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Probe of first lady on Dior bag allegations set to begin
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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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South Korea open to Indonesian proposal to cut KF-21 payments
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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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Indonesia’s KF-21 fighter jet deal cut back -- what’s next?
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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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NK assassins target defectors in S. Korea: lawmaker
A lawmaker said Wednesday he has obtained intelligence that there are two North Korean spies in the country targeting defectors.Rep. Ha Tae-Keung from the Bareun Party, who is well versed in North Korea issues, said the assassins are focusing on defectors who were high-ranking officials in Pyongyang or are actively engaging in activities against the regime. Rep. Ha Tae-Keung of the Bareun Party (Yonhap)"The government should thoroughly prepare to prevent possible assassinations of high-ranking N
Feb. 15, 2017
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Court holds hearing on presidential office's rejection of prosecution raid
A Seoul court held a hearing Wednesday on special prosecutors' request to suspend and nullify the presidential aides' recent rejection of investigators' search of the presidential office for a corruption investigation of President Park Geun-hye and her associates. The special counsel looking into the influence-peddling scandal centered on Park filed the lawsuit with the Seoul Administrative Court on Friday after its attempt to raid the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae was halted by her secretar
Feb. 15, 2017
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Acting president issues 'grave' warning against NK provocations
South Korea's Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn strongly warned against North Korea's military provocations, saying its saber-rattling will lead it toward a "path of self-destruction."Hwang made the remarks during a meeting with the leaders of the ruling Liberty Korea Party, three days after the North fired off a new intermediate-range ballistic missile, showing off its technological progress in developing delivery vehicles for its nuclear weapons. Acting President and Prime Mini
Feb. 15, 2017
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Korea protests Japan's renewed claims to Dokdo in education guideline
South Korea strongly protested Japan's renewed claims to a cluster of South Korea-controlled islets in its revised education guideline unveiled on Tuesday.Japan's education ministry posted the draft version of a revised guideline on Tokyo's e-government website for a month-long public review process. (Yonhap)The guideline called for teaching students in the country's elementary and middle schools that Dokdo belongs to Japan."We cannot but deplore Japan's repeated claims to our territory, Dokdo,
Feb. 15, 2017
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Prosecutors again seek arrest for Samsung heir in corruption probe
Special prosecutors on Tuesday sought the arrest of the de facto leader of Samsung Group on charges of bribery in relation to impeached President Park Geun-hye, after their first attempt was rejected by a local court last month.The investigation team, led by Independent Counsel Park Young-soo, in January asked the Seoul Central District Court to issue a warrant to formally detain Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., but the court did not acknowledge the necessity of the arrest
Feb. 15, 2017
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Ex-university chief arrested in corruption probe
Special prosecutors on Wednesday formally arrested a former university president over allegations she gave admission and grading favors to the daughter of President Park Geun-hye's close friend who is at the center of an influence-peddling scandal.The Seoul Central District Court issued an arrest warrant for Choi Kyung-hee, who headed Ewha Womans University in Seoul from 2014 to 2016, on charges of obstruction of duty for allegedly giving undue favors to Chung Yoo-ra, the daughter of Choi soon-s
Feb. 15, 2017
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Court accepts controversial recordings as evidence in impeachment trial
At the presidential impeachment trial Tuesday, the Constitutional Court accepted a set of transcripts of controversial audio files as evidence, which the parliament sees as possible proof of President Park Geun-hye’s overreliance on her confidante Choi Soon-sil in state affairs. During the 13th hearing, the court accepted the request by the parliament’s defense team to recognize the 29 transcripts of audio files as valid evidence. The transcripts could indicate President Park’s involvement in
Feb. 14, 2017
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Gov't to cut speed limit to 50 kph on city streets by 2021
Korea will reduce the speed limit to 50 kilometers per hour on city streets by 2021 in an effort to cut down on pedestrian accidents, the transportation ministry said Tuesday.In a long-term plan on traffic safety, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said the maximum speed in downtown areas will be lowered to 50 kph from the current 60 kph in the coming five years.(Yonhap)On side streets, the limit will be set at 30 kph, with safety zones for children and seniors to be expanded.The
Feb. 14, 2017
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Three more foot-and-mouth cases confirmed in Korea
Three fresh foot-and-mouth disease cases were confirmed in central South Korea, the agriculture ministry here said Tuesday, amid rising concerns over a nationwide spread of the animal epidemic.Cows at three farms located in Boeun, North Chungcheong Province, some 180 kilometers southeast of Seoul, tested positive for the contagious virus according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.(Yonhap)With the latest infections, South Korea has had a total of nine confirmed FMD cases sin
Feb. 14, 2017
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Police chief says will investigate malicious fake news
Lee Chul-sung, head of the National Police Agency, said Monday the police will investigate fake news with malicious intention. “Acts of uploading fake news about certain individuals repetitively with malicious intention seem worthy of investigation,” Lee told reporters at a press conference.Lee Chul-sung, head of the National Police Agency (Yonhap)If the fake content is problematic but not serious enough to merit a formal inquiry, the police will consult with other authorities to have it blocked
Feb. 13, 2017
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Lee Jae-yong grilled again over bribery
Samsung Group’s de facto chief Lee Jae-yong on Monday faced questioning from special investigators for the second time as part of a high-profile probe into President Park Geun-hye’s alleged corruption. “I will faithfully tell the whole truth,” said the Samsung Electronics vice chairman, as he entered the Special Counsel Park Young-soo’s office in southern Seoul on Monday morning. Lee, 48, is suspected of bribing Park’s longtime confidante Choi Soon-sil to win political support for a controversia
Feb. 13, 2017
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Children's clothing, school products turn luxurious
Randosel backpacks (Yonhap)Top luxury brands popular with adults are also grabbing the market for children, their sales increasing as kids get ready to go back to school this month or next, industry officials said Monday.Some of the most popular items cost well over 1 million won ($867). A Gucci-labeled backpack for children is tagged at 1.12 million won, and a lunch box at 975,000 won."Customers looking for back-to-school supplies like backpacks are increasing in number by the year," brand mana
Feb. 13, 2017
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Rival rallies over Park's impeachment
South Koreans took to the streets Saturday calling for impeached President Park Geun-hye’s resignation and demanding an extension of special prosecutors’ probe into a presidential scandal.To counter the anti-Park rally, the president’s supporters, marked by their waving of the Korean flag, held their own protest, demanding that Park’s impeachment be nullified.Braving cold weather, hundreds of thousands of protesters held their 15th weekly candlelight vigil in central Seoul, calling for the Const
Feb. 12, 2017
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Foot-and-mouth feared to spread to pigs
Another foot-and-mouth infection was confirmed Sunday at a cattle farm in Boeun, the epicenter of the latest outbreak. That raised confirmed cases in South Korea to five and the number of cows culled to nearly 1,100 in five days since the first case was reported last week. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on Sunday, six cows at a farm in Boeun, North Chungcheong Province, were found to have contracted the O-type strain of the disease and were immediately culled. Y
Feb. 12, 2017
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Seoul steps up battle against bad smells
The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Sunday that it would install malodor reduction devices in 10 more places in the capital to prevent bad smells wafting from waste pipes. The city government said it was part of Seoul’s efforts to reduce the number of civil complaints about bad smells by 30 percent by 2018.In June last year, the city government vowed to inject 170 million won ($153,561) to install malodor reduction devices.Malodor reduction devices, similar to air purification systems, work b
Feb. 12, 2017
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Counsel to question Samsung's Lee again; considers summoning President Park
The special counsel team investigating the alleged corruption surrounding President Park Geun-hye is to question Samsung Group’s de facto chief Lee Jae-yong, alongside other executives Monday, while mulling over how to proceed with the most important part of its probe -- asking the president directly about the suspicions. “Since the court’s rejection for an arrest warrant three weeks ago, we have continued investigating the bribery allegation (involving Samsung’s Lee and President Park) and have
Feb. 12, 2017
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Fifth foot-and-mouth disease case confirmed in S. Korea
A fifth foot-and-mouth disease case was confirmed at a cow farm in South Korea, the agriculture ministry in Sejong said Sunday, raising concerns over a nationwide spread of the animal epidemic.Some 70 cows in Boeun of North Chungcheong Province, some 180 kilometers southeast of Seoul, tested positive for the contagious virus, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. (Yonhap)Only a week has passed since the first outbreak was confirmed at a dairy farm in the same county S
Feb. 12, 2017
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S. Korea's youth jobless rate surpasses that of US
The unemployment rate for young people in South Korea rose sharply last year to surpass that of the United States for the first time in 16 years, data showed Sunday.The jobless rate for those aged between 15 and 24 reached 10.7 percent in 2016, up from the previous year's 10.5 percent, according to the data by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.It marked the highest number reached since 2000, when Asia's fourth-largest economy reported an unemployment rate of 10.8 percent
Feb. 12, 2017
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S. Koreans hold rival rallies over Park's impeachment
South Koreans took to the streets Saturday calling for impeached President Park Geun-hye's resignation and demanding an extension of special prosecutors' probe into a presidential scandal.To counter the anti-Park rally, the president's supporters, marked by their waving of the Korean flag, held their own protest, demanding that Park's impeachment be nullified.Braving cold weather, hundreds of thousands of protesters held their 15th weekly candlelight vigil in central Seoul, calling for the Const
Feb. 12, 2017
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S. Korea culls 33 mln poultry amid worst bird flu outbreak
Facing its worst avian influenza outbreak, South Korea has culled more than 33 million poultry since the first reported case last November, officials said Saturday, while observers noted local resources to deal with the deadliest outbreak may have already been stretched too thin. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the country has culled 33.12 million animals as of Friday. The number is already more than double the previous record of 13.96 million destroyed in a 2
Feb. 11, 2017