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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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[Grace Kao] American racism against Stray Kids
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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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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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Controversy brews over shakeup of prosecutors amid probe of first lady
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Arirang TV chief to step down
The president of state-run English language broadcaster Arirang TV has offered to resign, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Tuesday.According to the ministry, Arirang TV chief Bang Suk-ho offered his resignation to Park Min-gwon, the first vice minister of culture, the night before. Bang is embroiled in a scandal over alleged misuse of public funds during his business trip to the United States last September. Rep. Choi Min-hee of the main opposition The Minjoo Party of Korea claim
Feb. 2, 2016
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IVECA promotes cross-cultural education
Recognizing education as a powerful tool to achieve international prosperity, 21st century learning should address the linkages between education and its contributions on the global level, an expert said at a forum in Seoul last week. “As the world is closely connected due to technological development, it is important to develop skills to effectively communicate and collaborate with people from different cultural backgrounds,” said Jung Eun-hee, the founder and executive director of IVECA Intern
Feb. 1, 2016
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Chadwick to host meeting of overseas schools
Chadwick International will host the Korea Council of Overseas Schools on March 11, officials said Monday. The KORCOS is a nonprofit, nonsectarian organization of educators from overseas currently located in Korea. This year’s conference, under the theme “Start with Why,” will bring together educators to share their practices while joining efforts on educational topics, according to school officials. The conference will also invite prominent educators, including Bambi Betts, Richard Cash and Die
Feb. 1, 2016
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High earners, men more stressed in South Korea: study
High earners and men tend to be more stressed than low-earning workers and women in South Korea, while more than 90 percent of all adult Koreans felt stressed on different levels, a study showed Monday.The report, published by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, interviewed 7,000 Koreans aged 19 or older in person last year. Researchers asked the participants to rate their level of stress on a scale of 1-4, with 4 being the highest level and 1 being the lowest (almost never stress
Feb. 1, 2016
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Not safe to let traditional doctors use modern medical tech: WMA
Otmar Kloiber, the secretary general of the World Medical Association, claimed the South Korean government is exposing its patients to danger should it allow traditional doctors to use modern medical equipment and devices, during his visit to Seoul on Monday. “We are very much concerned that your government wants to do a business approach to health care by supporting the producers of medical equipment so they can be able to sell it to OMDs (oriental medical doctors),” he told reporters during a
Feb. 1, 2016
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Activists to stage hologram rally ahead of Park anniversary
A human rights organization said Monday it planned to stage the world’s second-ever virtual political rally in central Seoul this month to denounce a series of police bans on demonstrations near the presidential office. The Korean office of Amnesty International will hold a hologram rally, which it has called a “ghost rally,” in Gwanghwamun Square on Feb. 24, a day before the third anniversary of President Park Geun-hye’s inauguration in 2013. “Police have prohibited public assemblies or marches
Feb. 1, 2016
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Yonsei’s new chief takes office
Yonsei University’s newly-elected president Kim Yong-hak took office on Monday at an inauguration ceremony held in the school’s Seoul campus. Kim, 63, has worked as a sociology professor at the university since 1987. He acquired a bachelor’s degree in Yonsei in 1980 and later received a doctor’s degree from the University of Chicago in 1986. Yonsei University president Kim Yong-hakIn his inauguration ceremony at Shinchon-dong, Seoul, he vowed to bring about changes that would help students prep
Feb. 1, 2016
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Education issues set for bumpy year in 2016
The year 2016 is expected to be a boisterous one in the education sector, especially as government policies continue to fuel political and ideological debates about issues including free child care, history textbook publication and college reform.Last week, Seoul’s education superintendent Cho Hi-yeon suggested the government raise the budget for local education offices to 21.27 percent of the overall tax income, up from the current 20.27 percent, saying that this would allow them to better shou
Feb. 1, 2016
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U.S. citizen convicted of murdering Korean student appeals
A U.S. citizen who received a 20-year jail term last week for murdering a South Korean student in 1997 has filed an appeal with a higher court, legal sources said Monday.Arthur Patterson, who has been convicted of stabbing then-college student Cho Joong-pil multiple times at a Burger King in the popular foreigner district of Itaewon in central Seoul, brought the case to the Seoul High Court.Last week, the Seoul Central District Court handed down a jail term 19 years after the incident took place
Feb. 1, 2016
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More parking lots to be created for tour buses in Seoul
The Seoul city government said Monday it will create more parking spaces for tourist buses in central Seoul to resolve parking and traffic problems with an increasing number of tourists.The Seoul Metropolitan Government said a tour bus parking lot with 35 spaces will be created near Seoul Station in the center of the capital by the end of this month, by borrowing space from Korail Corp., the state train operator.Another 17 spaces will be provided near the popular foreigners' neighborhood of Itae
Feb. 1, 2016
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Minister urges passage of reform bills
South Korea's finance minister called on parliament Monday to pass controversial reform bills in order to speed up the country's structural reform and bolster overall competitiveness."Every reform is completed by the law. The government cannot carry out sweeping reform without a parliamentary passage," Finance Minister Yoo Il-ho said in a press conference with four other ministers from the labor, education and trade ministries and the Financial Services Commission. "The government has tried to c
Feb. 1, 2016
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‘Energy supply scheme change key to curbing climate change’
It is crucial for Korea to change its energy supply scheme in order to reach the target of the Paris Agreement on climate change, according to a renowned environmental activist. “The strongest message of the Paris deal is that the fossil fuel generation has ended. Just as the Stone Age didn’t end just because there were no more stones, global warming is telling us that we can no longer use fossil fuels but have to pursue sustainability,” Ahn Byung-ok, head of the Institute for Climate Change Act
Feb. 1, 2016
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Social immobility becomes harder to tackle in South Korea: study
The gap between the rich and the poor in terms of encountering life chances widened among younger generations in South Korea, with such social immobility costing the country social and economic losses, a report showed Sunday. The report, written by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, showed that social immobility was more prevalent among younger Koreans in their 20s, 30s and 40s, compared to the older generation. The research interviewed a total of 1,342 Koreans and divided them i
Jan. 31, 2016
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Security breaches raise concerns at Incheon International Airport
A series of security breaches at Incheon International Airport including illegal entry to the country by transit passengers and the discovery of a suspect package with a threatening message, has raised concerns about safety at the country’s biggest airport. Questions surrounded the management of the overall passenger screening process and unmanned immigration service kiosks. The airport has been running without a CEO since its former head Park Wan-su quit last month to run for office in the gene
Jan. 31, 2016
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PM urges officials to tighten airport security
Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn called on officials Saturday to strengthen security at South Korea's main airport, describing a recent series of security breaches as a crisis."Everything will be lost if security is compromised," Hwang said in a rare visit to Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul.He told airport officials to boost security, saying illegal entries by passengers and other accidents could threaten to undermine the standing and competitiveness of the airport.The visit came hours
Jan. 31, 2016
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1 person dead in chopper crash in Korea
One person died after a fire-fighting helicopter crashed near a temple on a mountain located in South Korea's southwest province, local firefighters said Saturday.The chopper rented by North Jeolla Province for fighting forest fires crashed at around 2:58 p.m. near Geumsan Temple in Gimje, about 260 kilometers southwest of Seoul, according to them.The accident took place while it was en route to the place where it was to begin its mission early next month. The 61-year-old pilot, who was identifi
Jan. 31, 2016
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Warning in Arabic found in box suspected of carrying bomb
Police said Saturday that they have found a warning message written in Arabic inside a box recently discovered at Korea's main airport that raised terror alarms in the country.The message, which was written in Arabic on a sheet of paper half the size of A4, reads, "This is the last warning to you. God will punish." It was not a handwritten but a printed sentence with some grammatical errors, according to the police, who suspected that it could have been translated by a computer program or by a p
Jan. 31, 2016
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Police: Butane canisters found in Incheon Airport
Police said Friday they have recovered two butane canisters in a suspicious white box in South Korea's main airport near Seoul, but no accident was reported.Police said they received a report around 4:30 p.m. that the box suspected to contain explosive devices was found in a man's bathroom in Incheon International Airport, South Korea's main gateway.Police cordoned off the area as an explosive ordnance disposal unit was checking the bathroom.A scan from portable digital x-ray equipment showed th
Jan. 29, 2016
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From asylum seeker to renowned activist
At a glance, Yiombi Thona appears to be a symbol of success as a refugee in Korea, with his thriving career as a university lecturer and human rights activist traveling around the world to address refugee problems. Yet, he could settle down in Korea only after a grueling six-year process to win refugee status, enduring poor treatment toward asylum seekers and discrimination against African migrants. Yiombi Thona (Photo credit: Adam Paul Czelusta)“Korea is my second home which gave me protection.
Jan. 29, 2016
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[Newsmaker] Patterson sentenced to 20 years in jail for Itaewon murder
A Seoul court on Friday sentenced a U.S. man to 20 years in jail for murdering a South Korean college student nearly two decades ago in the Itaewon murder case. The Seoul Central District Court found Arthur John Patterson, 37, guilty of stabbing Cho Joong-pil, 22, to death in 1997 at a Burger King outlet in Itaewon, a multicultural district frequented by expats. Arthur Patterson (Yonhap)The court recognized Edward Lee, 37, as an accomplice for the murder, but did not convict him according to Kor
Jan. 29, 2016