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Over 80,000 millionaires, 20 billionaires in Seoul: report
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Korean battery makers heave sigh of relief over 2-year IRA reprieve
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Young Korean doctors seek plan B: cosmetic dermatology or overseas
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Yoon apologizes over first lady’s Dior bag scandal, but accuses special probe attempt as political maneuvering
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South Korea open to Indonesian proposal to cut KF-21 payments
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Police seek arrest warrant for med student who killed girlfriend
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Coupang earnings hit hard by losses from ailing Farfetch
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[K-pop’s dilemma] Time, profit pressures work against originality
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Girl hanging on bridge, police trying to rescue her both fall off; rescued immediately
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[K-pop's dilemma] Is Hybe-Ador conflict a case of growing pains?
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Court rejects request to interrogate overseas restaurant defectors
A Seoul court on Thursday rejected a request to question North Koreans who defected to the South while working at a restaurant in China last year.The Seoul Administrative Court turned down the request sought by the Lawyers for a Democratic Society to call the defectors as witnesses in a case it filed to nullify the decision by the National Intelligence Service that banned its lawyers from talking to those that arrived in the South. In this file photo taken on April 11, 2016, an employee of a Nor
Feb. 23, 2017
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Appeals court upholds entry ban on Korean-American singer
An appellate court on Thursday upheld the entry ban on a Korean-American singer who has been forbidden to visit South Korea after winning US citizenship in an apparent attempt to evade military conscription.Steve Yoo, once a mega-hit singer here better known as Yoo Seung-jun, filed a lawsuit against a South Korean consulate in the United States in October 2015 for refusing to grant him a visa.This file photo captured from South Korea's online broadcasting channel Africa TV on May 27, 2015, shows
Feb. 23, 2017
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Park lawyers call court ‘biased’
President Park Geun-hye’s defense team Wednesday waged an all-out war against the Constitutional Court, calling it “biased” and even demanding the removal of one of its justices for “taking sides” with the parliament. The court, which at one point warned Park’s lawyers to watch their language, rejected their requests for the exclusion of Justice Kang Il-won from the impeachment trial and additional hearings to question witnesses. It, however, did heed their call for more time to prepare for the
Feb. 22, 2017
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Doctor makes confession about Park’s secret treatment
The special prosecutor’s team investigating President Park Geun-hye has reportedly secured testimonies that the president secretly received fillers and Botox injections to improve her appearance. In the latest twist of the high-profile probe, Kim Young-jae, a general practitioner who runs an anti-aging clinic in southern Seoul, reportedly confessed that he performed cosmetic treatments on the president, although he is not part of Park’s official medical staff.Kim Young-jae, a general practitione
Feb. 22, 2017
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Woo may be indicted without arrest
President Park Geun-hye’s former aide Woo Byung-woo has avoided being arrested, but that does not mean his legal struggles are over. Special counsel Park Young-soo looks likely to indict the former elite prosecutor in the coming days on charges of abuse of power, neglect of duty and perjury, despite the court’s refusal late Tuesday to issue an arrest warrant for him. “Before the deadline, we will continue looking into Woo’s allegations and if the deadline is extended, we plan to request the writ
Feb. 22, 2017
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Jailed Samsung heir questioned again in corruption probe
Special prosecutors on Wednesday questioned Lee Jae-yong, the de facto leader of Samsung Group, for the third time since he was arrested over bribery allegations in connection with a corruption scandal that led to President Park Geun-hye's impeachment late last year.The investigation team, led by Independent Counsel Park Young-soo, called in the vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., as its investigation deadline approaches. Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co. and Samsung G
Feb. 22, 2017
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Korea's childbirths drop to record low in 2016
Childbirths in South Korea dropped to a record low last year despite decade-long efforts to tackle the country's chronically low birthrate, a report showed Wednesday.The number of babies born in 2016 reached 406,300, down 7.3 percent, or 32,100, from a year earlier, according to the report by Statistics Korea.The figure marked the lowest number of newborns since 1970 when the statistics agency started to compile such data.The crude birth rate, referring to the number of live births per 1,000 peo
Feb. 22, 2017
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Prison term sought for Hanwha chief's son over assault while intoxicated
South Korean prosecutors on Wednesday sought a one-year jail term for the youngest son of Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-youn for assaulting bar employees and resisting arrest while under the influence of alcohol.The Seoul Central District Court held a hearing on Kim Dong-seon, 27, over allegations he assaulted employees at a bar in southern Seoul and damaged a police car that was carrying him to a local police station for interrogation in January.Kim Dong-seon, the third son of Hanwha Group Ch
Feb. 22, 2017
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S. Korea dismisses NK diplomat's remarks as 'groundless'
South Korea on Wednesday dismissed as "groundless" a North Korean diplomat's claim that South Korea and Malaysia are colluding in the process of a probe into the recent murder of the half brother of the North's leader Kim Jong-un."It is an unreasonable and groundless claim," a foreign ministry official said on condition of anonymity. "It is not even worth responding to. We know that the Malaysian government also clarified its position in a foreign minister's statement on this matter."Kim Jong-na
Feb. 22, 2017
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[Urgent] Court denies warrant for Woo Byung-woo
The Seoul Central District Court on Wednesday rejected the independent counsel's proposal to issue an arrest warrant for Woo Byung-woo, a former senior presidential secretary for civil affairs.(khnews@heraldcorp.com)
Feb. 22, 2017
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Denmark defers decision on extradition of daughter of woman at center of scandal
AALBORG, Denmark (Yonhap) -- The Danish prosecution on Tuesday deferred a decision over whether to repatriate the daughter of South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s close confidante at the center of a high-profile corruption scandal.South Korea’s special probe team, led by Independent Counsel Park Young-soo, has requested Denmark to send Chung Yoo-ra, the 21-year-old daughter of Choi Soon-sil, to Seoul so she could be questioned on a series of alleged wrongdoings related to the president.Chung,
Feb. 21, 2017
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Woo becomes target of investigation
With just one week to go until the Feb. 28 deadline of its investigation, the independent counsel is pursuing Woo Byung-woo, President Park Geun-hye’s former aide who is said to have wielded influence over the nation’s most powerful agencies, including the prosecution and intelligence service. Woo stood at a court hearing for his possible arrest Tuesday, accused of turning a blind eye to irregularities surrounding Park and her shadowy confidante Choi Soon-sil and abuse of power while serving as
Feb. 21, 2017
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Students, parents rally against state-authored history textbooks
Dozens of students and parents rallied at a high school in this southeastern city Tuesday for two consecutive days in protest against its adoption of state-authored history textbooks.Munmyeong High School in Gyeongsan, 331 kilometers southeast of Seoul, was designated by the government as the only institution to test the controversial textbooks which were rejected by all other schools amid controversy over the authors' alleged rightist interpretation of events in the nation's modern history.Stud
Feb. 21, 2017
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2 arrested on charges of ATM theft
Police said Tuesday they have arrested two employees of a security company in connection with stealing cash from ATMs at an outlet of a discount store chain last week.The heist occurred at the Costco store in the city of Yongin, south of Seoul, around 8:45 p.m. Friday. (Yonhap)The employees, whose names were withheld, are suspected of stealing 230 million won ($200,700) from three of the five ATMs near the outlet's entrance in just three minutes.On Monday, most of the stolen cash, 229 million w
Feb. 21, 2017
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Samsung's leadership vaccum won't affect PyeongChang's Olympic preps: top organizer
Samsung Group's sponsoring of the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea won't be affected by the current leadership vacuum at the conglomerate, the competition's chief organizer said Tuesday.Samsung is a local sponsor for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games and is also a global Top Olympic Partner for the International Olympic Committee. In April 2015, Samsung reached an agreement with PyeongChang worth 100 billion won ($87.2 million).Lee Hee-beom, head of the organizing committee for the 2018 Pyeon
Feb. 21, 2017
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Samsung chief likely to miss board meeting of EXOR in April
Samsung Group's de facto leader, Lee Jae-yong, is likely to skip a board meeting of EXOR, the top investor in Fiat Chrysler, in April as he was arrested over an alleged role in the presidential influence-peddling scandal, a group official said Tuesday. Lee, the vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., has served as one of the outside directors of EXOR, the holding company of Italy's Agnelli family, since May 2012.EXOR is scheduled to hold its annual meeting of board members on April 5. (Yonhap
Feb. 21, 2017
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Koreans' overseas card spending hits record high last year
Overseas card spending by South Koreans hit a record high last year due to increased outbound travelers, the central bank said Tuesday.Overseas card spending amounted to $14.3 billion in 2016, up 7.8 percent from $13.26 billion in 2015, according to the Bank of Korea. Overseas card spending includes purchases made with debit and direct payment cards, in addition to credit cards.The hike was driven by a rise in the number of South Koreans going overseas last year.Official data showed that 22.38 m
Feb. 21, 2017
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[Newsmaker] Court again thwarts Park’s delaying tactic
The Constitutional Court reviewing the legality of President Park Geun-hye’s impeachment Monday urged President Park to decide by Wednesday whether she will appear at court for closing arguments.It also rejected the request by Park’s lawyers for more hearings to review evidence and cancelled the questioning of absent witnesses in a display of strong determination to conclude the historic trial before mid-March. (Yonhap)“Please confirm whether she will appear or not before the next hearing. We ha
Feb. 20, 2017
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High School to adopt state-authored history textbook
The Ministry of Education said Monday that a trial of the controversial state-authored history textbook will be conducted at only one school. The school -- Munmyeong High School in Gyeongsan, North Gyeongsang Province -- is among three that applied for the pilot program, which the ministry sought to promote with cash subsidies. Of the two other schools that signed up for it, Osan High School withdrew its application amid fierce opposition from its students and staff. The other, Gyeongbuk Aviatio
Feb. 20, 2017
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Park’s former aide Ahn Bong-geun questioned
A South Korean special prosecutors’ team Monday questioned former Presidential Secretary Ahn Bong-geun as part of its probe into allegations that President Park Geun-Hye allowed her longtime friend Choi Soon-sil to meddle in state affairs. Ahn, 51, showed up at special counsel Park Young-soo’s office in southern Seoul, appearing in public for the first time in almost three months. While in hiding, the former official had repeatedly ignored summons by the Constitutional Court to attend President
Feb. 20, 2017