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Jimin of BTS, actor Song Da-eun suspected to be dating, again
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What's next for the government's push in quota hike?
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Trump may like to 'solve' N. Korean nuclear problem if reelected: ex-official
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Woman falls to death from acquaintance's home after exhibiting ‘unexplained' behaviors
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‘Malice should not undermine the system, social order,’ says Hybe's Bang
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N. Korea slams planned S. Korea-US military drills, warns of 'catastrophic aftermath'
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N. Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles toward East Sea: JCS
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[Graphic News] How much do Korean adults read?
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N. Korea says it test-fired tactical ballistic missile with new guidance technology
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Korean firms target EV charging market in US
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South Korea mulls blocking teens from controversial online communities
The South Korean government will consider banning teenagers from accessing online communities where hate speech prevails, including an extremist feminist site, the Korea Communications Commission said.According to the state-run media regulation agency, the government will discuss ways to revise relevant laws to designate hate speech in such websites as “adult content.” Once the laws are revised, the sites would only be accessible to those aged 18 or older. The operators of the sites would be sub
Aug. 13, 2018
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Figure-drawing model gets prison term for leaking colleague’s nude photos
A Seoul court handed down a prison term on Monday to a figure-drawing model for secretly taking nude photos of a male colleague and deliberately posting them on the internet. The Seoul Western District Court sentenced the 25-year-old defendant, only identified by her surname Ahn, to 10 months in prison and ordered her to undergo a 40-hour therapy session on sexual violence. (Yonhap)“The defendant has damaged the victim’s personal dignity in an irrecoverable way and needs punishment, given the re
Aug. 13, 2018
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Executive chief of largest Buddhist sect refuses to resign soon despite corruption allegations
The executive head of South Korea's largest Buddhist order on Monday rejected calls for his immediate resignation over a series of corruption allegations.Ven. Seoljeong, the executive chief of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, said he will instead start working on a reform plan before leaving his current post at the end of this year."Despite any sorts of misunderstanding and allegations, I will resign from the post of executive chief on Dec. 31, 2018, after laying the foundation for the order'
Aug. 13, 2018
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Only 2 in 10 young Korean students think unification is a must: poll
Only two in 10 young South Korean students think unification of the two Koreas is necessary, a poll showed Monday.In the survey of 1,392 middle and high school students conducted by the National Youth Policy Institute on July 3-20, 19.8 percent said unification must be achieved on the Korean Peninsula.Compared with a similar poll held a decade ago, the portion of young students advocating unification fell 11.4 percentage points, according to the institute. (Yonhap)The ratio of advocates of unifi
Aug. 13, 2018
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Body presumed to be missing firefighter found in river
GIMPO, Gyeonggi Province -- Firefighters on Monday found a body presumed to belong to one of the two firefighters who went missing while on duty in the lower Han River.An officer discovered the body in waters near Gimpo Bridge in the namesake city in Gyeonggi Province, just west of Seoul, at about 2 p.m., the authorities said. "We are working on the recovery process, and we'll try to ID the body as soon as we bring it out from the water," an official said. (Photo courtesy of Gyeonggi-do Fire Se
Aug. 13, 2018
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Deaf repeat offender arrested for stealing fruit
Gwangju Northern District Police Station said Monday they detained a 37-year-old deaf man surnamed Hong suspected of stealing fruits and vegetables from a truck.Hong allegedly stole garlic, tomatoes, peaches, grapes and other produce worth 600,000 won ($529) on seven occasions from a truck parked at an apartment complex in Unam-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju, on July 3. (Yonhap)The man, with a criminal record of 11 previous incidents, including theft, was released from prison in December, and has been ho
Aug. 13, 2018
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Five arrested for beating woman to death, disposing of body
Police arrested five people in their 20s suspected of beating a 23-year-old woman to death and burying her body on a hillside.The Gunsan Police Station in North Jeolla Province said Monday they have detained the five on charges of murder, disposal of a corpse and assault. (Yonhap)The suspects and victim had lived together in an apartment in Soryong-dong, Gunsan, since March, and the victim, the only person among the six who didn’t have a job, did the housework. Police suspect the six lived toget
Aug. 13, 2018
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Korea awards citizenship to descendants of 10 independence fighters
South Korea on Monday awarded citizenship to the overseas-based descendants of 10 patriots who died fighting for the country's independence from Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule. Justice Minister Park Sang-ki presented 31 descendants with citizenship certificates in an award ceremony at the ministry's headquarters, it said in a statement. (Yonhap)The recipients were mostly third to fifth-generation descendants of the independence fighters. Thirteen of them were from China, seven others from Russia
Aug. 13, 2018
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[Weather] High temperatures still linger across country
It’s almost halfway through August, but the sweltering summer heat is likely to continue, with daytime highs hovering 35 degrees Celsius, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration. The temperature in Seoul is to reach a high of 36 C on Monday, Incheon 35 C, Suwon 36 C, Chuncheon 35 C, Gangneung 33 C, Daejeon 36 C, Jeonju 36 C, Gwangju 35 C, Daegu 36 C and Busan 34 C. (Yonhap)Rain accompanying lightning and thunder may fall sporadically across the country in the afternoon, especially i
Aug. 13, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Highest court rules in favor of victims of state violence in South Korea
South Korea’s highest court ruled Sunday that the state should compensate the financial damage suffered by Koreans who lost their jobs after their parents were falsely accused of being North Korean spies by the country’s authoritarian government in the 1980s. The victims’ parents, Nah Soo-yeon, 90, and Nah Jin, 85, are siblings. In 1981, they were imprisoned after the Chun Doo-hwan administration falsely accused them of being North Korean sympathizers. Prior to the trials, the siblings were ille
Aug. 12, 2018
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Court to rule on ex-governor’s sexual harassment case
Former South Chungcheong Provincial Gov. An Hee-jung, who pleaded not guilty to all of the sexual assault charges against him, will receive his sentence Tuesday, some five months after his former secretary made a highly public rape accusation in March. Last month, prosecutors requested four years in prison for An, who has been charged with five counts of indecent act by compulsion, four counts of sexual abuse by occupational authority, and one count of indecent acts through abuse of occupational
Aug. 12, 2018
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Typhoon Leepi unlikely to affect Korean Peninsula, heat wave expected to continue
Typhoon Leepi, the 15th one of the year and formed 810 kilometers north of Guam around 3 a.m. on Sunday, is expected to keep moving northwest and is unlikely to affect the Korean Peninsula, the national weather agency said Sunday.With a pressure of 998 hectopascals, it is a small typhoon and expected to become a tropical low pressure system when it reaches some 740 kilometers off the southeast coast of Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture around 3 a.m. on Tuesday. The image provided by the Korea Meteoro
Aug. 12, 2018
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Jin Air flight from Johor Bahru to Incheon delayed over technical problem
A Jin Air flight from Johor Bahru in Malaysia to Seoul has been delayed for about 26 hours due to a technical problem, the company said Saturday. This undated file photo provided by Jin Air Co. shows its B777-200ER passenger jet. (Yonhap)The B777-200ER plane bound for Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, was originally scheduled to take off from Senai International Airport in southern Malaysia at 10:40 p.m. Friday, but was delayed due to a problem with the plane's landing gear, accordin
Aug. 11, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Opinion rigging scandal feeds partisan bickering
A blogger at the center of an opinion-rigging scandal and his group, who have played up their role in President Moon Jae-in’s presidential campaign, are likely to continue causing political strife, even after an ongoing special investigation ends on Aug. 25.An independent team of prosecutors are interrogating South Gyeongsang Province Gov. Kim Kyoung-soo, former chief spokesman for Moon’s presidential campaign, as part of a probe into allegations that he was involved in the manipulation of inter
Aug. 10, 2018
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Kim Kyoung-soo denies allegations in Druking case
South Gyeongsang Province Gov. Kim Kyoung-soo on Friday denied all allegations in connection to the Druking scandal, and called for a politically unbiased investigation. Speaking to reporters in the early hours of Friday, after a grilling session that lasted nearly 20 hours, Kim said that he fully cooperated with the investigation and that it was now down to the special counsel to reach an unbiased conclusion. South Gyeongsang Province Gov. Kim Kyoung-soo speaks to reporters after leaving the s
Aug. 10, 2018
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Korean man stalked ex to Hawaii, Alaska, Connecticut: police
A Korean man accused of stalking his ex-girlfriend around the world has been arrested in Connecticut.Bridgeport police officers say they arrested 61-year-old man surnamed Kwak on Wednesday while responding to a report of a woman screaming in a bank parking lot.The Connecticut Post reports the woman told authorities she was in an abusive relationship with Kwak and she fled. She says he tracked her down in Hawaii, Alaska and Bridgeport, where she has a friend. (Screen capture of Google map)Police
Aug. 10, 2018
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Summertime sea surface temperatures in S. Korea rises by almost 3 years
Summertime sea surface temperatures in South Korea rose by almost 3 C from 2010 to 2018, a possible indication that massive heat waves gripping the country this year could worsen in years to come, according to a survey released Thursday by the state weather agency.The survey, conducted by the Korea Meteorological Administration, showed that sea surface temperatures off the Korean Peninsula recorded by 17 meteorological measurement buoys increased by an average of 0.34 C a year in the month of Ju
Aug. 9, 2018
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Police question ex-Shinil officials in probe of claimed Russian shipwreck discovery
Police on Thursday questioned two former officials of a local company that claimed to have discovered the wreck of a more than century-old Russian warship underwater, as they dig deeper into allegations that it may be a scam by a fraudster family. Choi Yong-seok, former chief of Shinil Group, and his predecessor Rhu Sang-mi are undergoing police questioning over their alleged involvement in the course of the discovery of the wreck of the Dmitrii Donskoi, a Russian warship that disappeared in 190
Aug. 9, 2018
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[Herald Interview] Legislation Minister makes reducing discrimination her mission
Law sets out the standards and principles of society. It tells people what is right and wrong, and gives clear-cut answers to conflicting situations. But revision is necessary for the law to properly represent society because it is a set of man-made conventions. The Ministry of Government Legislation takes that role, from breaking down difficult legal terms to finding and fixing major flaws in existing laws. “It is a legal adviser that manages the legislative actions of all administrative bodies
Aug. 9, 2018
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South Korean authorities face backlash over warrant for radical feminist site operator
A warrant for the operator of the radical feminist group has caused an uproar in South Korea, with women critics saying that the authorities have never been this strict in countless cyber sex offense cases involving male suspects. The warrant to detain the operator of the group, Womad, which is suspected of being complicit in an online sexual harassment case against a male nude model, was issued for the charge of abetting propagation of sexually explicit material. Following police’s announcemen
Aug. 9, 2018