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[Newsmaker] North Korea battles severe flood damage
North KoreaAug 7, 2020
Days of torrential downpours have flooded hundreds of houses and vast rice fields in North Korea, with damage expected to grow further, dealing a blow to a regime already grappling with the COVID-19 ...
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[Newsmaker] Health minister asks doctors to cancel strikeSocial affairsAug 6, 2020South Korea’s top health official on Thursday urged doctors to cancel their walkouts, the first of which is planned for Friday, and asked for their cooperation with the government’s impending health ... -
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[Newsmaker] Another psychiatrist murdered by patientSocial affairsAug 5, 2020Another psychiatrist has been murdered by his patient following two similar incidents over the past two years, police said Wednesday. Police said a doctor in his 50s died Wednesday morning after bei...
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[Newsmaker] Civil law revision eyed to protect children from corporal punishmentSocial affairsAug 4, 2020The Ministry of Justice is pushing for amendment to the Civil Law to abolish parents’ right to physically discipline their children in a bid to better protect children from abusive parents. The plan... -
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[Newsmaker] Kakao Games under fire for sexist translation ahead of IPOIndustryAug 3, 2020Kakao Games is facing a boycott from users for sexist translations in its newly released game Guardian Tales, posing a hiccup to the company that stands on the doorstep of going public. The gaming u... -
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[Newsmaker] New Zealand ups pressure on Korea to cooperate in diplomat sexual assault caseForeign affairsAug 2, 2020New Zealand authorities have heightened pressure on South Korea to cooperate in its probe of a Korean diplomat who has been accused of sexual assault. Winston Peters, New Zealand’s deputy prime m... -
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[Newsmaker] Shincheonji leader arrested on charges of obstructing anti-virus responseSocial affairsAug 1, 2020The leader of a minor religious sect at the center of the early coronavirus outbreak in South Korea was arrested early Saturday for allegedly obstructing the government's efforts to contain the sprea... -
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[Newsmaker] Arrest warrant hearing starts for Shincheonji leaderSocial affairsJul 31, 2020A local court has started reviewing whether to issue an arrest warrant for Lee Man-hee, the leader of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, over allegations that he and his religious sect obstructed the g... -
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[Newsmaker] Runaway N. Korean defector unlikely to have contracted coronavirus: KCDCNorth KoreaJul 30, 2020A North Korean defector suspected of having fled back to his communist homeland is unlikely to have been infected with the new coronavirus here despite Pyongyang's claim that he had virus symptoms, S... -
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[Newsmaker] Seoul to extend visas for foreign workers to address rural labor shortageSocial affairsJul 29, 2020The South Korean government will take steps to extend visas for foreign laborers as part of measures to address issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said Wednesday. ... -
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[Newsmaker] No larvae found at any regular water treatment center: Environment MinistrySocial affairsJul 28, 2020All of South Korea’s regular water purification centers are free of larvae or bugs, an Environment Ministry inspection has found, amid public worries that the country may be experiencing a tap water ... -
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[Newsmaker] Defector fled ‘hopeless life’ in North, possible prosecution in SouthNorth KoreaJul 27, 2020A North Korean defector believed to have swum across a river to return to North Korea earlier this month spoke of a “hopeless life” in the North and his perilous journey to the South on YouTube last ... -
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[Newsmaker] Another heavy downpour expected; authorities on alertSocial affairsJul 26, 2020With heavy rainfall expected again this week, authorities are on high alert to prevent further damages during the monsoon season, especially down south. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety calle... -
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[Newsmaker] Police investigating online leak of sex abuse complaint against late Seoul mayorSocial affairsJul 24, 2020Police said Friday they have opened an investigation into the possible leak of a complaint memo detailing sexual misconduct accusations against the recently deceased mayor of Seoul, Park Won-soon. T... -
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[Newsmaker] Korea pushes plan to make more doctorsSocial affairsJul 23, 2020Medical schools in Korea will admit more students, lawmakers and government officials said Thursday, lifting the admission cap for the first time since 2006. According to the blueprint proposed by r...
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