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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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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Hagwon chief booked for having sex with student
Police has launched a probe on the head of hagwon, or a private academy, in South Gyeongsang Province for having sex with a middle school student.Police said Wednesday that it has booked the suspect without detention on charges of violating the Act on the Protection of Children and Juveniles from Sexual Abuse. The hagwon head had sexual intercourse with the student in April. The student’s parents witnessed the scene and filed a report to police. (123RF)The student and the suspect claimed during
May 2, 2018
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80% of Koreans support #MeToo movement
Four in 5 Koreans said they support the #MeToo movement, according to survey results released Wednesday.In a poll of 1,013 citizens and 70 gender policy experts conducted last month by the Korea Women’s Development Institute, 79.8 percent of the citizens said they support the movement against sexual harassment and assault.Some 14.4 percent of the citizens said they did not support it.Over 7 in 10 citizens said the public’s level of interest in sexual harassment, sexual violence and gender discri
May 2, 2018
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Suwon to tackle heat, fine dust with ‘green curtains’
Suwon City has started its ‘Green Curtain’ project to cover building facades with plants, as a way to lower indoor temperatures and the level of fine dust in the atmosphere.The city government plans to install green curtains at 23 institutions in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province by the end of May, including the city hall building, district offices and several elementary schools. Pictured is an outer wall of a house with green curtains. (Yonhap)Green curtains refer to climbing plants which are planted o
May 2, 2018
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Ministry to announce new guidelines for high school history textbooks in July
The Ministry of Education plans to announce new guidelines for high school history textbooks in about two months, its officials said Wednesday, in what will likely stir another heated debate over some of the politically controversial events.The ministry released a draft proposal Wednesday made by its affiliated research institute on writing guidelines to be used for middle school and high school students starting 2020.The draft will be reviewed by a committee made up of government officials, edu
May 2, 2018
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1 in 4 Busan town buses violate maintenance rules
More than a quarter of local village buses in Busan violated maintenance rules, data showed Monday. Of 285 buses, the inspection identified 72 buses in violation of the related rules. The inspection was conducted by the Busan Metropolitan Government, Korea Transportation Safety Authority Busan Headquarters and Busan Village Bus Association. (123RF)Defects included malfunctions in door and lighting systems, wear and tear on tires, scratches and corrosion of vehicle frames, discoloration in painti
May 2, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Korean Air heiress denies assault allegations in 'water rage' probe
Cho Hyun-min, a former senior executive of South Korea's largest airline and a daughter of its chief, has denied allegations that she physically assaulted an advertising agency official during a business meeting in March, police said Wednesday.Cho Hyun-min, an heiress to Korean Air Lines Co., is surrounded by reporters on her way back from the Seoul Gangseo Police Station on May 2, 2018, after undergoing police questioning over assault allegations. (Yonhap)The 35-year-old is under police investi
May 2, 2018
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[Breaking] 8 dead, 11 injured in bus accident
Eight people were killed and 11 others injured after a bus clashed with a passenger vehicle, police said Tuesday. Local police said the bus carrying 14 workers and a driver collided with a Korando passenger vehicle about 5:21 p.m. in Yeongam County, South Jeolla Province. The 14 passengers on the bus were returning from their farm work and were mostly elderly. The police said the driver and three people of the passenger SUV vehicle was also injured in the accident. (Yonhap) Rescue crews work at
May 1, 2018
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Teacher under fire for ‘abusive’ punishment
An elementary school teacher in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province, has come under fire for allegedly forcing two students to slap one another as part of a punishment, Gumi education authorities said Tuesday. According to the Gumi Office of Education, the physical education teacher is accused of telling two sixth-graders to play rock-paper-scissors and then making the winner slap the other person. The teacher had reportedly made the students do so whenever they lost a sports competition. Parents ha
May 1, 2018
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Fire sets packaging printer factory ablaze
A fire broke out late Monday night at a packaging printer factory in Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province and was finally extinguished after six hours, fire authorities said Tuesday. It is said the fire started at approximately 11:26 p.m. Monday and extinguished at 5:50 a.m. Tuesday. No casualties were reported. Yeoju authorities issued a one-phase warning, calling on some 80 firefighters and 37 firefighting vehicles to the site. The fire department of the city said that the fire burnt through ten buildings
May 1, 2018
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Police, civic activists clash over statue for forced labor victims in Busan
BUSAN -- Police clashed Tuesday with activists who attempted to erect a statue symbolizing Korean victims of forced labor under Japan's colonial rule in front of the Japanese Consulate in the southern city of Busan.Some 100 activists began to move the statue of a gaunt Korean laborer toward the Japanese mission late Monday despite disapproval by the local government.About 500 police officers blocked them some 100 meters from the location and their standoff continued through the night.Early Monda
May 1, 2018
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'Father' of US taekwondo dies at 88
Rhee Jhoon-goo, known as the "Father of American taekwondo," died of acute pneumonia in the United States, a local group said Tuesday. He was 88.He died at a hospital in Virginia on Monday (local time), according to the International Leaders Union, which he headed. Taekwondo master Rhee Jhoon-goo demonstrates his skill at a US Congress building in Washington, D.C. in this undated file photo. (Yonhap)Rhee is credited with having introduced the Korean traditional martial art to the American people
May 1, 2018
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Hanjin founding family members to be grilled over smuggling allegation: customs chief
The chief of the country's customs office said Monday that founding family members of Korea Air Lines Co. are likely to be interrogated over their alleged smuggling.The office has been investigating allegations that family members of Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Yang-ho, also chairman of Korean Air, have smuggled luxury goods into the country without properly paying duties.Last week, the Korea Customs Service carried out a search of the airline's headquarters over the suspicion raised by some forme
April 30, 2018
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[Newsmaker] ‘Spycam porn’ victims support program launched in South Korea
The South Korean government’s first-ever measures to support victims of online and digital sexual violence, including those who have been affected by so-called “spycam porn” or “revenge porn,” took effect Monday. The measures include a government agency deleting, upon victims’ requests, spycam or revenge porn footage that has been illegally uploaded online. “We hope that victims of digital and online sexual violence can go back to their normal lives as soon as possible and no longer feel that th
April 30, 2018
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More medical disputes mediated under ‘Shin Hae-chul Act’
More medical disputes are being negotiated since the enactment of a revised law that allows a state-run agency to begin mediation for medical malpractice without the consent of hospitals or doctors.The “Shin Hae-chul law,” named after the singer who suddenly died following a controversial stomach surgery in 2014, went into effect in late 2016.The surgeon who did not provide proper care to singer Shin Hae-chul after an abdominal surgery in 2014 is arrested in this file photo. (Yonhap)According to
April 30, 2018
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Body found in septic tank appears to match that of Philippine worker
HWASEONG, Gyeonggi Province -- The skeletal remains of a man found early this month in a septic tank at a coating plant south of Seoul appear to be those of a Philippine man in his early 30s who is believed to have been murdered by a compatriot colleague, police said Monday.The Western Police Station in Hwaseong, a city in Gyeonggi Province, has confirmed the man is a Philippine national, based on DNA samples obtained from his family via the Philippine Embassy in Seoul. This undated photo shows
April 30, 2018
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Bar worker found guilty of selling fake hard liquor
A man in his 20s was given a suspended jail term and ordered to pay a fine for manufacturing more than a hundred bottles filled with fake hard liquor gathered from client’s leftovers, the Busan District Court said Monday. The 29-year-old bar employee in Daegu was sentenced to serve 10 months in prison suspended for two years and pay the collected penalty of 2.2 million won ($2,061). The defendant faced charges of violating the Food Sanitation Act and Trademark Act after police discovered that he
April 30, 2018
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Appeals court keeps 20-year jail term for teenager in kidnapping, murder of child
A Seoul appellate court on Monday retained the 20-year prison term for a teenager charged with kidnapping and killing an eight-year-old girl, while reducing her accomplice's life sentence to 13 years.The Seoul High Court made the decision for the 18-year-old defendant and main culprit surnamed Kim. It lowered the sentence for her 20-year-old accomplice surnamed Park, clearing her of the collusion charge and finding her guilty of being an accessory.The court also retained the earlier verdict requ
April 30, 2018
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77% of female public officials see sexism in promotions: survey
Nearly 4 in 5 (77.4 percent) female officials at central government ministries said there is gender discrimination in promotions, according to survey results released Monday.Some 64.5 percent of male civil servants said, however, there is no gender discrimination in promotions, revealing a gap in perception between the genders.Women picked the “male-oriented organizational culture” (29.8 percent) and “disadvantage for taking maternity leave or child care leave” (22.4 percent) as the key reasons
April 30, 2018
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Man in dress and heels arrested for robbery
A man in his 40s dressed up as a woman was arrested for stealing clothes from a shop.Yeosu Police Station in South Jeolla Province said Monday that it apprehended the man for robbery on Saturday.The suspect is accused of breaking into a clothing store when it was closed and stealing women’s clothing.(123RF)He reportedly went into the shop through a back door and stole clothes worth 100,000 won ($94) around 12:10 a.m. Saturday. He faces a few more similar charges.The suspect was initially caught
April 30, 2018
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[Weather] Glimpse of early summer, fine dust level ‘unhealthy’
Fine dust level is expected to be “unhealthy” for most of the nation including Seoul, Daegu, Ulsan and Busan, on Monday.The Korean Meteorological Agency said that the fine dust level is likely to be “unhealthy” in the morning but likely to improve gradually from the south in the afternoon with higher atmospheric dispersion from the south. (Yonhap)As of 5 a.m., temperatures were 14.8 degrees Celsius in Seoul, 13.8 C in Incheon, 14.1 C in Suwon, 15.8 in Jeonju and 16.8 C in Busan.Monday’s daytime
April 30, 2018