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Jimin of BTS, actor Song Da-eun suspected to be dating, again
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Police raid popera singer Kim Ho-joong's house over hit-and-run suspicions
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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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N. Korea slams planned S. Korea-US military drills, warns of 'catastrophic aftermath'
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‘Malice should not undermine the system, social order,’ says Hybe's Bang
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N. Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles toward East Sea: JCS
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[Robert J. Fouser] Social attitudes toward language proficiency
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[Graphic News] How much do Korean adults read?
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Police question ad firm officials over Korean Air heiress' alleged assault
Police said Monday they called in officials of an adverting company to check allegations that a daughter of Korean Air Lines Co.'s chief insulted one of their colleagues during a business meeting.The Seoul Gangseo Police Station was questioning some of the eight officials of the ad firm as reference witnesses to cross-check arguments from both sides, officials said.Police have launched a preliminary investigation into allegations that Cho Hyun-min, a senior executive at South Korea's major air c
April 16, 2018
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[Trending] #Remember0416
Exactly four years ago, a tragic maritime accident happened in waters off the southwestern island of Jindo that took the lives of 304 people, including 248 secondary school students and teachers from Ansan Danwon High School. Time has passed since then, but the people of Korea have kept the promise that they won’t forget April 16, 2014. The phrase “Remember0416” quickly became the most trending word on Twitter Monday morning, as more than 275,000 tweets including the words were posted on the soc
April 16, 2018
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Korea's naval destroyer near Ghana to search for hostages
A South Korean warship is operating in the Gulf of Guinea in search of the country's fishermen apparently kidnapped by local pirates, the military said Monday.Three South Korean crew members of a 455-ton fishing boat, along with two Greeks on board, were reportedly taken hostage in waters off the western coast of Africa late last month.South Korean President Moon Jae-in ordered the nation's anti-piracy Cheonghae Unit deployed to the Gulf of Aden to launch a search operation. (Yonhap)The Joint Ch
April 16, 2018
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Police to quiz KT chief in illegal political fund probe
Police said Monday they plan to question the chairman of mobile carrier KT Corp. this week over his suspected involvement in illegal donations to lawmakers. Hwang Chang-gyu has been asked to come to the National Police Agency at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, officials said. Police have been investigating suspicions that former and incumbent KT executives paid some 90 legislators a combined 430 million won ($402,000) in illegal donations, with company funds, between 2014 and 2017. Police suspect that Hwang
April 16, 2018
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S. Korean naval destroyer arrives in Ghana to help rescue kidnapped nationals
A South Korean destroyer carrying elite naval troops arrived in waters off Ghana on Sunday on a mission to help rescue three nationals who were kidnapped last month, military sources said.The South Koreans were abducted in western Africa on March 26 by unidentified forces while working on a fishing ship.Negotiations are reportedly underway for their release. (Yonhap)The Navy on March 28 dispatched the Munmu the Great, a destroyer operating in the Gulf of Aden as part of the anti-piracy Cheonghae
April 15, 2018
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Fighting dementia together
NAMYANGJU, Gyeonggi Province -- For Hong Jin-mi, it took her some time to take the early signs of her husband’s dementia seriously. At first, she thought he was simply trying to be funny. “I would ask him to pass me my cellphone,” Hong, 75, told reporters. “And then he would act as if he could not tell where the phone was, although it was right in front of him. And then later I realized it was him trying to hide the fact that he could no longer tell what a cell phone looks like. He was humiliat
April 15, 2018
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Man given suspended jail term for hitting ‘noisy’ neighbor
A man in his 40s has been sentenced to eight months of imprisonment suspended for two years for threatening and hitting his neighbor over a noise dispute, Incheon District Court said Sunday.The man was indicted in September 2017 for threatening a neighbor with a weapon and injuring the victim’s face and hip bone in the hallway of his apartment building in Incheon.He reportedly committed the offenses because he was enraged at the noise caused by the victim, who had been living upstairs. He set ou
April 15, 2018
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Moon vows to get to the bottom of ferry tragedy ahead of 4th anniversary
President Moon Jae-in pledged Sunday to find the truth about the deadly sinking of the Sewol ferry, on the eve of the fourth anniversary of one of the nation's worst maritime disasters. The ship capsized in waters off the country's southwestern island of Jindo on April 16, 2014, killing 304, mostly teenagers on a school trip. A joint funeral service for 11 victims will be held on Monday. They are among the 43 non-student casualties. "Before the bereaved families and the nation, who are in for de
April 15, 2018
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Scream detection devices fraught with false alarms: police
Scream detection systems installed in public bathrooms have given off more false alarms than actual emergency reports, according to local police.North Chungcheong Provincial Police said Sunday that most cases reported by scream detection systems in public bathrooms of local parks were not related to actual dangers.Out of 153 cases reported from March through April 13, 85.6 percent (131 cases) involved loud noises, often caused by drunk people, that were detected as abnormal sounds by scream dete
April 15, 2018
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Seoul City privatizes struggling International Taxi service
Seoul Metropolitan Government said Sunday it would privatize its International Taxi service for foreign tourists, and withdraw financial support for it. Seoul City will no longer subsidize the special taxis and a private taxi reservation services company named HIGH& will take over the business.HIGH& is a subsidiary of transportation services company Korea Smart Card which is behind the T-money transportation cards in Korea. (Seoul Metropolitan Government)The International Taxis, with drivers wh
April 15, 2018
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26 remicon manufacturers fined over collusion
South Korea's corporate watchdog said Sunday that it has levied a total of 15.7 billion won ($14.7 million) in fines on 26 cement manufacturers for cartel activities.The Fair Trade Commission said the ready-made concrete (remicon) manufacturers colluded to set the prices of remicon provided to smaller construction firms between 2009 and 2016. Fair Trade Commission (Yonhap)They also distributed remicon deals under preset criteria, according to the FTC.Ready-made concrete or unset concrete is used
April 15, 2018
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Unemployment benefit applications hit record high in Q1: govt. data
The number of people newly applying for unemployment benefits reached a record high during the first quarter of this year, government data showed Sunday, amid concerns over a sharp increase in the minimum wage causing employers to lay off workers.The liberal Moon Jae-in administration raised the minimum wage by 16.4 percent to 7,530 won ($7.02) on Jan. 1 this year, the biggest jump in nearly two decades, while planning to increase the wage to 10,000 by 2020.As many as 628,000 people got unemploy
April 15, 2018
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Seoul to reinforce public facilities to better withstand earthquakes
Seoul city plans to inject 281.9 billion won ($263.9 million) over the next three years to better protect existing public facilities from earthquakes. The city government on Sunday announced the plan to increase the portion of quake-resistant public buildings from the current 62.5 percent to 80.2 percent by 2020.The project will involve 2,035 buildings, 604 railway sections, 579 bridges and roads and 11 sewage treatment plants, the government said. Concerns about earthquakes have increased in th
April 15, 2018
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Infidelity increasingly blamed for divorces
The number of divorces attributed to infidelity by spouses amounted to 7,528 in South Korea last year, accounting for 7.1 percent of the nation's total 106,032 marriage breakups, Statistics Korea said Saturday.The number of divorces resulting from extramarital affairs, cheating and other acts of infidelity has steadily decreased here by around 400 cases annually since 2010.But the same figure fell 36 cases in 2017 from the previous year, according to the government's statistics office.Thus, divo
April 15, 2018
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Private education costs exceeded 40 tln won last year
Total household spending on private education for children exceeded 40 trillion won ($37 billion) last year despite the country's declining birth rate, the central bank said Saturday.South Korean households spent a total of 40.94 trillion won on private education in 2017, up 2.8 percent from 39.84 trillion won a year earlier, for children in elementary, middle and high schools, according to data from the Bank of Korea. (Yonhap)Per-capita private education costs have increased continuously over
April 14, 2018
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Doctor released on bail after arrest in newborns' deaths
An Ewha Womans University Hospital doctor has been released on bail after being arrested last week on charges of negligent homicide over the deaths of four newborns by bacterial infection late last year, officials said Saturday.Cho Soo-jin, a pediatric professor in charge of the hospital's intensive care unit for newborns, was arrested on April 4, along with another doctor and a nurse, on charges of overlooking duties and breaching hygiene rules, causing the infants to get infected with a bacter
April 14, 2018
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Coast Guard seizes Chinese boat for illegal fishing off west coast
The Coast Guard has seized a Chinese fishing boat for illegally operating in South Korean waters off the west coast, officials said Saturday.The 35-ton dragnet boat was caught for fishing in waters about26 km northwest of South Korea's northernmost island of Baengyeong around 6:10 p.m. Friday after crossing the inter-Korean maritime border, known as the Northern Limit Line, 5 km into the South. (Yonhap)The Coast Guard chased the boat for two and a half hours before seizing it, officials said. In
April 14, 2018
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Theater director Lee indicted on sex assault allegations
Prosecutors indicted Lee Youn-taek, a famed theatrical director, Friday on allegations that he used his status to sexually harass or assault more than a dozen women.Lee, 66, was formally charged with repeated sexual assaults of female junior members of his drama troupe since 2010, according to the Supreme Prosecutors' Office. He was arrested on March 23. Lee Youn-taek (Yonhap)Lee was a leading figure in South Korea's theater circles and is one of several high-profile South Korean men who are und
April 13, 2018
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Prosecution team seeking indictment of ex-prosecutor suspected of sexual assault
A committee of the prosecution concluded Friday that it is proper to indict a former senior prosecutor who is accused of sexually assaulting a female junior colleague and using his influence to demote her after she raised the issue.The committee tasked with reviewing the prosecutors' probe held a meeting to discuss whether to seek a warrant to arrest Ahn Tae-geun, 52, and indict him and said that it is appropriate to seek to formally charge him. District Attorney Seo Ji-hyeon (Yonhap)Seo Ji-hyeo
April 13, 2018
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Civic groups vow to erect statue for forced labor victims near Japanese consulate
A coalition of South Korean civic groups vowed Friday to erect a statue in front of the Japanese Consulate in South Korea's second largest city of Busan next month to commemorate Korean victims of forced labor under Japan's colonial rule. Members of a civic group rally in front of a model statue, which symbolizes Korean victims of forced labor under Japan`s colonial rule, in South Korea`s largest port city of Busan on Jan. 24, 2018. They vowed to erect such a statue in front of the Japanese Con
April 13, 2018