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‘Gimflation’ in S. Korea as dried seaweed prices grow on rising global demand
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S. Korea's gender pay gap worst in OECD
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Yoon to resume diplomatic activity via 3-way summit with Japan, China
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SM, YG Entertainment’s K-pop groups benefit from troubles at Hybe
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South Korea unveils W26tr support program for chip industry
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S. Korea to hold rotating presidency of UN Security Council next month
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Yoon rejects Lee's proposal for pension reform talks
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Student nabbed for biking naked 'due to stress'
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Police arrest mastermind behind last year's palace vandalism
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Chonnam international student found dead
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Quarantine agency strengthens inspection against venomous ants
The quarantine agency said Friday it has stepped up inspections at airports and seaports against the transfer of venomous fire ants that were turning up recently in South Korea. Foods and plants coming in from Japan, China and Indonesia have been closely watched since last month, and people visiting or working at storage sites of such products are being notified of potential dangers from contact with the ants, the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency said. (Yonhap)Red ants and tropical ants, which
Aug. 18, 2017
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Man who used BTS’ name for scam indicted
K-pop group BTS (Yonhap)A 37-year-old man has been indicted for fraud after allegedly pocketing a large sum of money from a local event management agency by promising to arrange fan meetings and events featuring K-pop supergroup BTS. According to local prosecutors, the suspect, surnamed Choi, runs a celebrity goods company and has recently signed a deal with BTS’ management company Big Hit Management and a French accessory brand to produce BTS-themed travel carriers and backpacks.He received a t
Aug. 17, 2017
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Hyundai Card apologizes for controversial Ariana Grande concert
Hyundai Card Co. on Thursday apologized for what is being criticized as a "disrespectful" concert performance by American pop singer Ariana Grande in South Korea.Grande has been bombarded with negative feedback from South Korean fans over her concert held Tuesday at the Gocheok Sky Dome in western Seoul, part of her "2017 Dangerous Woman" world tour. Criticism centers on Grande's supposed indifferent attitude towards Korean fans. The singer arrived in the country just three hours before the conc
Aug. 17, 2017
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Winter Olympics towns in Korea offer array of tourist attractions, delicacies
PYEONGCHANG -- The towns hosting the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, set to open next February, offer a stunning array of tourist attractions and delicacies, with visitors to be spoilt for choices available.South Korea is scheduled to host the sports event in the three towns -- the mountainous area of PyeongChang in the country's northeast province of Gangwon, and its nearby sub-host cities of Gangneung and Jeongseon.This file photo shows the Alpensia ski jump tower under the sunset in PyeongC
Aug. 17, 2017
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[Newsmaker] S. Korea to host 2023 World Scout Jamboree
Tens of thousands of scouts and leaders from around the world will converge in South Korea, near the world’s largest seawall, in 2023 for the 25th World Scout Jamboree. The South Korean delegation celebrates winning its bid to host the 25th World Scout Jamboree in 2023 in a vote held at the 41st World Scout Conference 2017 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Wednesday. YonhapSouth Korea on Wednesday won the bid to host the international quadrennial event in Saemangeum, North Jeolla Province, at the 41st World
Aug. 17, 2017
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8 in 10 Korean men admit abuse of girlfriend
About 8 in 10 Korean men said they had used violence against romantic partners, a study showed Thursday.According to a study conducted by the Korean Institute of Criminology, 1,593 of 2,000 Korean men, or 79.7 percent, said they had abused a girlfriend while they were dating. About 71 percent of those who admitted to a history of dating abuse said they had control over their girlfriends’ personal activities, such as restricting them from meeting friends or keeping them isolated from others, incl
Aug. 17, 2017
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South Korean jails among most crowded in OECD
South Korea’s prisons are among the most crowded, with inmates exceeding facilities’ full capacities, according to the Ministry of Justice on Thursday. The ministry’s data based on Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development prison population statistics shows the capacity rate of the country’s prisons was at about 121.8 percent of their capacity last year as of June, holding considerably more people than they were designed to house. The rate is second highest among OECD member states,
Aug. 17, 2017
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Ex-PM Kim accepts offer to chair committee campaigning for Austrian nurses for Nobel prize
Former Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik has agreed to chair a government-civilian committee aimed at nominating two Austrian nurses who spent 40 years as voluntary nurses for South Korean leprosy patients on a remote island for the Nobel Peace Prize, a Catholic priest said Thursday.Rev. Franciscus Kim Yeon-jun, who has been working to promote the awareness of the selfless service of the two nurses, Marianne Stoeger, 82, and Margareta Pissar, 81, told reporters that the former prime minister "gladly
Aug. 17, 2017
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PM orders food safety inspection amid scare over contaminated eggs
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon ordered the government Thursday to conduct an all-out inspection to make sure that chickens and processed foods are safe from insecticide-contaminated eggs even after all tainted eggs are removed from the market.Lee also said that the egg scandal can be brought under control before the end of this week, even as eggs from dozens of more farms were found to have been contaminated with chemicals, including those producing environment-friendly eggs."After this insecticide
Aug. 17, 2017
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Govt. says 23 egg farms found to be contaminated with pesticides
Eggs from 23 more farms in South Korea were found to have been contaminated with harmful insecticides, the government said Thursday, fueling nationwide concerns over food safety.Some eggs from five farms were found to contain the pesticide fipronil, which was banned from being used at poultry farms, while 18 farms were polluted with bifenthrin and other pesticides, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said.Fipronil is used to control ants, cockroaches and other insects, while bife
Aug. 17, 2017
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Owner sells embattled nudist resort
The owner of a private nudist club in North Chungcheong Province has sold the newly infamous property, amid police pressure and protests from nearby residents. A villager walks on the main road leading to a nudist resort in Jecheon, North Chungcheong Province. (Yonhap)Jecheon Police Station questioned the owner and operator of the hillside resort last week on charges of operating unauthorized public accommodations. The facility, a two-story mansion with a pool and playground where members could
Aug. 16, 2017
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More support to be offered for child care, low-income seniors
(Yonhap)Parents in South Korea will start receiving a monthly child care allowance of 100,000 won ($88) per child 5 years old or younger, starting from July 2018, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.From next April, low-income seniors will also receive more from the state pension over their lifetime, an official said Wednesday. The plans to increase financial support for child care and low-income seniors were decided on at a policy coordination meeting attended by officials from the
Aug. 16, 2017
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446 foreign scholarship students to graduate from Korean schools this month
A batch of 446 international students on scholarships invited by the government are set to graduate from 57 universities in South Korea this month, the Education Ministry said Wednesday.The students hailing from 107 countries are split up into 32 students in undergraduate courses and 414 in graduate courses.Asian students topped the list with 199, followed by European students with 93, African students with 87 and Central and South American students with 42.Since 1967, South Korea has implemente
Aug. 16, 2017
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South Koreans work second-longest hours in OECD for below average pay
South Korean office workers cross a road in rainy Seoul. (photo credit: Yonhap)South Koreans work the second-longest hours among member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development for wages below the average of 35 nations, data showed Wednesday. According to the annual OECD Employment Outlook 2017, employees here worked an average of 2,069 hours last year, compared to the OECD average of 1,764 hours. The figure includes part-time workers and those who work for part of the
Aug. 16, 2017
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Catholic priest cleared of pro-N. Korea charges over remarks about 2010 island shelling
Prosecutors cleared a Catholic priest of pro-North Korea charges Wednesday, nearly four years after he made remarks some accused of sympathizing with the communist nation's deadly shelling in 2010 of a South Korean island. Park Chang-shin, a senior priest at the diocese in the southwestern city of Jeonju, made the controversial remarks at an event in November 2013, saying it is natural for the North to shell the western border island of Yeonpyeong because the South and the US held military exerc
Aug. 16, 2017
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Seoul subway train makes 6 stops with door open
Passengers aboard a train on Subway Line No. 8 in Seoul on Tuesday had a hair-raising ride, with a malfunctioning door wide open for six stops. There were no casualties.According to Seoul Metro, the train left Bokjeong Station in Songpa district at around 1:15 p.m. The fourth door of the first car was not shut due to a substance that had blocked it from closing. Bokjeong Station (Yonhap)The train reached its final stop, Moran Station, with the door still open.Seoul Metro says a maintenance staf
Aug. 16, 2017
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Changwon teacher caught using spy camera at girls’ high school
A 40-year-old teacher who installed a spy camera inside a classroom at an all-girls high school was booked without detention in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, the Masan Dongbu Police Station said Wednesday. The man, whose identity was withheld by the police, had installed a video camera on the small basket containing chalks on his desk in the homeroom class he instructs, in June.The camera was bought with money from the school for support for teachers’ research. The secretly installed spy
Aug. 16, 2017
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More egg products contaminated with pesticides: govt.
The South Korean government said Wednesday that eggs from four more farms in the country have been found to be contaminated with harmful pesticides, escalating the health scare over tainted egg products here.Some eggs at a farm with 55,000 hens in Cheorwon, 80 kilometers north of Seoul, were found to contain the pesticide fipronil, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said. Fipronil, often used to kill fleas or mites, is banned from being used on chickens in South Korea.Eggs from
Aug. 16, 2017
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Ruling party, govt. decide to destroy all eggs from insecticide-tainted farms
The ruling Democratic Party and government agreed Wednesday to recall and destroy all egg products from local farms contaminated with any insecticide amid escalating food safety concerns here, party officials said.The agreement came two days after some eggs at a farm with 80,000 hens in Namyangju, east of Seoul, were found to contain the insecticide fipronil, triggering the inspection of all egg farms across the country.After a party-government policy coordination meeting, Prime Minister Lee Nak
Aug. 16, 2017
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Power outage stops amusement rides in midair
About 10 amusement rides at Lotte World in Seoul halted in midair Tuesday due to a temporary power outage caused by a lightning strike.According to the Korea Electric Power Corp., the power substation supplying electricity to Lotte World was hit by a bolt of lightning around 10:50 a.m., interrupting power supply to the theme park. "Giant Loop," featured in this photo, was one of the rides at Lotte World affected by the power outage Tuesday. (Lotte World official website)At the time of the incide
Aug. 15, 2017