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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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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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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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Over 9,000 hotline calls made by stalking victims in 2023
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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Monthly users on local streaming platforms outpace Netflix, Disney+
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US will take steps for three-way engagement on nuclear deterrence with S. Korea, Japan: Campbell
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S. Korea to expand chemical castration for sex offenders
South Korea will expand chemical castration to include those convicted of sex crimes against minors under 19 and retroactively apply the law on disclosing personal information of sex offenders, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said Thursday.The measure follows growing calls for tougher punishment against sex offenders and stronger preventive measures, including the medical treatment program in the wake of a recent string of such violent crimes victimizing women and children.Under current law, t
Sept. 13, 2012
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P.M.’s Office to move into new administrative city this week
The Prime Minister’s Office said Wednesday it will begin moving into the newly built administrative hub in central South Korea later this week.Sejong City, some 150 kilometers south of Seoul, came officially into being as a “special autonomous city” in July to be home to 16 central government offices and 20 subsidiary organizations in or near Seoul by 2014. The project, first put forward by former President Roh Moo-hyun in 2002, aims to promote balanced regional development and ease overpopulati
Sept. 12, 2012
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Primary school student numbers drop by half over past 30 years
The number of elementary school students in Korea has halved over the past three decades due mainly to the country’s chronically low birthrate, data showed Tuesday.According to the statistics compiled by the education ministry, the number of primary school students came to 2.95 million in 2012.That is a 5.8 percent decrease from a year earlier and nearly half of the 5.65 million students tallied in 1980. This year’s number of middle and high school students also decreased by 3.2 percent and 1.2
Sept. 11, 2012
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Jeju Gotjawal park offers eco-diversity
Jeju Gotjawal Provincial Park, slated to open next year, is offering a glimpse into its ecological repository in a bid to drum up domestic and international interest and garner support for its preservation.The Jeju Free International City Development Center said Tuesday the unfinished park would be open to the public for nine days from Sept. 7-15 while the IUCN World Conservation Congress is being held. It is inviting environmental leaders participating in the world’s largest environmental gathe
Sept. 11, 2012
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Korea tops in high-school attainment among OECD
Korea has the highest rate of high school graduates, and also ranked high in spending on public education among OECD members, according to a data from the organization.Nearly 98 percent of Koreans aged 25-34 have completed high school, putting the country at the top for this age group among the 34 OECD member countries, ahead of Czech Republic and Slovak Republic, each with a 94 percent attainment rate, according to the organization’s 2012 edition of “Education at a Glance” released on Tuesday.K
Sept. 11, 2012
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Creating style that fits your identity
I am sure there isn’t anyone who hasn’t heard the song “Gangnam Style” at least once this summer. Whether you’ve been walking down the streets, having a conversation with friends, or watching television, you would have inevitably run into someone or something mentioning the song. The song “Gangnam Style” is sung by Korean pop singer Psy, who sings about the lifestyles of people who live in Gangnam. The music video amusingly shows Psy doing his cowboy dance while performing unthought-of actions a
Sept. 11, 2012
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KAU charts course beyond pilot training
President Yuh aims to build globally competitive school to power Korea’s aerospace industryA fleet of training airplanes and a runway greet visitors to Korea Aerospace University.Founded 60 years ago during the Korean War, the university has long been the main supplier of pilots and aerospace engineers in the nation.Initially, the school’s primary goal was to educate students to serve in civil and military aviation: Some 600 pilots from the school are currently working at home aabroad. The count
Sept. 11, 2012
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Fire breaks out in building in central Seoul
A fire broke out in a building in central Seoul on Tuesday night. No injuries were reported. The fire started at around 7:07 p.m. on the fourth floor of the building, unleashing dark plumes of smoke. It was put out about 47 minutes later. The floor is used for storing clothes. The cause of the fire has yet to be known. The nearby fire station sent some 30 fire engines along with about 120 firef
Sept. 11, 2012
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Int‘l forum on kimchi to be held in Washington
The flavor of kimchi, Korea’s national dish, will spice up the capital of the United States this week.The 4th International Kimchi Conference is to open here on Thursday, introducing everything about the fermented food from Chinese cabbage or radishes.Kimchi is served as side dish at almost every meal in Korea. It has been gaining international recognition as healthy food. With the theme of “Kimchi from the East Meets Pickle from the West,” the one-day forum aims to provide an opportunity for ex
Sept. 11, 2012
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Police detain civil servant for allegedly killing wife
Police said Monday that they have arrested a man for allegedly killing his wife and then chopping up her body and dumping it at a mountain.The suspect, a 46-year-old civil servant identified only by his family name Jin, was arrested earlier Monday in Icheon, about 80 kilometers southeast of Seoul.Jin is suspected of striking his wife with a liquor bottle during a quarrel late Saturday after he had
Sept. 11, 2012
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N.K. accepts Seoul’s aid offer
North Korea on Monday accepted Seoul’s flood relief aid, raising hopes for the improvement of cross-border ties chilled for two years, the Unification Ministry said. “The North notified through the Red Cross channel at Panmunjeom that it would receive flood assistance,” said an official of the ministry, which handles inter-Korean affairs. Last Monday, the South’s Red Cross chief sent a proposal calling for talks with the impoverished North on aid shipment.It would be Seoul’s first official assis
Sept. 10, 2012
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Korea has cheapest tobacco, 2nd-highest smoking rate in OECD
Cigarettes in Korea are the cheapest in the OECD, while the smoking rate is the group’s second highest. According to the data from the European Commission Excise Duty on Tobacco which surveyed the price of the best-selling tobacco in 22 member nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in 2012, Korea sells the cheapest tobacco at 2,500 won ($2.21) per pack of 20 cigarettes, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Monday.Korea also had the second-highest smoking rate, re
Sept. 10, 2012
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Education Ministry to issue booklet on Web addiction
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said Monday it plans to distribute a booklet on the prevention of youth addiction to the Internet, games and smartphones to all schools by mid-September.The booklet will include a diagnostic quiz for students’ addiction levels and activity guides to encourage time away from media usage. The ministry also plans to train teachers on how to use the booklet from December to next February.According to the Korean Internet and Security Agency, the avera
Sept. 10, 2012
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Weather chief grilled over bidding suspicions
Police said Monday they have summoned the head of the state weather agency for questioning over suspicions that he gave preferential treatment to a particular business in connection with a bid for a new weather instrument.Cho Seok-joon, the chief of the Korea Meteorological Administration, is under investigation on charges of abusing his authority to select Kweather, a private weather service provider, as the final provider of a LIDAR observation device, according to the Seoul Metropolitan Polic
Sept. 10, 2012
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Another TOEFL results delay enrages Korean test takers
Another delay in releasing the results of the Test of English as a Foreign Language, or TOEFL, infuriated Korean test takers once again, affecting the credibility of the U.S. based test developer, ETS. The ETS said in a notice posted on its website that the results of the tests taken on Aug 25 and 26, have been postponed and will be announced by Sept. 12.It usually takes 10 days for the test results to be released online, so Korean takers expected to know the results by Friday, which was the dea
Sept. 10, 2012
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‘N.K., China agree on joint use of Cheongjin Port’
SHENYANG, China (Yonhap News) ― A Chinese company has been allowed to share the rights to use a northeastern North Korean harbor in a deal with Pyongyang, a move expected to accelerate China’s forays into the East Sea, a report said Monday.The North forged the agreement on the use of the port of Cheongjin with the private firm based in the city of Tumen, Jilin Province, on Sept. 1, according to China’s Korean-language press Yanbian Daily, which caters to ethnic Koreans living in China.Under the
Sept. 10, 2012
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Penalty for rapes against minors to be strengthened
The government will revise the law to increase the penalty for sex offenses against minors, the women’s and family affairs ministry said Monday after a number of brutal sex crimes against youths has sparked public uproar in recent months.The maximum penalty for rape of a minor will rise from the current five years in jail to 10 years or life imprisonment, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said.The revision will also no longer allow the influence of alcohol to be treated as a mitigating
Sept. 10, 2012
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Leader of embattled UPP resigns from politics
Kang Ki-kab, the chairman of the minor opposition Unified Progressive Party, said Monday he is stepping down to take responsibility for the party’s split.Four lawmakers quit the embattled party Friday after months of factional infighting over an allegedly rigged primary race ahead of April’s parliamentary elections.The self-expulsions came as little surprise as the party’s two factions have made no headway in their talks to resolve their differences over the voting scandal.“I have put in my all
Sept. 10, 2012
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Government mulls punishing sex offenders regardless of victim's complaint
The government is considering revising the law to punish sex offenders without a complaint from their victims, the justice ministry said Monday, in response to growing calls to eliminate loopholes in the current law. Under the current law, those suspected of committing sex-related crimes are indictable only if a formal complaint is made by the victim, stoking concerns that sex offenders sometimes
Sept. 10, 2012
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Suicide rate in S. Korea 2.6 times higher than OECD average: report
South Korea's suicide rate was again the highest among the nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), coming in 2.6 times higher than the OECD average, a government report showed Sunday. An average of 33.5 people per 100,000 took their own lives in South Korea in 2010, up from 28.4 in 2009, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said in a report, citing the OECD Healt
Sept. 10, 2012