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Seoul vows action over Naver's Line, Yahoo dispute
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[KH Explains] Hyundai Motor’s plan for new landmark keeps hitting bumps
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Key S. Korean, USFK special operations officials to hold rare meeting amid NK threats
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Samsung doubles down on Vietnam
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In Beijing, S. Korean top diplomat aims to jumpstart ties with China
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Prosecutors summon pastor involved in Dior bag scandal
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Suspect behind murder of Korean tourist in Pattaya arrested
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NewJeans' members' parents complained to Hybe, email shows
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[Grace Kao] American racism against Stray Kids
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[Graphic News] Over 80% of people filing bankruptcy in Seoul in their 50s and older
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Calls grow to move up date of Arbor Day
President Park Geun-hye plants a tree at Cheong Wa Dae to celebrate Arbor Day in 2015. (Cheong Wa Dae)Due to constantly rising temperatures worldwide caused by global warming, South Korea’s local governments voiced concerns that National Arbor Day should be held earlier in a more suitable tree-planting season.Currently, Arbor Day falls on April 5, when nationwide tree-planting campaigns and events kick off.The Korea Forest Service, which has been hosting Arbor Day over the past 70 years, said ch
March 10, 2016
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Couple arrested for abusing 2-month-old daughter
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 in
March 10, 2016
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Korean swimming body chief to resign amid corruption scandal
The head of South Korea's top swimming governing body will submit his resignation this month following its executives' corruption scandals, a national swimming official said Thursday. According to the Korea Swimming Federation official, who asked not to be named, KSF President Lee Ki-heung said at a Tuesday meeting with executives from regional swimming federations that he will resign from his post.The 61-year-old also pushed to hold a board meeting and general assembly in Jeju on March 18 to di
March 10, 2016
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Nearly 1,400 pregnant women, families cancel trips on Zika virus fears
Nearly 1,400 pregnant women and their families in South Korea canceled their planned flights last month on growing fears over possible Zika virus infections and the number is expected to increase, the latest data showed Thursday.According to the data by major airline companies and the transportation ministry, 650 pregnant women and their families canceled their flights on Korean Air Lines Co. and 443 such customers decided against traveling overseas on Asiana Airlines Inc.When customers of Jeju
March 10, 2016
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Sexual slavery victim holds ‘Wednesday rally’ in front of Japan‘s Embassy in Washington
An elderly South Korean victim of Japan's wartime sexual slavery held a protest rally in front of Japan's Embassy in Washington on Wednesday, demanding Tokyo apologize and compensate her for her suffering.The 89-year-old victim, Kil Won-ok, attended the rally together with activists supporting her. It mirrored the 1,221st "Wednesday rally" that sexual slavery victims and activists have held in front of Japan's Embassy in Seoul weekly since 1992."It's difficult for human beings not to commit wron
March 10, 2016
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Young naturalized Koreans struggle to fit in
More than 30 percent of foreign-born South Koreans aged 15-24 are not in school and out of work, while for 58.3 percent of them, their parents had divorced before they moved to South Korea, a report released by the Gender Ministry showed Wednesday. “Foreign-born children” refers to young South Koreans who were born and grew up overseas and moved to Korea as minors, including children who were born to non-Korean citizens overseas and moved to Korea after one of their divorced parents -- usually t
March 9, 2016
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Prices soar at Seoul’s postnatal care centers
A mother is holding her newborn at a postnatal center in South Korea. (Yonhap)A two-week stay at a Seoul postnatal care center will cost an average of 3 million won ($2,500) for mothers, according to the city on Wednesday. A survey of 159 postpartum care centers in Seoul showed that the most expensive postnatal facility was located in Gangnam-gu, where mothers pay at least 600,000 won per night. The cheapest stay was available in Gangseo-gu, at 100,000 won per night.Postnatal care centers’ popul
March 9, 2016
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Amphibians in Seoul face increasing risks from bikes, pedestrians
More leisure facilities are being built near rivers and streams these days and while this benefits urban dwellers, another party is being exposed to higher risks -- more amphibians are being killed by cyclists and pedestrians, raising ecological concerns about their well-being. A bicyclist passes over the ecological corridor installed under a bike road at Yangjaecheon Stream in southern Seoul. (Lee Hyun-jeong/The Korea Herald)According to Chung-Ang University’s Green River Research Center, a la
March 9, 2016
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City to make more streets pedestrian-friendly
The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday that it has designated three new streets in Seoul as pedestrian-friendly streets to attract more visitors and revitalize local economies.The three designated streets are Majo-ro 11-gil near Hanyang University in Seongdong-gu, Seokchonhosu-gil in Songpa-gu and Seongbuk-ro in Seongbuk-gu. These streets will each be turned into leisure attractions, respectively named “Cafe Street,” “Tour Street” and “Art Street.” The city’s main pedestrian-friendly s
March 9, 2016
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France agrees to extradite Korean linked to Sewol ferry tragedy
A French court has approved on Tuesday the extradition of the daughter of a late South Korean tycoon in connection with the deadly 2014 Sewol ferry disaster that left 304 dead.Yoo Sum-na, daughter of the former owner of Cheoghaejin Marine, was wanted by Korean authorities on suspicion of embezzling about 49.2 billion won ($40,500) from subsidiaries of the family company. The Korean authorities had requested the extradition of Yoo, who has been living in Paris, as part of the probe into suspected
March 9, 2016
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Gov't to beef up education for multicultural students
The government announced a set of educational support measures for children of multicultural families on Tuesday, as part of efforts to help them better adapt to school and eventually better assimilate into mainstream Korean society.During a meeting presided over by Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn, the government decided to expand classes in Korean language and culture and provide vocational training for children from international marriages. The move comes as an increasing number of Korean men are
March 9, 2016
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Maritime accidents increased significantly in 2015
A total of 2,740 maritime accidents involving ships occurred last year, resulting in 112 deaths and missing persons, government data showed Wednesday.The number of accidents last year was double the annual average of 1,367 for the previous three years, according to the Ministry of Public Safety and Security.The ministry also said the number of deaths is higher than the annual average that ranged from 67-85 in the 2011- 2013 period. It said, however, last year's fatality numbers were far lower th
March 9, 2016
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One-person households face nutrition crisis
A government survey confirmed Wednesday many one-person households here have abnormal eating habits and are vulnerable to malnutrition.One in three people living alone skip breakfast, according to the Korea Rural Economic Institute, a state-funded think tank.It conducted a survey of 500 single-person households and the same number of those with two or more members across South Korea last year. Those polled were aged 19-74.It showed 33.5 percent of one-person households eat no breakfast, nearly d
March 9, 2016
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Small school highlights challenges in rural communities
A small school nestled in the idyllic farming village in northwestern South Korea appears desolate on a recent cold morning.The only things in the immediate surroundings are rice paddies with a mountain looming in the background.Yet, an air of liveliness soon prevailed as dozens of students started fine-tuning their musical instruments ahead of a commencement ceremony at a small auditorium in Sachang Primary School.The ceremony was for only six students -- one boy and five girls -- a sign that i
March 9, 2016
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France to hand over daughter of Sewol's late owner to Korea
The daughter of the late South Korean shipping tycoon blamed for 2014 ferry disaster has been ruled by a French court to be extradited to South Korea, court records showed Tuesday.The decision on Yoo Byung-eun's eldest daughter, Som-na, came about two years after she was arrested in France in May 2014. She is wanted on a string of corruption charges and other alleged irregularities that are believed to have contributed to the sinking of the 6,825-ton ferry off the southwestern coat, which left 3
March 9, 2016
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Classrooms of ferry disaster victims to be replicated
The bereaved families of students who died in a ferry disaster in 2014 reached an agreement with other parents at the school Tuesday to replicate the classrooms of the former students elsewhere instead of leaving them unused.The classrooms at the Danwon High School in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, have been preserved the way they were since the 6,825-ton ferry Sewol sank in waters off the country's southwestern coast and left 304 people dead. Most of the deaths involved the students from the school
March 9, 2016
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Execs of int'l school in Seoul indicted over alleged embezzlement
Prosecutors said Tuesday they have indicted three board members of the Seoul branch of a British international school over allegations they embezzled some billions of won in school expenses in violation of the private school act.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said the dean of admissions at Dulwich College Seoul, identified only by her surname Lee, is accused of siphoning off some 7.2 billion won ($6 million) of tuition from 2010 to 2015 to redeem loans. The money was borrowed to
March 8, 2016
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Illegal subway rides rise in Seoul
A passenger tags his metro card at the subway station in Seoul on Tuesday. (Yonhap)For Kim Eun-ji, a 26-year-old woman living in a Seoul suburb, checking if anyone approaches her at subway turnstiles has become a habit. “I’m worried if someone will again ask to bypass the turnstiles together. An old lady once asked if she could walk through the turnstile when I tagged my metro card. It was ridiculous, but it happened so quickly,” Kim said. Despite Seoul City’s efforts to curb illegal subway ride
March 8, 2016
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Female students suffer discriminatory remarks
A few days ago, a poster was pinned up on a bulletin board at Korea University in Seoul, in which a group of female students lambasted their lecturers for discriminatory remarks against women. The poster put up across the campus included testimonies from about 40 female students who had experienced sexist remarks based on their gender. The comments that had allegedly been made by professors described women in general as only looking after their appearance and relying too much on men. Some of the
March 8, 2016
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Foreigners diagnosed with TB on sharp rise
The number of foreign patients diagnosed with tuberculosis in Korea has rapidly risen over the past five years, with government vowing to step up prescreening for foreign visitors to stop the disease from spreading here. According to data compiled by Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of foreign patients diagnosed with TB surged nearly threefold from 637 in 2009 to 1,858 in 2014 over the past five years. (Yonhap)As of 2014, 63 percent of the TB patients were men. By ag
March 8, 2016