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Yoon, Lee end first talks with differences, agree to meet more
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What is Hybe’s next move?
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China outpaces Korea in smaller OLED shipments for 1st time
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Medical profs at top hospitals suspend surgeries, clinics
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[Herald Interview] Mom’s Touch seeks to replicate success in Japan
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Police to open alleged stalking probe over pastor over Dior bag scandal
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'Queen of Tears' finale sets record viewership ratings as tvN's most-watched series ending
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Samsung chip business back on track, logs W1.9tr operating profit in Q1
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[News Focus] Lee tells Yoon that he has governed without political dialogue
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Seoul to deploy more military doctors to fill med prof void
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3 ministries, Oxy to face parliamentary on-site probe
The special parliamentary committee to probe the toxic humidifier disinfectant scandal kicked off a three-day on-site inspection on Monday, starting with the Environment Ministry, Labor Ministry and Health Ministry.Vice Environment Minister Lee Jung-sub attends the special parliamentary committee on humidifier disinfectant damages in Sejong City on Monday. (Yonhap)The committee will also meet Wednesday with officials of companies held accountable for the damages, including Reckitt Benckiser Kore
July 25, 2016
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Unidentified gas odor plague Busan, Ulsan
Over 200 reports of natural gas odors plagued Busan and neighboring Ulsan over the weekend, but the source of the odor has not yet been identified, authorities said Monday.According to the Busan Metropolitan Government, the first report of a smell from a suspected gas leak came in at around 5:30 p.m. on Thursday from an area near Haeundae beach. More than 160 similar reports of a gas odor were received within two hours on the same day, mainly from Jung-dong in Haeundae-gu and Yongho-dong and Dae
July 25, 2016
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Korean jobless men have hard time getting married: study
Unemployment affects Korean men’s marriage prospects much more so than women’s, with a vast majority of jobless Korean men in their late 20s and early 30s staying single, a study showed Monday.The report, released by the Korea Women’s Development Institute, discovered that only 4.1 percent of unemployed men aged 25-29 were married as of last year, while 48.8 percent of unemployed Korean women in the same age group were married. The difference was even larger for jobless men and women aged 30-34.
July 25, 2016
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Korea to select storage site for high-level nuclear wastes by 2028
South Korea's government said Monday that it will follow the due process of narrowing down different views to build a nuclear depository for high-level radioactive waste on its soil by 2028 in order to avoid a possible conflict over the issue.The government also decided to push to develop the pyroprocessing technology to recycle nuclear reactor wastes into fuel, officials at the relevant ministries said.The decisions were made at the sixth meeting of the Atomic Energy Commission presided over by
July 25, 2016
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Man blames Nexon for game addiction, crashes car into head office
A man crashed his car into the head office of game firm Nexon on Sunday at around 7 a.m., claiming the company had “ruined his life.” The impact of the car shattered the glass door of the office, but there were no casualties. (Online community)Gyeonggi Bundang Police said Monday that they are reviewing an arrest warrant for the 33-year-old Chinese national surnamed Lee. Lee is in Korea on a three-month visitor permit. The car he drove belonged to his older brother, who lives here.Lee admitted to
July 25, 2016
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Former sex slaves protest against foundation to be launched this week
South Korean women who were sexually abused by Japanese soldiers during the country's colonial occupation period (1910-45) denounced the government for "unilaterally" pushing forward with a foundation dedicated to the victims.In December, South Korea and Japan reached a landmark deal in which Tokyo apologized for its colonial-era atrocities and agreed to provide 1 billion yen ($9.4 million) for the creation of a foundation aimed at supporting the victims, euphemistically called comfort women.The
July 25, 2016
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74-year-old man convicted for sexual assault of granddaughter
A 74-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting his step-granddaughter multiple times, Suwon District Court said Monday. According to the court, the convict Park had inappropriately touched the victim four times and raped her two times between July 2004 and 2008. This is a stock image. (123RF)The victim was 10 years old at the time of the first assault. Park reportedly told the victim he was giving her sexual education. The victim and her younger sibling came to li
July 25, 2016
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Man testifies to murdering girlfriend, refrigerating her body
A 49-year-old man, named Lee, has been taken into custody after he testified to strangling his girlfriend and stowing her body in his refrigerator, Uijeongbu District Court said.Lee said the victim, 33, “compared him with other men and sexually insulted him,” which led to a fight that escalated to murder.Police found the victim’s body on July 22 around 3 p.m. in the suspect’s refrigerator as they launched an investigation into her disappearance after her family reported that she was missing.The
July 25, 2016
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Number of Korean centenarians surged to 3,159 in 2015: data
The number of South Koreans aged 100 and older soared to top 3,000 last year as the country is rapidly heading to an aged society, government data showed Monday.A total of 3,159 centenarians were living in the country as of November 2015, up from 1,835 tallied five years earlier, according to the census data compiled by Statistics Korea.(Yonhap)It noted 2,731, or 86.5 percent of the total, are female, far outnumbering 428 men.They cited that their secret to living a long life is healthy eating
July 25, 2016
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Cyberbullying soars through mobile messengers: data
The number of cyberbullying cases observed by local schools jumped in 2015 from three years earlier, data showed Monday, in line with the sharp increase in mobile messenger users.According to the data compiled by the parliament's education committee, the number of cyberbullying cases monitored by schools came to 1,462 cases in 2015, soaring from 900 cases posted in 2012. The rise contrasts with a drop in number of actual bullying cases, which dropped 19.1 percent over the cited period to reach 1
July 25, 2016
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Majority of working migrant wives have limited job security in Korea: research
More than half of employed foreign-born migrant wives in Korea work as either temporary or day laborers, while 9.5 percent of them work for free for their Korean in-laws’ businesses here, a study showed on Sunday. The study, published in the latest edition of academic journal Gender Review, analyzed government data on 226,084 foreign-born women immigrants who married South Korean nationals. The report found that 52.4 percent of all migrant wives were employed as of 2012, while 84.1 percent of t
July 24, 2016
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[FEATURE] Cosmetics microbeads threaten sea life
When 29-year-old Kim Seo-young heard that tiny plastic pollutants floating in the sea are consumed by fish and may end up on her dinner plate, she did not know it was due to what she uses every day for a face wash.“At first, I thought microbeads meant something like a sparkly type of jewel,” said Kim, adding that she would not be the only one unaware of it.A survey by Greenpeace Korea in June found that 78 percent of 1,000 male and female consumers here were not aware of what microbeads are. (Gr
July 24, 2016
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Incheon National University students join volunteer program in Vietnam
Some 40 students and faculty members from Incheon National University joined an eight-day volunteer program in Vietnam to promote Korean culture and help local communities earlier this month. Incheon National University, which aims to place itself within the country’s top five national universities by 2020, has run the annual volunteer program since last year to enhance its students’ spirit of giving and to enhance their sense of community, the university said.Participants pose for a photograph
July 24, 2016
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[DECODED: SAMSUNG] Samsung grapples with criticism at home
The Korea Herald and The Investor publish a series of in-depth articles analyzing rising business tycoons and their company’s governance structure. This is the sixth installment on Lee Jae-yong and Samsung Group. – Ed.Samsung Group, South Korea’s most powerful family-run conglomerate and a driving force behind the nation’s rapid economic growth, has been a global symbol of pride for many Koreans with its brand name recognized almost everywhere in the world. According to a survey by job portal Sa
July 24, 2016
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Heat wave forecast to continue through August
The scorching heat gripping the Korean Peninsula is forecast to continue through early August, with the temperature hovering above 33 C in many regions, South Korea's weather agency said Sunday.The Korea Meteorological Administration said the heat wave sweeping the country is likely to continue for some time and reach its peak in early August.In June, temperatures in South Korea averaged 22.3 C, the third highest since 1973, while three heat wave warnings have been issued in Seoul so far this ye
July 24, 2016
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Large balloon for flying leaflets crashes into southern waters
A large balloon presumed to have been sent by a conservative South Korean civic group to fly anti-North Korea leaflets crashed into the southern waters off Busan on Saturday.Attached at the bottom was a timer designed to cause the balloon to explode after a certain amount of time elapsed, but there were no leaflets inside the balloon. Immediately after retrieving the balloon, police, the military and the National Intelligence Service, the state intelligence agency, launched a joint probe to know
July 23, 2016
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Ministry releases list of toxic air filters
The Environment Ministry released Friday a list of specific models of toxic filters used in air purifiers and air conditioners sold by popular brands such as LG, Samsung and Coway.Amid moves to recall the products in concern, the corresponding companies said they would offer free filter replacements to customers.According to the ministry, filters containing Octylisothiazolinone (OIT) were detected in 51 air purifier models from companies such as LG, Samsung, Coway, Winia, Cuckoo, Chungho Nice an
July 22, 2016
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[Weekender] Body type determines eating choices
You do not have to look far to stay healthy during summer, as run-of-the-mill foods such as watermelon and cold buckwheat noodles can do the trick, according to Korean traditional medicine. The key is to understand the strengths and weaknesses of one’s own body and its organs, said Korean medicine professor Lee Young-jong from Gachon University. For instance, some people tend to sweat more than others during summer, which makes them lose energy easily. “But for certain people, sweating in fac
July 22, 2016
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Reactor at nuclear power plant in S. Korea stops operations
A nuclear reactor at South Korea's power plant stopped operations Friday due to malfunctions in its safety-related system, plant operators said.The reactor at the plant located in Wolseong, about 400 km southeast of Seoul, came to a halt at around 11:24 a.m. according to the Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. No radiation leaks have been reported. The operator said that it is currently working on finding the exact cause of the shutdown. (Yonhap)
July 22, 2016
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Father tried to cover up son’s abuse until death
A 46-year-old man was arrested for the domestic abuse of his 77-year-old father which resulted in the father’s death two days after the violence, Gyeonggi Namyangju Police said Wednesday. Prior to his death, the victim had denied any assault by his son and refused to be hospitalized on the day he was reportedly beaten. (Yonhap)According to the victim’s grandson, the victim had suffered beatings on July 9. He passed away two days later. The victim’s grandson, a high school student, told the poli
July 21, 2016