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Key S. Korean, USFK special operations officials to hold rare meeting amid NK threats
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Jennie, Stray Kids's Met Gala attendance puts them on 'digital guillotine' blacklist
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Korean industries gauge impact of Biden's steep tariffs on China
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Controversy brews over shakeup of prosecutors amid probe of first lady
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OpenAI gives ChatGPT new powers to see, hear
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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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Do Korean doctors make too much money?
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[KH Explains] Naver’s Line dilemma: Lose global footing for cash?
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[Herald Interview] Carbon breakthrough in Korea: Making diamonds at atmospheric pressure
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Second-time Suneung takers on the rise
The proportion of those who sat for South Korea’s college entrance exam for the second time has increased among the total number of test takers over the past three years, a report said Sunday. According to a report submitted by the Korea Institute of Curriculum and Evaluation at the request of Rep. Ahn Min-suk of The Minjoo Party of Korea, 136,900 high school graduates last year sat the College Scholastic Ability Test, also known as Suneung. The figure accounted for 21.56 percent of the total te
Aug. 21, 2016
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Residents fail to discuss alternative site for THAAD deployment
Residents living near a government-chosen site for a U.S. anti-missile system failed Saturday to discuss whether to review an alternative location due to opponents' protest.Residents of the southern county of Seongju held a meeting to discuss whether they can consider picking an alternative site for the government's move to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) inside the county.But they failed to reach a consensus over whether to review the alternative location as some of them
Aug. 20, 2016
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South Korea confirms 10th Zika virus infection
South Korea has confirmed an additional case of Zika infection, raising the number of people infected with the virus here to 10, local health authorities said Saturday. The 35-year-old man came back from a recent trip to Thailand on Aug. 8 and was confirmed to have been infected with the mosquito-borne virus, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC).The latest case came after the ninth confirmed case was reported late last month.The KCDC said that it is currently
Aug. 20, 2016
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Ministry’s humidifier disinfectant victim evaluations under fire
Some of the victims and members of civic group have dismissed the government’s additional confirmation of 37 victims of toxic humidifier disinfectants, arguing the state’s categorization process is flawed.Based on the third round of victims’ damage reports collected last December, the Environment Ministry conducted the verification process on 165 out of 752 applications for recognition as victims, based on personal clinical results, diagnostic images and the level of exposure.Among them, 35, inc
Aug. 19, 2016
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Toxic disinfectant victim evaluation under fire
Some of the victims and members of civic group have dismissed the government’s additional confirmation of 37 victims of toxic humidifier disinfectants, arguing the state’s categorization process is flawed.Based on the third round of victims’ damage reports collected last December, the Environment Ministry conducted the verification process on 165 out of 752 applications for recognition as victims, based on personal clinical results, diagnostic images and the level of exposure.Among them, 35, inc
Aug. 19, 2016
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Assembly approves Supreme Court justice nominee
The National Assembly’s special committee on personnel on Friday approved Supreme Court Justice nominee Kim Jae-hyung.The committee said in a report that Kim is an expert in civil law who is well-versed in legal theories, as demonstrated by how he has authored various books annotating precedents. He also has experience in courts as he has served as a judge. It also noted that he carries “balanced values and philosophies such as in history.” The committee also praised his wish to continue his aca
Aug. 19, 2016
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Military serviceman attempts suicide
A 20-year-old military serviceman attempted to drown himself in the sea near the southern coastal city of Tongyeong, early on Friday morning. The Tongyeong Korea Coastguard Station said the young man, surnamed Park, had implied he would try to take his own life in a phone conversation with his grandmother just prior to the suicide attempt. (Yonhap)His grandmother alerted the police, who passed the message on to the coastguard. At around 3:15 a.m., Park was found flailing in the waters around 10
Aug. 19, 2016
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Korean pop artist fined for satirizing President Park
A local court on Friday fined a 48-year-old pop artist for distributing leaflets critical of President Park Geun-hye multiple times across the country.The Seoul Central District Court ordered Lee Byeong-ha, who goes by the stage name of Leeha, to pay 2 million won ($1,800) for distributing a total of some 18,000 leaflets in Seoul and other major cities in South Korea between 2014 and 2015. (Online community)A 38-year-old actor, identified only by his surname Han, was also ordered to pay 200,000
Aug. 19, 2016
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Female brokers paid far less than male colleagues: data
Female workers at South Korea's major brokerage firms got paid nearly half the salaries of their male colleagues in the first half of 2016, official data showed Friday.The average pay of workers at the 20 largest brokerages by asset stood at 48 million won ($43,000) during the six months, according to the regulatory filing system of the Financial Services Commission.By gender, male workers earned an average of 61 million won, while female ones earned 35 million won.It means men made more than 4
Aug. 19, 2016
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Korean tourist accidentally falls to death in Philippines
A South Korean tourist has died during his visit to the Mambukal Resort in Negros Occidental Province, the central Philippines, the South Korean Embassy in Manila said Friday.The 64-year-old man, identified only his surname Kim, fell into a ravine on Thursday as he was trekking up the falls of the resort with two other tourists and a tour guide.Local police believe Kim lost his footing at the time of the accident. (Yonhap)
Aug. 19, 2016
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Seoul city brings dispute over allowance for jobseekers to top court
The Seoul city government filed a petition with the nation's top court Friday to foil the central government's move to halt the city's program of providing cash allowances to thousands of young jobseekers.Earlier this month, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said it had selected a total of 3,000 applicants and would provide them with 500,000 won ($448) per month, for up to six months, to help them maintain basic living standards, while they find work.stock iamge(123rf)The next day, however, the
Aug. 19, 2016
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Inspector's alleged info leak would be legal violation: Cheong Wa Dae
The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on Friday said a special inspector's alleged leak of information over his probe into a presidential aide would constitute a "grave violation of the law," if it turns out to be true.The remarks came a day after Lee Seok-su, a special inspector looking into the allegations of corruption involving Woo Byung-woo, senior presidential secretary for civil affairs, submitted a petition with the state prosecutors' office to seek a formal investigation.Lee himself has
Aug. 19, 2016
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Pastor accused of molesting girls with intellectual disability
A 65-year-old pastor was arrested under charges of sexual misdemeanor involving two high-school students with intellectual disabilities, the Gwangju District Court said Thursday. According to the court, the accused is being questioned for summoning the 16-year-old to his car and the 17-year-old to a karaoke room, where he allegedly touched them inappropriately, between January and March. The case came to light through a counselling session between the students and the manager of their residenti
Aug. 18, 2016
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Prosecutors clear former Arirang TV CEO of embezzlement allegations
Prosecutors said Thursday that the former chief of South Korea's English-language television channel, Arirang TV, has been cleared of allegations that he embezzled company assets.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said it could not find anything suspicious regarding Bang Suk-ho using company assets for his own profit.The 58-year-old was embroiled in a scandal earlier this year as he was suspected of spending some millions of won on business trips and forging documents to use company
Aug. 18, 2016
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Sewol victims’ families go on hunger strike
Family members of the victims of the Sewol ferry sinking started Thursday a hunger strike to last for an indefinite period in protest against the government’s decision to dissolve the Sewol Special Committee tasked with investigating the 2014 maritime disaster. Yoo Kyeong-geun, the father of the deceased student Ye-eun and the spokesperson for the families of Sewol victims, began the strike at 4 p.m. at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul, calling for the extension of the Sewol Special Committee
Aug. 18, 2016
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[FEATURE] Seoul struggles to stamp out bad summer smells
This is the first installment of a three-part series on Seoul’s battle against three types of urban pollution: smell, noise and light. --Ed.For Kim Ok-jin, 56, summer is the season of the year when her anxiety peaks, especially when she tries to open her windows. Her main concern is not the scorching weather, but the food smell that wafts over to her house from a “galbi” (Korean barbequed ribs) restaurant across the street.Kim has been living in Seoul’s southeastern town Jamsil in Songpa-gu for
Aug. 18, 2016
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Most single Koreans want state support in getting married
Almost 90 percent of single Koreans think the government should provide special policies for those who wish to get married, and the largest proportion of them think the measures should tackle limited job security among young employees, a survey showed Thursday.According to the study by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 86.3 percent of the surveyed single men and 87.7 percent of surveyed single women said there should be government policies so those who would like to get married
Aug. 18, 2016
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Heat wave set to end this weekend
South Korea’s abnormal heat wave that has been ongoing since July will come to an end this weekend, the state weather agency said Thursday. The Korea Meteorological Administration said that the heat will subside at the end of the week and the tropical night phenomena will also diminish.The temperatures are expected to cool off as sporadic rain is set to hit central regions such as Gangwon Province, with some parts of the peninsula expected to get as much as 50 millimeters of precipitation over t
Aug. 18, 2016
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Marine found shot to death on island bordering N. Korea
A non-commissioned officer was found dead on Thursday with an apparently self-inflicted bullet wound in his head at a Marine Corps unit on a western border island near North Korea, military investigators said.The body of the 23-year-old staff sergeant, whose name was withheld, was discovered about 5:43 a.m. near the unit's gym by his comrade, who left the barracks to patrol the coast of Yeonpyeong Island.When the comrade found the soldier dead, the staff sergeant had a K-1 rifle in his left hand
Aug. 18, 2016
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Korea confirms 35 additional victims of toxic humidifier sterilizers
South Korea's government said Thursday it has confirmed 35 additional victims of toxic humidifier disinfectants, including 17 deaths, as a series of trials is under way against the manufacturers of the product and company executives.Following the Ministry of Environment's announcement, the total number of victims confirmed by the government rose to 256.The ministry has been reviewing the cases after receiving 752 applications last year. It was the third time for the ministry to go through the vi
Aug. 18, 2016