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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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[KH Explains] Will alternative trading platform shake up Korean stock market?
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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S. Korea lowers COVID-19 warning level, lifts last-remaining antivirus mandates
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Additional bird flu case found in southern city
Another case of avian influenza was found in a dead bird in the southeastern city of Gyeongsan, quarantine officials said Thursday, as they struggled to contain the virus that has ravaged poultry farms across the country since mid-November.According to the Veterinary Service Laboratory affiliated with the government of North Gyeongsang Province, the highly pathogenicH5N6 strain of the bird flu was discovered in the dead body of a swan found on Sunday in the city some 331 kilometers southeast of
Dec. 16, 2016
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Court will decide ‘in the name of people’: judge
One of the nine judges to oversee the impeachment trial of President Park Geun-hye on Thursday made a remark that could be seen as a hint at the court’s approach to the historic case. “The Constitutional Court is an institution that exists to uphold the Constitution in the name of the people,” Lee Jin-sung told reporters on his way to the office on Thursday morning. Lee is among the three justices of the Constitutional Court chosen to lead preparations for the impeachment trial. Lee Jin-sung (Yo
Dec. 15, 2016
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Ex-Park aides barred from leaving country
The special investigative team on a corruption and influence-peddling scandal surrounding President Park Geun-hye said Thursday that it had barred those linked to the scandal from leaving the country. Park’s former chief of staff Kim Ki-choon is reported to be among those barred.Lee Kyu-chul, spokesperson of the team led by independent counsel Park Young-soo, confirmed that “several people whose presence are needed for the investigation” of the Choi Soon-sil scandal have been banned from leaving
Dec. 15, 2016
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Counseling helps juveniles in crisis
Gripped by feelings of worthlessness, isolation and despair, 17-year-old Kim Mi-sun (not her real name) considered jumping from the roof of the building she lived in. Without anyone to share her feelings, she often cried to sleep. She has searched online for ways to kill herself and people to attempt suicide with, and even left a suicide note. “I was not close to my mother. I suffered from sociophobia and depression since I was in the middle school. I felt like there was no one who sympathized w
Dec. 15, 2016
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Expat council gathers to advise Seoul
Representatives of foreign residents in Seoul on Wednesday shared ideas on how to make the city a better place to live. Celebrating the first year since the launch of the Seoul foreign residents’ council, a total of 38 representatives from 23 countries and different walks of life gathered for a general assembly at the Seoul City Hall.“We represent some 460,000 foreigners residing in Seoul,” said Taki Yukari, a Japanese office worker who settled in Seoul five years ago.“As a chair of the counsel,
Dec. 15, 2016
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Korea to faithfully implement comfort women deal
South Korea reiterated its commitment to a deal with Japan to settle the long-standing dispute over Japan's wartime sexual slavery as critics has stepped up pressure on the government to cancel it since the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye last week. "The government has made it clear that it will stick to its diplomatic and security-related policies under the acting president," foreign ministry spokesman Cho June-hyuck said at a regular briefing. "Our stance is to faithfully carry out agre
Dec. 15, 2016
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Court orders gov't to disclose result of U.S. base pollution probe
A South Korean appeals court on Wednesday ordered the government to disclose the results of a probe on pollution detected in the water table near a U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) garrison in Seoul. The U.S. Army base in Yongsan, central Seoul, has been suspected as the source of oil that has polluted the nearby water table and land. The Seoul Metropolitan Government has been conducting a water table purification project since 2003 but petroleum-based contaminants above the standard level keep being de
Dec. 14, 2016
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Choi attempted to falsify testimonies
An opposition lawmaker Wednesday claimed that Choi Soon-sil, President Park Geun-hye’s confidante who is at center of a corruption scandal, attempted to orchestrate a cover-up by telling her associates to falsely testify to investigators. During a parliamentary hearing on the scandal, Rep. Park Young-sun of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea released minutes of a purported phone conversation between Choi and an unidentified acquaintance of hers. In the transcript, Choi ordered her acq
Dec. 14, 2016
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Chung received illegal favors from dressage body, audit finds
The Korea Equestrian Federation gave unlawful favors to Chung Yoo-ra, a former member of the national dressage team and the daughter of President Park Geun-hye’s close confidante Choi Soon-sil, a state audit found Wednesday. The KEF issued fabricated documents to excuse her from missing classes and possibly helped her gain selection as a national athlete, according to the result of the 15-day joint inspection by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korean Olympic Committee. Earlie
Dec. 14, 2016
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Explosion at base occurred after soldiers stepped on gunpowder: Army
South Korean Army investigators looking into an explosion at a southern military base Tuesday said the accident occurred after soldiers stepped on piles of gunpowder. "We have secured statements (from injured soldiers) that the explosion took place after they had trod on piles of gunpowder," an Army official said Wednesday, declining to be named.More than 20 servicemen were injured by the explosion which took place at a training camp for reservists in the southern port city of Ulsan, some 410 ki
Dec. 14, 2016
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Suspect in shooting death of 3 Koreans in Philippines indicted
Prosecutors said Wednesday they have indicted a 34-year-old South Korean as an accomplice in the shooting deaths of three compatriots in the Philippines in October. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office charged the man, identified only by his last name Kim, with assisting in the murder of two men and one woman and abandoning their bodies.The victims were found with gunshot wounds to the head in a sugar cane field in Bacolor, some 70 kilometers northwest of Manila, on Oct. 11.Kim's 38-ye
Dec. 14, 2016
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Lawmaker claims residence of Choi's daughter found
An opposition lawmaker said Wednesday he has found the residence of the daughter of President Park Geun-hye's close confidante at the center of the ongoing influence-peddling scandal. Rep. An Min-suk, a lawmaker of the Democratic Party, told CBS Radio that he found Chung Yoo-ra's residence in Germany during his recent trip to the country. Korean residents there are currently standing by at the location, he added.The discovery is expected to help speed up the parliament's investigation into the c
Dec. 14, 2016
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Illegal dog slaughter to be banned in Moran Market
The slaughter of dogs will be abolished and butchery facilities removed from South Korea’s largest dog meat market, in a move which officials described as a step toward ending the animal welfare controversy over the industry. The decision was announced Tuesday by Seongnam City Government and the vendors’ association of Moran Market, which, among others, represents its 22 dog meat dealers. According to their agreement, the dog meat vendors will start removing slaughter facilities and dog cages fr
Dec. 13, 2016
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Impeachment trial to consider agencies' written statements
As the Constitutional Court prepares for the impeachment trial of President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday, sides for and against the embattled leader are preparing written statements to make their case.Park, whose presidential power was put on hold after the parliament passed a motion to impeach her on Friday, is reportedly focusing on writing her own statement to claim why her impeachment is unlawful. The documents are due by Friday.The court has also requested the parliament and the Justice Ministr
Dec. 13, 2016
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Paternity leave policy extended for military families
South Korean soldiers will now receive up to three years of paternity leave per child, three times longer than the Army’s previous policy.The Ministry of Defense said Tuesday that it has revised the Military Personnel Management Act to grant the same period of child care leave to male soldiers. Currently, female soldiers receive up to three years of maternity leave per child. Parents with an 8-year-old child or younger are eligible for the leave. stock image(123rf)The ministry hopes that the ch
Dec. 13, 2016
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Incentive tours to Korea rise 58% this year
The number of foreign visitors to South Korea through incentive programs has topped 280,000 this year, with the figure expected to surpass 300,000 for the full year, the state-run Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) said Tuesday.According to the KTO, a total of 281,000 employees of foreign companies came to the country on incentive tours as of Friday, up 58 percent from a year earlier.The number has already topped the previous record annual high of 211,540 in 2014, it said.The KTO said group incent
Dec. 13, 2016
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Explosion at reserve training camp injures 20
An unexplained explosion at Ulsan’s reserve training camp injured more than 20 people at around midday on Tuesday.Eighteen suffered burns, and two suffered other injuries. All of the injured were in their early 20s on active duty.The military base in Ulsan where the explosion occurred. (Yonhap)Out of the 18 soldiers who were burned in the explosion, five were sent immediately to the Ulsan University Hospital and 10 to Ulsan City Hospital. One of the burned soldiers is said to be in a serious con
Dec. 13, 2016
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Ex-prosecutor gets 4 years for corruption, but cleared of taking bribe from Nexon founder
A South Korean lower court sentenced a former senior prosecutor to four years in prison Tuesday for offering illegal favors to a company in return for a lucrative business deal for his relative. But Jin Kyung-joon was acquitted of a separate charge of taking bribes from the founder of the country's leading online game developer Nexon Co. Jin was indicted on charges of receiving some 950 million won ($814,000) worth of kickbacks from Kim Jung-ju, currently chairman of Nexon's holding firm NXC Cor
Dec. 13, 2016
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Korea culls 9.81 million poultry over bird flu
South Korea quarantine officials have slaughtered more than 9.81 million poultry this winter, an official said Tuesday, the latest in a series of efforts to contain a bird flu that has ravaged chicken farms across the country.They also plan to kill an additional 2.53 million chickens and ducks across the country in coming days, said Lee Yong-jin, deputy director handling the issue at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.That would raise to more than 12 million the total number of
Dec. 13, 2016
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Opposition considers questioning Choi at prison
Opposition lawmakers investigating the president's corruption allegations said Tuesday they are considering questioning a key confidante who was taken into custody last month by visiting her cell, as she has refused to respond to the probe.Choi Soon-sil allegedly exerted influence on state affairs without any seat in the administration, seeking personal benefits.Prosecutors earlier claimed President Park Geun-hye is an accomplice.The parliament kicked off a special investigation into the scandal
Dec. 13, 2016