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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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Ship linked to NK arms shipments to Russia is moored in China: State Dept.
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[Kim So-hyun] The quiet taxi driver from Paris
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Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong arrested for bribery
Samsung Group’s heir apparent Lee Jae-yong was arrested with physical detention early Friday morning on charges that include bribery to President Park Geun-hye and her friend Choi Soon-sil. The arrest of Samsung Electronics vice chairman came shortly after a court issued a warrant in the second attempt by the special counsel to arrest him. Lee Jae-yong (Yonhap)“It is acknowledged that there is a need and reason for the arrest, given a newly added criminal charges and additional evidence," the
Feb. 17, 2017
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[Newsmaker] South Korea has OECD's second-worst air quality
South Korea has nearly the worst air quality among advanced economies, with its level of fine dust soaring over the past 25 years, a report revealed Thursday. According to the “State of Global Air 2017,” a report by nonprofit environmental group Health Effects Institute in the United States, the nation’s average population-weighted concentration level of PM2.5 -- which refers to ultrafine particles or particle matter with a diameter of at least 2.5 micrometers -- was 29 micrograms per cubic mete
Feb. 16, 2017
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Dwight School to promote beauty of language through reading event
Dwight School Seoul will be hosting its fifth annual VIP Reading Day to promote the diversity of languages. Scheduled to take place at the international school’s campus in western Seoul on Tuesday, the event aims to promote linguistic and cultural diversity as well as multilingualism. Wendy Seay, an information system officer at the US Embassy in Seoul, poses with two fifth-grade students at Dwight School Seoul. Dwight School Seoul“Our mission is to support UNESCO’s International Mother Languag
Feb. 16, 2017
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Counsel requests extension of probe into scandal
The independent counsel team looking into the corruption scandal involving President Park Geun-hye and her longtime confidante Choi Soon-sil on Thursday officially requested an extension of its investigation. “We took into account that we cannot complete the probe into those involved in the scandal (by the given end date of the investigation),” the independent counsel’s spokesperson Lee Kyu-chul told reporters. “We can more efficiently use the investigation period if we know in advance whether t
Feb. 16, 2017
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Court foils counsel’s plan to search presidential office
A Seoul court on Thursday dismissed an independent counsel’s request to suspend the presidential office’s refusal to be searched by investigators, effectively killing the possibility of an unprecedented raid of the nation’s highest office. The Seoul Administrative Court dropped the case on the grounds that the independent counsel, as a state authority, cannot lodge an administrative lawsuit against the action or decision of another state authority. (Yonhap)Lee Kyu-chul, spokesperson for special
Feb. 16, 2017
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Gov't picks preliminary relocation sites for Daegu, Suwon airfields
The South Korean government has selected preliminary candidate sites for the Daegu and Suwon airports, with local residents to be asked for their approval, the military said Thursday. Guneui and a site overlapping Guneui and Uiseong have been shortlisted as the potential sites for the new Daegu airport which will be used both as a military airfield and a civilian airport, the Ministry of National Defense said in a statement. In this photo, taken on Jan. 12, 2017, government officials and experts
Feb. 16, 2017
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Chinese man gets 25 years for murdering Korean woman in Jeju church
A lower court on Thursday sentenced a 51-year-old Chinese man to 25 years in prison for murdering a South Korean woman who was praying at a church on the country's southern resort island of Jeju last year.Chen Guorui attacked the 61-year-old woman, identified only by her surname Kim, in September when she was praying inside the Catholic church alone. The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital, but was pronounced dead a day after the incident took place.This file photo taken on Sept. 22, 2016, sh
Feb. 16, 2017
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Appeals court acquits provincial governor of bribery
An appeals court on Thursday exonerated a provincial governor of bribery charges in a high-profile lobbying scandal involving a deceased businessman, overturning a lower court's decision to jail him.The Seoul High Court found South Gyeongsang Gov. Hong Joon-pyo not guilty of receiving 100 million won ($87,943) from Sung Wan-jong, the former head of Kyungnam Corp., a local construction firm, ahead of a ruling party's leadership election in 2011.South Gyeongsang Gov. Hong Joon-pyo speaks to the pr
Feb. 16, 2017
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9 arrested for smuggling gold
Nine suspects have been arrested on charges of smuggling gold into South Korea, a local customs office said Thursday.Incheon Main Customs said it has arrested three smugglers, including a 39-year-old suspect surnamed Min, and booked six others without physical detention for allegedly violating the country's customs law. This photo provided by the Incheon Main Customs on Feb. 16, 2017, shows beads of gold bars smuggled in through Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul. (Yonhap)The suspects
Feb. 16, 2017
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Most schools reject Park's signature history textbooks
Most schools across the nation appeared Wednesday to have rejected a set of controversial state-authored history textbooks advocated by impeached President Park Geun-hye.The textbooks for middle and high school students were unveiled by the government last month to correct what it said was a left-leaning, pro-North Korea bias in existing history textbooks made by private publishers.This image taken from Yonhap News TV shows three state-authored history textbooks. (Yonhap)Liberals denounced the n
Feb. 15, 2017
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‘Park had 590 calls by burner phone with Choi’
An independent counsel looking into the corruption scandal involving President Park Geun-hye said Wednesday that Park and her confidante Choi Soon-sil made hundreds of phone calls while Choi was on the run in Germany amid the spiraling corruption scandal. The independent counsel said that President Park and Choi had some 570 calls using phones registered under borrowed names from April to late October in 2016, with the last phone conversation made on Oct. 26 a few days before Choi’s return to Ko
Feb. 15, 2017
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Ruling party lawmaker fined for violating election law
An appeals court on Wednesday upheld a lower court's decision to fine a ruling party lawmaker for providing false information to voters ahead of the parliamentary elections last year.The Seoul High Court dismissed the appeal by Rep. Ham Jin-gyu of the Liberty Korea Party and ordered him to pay a 900,000 won($787) fine -- 100,000 won shy of the amount that may cause him to lose his parliamentary seat under the Public Official Election Act. This photo, taken on Jan. 26, 2017, shows Rep. Ham Jin-gy
Feb. 15, 2017
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Korean researchers discover compound to inhibit growth of Zika virus
A group of South Korean researchers have discovered a bioactive compound that has a negative effect on the growth of the Zika virus that's been breaking out in Latin America over the last two years, a state-run university said Wednesday.The group, led by Kim Do-man, a professor at Seoul National University's Graduate School of International Agricultural Technology, found out that myricetin, a flavonoid found in teas, fruits and plants, inhibits the NS2B-NS3 protease, which enables the virus to s
Feb. 15, 2017
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Safety agency orders recall of children's products for harmful substances
The state safety agency on Wednesday announced a recall of products from 45 companies, including a number of items used and worn by children from famous foreign labels.The Korean Agency for Technology and Standards said an inspection carried out from November to January found harmful substances in 47 products from the companies. Those for children included fabrics, sports goods and educational toys, it said.(Yonhap)A children's cap from Crocs for Kids was detected to have plasticizer at an amoun
Feb. 15, 2017
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N. Korean boat, crew rescued in S. Korean waters to be sent back this week
The South Korean Coast Guard has rescued a North Korean boat with five crewmen on board adrift in the East Sea earlier this week, the unification ministry said Wednesday. The ministry said North Korea will be contacted later in the day to arrange the return of the crew. Jeong Joon-hee, spokesman at the Ministry of Unification speaks in a press briefing. (Yonhap)A Coast Guard patrol vessel rescued the North Korean boat in waters off South Korea's east coast early Monday, Jeong Joon-hee, spokesman
Feb. 15, 2017
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Top court orders gov't to compensate lepers for abuse
South Korea's top court on Wednesday ordered the government to compensate 19 leprosy patients for forced vasectomies and abortions performed decades ago, the latest in a series of their legal victories.Upholding a lower court's decision, the Supreme Court ordered the government to pay 30 million won ($26,200) to nine male victims and 40 million won to 10 women each for violating their human rights. This file photo taken on June 20, 2016, shows a court hearing under way on Sorok Island in South K
Feb. 15, 2017
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Academic background affected birthrate sharply in mid-1980s: report
South Korea's birthrate began to tumble in the mid-1980s in line with an increase in the number of married women receiving higher levels of education, a report said Wednesday.The country's total fertility rate -- the average number of children a woman bears in her lifetime -- plunged to 1.6 in 1987 from the replacement level of 2.1 three years earlier, according to the report by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs. (Yonhap)South Korea suffered a nosedive almost at the same time as
Feb. 15, 2017
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NK assassins target defectors in S. Korea: lawmaker
A lawmaker said Wednesday he has obtained intelligence that there are two North Korean spies in the country targeting defectors.Rep. Ha Tae-Keung from the Bareun Party, who is well versed in North Korea issues, said the assassins are focusing on defectors who were high-ranking officials in Pyongyang or are actively engaging in activities against the regime. Rep. Ha Tae-Keung of the Bareun Party (Yonhap)"The government should thoroughly prepare to prevent possible assassinations of high-ranking N
Feb. 15, 2017
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Court holds hearing on presidential office's rejection of prosecution raid
A Seoul court held a hearing Wednesday on special prosecutors' request to suspend and nullify the presidential aides' recent rejection of investigators' search of the presidential office for a corruption investigation of President Park Geun-hye and her associates. The special counsel looking into the influence-peddling scandal centered on Park filed the lawsuit with the Seoul Administrative Court on Friday after its attempt to raid the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae was halted by her secretar
Feb. 15, 2017
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Acting president issues 'grave' warning against NK provocations
South Korea's Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn strongly warned against North Korea's military provocations, saying its saber-rattling will lead it toward a "path of self-destruction."Hwang made the remarks during a meeting with the leaders of the ruling Liberty Korea Party, three days after the North fired off a new intermediate-range ballistic missile, showing off its technological progress in developing delivery vehicles for its nuclear weapons. Acting President and Prime Mini
Feb. 15, 2017