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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 Air Force blames power loss, weather for F-16 crash in S. Korea in May 2023
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Ex-president Moon recalls in memoir NK leader voiced will not to use nukes
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US military commander in S. Korea during Gwangju uprising dies
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US expert says N. Korea might ignore Trump if he returns to White House
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[Herald Interview] ‘I take pride in my gay son’
When her son Jiho, 38, came out as gay 12 years ago, Hong Jung-seun felt as if her world had stopped. The ardent Roman Catholic asked God many times why she and her family were facing this personal crisis and what she had done wrong in her life. She begged God to change her son’s sexuality so that he could lead a normal life. In the end, it was she who changed.“I had been so devoted to serving God, but why my son? I thought it was a punishment for something I did wrong. I h
Jan. 22, 2020
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S. Korea remains vigilant against spreading Chinese coronavirus
South Korea is ramping up screening and quarantine efforts to prevent the spread of Wuhan coronavirus here, especially ahead of the four-day Lunar New Year holidays this week, as the SARS-like illness has been confirmed to spread between humans, the health protection agency said Wednesday.The country reported its first confirmed case of the new coronavirus on Monday when a Chinese resident who arrived at Incheon International Airport, the country's main gateway on Sunday, tested positive for the
Jan. 22, 2020
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Man sentenced to 8 months in jail for killing dog
A 28-year-old man was sentenced to eight months in prison on Wednesday for the brutal killing of a lost dog.The Seoul Western District Court handed down the prison sentence to the man, surnamed Jeong, on charges of breaching animal protection law.Jeong, who worked at a local fried chicken restaurant, was charged with killing a lost dog in Seoul's western ward of Mapo in October last year. The dog was found with severe wounds to its head."The method of the crime was very cruel and showed (Je
Jan. 22, 2020
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Ultrafine dust in Seoul, Beijing has similar ingredients: report
Ultrafine dust in the capitals of South Korea and China is made up of similar components, most coming from automotive emissions and coal power plants, joint research by the two countries showed Wednesday.According to the research released by the Korea-China Air Quality Joint Research Team, ultrafine dust collected in Seoul and Beijing was found to contain similar elements such as ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulfate and organic matter, though composition ratios differed.In Beijing, ammonium nitrat
Jan. 22, 2020
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[Herald Interview] Lawyer on mission to redeem justice failures
Our criminal justice system is not perfect, and most vulnerable to its flaws and errors are the society’s disadvantaged and marginalized, according to one lawyer helping exonerate those wrongly convicted.The celebrated lawyer, Park Joon-young, gained fame for defending men and women who have fallen victim to wrongful convictions, working to prove them innocent.“Laws may be designed to protect the citizens, but they are not foolproof -- because at the end of the day, their execution i
Jan. 21, 2020
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[Graphic News] No. of traffic fatalities in Seoul drops 19%
The number of traffic accident deaths in Seoul fell 19.1 percent last year from a year earlier, data showed. A total of 246 people died in traffic accidents in Seoul in 2019, down from 304 tallied a year earlier, with a daily tally of 0.67, according to the data compiled by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. (Yonhap)
Jan. 21, 2020
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[Newsmaker] 8,093 foreigners in Korea without permission leave voluntarily
The Justice Ministry said Tuesday that 8,093 foreign nationals who had been staying in Korea illegally voluntarily left in the period of one month, thanks to new incentives that exempt them from penalties if they leave by June 30 and allow them to reenter the country on short-term visas.The daily average number of those leaving Korea more than doubled after the incentives were introduced on Dec. 11, the ministry said.From March 1, those found to have overstayed their visas will be slapped with f
Jan. 21, 2020
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Govt. identifies NK defectors in urgent need of help
The Unification Ministry and local governments are taking steps to provide emergency support to destitute defectors from North Korea.Surveys conducted last year showed that 553 -- or 1.7 percent -- of the 31,000 defectors from the North residing in South Korea were suspected to be in “crisis” and in urgent need of help, the ministry said Tuesday.The inquiries were made in a bid to locate those in the blind spot of the welfare system, after a woman from North Korea and her 6-year-old
Jan. 21, 2020
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[News Focus] International marriages increasing after lull in 2010s
SEJONG -- International marriages to South Koreans recorded a continuous decline in the 2010s, despite the growing number of foreign nationals residing here.In 2010, 34,235 Koreans -- 26,274 men and 7,961 women -- married foreigners. But the latest official figure, for 2018, was down 33.6 percent from eight years earlier, according to the Ministry of Justice, to 22,698 -- 16,608 men and 6,090 women.For Korean men who wedded foreign women in 2018, Vietnamese brides were the most numerous at 6,338
Jan. 21, 2020
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S. Korea on high alert amid possible human-to-human spread of new coronavirus
South Korea's quarantine authorities said Thursday they are ratcheting up efforts to contain a new type of Chinese coronavirus amid reports that it could possibly spread among humans, after the country reported the first confirmed case of the SARS-like disease early this week. Multiple media reports showed that two Chinese confirmed to be infected with the new strain of the pneumonia-like illness currently spreading in China and across other parts of Asia have never been to the centra
Jan. 21, 2020
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North Korean defector in his 60s found dead
Police are investigating the death of a 62-year-old North Korean defector who was found dead last week at a cemetery in Daegu.The Daegu Suseong Police Station said Monday that the defector, from the North’s Ryanggang Province, was found by a rescue dog at around 10:20 a.m. Friday at the cemetery in Suseong, a southeastern district in the city. According to the police, the man, who came to South Korea in 2008, had been living by himself on government subsidies since 2010, when he could no l
Jan. 20, 2020
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[News Focus] Korea’s youth population sees steepest fall among OECD members
SEJONG -- Fifty years ago, South Koreans aged 14 and under made up 42.5 percent of the population in the wake of the country’s 1955-1963 baby boom.Korea ranked second in a retrospective comparison of the 36 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which looked back at youth populations relative to total country populations in 1970. While Mexico topped the list for that year, with 46.8 percent of its population no older than 14, the majority of OECD members post
Jan. 20, 2020
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Seoul on alert after 1st confirmed case of coronavirus from China
Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun on Monday ordered health authorities to respond quickly to prevent the spread of a new coronavirus from China, after the first case was confirmed in South Korea. On Monday, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that a Chinese woman had tested positive for the coronavirus. On receiving the report, Chung ordered the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the KCDC to work with other concerned organizations to prevent the virus from spreading,
Jan. 20, 2020
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Public housing to be built over highway
A compact community equipped with public housing, parks, child care and commercial facilities will be built above a highway in northern Seoul as part of efforts to meet housing needs for the young and the newly wed, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday. According to a blueprint revealed by the municipality and the Seoul Housing and Communities Corps., an artificial plot of land will be built above a 500-meter section of the Bukbu Expressway to create a public housing complex for 990 hou
Jan. 20, 2020
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[Newsmaker] Opposition leader sends beef jerky to Buddhist monks
South Korea’s opposition leader accidentally sent beef jerky to the Jogye Order of Buddhism as a Lunar New Year’s gift, bewildering the country’s largest Buddhist group, which practices vegetarianism.Gift sets containing beef were delivered to several of the group’s senior officials earlier last week under the name of Liberty Korea Party Chairman Hwang Kyo-ahn. The main opposition party learned about the mistake Friday and retrieved the gift sets the same day. It sai
Jan. 20, 2020
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Prosecutors demand death penalty for Jeju murderer
JEJU -- Prosecutors on Monday demanded the death penalty for a 37-year-old woman accused of brutally killing her former husband and stepson last year.In the final hearing at the Jeju District Court, prosecutors demanded the death penalty for Koh Yu-jeong, who allegedly murdered her former husband and 5-year-old stepson in two separate incidents."The defendant Koh Yu-jeong murdered a father in front of a son and a son in front of her father. ... Both cases derive from her contempt towards hu
Jan. 20, 2020
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S. Korea reports 1st confirmed case of China coronavirus
South Korea on Monday reported the first confirmed case of China coronavirus amid concerns that a pneumonia-like illness is set to spread across China and Asia.According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a Chinese woman suffered fever, respiratory problems and other symptoms after arriving at Incheon International Airport and tested positive for the virus.She traveled to the Chinese city of Wuhan in Hubei Province last week. The patient has been given treatment at a local
Jan. 20, 2020
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[Newsmaker] Ulsan mayor questioned in election-meddling probe
SEOUL/ULSAN -- Ulsan Mayor Song Cheol-ho was questioned Monday over an ongoing probe into allegations that some presidential officials conspired to help him win the mayoral seat in a 2018 election.Song, 71, was being questioned at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office this morning for the first time regarding the election-meddling allegations, according to political and legal sources with knowledge of the matter.The mayor, who successfully ran as a ruling Democratic Party candidate for t
Jan. 20, 2020
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Yongin aims for an upgrade with better jobs, living spaces
Yongin, a city of 1 million located about 40 kilometers south of Seoul, aims to take the livelihood of its citizens to the next level, with improvements in living environments, job opportunities and municipal services. “This year will mark the first year for our city to raise the level of all sectors to the next level,” said Mayor Baek Kun-ki. Under the slogan “Upgrading Yongin,” Baek laid out five policy pillars for this year: invigorating the city economy and its compet
Jan. 19, 2020
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4 S. Korean trekkers go missing after avalanche hits Annapurna
SEOUL/NEW DELHI -- Four South Korean trekkers have gone missing after an avalanche hit the circuit trekking route of Annapurna in Nepal, Seoul's foreign ministry said Saturday. The incident took place at an altitude of 3,230 meters around 10:30 and 11:00 a.m. (local time) on Friday, according to the ministry. Five other South Korean members of the crew took shelter at a nearly lodge after the four trekkers, along with two local guides in the advance team, lost contact. The five have now been tra
Jan. 18, 2020