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No plan to let doctors with foreign licenses practice here anytime soon: PM
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Ador CEO's dismissal to be decided on last day of May
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[Graphic News] Beer the most favored alcoholic drink by Koreans
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Science Ministry expresses regret over Japan’s pressure on Naver
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Haeundae Beach to become sand art museum in late May
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Hostilities get out of hand as YouTuber murders another outside courthouse
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Medical professors set to take day off amid protracted walkouts by junior doctors
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Police officer jumps barefoot into drainage tunnel to save man
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Yoon interacts with public for 1st time since election defeat
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Lee Sun-kyun's posthumuous film to hit theaters in August
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South Korean man arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of illegal protest
Amid mass protests in Hong Kong objecting to a controversial extradition law, a South Korean man in his 20s was arrested for allegedly participating in an illegal protest, South Korean authorities said Sunday.This is the first time a South Korean national has been arrested since pro-democracy demonstrations began in the semiautonomous region in June.According to South Korea’s Consulate General in Hong Kong, Hong Kong police are interrogating the man, who was arrested at around 2 a.m. Sunda
Aug. 4, 2019
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Police to focus on areas with large foreign populations in safety push
Police are expanding efforts to improve safety in neighborhoods with large foreign-born populations.The Korean National Police Agency rolled out additional plans for improving safety in areas with large number of non-citizens on Sunday, including a data analytics project using cellphone data. The announcement follows an earlier move on March 17, when the agency said it would apply crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) to 19 districts with high populations of non-citizens, includi
Aug. 4, 2019
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Korean victim of Japan’s WWII sex slavery dies, survivor number down to 20
A Korean woman who was forced into sexual slavery for Japanese soldiers during World War II died Sunday.The Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan said Sunday the woman had died earlier in the morning. The funeral will be held in private as per her and her family’s wishes. She is the fifth surviving South Korean sex slavery victim to die this year. This brings to 20 the number of former sex slaves registered with the government. Gender Equality Minis
Aug. 4, 2019
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Repeat sex offender sentenced to life for rape, murder of neighbor
A 41-year-old man surnamed Kang was sentenced to life in prison for rape and murder of a neighborhood woman.The Supreme Court on Sunday confirmed the life sentence and 200 hours of sex offender treatment program given by lower courts.Kang was arrested in May last year for forcibly taking a 59-year-old woman he met in an elevator to his home, then sexually assaulting and strangling her to death.“The defendant previously served over 10 years in prison for three different sex offenses. In vie
Aug. 4, 2019
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Adopted Koreans return for international conference
Over 550 international adoptees and family members attended the International Korean Adoptee Association’s 15th anniversary gathering last week at Lotte Hotel Seoul. The first official IKAA Gathering in Seoul was held in 2004 following IKAA’s establishment that same year. However, the gathering itself has earlier foundations, with the International Gathering of the First Generation of Korean Adoptees held in Washington in 1999. This year, three generations of adult Korean adoptees fr
Aug. 4, 2019
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Typhoon Francisco forecast to pass through Korean peninsula
Typhoon Francisco, the season's eighth typhoon, is forecast to land on South Korea's southern coast on Tuesday night, the weather agency said Sunday. The typhoon was moving northwest at a speed of 25 kilometers per hour from about 1,310 kilometers east-southeast of Kagoshima, Japan, as of 9 a.m., the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said.Francisco was classified as "small" with a central pressure of 990 hectopascals (hPa). The maximum sustained wind speed near its center was 8
Aug. 4, 2019
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Teenager poisoned by toxic gas unconscious for six days
A teenager has been unconscious for six days after she inhaled toxic gas at a restroom in a fish market in Busan.According to local police on Saturday, the 18-year-old was found unconscious around 3 a.m. Monday in the bathroom of the fish market near Gwangan Beach in Busan. She was discovered by her friend, who was waiting for her outside the restroom. “She had not come out for 20 minutes,” the friend told police. “I also almost passed out twice and vomited a lot because
Aug. 4, 2019
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[Newsmaker] 72-year-old man dies from self-immolation in apparent protest of Japan's trade curbs
A 72-year-old South Korean man died on Saturday three days after setting himself on fire in Seoul, police said, in apparent protest against Japan's trade curbs against Korea.The man, whose identity was withheld, set himself ablaze near the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in the heart of Seoul on Thursday morning. He died at 5:41 p.m. on Saturday while being treated at a hospital, police said. Police found a bag that appears to belong to the man near the location of his self-immolation. The
Aug. 4, 2019
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S. Koreans censure Japan's Abe for expanded trade curbs
Thousands of South Korean demonstrators staged a rally on Saturday for the third straight weekly demonstration to censure Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for expanding trade curbs against Seoul, demanding Abe apologize for Tokyo's wartime forced labor."Apologize!" shouted the protesters in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, waving banners reading "Censure the Abe regime" and "Apologize for wartime forced labor." Japan, which tightened exports of key material
Aug. 4, 2019
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Teen missing for 10 days found alive on Cheongju mountain
A teenage girl reported missing 10 days ago has been found alive, local authorities said Friday. A senior military officer taking part in the search with police and rescue workers found Cho Eunnuri on a mountain in Cheongju, 140 kilometers south of Seoul, around 2:40 p.m. Police said Cho, who was found with the help of a search dog, was fully conscious when discovered by the rescue team. The 14-year-old was then taken to a nearby hospital. Doctors at the hospital said Cho's condition was b
Aug. 2, 2019
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S. Koreans slam Japan’s ‘whitelist’ decision, vow all-out boycott
South Korean citizens and civic groups on Friday lashed out at Japan’s decision to remove their country from a “whitelist” of countries with preferential trading status and called on the Korean government to take stern action against it. An association of 682 progressive civic groups, including the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, called Japan’s move an “attack” on Korea’s economy and a threat to peace at a press conference held in front of t
Aug. 2, 2019
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Police investigate assault of Uzbek migrant
The police said Friday that they have launched an investigation into an assault case amid growing public outrage as a video went viral showing a migrant from Uzbekistan being beaten by a Korean manager at a farm. In the video, which was posted on social media, the supervisor verbally and physical assaulted the foreigner, who was asking for gloves at the farm. “Get on with your work before I kill you,” the Korean shouted, which was filmed by a Uzbek student studying in here. &ld
Aug. 2, 2019
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[Newsmaker] S. Korea cancels licenses for 10 elite high schools
South Korea pushed ahead Friday to cancel the licenses of 10 "autonomous private high schools" despite strong protests from the elite institutions and parents. Education Minister Yoo Eun-hae gave consent to regional education offices' decision to deprive eight schools in Seoul and one in Busan of their special status as they failed to pass recent performance assessments, the ministry said. They will turned into regular schools next year. One school in Seoul applied for such conversion
Aug. 2, 2019
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[Eye Plus] Ganghwado, an island of history and beauty
South Korea’s fifth-biggest island, Ganghwado, off the coast of Incheon is a place steeped in history.Its strategic location has made it a vital military outpost for centuries, and it was the site of numerous battles from the Three Kingdoms period to the 20th century. During the Goryeo Kingdom, which lasted from early 10th to 14th century, Ganghwado was briefly the location of the country’s capital during an invasion by the Mongolian dynasty of Yuan that held power in China in the 13
Aug. 2, 2019
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[News Focus] Sejong residents much younger than Seoulites
SEJONG -- It is now seven years since the launch of Sejong Special Autonomous City in July 2012.The centrally located city borders Daejeon to the south, Gongju to the west, Cheonan to the north and Cheongju to the east. It is also relatively close to the southern provinces of North Jeolla and North Gyeongsang.As of June 2019, its population came to 327,643 with the number of households reaching 129,937.As the fastest-growing city in South Korea, Sejong is actively attracting people from neighbor
Aug. 1, 2019
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Cheong Wa Dae to review petition calling for ban on real-size sex toys
South Korea’s presidential office Cheong Wa Dae is now required to reveal its official position on a petition calling for the ban of real-size sex toys. The online petition exceeded 200,000 signatures on Wednesday in less than a month from its filing, becoming eligible for a response. On July 8, the petition titled “Ban imports and sales of RealDolls” was filed on the presidential office’s website.The petition was raised in response to the recent decision of the Supreme C
Aug. 1, 2019
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Man sets self on fire in apparent protest against Japan’s trade curbs
A 72-year-old man was hospitalized after setting himself on fire near Sejong Center in Gwanghwamun, central Seoul, Thursday morning.Fire authorities said the man attempted self-immolation at 8:34 a.m. at a park near the performing arts theater.Police found at the scene a bag believed to belong to the man, inside which were a written note asking Japan to “retract export curbs” along with a flier which read “people demand Abe apologize,” and a book on Kim Bok-dong, a victim
Aug. 1, 2019
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Vietnamese nabbed after stealing 958 pieces of clothing in five days
Police said Thursday they had detained a Vietnamese man, 32, on suspicion of stealing nearly 1,000 items of clothing in five days using a theft alarm-proofed bag.According to Jongno Police Station, the man stole 958 pieces of clothing worth about 36 million won from seven stores between July 20 and July 24. Police said the man used a customized bag to dodge anti-theft sensors at stores. The bag was designed to have the clothes with theft-proof tags go undetected through security device.The suspe
Aug. 1, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Three dead at construction site hit by heavy downpour
A 15-member task force team was launched under Yangcheon Police Station on Thursday to investigate an accident at a rainwater pump construction site in Seoul that left three people dead, amid criticism that the accident could been avoidedAll three workers who went missing at the site amid heavy rainfall were confirmed dead, after two bodies were found early Thursday morning, according to fire authorities. Torrential downpours on Wednesday morning isolated three workers at a rainwater drainage fa
Aug. 1, 2019
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Lightning strike injures two Asiana Airlines mechanics
Two Asiana Airlines mechanics were injured by a lightning strike Wednesday morning during airplane repair work at Incheon Airport. According to Asiana Airlines, the mechanics suffered an electric shock when the plane they were working on was struck by lightning at around 11:25 a.m. near the airport’s hangar. The injured mechanics, who were rushed to nearby hospital, were not in serious condition, Asiana officials said.The Aviation Meteorological Office issued lightning warnings at 6:30 a.m
Aug. 1, 2019