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Jennie, Stray Kids's Met Gala attendance puts them on 'digital guillotine' blacklist
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Korean industries gauge impact of Biden's steep tariffs on China
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Do Korean doctors make too much money?
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Another suspect behind murder of Korean tourist in Pattaya arrested in Cambodia
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Is FTC's conglomerate listing a boon or bane for Hybe?
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NewJeans to headline palace show
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Coupang's Kim Bom escapes chaebol chief designation again
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Rare mid-May heavy snow warning issued over mountainous areas of Gangwon
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Yoon vows to run country 'rightly' on Buddha's birthday
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CIO chief nominee to explain allegations at confirmation hearing
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Ex-spy chief grilled over agency's alleged illegal payments to Park aides
A former chief of the National Intelligence Service was questioned by prosecutors on Monday over allegations that the agency paid billions of won of its off-book funds to two aides of then-President Park Geun-hye during his term.Lee Byung-kee appeared at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office around 9:30 a.m. He told reporters, "I owe an apology for having caused concern and disappointment in the public over the agency's fund suspected of being channeled into Cheong Wa Dae."But he did no
Nov. 13, 2017
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S. Korea, China, Japan to enhance cooperation on aging population
Health ministers from South Korea, China and Japan have vowed to enhance cooperation among their countries to deal with the growing elderly population at their meeting in Jinan, northeastern China, the health ministry said Sunday.At the two-day meeting that began the previous day, the ministers discussed ways to share each country's policies aimed at helping its population lead healthy and active old-age lives and to activate a research network among them on aging populations. (From L to R) Japa
Nov. 12, 2017
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Ex-President Lee blasts probe into alleged political meddling during his term
Former President Lee Myung-bak on Sunday blasted the prosecutorial probe into the alleged political meddling of the National Intelligence Service during his term, saying the investigation is driven by old grudges of the liberal administration now in power. Former President Lee Myung-bak speaks to the media before boarding a plane for Bahrain at Incheon Airport, Sunday. YonhapBefore boarding a plan for Bahrain at Incheon Airport, Lee told the media that the liberal Moon Jae-in government’s push
Nov. 12, 2017
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Funeral held for Sewol ferry’s heroic teacher victim
A funeral was held Saturday for a high school teacher who died in the Sewol ferry sinking in 2014 that claimed more than 300 lives. A man pays homage to the teacher Ko Chang-suk in Mokpo, South Jeolla Province, Saturday. YonhapThe memorial service for Ko Chang-suk was held in the southwestern city of Mokpo in South Jeolla Province and was attended by bereaved families, government officials, survivors of the disaster and students. Ko went missing while trying to rescue his students as the Sewol
Nov. 12, 2017
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Seoul mayor calls for UN support for plan to form int'l body to fight air pollution
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon on Saturday solicited the UN climate agency's support for his plan to create an international organization to jointly tackle air pollution. Park met with Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, in Bonn, Germany, during his visit to attend the UN Climate Conference. Patricia Espinosa and Park Won-soon (Yonhap)Seoul is a member of a Northeast Asian forum to improve air quality involving 13 regional cities including Beijing
Nov. 12, 2017
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S. Korean scholar chosen for prestigious linguistic award in Japan
South Korean professor Sohn Jae-hyun has been chosen as the recipient of this year's award in memory of the late renowned Japanese linguist Kyosuke Kindaichi, the memorial society of the linguist said Sunday.The Tokyo-based memorial society has decided to present Sohn, a Japanese language professor at Seoul's Duksung Women's University, with the Kyosuke Kindaichi Memorial Award, one of the highest honors in Japan's linguistic circle, in recognition of her book, "The System and Distribution of Ko
Nov. 12, 2017
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Sunny skies after record low temperatures
Temperatures dropped to a record low on Sunday morning, with clear skies expected across the nation throughout the day. (Yonhap)According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, the temperature in Seoul dropped to minus 2 degrees Celsius, minus 4 C in Chuncheon, minus 7.7 C in Daegwallyeong, zero in Daejeon, zero in Daegu, 6 C in Busan and 3 C in Gwangju. Daytime highs are set to stand at 11 to 16 C. It is expected to be sunny throughout the day, with clear skies. Temperatures will graduall
Nov. 12, 2017
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Musician fined 1 mln won for smoking e-cigarette on flight
A member of a South Korean reggae band has been fined for smoking an electronic cigarette on a Korean Air Lines flight earlier this year, a local court said Sunday.The Incheon District Court fined Ra Guk-san, who belongs to Kim Ban-jang and Windy City, South Korea's longest-running roots reggae band, 1 million won (around $895) for violating the aviation security law. (Yonhap)Ra, 36, has been indicted on suspicion of smoking an e-cigarette on the plane that left San Francisco at 4:50 a.m. on Feb
Nov. 12, 2017
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Tropical crops successfully cultivated in southern South Korea
Geoje Island, a southern South Korean island, is emerging as a new source of tropical fruits and vegetables due mainly to global warming and climate change, regional officials said Saturday.The Geoje Agricultural Technology and Extension Center said it has recently succeeded in the test cultivation of geuk, a tropical fruit, and chyote, a tropical vegetable, in its open-air farm in Geoje Island, about 450 km southeast of Seoul.Geuk and chyote have been known to grow in a subtropical climate. (Ph
Nov. 11, 2017
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Sewol ferry's teacher victim laid to rest
A belated memorial service was held in Mokpo, southwestern South Korea, on Saturday for a high school teacher who died in a tragic ferry sinking in 2014 that took more than 300 lives aboard.Participants in the service remembered the late teacher Ko Chang-seok who went missing while trying to rescue his students as the Sewol ferry sank off the country's southwestern coast en route to Jeju island on April 16, 2014.Of the 476 passengers aboard, 295 -- mostly students of Danwon High School in Ansan,
Nov. 11, 2017
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Another victim of Japan's wartime sexual slavery dies
An elderly victim of Japan's wartime sexual slavery died Saturday, bringing the number of victims still alive to only 33.Lee Ki-jeong, who was forced into sexual slavery at a Japanese military brothel in Singapore at the age of 15, died of old age at a hospital in Dangjin, about 80 kilometers south of Seoul, around 8:35 a.m. She was 93.Lee has told activists working for the victims that she went to Singapore thinking she would become a nurse, but ended up at the brothel, known as a "comfort stat
Nov. 11, 2017
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Hospitality education, industry brace for new generation of employees
Industries around the world are bracing themselves for the tidal wave of change that is coming with the new Generation Z, which refers to those born between 1995 and 2010 and are now just entering the workforce. They were born roughly around the time when the internet was popularized, and matured around the time smartphone and social media started taking center stage.With Generation Z who account for about 3 percent of the workforce today projected to make up 20 percent of the workforce by 2019,
Nov. 10, 2017
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[Herald Interview] S. Korea needs to lift veil on growing number of sex addicts
A massive global movement was triggered after actresses revealed that Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein had sexually harassed them. Celebrities and ordinary people around the globe are opening up about their experiences of sexual abuse on social media with the hashtag #MeToo. In South Korea, the issue is no less serious, although the campaign has not really taken off here yet. Rape against minors, sexual harassment at work and sexually-motivated murder cases are making headlines. Fear and rage ag
Nov. 10, 2017
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Court rules THAAD-related documents must remain confidential
A Seoul court ruled Friday that a series of documents jointly drawn up with the United States for the deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile defense battery should remain confidential, as their disclosure would harm national interests.The Seoul Administrative Court delivered the verdict, rejecting a demand from the Lawyers for a Democratic Society, or Minbyun, that the government make public classified documents related to THAAD, such as a site survey report and the outcome
Nov. 10, 2017
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[Weekender] Book lovers’ paradise
With the popularity of book clubs and independent bookstores here, libraries and stores are offering seminars, lectures and even drinks inspired by novels, taking the literary experience to a new level. Here are some of the best spots for bookworms to explore the literary world in Korea. Starfield LibraryLocated inside Starfield Coex Mall in GangnamThe 2,800-square-meter library, which opened in May, features some 50,000 books on towering two-story bookshelves. It is located at the center of the
Nov. 10, 2017
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[Weekender] Taking reading to a new level
When it comes to books and reading culture, South Korea has many reasons for pessimism: Book consumption is at a 10-year low and only 35 percent of Korean adults finish a single title a year. But this does not mean that there are no avid readers here. On the contrary, a trend is emerging among local bookworms, with book clubs and community-oriented independent bookstores connecting readers. Trevari is at the heart of this trend. The venture organizes and manages book clubs for a four-month fee o
Nov. 10, 2017
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[Photo News] 2018 calendar features shirtless firefighters
Calendars for next year featuring topless well-built firefighters will be on sale for the next two months at five stores online and offline, said the Seoul Metropolitan Fire and Disaster Headquarters, which is behind the project, on Friday. All profits from the calendars will go to supporting burn patients who lack financial means for medical care. The project for a good cause began in 2014, with a total of 26,729 copies sold over the past four years. (Yonhap)The firefighters who posed for the
Nov. 10, 2017
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Court issues warning to judge fined in Guam for leaving children alone in car
SUWON -- The Suwon District Court said Friday it issued an oral warning to one of its judges after she was arrested in the US territory of Guam for leaving her children in a car unattended while she and her husband shopped.The 35-year-old judge, identified only by her surname Sul, and her lawyer husband were arrested on charges of child abuse last month after they left their two children, a six-year-old boy and a one-year-old girl, in their car while they stopped at a Kmart grocery store.They we
Nov. 10, 2017
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[Newsmaker] Park Geun-hye could face new bribery charges
In the latest twist of the massive influence-peddling scandal involving former President Park Geun-hye, prosecutors are looking into allegations that the nation’s spy agency regularly made secretive money transfers to Park’s former aides when she was in office. Former President Park Geun-hye (Yonhap)Former National Intelligence Service chiefs under the Park administration allegedly abused the agency’s “special activities” budget, which investigators suspect was an illicit channel for bribes for
Nov. 10, 2017
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Prosecutors raid Woori Bank training center over illicit hiring allegations
Prosecution investigators raided Woori Bank's training center Friday over allegations of unfair hiring of employees, just three days after the bank's head office was raided.Investigators from the Seoul Northern District Prosecutors' Office searched the training center in Anseong, south of Seoul, as part of an investigation into suspicions the bank hired 16 entry-level staff last year who are related to senior government officials, important clients and other influential people. (Yonhap)The inves
Nov. 10, 2017