Articles by Kim Yon-se
Kim Yon-se
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U.S. soldiers likely to avoid imprisonment despite assault
Three U.S. soldiers who harassed Korean women at a water park are likely to avoid prison as they were given a two-year probation, though a court in Gyeonggi Province sentenced them to jail terms between six and 10 months on Wednesday.According to the Suwon District Court, the three U.S. Forces soldiers hit employees and sexually harassed two female staff members at the Caribbean Bay water park in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, in May.The accused were found to have begun smoking inside the water park
Social Affairs Sept. 17, 2014
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Park slams NPAD over stalemate
President Park Geun-hye clarified Tuesday that her administration would not accept calls from opposition lawmakers to take the initiative in providing the ferry victims’ families with the authority to investigate and indict suspects.Her stance that Cheong Wa Dae would not respond to the demand from the main opposition party and the victims’ families came during the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.Over the past few months, the New Politics Alliance for Democracy and the families have called on the pre
Politics Sept. 16, 2014
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N. Korea sends protest letter over propaganda leaflets
North Korea sent a protest letter to South Korea‘s presidential office demanding measures to stop the cross-border spread of anti-Pyongyang leaflets by civic groups in the South, the Unification Ministry said Tuesday.The North’s National Defense Commission, chaired by the country’s top leader, Kim Jong-un, delivered two fax messages to Cheong Wa Dae’s National Security Council on Saturday and Monday, respectively, the ministry said.It is unusual for the North’s commission to deliver messages dir
North Korea Sept. 16, 2014
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Marine killed by grenade explosion
One Marine Corps recruit was killed and two others were injured on Tuesday when a hand grenade exploded during a training session in the southeastern port city of Pohang, military officials said. The accident took place at around 10:20 a.m. at the drill camp of the South Korean Marine Corps when a hand grenade suddenly exploded, severing the hand of one Marine recruit with shrapnel while wounding another recruit and one instructor, they said.The 19-year-old who threw the grenade died in the afte
Defense Sept. 16, 2014
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Pyeongchang to host biodiversity conference
About 20,000 participants are expected to gather at the 12th meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity, slated for Sept. 29-Oct. 17 in an eco-friendly district in South Korea, the local unit of the organizing committee said Monday.Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province is the host of the biennial gathering, which is to be convened under the theme of “Biodiversity for Sustainable Development.”The Korean secretariat predicts that the number of participants will surpass that of previous conventions:
Social Affairs Sept. 15, 2014
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Gyeonggi bus drivers threaten strike
A group of bus driver unions in Gyeonggi Province said it would go on strike on Sept. 16 to demand higher wages and a reduction of working hours.Out of the 30 bus operators in the province, eight companies ― including Kyungwon Transport, Samgyoung City Bus, Boyoung City Bus and Suwon City Bus ― have faced deadlocks in negotiations with their unions over labor conditions.The eight unions declared Sunday that they would stage a strike from Tuesday in protest of the “low-quality” working conditions
Social Affairs Sept. 14, 2014
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1 in 8 Koreans had depression
One out of 8 South Korean adults said they have experienced depression at least once, but less than 10 percent of them received professional help, a survey released Sunday said.The findings by the Centers for Disease Control were derived from a nationwide poll of 3,840 households throughout 2012, focusing on adults aged 19 or older.According to the results, 12.9 percent said they had suffered from depression over the year prior to the survey. For the survey, depression was defined as grief and d
Social Affairs Sept. 14, 2014
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N.K. calls on Seoul to stop propaganda leaflets
North Korea on Saturday denounced South Korea’s recent proposal to hold high-level talks, saying that Seoul should first stop all anti-Pyongyang hostile activities, including floating propaganda leaflets into its territory, before making such a “deceptive” offer.On Aug. 11, South Korea proposed high-level talks with Pyongyang for discussions on various pending issues including reunions of separated families. The North has so far ignored the offer, as it ramped up criticism about Seoul’s joint mi
North Korea Sept. 14, 2014
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N.K. sentences American to 6 years in labor camp
North Korea said Sunday it had sentenced detained American Matthew Miller to six years of hard labor for “hostile” acts against Pyongyang.“He committed acts hostile to the (North) while entering the territory of the (North) under the guise of a tourist last April,” the state-run Korean Central News Agency said in a statement.Miller, 24, of Bakersfield, California, was detained in April for violating his tourist status when he entered the country.He is believed to have torn up his visa at Pyongya
North Korea Sept. 14, 2014
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Over 500 firms face CO2 emissions cap
More than 500 South Korean enterprises that have been placed under the government’s carbon dioxide emission trading scheme will be limited to release less than 1.69 billion tons of greenhouse gases between 2015 and 2017.The Cabinet on Thursday approved the plan, proposed by the Ministry of Environment, as the nation is scheduled to implement the emission restriction system on Jan. 1, 2015.The quota for Korean businesses has been set at 1.687 billion tons over the next three years via consultatio
Social Affairs Sept. 11, 2014
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Ex-spy chief cleared of election law violation
A Seoul court on Thursday sentenced former spy agency chief Won Sei-hoon to two years and six months in prison and four years of probation on charges of violating the National Intelligence Service law.But it dismissed the prosecution’s allegation that the ex-NIS director intervened in the 2012 presidential election. Despite issuing criminal punishment, the Seoul Central District Court acquitted Won of charges that he also breached the Public Official Election Law.Judges admitted that some of the
Social Affairs Sept. 11, 2014
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N. Korea nuclear reactor may be operating again: U.N. watchdog
North Korea's reactor at its main nuclear site, capable of giving the isolated regime plutonium for nuclear weapons, may be operational again, the U.N. atomic watchdog said in a report seen by AFP Friday."Since late August 2013, the agency has observed, through analysis of satellite imagery, steam discharges and the outflow of cooling water" at the reactor at Yongbyon, the International Atomic Energy Agency said.It added that such activity is "consistent with the reactor's operation. However, si
North Korea Sept. 5, 2014
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North Korea to repatriate S. Korean man next week
North Korea said Friday it would repatriate a South Korean man next week who entered the communist nation “illegally.”The man with the surname of Kim was arrested by the North‘s authorities after having trespassed into the North via a third country, according to the North’s Korean Central News Agency. Kim is a resident of Anseong, a city about 70 kilometers south of Seoul, it said without revealing his age. The KCNA did not provide details of when and where he was arrested. It quoted Kim as sayi
North Korea Sept. 5, 2014
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Fired YTN reporters lose suit against government
A group of discharged journalists from YTN, a TV news provider, have lost a suit against the government, having claimed that the Lee Myung-bak administration conducted illicit surveillance on the broadcaster and its staff.The Seoul Central District Court on Friday ruled against the plaintiff, composed of three former and one incumbent YTN journalist, who claimed 250 million won ($242,000) in damages from the government.While the plaintiffs said the Prime Minister’s Office had pressured police to
Social Affairs Sept. 5, 2014
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Sewol owner’s female aide detained in U.S.
U.S. investigators have captured the late Yoo Byung-eun’s former key female confidante Kim Hea-kyung at a location in Virginia State, the Ministry of Justice said Friday.Kim Hea-kyungKim Hea-kyung, the head of Hankook Pharm Co. -- a core unit of Chonghaejin Marine Co. -- has been residing in the United States since the April 16 Sewol sinking disaster without responding to a summons from the prosecution.She allegedly had an affair with the irregularity-ridden Yoo Byung-eun, while Kwon Yoon-ja is
Social Affairs Sept. 5, 2014
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