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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Seoul education office to audit Dulwich
Seoul education office to audit DulwichSeoul City will audit an international school facing allegations of accounting fraud, the authorities announced Monday.“We will begin an audit of the Seoul branch of British international school Dulwich College (from Tuesday) on its enrollment criteria as well as finances,” the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education said in a press statement.“If we uncover anything illegal or unfair, administrative measures will be taken based on relevant laws. If the embez
March 14, 2016
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Koreans more accepting of immigrants than before
South Koreans have become more accepting of immigrants than four years ago, but there are still rooms for improvement, a government survey showed Monday.The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said it has developed an index measuring the level of people's open-mindedness toward multicultural members of society. It takes into account eight factors, including whether the person perceives himself or herself as a global citizen and willingness to befriend a foreigner.South Korean adults scored 54
March 14, 2016
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2 indicted for alleged methamphetamine smuggling
Prosecutors said Monday they indicted two South Koreans on charges of smuggling methamphetamine worth more than 4 billion won into the country from Cambodia.The Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office said a 56-year-old, believed to be case's mastermind and whose identity was withheld, is suspected of smuggling in 1.3 kilograms of meth from the Southeast Asian country through Incheon International Airport, South Korea's main gateway, in September last year.The amount is estimated to be enough for 4
March 14, 2016
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More South Korean men feel disadvantaged socially: study
More than half of South Korean men do not object to expressions widely used on social media and other platforms that are considered derogatory to women, a study showed Sunday.More working men than those who are in school also said they felt pressured in gender roles, the study by the Korean Women’s Development Institute showed. The institute surveyed 1,200 men and 300 women aged 15-34 in October last year to look into gender equality and conflicts that arise from gender-specific perceptions and
March 13, 2016
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Foreigners reluctant to revisit Korean clinics
Foreigners who visited Korean clinics expressed hesitation over revisiting them, mainly due to costs and service, although they were satisfied overall, a survey showed Sunday. According to the state-run Korea Health Industry Development Institute’s report, foreigners’ satisfaction rate toward clinics was around 3.82 to 4.30 out of 5 points. The survey was conducted online on some 1,200 patients from countries such as China, Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates to analyze the recognition of Korea
March 13, 2016
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‘I.Seoul.U’ use to be delayed
Seoul City’s plan to use the new slogan “I.Seoul.U” is being delayed due to a conflict between the city and the city council, sources said Sunday. Seoul Metropolitan Government submitted a revised ordinance to the city council last month to give the new slogan a legal status. This would provide a legal framework for the city to use the slogan with private companies and for public use. Once the ordinance revision passes the council, the city had planned to kick off the promotion measures starting
March 13, 2016
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Court allows naturalization of Nepalese with traffic accident record
A Seoul court said Sunday that the Justice Ministry’s decision to disallow a Nepalese from applying for naturalization due to a traffic accident record was unfair.The ministry had denied the Nepalese, whose identity was withheld, from acquiring South Korean citizenship because of his involvement in a motorcycle accident in 2014. The applicant, who had been running a business including a restaurant here since 2005 was fined 500,000 won ($420) for colliding with another bike after violating a traf
March 13, 2016
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Father, stepmother tried to cover up brutal abuse of 7-year-old
The body of a 7-year-old boy, which police were searching for since last week, was discovered buried at a mountain in Cheongbuk, Gyeonggi Province, on Saturday.He was allegedly killed from months of abuse and confinement by his father and stepmother.The father and stepmother of Shin Won-young reportedly confessed to police on Friday that they had hid the body of the boy for 10 days before burying him in the mountain on Feb. 12.The 38-year-old stepmother identified as Kim reportedly confessed to
March 13, 2016
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IOC officials to visit Korea to monitor Winter Games preparations
A team of International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials will visit South Korea this week to inspect preparations for the country's first Winter Games in two years' time, the event's organizers said Sunday.The IOC's Coordination Commission for PyeongChang 2018, headed by Gunilla Lindberg, will begin its three-day trip to Gangneung, Gangwon Province, some 230 kilometers east of Seoul, on Monday. It will be the delegation's sixth visit to South Korea.Gangneung, one of the sub-hosts of the 2018 Wi
March 13, 2016
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U.S. veteran's great-grandson says Korean War not over
Nearly seven decades ago, U.S. Marine Corps Col. Edward H. Forney helped evacuate about 98,000 Koreans during the Korean War. Now, one of his great-grandsons is here to continue that family history as a researcher studying the two Koreas and their relationship with the United States.Ben Forney, 29, recently began working at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, a private security think tank in Seoul, to assist in research mainly on North Korea and regional issues.Speaking in an interview with Y
March 13, 2016
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Uzbekistani woman nabbed for threatening Syrian with nude pic
South Korean police on Thursday caught an Uzbekistani con artist who allegedly swindled money out of a Syrian man with threats involving a nude picture of them together. The Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency requested an arrest warrant for the 28-year-old woman on charges of fraud.(Yonhap)The Uzbekistani woman, who met the 32-year-old Syrian man through a friend, allegedly blackmailed him from March to December last year, getting about 7 million won ($5,800) from him.The woman reportedly threat
March 11, 2016
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Ministry refutes legal loophole on regulating toxic detergent
Patients covered with masks wait to see doctor at a hospital in Seoul. (Yonhap)The Ministry of Environment on Friday refuted a report claiming a legislative flaw allowed the manufacturing and distribution of Oxy Reckitt Benckiser’s toxic air conditioner detergents.Oxy Reckitt Benckiser is the maker of one of the humidifier disinfectants blamed for the loss of 180 lives and lung damage to a thousand others. Its leading household brands include Oxy Ssak Ssak, Cherie and Powerclean.According to loc
March 11, 2016
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Most Koreans against hospitals admitting AIDS patients
More than 95 percent of South Koreans are against the Health Ministry‘s decision to bar geriatric hospitals from rejecting AIDS patients, the Korean Association of Geriatric Hospitals claimed Friday, citing their own research. The organization surveyed earlier this year a total of 5,627 South Koreans, including 674 family members of senior patients who needed geriatric care, as well as 996 health care workers in medical facilities that treat elderly inpatients. The research found that 95.9 per
March 11, 2016
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Korea confirms additional FMD outbreak
An additional outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has been confirmed in South Korea, rekindling concerns that the livestock disease may further spread widely, the government said Friday.Pigs at a swine farm in Nonsan in the central region of South Chungcheong Province tested positive for the highly contagious disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.The quarantine authorities have culled some 400 affected animals, and placed a tr
March 11, 2016
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Army serviceman attempts suicide in border area
A noncommissioned Army officer was seriously injured in a suspected suicide attempt near the heavily fortified border with North Korea on Friday, a military official said. The sergeant first class, whose identification was withheld, shot himself at around 10:00 a.m. at his place of duty in Yeoncheon, located midway along the Demilitarized Zone which separates the two Koreas, the official said. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, but his injury is not life-threatening, according to the offi
March 11, 2016
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Couple arrested for abusing 2-month-old daughter in South Korea
Police on Thursday arrested a couple in their 20s who are suspected of letting their 2-month-old daughter die by not taking her to the hospital after she suffered an injury at their home in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province. According to the police, the 22-year-old father is suspected of pushing the baby off the bed and leaving the injured child on the floor for more than 10 hours without getting her necessary medical attention. The infant died early Wednesday morning. Police said the father had also
March 10, 2016
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[Graphic News] Number of multicultural children reach more than 200,000
The number of multicultural children in South Korea has gone up more than eight fold from 2006 to 2015, showed a report released by the Gender Ministry and the Office for Government Policy Coordination. A multicultural child mainly refers to a child born in Korea to a Korean national and his or her foreign-born spouse. As of last year, more than 85 percent of all marriage migrants in Korea were women. The report showed that there are 208,000 individuals born to multicultural families living in
March 10, 2016
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Korea takes on labor disparity
The South Korean government mapped out its plans to curb labor market duality to build a fairer business ecosystem and toughen security at the country’s major airports in a policy meeting held Thursday. In the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn, the Employment and Labor Ministry unveiled measures to root out business practices that disadvantage smaller employers and non-regular workers under the dual structure of the country’s labor market. (Yonhap)The plans are a mix of financial
March 10, 2016
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Job seekers cram for new TOEIC
Cho Hyeon-jeong, a final year college student in Seoul, spends a couple of hours daily studying for TOEIC, while working as an intern at a media company. Her goal is to get a score of over 900 out of 990 before May. “I would like to discard the TOEIC stress before the format changes. Even a little change to the test template will add more burden to job seekers like me, when having one or two questions wrong affects the overall score,” the 24-year-old said. The Educational Testing Service, which
March 10, 2016
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Seoul City to return crematorium remnants to bereaved families
Seoul City said Wednesday its city-run crematoriums will collect and return remnants from the incinerated remains of the deceased, such as melted gold teeth, upon the bereaved families’ requests.According to the civil law, remnants from the incinerated body at crematoriums belong to the bereaved families.But only a few families ask for the remnants since only a small amount of gold comes from the incineration, one of the city-run crematoriums Seung Hwa Won said. Other than gold, dentures on arti
March 10, 2016