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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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Public backlash against division of Gyeonggi Province under 'corny' name
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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[Robert J. Fouser] AI changes rationale for learning languages
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[Today’s K-pop] Stray Kids go gold in US with ‘Maniac’
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Int'l study finds vast magma storage beneath Mt. Paektu
A massive magma storage region seems to exist beneath Mount Paektu along the border between North Korea and China, an international study showed.It may be related to volcanic unrest observed on the enigmatic volcano in the early 2000s, according to the results of a research project published in the Science Advances journal.The reclusive North conducted a rare joint research with western scientists on the seismic activity of the 2,750-meter-high mountain. The North Korean, British and American sc
April 16, 2016
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Woman found dead in Jejudo may be Chinese
Jejudo police are looking into the possibility that the woman found dead on the island may be Chinese. The woman was wearing a skirt with a Chinese lettered tag, and her fingerprints did not lead to a domestic match so far.The victim, presumed to be in her 30s, is between 160 and 165 centimeters tall, and wore a winter T-shirt and skirt with leggings. The Seogwipo police are waiting for reports that match the descriptions specified in this poster. (Yonhap)The Seogwipo police found the body Wedn
April 15, 2016
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‘Love, the fundamental question we all ask and seek’
“Will you forgive the society?” The words written on the gravestone of a disabled girl, deceased at 19 years old, ring through the head of Irish priest Chun Noel in Gwangju day after day. “When I first read the words on the gravestone, I felt the call that I should be doing something for the disabled,” said Chun, 83, the founder of a disabled support organization Rainbow Community. The death of a person close to him with an intellectual disability in 1979 was a turning point for the Irish priest
April 15, 2016
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Police investigating 43 lawmakers-elect for election law violations
The National Police Agency said Friday it is currently investigating 1,267 people suspected of violating the elections law, including 43 lawmakers-elect.Police said it has conducted a crackdown on 1,606 people suspected of illegally campaigning for the April 13 general election. So far, 11 have been arrested and 65 handed over to the prosecution without arrest. Police has completed the probe on another 263 by clearing their charges.(Yonhap)Initially, those facing investigation had included 118 c
April 15, 2016
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Mapo district rolls out rice-for-bottle cap campaign
When eating out at a restaurant in Yonggang-dong, Mapo-gu, check if there is a bin or a sack collecting bottle caps. Seoul Mapo-gu Yonggang-dong community center announced Friday that it will support the region’s low-income households by exchanging recyclable bottle caps for rice. (123RF)According to the community center, last month’s trial run showed a stimulating outcome of 35,000 bottle cap collected within a month at bins placed at 50 or so participating restaurants. Every 500 bottle caps c
April 15, 2016
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Pre-election surveys’ credibility questioned
The local polling industry is in a sense of crisis after failing to forecast many of the outcomes of Wednesday’s parliamentary election, with questions growing over the validity of opinion surveys. In the election, the opposition bloc made an unexpectedly strong showing, defying the expectations of local pollsters and analysts, who thought that the ruling conservative party would easily regain the majority. Saenuri took 122 seats in the 300-member National Assembly, while The Minjoo Party of Kor
April 14, 2016
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Young voters’ turnout rises by double digits
The final voter turnout for the parliamentary election hit 58 percent, slightly lower than the originally anticipated 60 percent mark, but the highest since 1996, with a noticeable jump among 20- and 30-somethings.The National Election Commission said 24.4 million out of 42.1 million eligible Korean voters cast their ballots, the highest in 20 years when 63.9 percent of voters turned out. It was also 3.8 percentage points higher than 54.2 percent in the 2012 general election.Voters have their id
April 14, 2016
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‘25 percent of children of immigrants don’t identify themselves as Koreans’: study
About 25 percent of children born to South Korean nationals and their foreign-born spouses do not identify themselves as Korean in spite of their South Korean citizenship, a study showed Thursday.The report, released by the National Youth Policy Institute, surveyed 1,334 children of “multicultural” households -- families that consist of South Korean nationals, their foreign-born spouses and their children -- from 2011 to 2015. The children were all fourth graders in 2011 and were attending middl
April 14, 2016
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Man gets 22 years for murdering wife
A man who stabbed his wife to death was given 22 years in prison on Thursday. According to the Chuncheon district court, the 34 year-old man had been fighting with his wife in front of their apartment management office. He had accused her of adultery. Unable to control his anger, he had stabbed her multiple times resulting in her death. (123RF)The court determined, “Although the defendant was heavily intoxicated beyond reasonable state, he brutally murdered his wife, ignoring her desperate plea
April 14, 2016
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Korea, U.S. take first step in implementation of nuclear energy accord
South Korea and the United States on Thursday took their first step in implementing a bilateral nuclear energy accord that opens a pathway for the Asian ally to develop key technologies and ensure a secure supply of nuclear fuel.After more than four years of negotiations, the two sides struck a deal last April to revise their 1974 nuclear cooperation pact to reflect South Korea's growing status in the global atomic power industry.The new agreement opens the door for South Korea to conduct resear
April 14, 2016
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Korea to lift sunken ferry next month
South Korea's maritime ministry said Thursday that it will start to hoist a passenger ship next month that sank two years ago and complete it before the end of July.The 6,825-ton ship, the Sewol, sank off the country's southwestern coast on April 16 in 2014 while en route to the southern resort island of Jeju.The accident killed 304 people, mostly high school students on a school excursion. Nine of them still remain missing.The sunken ship will be pulled out of the water intact in order to keep
April 14, 2016
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Korean city to host Asia Bird Fair next year
A regional get-together of Asian birdwatchers and bird conservation bodies will take place around a river in South Korea's southeastern city of Ulsan in February next year, the Ulsan metropolitan government said Thursday.The executive committee has designated the city's Taehwa River, South Korea's biggest habitat for migratory crows, as the venue of the 2017 Asia Bird Fair over Malaysia.When Victor Yu, the committees co-leader, visited Ulsan in December, he was quoted as saying the South Korean
April 14, 2016
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Touching toes sexually indecent: Court
Seoul High Court on Wednesday gave 2 1/2 years in prison to a man who video-recorded and touched a woman asleep at a coffee shop.The accused 28-year-old man, surnamed Kim, had on multiple occasions secretly taken videos of women in public spaces, including inside toilets. He was caught and handed over to authorities in August 2015 while videotaping and touching the toes of a woman who had fallen deeply asleep at a coffee shop in Incheon. (123RF)While Kim admitted to all other charges regarding t
April 14, 2016
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Voter turnout in parliamentary elections hovers below 60 pct
Just less than 60 percent of South Korean voters cast their ballots to elect new lawmakers, the national election watchdog said Thursday.More than 24.4 million out of over 42.1 million, or 58. percent, went to 13,837 polling stations across the country to elect a new 300-member National Assembly on Wednesday, said the National Election Commission (NEC).The official voter turnout is higher than the previous general elections in 2012 when 54.2 percent was recorded, the NEC said. It also marks the
April 14, 2016
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UAE woman tested negative for MERS in South Korea
A United Arab Emirates woman who was suspected to have been infected with Middle East respiratory syndrome has tested negative for the virus in South Korea on Wednesday, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. According to the KCDC, the woman arrived in Korea on April 8, and visited the emergency unit of the Kangbuk Samsung Hospital in central Seoul on Wednesday at 2 a.m. after experiencing high fever. The medical staff reported the patient to the KCDC as a suspected case of M
April 13, 2016
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Voters go to polls with hopes of improved politics
More than 24 million of 42.1 million eligible voters headed out to pick the country’s 20th National Assembly at some 14,000 voting stations across the nation Wednesday.Worried that bad weather in the morning may influence voter turnout, public officials drove cars attached with speakers around communities to air announcements from the National Election Commissions to encourage voting. “To remind them to vote, which takes less than a minute, we are airing announcements to people on the streets,”
April 13, 2016
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Animals signify compassion, altruism in Korean folklore
When Kim Eun-ji was a child, her favorite part of the day was to have her mother read her “Gyeonwu and Jiknyeo,” a Korean folk tale about two lovers who were forced to live on opposite sides of the Milky Way. Their love had angered the heavenly king, as Jiknyeo, whose job was to weave clothes, and Gyeonwu, a cowherd, only wanted to spend time with each other and neglected their duties. “But of course, they were allowed to reunite once a year,” the 28-year-old office worker said. “A flock of magp
April 13, 2016
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Toxic disinfectant-maker switched company status: reports
The manufacturer of toxic humidifier disinfectant Oxy Ssak Ssak was found to have established a new corporate body, allegedly to evade criminal and civil responsibility for the deaths of at least 92 product users, sources said Wednesday.(Yonhap)According to legal sources, Reckitt Benckiser changed its organization type from “corporation” to “limited liability company” in December 2011, when public anger peaked after the government confirmed the toxicity of Oxy Ssak Ssak and ordered the product w
April 13, 2016
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Voter turnout 46.5% at 3 p.m.
Voter turnout in South Korea’s parliamentary election stood at 46.5 percent as of 3 p.m., 10 hours after polls opened Friday, according to the National Election Commission.The turnout includes early and overseas voting. (Yonhap)In the last general election, the voter turnout recorded 41.9 percent as of 3 p.m. The country saw the highest voter turnout in South Jeolla Province at 54.1 percent, while Daegu recorded the lowest turnout of 42.6 percent. Seoul’s turnout was 46.8 percent. Some 42.1 mil
April 13, 2016
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Arsonist gets 2 yrs for burning down ex-company
A man was sentenced to two years in jail on Wednesday for setting his workplace ablaze in the belief that his boss was intentionally avoiding him to not pay him.According to the Seoul High Court, the 37-year-old was working at a sofa manufacturing company in Gyeonggi Province when he decided to quit his job following a dispute between him and a coworker. He naturally requested the boss pay him for the work he had done so far, but was enraged when the boss, after saying he would first make other
April 13, 2016