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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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Naver will consider company benefits in deciding on selling Line shares: CEO
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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Ministry blasted for watering down assessment for senior taxi drivers
Opinions are divided over the government’s announcement that it will change the planned qualification test for taxi drivers over 65 to a medical assessment. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on Thursday posted a public notice of a bid to require a medical test for taxi drivers over 65 years of age, rather than the qualification test that was planned for implementation starting next January.(Yonhap)Amid rising concerns by the rate of car accidents involving senior drivers, the mi
April 10, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Residents slam $93m project to expand Gwanghwamun Square
Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul is where South Korea’s largest political protests take place. The 2017 massive candlelight vigils here led to the impeachment of the former President Park Geun-hye last year. For many, Seoul’s symbolic center represents the nation’s passion for democracy and freedom of expression -- at least for people who don’t live in the area. A drawing of the new Gwanghwamun Square, provided by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Cultural Heritage Administration on Tuesday.
April 10, 2018
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Korean Air plane involved in minor tail strike at Japanese airport
Korean Air Lines Co. said Tuesday one of its passenger jets hit its tail on the runway while landing at a Japanese airport, although no there were no injuries and no damage to the plane.On Monday morning at Kansai International Airport, the tail section of the South Korean flag carrier's B737-900 jet made contact with the runway just as it touched down, causing the pilots to take off again. The plane circled the airport once before making a landing with no further incident, the company said. A K
April 10, 2018
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Three 20-year-olds rob W20m from unlocked cars
Changwon Seobu Police Station said Tuesday it arrested two suspects and booked one without detention for stealing goods and money worth tens of millions of won from automobiles at night.The suspects, who are friends, are accused of stealing about 5 million won ($4,670) from automobiles that were not locked inside an apartment parking lot in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province on Dec. 9, 2017.They had allegedly stolen articles and money worth 17 million won in the same way since the end of 2017.(
April 10, 2018
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Farmer booked for damaging W4m wall mural
A farmer in his 30s was booked without detention for allegedly causing damage to private property, specifically a wall mural within the city, Gwangju police said Tuesday. The 33-year-old suspect is accused of spraying black paint onto a wall mural on the exterior wall of the building in Dong-gu, Gwangju City at 1:55 p.m. on March 20. The owner of the building had commissioned a professional artist to paint the mural, depicting a blue sky with large angel wings, for the price of about 4 million w
April 10, 2018
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Top court upholds complicity claim in gang rape of school teacher
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the appellate ruling on three men charged with the gang rape of a school teacher, affirming that their first failed rape attempt should also be counted as complicity in the crime.The top court upheld the convictions on a 39-year-old Kim, 35-year-old Lee and 50-year-old Park and reaffirmed their sentences of 15, 12 and 10 years in jail, respectively.The defendants were charged with gang-raping a school teacher in the residential office of an elementary school i
April 10, 2018
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Seoul City to aid elderly who collect waste paper
More than half of the elderly who collect waste paper for a living were found to be earning less than 100,000 won ($94) a month.In a survey of 2,417 people aged 65 and above who collect waste paper in Seoul, 51.9 percent said they made less than 100,000 won a month, the city government said Tuesday.Nearly three-quarters of them were aged 76 or above.“As the price of waste paper dropped recently, they are in greater need of help to meet basic food and clothing needs,” a city official said.“They a
April 10, 2018
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Sex offender fled abroad while wearing ankle monitor
A convicted sex offender under investigation for another alleged sex crime fled abroad while wearing an electronic monitoring device, and was repatriated, police said on Tuesday. The Seoul Nowon Police Station said it arrested the man surnamed Shin at the Incheon International Airport last Thursday after he was sent back from Ho Chi Minh City with the cooperation of Vietnamese police. It is the first time a criminal under surveillance left the country while wearing an electronic tag. A man convi
April 10, 2018
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Teens caught counterfeiting W100,000 checks at motel
Five teenagers have been apprehended for counterfeiting 100,000 won checks.Yeongdo Police Station in Busan said Tuesday that it arrested two teenagers and booked three teenagers without detention for violating the Illegal Check Control Act.(Yonhap)The suspects are accused of forging more than one hundred 100,000 won checks, or over 10 million won ($9,350) in total, via color printers on March 22 at a motel in Yeongdo-gu where they were staying together.They used 1.6 million won to purchase a use
April 10, 2018
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Policeman falls asleep on the road after suspected DUI
A policeman was booked without detention for suspicion of driving under the influence and then falling asleep at the wheel, according to Gimpo police in Gyeonggi Province, Tuesday. The 47-year-old inspector, who works at a police station in Bucheon, is accused of driving his SUV after drinking and then falling asleep in his car. (Yonhap)A driver of a passing car reported to police that the suspect’s car was parked in the second lane of the road in Gimpo, blocking traffic during rush hour at 6:40
April 10, 2018
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More fine dust warnings issued in 2018 compared to last year
More fine dust warnings have been issued in South Korea's central region so far this year than for the same period in 2017 amid growing public concerns over air quality, provincial government data showed Tuesday.South Korea has been struggling to deal with fine dust particles from both home and coming in from China, as well as yellow dust from Mongolia during the winter and spring seasons.A total of 42 fine dust warnings and advisories have been issued for Gyeonggi Province, which surrounds Seou
April 10, 2018
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Head of financial watchdog apologizes again over sponsored overseas trips
The head of the Financial Supervisory Service, Kim Ki-sik, apologized again Tuesday for his overseas trips sponsored by financial institutions while he was a lawmaker. Kim, who was appointed to the post earlier this month, has been facing growing criticism for the trips paid by the Korea Exchange, the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy and Woori Bank in 2014 and 2015, when he was a member of the parliamentary financial committee. Kim was a lawmaker of the then-opposition Democrati
April 10, 2018
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Evacuation-oriented, transformable balcony wins firefighting contest
The National Fire Agency has chosen a special balcony as the product of the new fire equipment contest. It can be transformed into a staircase for evacuation in case of fire.The balcony was introduced during the “The 21st New Fire Product Convention.” Whenever there is a need for a fire emergency evacuation, this balcony can be unfolded to provide a staircase for downstairs.Judges of the convention highly rated the balcony due to its effectiveness as an evacuation method, differentiation from th
April 9, 2018
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[Feature] Schools switch to virtual sports amid nightmare air pollution
Exercise is an indispensable part of a healthy lifestyle -- especially at school, where playground pursuits can get kids into the habit of keeping active.But with worsening air pollution raising health concerns, schools are scrambling to find indoor alternatives to playground activities.Students practice kicking a ball at virtual objects on the screen in Seoul Banghak Elementary School’s indoor sports facility. Bak Se-hwan/The Korea HeraldLast month, Seoul Banghak Elementary School in Seoul intr
April 9, 2018
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Missing Marine Corps officer found dead
A Marine Corps officer was found dead 19 days after he went missing in Pohang, South Gyeongsang Province.The body of the officer was seen drifting toward the shore in Ipam-ri, Nam-gu, on Sunday morning, according to the First Marine Division. The Marine Corps will carry out an autopsy to discover the cause of death.(Yonhap)The major went missing on March 21 on Ipam-ri beach. His vehicle was found to have fallen and turned over 4 meters under a nearby parking lot. The bloodstains inside the vehic
April 9, 2018
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Man booked for stealing W30m from hospitalized girlfriend
A man in his 30s was booked without detention on the alleged charge of theft, stealing his hospitalized girlfriend‘s credit card, bankbook and expensive goods, Busan Dongnae police said Monday. The man is accused of breaking and entering into his girlfriend’s house and stealing 1.15 million won ($1,080) worth of cash and jewelry on Jan. 29. He is also accused of withdrawing a total of 30 million won from her bank account over 22 occasions. (123RF)It is said the two first met through a dating app
April 9, 2018
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Mentally-ill man apprehended for making hoax call warning of bomb at Seoul hotel
A man in his 30s suffering from mental illness was apprehended Monday after making a hoax call warning of an impending bomb explosion at a Seoul hotel, police said.The man, whose identity was withheld, made the call to police around 8:35 a.m., claiming he had planted an explosive at a Lotte Hotel and that it would go off 10 seconds later.The man didn't specify whether he was referring to the Lotte hotel in Sogong-dong in central Seoul or the Lotte establishment in Jamsil in southern Seoul. Polic
April 9, 2018
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Police bust 9-member ring suspected of making off with gold bars
BUSAN -- Police said Monday they have caught a nine-member crime ring suspected of making off with gold bars smuggled to Japan via South Korea from Hong Kong last year.The Busanjin Police Station said it has arrested the ringleader, whose name was not disclosed, and three other people on suspicion of special theft. It charged the remaining five people, including four women, without detention.In 2017, the 29-year-old ringleader approached a gold bar smuggler, 33, who had posted on a social networ
April 9, 2018
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Kindergarten teacher gets suspended jail term for child abuse
A kindergarten teacher has been sentenced to a prison term on the charge of habitual child abuse on her three-year-old students.The Incheon District Court handed down a six-month imprisonment term suspended for two years to the kindergarten teacher indicted for violating the Act on Punishment of Child Abuse Crimes. The court also ordered a 40-hour prevention course on child abuse to the suspect.The suspect was accused of repeatedly abusing three-year-old kids at the kindergarten located in Yeons
April 8, 2018
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About 440,000 South Koreans prepare for civil service exams
About 440,000 people in South Korea are estimated to be preparing to take the state-run civil service exams, Yonhap News Agency reported Sunday. More than half of the test applicants counted “job security” as the primary motivation for choosing a civil servant as a job, while 48 percent said they study more than 10 hours every day for the exams.(Yonhap)The research was conducted by Kim Hyang-duck and Lee Dae-joong, who are in doctoral courses at Konkuk University and Korea Advanced Institute of
April 8, 2018