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N. Korea says it test-fired tactical ballistic missile with new guidance technology
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[Weekender] Geeks have never been so chic in Korea
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NewJeans members submit petitions over court injunction in Hybe-Ador conflict
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S. Korea's exports of instant noodles surpass $100m for 1st time in April: data
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[News Focus] Mystery deepens after hundreds of cat deaths in S. Korea
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[Herald Interview] Byun Yo-han's 'unlikable' character is result of calculated acting
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US Air Force blames power loss, weather for F-16 crash in S. Korea in May 2023
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Samsung expected to introduce new Exynos processor in next Galaxy series
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Ex-president Moon recalls in memoir NK leader voiced will not to use nukes
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US expert says N. Korea might ignore Trump if he returns to White House
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Ex-minister questioned over 2008 mad cow report lawsuit
An inquiry team under the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office interrogated a former agriculture minister on his complaint filed against a 2008 MBC-TV report about mad cow disease.The inquiry team, upon recommendation by a panel digging up prosecution’s past irregularities, questioned Chung Un-cheon about whether the then Lee Myung-bak administration had intervened in the request for an investigation into the MBC producers, prosecutors said Thursday.(Yonhap)The former agriculture minister is reported to
Sept. 13, 2018
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Korean Air chairman grilled for using company money on home security
Police grilled Korean Air chairman Cho Yang-ho for 11 hours until early Thursday over allegations that he used company money to pay security staff at his residence.The chairman of Hanjin Group faces breach of trust charges, allegedly getting a Hanjin subsidiary to contract a security firm and then having the security guards work at his home in Pyeongchang-dong, Seoul.This was the third time this year Cho was summoned by the prosecution for questioning as a suspect on different charges, including
Sept. 13, 2018
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Prosecution likely to appeal 1987 verdict in 'Brothers Welfare Center' case
The prosecution reform committee recommended Thursday that Prosecutor General Moon Moo-il invoke his right to file an emergency appeal against the 1987 not-guilty verdict for the operator of a welfare facility accused of deadly abuses of inmates, mostly vagrants and hobos.The Brothers Welfare Center was established in the southeastern port city of Busan in 1975 during the administration of former strongman President Park Chung-hee with the goal of rehabilitating vagrants and hobos. But the facil
Sept. 13, 2018
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[Weather] Heavy rain to soak southern part of Korea
The weather on Thursday will be mostly cloudy nationwide in Korea, while the southern part of the country and Jeju Island are set to receive heavy rain. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, Jeju and coastal areas in the Honam region will receive more than 120 millimeters of rain until Friday. (Yonhap)About 5 to 20 mm of rain will fall in South Jeolla and South Gyeongsang provinces, and less than 5 mm of rain will scatter across North Jeolla and North Gyeongsang provinces on Thu
Sept. 13, 2018
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Another 'My Life is not your porn' rally to be held on Oct. 6
A local feminist group that has been actively organizing rallies ever since May announced that it will hold a fifth protest against spy-cam porn near Hyehwa Station in Seoul on Oct. 6. The activists say spy-cam porn is a form of violence against women that is rampant in South Korea. The first rally, held May 19, drew some 12,000 women demanding stronger punishment for men who produce sexually explicit videos of women by using hidden cameras, as well as for those who share them online. The fou
Sept. 12, 2018
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40 of 50 foreigners possibly exposed to MERS located
Forty of the 50 foreign nationals who may have been in contact with South Korea’s recently confirmed Middle East respiratory syndrome patient have been located, health authorities said Wednesday. The Korean government is still searching for the 10 remaining individuals, using public CCTV footage as well as collaborating with local accommodation providers in hopes of locating all of the travelers who arrived in Incheon from Dubai on the same flight with the patient on Friday. Once located, the
Sept. 12, 2018
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‘Korean webtoon writers earn W18 m per month’: True or skewed?
Naver announced on Tuesday that webcomic or webtoon writers publishing their work on the company’s webtoon portal, Naver Webtoon, earned on average about 200 million won ($178,000) per annum.The average salary of some 300 Naver webcomic writers from July 2017 to June 2018 was 220 million won, equivalent to an 18 million won monthly salary. (Naver Webtoon)Authorities said this is because Naver owns almost 80 percent of the webtoon portal market. Naver counts about 15.5 billion views per month --
Sept. 12, 2018
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Webtoon artist accused of libel maintains innocence
A webtoon artist accused of defaming late activist farmer Baek Nam-gi -- who died in 2016, 10 months after being blasted by a police water cannon – maintained his innocence after the prosecution Tuesday sought a one-year prison sentence. Authorities believe that the artist, Yoon Suh-in, created and distributed a series of online cartoons that depicted Baek’s daughter on vacation overseas as her father lay unconscious and critically ill after being struck by a police water cannon in 2015. Baek’s
Sept. 12, 2018
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Former ambassador gets 1 year jail for sex offenses against subordinates
A Seoul court on Wednesday handed down a one-year prison term for a former Korean ambassador for sex offenses against subordinate workers by abusing his occupational authority, when he was stationed in Ethiopia.Seoul Central District Court sentenced former Ambassador to Ethiopia Kim Moon-hwan to one year in jail and ordered him to undergo 40 hours of treatment for sex offenders. The court also prohibited Kim from working at children-related institutes for three years. Kim was detained immediatel
Sept. 12, 2018
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[Newsmaker] 12 men allegedly gain weight to dodge military service
Twelve graduates of a college in Seoul allegedly tried to dodge South Korea’s mandatory military service by intentionally gaining too much weight to pass the physical exam, the Military Manpower Administration said Tuesday. The authorities say the 12 men ate high-calorie foods such as pizza and hamburgers five times a day in an effort to become overweight and fail the physical. One gained 30 kilograms in six months, the authorities said. According to the Military Service Act, all able-bodied men
Sept. 12, 2018
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1,400 college applications rejected over plagiarism
Some 1,400 South Korean high school students were found to have plagiarized their college admission essays last year, data showed Wednesday. According to the data, provided by the Korean Council for University Education, 1,406 students were disqualified from admission over plagiarized personal statements.(Yonhap)Universities throughout Korea began using plagiarism detection software in 2011, disqualifying applicants whose essays show significant levels of similarity to works published online. Th
Sept. 12, 2018
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Ex-police chief questioned about cyber operations for second time
Police questioned former national police chief Cho Hyun-oh for the second time in a week Wednesday about allegations that he masterminded cyber operations to post Internet comments favorable to the government of then-President Lee Myung-bak.Cho, who served as commissioner-general from 2010-2012, is accused of mobilizing National Police Agency units to write more than 40,000 Internet comments in an effort to help form positive public views of the Lee administration. (Yonhap)It was his second ques
Sept. 12, 2018
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[Weather] Cloudy, rainy weather on the way
The weather in Korea will be mostly cloudy throughout Wednesday, with parts of the country expected to receive light rainfall. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, about 5 to 20 millimeters of rain will fall on Jeju Island and coastal areas in Gyeongsang provinces until afternoon. Rain might fall sporadically in Gyeongsang, Gangwon and South Jeolla areas as well.Temperatures in the morning will plummet to 12 to 20 degrees Celsius, which is slightly colder than the average temper
Sept. 12, 2018
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10 suspected MERS cases test negative
All 10 people who had shown symptoms of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome tested negative for the disease, health authorities said Wednesday.The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said one person who came into close contact with a MERS patient, as well as another nine people who came into ordinary contact with him, and who had been placed under quarantine have all been released as they did not have the potentially life-threatening disease.Experts point out that the possible spre
Sept. 12, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Judge-turned-lawyer under probe appeals to judges in email
A judge-turned-lawyer under investigation for taking tens of thousands of confidential documents from the Supreme Court was found to have emailed incumbent judges on Monday to appeal his case while the court was still reviewing a request for a warrant to search his office.While he was a senior research official at the Supreme Court, Yoo Hae-yong allegedly received a document written by the National Court Administration on the 2014 decision by the Constitutional Court to dissolve the minor Unifie
Sept. 11, 2018
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Students cry out #MeToo, accuse teachers
A teacher at a middle school in Gwangjin, Seoul, has come under fire after a handful of students alleged that he made lewd, sexist comments during class, education authorities said Tuesday. Students shared their experiences anonymously via post-it notes and stuck them all over the campus, accusing one teacher of sexual harassment and sexism. Students at the middle school posted sticky notes all over campus as a protest against sexual sexism and inappropriate comments from teachers. (Yonhap)Accor
Sept. 11, 2018
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Korea searches for 50 foreigners possibly exposed to MERS
South Korean health authorities are searching for some 50 foreign nationals who may have been in contact with the recently confirmed Middle East respiratory syndrome patient, including those who arrived in Incheon from Dubai on the same flight Friday. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was difficult to track the individuals down, as foreign travelers in Korea usually do not have local phone numbers. Authorities are going through public surveillance camera footage, a
Sept. 11, 2018
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Police crack down on crimes targeting Hongdae partiers
Police said Tuesday they arrested 46 suspects who targeted inebriated people in Seoul’s popular nightlife spot of Hongdae over an eight-month crackdown.Eleven of the 46 were taken into custody with the remaining 35 booked without detention as part of the effort that began in January. (Yonhap)So far this year, 10 suspects stand accused of having stolen from people who had passed out by pretending to help them get up. Nineteen taxi drivers and two designated drivers have been caught selling smart
Sept. 11, 2018
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Ex-NIS official behind bars for allegedly fabricating spy charges
The prosecution detained a former senior official with the National Intelligence Service for allegedly taking part in fabricating evidence against a Chinese-Korean man, who was indicted in 2013 on charges of violating the National Security Law.The Seoul Central District Court said on Tuesday that it had issued a warrant to detain the National Intelligence Service’s former director of security investigations, surnamed Lee, citing the risk that he might destroy evidence.The public security departm
Sept. 11, 2018
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Human rights watchdog recommends accession to protocol renouncing death penalty
The National Human Rights Commission recommended Tuesday that South Korea accede to an international protocol renouncing the use of death penalty.The 11 members of the commission unanimously made the recommendation that the country join the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which aims to the abolish the death penalty, during the first meeting presided over by new Chairperson Choi Yeong-ae. (Yonhap)South Korea is one of four members of the 36-na
Sept. 11, 2018