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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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Medical profs at top hospitals suspend surgeries, clinics
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Police to open alleged stalking probe over pastor over Dior bag scandal
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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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Hopes rise for possible Gaza truce deal
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Shinsegae faces showdown with investors over SSG.com's delayed IPO
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Ex-pro baseball player who killed debtor appeals sentence
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Seventeen shows who is the ‘Maestro’ of K-pop in greatest hits album
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Suspended sentence for 25-year-old who abandoned newborn
A 25-year-old mother has received a suspended sentence of six months for deserting her newborn, said the Gwangju District Court on Sunday. The woman gave birth to a baby boy at home in December and then abandoned the newborn at a public bathroom at a park nearby her house. (123RF)The court said the woman had committed the crime to cover up her having been pregnant out of wedlock. The court said it took into consideration that the woman had wished for the baby to be rescued, leaving him at a pla
July 17, 2016
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Farmer to be charged for enslaving disabled man
Police said Sunday they plan to file charges against a farmer who is accused of enslaving a man with intellectual disabilities for 19 years at his farm. The farmer, identified as Kim, is suspected of holding the 47-year-old man identified as Goh at his farm in Ochang, North Chungcheong Province, forcing him to work without pay and abusing him.Kim, 68, was questioned by police last week as a witness. He is most likely to face charges of violating laws on welfare for those with disabilities and la
July 17, 2016
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Senior prosecutor arrested on bribery charges
South Korea’s senior prosecutor was placed under arrest Sunday on charges of taking bribes from Nexon -- a leading online game maker here -- and spending the funds on stock investments. It is the first time that an incumbent top prosecutor has been placed behind bars since 1948 when South Korea’s prosecution system was established. Jin Kyung-joon, the 49-year-old prosecutor, is accused of taking 425 million won ($374,000) from the online game maker Nexon Co. in 2005. He eventually used the funds
July 17, 2016
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110 Koreans return home after Turkey coup attempt
Some 110 South Korean nationals safely returned home Sunday morning after being held up for around 10 hours at Turkey’s Ataturk Airport due to flight delays caused by the attempted military coup. (Yonhap)The coup by soldiers seeking to seize power from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan broke out late Friday, resulting in around 250 casualties. The coup was suppressed Saturday, with President Erdogan returning to the capital to contain the situation and Turkish citizens taking to the streets in an
July 17, 2016
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Senior prosecutor arrested over bribe-taking
A senior prosecutor was arrested early Sunday on suspicion of taking bribes from the country's leading online game maker and using them for stock investments.Jin Kyung-joon, 49, is accused of amassing massive amounts of wealth through shady stock transactions involving Nexon Co. The game maker allegedly gave some 400 million won ($348,000) to Jin in 2005, helping him make some 12 billion won in profits through stock transactions by 2015.The Seoul Central District Court issued the arrest warrant,
July 17, 2016
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ASEM leaders condemn N.K. nuke, missile programs
The Asia-Europe Meeting summit on Saturday adopted its chair's statement condemning North Korea's nuclear and missile programs "in the strongest terms," Seoul's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said. "The chair's statement includes content strongly condemning North Korea's development of nuclear arms and missiles, and calling for the full-scale enforcement of U.N. Security Council sanctions resolutions (against the North)," Kim Kyou-hyun, senior presidential secretary for foreign affairs, told
July 16, 2016
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Estimated 1m Koreans download 'Pokemon Go' app
An estimated 1 million South Koreans have downloaded "Pokemon Go," the popular augmented reality game not yet available in the country, an app analytics company said Saturday. WiseApp said about 1.03 million people are estimated to have downloaded the Nintendo mobile game, which has quickly become a global sensation since its release last week.The company said the figure was reached based on a survey of 14,439 users of Android-based phones from July 7-15. The survey has a margin of error of plu
July 16, 2016
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Police investigate confinement of PM
Police said Saturday it has opened a full-fledged investigation into the confinement of the prime minister during his visit to the southern town of Seongju to persuade residents to accept the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system to the area.During his trip on Friday, angry residents protesting the government's decision to deploy the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) blocked Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn's car for hours and threw water bottles and eggs at him. Prime
July 16, 2016
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Korea raises minimum wage for 2017
Korea's minimum wage has been set at 6,470 won ($5.70) per hour for next year, up 7 percent from this year, the labor ministry said Saturday.The new minimum wage translates to 51,760 won a day for those who work eight hours a day and some 1.35 million won a month for those who work full time.The Ministry of Employment and Labor said the pay raise will affect an estimated 3.36 million workers in the nation.Minimum Wage Council Chairman Park Jun-sung (center) and other members of the council condu
July 16, 2016
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Top prosecutor arrested for bribery
Prosecution officials arrested a senior prosecutor over suspicions that he took bribes from gaming company Nexon’s cofounder Kim Jung-ju on Thursday night. The arrest came 13 hours after the prosecution began interrogating prosecutor Jin Kyung-joon, who is suspected of taking kickbacks and benefitting from shady stock transactions with the money at Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office. Senior prosecutor Jin Kyung-joon (Yonhap)The prosecution suspects that Jin took 425 million won from Kim
July 15, 2016
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Italian nun spends decades in S. Korea to help lepers
"I'd like to live a life helping leprosy patients and getting along with other locals at Hoam Village for the rest of my days," an Italian nun, who settled here 48 years ago, said in fluent Korean on Friday. Lidia Tallone, as a missionary, came to the village in Gochang, 296 kilometers south of Seoul, which was a colony for lepers at that time. She was just 25 then. Since then, she has treated people with leprosy, also called Hansen's disease, and has been of great help to the mobility impaired
July 15, 2016
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Volkswagen may face W320b fine
German carmaker Audi Volkswagen’s local unit Volkswagen Korea may receive up to 320 billion won ($282 million) in fines for allegedly forging vehicle authentication test results, sources said Friday.The ministry explained that a carmaker which falsified test result for its vehicles’ noise-level, fuel efficiency and emissions to receive authentication can be fined up to 10 billion won per vehicle type, according to the revised Clean Air Conservation Act which will take effect on 28th. (Yonhap)Th
July 15, 2016
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5 toxins banned from spray products
The Ministry of Environment said Friday that it is set to ban sales of spray-type household products that contain five substances including MIT and DDAC.MIT is one of the substances contained in the toxic humidifier disinfectant which has led to a loss of some 200 lives since 2008. Authorities are still investigating a possible correlation between the use of MIT and lung-related diseases.MIT was designated a harmful chemical substance in September 2012 and the use of it in products is now regula
July 15, 2016
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Police summon Maestro Chung over embezzlement allegations
Maestro Chung Myung-whun was summoned by police Friday to face questioning over alleged embezzlement, a day after he was grilled by prosecutors over a rumor scandal surrounding the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra.The 63-year-old conductor appeared at the Jongno Police Station in Seoul over suspicions he unlawfully used the orchestra's assets for personal expenses.Chung declined to comment on any of the allegations raised against him. Earlier on Thursday, the maestro was summoned by prosecutors over
July 15, 2016
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Public firms close cafeterias to help boost local economies
More of South Korea’s state-run organizations are joining the drive to shut down their in-house cafeterias at least once a week as part of efforts to spur the local economy amid the deepening economic downturn. Mostly municipalities, police stations and state-run organizations across the country are seen joining the campaign to boost spending at nearby restaurants once a week or twice a month. Among them is Seoul’s Seocho District Office, which decided to close its in-house cafeteria every Frida
July 14, 2016
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Korea to tighten asbestos controls
The government is set to strengthen the management of buildings with asbestos during their dismantling and reconstruction process to minimize health risks from exposure to the material. Asbestos were widely used in 1970s to build slate roofs, interior materials, soundproof walls and insulators at low costs. It is defined as a carcinogen by the World Health Organization, as exposure to worn out asbestos materials can cause diseases such as lung cancer and mesothelioma.The revised Asbestos Safety
July 14, 2016
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Court upholds ruling against sergeant for sexually harassing superior
A Seoul appeals court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s decision to order disciplinary action against a male sergeant for sexually harassing his female superior in 2014. The sergeant had claimed the decision was unfair and asked the disciplinary order to be revoked. The case is one of the relatively rare sexual harassment cases in Korea in which the victim was harassed by someone of a lower rank at work. The victim, an army captain and one of the sergeant’s superiors at his unit, filed a compla
July 14, 2016
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Int'l migrants decrease for first time in 6 yrs
The number of South Korean overseas travelers and foreign visitors here fell for the first time in six years last year amid a reduction in the number of people studying abroad, a government report showed Thursday.The number of international migrants, referring to those who stay in and out of South Korea for 90 days or more, stood at 1.3 million people in 2015, down 1.7 percent, or 23,000, from a year earlier, according to the report compiled by Statistics Korea. The number involves both foreigne
July 14, 2016
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Woman sentenced to 12-year jail term for setting lover on fire
A woman who burned her unfaithful lover alive has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in an appeals trial, the Seoul High Court said Thursday. The woman, 57, surnamed Jang, poured kerosene on the victim, 52, and lit him on fire after finding out he had an affair with another woman. (Yonhap)Jang and the victim had been in a 15-year-long adulterous relationship. The incident took place at Jang’s bar in Dongdaemun, central Seoul, in August 2013.The victim was hospitalized for five days before dyin
July 14, 2016
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Eating after 6 p.m. increases risk of growing fat: study
Eating after 6 p.m. could lead to more belly fat, said a health and nutrition study published Thursday.According to the Hallym University Medical Center research team, people who consumed 57 percent of their daily diet after 6 p.m. had a 1.3 percent higher risk of growing fat around the waist compared to those who ate only 18 percent of their meals after 6 p.m. (123RF)The research had divided some 15,000 participants into five groups according to how much of their daily diet was consumed betwee
July 14, 2016