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Over 80,000 millionaires, 20 billionaires in Seoul: report
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Korean battery makers heave sigh of relief over 2-year IRA reprieve
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Yoon apologizes over first lady’s Dior bag scandal, but accuses special probe attempt as political maneuvering
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Young Korean doctors seek plan B: cosmetic dermatology or overseas
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South Korea open to Indonesian proposal to cut KF-21 payments
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Girl hanging on bridge, police trying to rescue her both fall off; rescued immediately
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Coupang earnings hit hard by losses from ailing Farfetch
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[K-pop’s dilemma] Time, profit pressures work against originality
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Why femicide and dating violence are growing issues in S. Korea
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Korea projected to outpace Taiwan in chip production by 2032: US report
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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
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Panel scales down Park’s new pension scheme
President Park Geun-hye’s ambitious drive to expand welfare benefits to the elderly was forced to retreat on Wednesday in the face of budgetary pressure. An advisory panel assigned to seek consensus on the new plan said it had agreed to cut the scale of the pension scheme substantially from the campaign pledges Park made late last year. Wrapping up its four-month discussion, the panel said it would exclude the richest 20 to 30 percent of elderly citizens, scrapping Park’s original plan to offer
July 17, 2013
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Free semester for students to pursue talents, dreams
Korea has no shortage of rags-to-riches stories, many of which are about rural students coming to Seoul, going to prestigious universities and becoming a doctor or lawyer. But now we have more diverse ways toward success. One can have as many chances as one wants to enjoy life through various careers. The free semester is a system to help students pursue their dreams, develop a career path and grow into the creative, competent talent of the future.Ireland, Britain and Denmark have carried out a
July 17, 2013
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College students upset by misuse of tuition
Students across the country are up in arms after recent reports that hundreds of billions of won in college tuition was subsidizing the pensions of employees at some of the country’s most expensive private universities.The Korea Association of Student Council, which represents some 100 student bodies, held a demonstration outside the Education Ministry last week, demanding full reimbursement of the money. The demonstration came after a special audit by the ministry revealed recently that dozens
July 17, 2013
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‘Fictional’ nightclub abuse video meant as ‘work of art’: crew member
A third man claiming to have been involved in a video appearing to show a Korean woman being harassed by a group of Western men has said the footage was staged. The video, which has caused outrage online worldwide in recent days, appears to show a number of men sexually harassing and insulting an intoxicated Korean woman. The men are shown cursing at the woman, filming her chest and legs and forcing her own finger up her nose and into her mouth.A Korean film studies graduate told The Korea Heral
July 17, 2013