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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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[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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[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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[Photo News] Seoul seeks 'best sleeper'
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Prosecution expands CJ probe
Prosecutors are expanding their investigation into food and entertainment giant CJ Group to include additional suspicions of massive income tax evasion and illegal wealth transfer to chairman’s children. The country’s 14th largest conglomerate has been under probe on allegations of creating a huge slush fund overseas and bringing the illicit money into the country.Prosecutors imposed Thursday an overseas travel ban on the family owners of the group including CJ chairman Lee Jay-hyun, vice chairw
May 23, 2013
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NTS to look into offshore tax evasion suspicions
South Korea's tax agency will closely look into suspicions of tax evasion by conglomerates and their families, among others, suspected of stashing away money by using offshore tax havens, its top official said Thursday.On Wednesday, a non-profit organization set up by former journalists disclosed three names of heads of family-owned conglomerates who have allegedly set up paper companies in the British Virgin Islands and the Cook Islands to conceal secretive money or avoid paying taxes.The list
May 23, 2013
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Female professor charged with sexual harassment: report
A group of male university students lodged a complaint against a female professor, claiming she sexually harassed them and was physically violent, local media reported. According to reports from local broadcaster SBS, the professor allegedly touched her male students constantly and kissed one student’s cheek at dinner. Also, she reportedly asked the students to take her home late at night.Another student said the professor was violent when she heard that he gave up a school performance.“She slap
May 23, 2013
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[Photo News] Aboard Korean-made chopper
May 22, 2013
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Prosecutors draw daggers against CJ family owners
Prosecutors are zeroing in on family members of food and entertainment giant CJ Group, long suspected of operating a huge slush fund but never charged for lack of evidence. The investigation is attracting particular attention as it could be just the start of a broader crackdown on conglomerate misdeeds in line with President Park Geun-hye’s pronounced war against tax evasion and the underground economy. Investigators from the Seoul Central Prosecutors’ Office raided the Seoul Regional Tax Office
May 22, 2013
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Think tank creates school for broader thinking
Yoon Ho-jin, a 22-year-old nuclear and quantum engineering student, had never taken philosophy seriously. Oriental classics and humanities studies were far from his life, which was mostly devoted to math, physics and practical technology. His intellectual path changed course drastically when he began to attend the Asan Academy last year.“I’ve spent most of my time studying math and science. But I really enjoyed studying classic literature. It was a completely different intellectual pleasure,” th
May 22, 2013
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Ministry to boost funds for regional universities
The Ministry of Education said Wednesday that it planned to increase financial support for universities to 262 billion won ($236.6 million) this year, up 11.5 percent from a year ago.Of that, 143.7 billion won, up nearly 16 percent a year ago, will be allocated to schools outside of Seoul, the ministry said.Since 2010, the ministry has selected universities under the Advancement of College Education program to urge schools to focus more on effective teaching, allotting 3 billion won in annual st
May 22, 2013
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Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school?
NEW YORK (AP) ― It’s one thing to say tech geniuses don’t need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college.But now we’ve got David Karp, who doesn’t even have a high school diploma. Karp, 26, founded Tumblr, the online blogging forum, and sold it to Yahoo for $1.1 billion. U.S. high school students are roughly between the ages of 14 and 18. Which raises the question: When is it OK for a wunderkind to drop out of school?Some folks in Silicon Valley an
May 22, 2013
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ICIJ focused on cross-border issues
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists is an arm of the U.S.-based Center for Public Integrity that consists of a network of 160 journalists from about 60 countries.The group, which disclosed the list of 245 Koreans with accounts in international tax havens on Wednesday, focuses on international issues that “do not stop at national frontiers,” such as cross-border crime.Topics dealt with in ICIJ reports range from the most recently published piece on international tax evasion
May 22, 2013
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Restaurant, blogger in legal dispute over review
A popular Korean blogger and a high-end restaurant are embroiled in a legal battle over a critical online review, underscoring the increasing conflicts involving “power bloggers” who post reviews about gadgets and food.In February, the blogger posted a review of a traditional Korean restaurant in Dogok-dong, southern Seoul, claiming that its sirloin “bulgogi” (grilled marinated beef) dish did not use sirloin beef and instead used cheaper cuts.The restaurant sued the blogger for defamation shortl
May 22, 2013
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Female body found in singer's car, suicide suspected
The death of a young woman is under investigation after her body was discovered inside a car owned by a pop singer, police said Wednesday.The body was discovered around 3:00 p.m. Tuesday inside the vehicle parked near an apartment building in Gangnam-gu in southern Seoul, according to the Gangnam Police Station.The car is owned by pop singer Son Ho-young, the police said, adding that an empty bottle of sleeping pills and a used briquette were found along with a suicide note."The deceased woman i
May 22, 2013
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Court rules against man for emailing N. Korean spy
South Korea's Supreme Court has upheld a ruling sentencing a man to a year and half in prison for exchanging emails with an alleged North Korean spy and praising Pyongyang on his website.Spokesman Lee Hyun-bok said Tuesday the court cited the National Security Law in its ruling earlier this month against a 45-year-old South Korean identified only as Lee.The law prohibits glorifying North Korea or contacting North Korean spies. Park could have received 10 years in prison.The spokesman said the co
May 21, 2013
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Prosecution investigates CJ Group over slush fund
The prosecution launched an investigation into entertainment giant CJ Group Tuesday on suspicion of gathering illegal funds and evading taxes. Scores of investigators from the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office raided the headquarters of the nation’s 14th largest conglomerate in central Seoul and several other offices and residences of its executives.The group with 86 affiliates is suspected of creating a 7-billion-won ($6.3 million) slush fund through fake trade deals with paper compani
May 21, 2013
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Korea confirms first death from tick-borne virus
The health authorities on Tuesday confirmed the nation’s first infection with a fatal tick-borne virus that killed more than 130 people in China and Japan in recent years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that a 63-year old woman died in August from severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome or SFTS. The virus is spread by ticks, and causes fever, vomiting and platelet and white blood cell levels to drop. The virus can also cause multiple organ failure and death. She was
May 21, 2013
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Samsung conducts Korea’s first surgery using 3-D printing
Samsung Medical Center said Tuesday its doctors successfully utilized 3-D printing technology for cancer surgery for the first time in Korea. Three-dimensional printing uses materials such as plastic or metal to create a three-dimensional object based on a digital model.Baek Chung-hwan, an otolaryngologist at the nation’s top medical institution, said that his team performed surgeries to remove nasal cavity cancer from two patients in April and May, respectively. The patients left the hospital i
May 21, 2013
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Ex-Seoul police chief summoned over NIS cover-up attempt
Prosecutors summoned a former head of the Seoul police agency Tuesday for questioning over suspicions that he had hampered a police probe into the nation’s spy agency’s alleged attempt to influence public opinion ahead of last year’s presidential election.The summons came after a female detective, who led the police investigation, claimed that high-ranking police officers of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) had pressured her to treat the case lightly.Kim Yong-pan, who headed the SMPA
May 21, 2013
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Smoking rate drops in Seoul
The overall number of smokers in Seoul has fallen significantly over the past nine years amid growing public awareness of health and the government’s anti-smoking drive, but the smoking rate among women has risen, data showed Tuesday.According to the data analyzed by the Seoul Institute, some 23 percent of Seoul citizens aged 20 or older smoked as of 2012, down by 5.6 percentage points from 2003, with the amount of daily consumption falling from 15.2 cigarettes to 14.6.The smoking rate among men
May 21, 2013
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Lawmaker pushes for bill banning sex for favors
An opposition lawmaker on Tuesday called for banning sex as a tool for gaining professional favors, saying it should be punished in the same way as prostitution.Rep. You Seung-hee of the main opposition Democratic Party said she has submitted a revision bill of the related law to the National Assembly, calling for up to three years in prison or up to 30 million won ($26,915) in fines for providing or arranging sex in return for business favors.The bill targets public officials and influence pedd
May 21, 2013
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Korea to introduce work competency standards next year
The government plans to establish a wide-ranging set of standards to gauge workers’ competence in more than 800 occupations by 2014, officials said Tuesday. The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Employment and Labor are currently developing the National Competency Standards system, in which a person will be able to receive accreditation or certification for demonstrating a certain level of performance in a particular job.The project aims to produce competent workers and to develop skills
May 21, 2013
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Corporate watchdog probing search advertisement unit of NHN: sources
South Korea's antitrust watchdog has launched an investigation into an online marketing and advertisement unit of NHN Corp. in what appears to be its stepped-up efforts to crack down on unfair business practices, industry sources said Tuesday.The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) started to send a team of investigators on May 13 to the offices of the NHN Business Platform (NBP) located in Bundang, south of Seoul, to obtain related data and documents, according to the sources. The investigators are rep
May 21, 2013