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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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Doctor group's incoming head renews call for govt. to scrap medical school quota hike for dialogue
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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[Music in drama] An ode to childhood trauma
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'The Roundup: Punishment' becomes fastest 2024 film to top 2 mln admissions
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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[Newsmaker] Crooked lobbyist back in spotlight
Prosecutors said Sunday they indicted lobbyist-turned-businessman Choi Kyu-sun for embezzlement. The chief executive of UI Energy Corp., a resources developer, and Hyundai P&C, a maker of coating and paint products, is suspected of misappropriating about 41.6 billion won ($34.2 million) in funds from the two companies. He was not detained. Choi was at the center of a series of influence-peddling scandals in 2002 including one involving then President Kim Dae-jung’s third son Kim Hong-gul. He ser
July 21, 2013
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Korea to spend W10tr on drug development by 2017
The South Korean government will spend a combined 10 trillion won ($8.9 billion) on the project to develop 20 new drugs over the next five years in collaboration with private local drug makers, the Health Ministry said Sunday.The government will also form a fund of 500 billion won to help the local pharmaceutical companies expand their presence in the global drug market by acquiring promising overseas drug makers during the same period, the ministry said. The new drug development project aims to
July 21, 2013
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Police widen probe into boot camp deaths
The deaths of five students at a private seaside boot camp Thursday have ignited debate over lax safety and flawed operations of military-style boot camps for young people. Police were widening their probe into the accident in Taean, South Chungcheong Province, in which the high-school students drowned after they followed trainers’ orders to take off their life jackets and go into the sea. Police said only six out of 12 instructors had lifeguard licenses, and eight had sea sports licenses. Some
July 21, 2013
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U.S. police seeks arrest of Yoon Chang-jung: report
The Metropolitan Police Department of Washington D.C. has filed for an arrest warrant for former Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Yoon Chang-jung, a local news agency reported Sunday.Yoon is alleged to have sexually harassed a Korean-American intern hired by the Korean embassy in the U.S. as support staff for President Park Geun-hye’s visit in May.“It appears that the police department filed for an arrest warrant and the U.S. Attorney’s Office is reviewing the request,” an official at Korea’s Ministry of
July 21, 2013
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Teacher questioned on negligence charges over deaths of 5 students
Police questioned a high school teacher on Saturday on charges of negligence over the drowning deaths of his five students off the country's western beach, police officials said. The 49-year-old teacher, surnamed Kim, is suspected of negligence while overseeing nearly 200 students attending a summer camp in Taean Beach, about 150 kilometers south of Seoul, according to the officials. Bodies of the five students were found this week after they were swept away on Thursday by a strong current wh
July 21, 2013
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S. Korea's Incheon city named World Book Capital for 2015
South Korea's western port city of Incheon has been chosen to be the World Book Capital for 2015 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), city officials said Saturday.Incheon, just west of Seoul, assumed the title after the Selection Committee composed of experts representing the book industry and the U.N. agency met earlier this week in Paris, France.The city was chosen for the quality of its programs and the expected impact "on improving good integratio
July 20, 2013
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Firefighters caused death of Asiana crash victim: coroner
One of the victims of this month's Asiana Airlines jet crash in San Francisco survived impact but was killed on the tarmac when she was run over by an emergency vehicle, officials said Friday.Results of the autopsy on 16-year-old Chinese student Ye Mengyuan, one of three people killed in the July 6 disaster, had been keenly awaited after firefighters admitted a tarmac accident was possible.The girl, who was "alive at the time," died due to "multiple blunt injuries that are consistent with being
July 20, 2013
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Gwangju mayor accused of forgery in swimming championship bid
The city government of Gwangju allegedly forged a financial guarantee letter to host the FINA World Championships, according to the Culture Ministry on Friday. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced that they would make an official against Gwangju Mayor Kang Un-tae for using the forged signatures of a former prime minister and culture minister in the letter submitted in a bid to host one of the biggest aquatic sports events in the world. “We found out the Metropolitan City of Gwan
July 19, 2013
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All 5 bodies recovered at Taean
The Taean Coast Guard on Friday said they have recovered all five bodies of students who had gone missing a day earlier at a seaside summer camp. They were found more than twelve hours after the first three bodies were recovered, the Coast Guard said. The students were found dead after they were swept away by a powerful rip tide along the country’s west coast. The students’ deaths sparked widespread criticism of the camp operator for its lack of safety measures. The five students, all in their s
July 19, 2013
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Gov't to require seat belt for all passengers from 2015
All passengers will be required to wear seat belts at all times starting in 2015, the government said Friday, as part of measures aimed at improving the country's road safety.Currently, only drivers and front seat passengers are required to wear seat belts with back seat passengers only required to fasten safety belts when on expressways.Starting from 2015, all passengers will be required to wear their seat belts on any type of road, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said in a p
July 19, 2013
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[Photo News] Final respects
July 18, 2013
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Former vice minister may face rape charges
Police on Thursday referred former Vice Justice Minister Kim Hak-ui and other key figures in a sex-for-favor scandal to the prosecution on multiple charges, including rape and drug use. The National Police Agency announced the result of its four-month investigation, recommending that prosecutors indict the 18 people involved. They were booked without physical detention.Investigators confirmed that Yoon Joong-cheon, a 52-year-old local construction contractor, provided some high-profile figures w
July 18, 2013
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Professor punished for calling foreign student ‘not human’
A Korean professor captured on video berating two Indonesian exchange students and calling one a “low animal” and “not human” has been reprimanded by his university.The disciplinary committee of Gyeongsang National University ruled on June 26 that Bae Myung-whan, a mechanical engineering professor at the university in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, had “undermined GNU’s reputation and demeaned himself as a professor” in his confrontation with Elvira Fidelia Tanjung and Merisha Hastarina. Lee
July 18, 2013
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All six bodies recovered from flooded construction site
Rescue workers have retrieved the bodies of all six workers who went missing at a flooded underground waterworks construction site in Seoul, firefighting authorities said Thursday.The authorities said they found bodies of one of the six missing workers early Wednesday and the remaining five late Wednesday night. Half of the six were South Koreans with the remainder Chinese.On Monday night, water from the swollen Han River swamped the construction site, killing one worker and leaving six others u
July 18, 2013
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U.N. to send $6m in emergency aid to N.K.
The United Nations has decided to provide North Korea with $6 million in emergency aid by the end of this year, a report said Thursday, in a bid to relieve fund shortages at U.N. agencies operating in the isolated country.The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs told the Washington-based Voice of America that U.N. bodies operating in the North will receive this aid through a pool of reserve funding known as the Central Emergency Response Fund.The CERF was established in 2006
July 18, 2013
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Ex-vice minister booked on rape charges
A disgraced former vice justice minister has been booked without physical detention on charges of raping several women during a lavish party organized by a local construction contractor, police said Thursday.Wrapping up a four-month investigation into a massive illegal lobbying scandal, the National Police Agency (NPA) also referred the 52-year-old contractor named Yoon Jung-cheon and 16 others to the prosecution, recommending that they be indicted on multiple charges including rape and drug use
July 18, 2013
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All six bodies now recovered from flooded construction site
Rescue workers have retrieved the bodies of all six workers who went missing at a flooded underground waterworks construction site in Seoul, firefighting authorities said Thursday.The authorities said they found bodies of one of the six missing workers early Wednesday and the remaining five late Wednesday night. Half of the six were South Koreans with the remainder Chinese.On Monday night, water from the swollen Han River swamped the construction site, killing one worker and leaving six others u
July 18, 2013
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Gov't probe team on Asiana crash returns
South Korea's government team sent to investigate the Asiana jet crash returned home on Wednesday and vowed continued efforts to reveal the cause of the deadly accident.Six officials from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport have been in San Francisco since July 7 participating in a joint investigation with the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Asiana Flight 214. Three Chinese teens died and over 180 people were injured after the passenger jet crash landed at San
July 17, 2013
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Canadian foreign service strike worries students
A strike by Canadian foreign service workers is delaying visa processing, worrying students scheduled to go to the country for the fall semester. The Canadian Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers, which represents some 1,350 non-executive employees of the Foreign Ministry, has been on strike over salary issues since last month. Employees at 12 Canadian embassies and consulates, including those in Seoul, London and Manila, have indefinitely vacated their jobs, disrupting some serv
July 17, 2013
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Mayor apologizes for reservoir deaths
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon apologized Wednesday for a deadly accident at a water supply reservoir and vowed to carry out a thorough investigation into alleged violation of safety protocol.“I feel responsible and offer my apology for failing to protect citizens’ lives and safety,” he said during a visit to the construction site where seven workers were swept away in a flood Monday. Two were confirmed dead as of Wednesday afternoon.He said the city government would thoroughly investigate the incide
July 17, 2013