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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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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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KT launches new mobile plans for foreign residents
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Jeju airport resumes operations after plane's tire bursts
South Korea's Jeju International Airport said it has normalized flight operations Friday after it temporarily closed its main runway due to a passenger jet blowing a tire while it was landing earlier in the day.A Korean Air B737-900 with 147 passengers onboard reported a problem with its nose landing gear after it landed on the resort island. The plane was carrying passengers from Tokyo's Narita International Airport and landed at 11:57 a.m.South Korea's top carrier said the passengers and crew
July 29, 2016
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Senior prosecutor, Nexon founder indicted over alleged bribery
The prosecution on Friday indicted a senior prosecutor and the co-founder of South Korea’s biggest online gaming company Nexon over alleged bribery and shady stock transactions, ending a monthlong probe into the high-profile corruption scandal. It also requested that the Justice Ministry dismiss the disgraced prosecutor, a sanction which will cut down his pension by 25 percent and ban him from opening a law office for three years. Lee Geum-ro, the chief of the prosecution’s special team for the
July 29, 2016
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Senior prosecutor, Nexon founder indicted over stock purchase scandal
State investigators on Friday indicted a high ranking prosecutor and the founder of South Korea's leading online game maker Nexon Co. for their suspicious stock transactions and bribery allegations.Jin Kyung-joon is suspected of receiving over 900 million won ($800,600) worth of bribes from Kim Jung-ju, the chairman of Nexon's holding firm NXC Corp., from 2005 to 2014, said an ad hoc probe team, wrapping up its three-week investigation.The case involving Jin came to light early this year as the
July 29, 2016
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Australian Korean War veterans wind up trip to Seoul
Australian Korean War veterans wind up trip to SeoulKicker: Booyoung Group chairman Lee organizes, finances weeklong visit By Kim Bo-gyung A group of Korean War veterans from Australia and their family members returned home Friday after winding up their weeklong trip to Seoul.The 20 veterans and family members came to Korea last Saturday at the invitation of Booyoung Group chairman Lee Joong-keun.Group officials said chairman Lee arranged and financed the veterans’ trip in honor of their sacrifi
July 28, 2016
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Disputed antigraft law ruled constitutional
The hard-hitting anti-corruption law on public officials, journalists and private school faculty was upheld by the Constitutional Court on Thursday, prior to formally taking effect on Sept. 28.The Act on the Prevention of Illegal Solicitation -- also known here as “Kim Young-ran Law” after the former Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission chief Kim Young-ran who proposed it in 2011 -- enforces criminal punishment on unlawful solicitation for the individuals in the public, education and medi
July 28, 2016
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Presidential pardons might help guilty driver get new license
Presidential pardons, usually given on National Liberation Day, Aug. 15, might help the bus driver behind the five-car pileup on Yeongdong Expressway receive a new driver‘s license, local news reports said.Bang, the bus driver responsible for the crash that killed four and injured 37 on July 17, is currently being pressed in a criminal suit. However, the administrative penalty that nullified his driver’s license might be subject to presidential pardons. (Yonhap)Gangwon Pyeongchang Police, who ar
July 28, 2016
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Girl, 14, drives 100 km without license, overturns car
A 14-year-old girl drove a car over 100 kilometers without a driver’s license and overturned the car at a roundabout, injuring herself and three passengers, the Gangwon Hwacheon Police said Thursday. According to police, four teenage girls, including the driver surnamed Song and her older sister, were traveling from Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, to Hwacheon, Gangwon Province, where Song’s maternal grandmother lives.(YTN News capture)The vehicle belonged to Song’s father and was taken out without per
July 28, 2016
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Asian students discuss future of SMEs at KAIST
Linking with overseas institutions to allow students to cultivate a global outlook and network with business leaders is a growing trend at universities here.KAIST College of Business runs the China-Korea-Japan Field Study Program involving three institutes: China’s Tsinghua University, Korea’s KAIST and Japan’s Keio University.This year, it invited some 40 Master of Business Administration students from the three universities to Korea from July 8-16 for them to conduct joint research on Korea’s
July 28, 2016
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Severe heat wave grips Korea
The unusual heat wave that started last week will drag on till mid-September, the Korea Meteorological Agency said Thursday. The KMA said the daytime high across the nation is expected to soar over the weekend and reach at least 35 degrees Celsius. The daytime high in Seoul hit 30 degrees Celsius as of Thursday afternoon.While monsoon rain is likely to descend on the Southern part of the peninsula, humidity will also be high, as well as the discomfort index, weather forecasters warned. A hippopo
July 28, 2016
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Women take up only 2.3% of top positions at conglomerates
Women only accounted for 2.3 percent of all high-ranking executives at South Korea’s 100 major conglomerates last year, while more than half of the firms did not have any women in top leadership positions, a government report showed on Thursday.The report, compiled by the Gender Ministry, analyzed the nation’s top 100 companies with the biggest sales as of last year. Only 165 women were working in the top leadership positions including executives and board members.(123rf)By company, Citibank Kor
July 28, 2016
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Man’s murder plans go awry
A man with the intent of murder realized halfway through the act that he was strangling the wrong woman and tried to escape, but was arrested by the police for attempted homicide.Busan Bukbu Police said Thursday that the 48-year-old surnamed Oh was under investigation for trying to strangle the 50-year-old victim and trespassing in her house in Gupo-dong, Buk-gu, Busan at around 10 p.m. on Wednesday. Busan Bukbu Police Station (Yonhap)Oh told the police he had been looking for a woman who allege
July 28, 2016
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Man arrested for kicking pregnant cat, killing three kittens
A man who kicked a pregnant cat which resulted in three stillbirths was arrested for violation of animal protection law on Wednesday. Gyeonggi Siheung Police said the 63-year-old had kicked a cat on July 6 around 6:00 p.m., killing three of the ten kittens it was pregnant with. (YouTube Capture)The accused told the police that he kicked the cat because it had “suddenly sprung out on the street.” He was not aware that it was in gestation. The cat belonged to the owner of the supermarket in front
July 28, 2016
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Japan-funded foundation launched to settle old row over Korean comfort women
A Japanese government-funded private foundation was launched in South Korea on Thursday to compensate women who were sexually enslaved by Japan more than seven decades ago, a move aimed at ending one of the neighbors' long-running diplomatic feuds stemming from Tokyo's past colonization of the Korean Peninsula.The formation of the Reconciliation and Healing Foundation is the result of the landmark deal reached on Dec. 28 to once and for all end the row over the sexually enslaved women, euphemist
July 28, 2016
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Prosecutors indict Vietnamese fishermen on murder charges
Prosecutors said Wednesday they have indicted two Vietnamese fishermen on charges of murdering two South Koreans aboard a vessel in the Indian Ocean last month.The Busan District Prosecutors' Office said the suspects, both aged 32, are accused of stabbing to death the 43-year-old captain and the 42-year-old engineer of the deep-sea fishing vessel Kwang Hyun 803 in waters near Seychelles.The two arrived at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, earlier this month. (Yonhap)During the inves
July 27, 2016
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Daughter of former health minister joins cyber battle against misogyny
Yoo Su-jin, a daughter of the former Minister of Health and Welfare Rhyu Si-min, joined the battle with radical feminist network Megalian against misogyny. She publicly announced Sunday that “I am on the same side of Megalian,” which heated up debate online.Yoo pointed out what Korean feminists were trying to achieve in the group. “What Megalians do,” she wrote, “is swap the gender roles and send the comments right on back to men, what they have been doing against women on the Internet.” “If the
July 27, 2016
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What is your favorite public art in Seoul?
The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday that it is looking for Seoul residents, including foreigners, to uncover public art in the city’s streets. Compared to cities famous for iconic and popular landmarks such as the Statue of Liberty in Manhattan and the 3-ton bronze sculpture Charging Bull in Wall Street, Seoul is relatively less known for public art and its landmarks.To build a city with more variety in culture, architecture and public art, Seoul City kicked off a project last year
July 27, 2016
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Chief prosecutor dismissed for abusing subordinate who committed suicide
The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office on Wednesday decided to dismiss a chief prosecutor identified by his surname Kim, after confirming multiple occasions of verbal and physical abuse against his subordinate prosecutor who committed suicide in May.Upon internal probe, they concluded that one of the biggest causes of the prosecutor’s suicide was Kim’s harassment and decided to seek the highest level of discipline possible. This is the first dismissal of a prosecutor for abusing a subordinate. The deci
July 27, 2016
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8 in 10 workers get after hours orders via messaging apps
Eight out of 10 South Korean workers have been given work-related instructions by their bosses via mobile messaging apps after office hours, a survey showed Wednesday. According to the survey on 1,668 workers by recruitment site Job Korea, 82 percent of them said that they had been contacted by their superiors about work-related issues via messaging apps such as KakaoTalk or Line, after working hours.Fifty-eight percent of thpse polled were negative about such work-related communication outside
July 27, 2016
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Korea set to launch Japan-funded foundation to compensate comfort women
South Korea will launch a foundation this week aimed at compensating Korean women who were forcefully conscripted by Japan more than seven decades ago, a move which the neighbors hope will lay to rest a long-running diplomatic feud, Seoul's foreign ministry said Wednesday.The foundation, named Reconciliation and Healing, will set sail on Thursday to financially compensate the wartime victims and restore their dignity with 1 billion yen ($9.5 million) contributed by Japan, according to the Minist
July 27, 2016
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P.M. vows to strengthen safety measures
Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn released a set of safety measures on Wednesday to enhance screening for public transport drivers, chemical management at factories and workers’ safety in construction sites in light of a series of man-made accidents. “The government will reinforce safety management for vehicles used for businesses exposed to bigger danger of large-scale accidents,” Hwang said in a meeting with relevant ministries at Seoul Government Complex. Hwang said that the government would enfor
July 27, 2016