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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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Pianist Cho Seong-Jin named Berlin Philharmonic's artist-in-residence
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Ministry denies blame for Jamboree debacle
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Teen murder highlights mental illness neglect
The shocking case involving a schizophrenic teenager kidnapping and killing an 8-year-old girl in Incheon last week has highlighted the country’s failure to cope with the growing prevalence of mental disorders, as longstanding social stigmas on mental illness continue to hide the problem, experts said Monday. The Incheon murder is the latest in a series of high-profile crimes involving schizophrenic patients in South Korea in recent years. The suspect in a kidnap and murder case of an 8-year-ol
April 3, 2017
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Park faces questioning in jail, as head of pro-Park group wanted by police
Public prosecutors looking into corruption allegations against former President Park Geun-hye will question her on Tuesday at her detention center south of Seoul, officials said Monday. Park was taken into custody on Friday after a court issued a warrant for her arrest. She faces charges of colluding with her friend Choi Soon-sil in a bribery scheme involving the country’s largest conglomerate Samsung Group.Former President Park Geun-hye (Yonhap)The prosecution is also considering relocating Cho
April 3, 2017
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Bereaved families of patriots file defamation suit against history tutor
Bereaved families of Korea's leading independence fighters against Japan launched a defamation suit on Monday against a popular history lecturer for allegedly disparaging the patriots.Seol Min-suk has claimed during his recent lecture and book on Korean history that the 33 signatories of a 1919 independence declaration, which started a nationwide uprising against the colonialists, "drank in the daytime at a hostess bar" called Taehwagwan, in Seoul.Seol Min-suk, a renowned Korean history tutor, l
April 3, 2017
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Journalists' conference discusses media's role in keeping peace
The fifth World Journalists Conference opened in Seoul on Monday to explore the media's role in ensuring world peace amid growing threats from terrorism and regional conflicts.The event, hosted by the Journalists Association of Korea and under the banner of "Journalist Forum for World Peace," is attended by some 100 reporters from 60 countries.Participants of the 2017 World Journalists Conference post for photos during the conference's opening ceremony at the Press Center in Seoul on April 3, 20
April 3, 2017
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Yonsei Univ. left with no student chief for the first time in history
Yonsei University, one of South Korea's leading universities, once again failed to elect a student council president this year, due to low turnout, the council said Monday.This was the first vacuum in student leadership in 56 years since the student autonomy system was launched in 1961.A student reads the school's newspaper. (Yonhap)The 54th student council election, which was held March 28-31, foundered as the final voter turnout stood at 26.98 percent, falling way short of the required 50 perc
April 3, 2017
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Civil servants to leave work at 4 p.m. once a month
South Korea's civil servants will be allowed to leave work several hours earlier one day per month, under the government's efforts to help them find a balance in work and rest, the Ministry of Personnel Management said Monday.The ministry said it has received government office reform plans from central government institutions and at least seven of them promised to let their employees leave work at 4 p.m. once a month, starting this month. (Yonhap)The Ministry of Strategy and Finance and the Mete
April 3, 2017
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Korea's tallest skyscraper opens to public
South Korea's tallest skyscraper built by retail giant Lotte Group officially opened to the public on Monday, the group's operating unit said, marking another milestone for the country's fifth-largest business empire facing a slew of challenges.The opening ceremony of the 123-story Lotte World Tower was attended by top Lotte executives including Chairman Shin Dong-bin and government officials and industry representatives, its operator Lotte World said in a release. (Yonhap)Building a skyscraper
April 3, 2017
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Former president's alleged accomplice to be moved to different prison
The prosecution said Monday they were considering relocating a key suspect in a corruption scandal involving former President Park Geun-hye to a different detention center to keep the two from ever encountering each other in prison.The prosecutors said they may remove Choi Soon-sil from the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, just south of Seoul, and put her in a different facility located in western Seoul. Former President Park Geun-hye is taken to a detention house in Uiwang on Friday morning. (
April 3, 2017
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Acting president renews vow to revitalize tourism industry
JEJU -- Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Monday renewed his vow to revitalize the local tourism industry hit by China's ban on group tours to South Korea in retaliation for the installation of a US missile defense system on the peninsula.During a ceremony commemorating the victims of a 1948 government-civilian clash, Hwang said the government will push to attract more tourists from countries other than China and encourage more Koreans to use domestic tour programs. Acting Pre
April 3, 2017
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Tens of items retrieved from sunken Sewol ferry
MOKPO, South Korea -- Some 50 items presumed to belong to those that were on the ill-fated ferry Sewol have been retrieved from the wreck that has been brought to the port of Mokpo after being raised from the bottom of the sea, the government said Monday.Salvage operators raised the 6,800-ton Sewol ferry and placed it on a semisubmersible ship last month, nearly three years after the vessel sank off the country's southwestern coast near Jindo Island in April 2014. Operators work to drain water
April 3, 2017
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Search operation for missing Korean cargo ship in S. Atlantic continues: gov't
Search efforts for 22 crew members of a South Korean cargo ship that apparently sank in the South Atlantic last week are making little headway after two sailors were rescued Saturday, a government official said Monday.The search for the missing South Korean ship, the Stellar Daisy, began Saturday, one day after the ship's crew sent a text to their South Korean employer, saying their ship was taking on water. Stellar Daisy, a South Korean cargo ship that likely sank in the South Atlantic (Yonhap)
April 3, 2017
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Majority of Koreans pessimistic about their ability to climb social ladder: survey
The majority of South Koreans do not believe they will be able to move up the social ladder due to what they call the unfair social structure affected by regionalism, school and blood ties, a survey showed Monday.About 59 percent of those polled said they do not think they can ascend to a higher social status, according to the survey on 1,601 people aged over 20 that was conducted by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs in July last year. (Yonhap)For 94 percent of those surveyed, So
April 3, 2017
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Two-pronged search for missing Sewol passengers
South Korea is taking a two-pronged approach to search for the nine missing passengers of the Sewol ferry in case the bodies are not all found inside the retrieved wreck. As engineers proceeded Sunday with preparations to move the ill-fated ferry ashore, currently loaded on a semisubmersible transport vessel at Mokpo Port, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced a plan to resume an underwater search of the wreck site. Workers clear mud from the Sewol (Yonhap)Starting from Sunday night, 5
April 2, 2017
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Search continues for 16 Filipinos, 8 S. Koreans from missing cargo ship
Search and rescue efforts are under way to find 22 crew members, including eight South Koreans, of a cargo ship that went missing in the South Atlantic last week, after two Filipino sailors were safely picked up in a life raft, the Seoul government said Sunday.The search for the Stellar Daisy, used by a South Korean shipping firm, began Saturday, one day after the ship‘s crew sent a text to their South Korean employer, saying their ship was sinking. The Marshall Islands-flagged ship departed Rio
April 2, 2017
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Teen killer suffers from schizophrenia: police
The teenager who allegedly kidnapped and killed an 8-year-old girl in Incheon has been suffering from schizophrenia, police confirmed Sunday. Police concluded that the suspect, a 17-year-old high school dropout, acted alone, ruling out the possibility of an accomplice. The 17-year-old suspect walks into local court in Incheon on Friday. (Yonhap)Investigators plan to send the case to prosecutors for further investigation and an indictment. The suspect, identified only by her surname Kim, was app
April 2, 2017
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Korea eyes villages for dementia sufferers
South Korea will run the country's first villages reserved for people suffering from dementia and their families, the health ministry said Sunday.The ministry said it will announce plans for the pilot program and designated three candidate villages in April, with the program slated to go into full swing in May.In December, the ministry will evaluate the pilot program meant to create a community where dementia sufferers and their families can live safely without leaving society and becoming isola
April 2, 2017
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Korea to conduct 32,000-square-meter-wide search of seabed where Sewol sank
South Korea plans to conduct a massive search at the site of the Sewol ferry accident that occurred three years ago, which claimed more than 300 lives, officials said Sunday.Shanghai Salvage, the company that recently raised the sunken Sewol Ferry, will conduct a two-month-long, 32,000-square-meter-wide search of the seabed where the ship remained, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said. The aim of the search is to find the remains of those still missing and other clues that can shed better l
April 2, 2017
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Search for 22 missing crew members of cargo ship under way: gov't
Search and rescue efforts are under way to find 22 crew members of a South Korean ship that sank in the South Atlantic last week, after two sailors were safely picked up in a life raft, the Seoul government said Sunday.The search for the missing South Korean ship, the Stellar Daisy, began Saturday, one day after the ship's crew sent a text to their South Korean employer, saying their ship was sinking. Stella Daisy (Yonhap)The Marshall Islands-flagged ship was sailing near Uruguay when it made th
April 2, 2017
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Korean cargo ship missing after distress call: ministry
A South Korean cargo ship with eight South Korean and 16 Filipino sailors went missing in the South Atlantic earlier this week after making a distress call, Seoul's foreign ministry said Saturday.The Marshal Islands-flagged ship, Stella Daisy, was sailing in waters near Uruguay after departing Brazil on March 26, it said.At about 11:20 p.m. Friday (Seoul time), the ship's crew members told their South Korean employer, Polaris Shipping, that their ship was sinking, using a mobile phone-based text
April 1, 2017
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Korean supporters of arrested ex-president protest in Seoul
Supporters of arrested former President Park Geun-hye have begun rallying in South Korea's capital for her release.Thousands were expected at Saturday's protest near Seoul's City Hall, and more than 10,000 officers were being deployed amid concerns of clashes. Opponents and supporters of Park have filled the capital's streets with passionate rallies in recent months, reflecting the country's deep divide.Park was jailed Friday over allegations that she colluded with a confidante to extort money f
April 1, 2017