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[Weekender] Geeks have never been so chic in Korea
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N. Korea says it test-fired tactical ballistic missile with new guidance technology
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NewJeans members submit petitions over court injunction in Hybe-Ador conflict
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[News Focus] Mystery deepens after hundreds of cat deaths in S. Korea
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S. Korea's exports of instant noodles surpass $100m for 1st time in April: data
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[KH Explains] Why Korea's so tough on short selling
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Actors involved in past controversies return first via streaming service originals
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[Herald Interview] Byun Yo-han's 'unlikable' character is result of calculated acting
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US military commander in S. Korea during Gwangju uprising dies
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‘Kim desperately wanted to denuclearize,’ Moon writes in memoirs
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[BEST BRAND] Korea International School committed to 21st century learning
Korea International School committed to 21st century learningKorea International School focuses on applied learning, where students can apply the knowledge they learn to help creativity, problem solving, and perseverance. Distinctive features of KIS include applied learning labs, an enhanced science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) curriculum, robotics programs, the MIT exchange program, and inter-disciplinary projects. Creativity is central to KIS’ applied learning initiative, and one
Jan. 4, 2016
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Jin Air's plane returns to Cebu after takeoff due to safety concerns
A passenger jet bound for South Korea’s southeastern port city of Busan had to return to Cebu soon after takeoff on Sunday due to safety concerns, company officials said.The LJ038 flight of Jin Air Co. carrying 163 passengers left Mactan-Cebu International Airport at 1 a.m. local time. Its return was decided about 20-30 minutes after its takeoff as some “strange noise” was heard from the front door area, according to officials.Jin Air is a low-cost carrier owned by South Korea’s top flag carrier
Jan. 3, 2016
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South Korea delays approval of death with dignity bill
Uncertainties loom over whether the nation’s death with dignity bill will be passed before the current parliamentary term ends after the general elections in April. South Korea’s parliamentary committee on Thursday delayed its approval of the so-called “well-dying” bill -- which allows patients with incurable diseases to end their own lives by rejecting any life-sustaining treatment. The biggest stumbling block is the ongoing debate among lawmakers on whether or not traditional Korean doctors sh
Jan. 3, 2016
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Youth hold rallies protesting 'comfort women' deal
Dozens of young South Koreans took to the streets Saturday to protest a recent agreement between South Korea and Japan to resolve the issue of Korean women forced into sexual slavery for Japanese soldiers during World War II.The agreement, reached on Dec. 28, has sparked a wave of public protests among victims and their supporters, who claim Japan got the better side of the deal by obtaining Seoul's promise to settle the issue once and for all if Tokyo fulfills its commitments.Under the deal, Ja
Jan. 2, 2016
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Assembly ends with little achieved
The National Assembly held its last general assembly Thursday morning to pass some 210 pending bills, but only without disputed labor and economic bills. The revised election bill to redraw electoral districts, also remained up in the air.Parliamentary Speaker Chung Ui-hwa, who had refused to push ahead with the bill on his own authority, said that he would submit his version for review to the National Election Commission at midnight.“There will be a legislative emergency situation starting from
Dec. 31, 2015
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Non-emergency patients to face ER fee hikes
Non-emergency patients will face much higher medical costs if they use emergency rooms starting this month, as part of the government’s measures to limit the unnecessary use of emergency rooms, officials said Thursday. The Welfare Ministry said patients visiting the top 140 emergency rooms in the country will be classified into five categories depending on the urgency and severity of their condition, and charged different fees accordingly. Non-emergency patients who show mild symptoms such as f
Dec. 31, 2015
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Former teacher dedicates 30 years to charity work
As volunteers of all ages, occupations and causes lined up wearing Korean Red Cross uniforms and chef hats at the headquarters in Jongno, central Seoul, one instructor took them through how to split the dough to make cream cakes.Hours later, sponge cakes and sweet bread came out from the oven. Looking at their warm, puffy creations, the cooks’ beamed as they imagined them being doled out to those in need, a daily routine for the volunteers.Standing among them was Yoon Kyung-ae, an 83-year-old vo
Dec. 31, 2015
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Korea braces for year of confrontation
It was a harsh end to the year 2015, as the nation roiled in escalating angst against the government’s agreement with Japan to settle the World War II wartime sexual slavery issue. The year had already been riven with conflicts over education, ideology, labor and other social issues that are likely to continue in the coming year.Social division is expected to only deteriorate as the nation enters major elections, starting with the April 13 general election, which is shaping up as a prelude to th
Dec. 31, 2015
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Ewha hospital opens organ transplant center
Ewha Womans University Medical Center said Wednesday it had opened the Organ Transplantation Center to provide a wide range of services for patients who need organ transplants. One of the nation’s leading medical institutes said that the specialized center in southwestern Seoul was part of the EUMC’s efforts to sharpen its competitiveness in organ transplants -- one of its key fields of expertise -- before unveiling its second hospital in Seoul in 2018.Headed by director and surgeon Jung Gu-yong
Dec. 31, 2015
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Koreans mixed on 'comfort woman' deal: poll
South Koreans are split nearly equally over the recent deal between their country and Japan regarding Tokyo's sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War II, a local survey showed Thursday.Some 50.7 percent of the respondents disapproved of the Monday agreement, under which Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe apologized for his country's atrocity and promised to pay 1 billion yen ($8.3 million) in damages, a survey by South Korean pollster Realmeter showed.Those who supported it accounted
Dec. 31, 2015
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Korean court to open formal suit on wartime sex slaves
A local court has opened a formal damage suit that ten former South Korean sex slaves for Japan's World War II soldiers filed against Tokyo, after failing to find solutions through a mediation process.The Seoul Central District Court on Wednesday ended the mediation process after the Japanese government repeatedly rejected to participate in the procedure, court officials said.The decision came a few days after Seoul and Tokyo reached a breakthrough deal in which the Japanese government apologize
Dec. 31, 2015
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Victims protest sex slavery deal
South Koreans gathered across the street from the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Wednesday to condemn Seoul and Tokyo for sealing a deal over Japan’s sexual enslavement of Korean women without consulting the victims or gaining their consent. Enraged by what they called political collusion between the two countries, nearly 1,000 people jammed into a narrow downtown street to participate in the 1,211st weekly rally held by the former sex slaves and their supporters. (Yonhap)The Korean Council for
Dec. 30, 2015
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Expats satisfied with support centers: survey
Foreign residents in the capital are “very satisfied” with services of public support facilities, a survey showed. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s survey that included 760 foreigners from October to November, the satisfaction rate stood at 4.56 out of 5 points. The surveyed queried participants on three parts: accessibility and cleanness of the facility; hospitality and expertise of center employees; and contents of programs. The support centers received the highest score in dai
Dec. 30, 2015
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City to toll bell for New Year
Seoul City will mark the New Year with a bell-tolling ceremony in the center of the capital as part of its annual event, officials said. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon is set to ring the bell at Bosingak Pavilion on Thursday night a total of 33 times with 11 citizens chosen as representatives for the year 2015.The guests include a doctor who reopened his clinic after successfully containing the Middle East respiratory syndrome and a firefighter who saved 11 live
Dec. 30, 2015
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77% of South Koreans see need for ‘filial duty contracts’
More than 75 percent of South Koreans surveyed by a local pollster think “filial duty contracts” -- a legal document that makes it mandatory for all grown children to financially and emotionally care for their aged parents -- are necessary should they receive any gifts such as real estate or stocks from them. The survey results were released two days after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of an elderly father who filed a suit against his son, who, in spite of signing a filial duty contract, did
Dec. 30, 2015
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More Korean seniors familiar with instant messengers
The number of South Korean seniors using instant messengers increased sharply in 2015 from a year earlier in line with a jump in the use of smartphones, government data showed Wednesday.Around 72 percent of South Koreans aged 60 and above used instant messengers such as KakaoTalk or Skype, compared to the 62.6 percent posted at end-2014, according to data compiled by the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning and the Korea Internet & Security Agency.The figure stood at 90 percent for all
Dec. 30, 2015
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S. Korea returns 3 rescued N. Korean fishermen
The South Korean government said Tuesday it repatriated three North Korean fishermen who were rescued in the East Sea this week."Our Coast Guard found a North Korean boat drifting in the East Sea and rescued three crew members there," the unification ministry said in a release."We handed them over to the North at around 6:50 p.m. today through the truce village of Panmunjeom, as they all expressed their wish to return home," it added. The boat, which departed from the North's port city of Wonsan
Dec. 29, 2015
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Political feud biggest obstacle to social cohesion: survey
Koreans pointed to political feuds as the biggest reason for deteriorating social conflicts in the country, a state-led survey showed Tuesday. According to the poll by the Presidential Committee for National Cohesion, 51.8 percent of the respondents said that the political wrangling between the ruling party and opposition bloc contributed most to worsening social confrontations. In the multiple-choice survey of 2,000 Koreans aged 19 and over, the wealth gap was chosen as the second-biggest facto
Dec. 29, 2015
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High-ranking officials to face tougher evaluations
Lee Geun-myeon, minister of personnel management.The work performance evaluation of high-ranking public servants will be tightened, possibly even leading to their dismissal, officials said Tuesday.The Ministry of Personnel Management said starting next year the evaluation criteria and penalties will be strengthened to raise the work efficiency of civil servants who had thus far enjoyed great job security.The move came after public pressure to enhance the “superficial” performance evaluation.Unde
Dec. 29, 2015
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Gov't seeks victims' understanding over 'comfort women' deal
South Korea's No. 2 diplomats met with victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery Tuesday to seek their understanding over a controversial deal aimed at ending the two countries' dispute over the crime.On Monday, Seoul and Tokyo reached a breakthrough agreement that centers on Japan's admission of responsibility for the atrocity and plans to pay reparations to the victims.Some of the victims, who are euphemistically called "comfort women," immediately denounced the deal as a political collusion b
Dec. 29, 2015