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Do Korean doctors make too much money?
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Korean industries gauge impact of Biden's steep tariffs on China
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Court refuses injunction on medical school expansion
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Why Korean crime stories typically feature nameless, faceless perpetrators
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Is FTC's conglomerate listing a boon or bane for Hybe?
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NewJeans to headline palace show
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Coupang's Kim Bom escapes chaebol chief designation again
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Debate on 'no-seniors zones' heats up
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S. Korea, Cambodia forge strategic partnership
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Rare mid-May heavy snow warning issued over mountainous areas of Gangwon
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Migrant workers call for better status on anniversary of Yeosu fire
Migrant workers marked the 10th anniversary of a detention center fire that killed 10 migrant workers held there for working in Korea illegally.At a press conference commemorating the incident in front of the immigration office in central Seoul, migrant workers groups called for better regulation of the deportation process and measures to allow migrants living in Korea illegally to attain legal status. The groups blamed the disaster, which also left 17 foreign workers severely injured, on aggres
Feb. 7, 2017
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Former senior prosecutor gets jail term for bribery
A Seoul court sentenced an ex-prosecutor to two and a half years in prison on Tuesday for receiving kickbacks from his friend in return for peddling influence in an investigation, the latest ruling in a serious of corruption scandals that rocked the country's legal circle.The Seoul Central District Court found Kim Hyung-joon guilty of receiving some 27 million won ($23,600) worth of bribes from his high school friend, identified only by his surname Kim. In return, he promised to lobby local pros
Feb. 7, 2017
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Govt. to install new streetlamps at over 770 pedestrian crossings
The government will install streetlights at over 770 pedestrian crosswalks as a way of reducing traffic accidents at sites that currently lack adequate lighting, the transportation ministry said Tuesday.In 2015, more than 25 percent, or 1,168 people, out of the total 4,621 killed in traffic accidents were pedestrians using crosswalks, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.Also, more than 62 percent of all accidents at crosswalks took place at night, apparently suggestin
Feb. 7, 2017
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Top court holds 11th hearing amid uncertainties over impeachment timeline
The Constitutional Court on Tuesday opened the 11th hearing of President Park Geun-hye's impeachment trial as uncertainties persisted over when and how the ruling will be delivered.Two witnesses were scheduled to testify to help the justices determine the legitimacy of Park's impeachment. The third witness Kim Ki-choon, a former presidential chief of staff seen as a key witness in the trial, submitted a statement to the court Monday to indicate his planned absence. He cited health issues.Jeong H
Feb. 7, 2017
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Korean expats in Japan request Seoul's removal of girl statue before Japan's consulate
The head of a group representing the rights of Korean residents in Japan on Monday formally requested South Korea remove a girl statue symbolizing wartime sexual slaves that was recently erected before Japan's consulate here, driving a wedge between the neighbors.O Gong-tae, chief of the Korean Residents Union, also known as Mindan, conveyed an official letter requesting the removal to Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se during their talks held earlier in the day, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
Feb. 6, 2017
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Govt. issues travel ban of livestocks after foot-and-mouth disease outbreak
South Korean authorities on Monday ordered a ban on the movement of all livestock and farm vehicles across the nation after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease at a dairy farm.The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said some 220,000 farming households and vehicles are banned from moving from 6 p.m. Monday until Tuesday midnight, in order to contain the virus‘ spread. For the 30-hour standstill period, all vehicles will be cleaned and disinfected.On Monday, a cow at a farm in Boeun
Feb. 6, 2017
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ADHD 1.7 times more common in low-income group: study
Children growing up in households in the lowest income bracket are 1.5 times more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than average, a recent study suggests. The study, led by professor Park Eun-cheol and his team at the Severance Hospital of Yonsei University and released Monday, examined 18,029 children to check the correlation, if any, between their family‘s income and the incidence rate of ADHD. The findings revealed that children from the lowest income bracket were 1.5 times more likely to hav
Feb. 6, 2017
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Korea reports suspected outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease
South Korea's agriculture ministry said Sunday it has received a report of suspected outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the central county of Boeun and a diagnosis is under way. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said the report came from a dairy farm of 195 cows in Boeun, 180 kilometers southeast of Seoul, of North Chungcheong Province.The result of the diagnosis will be announced on Monday, the ministry said. (Yonhap)Foot-and-mouth disease, which does not affect humans, is
Feb. 5, 2017
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Police examines cause for Dongtan shopping mall fire
Police and fire authorities said Sunday that an investigation was underway to determine the cause of the fire that claimed four lives and injured 47 people on Saturday at a shopping mall in Dongtan, on Seoul’s Southern outskirts. Police suspect a cutting machine used during the welding work may have caused the blaze. Oxygen-assisted cutting machines and gas cylinders collected from the site have been sent to the National Institute of Scientific Investigation for detailed analysis, the police sa
Feb. 5, 2017
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Cornered Park to be questioned by independent counsel
President Park Geun-hye, who has been stripped of her powers since December due to a corruption scandal, is likely to undergo questioning this week, becoming South Korea’s first incumbent president to do so. “The face-to-face questioning (of President Park) is considered a necessary step for the investigation to proceed,” Independent Counsel Park Young-soo’s spokesperson said Sunday, confirming its plan to soon question the impeached president in person, without elaborating. Lee Kyu-chul, the s
Feb. 5, 2017
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Ministry to check preschoolers to look for signs of child abuse
South Korea will check all 480,000 children set to enter elementary school this year for signs of child abuse, the Education Ministry said Sunday. “If soon-to-be enrollees are unaccounted for, failing to show up at preliminary meetings organized by their designated schools, we will visit their houses and check their living situations,” said an official from the Education Ministry.This will be the government’s first nationwide check-up of pre-school children, after a high-profile case last year r
Feb. 5, 2017
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People take to streets demanding president's immediate resignation
People in South Korea took to the streets in central Seoul on Saturday calling for President Park Geun-hye's immediate resignation over an influence-peddling scandal involving her longtime friend.This massive rally marked the 14th candlelight vigil that has been held almost every weekend since the scandal broke out. The gathering resumed after a break for the Lunar New Year holiday last week.With over 2,100 civic groups claiming to join the rally, demonstrators took to the central streets of Seo
Feb. 5, 2017
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Four killed in Dongtan landmark building fire
Four people were killed Saturday as a fire broke out at a shopping mall connected to a couple of residential skyscrapers in Dongtan new town in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, fire authorities said.The fire started at a kids park on the third floor of the four-story building at around 11 a.m., and it was brought under control after about 70 minutes.No children were inside the 264-square-meter kids zone at the time, as it was in the middle of being demolished. There were a lot of combustible materi
Feb. 4, 2017
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S. Koreans' overseas spending hits record high in 2016
South Koreans spent a new record high amount of money abroad last year on increased outbound travel despite an economic slump and sagging domestic consumption, data showed Saturday.Expenditures on ordinary foreign trips, excluding stays for study, jumped 7.4 percent on-year to US$23.1 billion in the year, according to the Bank of Korea and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.South Korea's gross domestic product is projected to have expanded 2.7 percent in 2016 from a year earlier, with d
Feb. 4, 2017
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Bird flu confirmed at Han River jetty
South Korea confirmed Saturday the outbreak of bird flu in Seoul, the first time in two years for the pandemic to spread to the capital.The dead body of a Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) water bird was found at a Han River jetty in Seongdong Ward, central Seoul, on Monday, and it was sent to the National Institute of Environmental Research for study. The state-run institute concluded that the bird was infected with the avian influenza A (H5N6) virus.(Yonhap)According to the government m
Feb. 4, 2017
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Govt. to toughen penalties for in-flight violence
The government said Friday that it will strengthen punishments for people causing violence or a disturbance during a flight, following a recent in-flight incident.Under revised airline safety regulations, a passenger resorting to violence during the flight will be sentenced to up to three years in prison, officials said. The revision was discussed during a government meeting presided over by Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn. Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn (Y
Feb. 3, 2017
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Park adds 2 more lawyers to impeachment defense team in a week
Impeached President Park Geun-hye added another lawyer to her legal team Friday in what appears to be a bid to strengthen her defense at the Constitutional Court.Wie Jae-min, a former prosecutor, was appointed to join the team, a court official said, bringing the total number of attorneys to 14. His appointment came just three days after the addition of another former prosecutor to the team. Parliament has 16 lawyers on its impeachment panel to serve as the prosecution. (Yonhap)Park was impeache
Feb. 3, 2017
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Anti-trust body, financial regulator raied over bribery allegation
The independent counsel probing the nation’s corruption scandal on Friday raided the offices of an antitrust body and financial regulator as part of an investigation into the bribery allegations involving President Park Geun-hye, her confidante Choi Soon-sil and Samsung Group.The team led by Special Prosecutor Park Young-soo searched the offices of the Fair Trade Commission in Sejong and the Financial Services Commission in central Seoul, seeking to secure personal data and financial records of
Feb. 3, 2017
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Court backs special prosecutors' probe of blacklist allegations
A Seoul court on Friday backed special prosecutors' ongoing investigation into allegations the Park Geun-hye administration created a blacklist of liberal artists to ban them from state support.The Seoul High Court dismissed a complaint that former residential chief of staff Kim Ki-choon filed on Tuesday accusing the independent counsel team of overstepping their authority by investigating a case that was not in their mandate.The special prosecutors' investigation centers on allegations that Par
Feb. 3, 2017
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Seoul to require aged taxi drivers to take license renewal tests
All taxi drivers in South Korea may be required to have regular checkups to ensure they are physically and mentally fit to drive once they reach 65 years of age, the government said Friday.Under a proposed government revision to the public transportation law, all taxi drivers aged between 65 and 69 years will be required to undergo a medical checkup every three years.Those aged 70 years or more will be required to prove their physical health every year, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and T
Feb. 3, 2017