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Incheon Global Campus leads Green Growth Week eventsSocial affairsOctober 27, 2019Professors and students from the world’s leading universities with a presence at Incheon Global Campus shared their knowledge about how to achieve a green energy transformation during Global Green Gr... -
Samsung heir’s bribery retrial beginsSocial affairsOctober 25, 2019Samsung Group’s de facto chief Lee Jae-yong’s retrial began Friday at a high court, after the top court ordered a review of his bribery sentence in connection with a corruption scandal that led to th... -
Seoul becomes dog slaughter-freeSocial affairsOctober 24, 2019Seoul is to become completely free from dog slaughter this month after all dog-butchering businesses in the city agreed to stop the practice, the city government said Thursday. A total of eight rema... -
George Mason University launches peace studies center in IncheonSocial affairsOctober 24, 2019George Mason University Korea launched the Peace and Conflict Studies Center Asia and hosted an annual symposium on peace on the Korean Peninsula at its Incheon Global Campus, the university said Thu...
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Fine dust measures enforced as dust season beginsSocial affairsOctober 21, 2019South Korea is expected to see a high level of particulate pollution, leading the government to take preliminary anti-dust measures for the first time this autumn and launch a monthlong crackdown on ... -
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[Feature] Thai worker’s death raises questions over migrant crackdownSocial affairsOctober 21, 2019Last month, a 29-year-old Thai man who was working in Korea illegally was found unconscious in the mountains near a factory in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province, after a crackdown by immigration auth... -
Two illegal Chinese trawlers capturedSocial affairsOctober 20, 2019Two Chinese dragnet trawlers were caught illegally fishing in the West Sea under South Korean jurisdiction on Saturday and are being brought to the country for legal action, the Korean Coast Guard sa... -
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[Newsmaker] Uniqlo pulls controversial adSocial affairsOctober 20, 2019Japanese clothing brand Uniqlo stopped airing a controversial advertisement that has been criticized here for mocking victims coerced into Japan’s wartime sexual enslavement and labor, the company sa... -
Bill to tackle university admission fraud to be tabledSocial affairsOctober 20, 2019A ruling Democratic Party lawmaker plans to submit a special bill on reviewing university admissions of lawmakers’ children early this week. The move comes amid public uproar over fairness in univer... -
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[Newsmaker] Top court confirms suspended sentence for Lotte chiefSocial affairsOctober 17, 2019South Korea’s top court on Thursday confirmed a suspended sentence for Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin for his involvement in a corruption scandal that removed former President Park Geun-hye from ... -
Foundation to be launched for victims of Japan’s forced laborSocial affairsOctober 16, 2019A private foundation aimed at supporting Asian victims forced into labor during Japan’s colonial rule of Korea will be launched as early as this year amid frayed relations between Seoul and Tokyo. “... -
Cho Kuk’s resignation dominates parliamentary audit of Justice MinistryPoliticsOctober 15, 2019The parliamentary audit of the Justice Ministry, held Tuesday without the minister, was dominated by political wrangling over Justice Minister Cho Kuk’s resignation the previous day over corruption a... -
Justice Minister Cho Kuk steps downSocial affairsOctober 14, 2019Scandal-stricken Justice Minister Cho Kuk stepped down from his post Monday amid an ongoing investigation into corruption allegations involving his family, 35 days after he was appointed despite stro... -
Conservatives dominate central Seoul, demand resignations of Moon, ChoSocial affairsOctober 9, 2019Conservative civic groups critical of the Moon Jae-in administration took to the streets in central Seoul on Wednesday demanding the resignation of the president and arrest of scandal-stricken Justic... -
Cho Kuk lays out prosecution reform planSocial affairsOctober 8, 2019Embattled Justice Minister Cho Kuk laid out measures to reform the prosecution Tuesday, proposing to curb its power for direct probes and better protect human rights during investigations. Cho, whos...
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