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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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No reports of Korean casualties in Hawaii quake, volcanic eruption: ministry
South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Saturday that there have been no reports of South Korean casualties in the aftermath of earthquakes and a volcanic eruption in Hawaii that have forced many islanders and tourists to evacuate.Volcanic ash is spreading from Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano on Friday, after a quake hit the island. (Yonhap)"We are currently trying to ascertain if there is any damage on our nationals and residents," a ministry official said, declining to be named. "There are no
May 5, 2018
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[Weekender] Children’s Day: A celebration of childhood
“May is green, we are growing. Today is the Children’s Day, It is our world” -- so goes a song celebrating the occasion. Children’s Day was first introduced here in 1923 by independence and children’s rights activist Bang Jeong-hwan, and has been celebrated on May 5 since 1945.The day was given legal status with the legislation of the Child Welfare Act in 1961, and designated a public holiday in 1975. The act, which also designates May 1 to 7 as “Children’s Week,” states that Children’s Day is d
May 4, 2018
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[Weekender] Unwed single mothers battle against harsh reality
When Park Song became pregnant some five years ago, the father of her child changed his number and stopped responding to her messages. The 32-year-old was unmarried. Her mother had passed away, and her father was ill. She had nowhere to turn for support.“All of the mother-and-baby shelters in Seoul were full at the time,” the 32-year-old told The Korea Herald. “I had to go to a pastor’s house in Busan, and later moved into a shelter in the same city.”When her son, Si-hoo, was born, she managed t
May 4, 2018
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Ediya Coffee terminates contract with Korean Air heiresses
Ediya Coffee has terminated its franchise contract with Korean Air Lines’ heiresses Cho Hyun-min and Cho Hyun-ah over the “water rage” scandal.On the coffee chain’s official website, CEO Moon Chang-gi said in a written statement that the two sisters’ ownership of Ediya Coffee shops had marred the company’s reputation significantly, and it had notified them of the termination of their franchise contract on Wednesday. It has reached an agreement with the two to close the stores by June 30. (Yonha
May 4, 2018
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[Weekender] Singing for diversity in one voice
Krishjun Banavali, 11, has faced racial discrimination here just because his skin is darker than others. His mother Lee Sang-hee is a Korean who married an Indian national. Their son speaks both Korean and English fluently and attends a local elementary school. “There are so many prejudices against multicultural families that we must be helped and cared for. The word ‘multicultural’ itself may be full of prejudices,” said Lee. The hurtful words about his skin color affected Krishjun, but after 2
May 4, 2018
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Police seek arrest warrant for Korean Air chief's daughter over alleged assault
Police on Friday requested a court warrant to arrest a daughter of Korean Air Lines Co.'s chairman over an alleged assault.The Seoul Gangseo Police Station said they filed for the writ against Cho Hyun-min, who was a senior executive of the company, on charges of assault and obstruction of business. Cho has been under investigation over allegations that she threw a glass cup of water at an advertising company official during a business meeting in March because she was upset about the way the man
May 4, 2018
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Ex-Park aide released after serving jail term over corruption scandal
A former aide to ousted President Park Geun-hye was released from prison Friday after serving an 18-month sentence over the massive corruption scandal that saw his boss be stripped of power early last year. Jeong Ho-seong, a former secretary at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae, left the Seoul Southern District Detention Center at about 5 a.m. Friday. He is the first person to have been freed after serving the full sentence out of dozens of others implicated in the influence-peddling and cor
May 4, 2018
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Former aide to Moon grilled over suspected role in Internet comment rigging
A ruling party lawmaker and former aide to President Moon Jae-in was questioned by police on Friday over alleged involvement in the manipulation of online news comments led by a power blogger.Rep. Kim Kyoung-soo of the Democratic Party appeared at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency at around 10 a.m., two days after police formally subpoenaed him. "I will explain myself fully, with confidence and without a single doubt," he told reporters. (Yonhap)Police are to question him as a witness in the
May 4, 2018
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Warrants denied for 3 suspects in Samsung union probe
The court on Thursday rejected the prosecution’s request for warrants to detain an executive of Samsung Electronics’ after-sales service affiliate and two chiefs of its partner firms over their alleged attempts to sabotage labor union activities. The executive of Samsung Electronics Service, surnamed Yun, is suspected of leading an operation to bring down the union from July 2013 to late 2015. The Seoul Central District Court said it is “difficult to acknowledge the reasons
May 3, 2018
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Over 200,000 sign petition for harsher punishment to child rapists
The number of people petitioning on the Blue House website for more severe punishment for child rapists and pornographers surpassed the 200,000 mark Thursday, which may force the presidential office to respond to the matter, reports said. Cheong Wa Dae has pledged to give a response to petitions that have gained more than 200,000 signatures in a month. The above petition was posted on April 15 and had garnered 202,467 supporters as of 3:10 p.m. Thursday. Titled “Help save our children who fall
May 3, 2018
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Young Koreans more likely to leave work on time: data
Younger generations in Korea tend to leave work on time rather than stay late, according to data compiled by a local credit card company.Around 42.8 percent of workers in their 30s made payment on transportation between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. after leaving work, BC Card announced Thursday, based on analysis of its credit card user data.Meanwhile, only 31.6 percent of those in their 40s and 25.6 percent of 50-somethings made transportation payments via card during that time, BC Card said. In South Kor
May 3, 2018
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Police grill two lawyers in opinion-rigging scandal
Police on Thursday questioned two lawyers in connection with an influential blogger charged with rigging online comments on news articles about the Moon Jae-in administration.The blogger, who goes by the alias “Druking,” was arrested and indicted last month for allegedly using a computer program to boost the number of “likes” for comments critical of the government in January.Once an avid supporter of Moon, Druking requested Rep. Kim Kyoung-soo of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea have two la
May 3, 2018
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Mother suspected of abandoning son’s body in shopping bag
A mother in her 20s is being probed under suspicion of abandoning the body of her infant boy in a shopping bag, Gyeonggi Hwaseong police said Thursday. The 26-year-old suspect, surnamed Kim, is accused of abandoning her baby boy inside a shopping bag, shortly after she gave birth to him, at her fifth floor studio apartment rooftop in Osan, Gyeonggi Province in mid-March. According to police, Kim showed detailed planning of the crime, citing the second time she returned to the site in order to wr
May 3, 2018
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[Video] Sudden hail rains down on Seoul
Hail rained down suddenly on Seoul around 1 p.m., Thursday, catching pedestrians out for lunch off guard.The sky that had been clear in the morning clouded over, and with thunder came the heavy drumming of hail and rain.The rain is forecast to stop Friday, but strong winds will bring down felt temperatures to below 5 degrees Celsius in the morning.(Lim Jeong-yeo/The Korea Herald)(Lim Jeong-yeo/The Korea Herald)(Lim Jeong-yeo/The Korea Herald)By Lim Jeong-yeo (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)
May 3, 2018
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National Fire Agency vows zero tolerance for violence against rescue workers
The National Fire Agency vowed Thursday to not tolerate violence against rescue workers after a female firefighter died of a stroke believed to be linked to stress from verbal and physical abuse she suffered from a drunken man.The 51-year-old rescue worker, Kang Yeon-hee, died Tuesday, about a month after the 48-year-old man, surnamed Yoon, cursed and slapped her on the head and the face as he was taken by ambulance to a hospital in the southwestern city of Iksan.Kang began vomiting and experien
May 3, 2018
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Korea to change passport design from 2020
The South Korean passport cover will shed its green color and change to a navy shade for the first time in 32 years. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced Wednesday that it aims to launch the new passport design in 2020. The design, by Seoul National University professor Kim Soo-jung, was the winner of the 2007 contest to pick designs to improve the current Korean passport. The current Korean passport on the left, the new design on the right. (Yonhap)Opinions have abounded in the
May 3, 2018
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[Weather] Wind and rain bring down temperature, drive out fine dust
The sky cleared up in Seoul on Thursday morning, with the lowest fine dust levels seen in days. Thicker outerwear is recommended, as the previous day’s rain has cooled temperatures and strong winds are expected to continue throughout the day. Clear sky on Thursday morning in Korea (Yonhap)Light rainfall of no more than 5 millimeters is forecast across the nation in the afternoon in eastern and northern Gyeonggi Province, Gangwon Province and Northern Chungcheong Province. The rain will be spora
May 3, 2018
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Air pollution kills 7 million people a year: WHO
Toxic levels of pollution leads annually to the early death of an estimated 7 million people, according to a new World Health Organization report.Nine of 10 people around the world are exposed to dangerously high levels of pollutants that can lead to cancer and cardiovascular diseases, according to the study, which drew off the most-recent 2016 data. (Yonhap)Air pollution levels were the highest in the eastern Mediterranean and southeast Asia, where in some areas airborne toxins were five times
May 3, 2018
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Prosecutor who ignited #MeToo in Korea condemns prosecution’s sexual assault probe
Seo Ji-hyun, the prosecutor whose disclosure of sexual misconduct by a senior Justice Ministry official ignited a nationwide #MeToo movement here, strongly condemned the prosecution’s independent team for its lax investigation.Calling it cursory work, Seo said Tuesday the investigation team had lacked the will to look thoroughly into the sexual misconduct case she had brought against former senior Justice Ministry official Ahn Tae-geun in January. The prosecution last week indicted former senior
May 2, 2018
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Prosecution mulls forfeiture of gains from embezzlement
Prosecutors are looking at ways to forfeit criminal proceeds from embezzlement, in addition to bribes, drawing attention to whether more of former President Lee Myung-bak’s assets will be put on hold.The Seoul Central District Court last month approved the prosecution’s request to freeze 11.1 billion won ($10.3 million) worth of Lee’s assets, matching the amount of kickbacks he is accused of having received.The court said the decision forbids Lee from making any transactions on those assets, inc
May 2, 2018