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Fallout from Suneung delay felt across industries
The decision by educational authorities to postpone South Korea’s national university entrance examination due to Wednesday’s earthquake is having repercussions across society. Student studies of the annual college entrace exam at a shelter in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, Wednesday. YonhapDue to Wednesday’s rare magnitude 5.4 quake and the series of aftershocks that struck Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, the Ministry of Education announced Wednesday evening that the test would be delaye
Nov. 16, 2017
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Spy agency chief rejects suspicions over illicit funds to lawmakers
The chief of the National Intelligence Service rejected media reports Thursday that it has evidence that shows its officials had offered illicit funds to lawmakers during the preceding Park Geun-hye administration.The reports emerged this week that NIS officials might have offered billions of won not only to the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae but also to some members of the National Assembly."There are no documents to corroborate (these suspicions)," Suh Hoon, the NIS director, was quoted as
Nov. 16, 2017
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Moon's senior secretary offers to resign over graft scandal
Jun Byung-hun, the senior presidential secretary for political affairs, offered to resign Thursday over a burgeoning graft scandal involving his two former aides.In a meeting with reporters, Jun repeated his denial of any involvement in the scandal and said he is ready to face a prosecutorial probe."I feel very frustrated that I have caused trouble to the president though I have done my best to serve him in the short period of time," he said. Jun Byung-hun, the chief presidential secretary for p
Nov. 16, 2017
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Energy minister visits nuclear reactors following earthquakes
South Korea's energy minister visited a nuclear power plant complex on the southeastern coast Thursday to check on safety after a 5.4 magnitude earthquake hit the nearby city of Pohang the previous day, followed by a series of aftershocks through the night and into Thursday morning.Paik Un-gyu, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, inspected Wolsong nuclear power complex in Gyeongju, 370 kilometers southeast of Seoul, which remains in operation after the second-strongest tremor recorded in the
Nov. 16, 2017
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Parties vow bipartisan cooperation on earthquake recovery
South Korea's political parties pledged Thursday to work closely together to support recovery efforts in the earthquake-hit southeastern city of Pohang in a moment of bipartisanship.The 5.4 magnitude quake struck Pohang, 360 kilometers south of Seoul, on Wednesday, damaging more than 1,000 buildings, homes and vehicles, injuring at least 57 people and displacing a total of 1,536 people from their homes."(The government) has to focus on minimizing the damage, considering that additional aftershoc
Nov. 16, 2017
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Jailed ex-president visits hospital for back pain: sources
Jailed former President Park Geun-hye was allowed out Thursday for a hospital visit to treat her back pain, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday. She left the Seoul Detention Center in the early morning and headed for a hospital in the southern district of Gangnam, according to the sources. She apparently took tests such as an MRI scan. (Yonhap)Park has been detained since March on a string of charges including bribery and abuse of power in connection with a massive corruption scandal
Nov. 16, 2017
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[Weather] Cold air hits Korea
The coldest air so far this season is expected to arrive Thursday morning, while clear skies with low fine dust level will be seen nationwide. Temperatures in Seoul early Thursday are to dip to minus 3.4 degrees Celsius, Daejeon minus 2.3 C, Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi Province, minus 10.5 C and 4 C in Busan. Inje, Gangwon Province, is forecast to have the coldest weather in Korea, recording minus 12.3 C in the morning. (Yonhap)The air is to remain chilly throughout the day, with highs of 2 to 5 C.There
Nov. 16, 2017
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Series of aftershocks rattle Pohang
A series of aftershocks occurred in the southeastern city of Pohang Thursday as the city is reeling from the second-strongest quake on record ever to hit South Korea.A magnitude 3.6 quake occurred at 9:02 a.m. about 8 kilometers from the city's northern district office at a depth of 8 km. That followed eight smaller tremors that occurred overnight, including a magnitude 2.4 quake 21 minutes past midnight. (Yonhap)These were considered aftershocks of Wednesday's magnitude 5.4 quake that destroyed
Nov. 16, 2017
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Earthquake leaves many homeless, destroys more facilities
More than 1,500 residents have been left without homes and dozens are injured, with facility damage piling up after a magnitude 5.4 quake struck South Korea's southeast a day earlier, authorities said Thursday. The rare earthquake, second-strongest since 1978, hit north of the port city of Pohang on Wednesday afternoon. Tremors were felt as far as Seoul hundreds of kilometers away, with 41 aftershocks of up to magnitude 4.3 following, which continued until early Thursday morning, according to th
Nov. 16, 2017
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Korea to consider designating Pohang as special disaster zone
South Korea will consider designating the southeastern port city of Pohang, which was hit hard by a powerful earthquake, as a special disaster area, the finance minister said Thursday."After checking the damages and losses in Pohang, the government will consider the designation," Finance Minister Kim Dong-yeon said at a press briefing in Seoul. Apartment in Pohang affected by the earthquake (Yonhap)He said the finance ministry will seek ways to give fiscal support to those in need and use emerg
Nov. 16, 2017
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Govt. to consider providing special grants for quake recovery efforts
The government decided Thursday to consider providing special grants for recovery efforts in the southeastern city of Pohang struck by the second-most powerful earthquake on record to hit the country.The government made the decision in a meeting of senior officials from related ministries and agencies presided over by Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon and pledged to do its best to cope with the aftermath of the quake and help victims.The government also decided to offer tax cuts and administrative bene
Nov. 16, 2017
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Experts warn Pohang quake may be prelude to bigger tremors
South Korean officials and experts fear more earthquakes may occur for the next few months following the 5.4-magnitude tremor that struck the southeastern part of the country on Wednesday. The earthquake took place some 9 kilometers from the coastal city of Pohang at 2:29 p.m.. At least 14 people were reported to have sustained light injuries as of 7 p.m. It marked the second-strongest quake since the country began to collate seismic records in 1978. Korea‘s biggest magnitude 5.8 earthquake h
Nov. 15, 2017
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Suneung postponed amid quake fears
South Korea’s Education Ministry confirmed Wednesday that the national entrance examination, or suneung, will be delayed to Nov. 23, due to a possible aftershock in the quake-hit Pohang area. It is the first time that the multi-subject standardized test, equivalent to the US’ SAT, has ever been postponed since it was introduced in 1994. Education Minister Kim Sang-kon said in an urgent briefing held at 8:20 p.m. that the decision was due to “a request made by an education office in Pohang” to po
Nov. 15, 2017
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[Urgent] Korea delays state college entrance exam for a week
South Korea decided on Wednesday to postpone the state-administered college entrance exam by a week as a rare 5.4-magnitude quake struck the southeastern city of Pohang and caused fissures in some school buildings there. The Ministry of Education announced that the date for the College Scholastic Aptitude Test has been pushed back to Nov. 23. The test was due to be held nationwide on Thursday. It is the first time that the test has been rescheduled due to a natural disaster. (Yonhap)South Kor
Nov. 15, 2017
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Quake shatters notion of ‘quake-free Korea’
Wednesday’s 5.4 magnitude quake in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, did not just shake the Earth. It shattered many South Koreans’ belief that their country is safe from devastating quakes. People shared photos and videos of buildings shaking, books falling from shelves and frames falling off walls. (From online cafe)It has been only 14 months since the long-held notion was first challenged by a rare -- so far the strongest -- 5.8 magnitude quake originating from Gyeongju. “The front door of
Nov. 15, 2017
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Expensive long padded coats pose burden on parents
With temperatures dropping nationwide, long padded jackets have become trendy among Korean middle and high school students, but parents are feeling the pinch from their expensive price tags. Such jackets are similar to those worn by sports players on the bench. A report said a housewife in Daegu surnamed Kim felt compelled to buy her daughter, who is in junior high, a long padded jacket that cost 500,000 won ($450). Kim initially hesitated over the price, but her daughter had insisted on having
Nov. 15, 2017
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Security guards at risk of losing jobs after minimum wage hike
Over 10,000 private security guards at apartment blocks and buildings are at risk of losing their jobs due to a spike in the minimum wage next year, civic groups claimed Wednesday. An association of civic groups and labor unions warned of the looming massive layoffs of custodians and guards at residential buildings, after conducting a survey on over 5,300 of them in Seoul. It called on the government to come up with measures to deal with the problem. Members of civic groups advocating the right
Nov. 15, 2017
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No immediate damage done to cultural heritages in historic Gyeongju
The Cultural Heritage Administration said Wednesday that there is no immediate damage detected to historic buildings and artifacts in Gyeongju, a city adjacent to earthquake-struck Pohang.A series of quakes as big as magnitude 5.4 hit the southeastern port city of Pohang on Wednesday afternoon. It was the second-biggest earthquake that hit South Korea in recent history. Last year, a magnitude 5.8 quake struck the historic city of Gyeongju and damaged many cultural assets there. A cultural offici
Nov. 15, 2017
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[Photo News] Earthquake shatters sense of security
A strong quake measuring magnitude 5.4 was detected in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province on Wednesday rattling the nation. This is the second biggest earthquake ever felt in Korea since the country began recording tectonic plate movements in the region in 1978.The tremor was felt at various locations across the nation, with some affected areas seeing material damage to public and private properties. (Reader contribution from Pohang/The Korea Herald)Heavy object falls on a car roof in Pohang caus
Nov. 15, 2017
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Nuclear reactors unaffected by magnitude 5.5 earthquake: KHNP
Nuclear reactors located on South Korea's southeastern coast were not affected by a series of strong earthquakes that hit the nearby city of Pohang on Wednesday, the state nuclear operator said. The magnitude 5.4 quake hit north of Pohang, located 370 kilometers southeast of Seoul, at around 2:29 p.m., the state weather agency said.Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power said the six nuclear reactors in Gyeongju, about 45 kilometers south of the epicenter, as well as other reactors on the southeastern coast
Nov. 15, 2017