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[KH Explains] Why Korea's so tough on short selling
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Iran’s president found dead at helicopter crash site
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‘Kim desperately wanted to denuclearize,’ Moon writes in memoirs
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Actors involved in past controversies return first via streaming service originals
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Seoul rolls out W250b package in bid to lure foreign talent
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N. Korea slams US subcritical nuclear test, vows measures to bolster nuclear deterrence
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Korea's increasing US investment mutually beneficial: report
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Korea set to finalize medical school expansion plans
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Seoul City to open 'hotel' on river bridge
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Korean builders nervous about possible setbacks in Middle East
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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
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Government blasted over humidifier sterilizer case
Amid the widening probe into the humidifier sterilizer tragedy, the government is coming under fire for its lax supervision that is blamed for allowing the use of toxic chemicals in humidifier sterilizers. The ministry is accused of skipping necessary tests and overlooking omitted documents when approving the products in question. The government is also being criticized for opposing the opposition-led legislative drive to fortify compensation for the victims.According to liberal lawyers’ group M
May 11, 2016
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Korea expresses understanding of Obama's Hiroshima visit
South Korea on Wednesday expressed understanding of U.S. President Barack Obama's upcoming visit to the Japanese city of Hiroshima despite concerns it could be interpreted as an apology for the atomic bombing that ended World War II.On Tuesday, the White House announced that Obama will visit Hiroshima on May 27 together with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to "highlight his continued commitment to pursuing the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons."Obama will become the first
May 11, 2016
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Prosecutors raid home and office of ex-Hanjin Shipping chairwoman
Prosecutors on Wednesday raided the home and office of Choi Eun-yeong, former chairwoman of Hanjin Shipping Co., on suspicion that she and her daughters sold their company stocks by engaging in insider trading days before the company's application for creditor-led debt restructuring, industry and prosecution sources said.The raid was carried out by prosecutors and investigators from Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office, they said, adding the case has been transferred to prosecutors from t
May 11, 2016
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Oxy victims criticize U.K. headquarters for lack of apology
Family representatives of toxic humidifier disinfectant victims on Wednesday criticized Oxy Reckitt Benckiser for not apologizing, despite their visit to the U.K. headquarters. Families of the victims and activists returned to Seoul after a six-day visit to the U.K. that included a visit to the firm’s headquarters to ask it to take responsibility for the massive number of deaths and health damages.Kim Deok-jong, whose son is suspected to have died from the toxic humidifier disinfectant, talks to
May 11, 2016
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Oxy CEO did not apologize sincerely for selling toxic humidifier sterilizer: victims
The representatives of victims who have become sick or lost their loved ones because of toxic humidifier sterilizers sold by a British consumer goods manufacturer denounced the company's CEO on Wednesday for not apologizing sincerely.Wrapping up a trip to London, Kim Duk-jong, whose five-year-old son died in 2009 due to an ill-defined respiratory disease, said Oxy Reckitt Benckiser CEO Rakesh Kapoor failed to show sincerity in his apology to the victims.Kim, together with a civic activist Choi Y
May 11, 2016
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Seoul dismisses Pyongyang leader's military talks offer
South Korea does not consider North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's recent calls for military talks as being a formal offer to engage in cross-border dialogue, Seoul's Unification Ministry's spokesman said Wednesday.This stance comes as Kim raised the prospects for a resumption of long-dormant inter-Korean talks at North Korea's high-profile Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) congress that ended Monday."It does not constitute a proposal toward South Korea," said Jeong Joon-hee, spokesman at the ministry
May 11, 2016
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Korea reports 5th confirmed case of Zika virus
The fifth case of Zika virus infection in South Korea has been found in a man in his 30s who recently came back from a business trip to the Philippines, local health authorities said Wednesday. (Yonhap)The 39-year-old man, whose identity was withheld, visited Batangas, some 100 kilometers south of Manila, on April 27 and returned to South Korea on May 4, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said.He visited a clinic in Samcheok, some 290 km east of Seoul, on Monday after ha
May 11, 2016
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Korea set to initiate int'l road standard organization
South Korea is considering initiating the establishment of an inter-governmental organization that decides compulsive road standards and guidelines, the transport ministry here said Wednesday.The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said it has outsourced a research project about mapping out strategies to set up and host an international road organization, saying that the world community has reached a consensus about South Korea's role.There are some international treaties on road traf
May 11, 2016
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Prosecutors place travel ban on former chiefs of Daewoo Shipbuilding
Two former heads of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., a major South Korean shipbuilder, are subject to a travel ban over investigation into huge losses the company suffered, industry sources said Wednesday.Nam Sang-tae, who headed the company from 2006 to 2012 and Ko Jae-ho, who succeeded Nam until last year, are prohibited from leaving South Korea, according to the sources. The legal action came amid the local shipbuilding industry's suffering from mounting losses caused by an indus
May 11, 2016
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Chinese tourists feast on Korean food by Han River
Thousands of Chinese tourists feasted on Korean food by Seoul's signature river Tuesday, fighting off evening chills with warm bowls of ginseng chicken soup.Chinese healthcare company Joymain Science & Technology (Zhongmai Group) sent 4,000 employees to the banks of the Han River in Banpo area, southern Seoul, for a mass serving of "samgyetang" and 4,000 cans of beers.They were the second group of Joymain employees to enjoy the traditional chicken soup by the river. Last Friday, 4,000 of their c
May 10, 2016
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Rising immigration pushes S. Korea toward diversity
With every passing year and a steady influx of foreigners chasing the "Korean dream," the number of people born abroad and those from multicultural families will grow and this change will invariably nudge South Korea to become a more diverse society, local observers said Tuesday.As of March, 1.94 million foreigners were living in South Korea, an increase of more than four-fold compared to 2000, data by the Ministry of Justice showed. The greatest jump was seen among long-term residents who accou
May 10, 2016
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Loopholes found in air quality management plan
The Environment Ministry’s current plan on air quality control lacks in accuracy and efficacy by overlooking a number of important factors and exaggerating numbers, the nation’s audit agency said Tuesday. (Yonhap)According to the Board of Audit and Inspection, the ministry failed to identify main pollutants causing air pollution and erroneously measured the amount of fine dust in the air. It also overestimated the amount of fine dust reduced through the plan. The assessment came as the audit age
May 10, 2016
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Foreigner fined W7m for drunk driving
A foreign national who drove under the influence of alcohol was fined 7 million won ($6,000) on Tuesday for refusing to take a sobriety test. (123RF)According to the Jeonju District Court, the 48-year-old man hit a median strip in Gimje City, North Jeolla Province in October 2015. He created a disturbance by threatening to “kill anyone who touches him” while refusing to oblige a police officer’s request to take a breathalyzer test. Korea heightened regulations against drunk driving since April 2
May 10, 2016
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Former PM Kang Young-hoon dies at age 94
Former Prime Minister Kang Young-hoon, who met with his North Korean counterpart in 1990 in the first talks between the prime ministers of the two Koreas in nearly a half century, died Tuesday. He was 94.Kim, who had been hospitalized at Seoul National University Hospital, died at around 3:07 p.m., Red Cross officials said.Kang served as South Korea’s No. 2 official from 1988 to 1990 for then President Roh Tae-woo.Kang met with his North Korean counterpart in September in 1990, the first such me
May 10, 2016