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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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Naver will consider company benefits in deciding on selling Line shares: CEO
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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Korea to honor former US lawmaker for speaking for sex slavery victims
South Korea will confer an order of merit on a former US lawmaker who has long fought for Korean victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery, Seoul officials said Tuesday. This photo, taken on July 7, 2016, shows former US lawmaker Mike Honda speaking during a conference in Washington DC. (Yonhap)The Cabinet approved a proposal to give the Gwanghwa Medal of the Order of Diplomatic Service Merit to Mike Honda who has been at the forefront of efforts to get Tokyo to recognize its past misdeeds and a
April 25, 2017
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Court orders surgeon of rocker Shin Hae-chul to pay W1.6b
The bereaved family of South Korean legendary rock singer Shin Hae-chul has partially won a case against a surgeon accused of medical negligence that led to Shin’s death 2 1/2 years ago. The Seoul Central District Court on Tuesday ordered the 46-year-old doctor, surnamed Kang, to pay some 1.6 billion won ($1.4 million) in damages to Shin’s wife and two children.South Korean rock singer Shin Hae-chul (Yonhap)Shin’s family filed a lawsuit in May 2015, claiming that Kang did stomach reduction surge
April 25, 2017
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Cargo truck carrying paint overturns on highway, 2 injured
CHUNGJU -- Two people were injured after a cargo truck carrying paint for road lane marking overturned on the Jungbu Inland Expressway in central South Korea on Tuesday, police said.The 5-ton truck was involved in the accident on the southbound side of the expressway in the city of Chungju, North Chunngcheong Province, around 8:30 a.m., prompting the two including the 40-year-old driver to be whisked to a nearby hospital. This provided photo shows a cargo truck gutted by fire after the truck car
April 25, 2017
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Seoul unveils city’s first highway-turned-park
Modelled after New York’s iconic High Line, Seoul’s soon-to-open elevated park will bring visual and spatial respite to busy city life, with a stretch of greenery, cafes and street markets, the city government said Tuesday. Opening part of the “Seoullo 7017” on Tuesday, ahead of the official opening in May, Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon on Tuesday described the urban sky park as a place where “nature and humans can live side by side.”Pictured is the Seoul Road 7017 in front of Seoul Station, an over
April 25, 2017
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First overseas votes cast in New Zealand
Overseas voting for the May 9 presidential election got underway with polling stations in New Zealand opening Tuesday. The six-day voting is scheduled to take place in a total of 204 diplomatic offices and military bases in 116 countries from Tuesday to Sunday, according to the National Election Commission.Voters in New Zealand cast their ballots for South Korea’s May 9 presidential election at a polling station inside the Korean consulate in Auckland on Tuesday. (Yonhap)The polling booths in Ne
April 25, 2017
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17th century 'bullanggi' cannon unearthed from fortification of Joseon Dynasty
INCHEON -- A 17th-century cannon used during the 1392-1910 Joseon Dynasty has been excavated from an old fortress on an island off Incheon, west of Seoul, the Incheon municipality said Tuesday, the first time such an artifact has been recovered from a place where it was deployed.The local government said the cannon, called "bullanggi" and believed to date back to the dynasty in 1680, has been discovered in the Geonpyeong Fortification on Ganghwa Island, in which repair work was underway. This ph
April 25, 2017
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Child-rearing moms prefer financial aid above any other policy: survey
The majority of childrearing women preferred raising financial assistance to increasing the maternity leave period or other support measures related to childcare, a survey showed Tuesday.As many as 59.8 percent of the 1,302 women surveyed by the Korea Institute of Child Care and Education between July and August last year said financial aid from the government for childcare and education was the most important service. (Yonhap)About 63.9 percent called on the government to increase the amount o
April 25, 2017
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More than 200 under investigation for alleged illegal electioneering
Police said over 200 people are under investigation as of Monday in relation to the May 9 presidential election since the launch of the official campaign period last week. Citizens walk under banners of candidates for the May 9 presidential election on a street in western Seoul on April 17, 2017, as the 22-day official campaign period for the poll begins. (Yonhap)Among a total of 208 suspects in 186 cases, the number of people accused of damaging banners was the largest with 101, followed by tho
April 24, 2017
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Korea establishes disaster response center in typhoon-hit Philippines
South Korea has established a disaster management center in the Philippine city of Passi as a facility for evacuation training and shelter, following super typhoon Haiyen, which hit the Southeast Asian country's central region in 2013, the South Korean Red Cross said Monday.The South Korean Red Cross has implemented the project with the local government of Passi to build the facility on the island of Panay, Iloilo Province in the Philippines, as part of rehabilitation efforts in the wake of the
April 24, 2017
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Sewol ferry victim’s bag returned to his mother
A bag owned by a victim of the Sewol ferry tragedy was retrieved and returned to his mother last Friday. The owner of the bag was identified as Danwon High School student Baek Seung-hyun. The belongings inside it included a student card, 18 contact lenses, a wallet, two T-shirts, a pair of shoes and 50,000 won ($44) Lim Young-ho, a volunteer for the Sewol disaster, shared five pictures of the retrieved items and Baek’s portraits via his Facebook account Sunday. “Baek was a devoted son who said,
April 24, 2017
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Paving for visually impaired disappearing
Walking along the busy streets of Seoul, it is easy to overlook the bumpy yellow patterns on sidewalks, but those bumps are essential for the visually impaired to navigate the streets. The Seoul Metropolitan Government came under fire Monday for removing some of them recently, allegedly because they were not visually appealing to pedestrians who are not blind.Tactile paving is used for the visually impaired on sidewalks in Yongsan, Seoul. (Jung Min-kyung/The Korea Herald)Exact data on how much t
April 24, 2017
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No. of foreign tourists to Korea dip 11% in March
The number of foreign tourists to South Korea sank 11.2 percent last month from a year earlier, led by a sharp drop in Chinese visitors after Beijing's banned the sale of tour packages to the country, the state tourism agency said Monday. Inbound tourists numbered 1.23 million last month, compared to 1.38 million tallied the previous year, according to the Korea Tourism Organization. (Yonhap)The tally of Chinese visitors plunged 40 percent on-year to 360,782 from 601.671, followed by a 24-perce
April 24, 2017
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80 percent of smartphone users may be addicted: report
In light of South Korea’s high smartphone penetration rate, the problem of smartphone addiction could emerge as a major social issue, with nearly 80 percent of users showing addictive behavior, a study showed. The survey conducted by the Gyeonggi Research Institute on 1,004 smartphone users showed that 82.4 percent said they cannot do everyday tasks and often feel anxiety if separated from their mobile devices.(123RF)According to the study, over 1 in 2 respondents said their amount of personal l
April 24, 2017
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Number of malaria patients has dropped steadily in recent years: data
The number of patients diagnosed with malaria has declined steadily in South Korea in recent years due to heightened awareness of the disease, government data showed Monday.Malaria patients disappeared in South Korea in the early 1980s, but a soldier stationed at the Demilitarized Zone in the border with North Korea contracted the disease in 1993, according to the data released by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the occasion of World Malaria Day which falls on Tuesday. (Y
April 24, 2017
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1 in 5 homeless casino addicts lost over W1b in gambling
One in five homeless people roaming around South Korea’s only casino for locals claim to have lost over 1 billion won ($883,000) gambling, a survey showed Monday.According to the poll conducted by the Korea Center on Gambling Problems, 21 percent of homeless casino addicts at Kangwon Land, the only casino in the country where Koreans are allowed in, said they gambled more than 1 billion won away. (Yonhap)About 11.3 percent of the respondents said they lost more than 1.5 billion won. Those who lo
April 24, 2017
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Korea to stop visa extension for foreign tax defaulters
Foreign residents who have unpaid local taxes will be denied an extension of their visas starting in May, the government said Monday. Under an information sharing pact of the Justice Ministry, the National Tax Service and the Korea Customs Service, immigration offices nationwide will check the tax payment history of every foreigner who applies for a visa extension and reject the request if the person has a tax default. The program will start with 16 immigration offices on May 1, gradually expand
April 24, 2017
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Seoul verifying NK's detainment of US citizen
South Korea's unification ministry said Monday it is checking information about North Korea's latest detainment of a US citizen amid tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs.Tony Kim, a Korean-American man in his late 50s, was arrested Saturday at an airport in Pyongyang, becoming the third US citizen held in captivity in the communist country, according to sources.(Screen captured from CNN)"The government is not aware of Kim's whereabouts after his visit to North Korea, as he is n
April 24, 2017
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Yoo vows support for successful hosting of PyeongChang Olympics
Conservative presidential candidate Yoo Seong-min pledged Monday to help the successful hosting of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics and boost tourism in the region surrounding its venue.The nominee of the splinter conservative Bareun Party unveiled his plans during a visit to the headquarters of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee in the county some 180 kilometers east of Seoul. Yoo Seong-min, presidential nominee of the Bareun Party, announces his election pledges for Gangwon Province at the he
April 24, 2017
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Man indicted for attacking reporter near Park's home
A 58-year-old jobless man has been indicted on charges of attacking a journalist near the home of ex-President Park Geun-hye last month following the Constitutional Court's decision to remove her from office, prosecutors said Monday.The defendant, identified only by his last name Ahn, is accused of hurling expletives at a group of reporters near Park's home in southern Seoul on March 17 and hitting a cameraman from local broadcaster KBS in the shoulder and thigh, according to the Seoul Central D
April 24, 2017
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Police arrest bank heist suspect after manhunt
The police said Saturday it has arrested a suspect in an armed bank robbery that took place in a southeastern county two days earlier. The Gyeongsan Police Station in North Gyeongsang Province said it caught a 43-year-old man, identified only by his last name Kim, at a parking lot of a large accommodation facility in Danyang, North Chungcheong Province, at around 6:47 p.m. (Captured from CCTV footage)Police had suspected the robber may be a foreigner as one of the bank employees claimed he had a
April 23, 2017