30-year-old suspect, surnamed Choi, is being charged with violating the nation’s Act on the Punishment of Acts of Arranging Sexual Traffic.He is accused of having advertised 150 prostitution places operating in clandestine locations of karaoke parlors and rental apartments
June 4, 2018
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Koreans' average level of life satisfaction found to be 6.4 out of 10
Koreans gave an average score of 6.4 on a 0 to 10 scale for the level of satisfaction with their quality life, a government survey showed Monday.Hankook Research conducted the inaugural survey from May 15-21 after being commissioned by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. 1,500 adult respondents were asked how satisfied they were with their life. According to the survey, life satisfaction level was in inverse proportion to age: people aged 19-29 were most content with their life with an
June 4, 2018
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'Nut rage' Korean Air heiress probed over smuggling, tax-dodging allegations
INCHEON -- A former vice president of Korean Air Lines Co., notorious for her tantrum over nuts that delayed a flight in 2014, appeared at the customs office on Monday to be questioned over smuggling and tax evasion allegations. Cho Hyun-ah, 44, showed up at the Incheon Main Customs, west of Seoul, at around 10 a.m. She bowed her head and said, "I am sorry." The eldest daughter of Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Yang-ho is suspected of bringing personal goods purchased overseas into the country withou
June 4, 2018
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Court set to decide on arrest of Korean Air chief's wife
A Seoul court on Monday held a hearing to review the prosecution's request for an arrest warrant for the wife of the chief of Korean Air Lines Co.Lee Myung-hee, 69, is accused of taking advantage of her status to routinely assault, insult and injure people."I am sorry," she told reporters before she entered the Seoul Central District Court to attend the arraignment hearing.Prosecutors filed for her arrest warrant late Thursday. The court is expected to deliver its decision late Monday or early T
June 4, 2018
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One injured in building collapse in Yongsan
A four-story building in Seoul collapsed unexpectedly at 12:35 p.m. on Sunday, leaving one woman injured. According to the police, a building located in Yongsan-gu, central Seoul, completely toppled down for reasons yet unknown. One resident on the fourth floor surnamed Lee, 68, was injured in the accident and was transferred to a nearby hospital. (Yonhap)The restaurants on the first and second floors of the building were closed and only Lee, among the four residents on the third and fourth floo
June 3, 2018
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[Graphic News] 12% of young children use smartphones every day: survey
Around 39 percent of children aged between 2 and 5 watch TV daily and 12 percent use smartphones every day, according to Ajou University Hospital, which surveyed the parents of 350 young children. Forty-eight percent of the children watch TV for an hour a day on average, and 66.5 percent had watched TV before they reached the age of 2. The survey also revealed that 36.5 percent use smartphones more than four days a week, and 12.2 percent had been exposed to mobile phones before they were 12 mo
June 3, 2018
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Missing scuba diver found dead off Yangyang coast
A man who went missing on Saturday while scuba diving in waters off Yangyang, Gangwon Province, has been found dead Sunday morning, Sokcho maritime police said. According to Sokcho Coast Guard, a scuba diver discovered the 48-year-old victim, surnamed Choi, floating in the waters 1 kilometer northeast of Dongsan-myeon at approximately 10:30 a.m., Sunday. (Yonhap)Choi was reported last seen scuba diving near the discovery point on Saturday. Marine authorities said they used one helicopter, two p
June 3, 2018
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Feminist activists protest topless, Facebook Korea apologizes
Members of a feminist activist group held a shirtless protest against Facebook Korea on Saturday for its “sexually discriminatory” policy that led it to deleting photographs of their topless bodies taken during a previous protest. Facebook Korea on Sunday apologized for the deletions and restored the posts that it had deleted.In front of the Facebook Korea office building in Gangnam, Seoul, 10 female activists of Fire Femi Action took their shirt off, chanting, “My body is not porn.” Activists
June 3, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Judges call for prosecutorial probe over ex-Supreme Court chief
The Supreme Court is embroiled in a swirling controversy after an investigation panel revealed that the judiciary under former Supreme Court Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae had used politically sensitive trials to make a deal with the presidential office in return for support for establishing a new appellate court. The ever-widening scandal has sparked unprecedented calls from judges to conduct prosecutorial probes into the judicial bodies. Judges in Uijeongbu District Court in Gyeonggi Province hel
June 3, 2018
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Teacher commits lewd acts in front of students
A Busan court on Sunday said it found a male high school teacher guilty of lewd behavior allegations and issued him a fine. The monetary sentence, however, has been suspended. The teacher in his 50s was accused of confiscating his 17-year-old student’s mobile phone and placing it in and out of his underwear about 10 times at the high school where he was teaching in March 2017. (Yonhap)As some 60 students encircled him, the teacher reportedly undid his belt, put the student’s phone in his underw
June 3, 2018
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Forgers of foreign luxury brands caught in Busan
Two people have been arrested for selling no-brand garments as foreign luxury brand clothes by replacing their labels.Busan Dongbu Police Station said Sunday that it has booked the two in their 40s without detention on the charge of infringement of Trademark Act and fraud.The suspects are accused of selling hundreds of items of clothing worth just tens of thousands of won as big-name brand clothing worth up to millions of won apiece since 2004. (Yonhap)They have reportedly changed the labels to
June 3, 2018
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Data shows more people quitting jobs involuntarily
Some 327,500 people lost their jobs in the January-April period this year due to staff downsizing by their employers or company financial troubles, up 6.1 percent from the same period last year, government data showed Sunday.The government tallies this group of people, considered involuntarily unemployed, by counting those who report a loss of company insurance. The total spiked this year after being 304,900 in 2015, 300,900 in 2016 and 308,600 in 2017.People who left their jobs this year said t
June 3, 2018
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Korea's older senior employment rate tops OECD countries
South Korea's proportion of employed older seniors was the highest among countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), but that of young people remained at the bottom due to the country's low social safety net and the tightened job market, a report showed Saturday.According to the report by the OECD, the employment rate for those aged 75 and older in South Korea stood at 18.1 percent in 2016, topping the list of 16 OECD countries with available data.South Korea h
June 2, 2018
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[Weekender] From roughing it to catered camp sites
In a heavily urbanized country where five-day week was introduced less than two decades ago, camping has only been a common leisure activity since the late 2000s.However, when something takes off in Korea, it takes off. The number of people enjoying camping has increased dramatically over the years. According to a Statistics Korea estimates, the number of Korean campers broke the 5 million mark in 2016. In comparison, the country’s population came to just over 51 million in the same year. Along
June 1, 2018
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Ex-Supreme Court chief denies suspicions of using trials for bargaining
Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae on Friday disavowed involvement in the top court's alleged use of politically sensitive trials as bargaining chips in its dealings with the presidential office over organizational changes.An internal Supreme Court probe revealed that the National Court Administration under the top court wrote a report in March 2015 on how to take advantage of high-profile cases in persuading senior presidential aides into supporting then-Chief Justice Yang's plan
June 1, 2018
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Man caught secretly filming women at university library
Police said Friday that they booked a man without detention for secretly taking pictures of women at a library in Korea University in Seongbuk-gu, northern Seoul.According to police, a man in his 30s, only identified by his surname Kim, was arrested at the scene around 8:30 p.m. Thursday, upon a victim’s police report. Kim’s smartphone contained more than 10 photos of women taken Thursday. (Yonhap)Police have confiscated the smartphone and requested a digital forensic procedure to be carried ou
June 1, 2018
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US-N. Korea summit email used to spread malware in S. Korea
Emails with an attachment containing a malware virus have spread across South Korea by using the summit meeting between North Korea and the United States as a form of bait, US networking company Cisco Systems said Friday.The emails with an attached Hangul Word Processor document, with the title translated in English as "prospect and preparations for US-N.Korea summit," were sent to Naver Mail accounts, the email service of Naver Corp., South Korea's top Internet portal operator, the company said
June 1, 2018
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Korean firefighter saves emergency patient on plane to Nepal
An off-duty Korean firefighter on a plane bound for Kathmandu, Nepal, rescued an emergency patient who was suffering from acute chest pain and had difficulty breathing.Jeongseon Fire Station in Gangwon Province said Friday that the story of the exemplary officer was spreading and earning praise. Firefighter Jeong Won-yong, 35, was heading to Nepal for a holiday on May 11, when he heard an in-flight announcement searching for a person with a medical background who could help an emergency patient.
June 1, 2018