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[Newsmaker] 8,093 foreigners here illegally voluntarily leave Korea
Social affairsJan 21, 2020
The Justice Ministry said Tuesday that 8,093 foreign nationals who had been staying in Korea illegally voluntarily left in the period of one month, thanks to new incentives that exempt them from pena...
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[Newsmaker] US envoy say it's his mustache; South Koreans say otherwiseForeign AffairsJan 21, 2020SEOUL (AP) -- The US ambassador to South Korea has some unusual explanations for the harsh criticism he's faced in his host country. His mustache, maybe? Or a Japanese ancestry that raises unpleasant... -
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[Newsmaker] Opposition leader sends beef jerky to Buddhist monksSocial affairsJan 20, 2020South Korea’s opposition leader accidentally sent beef jerky to the Jogye Order of Buddhism as a Lunar New Year’s gift, bewildering the country’s largest Buddhist group, which practices vegetarianism...
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[Newsmaker] Ulsan mayor questioned in election-meddling probeSocial affairsJan 20, 2020SEOUL/ULSAN -- Ulsan Mayor Song Cheol-ho was questioned Monday over an ongoing probe into allegations that some presidential officials conspired to help him win the mayoral seat in a 2018 election. ... -
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[Newsmaker] Main opposition lawmaker found not guilty in daughter’s hiring scandalSocial affairsJan 17, 2020A Seoul court on Friday cleared main opposition lawmaker Kim Sung-tae of bribery charges, clearing a hurdle for him to run in the upcoming April 15 general elections. The Seoul Southern District Cou... -
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[Newsmaker] Transgender sergeant seeks to continue serving in militarySocial affairsJan 16, 2020A South Korean transgender sergeant faces a possible discharge from the South Korean Army after undergoing sex reassignment surgery while enlisted, despite his wish to continue the service as a femal... -
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[Newsmaker] Active-duty soldier undergoes sex reassignment surgery, voices hope for continuing serviceDefenseJan 16, 2020An Army non-commissioned officer underwent gender reassignment surgery last year and has expressed a desire to continue to serve in the military as a female solider, officers said Thursday. The serv... -
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[Newsmaker] Of kids bullied at school, 1 in 3 targeted ‘as a joke’: surveySocial affairsJan 15, 2020One in 3 victims of school violence in South Korea has been bullied “as a joke,” a report from the Education Ministry showed Wednesday. Some 0.6 percent of students enrolled at Korea’s elementa... -
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[Newsmaker] Another class-action suit filed against Japanese firms over forced laborSocial affairsJan 14, 2020Victims of wartime forced labor and their descendants based in Gwangju and South Jeolla Province filed a class-action lawsuit against Japanese firms on Tuesday, seeking financial restitution amid sou... -
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[Newsmaker] Court denies arrest warrant for ex-Big Bang member SeungriSocial affairsJan 13, 2020A Seoul court on Monday again denied an arrest warrant for Seungri, the disgraced former Big Bang member accused of overseas gambling and procuring prostitutes for investors. The Seoul Central Distr... -
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[Newsmaker] Court to decide on Seungri’s arrestSocial affairsJan 13, 2020Former boyband Big Bang member Seungri appeared at court on Monday morning for a hearing on an arrest warrant filed by prosecutors. The 29-year-old arrived at Seoul Central District Court in Seocho,... -
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[Newsmaker] Ex-Supreme Court judge found not guilty in judiciary power abuse caseSocial affairsJan 13, 2020A former top court judge indicted for his suspected role in a judiciary power abuse scandal during the conservative Park Geun-hye administration was found not guilty on Monday. The Seoul Central Dis... -
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[Newsmaker] Hacking of top celebrities prompts rumors, warningsFilmJan 12, 2020Several South Korean celebrities whose phones were recently hacked are struggling to prevent the spread of their photos and rumors on the internet and messenger apps. Some have issued warnings of leg... -
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[Newsmaker] Rallies held against government, prosecutionPoliticsJan 12, 2020Two different groups of citizens took to the streets of Seoul on Saturday, one criticizing the Moon Jae-in administration and the other calling for the resignation of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-you... -
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[Newsmaker] Iran says it 'unintentionally' shot down Ukrainian jetlinerInternationalJan 11, 2020Iran announced Saturday that its military 'unintentionally' shot down a Ukrainian jetliner, killing all 176 aboard. The statement came Saturday morning and blamed ``human error'' for the shootdown. ...
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