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[H.eco Forum] H.eco Forum calls for transition to clean, carbon-free energy
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[Exclusive] LACMA admits it needs further research on donated Korean paintings
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AI Seoul Summit adopts declaration on safe, innovative, inclusive AI
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Russia likely offering N. Korea technology aid to expand threats to US, others: Pentagon official
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[Bridge to Africa] Africa-Korea partnership: Why it matters for future
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[Herald Interview] Korean adoptees embark on journeys to find roots
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[Graphic News] Medical tourists visiting Korea reach record high
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Revote on Marine probe bill to be held next week
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Embryo activist: Baby's lawsuit takes on S. Korea climate inaction
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Illit’s agency sues Ador CEO Min Hee-jin for defamation
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Fire breaks out on Panama-registered tanker off southern coast
TONGYEONG, South Gyeongsang Province -- A Panama-registered oil tanker caught fire in waters off the country's southern coast, authorities said Tuesday.The accident happened at around 9:10 a.m. when a 7,700-ton vessel carrying 21 crewmen caught fire while making a passage in waters about 33 kilometers south of an island of Tongyeong, about 340 km south of Seoul, the authorities said.The fire started in one of the empty tanks, and the crewmen put out the fire in about 20 minutes using extinguishe
May 8, 2018
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Seocho District to build ‘Windy Hill’ near Gangnam Station
Seoul’s Seocho District unveiled on Monday its plans to transform the cooling towers and vents located near Gangnam Station exits into works of art.The large-scale ventilation fans and cooling towers that are located near exits 9 and 10 will be specifically used in the making of “Seocho Windy Hill,” according to Seocho authorities. The wind tower is pictured. (Seocho District-Yonhap)The wind tower will be three meters wide and 15 meters high. Attached to the backside, a mobile structure will be
May 7, 2018
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12 booked for using fake documents to get jobs, deceive partners
Police have booked 12 people without detention for allegedly using forged degrees or college transcripts to get a job or a marital partner. According to North Chungcheong Provincial Police, the suspects contacted a forger via online advertisements and requested counterfeit documents to seek employment, apply for loans or deceive their partners. An unnamed suspect, 36, requested the forger to make a counterfeit college transcript and other documents in February 2017. The suspect reportedly submit
May 7, 2018
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Sewol to be placed in upright position this week
The wreck of the Sewol ferry, currently lying on its side at the southwestern port of Mokpo, is set to be placed in an upright position this week, paving the way for further searching for the remains of victims still missing, investigators said Monday.The Sewol ferry, which sunk off the country's southwestern coast near Jindo Island in April 2014, claiming more than 300 lives, was hoisted from the seabed last year and put onto land in a port in Mokpo, not far from the site of the accident.The Se
May 7, 2018
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Two-fifths of elder abuses committed by sons: report
In nearly two-fifths of elder abuse cases, the perpetrators were sons of the victims, a report showed.According to an annual report issued by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Elder Protection Agency, 12,009 cases of elder abuse were reported to 29 state-run regional elder protection agencies in 2016. Authorities determined that 35.6 percent of them, or 4,280 cases, were actual cases of elder abuse. The figure marked a 12.1 percent increase from the previous year.Emotional abuse a
May 7, 2018
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Panel to review prosecution, Justice Ministry handling of staff sexual misconduct
A Ministry of Justice panel said Monday it will review how the ministry and the prosecution have dealt with sexual misconduct by their staff. The committee for measures against sexual harassment and sexual crimes was launched after a prosecutor revealed on television in January that she had been molested by a former senior ministry official.The panel will look into 130 cases of sexual misconduct over the past five years -- 50 within the prosecution and 80 within the ministry and its affiliated o
May 7, 2018
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Man uses condom of urine to cheat on drugs test
The Ulsan District Court has ordered a man in his 50s to serve a one-year jail term for obstructing police officers in the execution of duty, according to court officials Monday. The 54-year-old man was initially booked on the suspicion of injecting methamphetamine in Busan on Nov. 21, 2015. According to Busan Gangseo Police Station, the suspect faked a urine drug test by switching the sample with another person’s urine that was hidden inside a condom. 123RFHe was indicted on the obstruction cha
May 7, 2018
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Two killed in gas explosion in residential area
YANGJU, Gyeonggi Province -- Two people were killed in a gas explosion in a residential town in Yangju, north of Seoul, on Monday, local firefighters said.The blast took place at around 11:15 a.m., destroying two houses and damaging two others. A witness said debris flew some 50 meters in the air following the explosion.Firefighters found a woman presumed to be in her 60s dead at one of the destroyed houses. The body of a man in his 50s was later found at the site. Firefighters investigate the s
May 7, 2018
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[Video] Whistleblower urges US Customs to investigate Korean Air smuggling allegations
[Herald Interview]Park Chang-jin, a Korean Air employee of 22 years, revealed in 2014 what has come to be known as the “nut rage” incident. He said that Cho Hyun-ah, 42, then-Korean Air senior vice president, forced him, then a cabin crew chief, and a junior attendant who served nuts to her in an unopened package, to apologize on their knees. The Korean Air chairman’s daughter used abusive language and jabbed Park several times with a service manual. Cho even ordered the taxiing aircraft to retu
May 7, 2018
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Court finds conscientious objector not guilty
INCHEON -- A lower court has acquitted a Jehovah's Witness who refused mandatory military service due to his religious convictions, court records showed Monday.The 22-year-old, whose name has not been released, was indicted for violating the Military Service Act because he failed to enroll in the military in 2016 after being ordered to report for duty.In South Korea, all able-bodied men are required to carry out mandatory military service for about two years. The Military Service Act makes it cr
May 7, 2018
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Prosecutors seek arrest of opposition floor leader's assailant
South Korea's state prosecutors sought an arrest warrant Sunday for a man who beat the floor leader of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, an incident that aggravated an ongoing partisan standoff.The 31-year-old man, identified only by his surname Kim, punched Rep. Kim Sung-tae on the chin in front of the National Assembly building in Seoul on Saturday.The move by a Seoul prosecutors' office came hours after police requested the arrest of the suspect.Police and prosecutors said they took in
May 7, 2018
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Court recognizes refugee status of Iranian who converted to Christianity
A South Korean court has ruled that an Iranian who converted from Islam to Christianity should be given refugee status as he could be persecuted if he goes back to his country.The Seoul Administrative Court said on Sunday the Iranian has won a lawsuit he filed against the chief of the Seoul Immigration Office demanding the authority withdraw its decision not to recognize his refugee status. The man began to attend a Protestant church upon entering South Korea in August 2011 and was baptized to c
May 6, 2018
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Labor productivity improves on better performance in manufacturing
South Korea's labor productivity improved last year led by the manufacturing sector, which logged the best improvement in seven years, data showed on Sunday.The latest figures provided by the Korea Productivity Center said the country's value-added labor productivity index last year reached 104.1, up 3.2 percent from the year before. The index in the manufacturing segment registered at 108.3, up 5.8 percent for the highest increase since 2010.Within the manufacturing industry, medical, precision
May 6, 2018
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Seoul city to expand inter-Korean cooperation organization
Seoul city government is expanding its organization involved in inter-Korean cooperation as cross-border ties are fast improving.The leaders of the two Koreas agreed to restore cross-border exchanges and cooperation during their summit on April 27. "We are seeking to establish a new bureau-level organization to handle inter-Korean exchanges," a city official said Sunday.The metropolitan government has a four-member team responsible for affairs with North Korea. It has been dormant with inter-Kor
May 6, 2018
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No reports of Korean casualties in Hawaii quake, volcanic eruption: ministry
South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Saturday that there have been no reports of South Korean casualties in the aftermath of earthquakes and a volcanic eruption in Hawaii that have forced many islanders and tourists to evacuate.Volcanic ash is spreading from Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano on Friday, after a quake hit the island. (Yonhap)"We are currently trying to ascertain if there is any damage on our nationals and residents," a ministry official said, declining to be named. "There are no
May 5, 2018
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[Weekender] Children’s Day: A celebration of childhood
“May is green, we are growing. Today is the Children’s Day, It is our world” -- so goes a song celebrating the occasion. Children’s Day was first introduced here in 1923 by independence and children’s rights activist Bang Jeong-hwan, and has been celebrated on May 5 since 1945.The day was given legal status with the legislation of the Child Welfare Act in 1961, and designated a public holiday in 1975. The act, which also designates May 1 to 7 as “Children’s Week,” states that Children’s Day is d
May 4, 2018
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[Weekender] Unwed single mothers battle against harsh reality
When Park Song became pregnant some five years ago, the father of her child changed his number and stopped responding to her messages. The 32-year-old was unmarried. Her mother had passed away, and her father was ill. She had nowhere to turn for support.“All of the mother-and-baby shelters in Seoul were full at the time,” the 32-year-old told The Korea Herald. “I had to go to a pastor’s house in Busan, and later moved into a shelter in the same city.”When her son, Si-hoo, was born, she managed t
May 4, 2018
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Ediya Coffee terminates contract with Korean Air heiresses
Ediya Coffee has terminated its franchise contract with Korean Air Lines’ heiresses Cho Hyun-min and Cho Hyun-ah over the “water rage” scandal.On the coffee chain’s official website, CEO Moon Chang-gi said in a written statement that the two sisters’ ownership of Ediya Coffee shops had marred the company’s reputation significantly, and it had notified them of the termination of their franchise contract on Wednesday. It has reached an agreement with the two to close the stores by June 30. (Yonha
May 4, 2018
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[Weekender] Singing for diversity in one voice
Krishjun Banavali, 11, has faced racial discrimination here just because his skin is darker than others. His mother Lee Sang-hee is a Korean who married an Indian national. Their son speaks both Korean and English fluently and attends a local elementary school. “There are so many prejudices against multicultural families that we must be helped and cared for. The word ‘multicultural’ itself may be full of prejudices,” said Lee. The hurtful words about his skin color affected Krishjun, but after 2
May 4, 2018
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Police seek arrest warrant for Korean Air chief's daughter over alleged assault
Police on Friday requested a court warrant to arrest a daughter of Korean Air Lines Co.'s chairman over an alleged assault.The Seoul Gangseo Police Station said they filed for the writ against Cho Hyun-min, who was a senior executive of the company, on charges of assault and obstruction of business. Cho has been under investigation over allegations that she threw a glass cup of water at an advertising company official during a business meeting in March because she was upset about the way the man
May 4, 2018