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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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[Eye Interview] 'If you live to 100, you might as well be happy,' says 88-year-old bestselling essayist
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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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Top prosecutor orders speedy investigation into first lady's alleged acceptance of luxury handbag
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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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Defense chiefs of US, Australia, Japan decry NK-Russia military cooperation
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Spy cameras fast evolving to feature in unexpected objects
A website in South Korea is selling a host of micro-cameras disguised as everyday objects, sparking a fierce round of complaints about such illicit products on social media. The website sells hidden cameras in a variety of shapes including wrist watch, car key, glasses, ball point pen, cigarette pack, ties, caps and fire alarms. (Image captured from the website)The fire alarm-shaped camera is the same one that was recently exposed in a Japanese Airbnb room by a Korean couple. The horn-rimmed gl
July 19, 2017
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Korean amb. to Ethiopia under probe for sexual harassment allegations
An internal investigation is underway into South Korea's ambassador in Ethiopia for sexual harassment allegations, a foreign ministry official said Wednesday.A team of investigators will be soon sent to the African country to carry out a probe into Amb. Kim Moon-hwan, according to the ministry official. "The ministry is currently conducting an internal probe into sexual harassment suspicions involving the incumbent ambassador to Ethiopia based on the intelligence that has been gathered," he said
July 19, 2017
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118 infants infected with inactive TB
A total of 118 newborns have been infected with inactive tuberculosis at an obstetrics clinic in Seoul, health authorities said Wednesday.The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the infants from the clinic in northern Seoul were confirmed to have been infected with the bacteria-related disease.Inactive TB means that bacteria are present in the body but are dormant. The body's immune system can suppress TB for years. (Yonhap)Between 60 and 90 percent of inactive TB patients can
July 19, 2017
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Korea to create memorial day for wartime sex crime victims
South Korea plans to establish a national memorial day to remember the country's "comfort women,"victims of sex crimes committed by Japan during the second World War, according to a state policy blueprint announced Wednesday.The government said it has approved a plan by the State Affairs Planning Advisory Committee to designate an official remembrance day for the country's hundreds of thousands of women forced to work in front-line brothels for Japanese soldiers during the war. It is expected to
July 19, 2017
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Korea to enter Eden Project
The Korea National Arboretum said Wednesday that it will create a Korean garden in the Eden Project, the world's biggest botanical garden built on the site of an abandoned clay pit used for more than 160 years in the British town of St Austell, Cornwell. Completed in 2001, the Eden Project houses huge biomes that boast an enormous collection of endangered plants from around the world."(The KNA) and the Eden Project signed a business accord in St Austell Tuesday on the creation of the Korean gard
July 19, 2017
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Man arrested for attacking girlfriend, drunken driving: police
A man in his 20s was arrested for physically assaulting his girlfriend and causing chaos within an alleyway in Seoul, police said Wednesday.The suspect reportedly attacked his girlfriend of more than a year, kicking and punching her after a drunken argument. She subsequently suffered three broken bones and two fractures from the assault. (YTN news capture)In order to run from the scene, the suspect climbed into a parked truck and drove it through a narrow alleyway, nearly hitting multiple pedest
July 19, 2017
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Man arrested for armed robbery in Busan: police
A man in his 30s was arrested for breaking and entering into his neighbor’s home as well as attacking the neighbor with a weapon.Police said that the suspect climbed the gas piping of a four-story apartment building in Busan to enter the home. Wearing a mask and wielding a weapon, the suspect threatened the victim and his young daughter, who were inside.CCTV footage of the suspect hanging onto the gas piping beside his apartment building, hiding from police. (Yonhap)The victim was stabbed in the
July 19, 2017
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Korean man mistreated for ‘foreigner-like’ looks
A Korean man recently shared stories of discrimination he has faced because of his “foreigner-like looks” on KBS2 talk show “Hello Counselor.”On Monday’s episode, a Korean man talked about discriminatory comments and treatment he received because of his dark skin and “foreigner-like” facial features. (KBS)In addition to being stared at, he has even heard derogatory comments like “Foreigners like you are the ones who drive our country into this mess.” Despite his appearance, however, he is native
July 19, 2017
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How will minimum wage raise affect foreign workers?
Deen Islum, a 34-year-old worker from Bangladesh, now expects his life here to improve, as South Korea’s minimum wage is set to increase by 16.4 percent next year. “I think the minimum wage hike would be good for me. When I asked my boss to raise the wage, the boss has refused it,” Islum told The Korea Herald. “The legal minimum wage hike will allow me to take home more money.”Islum said that he does a very “difficult” job at a stone processing factory, spending some 11 hours a day at work and t
July 18, 2017
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Government seeks to expand chemical castration
South Korea is moving to expand the scope of chemical castration to make those convicted of phone camera voyeurism and attempted rape subject to the punishment. Under the current law, convicted sex offenders can be sentenced to chemical castration for up to 15 years for assaulting minors under the age of 16. (Yonhap)A revision bill, which passed the Cabinet on Tuesday for submission to the parliament, would add more offenses, including the abovementioned two, to the list of sex crimes punishable
July 18, 2017
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Ex-People’s Party campaigner claims Ahn’s innocence
The tip-off against President Moon Jae-in’s son, now known to have been concocted by a member of the People‘s Party, was “verified 100 percent” by the party, and its then presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo had no part in it, the party‘s election campaigner Kim Seong-ho claimed Tuesday. Kim, questioned for the second time for his suspected part in the fabricated allegation against Moon’s son, served as a deputy chief of the party’s committee on campaign transparency. Former People`s Party elec
July 18, 2017
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Foreigner ripoff: discriminatory pricing for plastic surgery in Korea
Foreigners are often charged higher prices than locals for cosmetic surgeries in Korea, a local media outlet reported Sunday.According to Ilyo Shinmun, four of 10 randomly selected plastic surgery clinics in Gangnam charged foreigners nearly twice as much as locals. (Yonhap)For breast augmentation, one clinic charged 6.6 million won ($5,870) for local patients and 12 million won for their foreign counterparts. Another clinic charged 10 million won and 17 million won for local and foreign patient
July 18, 2017
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Sri Lankan cleared of charges in 19-year-old rape case
A Sri Lankan national charged with raping a young South Korean woman nearly two decades ago was acquitted by the top court on Tuesday, in the final twist of a long-drawn-out investigation into the cold case.The Supreme Court upheld the not-guilty rulings by the lower courts on the 51-year-old foreigner, whose identity has been withheld, citing a lack of evidence. "It is difficult to believe the veracity of their testimonies in light of objectivity and details of the statements," the top court sa
July 18, 2017
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‘Show Me the Money’ rapper arrested for drunk driving
Rapper Jeong Sang-su, who gained popularity through the TV program "Show Me the Money" was arrested for driving under the influence, police said Tuesday.Jeong was reportedly arguing with a man in his 30s in front of a shopping mall in Gwanak-gu, Seoul, accusing the man of blocking the road with his car. He then slammed his car into the man’s and was subsequently arrested. The man did not suffer serious injuries. (Yonhap)This is only one of a string of Jeong’s encounters with the law. Last week,
July 18, 2017
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Korea child law sees more babies abandoned
The young woman labored up the steps, past brightly decorated walls akin to a child’s nursery, her daughter in her arms. Opening a hatch in the wall, she put her inside, turned around and walked away.She ran her hands over her head but did not look back, surveillance camera footage showed. She may never see the girl again.South Korea has risen from the ruins of war to become Asia’s fourth-largest economy and a member of the OECD club of developed countries. It was for a time one of the world’s b
July 18, 2017
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KAI subcontractors raided as Moon wages anti-corruption fight
The prosecution on Tuesday raided the offices of five subcontractors of Korea Aerospace Industries as part of its sprawling probe into corruption allegations engulfing the country’s sole aircraft manufacturer. Dozens of investigators were dispatched to the five firms mostly based in South Gyeongsang Province, also home to KAI, securing account books, supply-related documents and digital files and mobile phones of involved officials. (Yonhap)KAI is suspected to have given contracts to the supplie
July 18, 2017
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Annual convention for Korean language teachers kicks off in Seoul
The annual convention designed to promote the education of Korean as a second language kicked off in Seoul on Tuesday, gathering hundreds of participants from around the world, the education ministry here said. The World Korean Educators Conference started its first day of a four-day run in southern Seoul, attended by some 420 teachers and experts in the Korean language from 29 countries, the education ministry, a co-host of the conference, said in a statement. The meeting, the ninth of its kind
July 18, 2017
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Death toll from weekend rain rises to 5
The death toll from torrential rains that devastated the central regions of South Korea over the weekend rose to five, with two still missing, the nation’s disaster control agency said Monday. (Yonhap)The Ministry of Public Safety and Security said the government is considering designating the hardest-hit Cheongju in North Gyeongsang Province as a disaster area to provide it with state funding for recovery works. Jeungpyeong, Jincheon and Goesan counties in North Chungcheong Province are also be
July 17, 2017
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Health minister nominee vows to give 8,000 contract workers regular status
Park Neung-hoo, the nominee to head the Ministry of Health and Welfare, said Monday that he would give some 8,000 contract workers at ministry-run organizations full-time and permanent employment status, if he is appointed. Park Neung-hoo (Yonhap)In response to questions by lawmakers of the National Assembly’s Health and Welfare Committee, Park said “irregular positions are linked to many social problems such as unstable labor conditions, discrimination and a low birth rate.”“I will strive for a
July 17, 2017
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[News Focus] Teen murderer may be faking mental illness
A teen suspect on trial for the murder of an 8-year-old girl in Incheon in March may be feigning mental illness in order to receive a lenient punishment, said a psychologist who interviewed the suspect to evaluate her mental condition. Professor Kim Tae-kyung of Woosuk University said the suspect, a 17-year-old high school dropout identified only by her surname Kim, seemed “quite different” from mentally ill people he has known and interviewed throughout his career. The professor, as an adviser
July 17, 2017