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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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Gyeonggi Province plans cash subsidies for young SME workers
Gyeonggi Province plans to give cash subsidies to young people working for small- and medium- enterprises as early as this year, in a bid to tackle chronic labor shortages in the SME sector as well as soaring youth unemployment. The plan, consisting of three sub-packages, is to benefit a total of 130,000 residents between the ages of 18 to 34, who work more than 36 hours a week for SMEs headquartered in the province. Gyeonggi Province Gov. Nam Kyung-pil“The new policy will support the long-term
Aug. 28, 2017
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Mystery shoppers uncover ‘foreigner discrimination’ in plastic surgery clinics
Seoul’s Gangnam-gu Office said Monday that “foreign patient mystery shoppers” were deployed to conduct an investigation on 50 cosmetic surgery clinics in the district, and found that some clinics made foreign patients wait longer and pay more for treatment. The mystery shoppers, posing as Chinese patients, anonymously evaluated each clinic’s service, from appointment to consultation from medical tourists' perspective. (Gangnam-gu)The specific evaluation categories included: notification of patie
Aug. 28, 2017
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KOICA probes alleged sexual harassment at overseas branch
The Korea International Cooperation Agency, the nation's official development assistance agency, is investigating the allegation that a head of its branch office in a Middle Eastern country sexually harassed a female subordinate."A female employee at the Middle Eastern office claimed that she was sexually harassed by the branch head in May and August and asked the KOICA headquarters to summon him. An investigation is currently underway to verify it," the KOICA said. (Yonhap)The KOICA will soon d
Aug. 28, 2017
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Korea making overseas pitches for PyeongChang Olympics
The message "It's not Pyongyang but PyeongChang" has been appearing in promotional materials for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, according to officials at the state-run Korean Culture and Information Service.For the South Korean service tasked with the mission of promoting Korean culture overseas and helping to upgrade the country's national image, the message has been necessary to help some visitors to the Olympics avoid confusing the host city of PyeongChang with the North Korean capital
Aug. 28, 2017
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Another Korean former sex slave dies
Another South Korean woman who was forced into sexual servitude by Japan during World War II died Monday, a civic group said, reducing the total number of the country's surviving victims to 36.The Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan said that Ha Sang-sook died of sepsis at 9:10 a.m. at the age of 89. Her memorial altar is set up at Kyung Hee University Hospital in eastern Seoul. This photo, provided by the foreign ministry on Sept. 12, 2016, shows former For
Aug. 28, 2017
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Online sales for tickets to PyeongChang 2018 to commence on Sept. 5
Tickets to the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics will be available for purchase online starting Sept. 5.The organizing committee for the 2018 Winter Games said Monday online sales will commence at 2 p.m. Sept. 5 at its website, www.pyeongchang2018.com/en.PyeongChang will print 1.18 million tickets in total, with 70 percent of them expected to be sold in South Korea. Payments for tickets can only be made with Visa credit cards or through bank transfers. Visa is an official global sponsor of the In
Aug. 28, 2017
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Police raid KAI headquarters in corruption probe involving employees
SACHEON -- Police on Monday raided the offices of South Korea's sole aircraft manufacturer, Korea Aerospace Industries Co., in a southern city, as part of a corruption probe involving some employees, officials said. Korea Aerospace Industries factory in South Korea`s southeastern city of Sacheon in this photo provided by KAI. (Yonhap)A group of investigators searched the divisions in charge of factory construction and accounting at the company headquarters in Sacheon, 437 kilometers south of Seo
Aug. 28, 2017
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Eyes on validity of Samsung merger
Following the conviction of Samsung Group heir Lee Jae-yong for bribery, attention is now shifting to the validity of a 2015 merger between two Samsung companies, which Lee allegedly used bribery to ensure. People watch a TV screen showing Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong's arrival for his verdict hearing at the Seoul Central District Court, Aug. 25, 2017. (Photo credit: Yonhap)The controversial deal, which combined Cheil Industries and Samsung C&T to give birth to the new Samsung
Aug. 27, 2017
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Number of visitors to overpass-turned-park tops 3 million since opening
The number of visitors to the overpass-turned-park Seoullo 7017 surpassed the 3 million mark as of Sunday as the site celebrated its 100th day since its opening, the Seoul city government said.The number of users reached 3.61 million on Aug. 23, since the public park converted from an elevated roadway was open to the public on May 20, according to the Seoul Metropolitan Government.The 1,024-meter-long and 10.3-meter-wide road near the Seoul Station was used by vehicles for 47 years before being
Aug. 27, 2017
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Row over smoking indoors ends in attempted murder
A 51-year-old man has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison for attempted murder after assaulting a pub customer for smoking indoors.Upholding the lower court’s decision, The Daegu High Court on Sunday dismissed an appeal by the attempted murder suspect and maintained the sentence in place.Last February, the suspect, who was drinking on his own at a pub in the provincial city, Daegu, picked a fight with another customer for smoking indoors.A friend of the man who was being attac
Aug. 27, 2017
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Over 980 Peeping Toms caught this summer: police
At least 983 people were caught taking of intrusive pictures of women's body parts, during the summer holiday season, police said Sunday. The Korean National Police Agency checked 415 public restrooms and changing rooms at beaches, 705 restrooms at subway stations and 2,070 changing rooms at waterparks in an intensive crackdown that ended on Aug. 20. YonhapRestrooms and changing rooms have long been easy targets for rigging cameras up on the ceiling and wall. The number of voyeurism crimes has j
Aug. 27, 2017
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[Feature] Wear floral prints and support sex slave victims
Conscious consumers are driving trends behind the popularity of products linked to various social issues, such as floral-print phone cases and stationery items inspired by the drawings of former sex slaves during the World War II. Marymond“I first bought Marymond’s phone case because it was pretty. But by purchasing the product that is designed based on the former sex slaves’ paintings, I felt good to support victims through my consumption,” said 26-year-old Lee Chae-yoon. Marymond started six y
Aug. 27, 2017
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Kimchi can help reduce the risk for skin disease: report
Daily kimchi consumption can help reduce the risk of developing atopic dermatitis -- a common skin disease characterized by rashes -- a new study suggested Sunday.photo credit: 123rfResearchers at Seoul’s Kyung Hee University found from a 2010-2012 national nutritional health survey conducted on 7,222 adults nationwide that those who consumed a daily diet including 85-158 grams of kimchi -- or two to three servings a day -- developed an average of 32 percent fewer atopic dermatitis outbreaks com
Aug. 27, 2017
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Overseas Korean female leaders to hold annual conference
Hundreds of Korean female leaders around the globe in various fields will gather in South Korea this week to discuss the role of women in the fast-changing age of information technology, the government said Sunday.The 17th Korean Women's International Network, organized by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, has invited some 620 women leaders from 32 countries who are credited with spearheading their own professional fields and being exemplary role models, the ministry said. This file ph
Aug. 27, 2017
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[Weekender] Kids go wild in ‘infant forests’
“Take a look at this pupa hanging from a leaf.” At the call of the guide, 5-year-olds crowded around to observe the cocooned insect hanging from a shrub inside the “infant’s forest” of Samcheong Park, in the center of the country’s busiest city, Seoul. Each with a magnifying glass in hand, the children freely explored their surroundings, poking at a slug and shrieking in delight at finding a spider hanging on a web in a tree. Amid the drone of city life and strictly planned classroom culture, mo
Aug. 25, 2017
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[Weekender] Into Seoul’s urban woods
As Korea edges towards the crisp, cool weather of fall, more city-dwellers seek the refuge of nature in urban forests. Although not as lush and large as national parks, they are ready to cater to those who crave fresh air and a break from their routine life. Here are the big three city forests in South Korea’s capital. Statues are seen at forests in Seoul.Seoul ForestSeoul Forest, near Ttukseom Station on Subway Line 2, is on a 595,000-square-meter plot of land that opened in 2005 and is made of
Aug. 25, 2017
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Korea divided over imprisonment of Samsung heir
South Korea's business and political communities on Friday were divided over a local court's ruling to put Lee Jae-yong, the heir-apparent of Samsung Group, behind bars, with some expressing concerns over the potential fallout for the national economy.Multiple business insiders, who wished to remain anonymous, expressed shock over the Seoul Central District Court's decision to slap Lee with a five-year jail term for bribery, embezzlement and other charges in a massive corruption scandal that led
Aug. 25, 2017
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Suspects get prison terms for blackmailing Samsung with indecent footage of chairman
A lower court on Friday handed out prison sentences to several people for recording compromising videos of Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee and using them to extort hundreds of millions of won from the conglomerate. Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee, before he fell ill (Yonhap)The suspects were convicted of colluding in secretly filming scenes of Lee spending time with women believed to be prostitutes at his homes in southern Seoul five times between December 2011 and June 2012.
Aug. 25, 2017
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[Weekender] Urban forests offer greener life in Seoul’s concrete jungle
Seoul is probably more closely associated with stark concrete jungle than forests. However, the city is becoming greener as local governments turn to forests to battle pollution. Forests in urban areas work as filters for air pollutants and fine particles. According to the National Institute of Forest Science, a single tree can absorb 35.7 grams of fine dust particles in a year -- an amount that could fill an espresso cup. A coniferous tree can absorb up to 44 grams of air pollutants, and enviro
Aug. 25, 2017
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Samsung heir jailed 5 years for bribery
A Seoul court on Friday sentenced Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong to five years in jail on charges connected to the corruption scandal that led to former President Park Geun-hye’s ouster. The Seoul Central District Court convicted Samsung’s de facto heir of bribing former President Park Geun-hye and her close friend Choi Soon-sil in return for the government’s help in tightening his control over Samsung Group, saying he was in position to benefit most from the bribery scheme. “
Aug. 25, 2017