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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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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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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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Korea cooperating with relevant countries to ensure safety of kidnapped citizens
Korea is closely cooperating with Ghana, Nigeria and other countries to ensure the safety of three nationals kidnapped by unidentified pirates in Africa last week, a foreign ministry official said Monday.On Saturday, the foreign ministry said that the three Korean sailors on a 500-ton fishing boat were presumed to have been kidnapped in seas off Ghana on March 26.No one has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping. China's Xinhua News Agency earlier reported they are apparently being captive in
April 2, 2018
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Woman booked for April Fools’ Day prank on police
The National Police Agency reported on Monday that they received 10 false reports of criminal activity on April Fools’ Day, which fell on Sunday in South Korea. Among the false reports, a woman in her 40s made a false police report, in which the “nature of the crime was deemed absolutely despicable.” She was booked without detainment, while nine other cases were relayed to the court for summary trials, police said Monday. The woman called the police on Monday saying that “her child in her husban
April 2, 2018
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8 out of 10 elementary schoolers receive private education: data
Eight out of 10 primary school students received private education and other extracurricular activities in the past decade, with a majority of their parents feeling the pinch of high education costs, data showed Monday.According to the data compiled by Statistics Korea, 80 percent of the country's elementary school students received supplementary education services in Korean, English, mathematics, sports and arts curricula between 2007 and 2016.The rate has been on a decline since 2007, when the
April 2, 2018
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Over 20 percent of air quality predictions last year incorrect: report
Over 20 percent of air quality predictions in Seoul issued by the Environment Ministry‘s National Institute of Environmental Research last year were incorrect, said Rep. Choi Do-ja of Bareun Mirae Party, who obtained the data from the ministry Sunday. Seoul’s Namsan Tower is blanketed in thick smoke. (Yonhap)According to Choi’s press release, 487 of the 2,384 predictions for the next day’s PM10 and PM2.5 density levels -- density of particulate matter smaller than 10 and 2.5 micrometers in diam
April 1, 2018
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Park’s verdict expected this week
The first leg of former President Park Geun-hye’s trial will be concluded soon, with the courts set to hold a sentencing hearing this week. Park is accused of a string of wrongdoings, including bribery and abuse of power. The former president is also alleged to have allowed long-time associate Choi Soon-sil meddle in state affairs. Former President Park Geun-hye. YonhapThe verdict comes around a year after Park was formally removed from office and arrested in March last year amid allegations t
April 1, 2018
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Preliminary hearing set this week for jailed Lotte chief's appeal
An appeals court is set to hold the first preliminary hearing for the head of South Korea's retail giant Lotte in a massive bribery scandal that removed the country's leader from office last year, industry and legal sources said Sunday.In February, a Seoul court sentenced the business tycoon to two and a half years in prison for giving 7 billion won ($6.7 million) in bribes to a foundation run by ex-President Park Geun-hye's friend in return for business favors.The Seoul High Court will begin pr
April 1, 2018
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3 S. Korean sailors presumed to have been kidnapped off Ghana: foreign ministry
Three South Korean sailors are presumed to have been kidnapped in seas off Ghana, Seoul's foreign ministry said Saturday, with a South Korean anti-piracy warship being dispatched to the nearby area.According to the ministry, a 500-ton fishing boat named the Marine 711 with over 40 crew members aboard, including the three South Koreans, is believed to have been hijacked by unidentified pirates on Monday.While moving into Nigerian waters, the pirates transferred some of the sailors, including the
March 31, 2018
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Arrest warrant sought for truck driver in crash killing 3 firefighters
Police sought an arrest warrant Saturday for the driver of a freight truck that slammed into a fire truck and killed three female firefighters a day earlier.The rescue workers, two of them newly recruited trainees, had left their truck to capture a stray dog in the central city of Asan on Friday morning when the 25-ton cargo truck smashed into their fire engine. The impact caused the parked vehicle to run over and kill the three firefighters. (Yonhap)The 62-year-old truck driver was immediately
March 31, 2018
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Parliament passes bill on enhancing disabled people‘s political rights
The National Assembly passed dozens of bills Friday, including one aimed at allowing the disabled, senior citizens and pregnant women easier access to polling stations during elections.The bills were passed in the last plenary gathering of the parliament‘s March extraordinary session. On Monday, it will open another monthlong sitting, during which rival parties are expected to clash over such thorny issues as the government’s proposal for an extra budget worth 4 trillion won (US$3.75 billion) an
March 30, 2018
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Man accused of killing wife over ‘adultery suspicions’
A 54-year-old man was booked after he beat his wife to death over her alleged adultery, Ulsan Jungbu Police Station said Friday. The man is accused of killing his 57-year-old wife through physical battery at the pub owned by the victim in the early hours Friday. A dispute broke out between the two after the victim realized that her husband secretly followed her to the pub, according to the police. While they were arguing, the suspect reportedly saw that his wife received an incoming call from an
March 30, 2018
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Police seek arrest warrant for ‘stalker’ over ex-girlfriend’s death
Police have asked the court on Thursday to issue an arrest warrant for a 35-year-old man as the sole suspect in the death of a woman who fell from a motel in Iksan, North Jeolla Province. The suspect is accused of forcibly detaining his former girlfriend, 35, for six hours in a motel room on the fifth floor and threatening her with a deadly weapon at 4 p.m. on Jan. 7. It is said the victim jumped out the window and died at 10 p.m. The suspect claimed that he left the motel room shortly after see
March 30, 2018
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[Weekender] ‘The way we were’
As a college student in the late ‘90s, Park Hyun-mi remembers waiting nervously for her date to show up at a coffeehouse in Seoul’s university district of Sinchon. She had not much information about the guy: his name, alma mater and photograph. After the awkwardness of the first date, they’d exchange their beeper or home phone numbers, she recalled. If interested, he would have to directly phone Hyun-mi’s house, at the risk of another family member picking up the call. “May I talk to Hyun-mi?” h
March 30, 2018
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3 female firefighters killed in truck crash
ASAN, South Chungcheong Province -- A cargo truck slammed into a fire truck parked on the side of a road in central South Korea on Friday, knocking the fire vehicle into three female firefighters and killing them.The rescue workers, two of them newly recruited trainees, were preparing to capture a dog tied to a guard rail in the central city of Asan when the 25-ton cargo truck smashed into their fire engine at 9:46 a.m. The impact caused the parked vehicle to run over and kill the three firefigh
March 30, 2018
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Doctors warn of possible strike against Moon's medicare policy
Doctors warned Friday they may stage a rally or a walkout in April in protest against the government's "unilateral" medical policy.According to the Korean Medical Association, the doctors are planning to take collective action against so-called Moon Jae-in Care, which the government says is focused on providing comprehensive medical services to the general public at reasonable prices."We are committed to blocking Moon Jae-in Care even if it means halting medical treatment," Choi Dae-jib, a presi
March 30, 2018
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Police seek arrest warrants for four medical workers over newborns' deaths
Police requested Friday court warrants to arrest four medical workers on negligent homicide charges for the death of four newborns by a bacterial infection in a local hospital late last year. The major crime unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said that chief doctor Cho Soo-jin, 45; another doctor only identified by the surname Park; and two other nurses whose identities were withheld have been charged with involuntary manslaughter by neglecting their professional duties.They are accuse
March 30, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Was Park Geun-hye asleep while Sewol ferry was sinking?
Enraged responses are flowing from political and public circles after the prosecution concluded Wednesday that former President Park Geun-hye spent crucial time on the morning of the Sewol disaster in her bedroom. The 2014 Sewol ferry tragedy, which killed 304 people -- most of whom were school children on a trip -- is considered one of South Korea’s deadliest disasters. More than half of the survivors, some 170 of them, were rescued by private fishing boats and commercial vessels, not by the n
March 29, 2018
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Petition filed against fine dust from China
More than 200,000 people have signed an online petition demanding the Korean government complain to China for increased levels of fine dust that have recently been impacting South Korea.As of 1 p.m. on Thursday, more than 200,000 people had signed a petition on the website of Cheong Wa Dae, five days since the petition began collecting signatures Saturday. (Screenshot of Cheong Wa Dae website-Yonhap)The petition claims “fine dust is coming (to Korea) considerably more often that it did 10 years
March 29, 2018
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Ulsan police chief under fire for playing golf
The chief of Ulsan police, who has been accused of political maneuvering by the Liberty Korea Party, is now under fire for playing golf with members of a partner organization. According to news reports, Hwang Woon-ha, commissioner of the Ulsan Metropolitan Police Agency, played golf with members of a committee for youth safety in November, and a committee official paid the green fee for Hwang. After finding out that his green fee had already been paid, Hwang said he gave the committee official a
March 29, 2018
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Local districts should do more to tackle low birthrate, says Yangcheon District Mayor
A low birthrate is the new normal in South Korea. The country last year marked 1.05 births per woman, an all-time low since the statistics bureau started compiling such data. A total 358,000 babies were born in 2017, down 11.9 percent from a year ago. To keep its population level stable, the country needs to build a family-friendly environment and atmosphere to encourage young couples to have children amid a quickly aging population and shrinking workforce, according to Yangcheon District Mayor
March 29, 2018
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CGV to give discounts on April Fools’ Day to anyone who speaks ‘foreign language’
CGV is offering discounts to anyone who speaks a foreign language or dresses in a cultural costume on April 1 while purchasing tickets in person at the counter. “It’s a one-day event where we’re saying we’ll give discounts to practically anyone and everyone,” a representative of CGV told The Korea Herald on Thursday.“You don’t even have to speak a proper foreign language. Say whatever gibberish, we’ll still give the discounts.” Movie tickets will be offered at a reduced rate of 8,000 won ($7.50)
March 29, 2018