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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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Doctor in reused syringe infection case found dead
A doctor who was suspected of reusing syringes and causing hundreds of hepatitis C infections has been found dead in an apparent suicide, police said Friday. Wonju Police said that the 59-year-old doctor surnamed Noh was found at his home in Gwangwon Province. He was pronounced dead after he was moved to a nearby hospital. No suicide note was found, they said. The doctor, who ran an orthopedic clinic, was under investigation on suspicion of reusing syringes for platelet-rich plasma injections an
March 4, 2016
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Outbound travelers hit record high in Feb.
A growing number of South Koreans opted to travel abroad in February thanks to cheap airfares and extended New Year's holidays despite the lackluster domestic economy, industry data showed Friday. Hana Tour Co., the nation's leading tour agency, said 260,000 used their international travel package last month, up 27.7 percent from a year ago. The figure surpassed the record monthly high in January. Japan was the most popular destination attracting 37.6 percent of travelers, followed by Southeast
March 4, 2016
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Sewol vice principal’s suicide ruled not ‘honorable death’
(Yonhap)South Korea’s top court ruled Thursday that the suicide of the vice principal of Danwon High School, which had been attended by 250 victims of the Sewol ferry disaster, cannot be considered death in the line of duty.The Supreme Court upheld earlier rulings that had rejected the request from the bereaved family of Kang Min-kyu, who was 52 years old when he died, seeking compensation entitled to public servants who die on the job. Kang, one of the survivors from the nation’s biggest mariti
March 3, 2016
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Bill passed to tighten airport borders
South Korea’s parliament has passed a revised bill to prescreen air passengers as part of efforts to block terrorist suspects from entering the country, the Justice Ministry said Thursday. The National Assembly passed the revision to the immigration control law late on Wednesday. It requires airlines to receive permission from the nation’s immigration office before issuing plane tickets, the ministry said in a press release. (Yonhap)The immigration office will receive a list of passengers from
March 3, 2016
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Emergency medical units too crowded in South Korea
Park Myeong-eun (not her real name), an office worker in her 30s in Seoul, was devastated when her father abruptly collapsed and lost his consciousness back in 2012. She and her family took him to the nearest general hospital, where he was admitted to its emergency facility, which was packed with patients. Her father soon awoke, but he had to wait more than five hours to get an x-ray done. “It was really frustrating,” she told The Korea Herald. “We were just repeatedly told that we needed to wa
March 3, 2016
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Seoul city approves Shilla’s hanok hotel plan
Seoul City approved a plan by Hotel Shilla to build traditional-style accommodation in central Seoul after rejecting four previous attempts, officials said Thursday.The Seoul Metropolitan Government made the decision Wednesday to approve the plan to build a hanok-style hotel within the compound of the luxury hotel’s vast grounds in Jangchung-dong. Hotel Shilla is an affiliate of South Korea’s biggest conglomerate Samsung Group. The term “hanok” refers to traditional Korean tiled houses.There has
March 3, 2016
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Seoul City approves Shilla’s hanok hotel plan
Seoul City approved a plan by Hotel Shilla to build a traditional-style accommodation in central Seoul after rejecting four previous attempts, officials said Thursday.The Seoul Metropolitan Government made the decision on Wednesday to approve the plan to build a hanok-style hotel within the compound of the luxury hotel’s vast grounds in Jangchung-dong. Hotel Shilla is an affiliate of South Korea’s biggest conglomerate Samsung Group. Hanok refers to traditional Korean tiled houses.There has long
March 3, 2016
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Yun skips 'comfort women' issue in rights speech
Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se made no mention of Japan's sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War II in a U.N. speech this week that highlighted gross human rights abuses in North Korea.In a keynote address to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday (local time), Yun deplored the North's human rights situation, saying many North Koreans are risking their lives in search of "freedom and human dignity."The speech was also expected to touch on the issue of the Kore
March 3, 2016
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Police to accompany on-site follow-ups of school absentees
Police said Wednesday that officers dedicated to curbing child abuse in Seoul will accompany on-site inspections of long-term absentees, as part of stepped-up measures to curb increasing violence against children.Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency has launched a team of anti-abuse police officers, allocating one officer to each of the 31 police stations in Seoul. The police officers will take the lead in investigating violence against children, conducting on-site inspections and cooperating with c
March 2, 2016
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More South Korean single women freeze their eggs
Lee Soo-jin (not her real-name), a single woman in her mid-30s in Seoul, recently decided to freeze her eggs, should she later want to have a child. She’s not currently dating anyone and doesn’t have any plans to get married in the near future. “I have high professional ambitions, and I’m passionate about my work,” she said through a representative at the Cha Fertility Center, where she underwent the procedure. “Right now I’m not sure if I ever want to get married or have children. The procedur
March 2, 2016
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Seoul City to expand stray cat neutering
Seoul City vowed to expand its stray cat neutering project as part of efforts to reduce the number of such animals, amid growing concerns over the measure’s effectiveness. Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it will expand its stray cat neutering project such as by providing subsidies of up to 75 million won ($61,000) per civic organization which carries out the “Trap-Neuter-Return” project. The TNR is a project that captures and sterilizes free-roaming cats to control their numbers. Th
March 2, 2016
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Police to conduct cyberattack drill
Police said Wednesday they will conduct the first nationwide drills to test response against potential cyberattacks from North Korea amid growing alarms over Pyongyang's cyberwarfare targeting key infrastructure in the country. As part of the training, which will begin at 2:00 p.m. Thursday involving the National Police Agency and 16 regional police agencies, authorities will examine readiness to counter North Korea-orchestrated hacks into flight control systems at 15 airports in South Korea.Dur
March 2, 2016
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Sex offenders in schools, military to be barred from posts
Military leaders and teachers who commit sex crimes will be banned from holding their positions again, the government said Wednesday, in line with its effort to toughen the punishment for sexual offenses in the military and schools.Commissioned officers and soldiers above the sergeant level who are dismissed from their positions or receive disciplinary measures two times for sex-related crimes will be permanently barred from holding those posts, according to the Ministry of Personnel Management.
March 2, 2016
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Executive of national swimming body arrested over alleged embezzlement
Prosecutors said Wednesday they have arrested a board member of South Korea's national swimming federation on charges of siphoning off money allocated to the organization's budget, in the latest crackdown on corruption in the national sports sector.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said the executive of the Korea Swimming Federation, identified only by his initial L, has been arrested with a formal warrant issued by a local court.Prosecutors said they have also raided the KSF's bran
March 2, 2016
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More Korean male sex abuse victims seek help: report
The number of South Korean men who sought help at Sunflower Centers -- government-affiliated agencies for sexual violence survivors -- increased dramatically by 66 percent last year from the year before, the Gender Ministry announced Monday. The Gender Ministry currently runs a total of 36 Sunflower Centers nationwide, providing services including medical and legal assistance to sex abuse victims. Notably, the number of male sex abuse victims aged 19 or above, who visited the centers for support
March 2, 2016
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Kim & Chang, LCIA to host international arbitration seminar
Kim & Chang and the London Court of International Arbitration are set to hold a joint seminar on international arbitration in central Seoul on March 7, the Korean law firm said Tuesday. Amid growing demand among Korean firms for international arbitration, lawyers and experts in the sector from around the world will come together to share their expertise and knowledge on ways to better deal with cross-border disputes, the firm said. Park Eun-young, president of the LCIA Asia Pacific Users‘ Counci
March 2, 2016
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Court rules heavier penalties for soldiers who insult president constitutional
Military law allowing heavier penalties for insulting the head of state is constitutional, Korea’s top law court said Tuesday.In a 7-2 decision, the Constitutional Court decided that the tougher punishments for soldiers who affront the president is constitutional, as the president is the commander-in-chief, making him or her the highest position in the military command system. (Yonhap)An army sergeant, whose information was withheld, filed a constitutional appeal after he was sentenced to a six
March 1, 2016
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Court rules government not responsible for war victim
South Korea’s top court on Tuesday ruled that the government is not responsible for compensating a Korean civilian killed by the U.S. Navy’s shelling during the 1950-53 Korean War. The Supreme Court ordered a retrial for the case in a lower court, reversing an earlier verdict that had demanded the government pay 48.8 million won ($39,600) to the victim’s bereaved families. (Yonhap)The victim, identified only by his surname Bang, was one of about a thousand victims killed by artillery fire fro
March 1, 2016
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[Graphic News] Jobs in electric, waterworks paid most, food services paid least
The average monthly nominal wage of laborers in South Korea increased slightly by 3.5 percent last year over the year before, statistics by the Employment and Labor Ministry showed.The highest paid jobs were those in electric, gas and waterworks businesses, threefold the lowest paying jobs in the lodging and food industries. The ministry surveyed the wages of about 25,000 sample businesses in all fields excluding agriculture.Other high-paying jobs included those in finance, insurance, science an
March 1, 2016
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Number of economically inactive graduates hits record high: data
The number of Korean university graduates giving up on looking for a job or not working at all has continued to increase, data showed Monday, highlighting bleak job prospects for young people. According to Statistics Korea, the economically inactive population holding a university degree stood at 3.34 million last year, up 4.7 percent from a year earlier. (Yonhap)The number of economically inactive university graduates who are neither employed nor have lost a job has more than doubled from 1.59
Feb. 29, 2016