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Hyundai Motor eyes 80,000 jobs, W68tr investment at home by 2026
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Korea enters full election mode
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Dialogue hopes fade as doctors pick hard-liner as new head
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Coupang pledges W3tr to expand Rocket Delivery nationwide by 2027
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[Election Battlefield] Political novice to face off star politician in ‘swing district’
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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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[Herald Interview] Son Suk-ku chooses to be swayed by others in navigating life
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Seoul’s bus union prepares for strike
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N. Korean propaganda leaflets found west of Seoul
North Korean leaflets were found in the western city of Incheon on Friday, police said, in the first propaganda campaign carried out by the reclusive country against the South since the North Korean leader's half brother was assassinated last month.Police retrieved some 810 leaflets near an apartment complex in Incheon, west of Seoul, at around 2 a.m. The leaflets carried messages that criticized the South Korean government, with images of missiles and the national map, according to police. The
March 3, 2017
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Parliament passes law requiring license for 'pet dog factories'
The National Assembly has passed a law requiring those who run "pet dog factories" to get business licenses from provincial governments, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said Friday.The assembly passed the legislation Thursday to enhance hygiene and prevent ill treatment of dogs at the factories, where puppies are produced and raised for weeks before being sold as pet dogs, the ministry said.(Yonhap)Thousands of pet dog factories are operating around the country without any co
March 3, 2017
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Jeju to crack down on illegal immigrants
Prosecutors on Jeju Island said Thursday they will carry out an intensive crackdown on foreign nationals illegally staying on the southern resort island until the end of May.Officials from the prosecution, Coast Guard, immigration office and provincial government held a meeting to discuss measures to deal with a growing number of people staying without a legitimate permit on the island, which allows visa-free entry to foreign visitors.The agencies decided to carry out a joint crackdown for the n
March 2, 2017
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Seoul mayor says he will expel Park supporters’ tents from square
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon on Thursday denounced President Park Geun-hye’s supporters who had installed tents without approval in front of the Seoul City Hall to stage protests against the impeachment of the embattled leader, adding he may order the forced removal of the tents.“Seoul Plaza, where pro-Park civic groups installed some 40 tents illegally without the city government’s approval, is a public space open for all,” said Mayor Park during a radio interview with CBS.“They have been botherin
March 2, 2017
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Overseas Korean nationals allowed to vote in presidential election
The National Assembly passed an election law revision Thursday allowing some 2.2 million overseas Korean nationals to vote in this year's presidential election.The revision deleted a clause, which stipulated that Korean citizens residing abroad can only vote in presidential elections triggered by a presidential vacancy that occurs in 2018 and after. (Yonhap)The election may come as early as the first half of the year if the Constitutional Court upholds the parliamentary impeachment of President
March 2, 2017
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Toxic chemicals banned in dishwashing liquids
The use of toxic chemicals will be banned in dishwashing liquids, reflecting the public’s growing safety concerns, health authorities said Thursday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said it would revise the Public Health Act so to ban the use of chloro-methylisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone in dishwashing liquids. The reinforced law is to take effect from the second half of the year. The Ministry of Health and Welfare (Yonhap)The two disputed substances, used in the deadly humidifier
March 2, 2017
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SNU student leader to resign over comments on women
The student council leader of Seoul National University will step down due to his inappropriate comments about women, following its student government’s decision Thursday. The student government had voted on whether Lee Tak-Kyu should resign, amid growing criticism that he insulted female students before being elected as president last year. Seoul National University (Yonhap)“I sincerely apologize for my comments that made people feel uncomfortable,” said Lee before the vote. “I will abide by th
March 2, 2017
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Moon pledges to abolish ActiveX, public certification system
Moon Jae-in, a potential presidential candidate from the Democratic Party, said on Thursday that if elected, he will push to repeal Microsoft's ActiveX plug-in and the nation's complicated public electronic certification system, which have been cited as major hurdles for online transactions and the development of the information technology industry. Moon Jae-in, former head of the Democratic Party (Yonhap)ActiveX, which controls and protects users' computers, works only on Microsoft Windows pl
March 2, 2017
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School entrance ceremony canceled amid protest over state textbooks
A group of parents of high school students is set to file a suit Thursday demanding the cancellation of the school's adoption of controversial state-authored history textbooks.Munmyeong High School in Gyeongsan, 331 kilometers southeast of Seoul, was designated by the government in February as the only school to use the textbooks in the new academic year starting this month.Students and parents hold up signs at Munmyeong High School in Gyeongsan, 331 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on March 2, 20
March 2, 2017
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S. Korea mulling projects to help N. Koreans gain access to outside information
South Korea plans to push projects that will help North Koreans access outside information if a foundation to improve North Korea's human rights situation is launched, a government official said Thursday.A law aimed at improving North Korea's human rights situation took effect in September 2016, but South Korea has yet to kick-start the relevant foundation as the main opposition party has delayed recommending candidates for board members.Unification Ministry spokesman Jeong Joon-hee (Yonhap)The
March 2, 2017
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Korean security guard found dead in apparent suicide at USFK base
A 57-year-old South Korean security guard was found dead in an apparent suicide at a US military base in Ujeongbu, South Korea, on Thursday, police said.The officer, identified only by his last name Cha, was found with a gunshot wound in his head by a colleague at a guard post in the US 2nd Infantry Division in Uijeongbu, north of Seoul, at around 1:20 a.m. This file photo taken on June 20, 2016, shows the 2nd Infantry Division's Camp Red Cloud in Uijeongbu, located north of Seoul. (Yonhap)He wa
March 2, 2017
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[Feature] Do doctors spread germs via their coats?
For those who work in the medical field, the white knee-length coat is a symbol, not only for their authority as professionals but also for the strict hygiene standards they have to abide by. These garments prevent doctor-patient contamination, offer some storage space for items such as pens and small medical instruments, and also allow easy recognition by colleagues and patients. They also underline doctors’ authority.But ironically, these white coats have recently come under fire for posing an
March 1, 2017
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[From the Scene] Why US flags at pro-Park rallies?
Since the parliament voted to impeach President Park Geun-hye in early December, Park’s staunch supporters have relentlessly taken to the streets with Korean flags in their hands to oppose her removal from office. While the Korean flag has become a symbol of their movement to defend the president, a seemingly unrelated flag has also been carried by many of the -- mostly elderly -- participants at the rallies: the US flag. Conservative civic group members and President Park Geun-hye‘s supporters
March 1, 2017
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Tensions rise amid possibility of clash between Park's supporters, opponents
Millions of people are expected to crowd the streets of Seoul Wednesday in a last push to oust or reinstate impeached President Park Geun-hye, leading to concerns about violence between the two groups.Park's supporters and opponents have taken to the streets each Saturday since late last year as the Constitutional Court reviews the legality of her impeachment and special prosecutors have conducted an extensive probe into her alleged corruption.The rallies have been largely peaceful, with the pre
March 1, 2017
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S. Korea's food watchdog orders recall of U.S. grapefruit
South Korea's food watchdog said Tuesday that it has ordered the recall of more than 20,000 tons of American grapefruit for containing pesticide residue levels that are above permissible limits.The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said the grapefruit imported from Voita West, a U.S. produce company, contained 0.10 ppm of phosmet, twice the legal limit.The order affects 20,160 kilograms of grapefruit imported by two South Korean companies on Jan. 9.The grapefruit will be discarded, said Cho Tae-y
Feb. 28, 2017
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What now for Park’s impeachment trial?
The countdown to the ruling on the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye has begun, as the Constitutional Court heard the final arguments of Park and the parliament on Monday. The court reviewing the legality of Park’s impeachment held its first closed-door session Tuesday to deliberate on whether Park has broken the law and the Constitution and whether the violations are serious enough to impeach her.President Park Geun-hye (Yonhap)Q. What process do the justices go through to reach a verdict?
Feb. 28, 2017
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Investigators name Park as bribery suspect; indict 17 more suspects
The special prosecutor’s team Tuesday named President Park Geun-hye as a suspect in the extensive corruption scandal involving her longtime friend Choi Soon-sil, rounding off its three-month investigation and handing the case back to state prosecutors.It also decided to indict Lee Jae-yong, heir apparent of the nation’s most powerful conglomerate Samsung Group, along with four other executive-level officials of the group, for their connections to Choi. “President Park will be booked as a suspect
Feb. 28, 2017
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Health authorities warn of possible MERS inflow
South Korean health authorities warned Tuesday there is still the possibility that Middle East Respiratory Syndrome can be brought into the country from overseas.The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced 10 infectious diseases that people should carefully monitor and watch out for in the first half of this year.The KCDC said a number of people are still being infected with MERS in Saudi Arabia, which has been the country worst hit by the virus. There have been some 650,000 k
Feb. 28, 2017
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Seoul district office moves to designate sex slave statue as public property
A girl statue symbolizing Japan's wartime sex slaves will be designated public property as early as April, a district office in Seoul said Tuesday, amid a deepening diplomatic row over the monument.The statue was erected in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul in 2011 to honor the "comfort women" who were forced into sexual slavery for Japanese troops during World War II. Historians estimate there were up to 200,000 victims, mostly from Korea. This photo shows the girl statue outside the Japan
Feb. 28, 2017
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Nearly 3 mln animals used in experiments in Korea in 2016
Nearly 3 million animals were used in experiments by universities and public and private research centers in South Korea last year, government data showed Tuesday.(Yonhap)A total of 2.88 million mammals, amphibians and fish were experimented on by 333 institutions in 2016, according to the data compiled by the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency.Testing on mammals fell 22.5 percent on-year, while the number of amphibians and fish experiments rose 13.7 percent last year from a year earlier.In the
Feb. 28, 2017