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Jimin of BTS, actor Song Da-eun suspected to be dating, again
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What's next for the government's push in quota hike?
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Woman falls to death from acquaintance's home after exhibiting ‘unexplained' behaviors
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‘Malice should not undermine the system, social order,’ says Hybe's Bang
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N. Korea says it test-fired tactical ballistic missile with new guidance technology
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N. Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles toward East Sea: JCS
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[Weekender] Geeks have never been so chic in Korea
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Korean firms target EV charging market in US
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NewJeans members submit petitions over court injunction in Hybe-Ador conflict
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Human rights commission urges Korea to raise awareness of LGBTQ rights
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S. Korea to send home 6 N. Korean sailors rescued from East Sea
South Korea will send home all six North Korean sailors recently rescued from the East Sea in accordance with their free will, a Ministry of Unification official said Tuesday.The North Korean sailors aboard two fishing boats were adrift in South Korean waters on May 27, when they were all rescued by the South Korean Coast Guard. Ministry of Unification (Yonhap)"All of the six North Korean sailors rescued said they want to return home, and they are in good condition," the Unification Ministry off
May 30, 2017
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Older generation feeling closer to friends, neighbors than siblings
South Korea's older generation feels closer to their friends and neighbors, relying on and seeing more of them compared to their siblings, a survey showed Tuesday.The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs polled 1,500 people aged 35-69 for a month from Aug. 9 last year and found that 62.5 percent of them had friends and neighbors who would help them at unexpected times of need. This compares with 56.1 percent who said the same of their brothers and sisters. According to the findings, 16.
May 30, 2017
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[Graphic News] South Korea’s suicide rate second highest compared to EU countries
South Korea, which saw 28.7 suicides per 100,000 people in 2014, ranks No. 2 in suicide rate, if compared to European Union counties, data showed Monday. According to a Eurostat survey based on 2014 data, only Lithuania had a higher suicide rate, with 32 suicides per 100,000 people. Latvia, Hungary and Slovenia came in third with 19 suicides, while the UK saw seven; Italia six and Greece the lowest at five. The EU’s average stood at 11. Among countries in the Organization for Economic Developmen
May 29, 2017
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Subway worker’s death still resonates one year after
On May 28, 2016, a 19-year-old repairman was crushed to death by an incoming subway train while working on a malfunctioning safety door at Seoul’s Guui Station. Safety guidelines that repair crew should work in pairs and train operation should be halted while they are on tracks were ignored to minimize the convenience of passengers. The victim, surnamed Kim, was all by himself on the tracks, and the train’s conductor was not informed of the ongoing maintenance work. One year later, nine official
May 29, 2017
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Seoul hosts international forum to solve fine dust problems
A two-day international forum on fine dust problems will kick off in Seoul on Thursday. Hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the forum will bring together representatives from 13 cities in northeastern Asia including Beijing, Jilin, Tokyo, Kyoto, Japan, Ulaanbaatar. There will also be researchers from government agencies and education institutions such as the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Japan’s Mie University and the Mongolian University of Life Science. Citizens p
May 29, 2017
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Early summer heat to continue
An early summer heat, with midday highs of over 30 degrees Celsius, is gripping the southeastern part of the peninsula, with Daegu hitting 35 C on Monday, the state weather agency said Monday. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, the season’s first heat wave warning was issued for the southeastern city of Daegu as well as inland counties and cities in Gyeongsang Province as of 11 a.m. Monday. A heat wave warning is announced when a region’s day high reaches 35 C.(Yonhap)The temp
May 29, 2017
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Korea to open six dammed reservoirs to improve inland water quality
The South Korean government said Monday six dammed reservoirs set aside for irrigation will remain open from Thursday as part of an effort to prevent water quality from deteriorating further.Six out of 16 dammed pools on the "four rivers" built for irrigation will be opened from 2 p.m. in a move to help resolve their serious green algae problems. But they will maintain set water levels in order to provide agricultural water for nearby farmers during the rice planting season which has just begun,
May 29, 2017
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Choi's daughter to be extradited this week
The daughter of former President Park Geun-hye's close friend will be extradited from Denmark this week after avoiding the prosecution's summons for months, officials said Monday.Chung Yoo-ra, the 21-year-old daughter of Choi Soon-sil, has been held at a detention center in Denmark since January on suspicion of illegal stay. South Korean prosecutors have demanded her extradition in connection with a massive corruption scandal centered on her mother, which eventually led to the ouster of Park in
May 29, 2017
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Land ministry to use drones for safety inspections
The land ministry said Monday it will start using drones for inspections of high pylons, cliffs, and other hard-to-reach facilities and locations.The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has purchased four drones for 60 million won ($53,580) that will be used by the Korea Railroad Corp. on a six-month trial basis starting this month. The drones will inspect more than 40 locations, including bridges, tunnels and power line towers, as well as cliffs for potential mudslides. (Yonhap)Phot
May 29, 2017
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More young women becoming either overweight or underweight, report says
South Korea's young women are increasingly becoming either overweight or underweight, while men are gaining in abdominal obesity, a medical report said Monday.The research results showed that among women in their 20s and 30s, prevalence for becoming underweight increased from 8.8 percent in 1998 to 14 percent in 2012. Prevalence for becoming overweight also increased from 1.9 percent to 4.3 percent during the period. (Yonhap)The findings were based on five separate national health and nutritiona
May 29, 2017
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Aged nuke power reactor halted, investigation underway
DAEGU -- An aged nuclear power reactor located in the southeastern region of South Korea came to a halt on Sunday, its operators said. The Wolsong No. 1 nuclear power reactor on the country's southeast coast was automatically halted at around 3:20 p.m., according to the Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co.(Yonhap)No radioactive leak or damage was reported.A KHNP official said that the reactor stopped operation while preparations were made for safety checks.The reactor was supposed to receive checks o
May 28, 2017
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Most domestic abuse committed by parents
More than 60 percent of domestic violence offenders in South Korea are parents of the victims, Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission data shows. The data also showed that the most common form of abuse was locking up their children. Among 1,036 people involved in a total of 961 domestic violence cases reported, 63.8 percent were carried out by parents who cooperated in their abusive behavior toward their children, according to the ACRC.(123RF)The watchdog said the number of husbands who ind
May 28, 2017
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Suspected vessel hijacking false alarm, crew confirmed safe
The suspected hijacking of a fishing vessel carrying South Koreans in the Indian Ocean on Saturday turned out to be a false alarm, Seoul's foreign ministry said.The ministry said earlier that a 234-ton Mongolian-flagged squid fishing vessel was apparently hijacked by what was thought to be a pirate ship in waters 1,400 kilometers southeast of Salalah, Oman, at around 12:20 a.m. Saturday (Seoul time). The Navy`s 4,400-ton destroyer Daejoyoung carrying the 24th batch of the 300-strong Cheonghae U
May 28, 2017
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Korea's air traffic rises 3.8% in April
Air traffic in South Korea rose 3.8 percent in April from a year earlier helped by increased demand on non-Chinese routes, government data showed Sunday. The number of passengers on Korean and international routes run by domestic airline carriers rose to 8.68 million last month from 8.36 million a year earlier, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation said in a statement. (Yonhap)"An increase in travel demand on routes to and from Japan and Southeast Asian countries helped offset
May 28, 2017
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Fishing vessel carrying Koreans 'hijacked' off Somali coast
South Korea's military dispatched a naval unit in waters off Somalia after pirates presumably hijacked a fishing vessel, officials said Saturday. The 234-ton vessel, which had a crew of three South Koreans and 18 Indonesians catching squid, lost contact after relaying that it was being followed by a suspected pirate vessel, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said in a statement. South Korea's anti-piracy Cheonghae Unit was participating in international operations to combat piracy in nearby waters before
May 27, 2017
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South Korea’s most notorious serial killers
Nowadays, serial killers seem to exist only in movies or fiction. It’s not because society has become more caring and does not produce them anymore. “It is more that a serial of murders are prevented from the beginning. A murderer would be caught before they killed again,” said Kwon Il-yong, the nation’s first criminal profiler who recently retired. But South Korea has in the past had some notorious serial killers. Kwon explained that these “monsters” were born from suppressed anger. “Everybody
May 26, 2017
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No more water cannons, bus barricades: police
There will be no more police water cannons and bus barricades at street rallies, a ranking police officer said Friday, signaling a dramatic shift in the police’s treatment of protestors after millions-strong demonstrations expelled a sitting president from power. “From now on, we plan to make it a principle not to dispatch police forces, water cannons and bus barricades,” said Lee Dae-hyung, a human rights protection officer from the National Police Agency during a forum on human rights and poli
May 26, 2017
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[Eye Interview] Inside criminal minds
When Jeong Nam-gyu was first arrested for housebreaking and attempted murder in 2006, few imagined that the diminutive, 37-year-old man would turn out to be the perpetrator of a string of murders that shook the country for years. The man, showing no remorse, signs of being intimidated or fear for his own fate, confessed to killing two boys in 2004 and more. His cool-headed confession made investigators shudder. It was then that criminal profiler Kwon Il-yong was brought in. Kwon Il-yong (Park H
May 26, 2017
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Cold cases unfrozen
A defining cold case that left a bloody stain in South Korean history is the Hwaseong murders -- a series of rapes and murders that happened in the late 1980s, when the country did not even have a lab capable of DNA analysis. “The Hwaseong killings is the most devastating cold case South Korea has failed to solve,” said Kwon Il-yong, considered South Korea’s first criminal profiler. “I wish I was a part of its investigative process, so I could have solved it.” Police authorities investigating t
May 26, 2017
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Korean workers have low views on whistleblowing effectiveness: poll
South Korean workers have generally negative views about internal whistleblowing, convinced that their companies' anti-fraud measures are not effective and not fully enforced, a survey showed Friday.According to the Asia-Pacific Fraud Survey 2017 published by consulting firm EY, 61 percent of South Korea's employees said they won't use their in-house whistleblowing hotline even if they witness fraudulent misconduct. This is the highest in the region that has an average of 37 percent. Japan's cor
May 26, 2017