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Yoon, Lee end first talks with differences, agree to meet more
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Samsung chip business back on track, logs W1.9tr operating profit in Q1
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Korea to strengthen anti-missile system in Seoul metropolitan area
Korea will beef up its anti-missile system in the Seoul metropolitan areas by 2018 to counter possible missile attacks from North Korea, its defense ministry said Tuesday. The Ministry of National Defense is in the process of upgrading the PAC-2 Patriot anti-missile system at a military base in Gangwon Province into the more effective PAC-3 Patriot system which employs "hit-to-kill" technology that has no warhead, a ministry official said. This undated computer graphic image shows a PAC-2 Patri
July 19, 2016
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Homosexual teens more likely to develop depression, suicidal thoughts: study
South Korea’s gay and lesbian teenagers are more likely to develop substance abuse and suicidal thoughts compared to straight students, a study by a medical institution showed Monday.The study, organized by physicians at the Samsung Medical Center, analyzed survey data on some 129,000 Korean teenagers in grades seven to 12 from 2008-2012. Researchers found that among all participants, a total of 2.306 of them have engaged in sexual or romantic encounters with same-sex individuals. They accounted
July 18, 2016
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One person buried under collapsed building: report
A building collapsed in Hongeun-dong, northeastern Seoul, Monday, leaving a construction worker trapped in the rubble. The three-story building had been undergoing reconstruction when it collapsed at around 2:05 p.m. (YouTube Capture)A 57-year-old construction worker surnamed Baek is reportedly still buried in the wreckage.The fire department is conducting a rescue operation. Two workers and a resident have been taken to hospital with injuries caused by the collapse.By Lim Jeong-yeo (kaylalim@h
July 18, 2016
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Korea to halve electric car charging fee
Korea will cut electric car charging fees by half later this year as part of its efforts to promote the sector as a new growth engine, the trade ministry here said Monday.Electric vehicle owners will pay 60,000 won ($53) to super-charge their cars at on-street public charging points starting from September, down from the current 120,000 won, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.The price for normal charging will also go down to 9,500 won from 19,000 won, the ministry said.The
July 18, 2016
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Naked Sinchon runners banned from leaving country
Two foreign women who raced through the streets of Sinchon naked were booked without detention and banned from leaving the country under charges of public display of obscenity, according to police on Monday. (YouTube Capture)One of the women is from Australia while the other is from the U.S. They are both 21. They had stripped and ran through the popular district on the night of July 7 as a drunken prank. The Seoul Seodaemun-gu Police identified the women as one-month summer school exchange stu
July 18, 2016
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Korea's duty-free shop sales surpass 5 tln won in H1
Sales at Korea's duty-free stores jumped 26.1 percent in the first half of this year from a year ago, helped by a rising influx of Chinese travelers, the customs agency said Monday. The combined revenue of 50 duty-free outlets nationwide was tallied at 5.77 trillion won ($5.07 billion) in the January-June period, surpassing the 5 trillion won mark for the first time, the Korea Customs Service said. If the current trend continues in the latter half, this year's duty-free sales are expected to rea
July 18, 2016
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Top prosecutor vows to build tougher compliance policies
Korea's top prosecutor said Monday he will roll out tougher compliance policies for state attorneys in order to overhaul personnel oversight after a senior prosecutor was arrested for taking bribes from a leading online game maker."The case has seriously tarnished the honor and pride of the organization," Prosecutor General Kim Soo-nam said during a meeting with high-ranking officials, adding he wishes to apologize to the general public for the scandal.On Sunday, Jin Kyung-joon, 49, a superinten
July 18, 2016
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Supreme Court moves to raise upper limit of manufacturers’ compensation
The South Korean Supreme Court will discuss ways to increase the upper ceiling of compensation to victims in cases of lethal damages from goods, sources said Monday.Judges at the Supreme Court in charge of civil suits exchanged views last week about measures to order a company to pay up to 1 billion won ($880,000) to compensate victims in cases in which severe damage or injury was inflicted on a customer on purpose or by malicious will.When the victim is a child or has severe aftereffect symptom
July 18, 2016
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Presidential secretary denies link to prosecutor embroiled in scandal
A senior presidential secretary denied on Monday local news reports that said arrested senior prosecutor Jin Kyung-joon had pulled strings for him, allegedly leading to local gaming company Nexon buying his family’s real estate.Woo Byung-woo, a presidential secretary for civil affairs, flatly denied in a statement Jin’s involvement in his personal real estate dealings, saying that his wife sold the property legally through a real estate agency.Local news reports raised speculation on Monday that
July 18, 2016
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Runaway teenagers forced into prostitution
A group of men and women who coerced runaway teenagers into prostitution were arrested by the police, Monday. South Jeolla Province’s Gwangyang police said it booked a total of 11 people on charges of arranging prostitution. Among the booked 11, four were arrested, six were transferred to the prosecutors without detention and one who ran away was put on a wanted list. According to the police, the men and women, some of them married couples, are accused of recruiting six runaway girls aged betwee
July 18, 2016
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10-year-old in coma due to oxygen gear glitch
A 10-year-old girl fell in to a coma due to a glitch in medical support gear while being transported via helicopter, according to a story shared on a community bulletin in North Jeolla Province, July 12.Written by the parent of the girl, the story claimed that the fire department‘s helicopter used to take the girl to a bigger hospital lacked an oxygen supply, which gravely exacerbated her medical condition. (Yonhap News stock image)The patient was to change from a hospital in South Jeolla Provi
July 18, 2016
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Justice minister apologizes over prosecutor's scandal
Korea's justice minister on Monday apologized over the scandal that one of the country's senior prosecutors took bribes from a leading online game maker and used the money to make stock investments."We will accept all criticism, and make various efforts to build up public trust in the prosecutors' office," Justice Minister Kim Hyun-woong said, adding he will tighten control over prosecutors to prevent similar cases breaking out in the future.On Sunday, Jin Kyung-joon, 49, was arrested for amassi
July 18, 2016
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Young sexual minorities facing greater health, psychological risks: study
One out of 165 Korean high school students had sexual contact with a person of same sex, constituting 0.6 percent of the age group, but their risk of exposure to depression or substance abuse runs up to 14 times higher than those who had sexual contact with the opposite sex, a medical research paper said Monday.The research team from the Samsung Medical Center gynecology and obstetrics department based their analysis of annual data collected by the Center for Disease Control & Prevention on high
July 18, 2016
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Gov't confirms 142 additional Korean War abductees
A Korean government panel presided by the prime minister said Monday it has confirmed an additional 142 people abducted by Pyongyang during the 1950-53 Korean War.The government launched the committee in 2010 under a special law aimed at recovering the honor of those who were abducted by the North. So far, Korea confirmed 4,782 people were abducted during the three year conflict.stock image. 123rf.Among the newly listed victims, farmers and fishermen accounted for the majority at 57.8 percent, f
July 18, 2016
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New 'Seoul Best 100' guidebook to be published
An updated Seoul guidebook will be published by the end of the year to reflect new tourist attractions and public transportation in the Korean capital, a city official said Monday."We've placed an order to make 100,000 copies of the new 'Seoul Best 100' by spending 160 million won (US$140,000)," the source said. The new 120-page guidebook will be printed in five languages -- Korean, English, simplified and traditional Chinese, and Japanese -- the official said. "We'd like to help tourists visiti
July 18, 2016
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Nearly one-third of Korean adults overweight as they consume more fat
More Koreans have become overweight than 10 years ago, with their daily calorie intake now exceeding the recommended amount, a study showed Monday.Conducted by the livestock economic research center of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation (Nonghyup), the study found 31.5 percent of South Koreans aged 19 and over were overweight as of the end of 2014. This is an increase from 30.3 percent in 2001. People with a body mass index of 25 or above are categorized as overweight.The average d
July 18, 2016
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K-food boom catches on outside of usual customer groups
From instant noodles to bread and beef broth soup, Korean food is gaining interest overseas from consumers outside of the usual group of Korean residents and a handful of Korea followers, a leading trade body said Monday.Korea's instant noodles, ramyeon, ranks second after Taiwan in the Chinese market for the product, but the speed of its growth in China's imports is obvious, according to the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency in Wuhai. China's imports of ramyeon increased 65.5 percent in 2
July 18, 2016
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French people in Seoul gather to remember Nice victims
Some 80 people, including French nationals, gathered at the French embassy in Seoul on Sunday to commemorate those killed in last week's truck attack in Nice. Participants at the gathering, including French Ambassador to South Korea Fabien Penone and embassy officials, prayed for the victims of the attack. The ambassador extended his condolences to the family of the victims and thanked the South Korean government for its support, while urging them to stand together against terrorism. The
July 17, 2016
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4 dead, 16 injured in car pileup
Four people were killed and 16 others were injured on Sunday as five vehicles piled up on an expressway in Gangwon Province, police said. The collision took place at 5:54 p.m. on the Seoul-bound side of the Yeongdong Expressway, and those injured were taken to nearby hospitals, they said. Police said a bus bumped into a passenger car, causing a mass collision of cars behind it. (Yonhap)
July 17, 2016
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Parent accused of slapping teacher
The mother of an elementary school student was booked without detention under accusations of hitting her child’s school teacher, according to the Gyeonggi Hwasung Dongbu Police on Sunday. The police said the accused had allegedly assaulted the school nurse by grabbing her hair and slapping her in the face on July 11. (Yonhap)The accused had reportedly cited the school nurse’s “curt attitude” as the reason behind her actions. She told the police that she had visited the school nurse to ask for d
July 17, 2016