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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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[Grace Kao] American racism against Stray Kids
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Key S. Korean, USFK special operations officials to hold rare meeting amid NK threats
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Samsung doubles down on Vietnam
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In Beijing, S. Korean top diplomat aims to jumpstart ties with China
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NewJeans' members' parents complained to Hybe, email shows
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Controversy brews over shakeup of prosecutors amid probe of first lady
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Suspect behind murder of Korean tourist in Pattaya arrested
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Prosecutors summon pastor involved in Dior bag scandal
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McDonald's reaches settlement with 'hamburger disease' victim
McDonald's Korea said Tuesday it has reached a settlement with a girl suffering from so-called "hamburger disease" to pay medical bills for her treatment, in an apparent effort to ease negative public sentiment over the US fast food chain. A mother filed a complaint against the Korean arm of McDonald's in July 2017, claiming her four-year-old daughter was diagnosed with hemolytic uremic syndrome after eating an undercooked hamburger patty purchased from the chain in September 2016.&nbs
Nov. 12, 2019
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Government inspects pig burial sites following river contamination
The government is conducting inspections in areas of northern Gyeonggi Province where pigs culled to contain the spread of African swine fever were buried, after blood from their carcasses leached into the river.A river cutting across the central part of the Korean Peninsula was polluted over the weekend by the blood of pigs killed during the containment efforts, according to Gyeonggi officials.The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said Tuesday that it has taken emergency measures
Nov. 12, 2019
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Hong Kong activist seeks solidarity for democracy
A leading democracy activist sought support for Hong Kongers as they strive for democracy and autonomy, speaking to a Seoul audience Monday.“The movement in Hong Kong is about securing democracy, not independence from China,” Lai Yan-ho, vice convener of the Civil Human Rights Front, a pandemocratic group, said during a meeting with students, activists and reporters at an art gallery in Jongno, central Seoul.On Saturday, a crowd marched on the streets of Seoul’s Hongdae in supp
Nov. 12, 2019
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10 people booked for alleged ‘Produce X 101’ vote rigging
Police said Tuesday that they booked 10 people, including producers of a K-pop audition TV show and officials of CJ ENM, in connection with allegations they had rigged the results of audience voting. Police are looking into whether high-ranking officials from music labels were involved, whether there was any vote rigging on former seasons of the Mnet audition shows and whether bribes were given in return for allegedly manipulating the votes.“I think an investigation into alleged vote riggi
Nov. 12, 2019
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3 students awarded grand prize at 19th IYF English Speech Contest
Three students were awarded the grand prize at the 19th International Youth Fellowship English Speech Contest on Saturday.A total of 1,500 students competed nationwide in the regional preliminary competition and the best 78 made it to the finals of the annual speaking contest, held at Sejong Hall in the Seoul Human Resource Development Center.Each of the middle and high school students competing in the finals gave a three-minute speech on one of six topics, including dreams, school violence, pro
Nov. 12, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Teenager booked for sharing child pornography
Police booked a high school student in Incheon for sharing child pornography through a mobile messaging application.Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency said Tuesday a teenager -- whose name and age were withheld -- was booked Monday for violation of the Act on the Protection of Children and Juveniles from Sexual Abuse. The male student is accused of sharing thousands of online links to pornography through the secure mobile messenger app Telegram. Police added that the boy was a different per
Nov. 12, 2019
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‘Humanitarian status holders deserve same protection as refugees’
Asylum seekers staying in South Korea with humanitarian status should enjoy the same protections and treatment as recognized refugees, activists monitoring the human rights situation facing 39 asylum seekers said Monday. Better access to information on how humanitarian status holders can adjust to life in Korea -- what rights they have and what services are available to them -- are also necessary, the activists said at the briefing held at the National Human Rights Commission of Korea. &ld
Nov. 11, 2019
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Five years later, prosecutorial probe kicks off into Sewol ferry sinking
The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office on Monday launched a special investigation unit to probe allegations surrounding the sinking of the Sewol ferry in 2014.During a press briefing at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, the unit said it is “committed to making its probe so thorough that it will be the last one to be conducted into the Sewol sinking.”The unit will take on investigations conducted by a provisional state commission formed in January 2015 with a f
Nov. 11, 2019
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Cancer treatment costs top W9tr in 2018
Cancer treatment costs in South Korea exceeded the 9 trillion-won ($7.8 billion) mark in 2018 due to a rise in the number of patients and more state coverage, a report showed Monday.Nearly 9.01 trillion won was spent to treat cancer patients last year, taking up 11.6 percent of the country's total medical spending covered by the state health insurance program, according to the report by the National Health Insurance Service and the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service. The high percent
Nov. 11, 2019
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[Graphic News] Number of temporary workers rises 13.1% in 2019
The number of temporary workers in South Korea rose 13.1 percent on-year this year, with such positions also accounting for a rising percentage of the total, government data showed. A total of 7.48 million workers were nonregular workers, part-timers or outsourced laborers as of August 2019, up about 870,000 from a year ago, according to the data from Statistics Korea. They accounted for 36.4 percent of the country’s 20.55 million salaried employees. In 2018, temporary workers accounted f
Nov. 10, 2019
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Video of former President Chun playing golf sparks uproar
Video footage of former President Chun Doo-hwan playing golf, who has been avoiding attending a defamation trial claiming dementia, has sparked public anger. Chun has been accused of defaming late Rev. Cho Bi-oh regarding the 1980 Gwangju Democratic Uprising. Justice Party Vice Chairman Lim Han-sol on Friday released a video clip of Chun playing golf with his companions. Upon the release, civic groups, including the May 18 Memorial Foundation, immediately condemned Chun. “This is
Nov. 10, 2019
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[News Focus] Year of soccer, Olympics, elections coming up
SEJONG -- The 2010s will terminate in about 50 days, and South Korean politics will face a turbulent time from the beginning of the 2020s as the nation has already entered the election mode for the 21st Assembly.In 2020, the general election for the National Assembly is slated for April 15, while there will be a presidential election in the US on Nov. 3.Meanwhile, next year will also feature big international sports events.People in Europe and across the globe are waiting for opening of the
Nov. 10, 2019
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President Moon to hold televised town hall meeting next Tuesday
President Moon Jae-in plans to hold a town hall meeting Nov. 19, Cheong Wa Dae said Sunday. Local televisio network MBC will broadcast the 100-minute meeting starting at 8 p.m. “Anyone is welcome to join, and people can ask the president any question,” Cheong Wa Dae spokesperson Ko Min-jung said, adding the president expects to talk candidly to exchange views on his policies so far. Moon, sworn in as president in May 2017, passed the halfway point in his five-year term last Sa
Nov. 10, 2019
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Police open full-scale probe into ‘dark web’
The South Korean police are widening their probe against criminal activity on the “dark web” – parts of internet hidden from public access.The dark web, which is not indexed by search engines and requires special software to access, has been associated with crimes and other illicit activities as it permits users to dodge identification and keep their browser history discreet.The police investigation of the dark web, which was hitherto handled by a six-member task force at the N
Nov. 10, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Police probe former YG chief over alleged drug cover-up
Former head and executive producer of K-pop talent agency YG Entertainment Yang Hyun-suk was grilled by police Saturday for about 14 hours.The Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency, handling the case, said its special crime squad questioned Yang from 10 a.m. to 11:50 p.m.Police booked Yang on Wednesday on suspicion of blackmailing a witness to retract her statement to police in August 2016 alleging drug use by one of YG’s artists -- B.I of boy band iKON. Yang is also suspected of paying
Nov. 10, 2019
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Abusive S. Korean facility exported children
BUSAN (AP) -- A notorious South Korean facility that kidnapped, abused and enslaved children and the disabled for a generation was also shipping children overseas for adoption, part of a massive profit-seeking enterprise that thrived by exploiting those trapped within its walls, The Associated Press has found. The AP, which previously exposed a government cover-up at Brothers Home and a far greater level of abuse than earlier known, has now found that the facility was part of an orphanage pipeli
Nov. 10, 2019
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Search under way at chopper crash site, gov't vows all-out efforts
Ten days after an ambulance chopper crashed into the East Sea, the authorities continued operations to find four missing persons on Saturday, with Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon vowing to do everything to the end.On Oct. 31, the ambulance helicopter, carrying seven people, crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo. The chopper, owned by the National 119 Rescue Headquarters, was on a mission to save a patient from a fishing boat. So far, three bodies
Nov. 9, 2019
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Former YG chief faces police probe into intimidation charges
Yang Hyun-suk, former CEO of YG Entertainment, was summoned by police on Saturday for questioning into his alleged attempts to cover up drug suspicions surrounding one of the company's singers, officers said.Yang, an idol-turned-K-pop guru who once led one of the country's biggest K-pop management firms, arrived at the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency building in Suwon, 45 kilometers south of Seoul, to undergo interrogation into suspicions that he threatened a whistleblower who earlier re
Nov. 9, 2019
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Solidarity for Hong Kongers spreading fast in Seoul
On the wall of the main library in Seoul National University, yellow sticky notes with messages of support for Hong Kong protesters for democracy filled empty spaces Friday. One of the notes read, “I advocate (for the Hong Kongers) as one human being, remembering that liberty was not given but was achieved.”A group of South Korean students on Wednesday transformed one side of the school’s main library building, hanging up sheets of large paper where people could write messages
Nov. 8, 2019
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Moon stresses education, prosecution and labor reform
President Moon Jae-in on Friday stressed the importance of ridding the nation of corrupt practices, listing education and prosecution reform as two of the most urgent issues. Speaking at a meeting of the anti-corruption policy committee, Moon said the labor market and the practice of giving preferential treatment to retired public officials need urgent reform. “Anti-corruption reform and (building a) fair society is a calling of our administration,” Moon said. Listing changes m
Nov. 8, 2019