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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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[Grace Kao] American racism against Stray Kids
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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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NewJeans' members' parents complained to Hybe, email shows
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[Graphic News] Over 80% of people filing bankruptcy in Seoul in their 50s and older
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As former sex slaves die, museum preserves their story
Last week, two South Korean women who were forced to provide sex for Japanese soldiers during World War II died. They were two of hundreds of thousands of girls and young women who were systematically raped in front-line brothels under the pretext of providing "comfort" to Japanese troops.Their stories, tragic and uncomfortable, are the theme of the War and Women's Human Rights Museum in western Seoul, which opened about four years ago to reflect and provide education on that unforgettable past.
Feb. 23, 2016
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Canadian caught in South Korea growing marijuana in apartment
A 47-year-old Canadian was caught growing cannabis in his residence and habitually smoking it, South Korean police said Monday.According to the police, the Canadian national, who had previously been a lecturer at a university in Daegu, smuggled marijuana into Korea from Thailand in August 2010. He then grew it at the balcony in his apartment building, the police said. (Yonhap)The man allegedly set up facilities like a ventilator, electronic heater and reflecting plate on the balcony to grow the
Feb. 22, 2016
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Author accused of defamation over Miryang protest funds
Police said Monday they have referred best-selling novelist Gong Ji-young to prosecutors on charges of defaming a former priest by falsely accusing him of embezzling donations. Seocho Police Station asked the prosecutors to indict the 53-year-old novelist for violating the Information Communications Network Act. The move came after the priest, surnamed Kim, from a cathedral in Masan, filed a complaint against Gong, who posted a comment on Facebook in July last year accusing him of using donatio
Feb. 22, 2016
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What is most popular foreign firm among Korean jobseekers?
Korean jobseekers most want to work for tech giant Google, showed a local survey on Monday.According to a survey on 2,700 university students and job seekers by the recruitment sites Job Korea and Albamon, Google topped the list as the most desired foreign employer in the local job market, with around seven out of 10 participants saying so. (Yonhap)Apple Korea ranked second with 25.9 percent of the votes, followed by Starbucks Korea at 16.9 percent, Nike Korea at 14.4 percent and Yuhan-Kimberly
Feb. 22, 2016
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Korean think tank joins OSCE network
The South Korean think tank The Asan Institute for Policy Studies has joined a network of research institutions affiliated with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the institute said Monday.It is the first time for an East Asian research institute to join the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions, a group launched in 2013 to help experts facilitate their sharing of academic expertise and policy analysis on a wide range of security issues dealt with in the OSC
Feb. 22, 2016
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Study finds ‘alarming’ level of codeine consumption among children
YonhapMore than 10 percent of all South Korean outpatients who are prescribed Codeine, an opiate used to treat pain and coughing, are young children aged 12 or under, a study revealed on Monday. In a number of places, including the U.S and Europe, this particular drug has been advised not to be used by adolescents under 12 due to possible adverse effects. The research, which was written and published by the Korea Food Forum, looked at the national health insurance records of some 1.37 million
Feb. 22, 2016
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Court denies man’s marriage annulment with woman who had been raped
South Korea’s top court Monday denied a man’s request for the cancellation of his marriage in a situation where the bride had not told him that she had been raped and given birth before they wed. In a suit filed by a 41-year-old man surnamed Kim, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed earlier rulings that had ordered a nullification of the marriage and demanded the 26-year-old Vietnamese woman pay him 3 million won ($2,430) in alimony. Supreme Court (Yonhap)“A person’s history about childbirth sh
Feb. 22, 2016
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Civic groups protest Japan's claim over Dokdo
South Korean civic groups staged a series of rallies Monday, denouncing what Japan has designated as a day to promote its claim to South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo.Over 100 South Koreans who belong to civic groups promoting South Korea's sovereignty over Dokdo held a joint press conference in front of the Japanese Embassy in central Seoul, urging Tokyo to scrap "Takeshima Day" and Japanese textbooks that distort history. In 2005, Japan's Shimane Prefecture, which claims administrative s
Feb. 22, 2016
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World reeling from Syria refugee crisis
With risks and challenges faced by refugees emerging as one of the greatest global issues today, the status and conditions of asylum seekers in South Korea have also been highlighted. The Korea Herald is publishing a series of articles shedding light on refugees in Korea, their hardships, the systematic fallout, the country’s own history and ways to go forward. The following is the eighth installment. ― Ed.Then 3 years old, Aylan Kurdi became a totem of the refugee crisis in Europe and the Middl
Feb. 22, 2016
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Ministry codifies schools’ student protection but without binding power
The Education Ministry on Monday rolled out a series of measures to protect children deprived of their right to education but the plan is not legally binding, raising questions about their effectiveness.According to the ministry’s new manual, schools are now required to actively reach out to any student who is absent without previous notification. (Yonhap)Within a day or two, schools are required to call the homes of missing students and have to make a personal visit within five days. An interv
Feb. 22, 2016
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Park's approval rating up amid tensions with N. Korea
President Park Geun-hye's job approval rating edged up amid tensions on the Korean Peninsula following North Korea's nuclear test and long-range rocket launch.A poll released by polling agency Realmeter Monday showed 45.4 percent of people approved of the job Park is doing, up 3.2 percentage points from a week earlier.Those who disapproved of Park's job performance came to 49.8 percent, down 1.2 percentage points from a week earlier.The polling agency said conservatives -- key supporters of Park
Feb. 22, 2016
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Traffic accident death toll at record-low in 2015
The number of traffic accident-related deaths in South Korea hit a record-low level last year, government data showed Monday.A total of 4,621 people were killed on the road in 2015, down 3 percent from 4,762 recorded a year earlier, according to data released by the National Police Agency.The number of deaths per 10,000 cars also reached the lowest with 1.9. The figure has been at a steady decrease from 59.4 in 1980 to 23.9 in 1990, 6.5 in 2000 and 2.6 in 2010.The number of people killed in drun
Feb. 22, 2016
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Four S. Koreans killed in Laos car accident
Four South Koreans were killed and two others were critically injured in Laos Sunday when their mini-bus collided head-on with a bus, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said.The accident took place in the Kasi area north of Vientiane, leaving the Laotian driver dead as well.The mini-bus was carrying six South Koreans. Three women and one man, all in their 50s or 60s, are dead, the ministry said. A man and a woman with similar ages were injured.They were among a group of South Korean Buddhists visiting Lao
Feb. 21, 2016
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Media watchdog to uphold ‘right to be forgotten’ in Korea
South Korea’s state-appointed media monitoring agency said Sunday that it will set out guidelines to enable Web users to request for deletion of personal data online. Under the administrative guidelines to be proposed by the Korea Communications Commission, Web users will be able to demand that Web portals remove personal information that they do not want online. “We have studied the rights to be forgotten for more than a year through a group composed of legal, academic and industry experts,”
Feb. 21, 2016
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Seoul district court creates child abuse division
A Seoul district court said Sunday it will become the first court in the country to create a division solely dedicated to trying child abuse cases after a series of extreme cases of violence against children surfaced around the country.The Seoul Central District Court said three of its criminal justice panels will be changed to try only child abuse cases starting Monday. The three will be comprised of a single-justice panel, a group panel and an appeals panel.The move has been taken to reflect t
Feb. 21, 2016
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Police, court move to tackle child abuse
The Seoul Central District Court said Sunday that three criminal departments will be dedicated to child abuse cases. This is the first time for the district court to exclusively operate benches for child abuse crimes.All municipal police stations will also start having forces dedicated to tackling child abuse cases nationwide this year in light of several high-profile murder cases involving children with parents being the offenders.Police said Sunday 350 such forces will be assigned to the job t
Feb. 21, 2016
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Half of Koreans believe child not safe
Half of South Koreans believe that children are not provided sufficient protection from accidents, a survey showed Sunday.The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs said they surveyed 2,005 adults nationwide and that 40 percent of them had cited improving the dangerous environment of children as the most imminent task.Respondents included 1,005 households with children and 1,000 without children. (Yonhap)On a scale of 1 (least safe) to 5 (safest) in terms of children exposed to safety ac
Feb. 21, 2016
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[From the scene] Korean-only bars trigger controversy
On a chilly Friday night last month, 24-year-old U.S. citizen Megan Stuckey had one of her most hurtful experiences in Korea. She was denied entry to a bar in Hongdae, Seoul, because she was a foreigner. Ock Hyun-ju/The Korea HeraldThe bar named Green Light, infamous in the expat community for refusing foreign customers, is one of a rising number of Korean-style dating joints where people meet blind dates and one-night stands over beer and soju. “Only Koreans are allowed because our employees
Feb. 21, 2016
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Police have rounded up hundreds of drug suspects since Nov.
Hundreds of people have been apprehended over suspicions of drug use since November, police said Sunday.A total of 1,512 drug suspects were arrested between Nov. 16 and Feb. 15, up 44 percent on-year, the National Police Agency said. Of them, 460 were detained.Methamphetamine was by far the most common type of drug, at 70.6 percent, followed by marijuana at 10.4 percent and psychoactive drugs at 9.3 percent.As in recent years, most of the meth is presumed to have come from China, although lately
Feb. 21, 2016
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[Newsmaker] Volkswagen office raided in emissions probe
Prosecutors on Friday raided the local unit of Volkswagen’s office over allegations that the global automaker had not properly executed the recall orders on its emissions-rigged cars. The Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office said it confiscated computer hard drives and documents from Volkswagen Korea’s headquarters in Gangnam-gu, southern Seoul, as well as from the houses of high-ranking company officials in charge of product certification.Investigators procured data related to gas emissio
Feb. 19, 2016