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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Gov't appears to shelve punitive measures against mass walkout by doctors
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Govt. asks hospitals to mitigate impact of medical professors' absence
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S. Korea, China, Japan in talks to hold trilateral summit May 26-27: official
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S. Korea's working-age population to dip nearly 10m by 2044 amid low births
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Doggy patrol team on the move to protect their cities
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Sales of eco-friendly cars top 100,000 in Q1 in S. Korea
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[Herald Interview] Director of 'Goodbye Earth' aimed to ask how we would face apocalypse
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Emergency exits or doors to death?
Concerns are growing over dangers posed by emergency exits with no balcony or ladder after another man accidentally fell to his death in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province. The accident, which occurred earlier this month, has reignited calls for safety measures.Police said that the deceased 58-year-old man, identified by the surname Kim, opened an emergency exit door on the second floor of a building in search for a toilet. However, he fell from 3 meters above ground as there were no balcony or emergen
May 18, 2017
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Korea dismisses Japan's protest against maritime research near Dokdo
South Korea said on Thursday it has dismissed Japan's protest against its scientific research near Dokdo, reaffirming that the country's easternmost islets are part of its sovereign territory. Earlier, Japanese media reported that Tokyo lodged a protest with South Korea's foreign ministry against a South Korean vessel operating "without permission" in its exclusive economic zone near the islets Wednesday. Dokdo in the East Sea (Herald DB)Cho June-hyuck, foreign ministry spokesman, told a regular
May 18, 2017
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Thousands of N. Korean propaganda leaflets found in eastern city
GANGNEUNG -- Thousands of North Korea's propaganda leaflets were found in the eastern city of Gangneung on Thursday, police said, in the latest propaganda campaign carried out by the reclusive regime against the South. North Korea's propaganda leaflets found near a construction site in the city, some 230 kilometers east of Seoul, around 11 a.m. (Yonhap)Police said about 5,000 leaflets were found near a construction site in the city, some 230 kilometers east of Seoul, around 11 a.m. They carried
May 18, 2017
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3,000 to debate fine dust problems in central Seoul
The Seoul Metropolitan Government will host a debate at Gwanghwamun Square on May 27 to bring people together to help solve the fine dust problem.A group of 3,000 citizens, divided into 100 different teams and each joined by environmental experts, will discuss measures to combat fine dust and reduce its impact on the well-being of people here. The capital blanketed in a gray haze caused by fine dust in the air. (Yonhap)The city government said opinions and questions will also be collected online
May 18, 2017
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Park's secret doctors convicted of illegal treatments, perjury
Former President Park Geun-hye's doctors received prison terms Thursday for treating her without meeting due legal procedures or perjury in relation to a corruption scandal that removed Park from office. The Seoul Central District Court made the first ruling on figures implicated in the massive corruption and influence-peddling scandal centering on the disgraced former leader and her close friend Choi Soon-sil. Park was ousted and arrested in March. Dr. Kim Young-jae received 18 months in prison
May 18, 2017
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Cheong Wa Dae voices concerns over restoration of Moon’s birthplace
The presidential office on Thursday raised concerns over President Moon Jae-in’s hometown city’s plans to restore his birthplace, saying that the plans may send a conflicting message. Speaking to reporters Thursday, a Cheong Wa Dae official said that while it is the prerogative of the local government to restore the president’s birthplace, the news comes at an awkward time for the new administration. President Moon Jae-in’s private residence in Geoje, South Gyeonsang Province. (Yonhap)“It is wor
May 18, 2017
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Senior prosecutor, ministry official offer to resign after Moon's inspection order
Two senior prosecution and Justice Ministry officials offered to resign Thursday, one day after President Moon Jae-in ordered an inspection into allegations they inappropriately gave cash to lower-level officials including a team of prosecutors who probed former President Park Geun-hye and her aides. On Wednesday, the president ordered the Justice Ministry and the Supreme Prosecutors' Office to inspect Ahn Tae-geun, a deputy minister for criminal affairs, and Lee Young-ryeol, chief of the Seoul
May 18, 2017
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[From the Scene] 1 year after Gangnam murder, fight against misogyny rages on
As usual, the street outside Gangnam Station is bustling with people busily going about their day.But a year ago here, a young woman met the tragic end to her life at the hands of a knife-wielding stranger -- a man who hated women. At dusk Wednesday, the first anniversary of the killing, hundreds of people, mostly women in their 20s and 30s, silently marched across Gangnam in tribute to the 23-year-old victim who was stabbed to death by a man in a unisex public bathroom.Mourners pay silent tribu
May 17, 2017
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Ring busted for stealing USFK vehicles
Police said Wednesday they have arrested a ring of people, including a U.S. soldier, over illegally taking US Forces Korea vehicles out of a base to sell them to civilians. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said six people are accused of conspiring to steal three Humvee vehicles each worth some 40 million won ($35,700) to 70 million won from a US base here in June and September last year. This photo released by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency on May 17, 2017, shows a Humvee vehicle stole
May 17, 2017
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Taebaek flower fest canceled over GMO fears
An annual flower festival was canceled in South Korea after unauthorized strains of genetically-modified organisms were found, the festival board said Wednesday.The Taebaeksan Rape Flower Festival preparatory committee said that they decided to scrap this year’s event, scheduled for June 2-6, as flower specimen was tested positive for living modified organisms. South Korea entirely bans LMOs for fear that they may confuse the natural ecosystem. LMOs are able to reproduce as they are living organ
May 17, 2017
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Korean med professors arrested for diploma scam
Faculty members of a Korean medicine college in Seoul were arrested on allegations of selling confidential lab test data to students preparing dissertations for master’s and Ph.D. degrees, according to police on Tuesday.(Courtesy of Yongin Dongbu Police Station)The unnamed suspects, a 59-year-old professor and 40-year-old assistant professor, are accused of making illicit proceeds of about 750 million won ($670,000) since 2012 by providing personally analyzed lab results to paying students and a
May 17, 2017
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Seoul to distribute free air purifiers for children and seniors
South Korea is moving to distribute free air purifiers to day cares, nursing homes and schools to protect people most vulnerable to fine dust. The measure, still under discussion at related ministries, would be a follow-up to President Moon Jae-in’s surprise directive last week to temporarily close down old coal-fired power plants to combat the country’s worsening air quality. An official at the Education Ministry confirmed to The Korea Herald on Wednesday that it is currently reviewing the budg
May 17, 2017
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Bone found on seabed confirmed to be from Sewol victim
The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said Wednesday that a human bone discovered underwater in early May was identified to be from Danwon High School teacher Go Chang-suk, one of the nine passengers missing from the 2014 Sewol ferry sinking. “We received the DNA test result (from the National Forensic Service) this afternoon, earlier than expected,” said Lee Cheol-jo, a ministry official in charge of the search operation.This photo taken on May 11, 2017, shows workers searching through the wreck
May 17, 2017
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Park Geun-hye expected to take stand in trial of Lee Jae-yong
The independent counsel that investigated the scandal surrounding former President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday requested her as a witness in the trial of Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong.The Counsel’s investigation team, which indicted Lee and 29 others in connection with the scandal, said Park should take the stand in order to shed light on links between the two.This file photo shows former President Park Geun-hye entering the Seoul Central District Court on March 30, 2017, to atte
May 17, 2017
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President orders probe against former presidential aide
President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday ordered a probe into allegations that two senior prosecution and justice ministry officials inappropriately gave cash to prosecutors who investigated a former aide to ousted President Park Geun-hye, the presidential office said.The rare presidential order of internal inspection follows earlier reports that a ranking ministry official with suspected links to Park's aide Woo Byung-woo treated a special probe team looking into the scandal to dinner shortly after t
May 17, 2017
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Man gets jail term for slamming truck into broadcasting firm over scandal
A 45-year-old man was sentenced to a year in prison Wednesday for driving his truck into the main entrance of a local broadcasting channel whose reports on former President Park Geun-hye led to her impeachment.The Seoul Western District Court found the man, identified only by his last name Kim, guilty of crashing his 1-ton vehicle into the main entrance of JTBC in western Seoul in December, about a week after Park was impeached by the parliament. In this file photo taken on Dec. 19, 2017, a pol
May 17, 2017
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UN-Habitat co-hosts charity 5-a-side soccer
United Nations Human Settlements Program, also known as UN-Habitat, is jointly hosting a charity futsal, or 5-a-side soccer, match with a women’s university in Seoul to promote the agency’s goals on sustainable development, said Sungshin University on Tuesday. The event, dubbed the 2017 Youth Cup, was held Monday at a field in Eunpyeong, northwestern Seoul, organized and attended by students and faculty of the university’s Health & Wellness College. Sixteen teams formed of the 140 participants h
May 17, 2017
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Cyberattacks against S. Korea rose in Q1: report
Cyberattacks against South Korea increased during the first quarter of the year with the country coming in second place in terms of the number of attacks, a report showed Wednesday.According to the report by global cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab, 26.57 percent of the distributed denial of service attacks occurred against South Korea, up from 9.42 percent a quarter earlier. (Yonhap)China topped the list of the 72 countries checked by receiving a total of 47.78 percent of the DDoS attacks dur
May 17, 2017
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T-shirts describing Moon as NK leader for sale on Amazon
T-shirts describing South Korea’s new President Moon Jae-in as the leader of North Korea are for sale on Amazon, the world’s largest online marketplace, drawing angry responses from South Koreans.The apparel adorned with the slogan “Vote Moon Jae-in President North Korea **2017**,” has been listed by an unidentified seller at $15.99 apiece. They come in various sizes and five different colors. (Captured from Amazon)In the description, however, the seller correctly portrays Moon as the president
May 17, 2017
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Pro-democracy song to be officially sung at Gwangju ceremony
Attendees at this week's ceremony to mark a pro-democracy uprising in 1980 will be allowed to sing a controversial protest song in unison for the first time in nine years, the war veterans' ministry said Wednesday.President Moon Jae-in last week ordered the song "March for the Beloved" to be officially sung by all participants at an annual ceremony to mark the May 18 pro-democracy movement.(Yonhap)In 1997, the government designated the day as a national memorial day to mark the pro-democracy upr
May 17, 2017