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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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KT launches new mobile plans for foreign residents
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Toxic disinfectant victim evaluation under fire
Some of the victims and members of civic group have dismissed the government’s additional confirmation of 37 victims of toxic humidifier disinfectants, arguing the state’s categorization process is flawed.Based on the third round of victims’ damage reports collected last December, the Environment Ministry conducted the verification process on 165 out of 752 applications for recognition as victims, based on personal clinical results, diagnostic images and the level of exposure.Among them, 35, inc
Aug. 19, 2016
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Assembly approves Supreme Court justice nominee
The National Assembly’s special committee on personnel on Friday approved Supreme Court Justice nominee Kim Jae-hyung.The committee said in a report that Kim is an expert in civil law who is well-versed in legal theories, as demonstrated by how he has authored various books annotating precedents. He also has experience in courts as he has served as a judge. It also noted that he carries “balanced values and philosophies such as in history.” The committee also praised his wish to continue his aca
Aug. 19, 2016
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Military serviceman attempts suicide
A 20-year-old military serviceman attempted to drown himself in the sea near the southern coastal city of Tongyeong, early on Friday morning. The Tongyeong Korea Coastguard Station said the young man, surnamed Park, had implied he would try to take his own life in a phone conversation with his grandmother just prior to the suicide attempt. (Yonhap)His grandmother alerted the police, who passed the message on to the coastguard. At around 3:15 a.m., Park was found flailing in the waters around 10
Aug. 19, 2016
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Korean pop artist fined for satirizing President Park
A local court on Friday fined a 48-year-old pop artist for distributing leaflets critical of President Park Geun-hye multiple times across the country.The Seoul Central District Court ordered Lee Byeong-ha, who goes by the stage name of Leeha, to pay 2 million won ($1,800) for distributing a total of some 18,000 leaflets in Seoul and other major cities in South Korea between 2014 and 2015. (Online community)A 38-year-old actor, identified only by his surname Han, was also ordered to pay 200,000
Aug. 19, 2016
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Female brokers paid far less than male colleagues: data
Female workers at South Korea's major brokerage firms got paid nearly half the salaries of their male colleagues in the first half of 2016, official data showed Friday.The average pay of workers at the 20 largest brokerages by asset stood at 48 million won ($43,000) during the six months, according to the regulatory filing system of the Financial Services Commission.By gender, male workers earned an average of 61 million won, while female ones earned 35 million won.It means men made more than 4
Aug. 19, 2016
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Korean tourist accidentally falls to death in Philippines
A South Korean tourist has died during his visit to the Mambukal Resort in Negros Occidental Province, the central Philippines, the South Korean Embassy in Manila said Friday.The 64-year-old man, identified only his surname Kim, fell into a ravine on Thursday as he was trekking up the falls of the resort with two other tourists and a tour guide.Local police believe Kim lost his footing at the time of the accident. (Yonhap)
Aug. 19, 2016
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Seoul city brings dispute over allowance for jobseekers to top court
The Seoul city government filed a petition with the nation's top court Friday to foil the central government's move to halt the city's program of providing cash allowances to thousands of young jobseekers.Earlier this month, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said it had selected a total of 3,000 applicants and would provide them with 500,000 won ($448) per month, for up to six months, to help them maintain basic living standards, while they find work.stock iamge(123rf)The next day, however, the
Aug. 19, 2016
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Inspector's alleged info leak would be legal violation: Cheong Wa Dae
The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on Friday said a special inspector's alleged leak of information over his probe into a presidential aide would constitute a "grave violation of the law," if it turns out to be true.The remarks came a day after Lee Seok-su, a special inspector looking into the allegations of corruption involving Woo Byung-woo, senior presidential secretary for civil affairs, submitted a petition with the state prosecutors' office to seek a formal investigation.Lee himself has
Aug. 19, 2016
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Pastor accused of molesting girls with intellectual disability
A 65-year-old pastor was arrested under charges of sexual misdemeanor involving two high-school students with intellectual disabilities, the Gwangju District Court said Thursday. According to the court, the accused is being questioned for summoning the 16-year-old to his car and the 17-year-old to a karaoke room, where he allegedly touched them inappropriately, between January and March. The case came to light through a counselling session between the students and the manager of their residenti
Aug. 18, 2016
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Prosecutors clear former Arirang TV CEO of embezzlement allegations
Prosecutors said Thursday that the former chief of South Korea's English-language television channel, Arirang TV, has been cleared of allegations that he embezzled company assets.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said it could not find anything suspicious regarding Bang Suk-ho using company assets for his own profit.The 58-year-old was embroiled in a scandal earlier this year as he was suspected of spending some millions of won on business trips and forging documents to use company
Aug. 18, 2016
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Sewol victims’ families go on hunger strike
Family members of the victims of the Sewol ferry sinking started Thursday a hunger strike to last for an indefinite period in protest against the government’s decision to dissolve the Sewol Special Committee tasked with investigating the 2014 maritime disaster. Yoo Kyeong-geun, the father of the deceased student Ye-eun and the spokesperson for the families of Sewol victims, began the strike at 4 p.m. at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul, calling for the extension of the Sewol Special Committee
Aug. 18, 2016
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[FEATURE] Seoul struggles to stamp out bad summer smells
This is the first installment of a three-part series on Seoul’s battle against three types of urban pollution: smell, noise and light. --Ed.For Kim Ok-jin, 56, summer is the season of the year when her anxiety peaks, especially when she tries to open her windows. Her main concern is not the scorching weather, but the food smell that wafts over to her house from a “galbi” (Korean barbequed ribs) restaurant across the street.Kim has been living in Seoul’s southeastern town Jamsil in Songpa-gu for
Aug. 18, 2016
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Most single Koreans want state support in getting married
Almost 90 percent of single Koreans think the government should provide special policies for those who wish to get married, and the largest proportion of them think the measures should tackle limited job security among young employees, a survey showed Thursday.According to the study by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 86.3 percent of the surveyed single men and 87.7 percent of surveyed single women said there should be government policies so those who would like to get married
Aug. 18, 2016
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Heat wave set to end this weekend
South Korea’s abnormal heat wave that has been ongoing since July will come to an end this weekend, the state weather agency said Thursday. The Korea Meteorological Administration said that the heat will subside at the end of the week and the tropical night phenomena will also diminish.The temperatures are expected to cool off as sporadic rain is set to hit central regions such as Gangwon Province, with some parts of the peninsula expected to get as much as 50 millimeters of precipitation over t
Aug. 18, 2016
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Marine found shot to death on island bordering N. Korea
A non-commissioned officer was found dead on Thursday with an apparently self-inflicted bullet wound in his head at a Marine Corps unit on a western border island near North Korea, military investigators said.The body of the 23-year-old staff sergeant, whose name was withheld, was discovered about 5:43 a.m. near the unit's gym by his comrade, who left the barracks to patrol the coast of Yeonpyeong Island.When the comrade found the soldier dead, the staff sergeant had a K-1 rifle in his left hand
Aug. 18, 2016
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Korea confirms 35 additional victims of toxic humidifier sterilizers
South Korea's government said Thursday it has confirmed 35 additional victims of toxic humidifier disinfectants, including 17 deaths, as a series of trials is under way against the manufacturers of the product and company executives.Following the Ministry of Environment's announcement, the total number of victims confirmed by the government rose to 256.The ministry has been reviewing the cases after receiving 752 applications last year. It was the third time for the ministry to go through the vi
Aug. 18, 2016
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Former Navy chief acquitted of corruption allegations
A local court on Thursday acquitted a former Navy chief who was indicted on charges of unlawfully granting favors to a local firm in the process of supplying parts to the country's indigenous salvage ship, citing a lack of evidence. The Seoul Central District Court found the former Navy chief Jung Ok-keun, not guilty of allegations that he pressured his subordinates to forge a document to help the firm win the contract.Jung held the top naval post from 2008 to 2010, The 3,500-ton Tongyeong was f
Aug. 18, 2016
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User satisfaction of public transportation dips in 2015
Users of South Korea's public transportation system became less satisfied with overall services from a year earlier in 2015 with many pointing to overcrowding as a major problem, a survey showed Thursday.In the annual survey conducted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the country's public transportation system scored 4.78 points out of a possible 7 in terms of user satisfaction, compared with 4.84 points in the previous year.The outcome was based on points given by 83,600 pe
Aug. 18, 2016
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Gov't kicks off antisuicide campaigns
South Korea's health ministry on Thursday said it launched a set of campaigns to prevent suicides in an effort to cope with an uptrend in the number of people taking their own lives.The campaigns aim to create a "life-respecting culture" to ward off suicide attempts and help people who have attempted to kill themselves by asking them if they are "fine," the Ministry of Health and Welfare said.The "Postbox Campaign" will encourage people to write letters and post them on social networking service
Aug. 18, 2016
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ASEAN-Korea Centre to hold essay contest
The ASEAN-Korea Centre will hold the 1st ASEAN-Korea Academic Essay Contest with the Korean Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, organizers said Wednesday.The center, incepted in 2009, aims to promote exchanges among the students on issues related to the region.The contest is open to undergraduate and graduate students in ASEAN and Korean schools. Applicants can choose one of the three themes. They include: ASEAN in the past 50 years, and ASEAN-Korea relations in the next 50 years; where the AS
Aug. 17, 2016