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Hybe-Ador CEO conflict gets messier
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Battery makers ramp up efforts to diversify graphite supply chain
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Seoul vows action over Naver's Line, Yahoo dispute
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[KH Explains] Hyundai Motor’s plan for new landmark keeps hitting bumps
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[LLG] Unseen inheritance: Trauma of transnational adoption 'trickles down' to adoptees' children
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Court's ruling set to shape path of medical school expansion
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Loans of self-employed swell 50% in four years
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In Beijing, S. Korean top diplomat aims to jumpstart ties with China
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Samsung doubles down on Vietnam
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Key S. Korean, USFK special operations officials to hold rare meeting amid NK threats
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Classical Chinese fellowship to foster future Korean studies researchers
Professor Kim Chi-hyoun spoke at a slightly slow pace and pronounced every Korean word clearly when she explained the meaning of Chinese words and sentences selected from “The Mencius,” a classical Confucian text. Her unusual teaching style was designed to better deliver her lecture to seven international students who are on the AKS Hanmun (classical Chinese) Fellowship program.The Academy of Korean Studies started the 16-week fellowship this year in order to help foreign students in
Dec. 4, 2019
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[News Brief] Bomb scare in Incheon caused by toy
The police said a report that an explosive material was found under an overpass in Incheon on Wednesday turned out to be false.Around 11:56 a.m. on Wednesday, a resident reported to the police that an object which looked like a dynamite was found under road bridge in Jung-gu district. Police and military authorities dispatched bomb disposal technicians and sniffer dogs to the site and searched for signs of explosives, closing off the surrounding area. What was reported as a dynamite turned
Dec. 4, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Verdicts vary for Jehovah’s Witnesses refusing conscription
Jehovah’s Witnesses refusing mandatory military service have regularly been found guilty or not guilty of evading conscription based on whether they had “true faith.”A 24-year-old Jehovah’s Witness received a notice of enlistment from the Daejeon-South Chungcheong Regional Military Manpower Administration in September 2017, and refused conscription citing religious grounds.He submitted to the authorities papers stating that he belongs to the religious group and that he re
Dec. 4, 2019
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Broken glass falls from high-rise apartment in Busan
Broken pieces of glass fell from some 110 meters at a high-rise apartment building in Haeundae, Busan, on Monday. No one was injured.According to the Haeundae IPark apartment’s administrative office on Wednesday, hundreds of glass fragments fell to the ground at around 10 a.m. Monday as workers were repairing a window on the 44th floor of one of the buildings. Most of the glass pieces fell onto the playground, pedestrian overpasses and near the entrance to residential buildings.According t
Dec. 4, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Eight people indicted in audition show vote-rigging scandal
Eight people were indicted on Tuesday in connection with a widening vote-rigging scandal involving the high-profile audition show “Produce X 101,” prosecutors said Tuesday.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors‘ Office said it has indicted Ahn Joon-young -- a director at entertainment giant CJ ENM’s K-pop-oriented music channel, Mnet -- and the program‘s chief producer, Kim Yong-beom, with physical detention. The two are charged with fixing the final vote result in
Dec. 3, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Welfare minister apologizes for controversial comment on child-on-child sexual abuse
The Ministry of Health and Welfare apologized Tuesday for a comment from the minister regarding a child-on-child sexual abuse case that has drawn public outrage. Welfare Minister Park Neung-hoo said Monday morning that a recent incident of a prepubescent child’s molestation of another child at a kindergarten in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, was part of “natural behavior over stages of development.”“But it poses a problem when that behavior is expressed in excess,” he
Dec. 3, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Former President Park to return to detention center from hospital
Former President Park Geun-hye is expected to be sent back to a detention center as early as Tuesday, after 2 1/2 months in a hospital for shoulder treatment, sources said.The 67-year-old, jailed in March 2017 over a massive corruption case, underwent an operation for a rotator cuff tear at Seoul St. Mary's Hospital in mid-September. She has since received rehabilitation treatment. "(She) will be discharged at 2:00 p.m. today," said Hong Moon-jong, co-chair of Our Republican Party, a r
Dec. 3, 2019
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[News Focus] Number of centenarians in Korea tops 20,000
SEJONG -- The number of people over the age of 70 is rapidly increasing in South Korea, which was dubbed an “aged society” two years ago, according to standards set by the United Nations.Further, the number of people aged 100 or over has also posted the highest growth among all age groups over the past decade.There were 20,102 centenarians in Korea as of November -- the highest so far -- as per the monthly demographic data of the Ministry of Interior and Safety, with 4,812 men and 15
Dec. 3, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Investigator believed to be involved in election-meddling row found dead
An investigator who worked at the presidential office was found dead Sunday, police said, amid a prosecution probe into alleged attempts by Cheong Wa Dae officials to influence last year's local elections.The official, who was dispatched to the civil affairs office from the prosecution, was found dead at an office in southern Seoul, according to police. The investigator reportedly left a note to his family before the death. Police said they are investigating to determine the exact cause of the d
Dec. 1, 2019
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Middle school students rescue dog from meat trade
A group of middle school students rescued a dog from a dog meat dealer, a dog rescue group said Saturday.Save Korean Dogs, a dog rescue team here, said Sunday that 15-year-old Kim Jae-seo and five of her friends attending Ewoo Middle School in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, saved the dog last month from a woman who sold dogs for meat purposes.According to the group, the children found the dog bound with a short rope inside a metal cage on the street in front of their school. The dog was being kept
Dec. 1, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Police to beef up traffic safety in school zones
The National Police Agency on Sunday announced measures to step up traffic safety near schools, effective Monday.According to police, around 620 traffic police officers will be relocated to school zones during rush hour. They will be deployed in areas prone to accidents, including places without surveillance cameras and where sidewalks and roads are not separated. Police will phase in limiting the maximum travel speed to 30 kilometers per hour in all school zones. Currently, cars can travel
Dec. 1, 2019
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S. Korea confirms 34th wild boar infected with African swine fever
A wild boar found dead near the border with North Korea has tested positive for African swine fever, authorities said Sunday, bringing the number of such cases to 34 in South Korea.The wild boar was caught by a joint team of soldiers and civilian hunters in Paju, northwest of Seoul, earlier this week, the National Institute of Environmental Research said.On Saturday, the institute also confirmed another wild boar infected with the deadly animal disease in a nearby county. Since the country's fir
Dec. 1, 2019
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RB CEO offers 'heartfelt' apology to victims in humidifier sanitizer scandal
The head of British hygiene product maker Reckitt Benckiser Group plc has offered a "heartfelt" apology over a toxic humidifier disinfectant scandal involving the company's South Korean unit, affirming his priority to address the "unprecedented" tragedy.Laxman Narasimhan, Reckitt Benckiser's chief executive officer, made the apology in a letter that he sent on Friday to a South Korean independent commission for social disaster investigation after a meeting with its members in
Dec. 1, 2019
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[Herald Interview] ‘Still traumatized’: 1980s murder convict on trying to clear name
CHEONGJU, North Chungcheong Province – He was 22 years old when the police came for him. Now 53, after spending 19 1/2 years in prison for the rape and murder of a child and another 10 years as paroled ex-con, he is to undergo a retrial to clear his name in one of Korea’s most notorious crimes.At a home for ex-prisoners in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, the man, who asked to be identified only by his surname Yun, told The Korea Herald on Saturday that police brutality had forc
Dec. 1, 2019
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City to fine high-emission cars in downtown Seoul starting December
The Seoul city government will issue penalties to drivers of cars that emit large volumes of carbon dioxide in central Seoul starting next month as part of its ongoing efforts to curb air pollution.Owners of vehicles that are categorized as Grade 5 in terms of emission will be fined 250,000 won ($212) when they drive in the city‘s so-called Green Transport Zones, which covers areas within the Seoul City Wall, according to the Seoul Metropolitan Government. The area within the Seoul City Wa
Nov. 30, 2019
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Block B member faces lawsuits after raising music chart fixing accusations
Park Kyung, a music producer and a member of K-pop boy band Block B, is facing a chain of lawsuits from fellow music artists after accusing them of music chart manipulation. This past Sunday, the 27-year-old rapper named five fellow singers and a duo on his SNS account, saying, "I wish I could do music hoarding like these people." Park was alluding to his suspicion that they had their music downloaded and purchased in large quantities to boost their numbers on sales charts. The six nam
Nov. 29, 2019
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Police records can’t be used as evidence without defendant’s approval: court
The Supreme Court ruled that police records of a defendant’s statements cannot be used to prove guilt unless the defendant agrees to the records being used as evidence.The top court said Friday that it reversed a lower court ruling that sentenced a defendant to six months in prison for violating the law on community credit cooperatives, and sent the case back to the Daegu District Court.The defendant was indicted for allegedly giving 500,000 won in cash each to two voters and asking for th
Nov. 29, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Two K-pop stars found guilty of sex crimes
The Seoul Central District Court sentenced K-pop star Jung Joon-young to six years and his friend K-pop singer Choi Jong-hoon to five years in prison Friday for sex offenses. They were found guilty of gang raping women who were under the influence of alcohol. Jung was also found guilty of sharing secretly filmed sex videos and photos, including those taken during the gang rape, via online group chats. But he was acquitted on a separate sexual assault charge at the same trial. Jung and Cho
Nov. 29, 2019
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[Newsmaker] College admissions reforms coming amid controversy
Seoul-based universities will select more freshmen through a state-administered college entrance exam to be held once a year starting in 2023 as part of college admissions reform measures unveiled by the Education Ministry on Thursday. Under the measures, at least 40 percent of applicants at 16 major universities in Seoul – including Seoul National University, Korea University and Yonsei University – will be selected through the College Scholastic Ability Test, or Suneung.The me
Nov. 28, 2019
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11 booked for posting naked pictures to student community
Police booked 11 college students and graduates for posting naked pictures of themselves and others on an online student community site.Hyehwa Police Station in Seoul said Thursday they recently booked without detention 11 men and women, mostly in their 20s, on charges of spreading obscene materials on the internet. Police launched an investigation in June after receiving reports that obscene pictures had been posted to an anonymous community site only accessible to students of a private u
Nov. 28, 2019