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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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Ship linked to NK arms shipments to Russia is moored in China: State Dept.
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[Photo News] Merry already
Dec. 2, 2013
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Sogang University considers merging humanities departments
Sogang University has met with strong resistance from both professors and students alike after it unveiled a sweeping reorganization plan that includes a merger of departments.According to Sogang University president Yoo Ki-pung, the reorganization plan aims to bolster the school’s competitive edge by channeling funds to select areas, and is not designed to abolish certain humanities and social science divisions.Professors and students of the School of Humanities and International Cultures expre
Dec. 2, 2013
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American instructor found innocent on sexual assault charge
An instructor with U.S. citizenship was acquitted on the charge of secretly taking photos of a woman on public transportation, the Seoul Central District Court said Monday. According to the court, the 42-year-old man identified by his surname Kim was charged without detention for alleged sexual violence in October 2012.He was caught after taking a picture of a 20-year-old passenger sitting on the subway train at Gasan Digital Complex Station. The woman was wearing a short-sleeve dress with her l
Dec. 2, 2013
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UNESCO listing sought for records of WWII forced labor
Politicians and historians are pushing to gain UNESCO recognition for documents listing Koreans forced to work for the Japanese during the colonial period (1910-45). The records include the names of hundreds of thousands of Korean victims pressed to serve in the Japanese military or other types of forced labor, in three separate copies each compiled by the Korean government since 1953.The move came shortly after the South Korean government discovered new copies that identified 229,781 Korean war
Dec. 2, 2013
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Regulator opens probe into ex-banking chiefs for possible irregularities
The financial regulator has widened its probe into alleged corruption at a local bank to an all-out scrutiny against former heads of four major banking groups here, amid growing criticism over their arbitrary management, regulatory officials said Monday.The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), began to look into managerial-level malpractices involving the former chairmen of four banking firms -- KB Financial Group Inc., Hana Financial Group Inc., Woori Finance Holdings Co. and Shinhan Financial
Dec. 2, 2013
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[Newsmaker]Massive compensation order alarms unions
A local court sounded alarm bells for illegal, violent strikes with a massive compensation order against unionized workers at Ssangyong Motor on Friday. A district court in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, ordered union members of Ssangyong Motor Co. and other activists to pay 4.6 billion won ($4.3 million) to the company and police for damages incurred during their violent strike in 2009.It is the largest compensation order in Korea, which has been internationally noted for its labor militancy an
Dec. 1, 2013
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[Photo News] Rink in the season
Dec. 1, 2013
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Conflict grows over new history textbooks
Conflicts are escalating over new history textbooks as their authors vowed to defy a government order to revise them. “We won’t follow the order since the revision of history textbooks is beyond (the government’s) authority,” the group of authors of seven out of eight newly approved history textbooks said in a joint statement on Friday.The announcement came hours after the Ministry of Education ordered modification of 41 cases of what it claimed were “obscure and imbalanced” descriptions of hist
Dec. 1, 2013
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Dozens face dogfighting charges
Prosecutors said Sunday they had charged nearly 30 people for involvement in dogfighting.Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office said it had arrested nine people, including gangsters suspected of hosting fights between pit bull terriers. Eight other organizers were added to the wanted list.Another nine, including dog owners and gamblers, were also indicted without detention, and 11 more participants were summarily indicted. They were found to have held some 30 dogfights over a year, largely i
Dec. 1, 2013
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Beauty through the scalpel
The growing popularity of cosmetic procedures, both surgical and nonsurgical, has given Korea the dubious title of “plastic surgery republic.” Fueled by the highly competitive nature of Korean society, aesthetic procedures have become so common that it is not unheard of for students to receive them as “graduation gifts.” According to the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, nearly 650,000 cosmetic procedures were carried out in Korea in 2011. Although the figure puts Korea in seve
Nov. 29, 2013
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Young seek faces of the stars
Just a decade ago, a celebrity openly talking about his or her plastic surgery was a rare thing. In recent years, however, it’s become not so uncommon for stars to “bravely” confess their experience under the knife. Popular female singers such as Goo Ha-ra of K-pop girl group KARA and Baek Ji-young have talked about their surgeries on TV. Hwang Kwang-hee of boyband ZE:A has even embraced the gimmick of being a “seonghyeong-dol” ― (a combination of the Korean words for plastic surgery and idol),
Nov. 29, 2013
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‘Petit’ surgery promises ‘natural’ look
A South Korean actress recently returned to the small screen with a new weekend drama after a two-year hiatus. When the first episode aired, discussion immediately erupted online about whether she had plastic surgery. Her agency denied the accusation and said her face was swollen because of fatigue while filming.One online user, however, retorted: “She could say she didn’t go under the knife as fillers are not counted as plastic surgery these days.”It’s not just celebrities. On Mondays, office w
Nov. 29, 2013
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The dark side of nip and tuck
With cosmetic surgery common nationwide, so-called “modified faces” have become a regular sight in bustling areas such as Gangnam, Cheongdam-dong and Sinsa-dong.But despite their vast popularity, cosmetic procedures can go awry just like any other medical procedure. “I had a calf reduction done to become more attractive, but I got the worst out of it,” a woman wrote on Anti-Plastic Surgery Cafe, one of the largest online anti-plastic surgery communities.The patient had her calf muscles involuted
Nov. 29, 2013
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Foreigners clamor to go under the knife in cosmetic surgery capital
A Chinese woman entered Dr. Park Plastic Surgery in the “beauty Mecca” of Gangnam, known for its cluster of plastic surgery clinics, as the first patient on a Friday morning. She and her two friends were greeted by a Chinese staff interpreter in the lobby. An hour later, a second set of patients ― a father and a daughter from Kazakhstan ― came in, and were escorted by a staff interpreter who speaks Russian to examination rooms for a checkup.On one side of the wall in the lobby hang four plastic
Nov. 29, 2013
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Court orders Ssangyong labor to compensate firm, police
A lower court on Friday ordered unionized workers at Ssangyong Motors to compensate the company and the police for inflicting financial loss and casualties during a 77-day strike staged in 2009.The Suwon District Court said it has ordered senior members of the union and umbrella union groups who led the protest to pay 3.3 billion won ($3.1 million) and 1.3 billion won to the carmaker and the police, respectively, saying their actions were “violent, illegal and unjustified.” In the 2009 strike, t
Nov. 29, 2013
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Regulator looks to punish Sohn Suk-hee for ‘unfair report’
South Korea’s broadcast regulator is pushing for disciplinary action against jTBC anchor Sohn Suk-hee for allegedly being biased while reporting on the government’s move to disband a leftist minority party, local media reported Friday.According to Yonhap News Agency and Hankyoreh newspaper, the Korea Communications Standards Commission decided on Wednesday that the jTBC report on the United Progressive Party -- which was recently accused of pro-North activities -- was biased in favor of the UPP.
Nov. 29, 2013
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Gov't orders modification of Korean history textbooks
The education ministry said Friday it ordered publishers of seven out of the eight government-approved Korean history textbooks to revise a total of 41 instances of what it calls obscure and imbalanced descriptions of history.Publication of the books will be suspended if the order is not complied with, the ministry warned.The ministry has reviewed the textbooks endorsed for use at high schools around the country from the 2014 school year after one of them, published by Kyohak Publishing Co., rai
Nov. 29, 2013
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Notorious ex-gang boss extradited from Philippines
One of South Korea's most wanted fugitives and former gang boss, Cho Yang-eun, was extradited from the Philippines Friday.Cho, the former boss of one of the three major criminal syndicates in the 1980s, arrived in Seoul around 4:15 a.m. and was immediately taken into custody.Cho has been on a wanted list for charges of fraud after he fled to the Philippines through China in June 2011, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) said. He was arrested inside a casino in the northern Philippine cit
Nov. 29, 2013
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Prosecution questions Hyosung chairman’s son
The prosecution questioned Cho Hyun-joon, the eldest son of Hyosung Group chairman Cho Suck-rai, to investigate suspected tax evasion, slush funds and accounting fraud, officials said Thursday.The country’s 26th-largest business group is suspected of having evaded corporate taxes worth 1 trillion won ($900 million) since 1997 by manipulating accounting records and setting up paper companies in overseas tax havens.Earlier this month, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office questioned the H
Nov. 28, 2013
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Seoul City, police enhance crackdown on sex crimes
Seoul City and police have designated some 600 spots in the city for strengthened measures against sex crimes. Police patrols will be enhanced in the areas including secluded residential towns, neighborhood parks, entertainment streets and construction sites, the city government said Thursday. A total of 340 extra surveillance cameras will be installed in the areas. All 25 districts and police will share images under an integrated system, helping monitor about 25,000 cameras at the same time.(re
Nov. 28, 2013