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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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Gov't appears to shelve punitive measures against mass walkout by doctors
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[Eye Interview] 'If you live to 100, you might as well be happy,' says 88-year-old bestselling essayist
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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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Prosecution reveals more details on making of Oxy Ssak Ssak
Sources from the prosecution said they have found more details on how Oxy Reckitt Benckiser had used the toxic ingredient PHMG to produce the problematic humidifier disinfectant. According to the prosecution, Oxy – which was formally renamed Reckitt Benckiser Korea -- had initially used a chemical called Priventol R80 as the main ingredient for Oxy Ssak Ssak until the late ’90s. The inhalation-toxicity test for the chemical proved that it was safe. However, in 2000, the company reportedly decide
May 12, 2016
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Danish firm denies link to toxic humidifier disinfectant
Danish chemical company KeTox -- which allegedly supplied PGH to Korean company Butterflyeffect -- has denied any links to the firm, a civic group working with the victims of toxic humidifier disinfectants said Thursday.The Danish company denied any business deals with Butterflyeffect in a meeting with representatives of the victims in Denmark on Sunday, according to Choi Ye-yong of the Asian Citizen’s Center for Environment and Health.The now closed company’s former CEO Frede Damgaard reportedl
May 12, 2016
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Hiroshima archive underscores aspirations for peace
More than seven decades after America's nuclear bomb fell on Hiroshima, Japan, the once-devastated city now symbolizes people's fervent aspirations for peace -- once crushed by the island country's imperialist rampage.The passage of time has yet to blot out the potent memories of the unprecedented bombing in the southwestern Japanese city as vivid photos and remains from the bombing are well kept at an archive here apparently in the hopes of preventing another reckless use of violence.Hiroshima,
May 12, 2016
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Patricide suspects accuse father of abuse
The siblings being accused of murdering their 76-year-old father on Parents’ Day have spoken up about the victim’s abuse of their deceased mother. During police interrogation, the 43-year-old brother claimed that his father had sexually abused and hit his mother who had dementia and a physical disability after being in a traffic accident in 1990. The father had allegedly spent his wife’s government subsidies on another woman, and did not attend his wife’s funeral in 2009. (Yonhap)The 47-year-o
May 12, 2016
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Man stabs friend for alleged backbiting
A 31-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for the attempted murder of his friend who allegedly spoke ill of him to his girlfriend. According to Hongseong Police in the South Chungcheong Province, the man is being accused of carrying a weapon to his friend’s house and stabbing the latter in the abdomen and hand. (123RF)The man testified that he had suspected the friend to have spoken ill of him to his girlfriend and that had resulted in a fight which escalated to the stabbings. The police plan
May 12, 2016
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School teacher axed for inappropriately touching colleague
A primary school teacher was dismissed from his position after inappropriately touching four female colleagues at an after-work party, Wednesday. Korean office dinners often involve heavy drinking. (Yonhap)According to the school in North Chungcheong Province, the teacher had repeated his offence by indecently touching two female teachers at a pub in September 2015 and two others at a karaoke salon in February 2016.The case was belatedly filed by a person acquainted with one of the victims. By
May 12, 2016
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Residents of water tank corpse case traumatized
Residents of the apartment complex where a dead man’s body was found in the tank they got their water from are reporting symptoms of trauma. A number of residents who preferred to remain anonymous have revealed their distress“The thought of it sickens me to the core,” one said. “I keep feeling like I’ll throw up.” Another said, “My children drank from the tap. I’m worried they may develop health problems.” (123RF)On Monday at an apartment in the city of Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province, a decompo
May 12, 2016
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New PyeongChang Olympics head determined to alleviate concerns over background
Newly elected head of South Korea's first Winter Olympics on Thursday, former Commerce Minister Lee Hee-beom said he's determined to alleviate concerns over his lack of background in sports.Lee was elected unanimously as the new president of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) at the committee's general assembly in Seoul. The 67-year-old replaces Cho Yang-ho, chairman of Hanjin Group, who abruptly resigned last week to concentrate on corp
May 12, 2016
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Ex-commerce minister formally elected new head of PyeongChang 2018
Former Commerce Minister Lee Hee-beom was elected the new head of the planning committee for the country's first Winter Olympics on Thursday.Lee's candidacy as the president of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) was approved unanimously at the committee's general assembly in Seoul.His appointment will need the final stamp of approval by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, though it's considered a mere formality at this juncture.
May 12, 2016
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Allies agree to explore various measures to curb N.K. provocations
South Korea and the United States have agreed to explore various measures to stave off potential North Korean provocations, the allies said Thursday, reaffirming that Pyongyang's saber-rattling poses a grave threat to their alliance.After the two-day Korea-U.S. Integrated Defense Dialogue (KIDD), a biannual high-level security meeting, in Washington D.C., the Ministry of National Defense and the U.S. Department of Defense issued a joint press statement that called for the North to renounce its n
May 12, 2016
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Korea to adopt face recognition system for gov't offices
South Korea's government said Thursday it will beef up security at public buildings by adopting a face recognition system following a high-profile illegal entry into one of its offices earlier this year.The announcement by the Ministry of the Interior comes as Seoul took fire for lax security after a man broke into a government building in central Seoul to tamper with the results of the civil service exam he took.The man, identified only by his surname Song who was caught last month, illegally e
May 12, 2016
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22 short track skaters and coaches charged with illegal gambling
A slew of short track speed skaters and coaches have been charged with allegedly placing illegal bets on sports games online, the police said Thursday.The Gyeonggi Bukbu Provincial Police Agency said they have booked without physical detention 18 short track speed skaters and four former national team coaches on charges of regularly betting on sports games on illegal websites from January 2011 to February this year. The bets totaled 1 billion won (US$858,000) over the period with one former coac
May 12, 2016
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Korea creates new 'control tower' on sci-tech policy
South Korea launched a presidential council on science and technology Thursday to oversee the nation's efforts to overhaul the research and development (R&D) sector.The "strategic" panel, headed by President Park Geun-hye, will serve as a "control tower" and a "trouble shooter" for South Korea's overall science and technology policy, said the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning.Park presided over the inaugural session of the council at her office Cheong Wa Dae, attended by 19 other stan
May 12, 2016
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Report says women leaving workforce for family, from lack of quality jobs
More than 90 percent of South Korean women in their latter 30s, now economically inactive, had been previously employed, a report said Thursday, a finding that supports arguments that they are leaving the workforce to care for child and family.According to the report from the Korea Employment Information Service, out of 836,000 women in the 35-39 age group who were not working, 93.8 percent, or 785,000, formerly held jobs.Fifty-seven percent of the women who previously had worked were raising ch
May 12, 2016
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Defectors send anti-Pyongyang leaflets
A local civic group comprised of North Korean defectors sent anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the inter-Korean border on Thursday following North Korea's recent ruling party congress.The Fighters for Free North Korea said it has scattered some 300,000 leaflets criticizing the first congress of Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in 36 years, from Gimpo, just west of Seoul. During the high-profile congress, which concluded its four-day run Monday, North Korea elected its leader Kim Jong-un the chairman o
May 12, 2016
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Prosecutors seek arrest warrant for lawyer embroiled in lobbying scandal
Prosecutors on Wednesday sought an arrest warrant for a lawyer over allegations she illegally took money to lobby public officials on behalf of the chief of the South Korean cosmetics brand Nature Republic, officials said Tuesday.The judge-turned-lawyer Choi You-jeong is suspected of peddling her influence over the ruling on Jung's overseas gambling charges after receiving some billions of won in legal fees. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said Choi allegedly received 2 billion wo
May 11, 2016
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Arrest sought for Oxy officials
Prosecutors on Wednesday sought for the arrest of four former and incumbent officials of the manufacturers involved in the humidifier disinfectant case. This is the first time that arrest is being sought against individuals from the companies that sold toxic sterilizers that are blamed for the deaths of at least 140 since 2011.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office’s special team said that an arrest warrant has been sought for former CEO of Oxy Reckitt Benckiser Shin Hyun-woo, a former h
May 11, 2016
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5-year-old dies after apparent fall from 12th floor
A 5-year-old boy died of injuries from a suspected fall early Wednesday at an apartment complex in the city of Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province. (Yonhap)A resident found him in bloodied state on the road in front of the apartment at around 2 a.m. and reported the situation to the police. The boy was taken to the hospital but did not survive. The police found no direct signs of abuse on the boy’s body. They suspect that he accidentally fell from the 12th floor, where he lived with his mother
May 11, 2016
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Environment minister apologizes over toxic humidifier sterilizer case
Environment Minister Yoon Seong-kyu offered an apology Wednesday over legal loopholes in controlling toxic humidifier sterilizers that are believed to have caused the deaths of more than 100 people.The humidifier disinfectant case, one of the worst scandals involving a consumer product using chemicals, came to light after four pregnant women died of lung problems for unknown reasons in 2011. A government-led investigation confirmed a connection between more than 100 people who died of lung probl
May 11, 2016
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Busan to host global cruise conference this week
A leading global cruise event is to take place in the port city of Busan this week as demand for cruises in Asia continues to grow, creating potentially tremendous business opportunities for the global cruise industry, the city's port authorities said Wednesday.Industry experts, businesses and the public will flock to the southern city to attend exhibitions, conferences and trade meetings for "Seatrade Cruise Asia 2016" that will open on Thursday for three days at the Busan Port International Pa
May 11, 2016