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Seoul vows action over Naver's Line, Yahoo dispute
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[KH Explains] Hyundai Motor’s plan for new landmark keeps hitting bumps
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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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Samsung doubles down on Vietnam
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NewJeans' members' parents complained to Hybe, email shows
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In Beijing, S. Korean top diplomat aims to jumpstart ties with China
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Controversy brews over shakeup of prosecutors amid probe of first lady
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Suspect behind murder of Korean tourist in Pattaya arrested
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Prosecutors summon pastor involved in Dior bag scandal
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Chuseok holiday to see spike in trips by families, single travelers
The upcoming 10-day Chuseok holiday is expected to see a spike in the number of family trips and single travelers, a global travel website said Sunday.According to data provided by Skyscanner's local site that allows users to compare and plan trip costs, the number of round-trip airline tickets that were searched online from South Korea for the Sept. 30 to Oct. 9 period reached over 9 million. This is an 8.5 times increase compared with last year's Chuseok holiday that started on Sept. 14 and l
Sept. 24, 2017
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[Feature] Gosiwon, modern time refuge for house poor
Park Ye-in’s home since March has been a “gosiwon” in Sinchon, a tiny one-room unit in a share house. But she doesn’t usually tell acquaintances where she lives. “My friends gave me a mixed look of pity and concern when I said I live in a gosiwon,” Park, 22, told The Korea Herald. A 3.5-square-meter Goshiwon room in Sinchon, one of the university neighborhoods in Seoul, is furnished with a desk, bookshelf and bed. Kim Da-sol/The Korea HeraldGosiwon are a form of low-cost, cocoon-like accommodati
Sept. 24, 2017
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Schools, parents say school bribery fell after anti-corruption law
Bribery in schools has been curbed significantly since the introduction of the anti-graft law last year, a recent survey showed. YonhapAbout 83 percent of parents and 85 percent of school faculties said they do not see the offering of under-the-table gifts or money anymore, according to the survey conducted online earlier this month by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education on some 36,947 parents and 18,101 school faculties and teaching staff. Another 76 percent of the parents and 82 percent
Sept. 24, 2017
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Teen murder accomplice appeals against lifetime imprisonment
A South Korean 18-year-old girl who was sentenced to life in prison for colluding with the teenage murderer of an 8-year-old victim has applied to appeal the court’s decision made last week, the court said Sunday. According to Incheon District Court, the accomplice -- identified by the surname Park -- filed an appeal against the court’s verdict for the first trial, which handed down a lifetime sentence to the murder accomplice Friday. Park had no direct role in the murder, but the court acknowle
Sept. 24, 2017
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[Newsmaker] Probe over spy agency expands to ‘media blacklist’
State prosecutors are set to launch an investigation this week into allegations that the National Intelligence Service blacklisted media professionals deemed unfriendly to the Lee Myung-bak administration, sources said Sunday. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, which is looking into the NIS over its involvement in blacklisting left-wing figures under the Lee administration, is reported to be planning to question individuals on the list starting this week. Union workers of major Sou
Sept. 24, 2017
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Man jailed for murder of Vietnamese daughter-in-law
A man in his 80s has been sentenced to prison for stabbing his Vietnamese daughter-in-law to death while she was sleeping.The Seoul Northern District Court on Friday handed down a 25-year prison term for the murder, which took place at her home on June 2.His daughter-in-law had been naturalized as a Korean citizen, having lived in the country for 10 years since her marriage to his son.Investigators said he had been aggrieved at his son and daughter-in-law for mistreating him and not giving him m
Sept. 24, 2017
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‘Stop ethnic cleansing of Rohingya’
Amnesty International Korea Director Catherine Heejin Kim held a one-person protest in front of the Myanmar Embassy in Seoul on Friday, calling for an end to the alleged ethnic cleansing of Rohingya in Rakhine State. Following the protest, Kim delivered a letter addressed to Ambassador Thura Thet Oo Maung at the Myanmar Embassy to call on the Myanmar authorities to end the military’s campaign of violence and human rights abuses. Amnesty International Korea Director Catherine Heejin Kim holds a o
Sept. 22, 2017
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[Weekender] 4,000 kilometers of business and pleasure
After its first expressway -- the 28.8 kilometer Seoul-Incheon route -- was built in 1968, South Korea set about rapidly expanding its highway network. Two years later, the new decade saw the completion of the Seoul-Busan expressway -- a project personally overseen by late President Park Chung-hee and often considered a milestone in Korea’s industrialization. Since then, the network of highways have expanded to over 4,000 kilometers, and nearly 700 kilometers of new and extensions will be added
Sept. 22, 2017
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20 years, life imprisonment for child murder teens
A local court sentenced an underage girl to 20 years in prison and her teenage accomplice to life imprisonment on Friday for murdering an 8-year-old girl and dismembering her body, in a murder case that shocked the nation earlier this year for its brutality.The Incheon District Court handed down the heaviest possible punishment for each underage offender under the local juvenile law, saying the murder was “brutal” and “carefully planned.” (Yonhap)The killer, surnamed Kim, was sentenced to 20 yea
Sept. 22, 2017
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[Newsmaker] Farmers, animal rights groups clash at pro-dog meat trade rally
At least 400 dog meat farmers staged a protest in Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul on Friday, calling on the government to legalize the dog meat trade and classify dogs used as pets separately from those raised for human consumption. Unleashed dogs are inside cages during the dog meat farmers' protest in central Seoul, Friday. YonhapIn one of the largest pro-dog meat rallies ever held in South Korea, an association of Korean dog meat farmers marched toward the presidential office Cheong Wa Da
Sept. 22, 2017
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Chinese visitors number drops for 6th straight month amid THAAD row
The number of Chinese tourists in South Korea declined 61.2 percent on-year in August, marking the sixth straight month of decrease following the diplomatic row over the deployment of a US anti-missile system here, government data showed Friday.The tally of Chinese visitors came to 339,388 last month, down from 873,771 the previous year, according to the data by the Korea Tourism Organization.he overall number of visitors from the neighboring country in the January-August period stood at 2.87 mi
Sept. 22, 2017
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Cancer still top killer of Koreans in 2016
Cancer remained the leading cause of death in South Korea in 2016, and fatalities from dementia doubled from a decade ago in line with the rapidly aging population, government data showed Friday.A total of 280,827 South Koreans died in 2016, up 1.8 percent from a year earlier, according to the data from Statistics Korea.It marked the largest death toll since 1983 when the statistics office started to compile such data. (123RF)Of all deaths reported last year, a total of 78,194 people died of ca
Sept. 22, 2017
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Prosecutors raid financial watchdog for alleged illicit hiring
Prosecutors raided South Korea's financial watchdog Friday over alleged unfair recruitment of some graduate staff with ties to influential figures including politicians and bankers.Investigators from the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office searched the headquarters of the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) in Seoul's Yeouido district and seized documents, according to the prosecution.They also visited the residences of three FSS officials, including current FSS senior deputy governor Se
Sept. 22, 2017
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New TB patients drop amid gov't strengthening medical staff: KCDC
The number of new tuberculosis (TB) patients dropped slightly in 2016 from the previous year, government data showed Friday, amid the government increasing the number of dedicated doctors and other medical staff charged with treating the contagious disease in recent years.South Korea had the highest incidence rate of TB among the 34-member Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in 2015 with as many as 80 out of every 100,000 South Koreans having been infected with the disease in t
Sept. 22, 2017
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Koreans negative about their health: OECD report
Only about one-third of South Koreans think that they are in good shape, despite the country's long life expectancy, an international report showed Friday.According to the report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 32.5 percent of South Koreans considered themselves healthy as of 2015. The number for men was 37.3 percent, with that for women reaching 27.9 percent.The overall figure was far lower than the OECD average of 68.2 percent. Japan was another country with a r
Sept. 22, 2017
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Seoul's subway Line No. 2 may get 24-hour service: official
Seoul Metro is considering operating its subway line No. 2 around the clock. Kim Tae-ho, managing director of Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation said it will run Subway Line No. 2 all night every Friday and Saturday during a test period. (Yonhap)Subway Line No. 2 is the most used line in Seoul and connects the city’s key areas. There has been an increasing demand for late night service.By Im Eun-byel (silverstar@heraldcorp.com)
Sept. 21, 2017
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Korean firm ordered to directly hire over 5,000 bakers
The government on Thursday ordered Paris Baguette, a leading bakery brand of food giant SPC Group, to directly hire nearly 5,400 bakers currently dispatched by its partner firms. The Ministry of Employment and Labor concluded that Paris Baguette directly supervised jobs of the bakers employed and dispatched by partner firms, constituting illegal dispatch of workers under the local labor law. (Yonhap)The ministry ordered Paris Baguette to directly hire all of the 5,378 bakers who are working at
Sept. 21, 2017
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[Newsmaker] 9 in 10 Koreans say anti-corruption law effective
Nearly a year after the implementation of an anti-corruption law, 9 in 10 Koreans said the law was effective, a recent survey showed, despite an ongoing debate on whether to raise price ceilings, as the law bans those subject to it from receiving meals and gifts exceeding designated prices.A flower shop owner looks at the empty store. YonhapAccording to a survey conducted last month by professor Lim Dong-kyun from University of Seoul, 89.5 percent of some 1,202 respondents said that the new law
Sept. 21, 2017
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3 in 10 divorces happen after 20 years of marriage
Three out of 10 divorced couples in South Korea last year were married for at least 20 years, setting a new record in “gray divorces,” a judicial yearbook showed Wednesday. According to 2017 Judicial Yearbook released by the Supreme Court, 32,594 couples got a divorce after living together for more than 20 years, accounting for 30.4 percent of all the divorces last year. The proportion of divorces accounted for by couples who have lived together for more than 20 years has been gradually increasi
Sept. 21, 2017
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Korean speaking contest opens for foreigners
A Korean language speaking contest for foreigners will be held in celebration of Hangul Proclamation Day on Oct. 10.Organized by a local language tutoring service 247MyTutor, in partnership with the Korean Language Society, Kwangwoon University and EBY Talkingclub, the competition is open to foreigners of all ages and levels of proficiency in the Korean language who reside here. The preliminary round will take place online at 247MyTutor.net, where interested applicants can apply until Sept. 26 w
Sept. 21, 2017