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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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Korean hiker dies while trekking on US Pacific Crest Trail
LOS ANGELES -- A South Korean man died of a cardiovascular problem while trekking last week on a long-distance route in the western United States, the South Korean Consulate General in Los Angeles said Thursday, urging people to refrain from extreme exertion.The 65-year-old man, whose name was not released, collapsed on Friday while walking on a mountain road in the vicinity of San Diego, California, on the Pacific Crest Trail, which runs 2,663 miles from the US-Mexico border through California,
April 19, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Arrest warrant of ex-prosecutor in high-profile 'Me Too' case dismissed
A Seoul court on Wednesday denied an arrest warrant for a former senior prosecutor accused of unfairly disadvantaging his junior colleague for raising sexual misconduct allegations against him. The Seoul Central District Court dismissed the prosecution's request to arrest Ahn Tae-geun, a former prosecuting attorney, who is accused of abusing his power to punish a junior prosecutor for having raised sexual allegations against him in the past."There are areas of contention of whether a crime has b
April 18, 2018
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Police raid ad firm in probe of Korean Air heiress
Police raided an advertisement company Wednesday in a probe into allegations that a daughter of the Korean Air Lines Co. chief threw water at the agency's employee during a business meeting.Cho Hyun-min, a Korean Air senior executive and younger daughter of Chairman Cho Yang-ho, was booked and banned from overseas travel on Tuesday. Cho Hyun-min (Yonhap)Cho is accused of yelling at the ad firm manager and of throwing water at his face during a meeting last month. She has denied the claim and in
April 18, 2018
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700 Indonesian consumers visit Erom Natural Raw Meal factory in Chuncheon
Erom, a company which specializes in healthy food, has unveiled its production line for Erom Natural Raw Meal and its research and development institution in Chuncheon to multinational global business executives and overseas consumers.Major employees of PT KK Indonesia and about 700 consumers of the product from Indonesia visited the Erom Chuncheon plant this month to observe the production process. Indonesian consumers visit the Erom Natural Raw Meal plant in Chuncheon, Gangwon ProvinceErom Nat
April 18, 2018
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[Photo News] Coming inter-Korean summit draws foreign interest
A crowd of foreign visitors were spotted Wednesday at the historical site of Imjingak in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, ahead of the two Koreas’ summit scheduled for April 27.Imjingak is the 20,000-square-meter area about 50 kilometers northwest from Seoul. In vicinity of the border with the North, Imjingak represents the grief of the 1950-53 Korean War that tore the country in half. In 1972, cultural spaces were prepared in the area to honor those who had lost their hometowns due to the division of t
April 18, 2018
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Abandoned dog in mart locker invites public fury
A recent incident in which a pet owner left his dog inside a Lotte Mart pet locker in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province has sparked a row between animal welfare groups and the authorities, with many people calling for an end to animal abuse in Korea. Animal activists have criticized the pet owner for reportedly abandoning the poodle inside the small, cramped locker for nine hours, marking it as “pure abuse.” Other people, however, have spoken on behalf of the pet owner, claiming that the lockers at
April 18, 2018
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Short track gold medalist joins #MeToo movement
Former short track speedskating champion Choi Min-kyung has pressed charges against her boss for sexual assault.Choi, who won a gold medal in the 3,000-meter short track relay at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, now works at the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee.In a complaint filed with police on Tuesday, Choi said her boss at KSOC had wrapped her arms around Choi’s neck and kissed her in a karaoke room during a get-together with colleagues in July last year.Choi said it was extremely unpleasan
April 18, 2018
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Couple dies in apartment fall
Police are investigating the deaths of a couple after the two fell from their 17th floor apartment.Muan Police Station said Wednesday that the couple died in two separate falls from a studio apartment on the 17th floor in Samhyang-eup, Muan-gun, South Jeolla Province, at around 10:40 a.m. Tuesday. (Yonhap)Police suspect the woman to have fallen first, followed by her boyfriend.Police are seeking a more detailed report after finding out the couple had been fighting when the woman came to take bac
April 18, 2018
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97% of Korean workers have witnessed ‘gapjil’: poll
An overwhelming majority of workers in Korea were found to have experienced abuse of power by someone in a superior position, a recent survey showed Wednesday.According to a poll conducted by job seeking portal Incruit on 898 Korean workers, 97 percent of respondents answered that they have worked for someone who abuses their juniors. Cho Hyun-min, a senior vice president at Korean Air, arrives in Seoul via Incheon International Airport on Sunday. (Screenshot from MBC coverage-Yonhap)Gapjil is
April 18, 2018
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Court upholds jail term for Daegu pharmacy thief
The Daegu High Court on Wednesday upheld the district court’s ruling on a man in his 50s charged with serial theft, citing his prior theft convictions and considerable damage to numerous victims. The court upheld the conviction on the 55-year-old man and reaffirmed his sentence of 3 1/2 years in prison. (The Korea Herald)The defendant is accused of stealing 1 million won ($940) by breaking and entering a pharmacy in Daegu on Oct. 14, 2017. Local police said the man reportedly committed the same
April 18, 2018
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Prosecutors raid 5 Samsung business locations in anti-labor union probe
Prosecutors on Wednesday raided five locations of Samsung Electronics Co.'s after-services unit as part of an ongoing probe into the conglomerate's suspected attempts to sabotage labor union activities.Investigators from the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office searched a warehouse in the Suwon headquarters of Samsung Electronics Service and its four regional offices in Busan to confiscate evidence, including documents and digital files, the office said.Wednesday's raid comes after the pro
April 18, 2018
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Court arraigns ex-prosecutor to decide on arrest warrant over sex scandal
A Seoul court held a hearing Wednesday to determine whether to issue an arrest warrant for a former senior prosecutor accused of unfairly disadvantaging his junior colleague for raising sexual misconduct allegations against him. The Seoul Central District Court arraigned Ahn Tae-geun on the charge of abuse of power. He is suspected of having used his influence to have Seo Ji-hyeon, a district attorney, transferred to a position outside of Seoul after she raised sexual allegations against him. Pr
April 18, 2018
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Hongik Univ. Station most prone to hidden camera crimes: statistics
Hongik University Station on Line No. 2 had the greatest number of hidden camera crimes reported, followed by Express Bus Terminal Station and Gangnam Station, a local subway operator said Tuesday.According to Seoul Metro, 83 cases of hidden camera crimes -- secretly installed cameras or photos taken without permission -- were reported from Hongik University Station to the subway squad of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency last year. It is the second time the station has topped the list that i
April 17, 2018
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One arrested, 10 booked for swindling 4,600 Chinese migrants
A group of Chinese migrants has been arrested for swindling over 4,600 other Chinese migrants out of billions of won in a fraudulent multilevel investment scheme.Busan Metropolitan Police Agency’s International Criminal Investigation team on Monday said it had arrested a 42-year-old naturalized citizen from China and booked without detention 10 others for fraud and violating fundraising law. The falsified webpage (Busan Metropolitan Police Agency-Yonhap)The suspects are accused of taking 3.2 bil
April 17, 2018
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Academy owners get suspended sentence for abusing student
The Gwangju District Court handed down a six-month jail term suspended for two years and a four-month jail term suspended for two years respectively to the older and younger sisters, indicted for physical abuse and locking up an academy student.The court also ordered 120 hours of community services to the two sisters.The sisters, who were running an academy in Suncheon, South Jeolla Province, held a grudge against a student after his mother visited the academy and complained, having been told th
April 17, 2018
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Newborn baby found dead in shopping mall restroom
CHEONGJU, North Chungcheong Province -- A newborn baby was found dead in the toilet bowl of a restroom at a shopping mall in the city of Cheongju, central South Korea, on Tuesday, police said.The Heungdeok Police Station in the city in North Chungcheong Province said the body of the baby girl was discovered around 1:10 p.m. by a plumber who was there to fix a toilet bowl that had been clogged for three to four days. Yellow police tape marks off part of a shopping mall in the city of Cheongju, ce
April 17, 2018
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Uijeongbu city demands defense ministry examine soil contamination at ex-US military base site
The city government of Uijeongbu, north of Seoul, has demanded the defense ministry conduct an examination into soil contamination at a former US military base site in the city, officials said Tuesday.The Uijeongbu city government bought the former Camp Sears site from the defense ministry in 2012 after the land was returned to the ministry in 2007 under a base consolidation and relocation plan, known as the Land Partnership Program.Nine oil tanks had existed on the base to supply oil to other A
April 17, 2018
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Less than half of Korean parents satisfied with quality of teaching at children's school: poll
Less than half of parents in South Korea are pleased with the quality of teaching their children are getting from school, the lowest among the countries surveyed, an international poll showed Tuesday. Forty-three percent of 1,000 respondents with kids aged 4-18 said they find the education provided to their children "fairly good" or "very good," according to the Global Parents Survey by the Varkey Foundation. It is the lowest level in 29 countries surveyed for the in-depth research conducted thr
April 17, 2018
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Korean Air heiress incident sparks interest in ‘behavior disorder’
Following the controversy surrounding Korean Air Senior Vice President Cho Hyun-min and her alleged verbal abuse on an advertising agency manager last month, the public interest in intermittent explosive disorder has substantially heightened. The 35-year-old senior executive is accused of yelling and throwing a cup of water towards the manager during a meeting last month. Cho claimed on Monday to have only given a “shove” after the employee did not give proper answers to her questions. She has d
April 17, 2018
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Soldier arrested for taking photos of woman in ladies’ room
A soldier on vacation was arrested for taking photos of a woman in a public restroom, Cheongju Heungdeok Police Station said Tuesday. According to the police, a soldier was caught after he secretly took photos of a woman’s body at around 1:15 a.m., Sunday, in the restroom of a restaurant in Heungdeok-gu, Cheongju in North Chungcheong Province.The man was arrested upon the woman’s report to the police.The soldier took photos of the victim after drinking at the restaurant, while on vacation. He sa
April 17, 2018