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[Grace Kao] American racism against Stray Kids
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Key S. Korean, USFK special operations officials to hold rare meeting amid NK threats
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Controversy brews over shakeup of prosecutors amid probe of first lady
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Jennie, Stray Kids's Met Gala attendance puts them on 'digital guillotine' blacklist
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OpenAI gives ChatGPT new powers to see, hear
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[KH Explains] Naver’s Line dilemma: Lose global footing for cash?
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Another suspect behind murder of Korean tourist in Pattaya arrested in Cambodia
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S. Korea to inject $70m into AI-powered public education
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[Herald Interview] Carbon breakthrough in Korea: Making diamonds at atmospheric pressure
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[Graphic News] Only 34% of S. Korean elites favor nuclear arms
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8 Chinese tourists arrested for assaulting Korean restaurant owner
Police said Monday they have arrested eight Chinese tourists on charges of beating up a South Korean restaurant owner on Jeju Island last week. According to Jeju Seobu Police Station, the tourists -- six men and two women -- are suspected of assaulting the 53-year-old owner of the restaurant, identified only by her surname Ahn, on the southern resort island of Jeju on Saturday, causing her injury. (Jeju District Police)The incident took place after the 53-year-old Ahn prohibited the tourists fr
Sept. 12, 2016
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City to remove more overpasses for pedestrian-friendly streets
The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday it will remove eight additional overpasses starting from next year in an aim to create pedestrian-friendly streets.Since 1968, a total of 101 overpasses had been constructed in the capital to relieve traffic congestion.With a more developed transportation system and changes in city infrastructure, the metro government said it decided to remove an additional eight of the remaining overpasses within the next five years. From 2002 to 2015, 18 overpasses
Sept. 12, 2016
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Parties clash over use of water cannons
At a parliamentary hearing Monday, rival parties clashed over the legitimacy of the use of force by police during an anti-government rally last year that left 69-year-old farmer Baek Nam-gi unconscious. The opposition The Minjoo Party of Korea and People’s Party lashed out at the police for using force to crack down on rallies and failing to apologize over the protestor’s collapse. The ruling Saenuri Party called it a regrettable accident that occurred as police were carrying out their duties.
Sept. 12, 2016
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Olympic commentators’ sexual remarks ruled unproblematic
A media watchdog recently ruled that rampant sexual remarks made by some commentators during broadcasts of the Rio Olympics events this summer were unproblematic, raising the issue of lax monitoring of discrimination, a lawmaker said Monday.According to Rep. Kim Seang-tae of the ruling Saenuri Party, the Korea Communications Standards Commissions did not take any disciplinary action regarding gender-related slurs by commentators during live broadcasts of the recent Olympic Games.The organization
Sept. 12, 2016
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Free lung health checkups to be offered to longtime smokers
The South Korean government said Monday it will start providing free examinations of lung health for smokers who have smoked about a pack a day for the past 30 years, as part of the nation’s comprehensive cancer management scheme.Some 8,000 smokers are expected to benefit from the plan set to be implemented next year.Cancer patients with low income will also receive up to 2 million won ($1,800) in subsidies over three years upon diagnosis. These and other plans were released by the Health and We
Sept. 12, 2016
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Child care worker accused of choking toddler
A child care worker is facing a criminal investigation over allegations of abusing a 2-year-old child at a day care in Incheon, police said Monday. Incheon Samsan Police Station said the 25-year-old woman was accused of covering the child with a blanket and choking him multiple times while he was asleep. A woman shown on video choking a 2-year-old toddler under blanket (YouTube)The child’s parents reported the cast to the police on Friday upon noticing that their son had bruises and scratches on
Sept. 12, 2016
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Greenpeace files suit against building new nuclear reactors in Korea
The Seoul bureau of environmental group Greenpeace said Monday it has filed a suit against the South Korean nuclear security watchdog to nullify a plan to build two more nuclear reactors in the country's southeastern city of Ulsan.In June, the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission allowed the state-run Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. to construct Shin Kori No. 5 and No. 6 in the industrial city.The international group said it filed the case with the Seoul Administrative Court on Monday along
Sept. 12, 2016
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Decades-old Chuseok photos
Some photos taken 20 years ago on Chuseok, traditional thanksgiving holiday in South Korea, were released from The Korea Herald’s archive on Monday. Taken in the year 1996, the images capture the festive mood of the people waiting to board their homebound trains and buses from Seoul Station and Express Bus Terminal.[Photos from The Korea Herald archive]This year’s Chuseok stretches over a rare five-day weekend from Wednesday to Sunday, Sept 14-18.Traditionally, during this time, families gather
Sept. 12, 2016
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Wife accused of spousal rape found not guilty
The first woman in Korea to stand trial on charges of raping her husband was found to be not guilty Friday by the Seoul Central District Court. Prosecutors had sought seven years in prison for the 41-year-old woman surnamed Shim. In the first day of trial Friday, the court determined it was “difficult to accept that the defendant had forcefully performed intercourse against the will of the plaintiff.” (Yonhap)The court, based on evidence presented, concluded that while the husband had not entire
Sept. 11, 2016
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Korea's income disparity among seniors 2nd highest in OECD
South Korea had the second-highest income disparity among senior citizens out of the member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, as their jobs are mostly low-paying and unstable, a government report showed Sunday. According to a report on the employment structure and income disparity of seniors released by the Korea Labor Institute, the Gini coefficient -- a measure of inequality -- for people aged 65 or over in Korea was 0.422, the second highest after Chile a
Sept. 11, 2016
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UN rights envoy calls for Oxy's apology
The South Korean government should step up efforts in building a chemical-safe society and Oxy Reckitt Benckiser should sincerely apologize to all victims affected by their products since 2006, the United Nations special rapporteur said in a report.Baskut Tuncak, the UN special rapporteur for human rights and disposal of hazardous substances, underlined the “government’s obligation to protect and realize the rights to life and to enjoy the highest attainable standard of health.” The report was r
Sept. 11, 2016
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Fire at construction site kills 4 workers
Four people were killed Saturday after a fire broke out at a construction site in the western city of Gimpo, rescue workers said.The fire broke out at about 1:30 p.m. at the construction site of a residential building here, according to officials from the Gimpo fire station.What exactly started the fire will be determined through a later investigation, but the officials believe exposed insulation may have caught sparks from a welder as workers at the construction site have said they were welding
Sept. 10, 2016
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Korean workers to spend average 520,000 won for Chuseok: poll
South Korean workers plan to spend an average of 526,000 won ($477) during the Chuseok holiday next week, a survey showed Friday.It marks a 40,000-won increase from the same poll by Hunet, a local education service institute, in 2014.On their spending plans, many of the 970 respondents in this year's survey cited pocket money for parents and expenditures for ritual services for ancestors, called "charye" in Korean.Chuseok is one of the biggest and most important annual holidays in Korea, during
Sept. 9, 2016
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Online shopper embezzles corporate funds
An online shopper was handed a one-year suspended sentence with probation Thursday, for allegedly embezzling corporate funds to pay her personal purchases through online shopping. Court records of the Uijengbu District Court in Gyeonggi Province revealed that the 29-year-old bookkeeper took advantage of her access to a corporate bank account. (123rf)The accused had been working at a construction firm since 2009. From April 2010, she started making transactions with the company’s bank account to
Sept. 8, 2016
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Governor gets 18-month jail term for bribery
A Seoul court on Thursday sentenced South Gyeongsang Province Gov. Hong Joon-pyo to 18 months in prison for taking bribes from a deceased businessman and ordered him to pay 100 million won ($91,600) in forfeiture. Hong, 61, was accused of receiving 100 million won in political funds from Sung Woan-jong, the late chairman of local construction firm Kaengnam Enterprises, in 2011. Yoon Seung-mo, who delivered the money to Hong on behalf of Sung, was sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for
Sept. 8, 2016
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Foreigner-related traffic accidents soar: lawmaker
The number of traffic accidents involving foreign drivers increased by four times in the last three years, a report showed Thursday.A total of 1,411 traffic accidents caused by foreigners were reported in 2015, four times more than 2012. Of this number, 487 cases involved those driving without licenses, two times higher than 2012, according to the report by The Minjoo Party of Korea Rep. Kim Young-jin, who referred to data from the National Police Agency.A total of 2,235 foreigners had their dri
Sept. 8, 2016
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Police release anti-graft law guide
Bracing itself for the implementation of a comprehensive anti-corruption law on Sept. 28, the police on Thursday handed out investigation manuals to help officers apply the new regulations.It also summoned senior officials of regional police stations for an intensive training session, seeking coherency in the enforcement of the forthcoming law which has been causing confusion and concerns.The National Police Agency sent out 4,000 copies of probe manuals on the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act
Sept. 8, 2016
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Provincial governor gets 18 months jail term for bribery
A local court on Thursday delivered a prison term to an incumbent provincial governor on charges of taking bribes from a deceased businessman.The Seoul Central District Court sentenced Hong Joon-pyo, 61, to 18 months in prison for receiving 100 million won ($91,300) from Sung Wan-jong, the late chairman of a local construction firm in 2011, and ordered him to forfeit the money."The briber's testimony is credible, as he has been testifying consistently from the investigation to the court hearing,
Sept. 8, 2016
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Prosecutors to question Lotte founder at his office
Prosecutors said Thursday they will question Lotte Group founder Shin Kyuk-ho at his office later in the day over a string of corruption allegations raised against the conglomerate.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said because of Shin's health issues, its officials will carry out the questioning of the 93-year-old business tycoon at his office in Hotel Lotte in Seoul, starting at 3:30 p.m.Prosecutors met with Shin the day before to examine his overall health. Shin, citing poor heal
Sept. 8, 2016
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Companies encouraging employees to make full use of extended holiday
Companies are encouraging their employees to use next week's Chuseok (harvest moon) holiday to its fullest, taking advantage of the holiday that's extended by a following weekend, officials said Thursday.This year's three-day Chuseok period falls on Sept. 14-16 and is followed by a weekend. Taking vacation days on Sept. 12-13 will extend the holiday to nine days with the preceding weekend added on.Officials at business groups LG and Hanwha said they have recommended their employees to use their
Sept. 8, 2016