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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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[Eye Interview] 'If you live to 100, you might as well be happy,' says 88-year-old bestselling essayist
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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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Defense chiefs of US, Australia, Japan decry NK-Russia military cooperation
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6 killed, 19 injured in crane accident at shipyard
GEOJE -- Six people were killed and 19 others injured after a crane part fell onto a ship under construction on Monday, authorities said.Two cranes collided at a Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in the southeastern port city of Geoje around 2:50 p.m., causing a structure to fall from one of the cranes, according to firefighters and police. The tower crane that broke was between 50 and 60 meters long and weighed 32 tons.Six were confirmed dead, three were seriously hurt, while 19 sustained minor
May 1, 2017
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Record number of overseas Koreans cast ballots in presidential election
A record number of overseas South Koreans have cast ballots in early overseas voting for the country's upcoming presidential election, the election watchdog said Monday.A total of 221,981 overseas voters cast ballots over a six-day voting period that ended Sunday, according to the National Election Commission.There are about 1.97 million South Korean nationals who are staying overseas and are eligible to take part in the presidential election slated to be held next Tuesday. A South Korean nation
May 1, 2017
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Half of all Korean men pay for sex: report
More than half of Korean men have paid for sex at least once in their life, a government report showed Monday.According to the poll of 1,050 men by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, 50.7 percent said they had purchased sex, 6 percentage points down from 2013. Nearly 26 percent of them had engaged prostitutes in the past year and did so 8.46 times per year on average.The majority of men who had paid for sex, or 53.8 percent, first did so when they were aged between 20 and 24, followed b
May 1, 2017
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Items belonging to ferry sinking victims continue to be collected
MOKPO -- The number of recovered items belonging to the victims of a ferry sinking disaster has increased to 157 since workers started to search for the remains of those still missing in the wreck of the vessel late last month, local government officials said Monday.The Mokpo municipal government in South Korea's southwestern province of South Jeolla made public a list of 44 items and their photos, which it received from the headquarters for the search, on its website the same day. This photo, t
May 1, 2017
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Most teenage prostitutions conducted via online chat services: survey
More than seven out of 10 teenage prostitutions were found to have been conducted through online chat services, a government survey showed Monday.In a recent survey by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family on 173 teens who have experience selling sex in the past, 74.8 percent said they met partners through either smartphone chat applications or chat web services. (Yonhap)A little over 20 percent said they engaged in the trade through brokerage by an acquaintance, while 3.6 percent said they
May 1, 2017
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[Election 2017] Will lives of asylum seekers, migrant workers be improved under new president?
Whichever candidate wins the upcoming presidential election, South Korea is likely to ease up on its tough refugee policy. When it comes to migrant workers, however, leading candidates diverge on what to do. According to Amnesty International’s Korea office, the five mainstream party-backed candidates have all promised some “progress” in asylum seeker policy, vowing to prevent human rights violations and improve the refugee status determination system. The global rights watchdog has asked each o
May 1, 2017
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Ex-presidential aide denies charges in Park corruption scandal
A former presidential aide on Monday denied his charges in an influence-peddling scandal involving former President Park Geun-hye.Woo Byung-woo, who served as Park's senior secretary for civil affairs from 2015 to 2016, is accused of aiding and abetting her friend Choi Soon-sil in meddling in state affairs.This illustration shows Woo Byung-woo (left), former senior presidential secretary for civil affairs, and former President Park Geun-hye. (Yonhap)He was indicted on charges of abuse of power,
May 1, 2017
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Gov't to manage gene specimens of separated families
The government plans to take over the management of genetic samples from family members separated by the Korean War from a private company starting late this month, the Unification Ministry said Monday. Their gene specimens including blood, saliva and hair have been stored and tested by a private company since 2014. Employees work at the Administration Office of Separated Families set up at the South Korean Red Cross on Sept. 28, 2016. (Yonhap)They will be moved to the state-run National Human
May 1, 2017
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Korea ordered diplomat in Vietnam to return over controversial interview
South Korea's foreign ministry ordered a diplomat stationed in Vietnam to return home in January over a controversial interview in which he made allegations about the murky appointments of two senior colleagues, an informed source said Monday.Kim Jae-cheon, a South Korean consul in Ho Chi Minh City, claimed in an interview with a local cable news channel in November that Choi Soon-sil, a longtime confidante to former president Park Geun-hye, played a role in appointing the top envoy in Vietnam a
May 1, 2017
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Overseas voter turnouts surpass previous presidential election in Asia
SYDNEY/TOKYO/BEIJING -- Overseas voter turnouts for the May 9 presidential election surpassed marks set in the previous presidential poll in Asia on Sunday, the final day of their absentee voting period.Voting for South Koreans residing overseas began on Tuesday in Auckland, New Zealand, with a total of 204 polling stations in 116 countries staying open. (Yonhap)This marked the fourth time South Korea has held overseas votes, after the parliamentary elections in 2012 and 2016 and the presidentia
May 1, 2017
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Early voting begins for sailors aboard away ships
Thousands of South Korean sailors currently away from their homeland are set to cast their ballots this week in advance of the upcoming presidential election here, the election watchdog said Monday.The early voting for sailors will be held from Monday through Thursday, according to the National Election Commission.Students from Korea Maritime and Ocean University stage a performance urging voters to take part in the upcoming presidential election. (Yonhap)Over 4,000 sailors aboard 568 ships were
May 1, 2017
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Korea lags far behind in education quality
South Korea is investing heavily in education, but its education quality lags far behind rich countries in nurturing talent through skills development, a report showed Sunday. According to the report by Hyundai Research Institute, a private think tank, South Korea spent 5.9 percent of its gross domestic product on education in 2013. (Yonhap)The spending was 0.7 percentage point higher than the average figure for members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Citing a repo
April 30, 2017
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Search teams moving to enter collapsed areas of Sewol ferry to find remains
MOKPO -- Search teams are in the process of entering collapsed areas of the Sewol ferry to find the remains of nine people still listed as missing from the sinking, authorities said Sunday.The on-site search coordination office said workers are trying to gain access to the gallery in the ship's aft fifth floor section, which was inaccessible to divers after the ship sank on April 16, 2014. Workers removing debris from the ill-fated Sewol ferry in dry dock as they search for the remains of nine p
April 30, 2017
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Govt. puts number of eligible voters at 42.48m
About 42.48 million people are eligible to vote in South Korea's upcoming presidential election with those aged 60 or older comprising the largest age bracket, the government said Friday. The Ministry of the Interior said that among the country's 51.7 million citizens, the total number of eligible voters aged 19 or older is 42.479 million, up 1.97 million from the previous presidential vote in 2012.This photo, taken on April 26, 2017, shows Interior Minister Hong Yun-sik practicing the voting pr
April 30, 2017
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Jeju to host 5,000 Vietnamese incentive tourists: tourism agencies
JEJU -- Jeju Island will host some 5,000 incentive tourists from Vietnam as part of an agreement reached with the five travel agencies in the Southeast Asian country, regional authorities said Sunday.The Jeju Tourism Organization, Jeju Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Korea Tourism Organization said a memorandum was inked in Ho Chi Minh City last week with representatives from such agencies as Viettravel and Saigon Tourist to promote visits. (Yonhap)Incentives tourists refer to people who
April 30, 2017
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Airports, expressways crowded as Koreans embark on extended holidays
South Korea's airports and expressways are experiencing extreme congestion Saturday, as many people take advantage of extended holidays from late April to early May to visit popular tourist destinations at home and abroad.Incheon International Airport, the gateway to Seoul, said that approximately 174,000 departure and arrival passengers, including 89,300 bound for foreign countries, are expected to use the airport on Saturday alone. (Yonhap)The Korea Expressway Corp. said that major expressways
April 29, 2017
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246 people caught for vandalizing election poster
Police said Friday that it has investigated 246 people for vandalizing presidential election posters or damaging electioneering facilities since the election campaign began last week. According to the Korea National Policy Agency, as of Friday, 197 people were found to have damaged or removed election campaign posters placed by the National Election Commission. Of the remainder, 42 people allegedly damaged placards and seven damaged electioneering trucks. Presidential election posters displayed
April 28, 2017
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US soldier handed suspended sentence for smuggling meth
A US soldier accused of smuggling bags of methamphetamine to South Korea via military mail was handed a three-year jail term suspended for five years, district court records showed Friday. Prosecutors revealed last month that an unnamed 19-year-old soldier -- suspected to be from the 2nd Infantry Division near Uijeongbu -- tried to smuggle 4 kilograms of methamphetamine through the military’s postal service last October, but was stopped by a customs inspection at Incheon Airport. The bags were c
April 28, 2017
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Hwang pays respects to soldiers killed in West Sea attacks
South Korea's Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Friday paid homage to soldiers killed in North Korea's past attacks in the West Sea, vowing to ensure their ultimate sacrifices for national defense will never be forgotten.Hwang invited their families and former comrades to his official residence in Seoul for a luncheon during which he stressed the nation will keep a robust readiness posture so as to honor their dedications to safeguard the country against a provocative Pyongyan
April 28, 2017
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Appeals court acquits professor of fabricating reports for Oxy
An appellate court on Friday overturned a lower court's decision and acquitted a professor of manipulating a report in favor of Oxy Reckitt Benckiser in a high-profile toxic humidifier disinfectant case.The professor at Seoul National University, identified only by his last name Cho, was indicted in May 2016 on charges of writing a report between 2011 and 2012 that said there was no clear relationship between the substances in Oxy's products and lung damage. (Yonhap)The humidifier disinfectant c
April 28, 2017