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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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US expert says N. Korea might ignore Trump if he returns to White House
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[Photo News] Seoul seeks 'best sleeper'
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Yoon vows to advance freedom, welfare to uphold spirit of 1980 pro-democracy uprising
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SWAT team restrains violent, intoxicated man after 5-hour confrontation
An intoxicated man driving a trailer truck was restrained by authorities five hours after ramming his vehicle into a police car and the guard rail near the Busan-Geoje Fixed Link, police said Tuesday. The driver, in his 50s, had driven his truck into a vehicle operated by the Geoga Bridge maintenance company and the guard rail before he was found by police around 11:52 p.m. Monday, according to Busan Police Agency. The driver had initially called to request help around 11:30 p.m., sounding “very
Sept. 11, 2018
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Elderly man accused of assaulting bus driver
An elderly man was booked without detention Tuesday on the accusation of assaulting a bus driver in Gwangju. (Yonhap)On Sunday, the man reportedly grabbed the bus driver by the collar and shoved his bus pass card into the driver’s mouth. According to police, the man said he had done so because the bus driver had not given him information he had requested. Gwangju Bukbu Police plan to look into black box footage from the bus. By Kim Jee-min (jeeminkim@heraldcorp.com)
Sept. 11, 2018
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Court arraigns Samsung Electronics board chairman to decide on arrest warrant
The Seoul Central District Court arraigned the chairman of Samsung Electronics Co.'s board of directors on Tuesday to determine whether to issue an arrest warrant for him on charges of hampering labor union activities at its after-sales services unit. Prosecutors sought the arrest warrant for Lee Sang-hoon last Friday on charges of violating labor and trade union laws. (Yonhap)Lee, 63, is accused of engaging in a scheme to sabotage labor union efforts by Samsung Electronics Service employees in
Sept. 11, 2018
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Govt. keeping close tabs on 21 people who came into close contact with MERS patient
South Korea's government said Monday that it is keeping close tabs on 21 people who came into close contact with a man who tested positive for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome.On Saturday, the 61-year-old man was diagnosed with the potentially life threatening disease after returning home from his visit to Kuwait. He was rushed to the emergency room of Samsung Medical Center in southern Seoul upon his arrival at Incheon International Airport.(Yonhap)The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prev
Sept. 11, 2018
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[Newsmaker] MERS patient may have withheld information: Seoul Mayor
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon on Monday called for additional and thorough epidemiological investigation into South Korea’s first case in three years of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, confirmed Saturday. Park said it was possible that the patient may have been aware of his condition before diagnosis and withheld information from authorities. According to the Health Ministry, the 61-year-old man was officially diagnosed Saturday, a day after he returned from a trip to Kuwait via a connecting fligh
Sept. 10, 2018
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Migrant women workers’ housing safety compromised in South Korea: report
More than 50 percent of all foreign-born women who work in Korean farms, whose accommodation in the country is provided by their Korean employers live in either containers or vinyl greenhouses often without any locks, making them vulnerable to sexual harassment and other forms of violence, a report showed on Monday. The report, released by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, showed that there were about 324,000 foreign-born migrant women who were working in Korea as of 2016. They ac
Sept. 10, 2018
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Suicide Prevention Day to curb unwelcome OECD ranking
The Ministry of Health and Welfare held a ceremony to mark Suicide Prevention Day on Monday in coordination with the Korea Suicide Prevention Center Thirty-four police officers and 36 institutions received commendations from the minister of health and welfare for their contributions to suicide prevention. Korail was one of the 36 institutions to receive a commendation from the minister of health and welfare. (Yonhap)Inspector Ham Myung-ho, who is part of the missing person investigation team at
Sept. 10, 2018
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Middle school boys accused of rape, blackmail
Police are investigating an allegation that three male students at a middle school in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, raped another student.A 14-year-old male student and his two friends from school are accused of sexually assaulting their female peer on several occasions, according to Jeonbuk Provincial Police Agency. They are also accused of groping her on other occasions. (Yonhap)The three boys also reportedly took pictures of the victim’s body with their smartphones and threatened to expose
Sept. 10, 2018
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Ministry publishes new guidelines for school violence
The Education Ministry on Monday published revised guidelines on school violence that give victims the right to participate in the retrial process. The revised guidelines, which come three years after the first set of guidelines was introduced in 2014, provide a detailed process for dealing with school violence, to allow victims to receive proper assistance from school violence centers across the country. (Yonhap)Victims of school violence were previously not notified when abusers filed for a re
Sept. 10, 2018
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Police arrest 15 for selling, injecting meth or growing weed
Police apprehended 15 people for growing cannabis on hills, selling or injecting methamphetamine, in Busan.Four people have been detained and 11 booked without detention for violation of the narcotics control law, Busan’s Sasang Police Station said Monday. (Yonhap)Two of them are suspected of selling methamphetamine to their acquaintances in the Gimhae area in South Gyeongsang Province.Ten are suspected of repeat injections of the drug from last November until recently. Another three are suspec
Sept. 10, 2018
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Man dies after 19 bee stings
A 60-year-old man died after he was stung by bees 19 times Saturday afternoon.The man was found lying face down on a hill in the county of Hadong, South Gyeongsang Province, around 5:50 p.m. by a relative, who called the police.The man had called his relative at around 5:20 p.m., saying he had been stung by bees.He had gone up the hill alone to weed an ancestor’s grave for the second time that day, having already made the trip with his relative in the morning, according to police. He was wearing
Sept. 10, 2018
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Man gets 10 years for killing ex-roommate over unpaid rent
A Seoul court sentenced a man to 10 years in prison, Monday, for stabbing his former roommate to death earlier this year following a row over unpaid rent. The Seoul Central District Court handed the prison term down to the 35-year-old man, identified only by his surname, Kim. According to court records, Kim was accused of stabbing the victim multiple times inside a home they had shared in Gangnam, southern Seoul, Jan. 17. (Yonhap)The two had been friends for 10 years, the court heard, and had a
Sept. 10, 2018
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Preschoolers of collapsed building move to day care center
As a collapsed preschool in Sangdo-dong, Seoul, is being partially demolished, some children were moved to a nearby elementary school’s day care center Monday. (Yonhap)A total of 58 preschoolers had planned to attend the elementary school’s day care center, but only 10 of the 58 preschoolers were reported to have come to class Monday morning. Though the elementary school is currently closed due to the collapse, the day care will stay open until the preschoolers can return to their own facility.A
Sept. 10, 2018
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Orion Group chairman questioned by police over embezzlement allegations
The chairman of the confectionery and media conglomerate Orion Group appeared for police questioning on Monday over allegations that he embezzled company money to build his vacation home. (Yonhap)Chairman Tam Chul-gon is accused of spending about 20 billion won ($17.7 million) in company funds between 2008 and 2014 to build the vacation house in the Gyeonggi Province county of Yangpyeong, east of Seoul.After arriving at the National Police Agency, Tam denied the allegations, claiming that the ho
Sept. 10, 2018
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Woman accused of luring men to motels, robbing them
A woman in her 40s was taken into custody in Busan for allegedly stealing cash from men she met online, police said Monday. (Yonhap)The suspect is accused of stealing about 300,000 won ($260) from a man who accompanied her to a Busan motel in May after meeting her online. He said she stole cash from his bag while he was looking the other way.Police believe the accused woman has used the same tactic to steal about 920,000 won from three other men over three months.The suspect was arrested at a sa
Sept. 10, 2018
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[Weather] Wider temperature range expected this week
Residents in most parts of Korea woke up to clear, sunny skies Monday morning, with temperatures having plummeted to a chilly 13 to 20 degrees Celsius. Areas on the east coast will receive light rain showers in the morning. (Yonhap)Daytime temperatures will rise to 21 to 28 C nationwide and cool down again at night. The daytime high in Seoul will record 28 C, Incheon 27 C, Suwon 28 C, Chuncheon 26 C, Gangneung 22 C, Daejeon 27 C, Gwangju 28 C, Daegu 25 C and Busan 25 C.As the daily temperature r
Sept. 10, 2018
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Death toll nears 40 in northern Japan earthquake
TOKYO (AP) -- The death toll has hit 39 from a powerful earthquake that struck the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido last week, authorities said Sunday. One person remained missing in the hard-hit town of Atsuma, where multiple landslides triggered by the quake slammed into houses at the foot of steep hills. Rescue workers used backhoes and shovels to search for the missing in a tangle of dirt, fallen trees and the rubble of homes left by the landslides. All but four of the victims were fr
Sept. 9, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Queer festival severely delayed by violent anti-gay protests in Korean port city
The first queer festival held in the South Korean port city of Incheon was severely delayed throughout Saturday, as some 1,000 Christians staged an anti-gay protests on the scene, which led to physical attacks and verbal abuse against LGBT individuals. In spite of the violent clashes and subsequent delays, the participants of the festival carried on with the event. While many planned events were canceled, the LGBT community persisted with and completed the queer parade, the last program of the
Sept. 9, 2018
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More than 400 to be monitored after first MERS case in three years in Korea
A total of 22 people, including four medical professionals and a cab driver, have been quarantined at home after the country’s first Middle East respiratory syndrome case in three years was reported, health authorities said. Some 440 people who had indirect contact with the patient will be monitored, they added. The patient, 61, was diagnosed with the infectious disease after returning from a business trip to Kuwait from Aug. 16 to Sept. 6. He took two flights to get home from Kuwait to arrive
Sept. 9, 2018
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[Feature] Dying senior activist pushes for different funeral culture in South Korea
Last month, Kim Byung-guk attended his own funeral. The 85-year-old, who was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer last year, asked the attendees not to wear black. “I want to have this service while I’m still alive,” Kim wrote in his invitation to his friends. “Please dress in bright colors. Hope we can sing and dance together.” Kim’s funeral ceremony, held on Aug. 14 in a hospice facility in Seoul, was indeed quite different from what one normally sees at Korean funerals. No one was sobbing.
Sept. 9, 2018