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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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Will tug-of-war between doctors, government end soon?
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Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth
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Trilateral talks acknowledge ‘serious’ slumps of won, yen
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[Graphic News] More Koreans say they plan long-distance trips this year
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[KH Explains] Hyundai's full hybrid edge to pay off amid slow transition to pure EVs
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North Korea removes streetlights along cross-border roads with South
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Russia's denial of entry of S. Korean national unrelated to bilateral ties: Seoul official
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Farming households dip below 1m for first time in 2023
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Power blogger Druking to appear in court in online opinion rigging scandal
The power blogger arrested in connection with alleged online opinion rigging scandal will appear in court on Wednesday. 123rfThe 48-year-old blogger surnamed Kim, known by his nickname “Druking,” is accused of masterminding an illegal online opinion rigging campaign. Kim was charged along with two accomplices on April 17 for ramping up the number of “agree” clicks on a local search engine -- an equivalent of Facebook’s “Like” -- for specific comments posted on news stories.The comments were cri
April 29, 2018
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Prosecutor quits after misusing parking lot for disabled
A prosecutor who misused parking space for the disabled has resigned after an inspection found he was having an extramarital affair.The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission received a complaint late last year that a vehicle without a disability decal was constantly occupying a parking lot for the disabled at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office.An inspection by the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office found that a prosecutor in the special investigation department had bought the car unde
April 27, 2018
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[Herald Interview] ‘South Korea should lead abolition of death penalty in Asia-Pacific’
South Korea has an unprecedented record when it comes to the death penalty, allowing a political prisoner on death row to become its president.Late President Kim Dae-jung, who was in office from 1998 to 2003, was sentenced to death in 1980, on treason charges.With a campaign by the international community and human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, Kim was able to leave the country for the United States two years later. Chiara Sangiorgio (Courtesy of Amnesty International)T
April 27, 2018
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[From the scene] Rightwing protestors claim ‘time to bomb NK’
PAJU, Gyeonggi Province – Hundreds of anti-North Korea protesters took to the streets just a few kilometers away from the site of the inter-Korean summit, calling for a hard-line stance on the North. Around 300 conservative protesters congregated near Imjingak in Paju, about 50 kilometers northwest of Seoul, to protest against President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s summit meeting. The protesters demand that Moon “stop the talk that only represents a false hope,” as he at
April 27, 2018
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[Trending] #PyongyangNaengmyeon #InterKoreanSummit #KimJongUn
A historic inter-Korean summit set social media on fire Friday morning, as trending bars on Twitter and search engines were plastered with the related keywords.Following is a list of the trending keywords that dominated social media and Korean online communities Friday morning: (Yonhap) #Pyongyang Naengmyeon Who would expect a bowl of cold noodles would become the top trending keyword for the inter-Korean summit? North Korean leader Kim Jong-un recommended the country’s traditional cold noodle,
April 27, 2018
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Prosecutors seek prison terms for 3 ex-spy chiefs in NIS fund scandal
Prosecutors on Thursday demanded five- to seven-year prison terms for former President Park Geun-hye's three spy chiefs for illegally providing her with money from state coffers while in office.Prosecutors from the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office asked the court to sentence Nam Jae-joon and Lee Byong-ho to seven years each and Lee Byung-kee to five years in jail.The former National Intelligence Service chiefs were indicted late last year on charges of bribery and loss of state funds f
April 26, 2018
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[Graphic News] Seoul population mobility rises
The number of people who moved from Seoul to other regions was 421,887 last month, which is more than 22,367 who moved to Seoul (398,720), according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea. Last year, the figure was the lowest in 43 years due largely to a rise in housing prices and rapid aging. Housing prices in Seoul rose sharply last year despite a series of measures to rein in surging prices, including tightened home mortgages.
April 26, 2018
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Mine blast leaves 3 dead, 3 others injured
An explosion at an iron mine in a northeastern provincial town has killed three workers and injured three others, causing chaos in the search for victims buried under tons of rubble.The accident happened at around 3:55 p.m., when blasting work was under way in a commercial mine run by a local iron ore producer in Jeongseon, Gangwon Province, about 150 kilometers east of Seoul. (Yonhap)Authorities earlier announced that 14 workers were buried under rock presumed to weigh at least 20-30 tons, but
April 26, 2018
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Woman jumps in front of Seoul Metro train
A woman believed to be in her 30s jumped in front of an incoming train at Oryu-dong Station at approximately 12:41 p.m. Thursday, in an apparent suicide. An engineer on the Seoul Metro Line No. 1 train involved in the accident reported to have hit the emergency brakes after seeing “someone jump into the subway tracks,” but could not avoid the fatal accident due to the short distance. Oryu-dong Station (Yonhap)Korail authorities said the accident caused approximately 20-minute delays to subway se
April 26, 2018
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[Feature] Seoul City Wall: Where modern meets the ancient
Seoul’s residents are familiar with the Seoul City Wall, a prominent man-made attraction in the capital city of South Korea. Initially constructed in 1396, the 18.6-kilometer circuit inner wall surrounded Hanyang, modern day Seoul, providing four main entry points into the capital of Hanyang. Part of the Seoul City Wall is located near Inwangsan in Sajik-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul. Photo: Seoul Metropolitan GovernmentTo complete the task in less than 100 days, some 197,400 laborers were mobilized fo
April 26, 2018
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Govt., ruling party discuss Busan's bid for 2030 World Expo
The government and ruling Democratic Party on Thursday discussed a proposal to designate the bid by the southern port city of Busan to host the 2030 World Expo as a state project, party officials said.Busan, the country's second largest city, 450 kilometers south of Seoul, has been pushing for the designation to boost its bid to host the event overseen by the Bureau International des Exposition, an intergovernmental body headquartered in Paris.The 2030 edition will be a larger-scale "sanctioned"
April 26, 2018
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Man accused of stabbing woman after attempted rape
A man in his 50s was arrested Wednesday after allegedly causing serious injury to a woman he had tried to sexually assault, Jeonju Police said.The 59-year-old man, surnamed Park, is accused of stabbing the dental hygienist in the chest at a dental clinic in Hyoja-dong in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, at 4:03 p.m. Saturday. (Yonhap)The woman said she was attacked while trying to fight off Park during an attempted rape and he fled the scene immediately after the knife attack. The victim reported
April 26, 2018
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Prosecution rejects warrant to access lawmaker's phone, bank account in opinion rigging scandal probe
The prosecution rejected a police request for a warrant to access mobile phone and bank account records of a key ruling party lawmaker linked to an influential blogger accused of rigging Internet comments for political purposes, police officials said Thursday.Police filed the request for a warrant to trace phone call records and bank accounts of Rep. Kim Kyoung-soo of the ruling Democratic Party on Tuesday, but the prosecution turned down the request, saying such a warrant is not deemed necessar
April 26, 2018
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Man arrested for using penalty poker to assault 3 people
A suspect in his 20s who assaulted three people while playing a card game of “penalty poker” has been arrested.Gwangju Dongbu Police Station said Thursday they had apprehended the 22-year-old man, surnamed Lee, on charges of assault.Lee is accused of assaulting three underclassmen, including a 19-year-old whom he hit with a broomstick and struck on the head with a weapon on April 3.The 19-year-old is expected to be hospitalized for six weeks. (123RF)The suspect appears to have been motivated by
April 26, 2018
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Suicide No. 1 cause of death for S. Korean teens, youths
SEJONG -- Suicide was the No. 1 cause of death among teens and young people in South Korea in 2016, with the suicide rate rising over the past decade, a report showed Thursday.According to the report by Statistics Korea, the suicide rate per 100,000 for those aged 9-24 stood at 7.8 in 2016, up from 7.4 in 2003 and 7.2 in 2015. The corresponding figure was 10.3 in 2009.In 2006, traffic accidents topped the list with a rate of 6.4 per 100,000, with suicide coming in second at 6.0, the report showe
April 26, 2018
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S. Korea lowers bird flu alert status
South Korea has downgraded its bird flu alert status and lifted a movement ban on local poultry farms as no additional cases have been reported in over a month, the agriculture ministry said Thursday.The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said it lowered the avian influenza alert status from "serious" to "caution" and released a standstill order on farms in 20 regions.South Korea strengthened bird flu quarantine measures to prevent further spread of the animal disease since the firs
April 26, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Top court finalizes prison term for Park’s aide
The Supreme Court on Thursday finalized an 18-month prison term for an aide to former President Park Geun-hye for leaking confidential presidential documents to Park’s friend at the center of a massive corruption scandal.It was the first Supreme Court verdict on a case implicating Park as an accomplice in the influence-peddling scandal that led to her impeachment and removal from office last year.Jeong Ho-seong was indicted last November for providing 47 classified documents, under Park’s instru
April 26, 2018
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Police try to raid broadcaster after reporter booked for stealing tablet computer
Police tried to raid broadcaster TV Chosun on Wednesday after one of its reporters was booked for stealing a tablet computer and a mobile phone from a publishing firm run by a blogger at the center of an opinion-rigging probe. The 48-year-old blogger, surnamed Kim but better known by his nickname "Druking", has been charged along with two other suspects for masterminding the massive illegal rigging of Internet comments. Police officials are blocked by reporters of TV Chosun at the broadcaster's
April 25, 2018
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Ex-prosecutor in 'Me Too' case indicted without detention
Prosecutors said Wednesday they have indicted a former senior prosecutor without physical detention for unfairly disadvantaging his female junior colleague for raising sexual misconduct allegations against him.The special prosecution team in charge of the case said it charged Ahn Tae-geun with abuse of power.He has been under investigation since early this year after Seo Ji-hyeon, a district attorney, made a revelation via a television interview that Ahn groped her during a funeral dinner in 201
April 25, 2018
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Man found dead after being sucked into waste pipes
A man in his 30s was found dead after being sucked into an automated vacuum collection system while during a routine check, Namyangju Fire Department said Tuesday. The 38-year-old man, surnamed Cho, fell into the pipe that leads to the underground AVAC system in a residential area of Byulnae, Gyeonggi Province, at 3:25 p.m. Tuesday. Despite a neighbor’s immediate call for help, dispatched fire authorities reportedly found Cho’s body 100 meters from the entrance of the pipe after a two-hour searc
April 25, 2018