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Key S. Korean, USFK special operations officials to hold rare meeting amid NK threats
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Jennie, Stray Kids's Met Gala attendance puts them on 'digital guillotine' blacklist
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Controversy brews over shakeup of prosecutors amid probe of first lady
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Korean industries gauge impact of Biden's steep tariffs on China
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OpenAI gives ChatGPT new powers to see, hear
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Another suspect behind murder of Korean tourist in Pattaya arrested in Cambodia
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S. Korea to inject $70m into AI-powered public education
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[KH Explains] Naver’s Line dilemma: Lose global footing for cash?
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[Herald Interview] Carbon breakthrough in Korea: Making diamonds at atmospheric pressure
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Do Korean doctors make too much money?
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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
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Jincheon arsonist faces murder charges
Police said Friday they are seeking an arrest warrant for a man who killed one and injured several others during a family rite in Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province, on charges of murder.The 79-year-old suspect, whose name has not been revealed, was detained on Thursday after he set fire to a group of his relatives performing a ritual ceremony in the mountains. An 85-year-old man was killed, while 10 others sustained burns of varying degrees. Based on witness statements, the man allegedl
Nov. 8, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Interpol Red Notice issued for actress Yoon Ji-oh
Actress Yoon Ji-oh, who is under investigation for suspected fraud and defamation, lashed out at police for requesting an Interpol Red Notice for the Korean Canadian, despite her alleged crimes not being serious. Women’s rights activists accused police of showing “surprisingly” strong determination to conduct an investigation into Yoon, saying she is under tighter scrutiny by police because she is a woman. “A Red Notice is targeting those who committed heinous crimes
Nov. 8, 2019
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Elite high schools to be abolished in 2025
The Ministry of Education on Thursday announced its decision to abolish elite high schools across the country in March 2025, as part of efforts to improve fairness in the education system. “In 2025, independent private schools, foreign language schools and global schools will be turned into regular schools all at once, and we will lay the groundwork for a high school credit system and future-oriented education,” Education Minister Yoo Eun-hae said at a press briefing at the Central G
Nov. 7, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Travel ban slapped on Mongolian judge accused of sexual misconduct
Police said Thursday they have placed a travel ban on Dorj Odbayar, head of Mongolia’s Constitutional Court who is accused of groping a Korean flight attendant and verbally abusing a Mongolian crew member during a flight from Ulaanbaatar to Incheon on Oct. 31. “We feel confident that Odbayar’s charges are clear and well founded. We will hand him over to the prosecution on Friday or some time definitely before Nov. 15, when the 10-day travel ban expires,” an Incheon Metro
Nov. 7, 2019
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Special investigation begins into ferry disaster
A special investigation unit tasked with reinvestigating the Sewol ferry disaster in 2014 officially commenced work Thursday. “I fully understand the gravity of the task I’m leading. I will do my best, considering it the last opportunity to reexamine the case,” said Lim Gwan-hyeok, the unit’s chief prosecutor. A day earlier, the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office announced that it would establish a special body to address resurfacing questions about t
Nov. 7, 2019
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Millennials dominate Blue House petition board
Millennials are the most active participants on Cheong Wa Dae’s online petition site.Figures released by Cheong Wa Dae on Wednesday showed 689,273 petitions were submitted to its webpage in the first two years of Moon Jae-in’s presidency. This translates to 851 petitions filed per day. Average daily visitor count was 245,586.According to the data, collected between Aug. 18, 2017 and Oct. 20, 2019, the younger generation had a petition engagement rate far exceeding that of their older
Nov. 7, 2019
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[Photo News] Bird flu quarantine operations
BIRD FLU QUARANTINE OPERATIONSOfficials conduct quarantine operations against the H5 avian influenza virus in the region surrounding Geumho River in Gyeongsan City, North Gyeongsang Province, on Thursday. (Yonhap)
Nov. 7, 2019
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Obscene animations featuring characters in school uniform constitute child porn: top court
The Supreme Court on Thursday overturned an appellate court’s decision that pornographic animations showing characters in school uniforms could not be considered child porn and ordered a retrial of the case.Following a similar decision made in a separate case in May, this is the second decision by the top court that recognizes explicit animations featuring characters that appear to be underage as child porn. A 45-year-old operator of a file-sharing website, identified only by his surname L
Nov. 7, 2019
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Man sets fire to relatives in Jincheon, killing one, hurting 11
A suspected arson attack during a traditional ancestral rite held Thursday in Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province, has left one person dead and 11 others injured.According to the local police, some 20 family members were performing a memorial rite in the mountains when the fire broke out. At around 10:40 a.m., a 80-year-old man from the group sprayed inflammable liquid onto several of his relatives as they were bowing low on ground and set them ablaze.One person was killed in the attack, while
Nov. 7, 2019
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Long-term detention of asylum seekers inhumane: human rights body
Keeping asylum seekers in detention centers for a long period of time constitutes human rights violations, South Korea’s human rights watchdog said Wednesday, reiterating its call on the Justice Ministry to find an alternative. The ministry should find an alternative for asylum seekers who apply for a refugee status at detention centers, the National Human Rights Commission of Korea suggested, noting that detaining them there despite a low possibility of them being forcibly deported
Nov. 6, 2019
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Mongolian judge accused of groping flight attendant
South Korean police on Wednesday again questioned a senior Mongolian official accused of groping a Korean flight attendant during a flight from Ulaanbaatar to Incheon on Oct. 31. The Incheon Metropolitan Policy Agency arrested Dorj Odbayar, head of Mongolia’s Constitutional Court, who made a stopover at Incheon Airport on Wednesday morning en route to Mongolia’s capital from Indonesia. Odbayar and his colleague, facing arrest warrants for alleged sexual harassment of separate
Nov. 6, 2019
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Nation’s biggest expo on senior industry kicks off
Sprightly elderly crowded KINTEX Hall No. 3 in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, Wednesday, when an annual expo on businesses related to the care and welfare of seniors and people with disabilities kicked off its three-day run.At this year’s SENDEX, more than 100 companies in the geriatrics business are showcasing their latest products and services for seniors and people with disabilities. The Korea Health Industry Development Institute will coordinate meetings between participating companies and
Nov. 6, 2019
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Prosecution to launch special probe into Sewol ferry sinking
South Korea's state prosecution on Wednesday announced plans to establish a special unit to investigate the 2014 Sewol ferry sinking, one of the country's worst maritime disasters that killed more than 300.Eight or nine prosecutors are expected to join the task force to investigate the exact cause and any mishandling of the government's rescue operations, according to the Supreme Prosecutors' Office. The move came at the instruction of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl. Yoon is "determined
Nov. 6, 2019
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Court orders compensation for demanding foreign teacher take HIV test
The Seoul Central District Court ruled that the Korean government must compensate an English teacher from New Zealand for demanding that she take a HIV test in 2009.In the suit she filed against the government, the court ordered that the government pay her about 30 million won ($25,950) in damages.The New Zealand citizen worked as an English teacher at an elementary school in Korea with an E-2 visa issued in 2008. She was told to take a HIV test while discussing the renewal of her contract the f
Nov. 6, 2019