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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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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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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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HUFS hosts general assembly of Silk Road Universities Network
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and North Gyeongsang Province are hosting the second General Assembly of the Silk Road Universities Network from Monday to Friday next week.Launched in August last year, the network is an alliance of universities in countries located along the routes of the Silk Road to foster academic and cultural exchanges. It aims to promote peace and prosperity between east and west. The event will be held under the theme “mutual understanding and respect along the Silk R
Aug. 4, 2016
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Concerns rise over ‘lenient’ driving tests
An accident caused by a driver with a neurological disorder killed four and injured a dozen pedestrians in Busan on Sunday, raising concerns over whether the process of getting a driver’s license is too easy.Police said Monday that the 53-year-old driver had renewed his driver’s license in July, without notifying authorities that he was suffering from epilepsy. Authorities said there were no legal methods to discover the driver’s condition in advance.There has been constant debate over oversimpl
Aug. 4, 2016
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Slow digitization of birth records hinders adoptees’ searches
The number of Korean adoptees who requested to see their birth records increased dramatically from 2012-15, since the revision of the adoption law here, but a lack of digitization is slowing access to the information.Only 35 percent of the some 230,000 relevant documents have been digitized and archived by the government.According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the number of adoptees who asked to see their birth records increased from 258 in 2012 to 1,324 last year. In total, 4,790 adopt
Aug. 4, 2016
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Boy, 12, hangs self in public restroom
Police on Thursday said they had yet to discover the motive behind the apparent suicide of a 12-year-old boy who hanged himself at after-school study center in Nowon-gu, northeast Seoul.The boy had been found hanging by his backpack straps inside a toilet cubicle at a speed reading private education institute at around 4:50 p.m. on Tuesday. The director of the institute discovered and reported the case to police. (YouTube Capture)The victim reportedly left to use the restroom in the middle of cl
Aug. 4, 2016
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Korea to dispatch 340 teachers, collegians to developing countries
South Korea will dispatch some 340 teachers and university students to 16 developing countries in the latter half of this year to carry out educational programs, the government said Thursday.The contingent will be made up of 140 teachers who will be stationed abroad for more than one year and 200 teacher trainees attending local teachers' colleges who will stay for a shorter period, according to the Ministry of Education and the National Institute for International Education Of the 140 long-term
Aug. 4, 2016
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Korean-Chinese dayworker found dead in waste crusher
A Korean-Chinese dayworker at an industrial waste disposal house was found dead in a waste crusher Wednesday, the Gyeonggi Ilsan police said.According to the police, the 53-year-old man, surnamed Park, died on the first day of the job at the disposal house in Ilsan, Goyang-si around 5:20 p.m. He was discovered with part of his head caught under the crushing roller. (Yonhap)The witness, who had also instructed Park on how to use the machine, said he was making his way out when he turned around an
Aug. 4, 2016
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Sinan gang rapists reenact crime scene
Three men from Sinan County accused of gang raping a school teacher in May, reenacted the day of their crime for a court inspection on Wednesday. The usual media attention was absent from the scene, with Mokpo branch of Gwangju District Court specially restricting media access citing protection of the victim’s privacy and prevention of secondary suffering. The three suspects. (YouTube capture)Two judges and prosecutors were present, along with some 20 police. The village onlookers were asked to
Aug. 4, 2016
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Police clear Maestro Chung of embezzlement allegations
Police on Thursday said Maestro Chung Myung-whun, embroiled in a rumor scandal over the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, has been cleared of suspicions he embezzled orchestra's assets for personal expenses.Last year, two civic groups filed a petition with the Jongno Police Station after local broadcaster MBC reported allegations of the conductor siphoning off some tens of millions of won by exaggerating the cost of plane tickets he purchased. After analyzing the 63-year-old's travel records and rec
Aug. 4, 2016
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Ruling party lawmaker summoned over illegal political funds
Prosecutors on Thursday summoned a ruling party lawmaker for questioning over charges of using illegal political funds by siphoning from wages meant to be given to his aides.Rep. Lee Koon-hyon of the ruling Saenuri Party appeared before the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office over allegations that he spent some 244 million won ($218,000) of illegal political funds between July 2011 and December 2015 while he was a member of the previous National Assembly. The money, which was originally
Aug. 4, 2016
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N.K. defector family files suit against S. Korean gov't over spy probe
A family of North Korean defectors has filed a suit against the South Korean government, saying they were illegally investigated by the state intelligence agency, a liberal civic group said Wednesday.The husband, identified only by his surname Ji, his ex-wife and two sons filed the suit with the Seoul Central District Court, seeking a total of 218 million won ($195,000) in compensation.Ji and his ex-wife, identified only by her surname Pae, said they were unlawfully investigated by the National
Aug. 3, 2016
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Ewha axes disputed career college plans
Ewha Womans University caved in to the seventh consecutive day of student protests Wednesday, announcing it would scrap its plans for the disputed lifelong education college.The school convened an emergency meeting Wednesday morning and decided to call off the government-sponsored project Future LiFE College, which aimed to provide higher education to working women. Ewha Womans University dean Choi Kyung-hee visits the student protest at the campus on Wednesday. (Yonhap)University dean Choi Kyu
Aug. 3, 2016
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Nurse at Samsung hospital diagnosed with tuberculosis
A nurse working at a pediatric unit at one of the major general hospitals in Seoul has been diagnosed with tuberculosis, just weeks after another TB case was reported among nurses at a different hospital in the city, raising concerns over the nation’s control of the disease.According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the 27-year-old nurse was diagnosed with the disease Monday during a regular health examination provided by her employer -- the Samsung Medical Center in sout
Aug. 3, 2016
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Ministry, municipalities join hands for cleaner air
The Ministry of Environment said Thursday it joined hands with the mayors of Seoul and Incheon and the governor of Gyeonggi Province to control the number of worn-out diesel cars to create a cleaner atmosphere in the metropolitan area. Following the accord signed by the municipalities with the ministry, some 1.4 million diesel cars registered before 2005 in metropolitan areas that are under air pollution control will be restricted on the road.But old diesel cars that have passed an inspection co
Aug. 3, 2016
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Unattended deaths most common in middle age
Elderly Koreans -- those aged 70 or older -- only accounted for 21 percent of all reported unattended deaths in Korea last year, defying general perception that it is mostly the elderly left alone in life and death. According to data released by the National Assembly’s Health and Welfare Committee, the number of reported unattended deaths increased from 719 in 2012 to 1,245 last year, and those who lived in Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi Province accounted for 53.1 percent of cases in 2015. Among t
Aug. 3, 2016
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Motorboat knocks Oxford student dead in Yangpyeong
A motorboat accident killed one and injured four on Saturday in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province. The victims were students from The University of Oxford having a summer retreat at a private villa.According to the Gyeonggi Yangpyeong Police, a speedboat carrying four students crashed into the pier on Saturday around 4:50 p.m. as it was making a sharp turn. Nine people on the pier were swept-up in the collision. (YTN YouTube capture)The deceased, Kim, 24, was one of the nine on the pier. He fell in
Aug. 2, 2016
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Man arrested after stalking woman he saw on Facebook
A man who menacingly approached a woman he claimed to have fallen in love with over Facebook pictures was arrested on Tuesday for violating the information protection law. The Seoul Seongdong Police said the 28-year-old, surnamed Jeon, had searched for the victim’s private number, bombarded her with over 500 text messages in a week and stalked her in her residential neighborhood and at her workplace. (123RF)According to the police, Jeon started expressing his one-sided affection for the 27-yea
Aug. 2, 2016
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Park pledges better support for overseas S. Korean adoptees
President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday said her government will strive harder to support overseas South Korean adoptees through an array of programs, including those to help them better understand the language and culture of their motherland.In her video message to the 2016 International Korean Adoptee Associations (IKAA) Gathering in Seoul, Park also called on the adoptees to play a "bridging" role in connecting South Korea to the rest of the world."(The Seoul government) will provide the overseas
Aug. 2, 2016
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Korea halts sales of most VW cars
The South Korean Environment Ministry said Tuesday that it has cancelled authentication for 32 types of Volkswagen vehicles as their test results were forged. This affected 83,000 vehicles. Another 126,000 vehicles were decertified last November for emissions rigging, which means that a total of 209,000 vehicles will now be banned from sales. This accounts for 68 percent of the total number of VW vehicles sold here since 2007.A penalty totaling 17.8 billion won ($16.1 million) is being charged t
Aug. 2, 2016
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4-year-old in coma after being locked in overheated bus
A four-year-old child remained in a coma for the fifth day on Tuesday, after being left in an overheated kindergarten bus for nearly eight hours. The Gwangju District Police said the teacher in charge, Jeong, 28, the chief teacher Lee, 34, the bus driver Lim, 51, and the kindergarten director Park, 52, have been booked for professional negligence. The four are accused of neglecting the victim between 9:10 a.m. and 4:40 p.m. on July 29. The hottest temperature that day was 35.5 degrees Celsius.
Aug. 2, 2016
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Ewha to suspend career college establishment
Ewha Womans University will suspend the plan to establish a lifelong education college following protests from students, university dean Choi Kyung-hee announced Monday afternoon at a press conference. Tension between the school administration and students has persisted, as students perceive Choi -- with a reputation among the student body for making unilateral administerial decisions -- as merely delaying the plan, while still being reluctant to call it off. Choi Kyung-hee (Yonhap)The establish
Aug. 2, 2016