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Seoul vows action over Naver's Line, Yahoo dispute
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[Grace Kao] American racism against Stray Kids
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Key S. Korean, USFK special operations officials to hold rare meeting amid NK threats
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NewJeans' members' parents complained to Hybe, email shows
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Controversy brews over shakeup of prosecutors amid probe of first lady
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Jennie, Stray Kids's Met Gala attendance puts them on 'digital guillotine' blacklist
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OpenAI gives ChatGPT new powers to see, hear
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[KH Explains] Naver’s Line dilemma: Lose global footing for cash?
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[Herald Interview] Carbon breakthrough in Korea: Making diamonds at atmospheric pressure
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S. Korea to inject $70m into AI-powered public education
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Court to resume Park trial next week
A Seoul court said Monday it will resume the corruption trial of former President Park Geun-hye early next week, more than a month after the proceeding was adjourned following her lawyers' resignations in protest at the extension of her detention. The Seoul Central District Court will proceed with the trial starting next Monday, according to the court. The jailed former president has been standing trial since May over a string of charges including bribery and abuse of power in a massive influenc
Nov. 20, 2017
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[Photo News] Partitions to ensure privacy of earthquake victims
Stall partitions have been installed at an evacuation shelter for Pohang earthquake Sunday. More than 1,500 residents have been displaced since Wednesday’s 5.4 magnitude earthquake. The city has been continuously experiencing aftershocks. (Yonhap)As the evacuation will be prolonged, partitions were set up at a local church for a temporary shelter to ensure the privacy of the victims. (Yonhap)By Im Eun-byel (silverstar@heraldcorp.com)
Nov. 20, 2017
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Korea to disinfect all poultry farms, vehicles following bird flu outbreak
South Korea will disinfect all poultry farms and vehicles across the country following its first avian influenza outbreak this winter, the government said Monday.On Sunday, a highly pathogenic strain of H5N6 flu was discovered at a poultry farm with 12,000 ducks in Gochang, some 300 kilometers southwest of Seoul. This marked the first confirmed case in six months.The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs imposed a nationwide movement ban on poultry, farm vehicles and workers starting M
Nov. 20, 2017
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Opposition leader calls for probe into prosecution's use of special activity funds
The leader of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party on Monday called for a probe into the growing suspicion that the prosecution has offered improper funds to the justice ministry.Hong Joon-pyo made the call apparently as a counteroffensive to the ongoing investigations into the allegations that the National Intelligence Service had provided illicit money to the presidential office during the former Park Geun-hye government.Reports have said that the prosecution has given 10.5 billion won ($9.
Nov. 20, 2017
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Ex-presidential aide grilled over bribery allegations
Prosecutors began to question Jun Byung-hun, former senior presidential secretary for political affairs, on Monday morning as a suspect in a bribery case involving his two former aides. The 59-year-old veteran politician appeared at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office at around 10 a.m. He stepped down over the scandal Thursday. "I say this again. I have never been involved in anything illegal. I will explain myself to the prosecution over the suspicion and misunderstanding," he told r
Nov. 20, 2017
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Prosecutors raid home, office of opposition bigwig over NIS fund scandal
Prosecutors raided the residence and office of Rep. Choi Kyung-hwan of the Liberty Korea Party on Monday over allegations that he received kickbacks from the state spy agency in 2014. Investigators from the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office searched his house and his office in the National Assembly to confiscate evidence, its office said. The four-term lawmaker is suspected of taking 100 million won ($91,200) in bribes from the National Intelligence Service when he was finance minister
Nov. 20, 2017
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Moon accepts resignation of senior secretary in corruption scandal
President Moon Jae-in has formally accepted the resignation of his top secretary for political affairs, who has been implicated in a corruption scandal, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Monday.The president electronically approved the resignation of Jun Byun-hun on Sunday, Cheong Wa Dae officials said.The move came three days after Jun offered to step down as the senior presidential secretary for political affairs. Senior presidential secretary for political affairs Jun Byung-hun. (Yon
Nov. 20, 2017
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Car accidents, damage from senior drivers increasing
The number of car accidents caused by senior drivers more than quadrupled over the past 10 years, insurance data showed Monday, leading to 304.8 billion won ($277.21 million) in damage.The accident tally for private drivers from the Korea Insurance Development Institute showed there were some 29,000 accidents caused by drivers aged 70 or over, up from 7,000 in 2006. These senior drivers last year accounted for 3.8 percent of all car accidents, up from 1.3 percent in 2006.By comparison, car accid
Nov. 20, 2017
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Two 3 magnitude aftershocks hit Korea's southeast
Two aftershocks in the mid-3 magnitude range have rattled South Korea's southeastern city of Pohang, including the second strongest in the series of secondary shocks that followed after a 5.4 magnitude quake hit the region last week. A 3.6 magnitude tremor came at around 6 a.m. Monday, only hours after a 3.5 magnitude aftershock shook the same coastal city in North Gyeongsang Province, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration. The state weather agency said the latest tremors originat
Nov. 20, 2017
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Suspected bird flu case confirmed to be highly pathogenic
The South Korean government said Sunday that a suspected bird flu case was confirmed to be highly pathogenic and then imposed a travel ban to prevent the further spread of the animal virus.The avian influenza, discovered on a poultry farm with 12,000 ducks in Gochang, some 300 kilometers southwest of Seoul, tested positive as a highly pathogenic strain of H5N6, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.(Yonhap)The ministry said it imposed a nationwide movement ban on poult
Nov. 20, 2017
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S. Korea's ruling party leader makes efforts towards peaceful solution
South Korea's ruling party chief said Sunday that she has made efforts to convince the US side to seek a peaceful solution to the North Korean nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula."During my trip to the United States, I emphasized two things," Choo Mi-ae of the Democratic Party told reporters upon arrival at Incheon International Airport. "The first one is to explain the heightened tensions surrounding the Korean Peninsula stemming from North Korea's nuclear crisis and call for a peaceful mean
Nov. 19, 2017
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S. Korea confirms commitment to Paris accord at UN climate meeting
South Korea confirmed its commitment to reduce greenhouse gases at the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 23), the government said Sunday.The latest gathering of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that ended on Friday in Bonn, Germany, was attended by some 25,000 policymakers, researchers, and representatives from businesses and civic groups.Seoul was represented by Minister of Environment Kim Eun-kyung as well as officials from the finance, indust
Nov. 19, 2017
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‘Special map’ to inform foreigners of Korea’s Liberation Activists
A local civic group launched a campaign to commemorate the fighters who strived to bring freedom to Korea, the group’s official said Sunday.Under the theme of “Korean Liberation Activists Who Change the World,” the nongovernmental organization Voluntary Agency Network of Korea will publish 6,000 copies of the map both in Korean and English. (Voluntary Agency Network of Korea)Historical sites located in overseas countries and Korea are pinpointed on the map, VANK said. Included in the 16 must-vi
Nov. 19, 2017
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Mechanic killed in elevator shaft during repair work
A mechanic has died after getting his body stuck between an elevator car and the shaft.The incident occurred around 6 p.m., Saturday at a department store in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province.The 44-year-old worker was working alongside four other mechanics. After they were done for the day, the man reportedly went back to the elevator alone telling the others that he had unfinished work to do.The incident happened while he was in the elevator shaft on his own. It is still unknown how his body ended u
Nov. 19, 2017
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Head of South Korea's Red Cross hopes to visit NK for family reunions, aid
The chief of South Korea’s Red Cross said he hopes to visit the North to discuss ways to resume reunions of war-torn families and extend humanitarian aid, when frayed ties between the two countries improve.Park Kyung-seo, new president of the Korean Red Cross, also said that he wants to give priority to health care in assistance to the impoverished country.“When conditions are met, I would like to visit Pyongyang. I want to meet with my North Korean counterpart and others to discuss issues, incl
Nov. 19, 2017
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Thai woman kills new born after married Korean man left her
A Thai woman threw her new born baby from the 17th floor of her apartment building saying she was not ready for a child after her Korean boyfriend, who was married to a Korean women at the time, left her while pregnant. The man, surnamed Kim, 40, had a two-year affair with Netchanok Nokyungtong, 20, during which she became pregnant. Twenty-year-old Netchanok Nokyungtong admitted throwing the baby from the window of her apartment in Pattaya, Thailand. (Creative Commons)When Nokyungtong informed
Nov. 19, 2017
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Government speeds up earthquake preparedness after Pohang
A 5.4 magnitude earthquake and a series of aftershocks that struck off the southeastern city of Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, last week had damaged some 2,000 private homes and injured dozens as of Sunday, according to the Ministry of Interior and Safety.Officials from the Korea Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources look into sudden appearance of sands on a rice paddy in the southeastern coastal region around the port city of Pohang that was biy by the 5.4 magnitude quake last week
Nov. 19, 2017
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[Video] Seoul’s public bike rental system takes off
(Shot by Park Ju-young / Edited by Park Ju-young)The sharing economy is all the rage across the globe, and of everything that is being be shared, bikes are of particular interest for city officials seeking to make their cities more sustainable with public transportation. Seoul, with an eye on becoming a green city and upgrading its mass transit system, rolled out a citywide bike rental system in 2015. Seoul Public Bike, or “Ttareungyi” in Korean from the sound of a bike bell ringing, was launche
Nov. 19, 2017
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Pohang quakes damage some 2,000 houses, 227 schools
Some 2,000 houses have been damaged by a series of earthquakes as strong as 5.4 magnitude that hit the southeastern city of Pohang last week, the Ministry of Interior and Safety said Sunday. According to the ministry's National Disaster and Safety Control Center, 2,165 private properties have been reported to have been affected as of 5 a.m. Sunday by the earthquakes, of which 1,988 are private houses.The most frequent damage was done to roofs, with 1,789 cases being filed. The number of houses a
Nov. 19, 2017
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Avian influenza detected in southern S. Korea
The South Korean government said Saturday the avian influenza (AI) virus has been detected at a poultry farm operated by a local conglomerate located in the southern part of the country. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said the H5 strain of the bird flu was discovered from the farm with around 12,300 ducks in Gochang, 296 kilometers southwest of Seoul. The government said it is currently carrying out epidemiological investigations, while slaughtering the livestock as a pr
Nov. 18, 2017