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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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[Grace Kao] American racism against Stray Kids
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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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NewJeans' members' parents complained to Hybe, email shows
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Controversy brews over shakeup of prosecutors amid probe of first lady
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Suspect behind murder of Korean tourist in Pattaya arrested
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Prosecutors summon pastor involved in Dior bag scandal
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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
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Single moms denied parental allowance in South Korea
Han Min-ji (not her real name), a single mother in her late 30s, gave birth to her fourth child in January. She had three children from her previous marriage and had broken up with the newborn’s father, several months before the delivery. Still, she did not think that her single parenthood would prevent her from receiving the government allowance, which is given to all new parents as part of the efforts to tackle the nation’s low birthrate. When she visited the city hall in Namyangju, Gyeonggi
March 8, 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 the school, 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 build schoo
March 8, 2016
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Former sex slave embarks on U.S. campaign
A former sex slave of Japan's military left for the United States on Tuesday to campaign for a proper resolution of the issue decades after the atrocity took place, a civic group said.Gil Won-wok, 89, will take part in various events in Washington and New York to raise awareness for the issue and demand its "just" resolution, according to the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan.She is accompanied on the trip by representatives of the council, including its c
March 8, 2016
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80% of Korean cancer patients keep pregnancies
Nearly 80 percent of Korean women who were diagnosed with cancer while pregnant between 1995 and 2013 chose to continue with their pregnancies, a study by Samsung Medical Center showed Monday. The study, which researched a total of 50,412 women who gave birth at the medical institution from 1995 to 2013, found that 87 women were diagnosed with cancer while pregnant. The average age of the patients was 32.5. They were on average 24 weeks pregnant at the time of their diagnosis. According to the p
March 7, 2016
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Fewer university students use libraries
Kim Min-jin, 25, who attends a university in Seoul, used to go to the school library to browse books or to do coursework at least once a month when she was a freshman. But now, Kim rarely goes to the library. Instead, she simply turns to the Internet to download digital books and reports available.“Most of the reading material is up online, so I don’t find it necessary to go to libraries now,” Kim told The Korea Herald. “I prefer to download material from an e-library as it is easier for me refe
March 7, 2016
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Seoul City to revamp subway alert system
Seoul City Mayor Park Won-Soon visits Oksu Station on Monday in a move to check safaty at public subways. (Yonhap)The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday it will operate a revamped emergency alert system in subways, in a move to toughen safety during train breakdowns and cyber terror threats.Seoul Metro, which operates Subway Lines Nos. 1-4, will implement an on-air emergency alert announcement system that can still run during power failures. During blackouts, the center control system wil
March 7, 2016
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Sexual abuse prevention training, CPR must for SNU graduation
Following a series of recent sexual harassment cases, the students at Seoul National University will now be required to take courses on sexual violence prevention along with cardiopulmonary resuscitation as part of new graduation requirements, the school said Monday. The rule will take effect after reviews of departments and a deliberation by the education operation committee scheduled for Wednesday, starting with this year’s freshmen. Students, their families and staff attend an entrance ceremo
March 7, 2016
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University students borrow less books for 5 straight years
South Korean university students have borrowed less books from libraries for five straight years, due mainly to the increase of electronic data and decline in general book readership, a statistical data said Monday.Each student borrowed an average of 7.4 books last year from 409 school libraries nationwide including two-year junior colleges, according to Korea Education and Research Information Service. The public organization under the education ministry said student book rentals from libraries
March 7, 2016
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Korea to attract 2 mln cruise tourists in 2017
South Korea plans to attract more than 2 million foreign cruise tourists next year by hosting the world's leading cruise ships and expanding local ports in a bid to become a favored region for cruise tourists from around the world, the maritime ministry said Monday.Some 1.5 million cruise tourists are expected to flock to the country's shores throughout this year, with 908 ships to land at the South Korean ports of Jeju, Busan and Incheon, up from 409 a year earlier, according to the Ministry of
March 7, 2016
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Drunk U.S. soldier nabbed for alleged trespassing
A U.S. soldier was apprehended on charges of breaking into a Korean woman’s residence under influence, police said Sunday.The Seoul Yongsan Police Station booked on Saturday night a 29-year-old soldier, who works at Seoul Airfield, for trespassing onto a 31-year-old woman’s house in Itaewon, central Seoul. He reportedly climbed to the third-floor terrace by using one of the external pipes of the building. (Yonhap)The soldier asserted that he had made a mistake and that he had meant to enter his
March 6, 2016
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What's the busiest subway station in Seoul?
Gangnam Station in southern Seoul was crowned the most frequented subway station in Seoul for 19 years straight, officials said Sunday.Located in the bustling commercial and business district, Gangnam Station on line No. 2 drew 204,508 passengers on average daily, with a total of 74.6 million using the station last year. (Yonhap)The Seoul Metropolitan Government compiled the data by analyzing passengers’ usage of public transport cards at subway stations encompassing lines No. 1 to No. 9 in Seou
March 6, 2016
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[FEATURE] Lonely South Koreans become hoarders, die unattended
Kim Sae-byul has arguably one of the most unusual jobs in South Korea. His company, named “Bio Hazzard,” offers cleaning services after murders, suicides and unattended deaths in private homes. He is also often contacted by South Korean hoarders, who have inability to discard large quantities of objects -- including food garbage and animal feces -- that literally overwhelm the living areas of their properties. The cleanup specialist in his 40s cleans the homes of the loneliest, including hoarde
March 6, 2016
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Immigrants’ children vulnerable to discrimination in South Korea: report
Children of foreign-born residents in South Korea suffer from racial discrimination and lack of access to social resources and opportunities as Korea has yet to pass a comprehensive antidiscrimination law, the latest research findings by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea showed. According to the report, children of undocumented immigrants were especially vulnerable to social isolation as well as lack of basic medical care. Children who were born overseas and moved to Korea as one of
March 6, 2016
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South Koreans to gain access to dates’ criminal records
South Korean police announced Sunday plans to introduce legislation that would allow Koreans to browse their romantic partners’ criminal history, after discovering nearly 60 percent of Korean date abuse offenders arrested last month had previous convictions. The National Police Agency launched its special one-month campaign to crack down on date abuse in early February. During the campaign period, 1,279 cases were reported from abuse survivors and witnesses nationwide, and 61 offenders were plac
March 6, 2016
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Study shows black coffee effective in diabetes prevention
Drinking three cups of coffee with no sugar or cream added per day may help prevent diabetes, South Korean experts said Sunday, providing a tip to the increasing number of patients in the country.Based on a research conducted on 3,497 potential patients of diabetes, a team of doctors at Gangneung Asan Medical Center said the group which drank more black coffee saw fewer outbreaks of the disease.The team said the group that consumed more than two cups of coffee posted an outbreak rate of 9.9 perc
March 6, 2016
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Police launch probe into alleged IS hacking
Police launched an investigation Saturday into allegations the Islamic State militant group hacked a South Korean firm's computer network to retrieve data on 20 South Koreans, officials said.The company, which provides a news-clipping service, appears to have come under a hacking attack that led to a leak of the names and email addresses of 20 public officials and civilians, according to police and other intelligence officials.Police secured traces of the hacking, including connection records le
March 6, 2016
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Death rate higher for blue-collar workers
The mortality rate for those who do physical work is more than twice that for salaried office workers, a study showed Friday, showing a correlation between occupation and death. A doctors team from Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital looked into the death records of 1.14 million workers enrolled in government-run employment insurance plans, analyzing data from 1995 to 2008. Over this period, there were 563 deaths per 100,000 male workers in the agriculture and fishery sector, compared to 249 deaths of whi
March 4, 2016
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[HERALD INTERVIEW] ‘Business engagement key to conservation’
It is not just up to individuals to conserve nature, industries have an important role to play too, says the Korean office of global conservation group World Wide Fund for Nature. In an interview with The Korea Herald, WWF-Korea’s CEO Simon Yoon said, “About 1.2 billion of the 7 billion world population are major consumers who pollute the environment. Meanwhile, about 500 major global conglomerates make up 70 percent of the total priority commodity market. Which party do you think would be more
March 4, 2016