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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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Korea protests Japan's renewed claims to Dokdo in education guideline
South Korea strongly protested Japan's renewed claims to a cluster of South Korea-controlled islets in its revised education guideline unveiled on Tuesday.Japan's education ministry posted the draft version of a revised guideline on Tokyo's e-government website for a month-long public review process. (Yonhap)The guideline called for teaching students in the country's elementary and middle schools that Dokdo belongs to Japan."We cannot but deplore Japan's repeated claims to our territory, Dokdo,
Feb. 15, 2017
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Prosecutors again seek arrest for Samsung heir in corruption probe
Special prosecutors on Tuesday sought the arrest of the de facto leader of Samsung Group on charges of bribery in relation to impeached President Park Geun-hye, after their first attempt was rejected by a local court last month.The investigation team, led by Independent Counsel Park Young-soo, in January asked the Seoul Central District Court to issue a warrant to formally detain Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., but the court did not acknowledge the necessity of the arrest
Feb. 15, 2017
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Ex-university chief arrested in corruption probe
Special prosecutors on Wednesday formally arrested a former university president over allegations she gave admission and grading favors to the daughter of President Park Geun-hye's close friend who is at the center of an influence-peddling scandal.The Seoul Central District Court issued an arrest warrant for Choi Kyung-hee, who headed Ewha Womans University in Seoul from 2014 to 2016, on charges of obstruction of duty for allegedly giving undue favors to Chung Yoo-ra, the daughter of Choi soon-s
Feb. 15, 2017
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Court accepts controversial recordings as evidence in impeachment trial
At the presidential impeachment trial Tuesday, the Constitutional Court accepted a set of transcripts of controversial audio files as evidence, which the parliament sees as possible proof of President Park Geun-hye’s overreliance on her confidante Choi Soon-sil in state affairs. During the 13th hearing, the court accepted the request by the parliament’s defense team to recognize the 29 transcripts of audio files as valid evidence. The transcripts could indicate President Park’s involvement in
Feb. 14, 2017
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Gov't to cut speed limit to 50 kph on city streets by 2021
Korea will reduce the speed limit to 50 kilometers per hour on city streets by 2021 in an effort to cut down on pedestrian accidents, the transportation ministry said Tuesday.In a long-term plan on traffic safety, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said the maximum speed in downtown areas will be lowered to 50 kph from the current 60 kph in the coming five years.(Yonhap)On side streets, the limit will be set at 30 kph, with safety zones for children and seniors to be expanded.The
Feb. 14, 2017
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Three more foot-and-mouth cases confirmed in Korea
Three fresh foot-and-mouth disease cases were confirmed in central South Korea, the agriculture ministry here said Tuesday, amid rising concerns over a nationwide spread of the animal epidemic.Cows at three farms located in Boeun, North Chungcheong Province, some 180 kilometers southeast of Seoul, tested positive for the contagious virus according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.(Yonhap)With the latest infections, South Korea has had a total of nine confirmed FMD cases sin
Feb. 14, 2017
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Police chief says will investigate malicious fake news
Lee Chul-sung, head of the National Police Agency, said Monday the police will investigate fake news with malicious intention. “Acts of uploading fake news about certain individuals repetitively with malicious intention seem worthy of investigation,” Lee told reporters at a press conference.Lee Chul-sung, head of the National Police Agency (Yonhap)If the fake content is problematic but not serious enough to merit a formal inquiry, the police will consult with other authorities to have it blocked
Feb. 13, 2017
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Lee Jae-yong grilled again over bribery
Samsung Group’s de facto chief Lee Jae-yong on Monday faced questioning from special investigators for the second time as part of a high-profile probe into President Park Geun-hye’s alleged corruption. “I will faithfully tell the whole truth,” said the Samsung Electronics vice chairman, as he entered the Special Counsel Park Young-soo’s office in southern Seoul on Monday morning. Lee, 48, is suspected of bribing Park’s longtime confidante Choi Soon-sil to win political support for a controversia
Feb. 13, 2017
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Children's clothing, school products turn luxurious
Randosel backpacks (Yonhap)Top luxury brands popular with adults are also grabbing the market for children, their sales increasing as kids get ready to go back to school this month or next, industry officials said Monday.Some of the most popular items cost well over 1 million won ($867). A Gucci-labeled backpack for children is tagged at 1.12 million won, and a lunch box at 975,000 won."Customers looking for back-to-school supplies like backpacks are increasing in number by the year," brand mana
Feb. 13, 2017
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Rival rallies over Park's impeachment
South Koreans took to the streets Saturday calling for impeached President Park Geun-hye’s resignation and demanding an extension of special prosecutors’ probe into a presidential scandal.To counter the anti-Park rally, the president’s supporters, marked by their waving of the Korean flag, held their own protest, demanding that Park’s impeachment be nullified.Braving cold weather, hundreds of thousands of protesters held their 15th weekly candlelight vigil in central Seoul, calling for the Const
Feb. 12, 2017
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Foot-and-mouth feared to spread to pigs
Another foot-and-mouth infection was confirmed Sunday at a cattle farm in Boeun, the epicenter of the latest outbreak. That raised confirmed cases in South Korea to five and the number of cows culled to nearly 1,100 in five days since the first case was reported last week. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on Sunday, six cows at a farm in Boeun, North Chungcheong Province, were found to have contracted the O-type strain of the disease and were immediately culled. Y
Feb. 12, 2017
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Seoul steps up battle against bad smells
The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Sunday that it would install malodor reduction devices in 10 more places in the capital to prevent bad smells wafting from waste pipes. The city government said it was part of Seoul’s efforts to reduce the number of civil complaints about bad smells by 30 percent by 2018.In June last year, the city government vowed to inject 170 million won ($153,561) to install malodor reduction devices.Malodor reduction devices, similar to air purification systems, work b
Feb. 12, 2017
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Counsel to question Samsung's Lee again; considers summoning President Park
The special counsel team investigating the alleged corruption surrounding President Park Geun-hye is to question Samsung Group’s de facto chief Lee Jae-yong, alongside other executives Monday, while mulling over how to proceed with the most important part of its probe -- asking the president directly about the suspicions. “Since the court’s rejection for an arrest warrant three weeks ago, we have continued investigating the bribery allegation (involving Samsung’s Lee and President Park) and have
Feb. 12, 2017
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Fifth foot-and-mouth disease case confirmed in S. Korea
A fifth foot-and-mouth disease case was confirmed at a cow farm in South Korea, the agriculture ministry in Sejong said Sunday, raising concerns over a nationwide spread of the animal epidemic.Some 70 cows in Boeun of North Chungcheong Province, some 180 kilometers southeast of Seoul, tested positive for the contagious virus, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. (Yonhap)Only a week has passed since the first outbreak was confirmed at a dairy farm in the same county S
Feb. 12, 2017
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S. Korea's youth jobless rate surpasses that of US
The unemployment rate for young people in South Korea rose sharply last year to surpass that of the United States for the first time in 16 years, data showed Sunday.The jobless rate for those aged between 15 and 24 reached 10.7 percent in 2016, up from the previous year's 10.5 percent, according to the data by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.It marked the highest number reached since 2000, when Asia's fourth-largest economy reported an unemployment rate of 10.8 percent
Feb. 12, 2017
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S. Koreans hold rival rallies over Park's impeachment
South Koreans took to the streets Saturday calling for impeached President Park Geun-hye's resignation and demanding an extension of special prosecutors' probe into a presidential scandal.To counter the anti-Park rally, the president's supporters, marked by their waving of the Korean flag, held their own protest, demanding that Park's impeachment be nullified.Braving cold weather, hundreds of thousands of protesters held their 15th weekly candlelight vigil in central Seoul, calling for the Const
Feb. 12, 2017
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S. Korea culls 33 mln poultry amid worst bird flu outbreak
Facing its worst avian influenza outbreak, South Korea has culled more than 33 million poultry since the first reported case last November, officials said Saturday, while observers noted local resources to deal with the deadliest outbreak may have already been stretched too thin. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the country has culled 33.12 million animals as of Friday. The number is already more than double the previous record of 13.96 million destroyed in a 2
Feb. 11, 2017
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S. Korea's wage income tax tops W30 tln in 2016
Tax collected on wage income came to more than 30 trillion won for the first time in the country's history last year, the government said Saturday, apparently indicating a growing tax burden on waged workers. In 2016, wage income tax came to 31 trillion won (US$26.96 billion), up 14.6 percent from a year earlier, according to the finance ministry. The rate of increase outpaced an 11.3-percent on-year rise in overall tax revenue, which came to 242.6 trillion win last year. The 2016 tally on
Feb. 11, 2017
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Education minister warns of legal measures over state history textbooks
The education minister warned Friday that the government could take legal action against civic groups that try to stop schools from adopting state-authored history textbooks.Lee Joon-sik made the remark in a public address at the government complex in Seoul following the Jan. 31 unveiling of the final version of the controversial textbooks for middle and high school students."The so-called Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union, and certain civic groups should immediately stop actions that
Feb. 10, 2017
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FMD outbreak leads to meat price hike
Meat prices in South Korea have risen nearly 10 percent since this year's first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease and may skyrocket should the epidemic spread further, industry sources said Friday.The government confirmed the fourth outbreak at a cow farm Thursday after the first infection was reported last Sunday. It also raised the nation's FMD alert to the highest level and closed all livestock trading markets in a desperate bid to stem its spread.It is the first time in seven years that the
Feb. 10, 2017