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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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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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KT launches new mobile plans for foreign residents
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Cruise ships' short transit time hurting sightseeing: survey
The transit time of cruise ships docking in South Korea has decreased in recent years, a survey showed Thursday, leading to calls for the country to promote major tourist attractions near ports and get cruise operators to stay longer.The average transit time was 7.6 hours last year, according to the survey of 2,043 cruise tourists by the Korea Tourism Organization.The comparable figures were 8.9 hours in 2014 and 8.2 hours in 2015.About 34.7 percent of those questioned said they were dissatisfie
March 30, 2017
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Crime-prone foreign nationals banned from entering Korea from April
Foreign nationals perceived as prone to commit acts of terrorism and other crimes will be barred from boarding international flights bound for South Korea, starting next month, the government said Thursday.The Ministry of Justice said that an advance passenger identification system will formally take effect April 1 to prevent crime-prone foreigners from boarding South Korea-bound planes at overseas airports. (Yonhap)The system will be applied to all flights of 86 airliners that depart for South
March 30, 2017
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Woman dies after binging on soju
(Yonhap)A woman died after sharing 60 bottles of soju with a friend in a 10-day binge in a real-life reflection of the movie “Leaving Las Vegas,” police said Thursday.According to police, the 44-year-old woman was found dead Wednesday at noon in a motel in Jeongseon, Gangwon Province.Korean sojuPolice discovered 60 empty bottles of soju at the scene. They said the woman appears to have died from heavy drinking, although the exact cause is to be determined through an autopsy. A 41-year-old man, w
March 30, 2017
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Ex-President Chun's memoirs shed new light on Park's ties with Choi family
Ousted President Park Geun-hye's late mentor Choi Tae-min faced military investigation in late 1970s over his alleged misdeeds based on his ties with Park, then a presidential daughter, according to a former leader's memoir obtained Thursday by Yonhap News Agency.In the soon-to-be-published book, former President Chun Doo-hwan said Choi was confined in a frontline military unit for a "considerable period of time" after her father Park Chung-hee was assassinated in 1979.Choi is the father of Choi
March 30, 2017
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US Embassy posts photo of magnolia to honor Sewol victims
The US Embassy in South Korea on Thursday posted a photo of a magnolia tree that former President Barack Obama dedicated to a high school three years ago to pay tribute to the victims of the country's worst maritime disaster. (Yonhap)Obama gave the tree as a gift to Danwon High School when he visited South Korea in April 2014, right after the 6,825-ton ferry Sewol capsized and sank off the country's southwest coast on April 16, leaving more than 300 people dead or missing. Many students from the
March 30, 2017
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Korea picks 3 provinces to nurture tourism
The government said Thursday it will foster two regional cities and one county as tourist destinations that can offer industry-related attractions to visitors. Yeongdo, an industrial district located in the country's southern port city of Busan, will be funded by its metropolitan city government to build a museum, from where visitors will be able to enjoy the cityscape toward the sea, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said in a release. An old industrial block of vessel repair shops in
March 30, 2017
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Russian trio arrested for smuggling N. Korea drugs into S. Korea
Three Russian nationals have been arrested on charges of smuggling North Korean medicines into South Korea for online sales, police here said Thursday.The Russians, including a 47-year-old woman, are accused of importing North Korea-made medicines and health supplements via Russia by airmail and selling them without a permit to South Korean consumers through social media sites, Geumjung Police Station in this port city said. This photo provided by Busan's Geumjung Police Station on March 30, 201
March 30, 2017
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Ousted Park shows up to attend hearing on arrest warrant
Former President Park Geun-hye turned up at a local court Thursday to fight against the prosecution’s request for an arrest warrant against her on corruption charges. Park arrived at the Seoul Central District Court in southern Seoul at around 10:20 a.m. after a 10-minute drive from her residence to attend the hearing, which will likely continue for several hours. A decision on whether she will be arrested with physical detention is expected to come early Friday.The prosecution asked the court t
March 30, 2017
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Women taking maternity leave likely to have more babies: report
South Korean women who take maternity and childcare leave are likely to give birth to more babies than those who don't use them, a report said Thursday.According to the report by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, women taking maternity leave are 1.2 times more likely to have more children than nonusers. (Yonhap)Women who take childcare leave are 1.3 times more likely to have more babies, said the report based on a 2015 survey of 4,235 married women in their 20s to 40s with child
March 30, 2017
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Prosecution, defiant ex-leader gear up for fierce court battle
A grueling legal battle is expected to unfold at a court review on Thursday of an arrest warrant for ousted leader Park Geun-hye, who has vowed to fight all charges that led to her downfall earlier this month.Park plans to attend the hearing at the Seoul Central District Court starting at 10:30 a.m. The prosecution requested the arrest warrant on Monday on multiple charges, including bribery, coercion, abuse of power and the leak of state secrets presumably in 13 cases implicating her close frie
March 30, 2017
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[Graphic News] Number of foreigners who overstay increases
The number of foreigners overstaying their visas in the country increased for the second straight month in February, the immigration office said.According to data from the office, the figure was tabulated at 214,615 as of February, accounting for 10.8 percent of the total number of 1,986,353 foreigners staying in the nation. The figure was an increase from 208,971 in December and 211,320 last month, the data said. By nationality, those from China were at the top with 1,001,311 or 50.4 percent, f
March 29, 2017
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KTO to hold marathon fete for foreign tourists this week
The state tourism body said Wednesday it plans to hold a marathon event for foreign tourists in a southern province later this week as part of ongoing efforts to secure more inbound visitors and promote the country as an attractive tourist destination. The Gyeongju Cherry Blossom Marathon & Walking event will kick off in the namesake city, some 371 kilometers south of Seoul, on Saturday, with about 1,200 foreign tourists from neighboring countries including Japan and Taiwan participating in the
March 29, 2017
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New Constitutional Court justice takes office
A new Constitutional Court justice began her six-year term Wednesday, vowing to make voices for minorities in society.Lee Seon-ae, formerly affiliated with law firm Hwawoo, was tapped by Supreme Court chief Yang Seung-tae to replace Lee Jung-mi, who completed her term on March 13. Lee Seon-ae, a new judge of the Constitutional Court, speaks during a ceremony at the court in Seoul on March 29, 2017, to mark her inauguration. She replaces Lee Jung-mi, who retired on March 13, three days after she
March 29, 2017
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Sibling rivalry behind Samsung chief's 'sex video' scandal?
Samsung Group paid large sums of money to a CJ Group employee who blackmailed it with a sex video featuring its ailing Chairman Lee Kun-hee, state prosecutors said Tuesday. Despite speculation that the Samsung-CJ rivalry may have been behind the sex tape scandal, the prosecution said it could not find evidence on whether the blackmailers were acting under the direction of CJ Group, headed by Samsung Group chair‘s nephew Lee Jae-hyun.(Yonhap)Revealed by a local news outlet last year, the video sh
March 29, 2017
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Transport ship carrying Sewol will set sail Thursday: ministry
The retrieved Sewol ferry will depart from the wreckage site Thursday and arrive at a port in Mokpo the following day, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said Wednesday. “Engineers are wrapping up operations to securely fix the ferry onto the semisubmersible transport ship and remove the two remaining buoyancy tanks before heading for Mokpo Port, a process which we expect to complete by Thursday,” said Lee Cheol-jo, a ministry official in charge of the salvage operation.(Yonhap)The ferry is es
March 29, 2017
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Avoidable deaths drop sharply thanks to better public health care: report
South Korea's preventable death rate has dropped dramatically over the past decade due to improvements in the public health care system, a report showed Wednesday.Avoidable mortality means deaths that could have been potentially prevented with the help of the right medical infrastructure and treatment. Visitors look at the latest medical equipment displayed at the Korea International Medical Clinical Laboratories and Hospital Equipment Show held at the Convention and Exhibition Center in Seoul o
March 29, 2017
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Running for Korean president costs a fortune
From the beginning of a presidential campaign, fundraising is one of the most daunting tasks facing each candidate struggling to pay for campaigners, office rental contracts and media advertising, to name a few, observers said Wednesday.Then, a series of questions arise about how much and through what methods presidential hopefuls can raise funds and whether their election-year expenditures can be recouped after the May 9 presidential vote.The presidential hopefuls of the conservative Liberty Ko
March 29, 2017
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Unification ministry rejects report on its opposition to Kaesong complex closure
South Korea's unification ministry on Wednesday dismissed a report that it had opposed the country's decision to shut down a joint industrial complex in North Korea last year until the last minute.A local media report said that the ministry handling inter-Korean affairs was opposed to the closure of the Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea's border city of the same name, instead calling for running the factory zone on a small scale.The now-shuttered Kaesong Industrial Complex, a joint indus
March 29, 2017
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Smoking to be banned on main boulevard in southern Seoul
In an unusually tough anti-smoking move, one of Seoul's main boulevards will be declared a no-smoking zone and violators will face fines, officials said Wednesday.Seoul's Seocho-gu Ward Office said Gangnam-daero, a 5-kilometer-long major boulevard that cuts through the busy commercial district of Gangnam in southern Seoul, and its sidewalks will be designated as a no-smoking zone starting April 1.A civil servant cracks down on a smoking rule violator on Gangnam-daero in Seoul. (Seocho-gu Ward Of
March 29, 2017
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Prosecutors look into allegations surrounding Choi's associate
Prosecutors are looking into various allegations surrounding a former associate of ousted President Park Geun-hye's close friend, who made key testimonies in relation to an influence-peddling scandal that resulted in Park's removal from office, sources said Wednesday.Prosecutors questioned Ko Young-tae, who used to be Choi Soon-sil's close associate, on Tuesday over a number of complaints filed against him. In this file photo taken on Oct. 31, 2016, Ko Young-tae, an associate of Choi Soon-sil, i
March 29, 2017