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Court refuses injunction on medical school expansion
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Why Korean crime stories typically feature nameless, faceless perpetrators
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Debate on 'no-seniors zones' heats up
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Is NewJeans headed for a long 'break'?
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S. Korea, Cambodia forge strategic partnership
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Police raid popera singer Kim Ho-joong's house over hit-and-run suspicions
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[KH Explains] Hyundai-backed Motional’s struggles deepen as Tesla eyes August robotaxi debut
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Trump may like to 'solve' N. Korean nuclear problem if reelected: ex-official
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New Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office chief vows full-fledged probe into first lady
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[Graphic News] UK tops global chart for child alcohol use
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Doctors deny covering up cause of newborn’s death
Doctors on trial for attempting to conceal the death of a newborn dropped by the medical team denied all charges in the first hearing Thursday.Prosecutors said the defendants – a gynecologist surnamed Moon, 52, and pediatrician surnamed Lee, 65, – face charges of deleting records after the infant died from the drop and issuing a faulty medical certificate.The defendants’ attorney denied both charges, claiming they had neither directed the record’s removal nor had any invo
June 13, 2019
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Thai teen detained for attempting to smuggle meth
An 18-year-old from Thailand has been detained for attempting to smuggle large quantities of methamphetamine and yaba -- a mix of meth and caffeine -- into the country.According to Busan District Prosecutors’ Office and Busan Main Customs on Thursday, the teenager was detained for violating the narcotics law.Prosecutors said the suspect arrived at Gimhae International Airport on a plane from Thailand on June 2, carrying 1 kilogram of meth and 14,118 yaba tablets in her luggage. Authorities
June 13, 2019
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Korean Air family members get suspended jail terms for smuggling
The widow and eldest daughter of the late Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho on Thursday received suspended prison terms for smuggling luxury goods into South Korea through company planes. The Incheon District Court sentenced Cho Hyun-ah, 45, the former Korean Air vice president, to eight months in prison suspended for two years. She must pay a fine of 4.8 million won ($4,060) and forfeit 63 million won. The late chairman’s wife, Lee Myung-hee, 70, was handed a six-month jail term susp
June 13, 2019
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Foreigners residing over 6 months must subscribe to state health insurance from July
All foreigners who stay in South Korea for six months or longer will be required to sign up for the country's health insurance program to prevent them from receiving medical treatment and leaving without paying insurance fees, the operator of the state medical insurance scheme said Thursday.Under the new rules that take effect July 16, all foreigners, including Korean expatriates residing in the country, should pay over 110,000 won ($93) per month, according to the National Health Insurance Serv
June 13, 2019
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Man accused of hiding treasures from 14th-century shipwreck
A man in his 60s has been arrested on suspicion of possessing ancient pottery that is believed to have been taken illegally from an underwater resting place off the southwestern coast of South Korea, police said Thursday.The 63-year-old suspect, whose name was withheld, is accused of having hidden ancient Chinese celadon and other treasures retrieved in the 1980s from the Sinan underwater relics burial site in waters off South Jeolla Province in violation of the Act on Protection and Inspection
June 13, 2019
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Police investigate death of murder suspect’s stepson
Police are now investigating the death of the stepson of Koh Yu-jeong, a murder suspect of her ex-husband. Koh’s stepson, 4, died March 2 at her and her current husband’s home in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province. In the investigation that followed, Koh’s husband told police he found his son dead next to him when he woke up in the morning. Koh said she had slept in another room.While the cause of the child’s death has yet to be identified, the National Forensic Se
June 13, 2019
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Widow and daughter of late Korean Air chief get suspended jail terms
An Incheon court on Thursday issued suspended prison terms to the widow and elder daughter of the late Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho for smuggling luxury goods by making use of the airline's planes.The Incheon District Court sentenced the late chairman's wife, Lee Myung-hee, 70, to six months in prison, suspended for one year, with a fine of 700,000 won ($590) and a forfeit of 37 million won. Lee's daughter, Cho Hyun-ah, 45, former Korean Air vice president, got a suspended sentence of eight m
June 13, 2019
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3 remain missing in Hungary boat sinking after another body confirmed to be S. Korean
A body found in a river south of Budapest was confirmed to be a South Korean missing from last month's deadly sinking of a tour boat that left 26 Koreans dead or missing, Seoul's foreign ministry said Thursday. That brought the total number of Koreans killed in the May 29 sinking to 23, and the number of those missing to three. The latest victim in his 60s was discovered 110 kilometers downstream from the sinking site Wednesday (Budapest time).The sightseeing boat carrying 33 South Korean touris
June 13, 2019
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Prosecution brings additional Samsung bribery charges against Lee Myung-bak
Some 5 billion won ($4.2 million) could be added to the total amount of bribes former President Lee Myung-bak is alleged to have taken from Samsung Group, according to prosecutors Wednesday. The Anti-corruption and Civil Rights Commission sent evidence of Lee’s additional bribery charges to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office’s Special Investigation department at the end of May, the prosecutors said.The prosecutors submitted a memo Monday asking the co
June 12, 2019
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[Graphic News] Koreans spending more time on Instagram
The combined time spent on the photo and video-sharing platform Instagram by South Korean Android users surged by 73 percent on-year in May, industry data showed. They spent a total of 26 billion minutes using Instagram last month, compared with 15 billion minutes during the same period a year earlier, according to the data compiled by industry tracker WiseApp. Instagram was the most favored SNS platform among Android users in their 30s and teens, with users in their 30s spending the longest am
June 12, 2019
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S. Korea’s suicide mortality rate on decline for all age groups, except in 20s
South Korea’s suicide mortality rates across all age groups have been steadily declining since a 2011 peak, except for people in their 20s, data showed Wednesday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea Suicide Prevention Center said Tuesday the country’s overall suicide death toll in 2017 had decreased by 4.8 percent from 2016’s 13,092. This marked a notable decline from 2011’s 15,906 -- down by 3,443 to 12,463 in 2017 -- when the suicide toll reached its highest on
June 12, 2019
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Korean team to go inside salvaged wreck in search for four missing
South Korean rescue workers will enter the wreck of a tour boat salvaged from the Danube River on Wednesday to search for four Koreans still missing after its deadly sinking, Seoul's foreign ministry said. Hungarian authorities raised the Hableany sightseeing boat from waters on Tuesday (Budapest time) and placed it on a barge, nearly two weeks after the accident. Rescue teams retrieved four more bodies over the course of the salvaging. Three of them were confirmed to be Koreans, including
June 12, 2019
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Timeline of Jeju ex-husband murder case
Police referred to prosecution on Wednesday the murder case involving Koh Yu-jeong, 36, on charges of murdering her ex-husband and dismembering and disposing of his corpse between May 25 and May 31. Following is the timeline of major events uncovered through police investigation. By Choi Ji-won (jwc@heraldcorp.com)
June 12, 2019
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Partisanship pauses for Lee Hee-ho’s funeral
Politicians on both sides of the aisle came together Tuesday to mourn the passing of Lee Hee-ho.Lee, a women’s rights and pro-democracy activist, first lady and aide to Kim Dae-jung, died at 11:37 p.m. Monday at Severance Hospital in western Seoul. She was 96. Starting Tuesday morning, visitors filled the funeral hall to offer their condolences. The corridor leading to the memorial parlor was lined with bouquets of white flowers and ribbons from National Assembly members, mayors, governors
June 11, 2019
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[Graphic News] Voice phishing is main reason for ID number change
Voice phishing has turned out to be the biggest reason that people change their resident registration numbers, a government commission in charge of the matter said. According to the Interior Ministry’s Resident Registration Number Change Commission, 955 of the total 1,582 applicants have been allowed to change their national ID numbers since the government introduced the measure in May, 2017, to prevent possible harm accruing from ID number leakage. Of the reasons for ID number change a
June 11, 2019
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[News briefs] Jeju pension murder case intentional and preplanned: police
Jeju police said Tuesday they will refer a murder case involving a 36-year-old woman to the prosecution on charges of killing her ex-husband and dismembering and abandoning his corpse. Police believe Koh Yu-jeong intentionally killed the victim, whom police only identified as a 36-year-old man surnamed Kang, and had set up a plan for the murder in advance. This contradicts Koh’s claim that she tried to defend herself from Kang’s sexual assault. Koh killed Kang with a knife at a
June 11, 2019
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6 arrested for cultivating 1,306 opium poppies: Coast Guard
The Coast Guard is investigating six people on possible charges of cultivating opium poppies in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province.According to the Pyeongtaek Coast Guard Station on Tuesday, the suspects were arrested without a warrant on suspicions of growing 1,306 opium poppies at their homes and greenhouses.The Coast Guard said the plants that could potentially be used for narcotics were confiscated on the site. The agency will also investigate the purpose and intentions of the cultivation and ref
June 11, 2019
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[News Briefs] 3 officers charged with helping brothels in exchange for sex
Three police lieutenants appeared in court for tipping off brothels of police inspections in exchange for sexual services, prosecutors said Tuesday.According to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, the police lieutenants -- identified by their surnames Gu, Yoon and Hwang -- face charges of taking bribes, leaking official secrets, forging official documents and dereliction of duty. The prosecutors say the police lieutenants, who were members of the prostitution crackdown unit at
June 11, 2019
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4 more bodies found inside sunken Hungary tour boat
Four bodies, three of them believed to be South Koreans, were found in the wreck of a tour boat raised from the Danube River early Tuesday (Budapest time), nearly two weeks after its deadly sinking left 26 South Koreans dead or missing. One of the bodies appears to be the Hungarian captain of the sightseeing boat, the Hableany, while the three others are believed to be South Korean passengers, seven of whom are still missing after the May 29 sinking, officials said.A floating crane raised the bo
June 11, 2019
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Sunken Hungary tour boat salvaged, placed on barge
The wreck of a tour boat salvaged from the Danube River was safely placed on a barge nearly two weeks after its deadly sinking, officials said Tuesday.Four bodies, three of them believed to be South Koreans, were found in the wreck early Tuesday (Budapest time), after its sinking that left 26 South Koreans dead or missing. The other body appears to be the Hungarian captain of the sightseeing boat, the Hableany. If the three bodies found Tuesday are confirmed to be South Koreans, that would
June 11, 2019