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[Weekender] Geeks have never been so chic in Korea
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N. Korea says it test-fired tactical ballistic missile with new guidance technology
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NewJeans members submit petitions over court injunction in Hybe-Ador conflict
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[News Focus] Mystery deepens after hundreds of cat deaths in S. Korea
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S. Korea's exports of instant noodles surpass $100m for 1st time in April: data
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[Herald Interview] Byun Yo-han's 'unlikable' character is result of calculated acting
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US military commander in S. Korea during Gwangju uprising dies
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[Photo News] Seoul seeks 'best sleeper'
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US expert says N. Korea might ignore Trump if he returns to White House
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Yoon vows to advance freedom, welfare to uphold spirit of 1980 pro-democracy uprising
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Gangnam club employee detained on drug charges
An employee at a nightclub affiliated with a famous K-pop singer has been detained in connection with suspected using and trafficking of drugs, police said Monday. A Seoul court approved the warrant Sunday to hold the suspect, whose identity is withheld, under custody, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said. The police have also taken measures to temporarily impose a travel suspension on a Chinese woman, who's accused of dealing the banned substances at the club. The club has been shut down s
Feb. 18, 2019
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Elementary school student found unconscious in hotel’s pool
An elementary school student was found unconscious in a swimming pool at a hotel in Busan, local media reported Monday.According to Busan Haeundae police, the 13-year-old student surnamed Lee was spotted at the children’s pool at around 5:17 p.m. Sunday with his left arm stuck between the rungs of a pool ladder. The pool is about 60 centimeters deep. This photo is not related to the article. (Yonhap)Lee was rushed to a nearby hospital after receiving CPR at the pool but remains unconscious. Lee
Feb. 18, 2019
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Dead body found in pipeline, police suspect homicide
The body of a 51-year-old man was found inside an oil pipeline in Incheon on Sunday. The body, identified by police to be that of a nearby resident, was discovered by a worker during a pipeline company inspection. The body was found in a long-sleeved shirt and pants. (Yonhap)According to Incheon Seobu police, the body was not badly decomposed, but it was difficult to immediately determine the cause of death. Police are looking into the possibility of homicide considering that the dead man was n
Feb. 18, 2019
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[From the scene] Unchanged taximeters confuse drivers, passengers after implemented rate hike
Rushing to a business meeting, Kim Ha-min, 34, took a taxi. The fare on the taximeter showed 6,100 won ($5.42), but the driver told him to pay extra money as the fare has been raised.“I don’t remember exactly, but I had to pay some extra 1,000 won,” Kim said.“I couldn’t really check the fare table hung at the front seat, as I was in a hurry, but I’m not sure the calculation was right.” A table hung behind a taxi’s front seat shows new cab fares. (Yonhap)The basic taxi fare in Seoul has increased
Feb. 17, 2019
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[Herald Interview] ‘Population is not about numbers. Fertility is about women’: UNFPA chief
The key to resolving South Korea’s low fertility rate is to understand that women have the right to choose pregnancy, rather than just pushing them to have more babies, the executive director of the United Nations Population Fund said Thursday.“The low fertility is not just about data and numbers. It’s about people. It’s about choices. And it’s about women’s rights to choose how many children, when and how to space them. It’s not about a national target of X amount of people either too high or t
Feb. 17, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Seoul police widen drug crackdown at clubs amid Burning Sun scandal
Police are widening a crackdown on drugs and distribution at clubs located in Gangnam, southern Seoul, according to an announcement Sunday.The crackdown comes amid heightened public anger over unlawful assault at the club Burning Sun, owned by K-pop star Seungri, which has sparked suspicions of sexual violence against female customers after drugging them with GHB, known as a date rape drug, on top of a short sex video that was allegedly filmed at the club.“In addition to Burning Sun we have wide
Feb. 17, 2019
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[News Focus] World Bank acknowledges Korea’s environmental tech know-how
SEJONG -- In December 2018, South Korea’s leading environmental technology agency signed a contract with the World Bank Group, headquartered in Washington, DC, as the successful bidder for a Himalayan project.Under the pact, Korea Environment Corp. is taking on policy outsourcing with regard to the effective disposal of waste -- something that is building up rapidly in the Himalayas across Nepal, India and Pakistan. The project started in mid-January.Having wrapped up its research in September t
Feb. 17, 2019
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JTBC chief endures 19 hours of police questioning
JTBC chief Sohn Suk-hee was questioned at length about alleged physical assault and breach of duty over the weekend.Sohn’s questioning at Seoul Mapo Police Station started at around 7:40 a.m., Saturday and ended at 2:47 a.m. Sunday. (Yonhap)Police interrogated Sohn based on accusations of bribery and physically assaulting a freelance journalist, identified by the surname Kim, who was reporting on a car accident in which Sohn was involved some years ago. According to Kim, Sohn offered him a job
Feb. 17, 2019
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Portion of Koreans opposed to homosexuality dips below 50% for the first time
The portion of South Koreans who are opposed to homosexuality fell below 50 percent for the first time, a report showed Sunday, in an indication of Koreans' growing openness to sexual minorities.In a 2018 poll of 8,000 Korean adults, 49 percent said that they cannot accept homosexuals, down from 57.2 percent tallied in 2017, according to the Korea Institute of Public Administration. (AP)Koreans opposing homosexuality accounted for 62.1 percent in 2013 and has been since on the decline.Last year
Feb. 17, 2019
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[Multicultural Korea] Jeju refugee crisis and beyond: Yemeni asylum seekers build life in Korea
The number of foreign residents in Korea continues to grow and now accounts for some 3.6 percent of the country‘s population. This is part of a series that examines how Korea is grappling with the issue of multiculturalism, as well as the challenges facing new arrivals. -- Ed.Yemeni asylum seekers learn about Korea’s language and culture in Itaewon, central Seoul, at the Union of Yemen Community in Korea. (Union of Yemen Community in Korea)When hundreds of Yemenis fleeing war and the humanitaria
Feb. 17, 2019
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Seoul's base taxi fare rises to 3,800 won
The base taxi fare in Seoul rose to 3,800 won (US$3.36) on Saturday, a 27 percent increase from the previous price.(Yonhap)According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the new base rate for cabs operating in the capital city took effect at 4:00 a.m. on Saturday. It is the first hike in six years since the base rate was set at 3,000 won in 2013.Large van-type and deluxe taxis saw their base fare go up 1,500 won to 6,500 won, according to the city government.The base fare for late hour rides fr
Feb. 16, 2019
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JTBC chief questioned over alleged violence against freelance journalist
Sohn Suk-hee, the chief and well-known news presenter of the cable channel JTBC, faced police questioning Saturday over an allegation that he used violence against a freelance journalist.Sohn was accused of punching the journalist in the face several times during a dinner meeting in Seoul in January.The journalist, identified only by his surname, Kim, insisted that Sohn offered him a job at JTBC, then assaulted him after he rejected the offer. Kim said he was reporting on a car accident in which
Feb. 16, 2019
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Poet Ko Un loses damages suit against MeToo accuser
Renowned South Korean poet Ko Un on Friday lost a compensation suit he filed against a female fellow poet for publicly accusing him of sexual misconduct. The Seoul Central District Court ruled that the accusations raised by Choi Young-mi are credible based on her consistent testimony and other witness statements, turning down Ko's 1 billion-won ($886,500) damages claim. (Yonhap)Ko, who has been regarded by local media as a potential candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature, sued several peop
Feb. 15, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Lawmaker’s aide says man who set himself on fire was ‘barbecued’
An aide to a ruling party lawmaker said on social media that a man who set himself on fire in front of the National Assembly building was “barbecued.” A man in his 60s suffered third-degree burns and is now semiconscious after the car he was in caught fire outside the parliament building on the morning of Feb. 1. Fire authorities believe he set his car on fire. (Yonhap)An aide to Rep. So Byung-hoon of the Democratic Party, surnamed Lee, posted a photo on Instagram of the man lying on the ground
Feb. 15, 2019
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Shaman on trial for sexual assault
A 38-year old shaman is standing trial for a string of charges involving sexual and nonsexual violence against a customer, and is under investigation for similar actions against two others, it was revealed Friday. According to Seoul police, the suspect is on trial on a number of charges including rape, aggravated bodily injury and imitative rape. Under the Criminal Act, aggravated bodily injury refers to injuries caused to a victim under threat of collective force, or with the threat of a weapon
Feb. 15, 2019
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National Assembly to have Korean Provisional Assembly seal sent home
A relative of a Korean independence fighter on Thursday expressed her intention to donate to South Korea the official seal of the Korean Provisional Assembly, which was established in Shanghai during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula, a parliamentary official said.Hong Chang-hyu, granddaughter-in-law of Hong Chin (1877-1946), who led the provisional government and the Korean Provisional Assembly, said she will return the seal kept by her to South Korea's parliament when she met Natio
Feb. 15, 2019
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JTBC reveals black box footage of a taxi driver’s death
Black box footage of an accident in Incheon, in which a taxi driver in his 70s died due to a coin thrown by a drunk passenger in his 30s in an apartment parking lot, was released Wednesday. “JTBC Newsroom” secured and reported on the footage of the incident that took place at an apartment parking lot in Guwol-dong, Incheon, at 3 a.m. on Dec. 8 last year. (Yonhap)In the recording, a drunk passenger verbally abuses the taxi driver as he arrives at the parking lot of his apartment. When he continue
Feb. 14, 2019
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Govt takes steps to have 36 percent of police under local governments
The ruling party, the government and the presidential office on Thursday agreed on a bill to introduce a local autonomous police system, in which governors and mayors appoint the heads of police forces in their regions. Seoul, Sejong, Jeju and two other local governments will run a pilot program of the system this year, Cho Jung-shik, head of the ruling Democratic Party’s policy committee, said during a press briefing after a meeting with representatives of the government and Cheong Wa Dae.Some
Feb. 14, 2019
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Fine dust A to Z: everything you need to know to beat fine dust
(Yonhap)Q. ‘Fine dust’ vs. ‘ultrafine dust’?A particle of “ultrafine dust,” or particulate matter 2.5 is smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter. The width of PM2.5 is about 30 times less than that of a human hair. “Fine dust,” or PM10, is particulate matter 10 micrometers or smaller in diameter. In South Korea, the average level of PM2.5 was 25.1 micrograms per cubic meter in 2017, the worst among 35 member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The OECD average
Feb. 14, 2019
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[News Focus] 3 in 10 South Koreans reside in Gyeonggi, Incheon
SEJONG -- The number of residents in Gyeonggi Province and Incheon is continuously growing amid high apartment prices in Seoul, which saw its population reduce by about 90,000 on-year -- and 440,000 over the past 10 years -- to 9.76 million as of January.According to the Ministry of Interior and Safety data, the number of Gyeonggi Province-registered residents came to 13.09 million last month, up 15.8 percent or 1.79 million in a decade from 11.30 million in January 2009. (Graphic by Heo Tae-seo
Feb. 14, 2019