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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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[Robert J. Fouser] Social attitudes toward language proficiency
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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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[Herald Interview] ‘Hanyang University aims to foster students who contribute to society’
When Lee Young-moo entered Hanyang University as a student in 1973, the school’s emphasis on its founding principle, “Love in Deed and Truth” did not mean much. But as he got older, the principle could not have been more right, the now university president said. Hanyang University which was established as Korea’s first private engineering institute (DongA Engineering Institute) in 1939, is striving to become the No.1 university in the field of social innovation.“As far as universities are concer
July 29, 2018
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[Trending] ‘Sohwakhaeng’ taps into Koreans’ desire to find happiness in little things
In a country where working long hours used to be seen as a badge of honor, more people are adopting a new way of life in search of happiness. But there is one “small” condition. Instead of pursuing the purchase of an apartment, marriage or employment, people are simply looking for ways to be happy with the little things in life. The Korean phrase “sohwakhaeng,” which translates into “small but certain happiness,” is trending on local online communities in a big way. The emergence of sohwakhaeng
July 29, 2018
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Ex-top court chief justice receives large 'special activity funds': civic group
Former Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae received a large amount of "special activity funds" amid allegations that he used trials as bargaining chips in the top court's dealings with the presidential office, a civic group said Sunday.The People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy, released details about special funds that the Supreme Court doled out to top justices and ranking court officials from January 2015-May 2018.A combined 965 million won ($862,760) was spent in the name of special activit
July 29, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Vatican's envoy delivers pontiff's donation to support Yemeni refugees on Jeju
The Vatican's top envoy in Korea has delivered Pope Francis's donation of 10,000 euros ($11,626) to a local bishop who has advocated for the rights of Yemeni asylum seekers on the southern resort island of Jeju, his office said Sunday.Archbishop Alfred Xuereb made an official visit to Jeju on Saturday to renew the pontiff's support for Bishop Peter Kang U-il, who has said that rejecting refugees and migrants amounts to a "crime that shuns the least responsibility one should take as a human bein
July 29, 2018
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Court denies ex-college student’s petition to invalidate expulsion
A college student who had been expelled over a sexual assault case filed a petition requesting the cancellation of his expulsion but was denied, according to the Seoul Eastern District Court on Sunday.The court did not accept the request in order to prevent the student from committing future sexual assault crimes.The student was in his fourth year of college when he sexually assaulted his junior colleague while she was sleeping in a school in April 2017.(Yonhap)The victim reported the incident t
July 29, 2018
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Student and teachers campaign against hate speech at youth camp
More than 150 students and teachers attended the “2018 Sunfull Youth Summer Camp” held at Parkdaljae Youth Center in Jecheon, North Chungcheong Province, from July 21 to 22, according to the Sunfull Internet Peace Movement Headquarters.Students spoke out against cyberbullying and hate speech that can incite hatred and possibly push victims to take their own lives. Students and teachers participate in the “2018 Sunfull Youth Summer Camp” to campaign against hate speech from July 21 to 22. (Sunfu
July 29, 2018
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Ex-opposition leader makes controversial comments on suicide after iconic politician's death
The former chief of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party said Sunday that suicide should not be treated as something that deserves respect, an apparent reference to late lawmaker Roh Hoe-chan, who jumped to his death last week.Hong Joon-pyo, from the conservative party, made the remark as Roh, of the minor opposition Justice Party, took his own life last Monday amid a political funds probe.Hong Joon-pyo (C) (Yonhap)"In any case, it is not a normal society where committing suicide is glorified
July 29, 2018
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Moon gives eulogy to father of late prominent student activist
President Moon Jae-in on Saturday eulogized the father of a student activist whose death sparked nationwide pro-democracy protests in the 1980s that led to a direct presidential election.Moon said Park Jung-ki, who died earlier in the day at age 89, had been with people who needed solidarity after his 22-year-old son, Park Jong-chul, was tortured to death during a police probe in 1987. (Yonhap)"Park Jong-chul will be remembered as the eternal flame of democracy and his father also left deep foot
July 29, 2018
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Health Ministry denies crackdown on ‘meokbang’
The Ministry of Health and Welfare refuted reports that it plans to crack down on “meokbang.”The term , also known as mukbang, translates to “eating show,” referring to internet broadcast hosts communicating with viewers while eating. A screenshot of Ddeonggaeddeong’s YouTube channel (YouTube)Such shows came into the spotlight following the Health Ministry and other concerned government bodies announcing plans to fight growing obesity problems Tuesday. The plans are aimed at curbing the growth o
July 27, 2018
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Prosecutors demand 4 years in prison for ex-Gov. An in sex
Prosecutors requested a Seoul court on Friday to sentence former South Chungcheong Province Gov. An Hee-jung to four years in prison for sexual abuse charges. An, 54, was indicted in April on charges of forcing his former secretary, Kim Ji-eun, to have sex with him four times and molesting her multiple times between the middle of last year and early this year in Seoul and while on overseas business trips. He has been charged with sexual intercourse and harassment by abuse of occupational authori
July 27, 2018
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Scandal-laden chief of Korea's biggest Buddhist sect facing calls for resignation
The executive chief of South Korea's largest Buddhist order offered an apology for a series of scandals involving embezzlement and corruption, but declined to step down immediately.The disgraced Ven. Seoljeong, the executive chief of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, said during a media briefing on Friday afternoon that he would decide his stance about the resignation demand as soon as possible. (Yonhap)"I feel heavy responsibility to put the sect in this difficult situation. I have but mysel
July 27, 2018
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'261 public servants suspected of illicit overseas work trips’: anti-corruption agency
A total of 261 public servants, including 38 lawmakers, are suspected of having taken illicit overseas trips, many of them financed by entities under their supervision, the state-run Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission announced Thursday. The agency said public servants will now be banned from receiving funds from other government entities for overseas work trips. All state-run agencies and ministries whose staff are suspected of having taken such trips have been informed of the miscond
July 26, 2018
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Korean Consulate makes progress in helping 18,000 adoptees to get US citizenship
A bill to help 18,000 adoptees from Korea living in the US without US citizenship is making progress, according to the Korean Consulate General in Los Angeles on Wednesday.The Glendale City Council unanimously passed a resolution to support the Adoptee Citizen Act of 2018, a bill that would provide US citizenship to individuals born outside of the US who were adopted by American parents.The Glendale City Council passed a resolution to support the Adoptee Citizen Act of 2018 on Wednesday (Korean
July 26, 2018
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Couple gets life, 10 years in prison for murder of friend
The Daejeon High Court on Thursday upheld an appellate court ruling on a couple charged with the murder of a woman in her 20s, highlighting the necessity of strict punishment. The top court upheld the conviction of the 32-year-old man and his 21-year-old girlfriend, and reaffirmed their sentences of life imprisonment and 10 years in prison, respectively.The defendants had asked for the court’s leniency as they handed in an agreement signed by the victim’s ex-husband not to file criminal charges,
July 26, 2018
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Police probe 1987 flight bomber libel case
Police have opened a probe into a libel case against the culprit of the mysterious 1987 mid-air bombing of a South Korean passenger jet, officials said Thursday. The families of the victims filed a complaint with the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office on Monday accusing the former North Korean terrorist Kim Hyon-hui of calling them pro-North Korean leftists in four interviews with local media since 2008. They also accused her of obstructing a civic group’s activities seeking the truth be
July 26, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Poet Ko Un files 1 billion-won suit against #MeToo accuser
South Korean poet Ko Un, 84, an acclaimed figure both at home and abroad, has filed a 1 billion won ($893,000) compensation suit against a fellow poet who last year publicly accused him of sexual harassment, as well as a number of members of the media who have written on the case. In a poem published in December, Choi Young-mi, 57, indirectly accused Ko of sexually harassing women. In “The Beast,” an elderly poet is depicted as a perpetrator who habitually and sexually assault women, including w
July 26, 2018
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Moon taps lawmaker to head Agriculture Ministry
President Moon Jae-in on Thursday tapped Rep. Lee Kai-ho of the ruling Democratic Party as the new head of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Rep. Lee Kai-ho. (Cheong Wa Dae)Lee is currently serving his second term in the National Assembly, and has served as an administrative deputy governor of South Jeolla Province. “(Lee) has served on the parliamentary committee on agriculture, so he has a clear understanding on of the Agriculture Ministry’s organization and functions,” Che
July 26, 2018
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17 high schools to reduce one class each due to a drop in new students
The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education said 17 high schools in Seoul will reduce one class each starting in 2019 due to a rapid decrease in students.Seven public boarding high schools and 10 private high schools will cut one freshman class each because the 17 schools had less than 22 students per class, according to a report by SMOE. The standard set by SMOE in 2018 is 27 students per class. (Yonhap)Fifteen other schools did not reach the standard but SMOE felt that reducing a class each wou
July 26, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Ex-President Lee's aide acquitted of bribery in NIS scandal
A Seoul court on Thursday cleared a close aide to former President Lee Myung-bak of a bribery charge over his involvement in the spy agency's provisions of off-book funds to the presidential office while Lee was in office. The court handed down the ruling on Kim Paik-joon, a former senior presidential secretary for administrative affairs from 2009-2011. He was indicted in February for accepting 400 million won ($375,000) in bribes from the National Intelligence Service between 2008 and 2012
July 26, 2018
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Court orders state to compensate family of Itaewon murder victim
A Seoul court ordered the state on Thursday to pay 360 million won ($321,113) in compensation to the family of a South Korean man who was killed by two Americans in the late 1990s. The Seoul Central District Court handed down the ruling for the surviving family of Cho Joong-pil, a college student who was stabbed to death at a Burger King in the popular international district of Itaewon, in 1997. The murder trial of two American suspects dragged on for decades as the South Korean law enforcement
July 26, 2018