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Iran’s president found dead at helicopter crash site
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Seoul rolls out W250b package in bid to lure foreign talent
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N. Korea slams US subcritical nuclear test, vows measures to bolster nuclear deterrence
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Korea's increasing US investment mutually beneficial: report
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Yoon vetoes bill for special probe into young Marine's death
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Minister warns against trusting NK stated intentions, says Moon misguided
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South Korea bans viral North Korea propaganda video praising Kim
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AI Seoul Summit to discuss ways to make AI equitable in Global South
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SNU alums nabbed for digital sex crimes
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Hermes celebrates craftsmanship
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Motorboat knocks Oxford student dead in Yangpyeong
A motorboat accident killed one and injured four on Saturday in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province. The victims were students from The University of Oxford having a summer retreat at a private villa.According to the Gyeonggi Yangpyeong Police, a speedboat carrying four students crashed into the pier on Saturday around 4:50 p.m. as it was making a sharp turn. Nine people on the pier were swept-up in the collision. (YTN YouTube capture)The deceased, Kim, 24, was one of the nine on the pier. He fell in
Aug. 2, 2016
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Man arrested after stalking woman he saw on Facebook
A man who menacingly approached a woman he claimed to have fallen in love with over Facebook pictures was arrested on Tuesday for violating the information protection law. The Seoul Seongdong Police said the 28-year-old, surnamed Jeon, had searched for the victim’s private number, bombarded her with over 500 text messages in a week and stalked her in her residential neighborhood and at her workplace. (123RF)According to the police, Jeon started expressing his one-sided affection for the 27-yea
Aug. 2, 2016
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Park pledges better support for overseas S. Korean adoptees
President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday said her government will strive harder to support overseas South Korean adoptees through an array of programs, including those to help them better understand the language and culture of their motherland.In her video message to the 2016 International Korean Adoptee Associations (IKAA) Gathering in Seoul, Park also called on the adoptees to play a "bridging" role in connecting South Korea to the rest of the world."(The Seoul government) will provide the overseas
Aug. 2, 2016
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Korea halts sales of most VW cars
The South Korean Environment Ministry said Tuesday that it has cancelled authentication for 32 types of Volkswagen vehicles as their test results were forged. This affected 83,000 vehicles. Another 126,000 vehicles were decertified last November for emissions rigging, which means that a total of 209,000 vehicles will now be banned from sales. This accounts for 68 percent of the total number of VW vehicles sold here since 2007.A penalty totaling 17.8 billion won ($16.1 million) is being charged t
Aug. 2, 2016
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4-year-old in coma after being locked in overheated bus
A four-year-old child remained in a coma for the fifth day on Tuesday, after being left in an overheated kindergarten bus for nearly eight hours. The Gwangju District Police said the teacher in charge, Jeong, 28, the chief teacher Lee, 34, the bus driver Lim, 51, and the kindergarten director Park, 52, have been booked for professional negligence. The four are accused of neglecting the victim between 9:10 a.m. and 4:40 p.m. on July 29. The hottest temperature that day was 35.5 degrees Celsius.
Aug. 2, 2016
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Ewha to suspend career college establishment
Ewha Womans University will suspend the plan to establish a lifelong education college following protests from students, university dean Choi Kyung-hee announced Monday afternoon at a press conference. Tension between the school administration and students has persisted, as students perceive Choi -- with a reputation among the student body for making unilateral administerial decisions -- as merely delaying the plan, while still being reluctant to call it off. Choi Kyung-hee (Yonhap)The establish
Aug. 2, 2016
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State prosecutors raid home, office of former KDB chief
State prosecutors on Tuesday raided the home and office of a former head of the Korea Development Bank, as part of their probe into a high-profile corruption case involving a local shipbuilder.During the raid, the prosecutors confiscated computer hard discs, documents and other materials to find out if Kang Man-soo, who served as KDB chairman from 2011 to 2013, was linked to any corrupt activities at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co.Kang Man-soo, former head of the Korea Development
Aug. 2, 2016
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Korean War monument unveiled in San Francisco
South Korea, alongside a U.S. nonprofit foundation, unveiled a 1950-53 Korean War memorial to the public in San Francisco on Monday to honor U.S. soldiers who boarded ships to fight to defend freedom on the Korean Peninsula more than six decades ago.The Korean War Memorial Foundation, established to build the memorial in the U.S. city for Korean War veterans, opened the memorial, a 3-meter-high black granite wall, in the Presidio of San Francisco, near the entrance to the San Francisco National
Aug. 2, 2016
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Foreign viewers of Naver's webtoons outnumber Koreans
The number of foreigners who watch Naver Corp.'s webtoons has surpassed that of Koreans for the first time, according to the search engine on Tuesday, illustrating the growing popularity of the web comics among foreigners.Naver began publishing its web comics overseas in 2014 via Line Corp., a Japan-based mobile messaging subsidiary of Naver. Line's webtoons are being offered in five languages, including English, Chinese and Indonesian.In June this year, Line's webtoons reported about 18 million
Aug. 2, 2016
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Police officer fired for taking up-skirt photos
A police officer was fired on Monday for taking up-skirt photographs. The Jinan Police of North Jeolla Province said the 48-year-old officer had been arrested on July 7 for taking inappropriate photographs under the skirt of a female university student at a grocery store in Wansan-gu, Jeonju-si at around 1:50 p.m. (Yonhap)The accused was passed to prosecution for indictment. The police dismissed him for dishonoring his position as a police officer and promised to bolster tougher actions against
Aug. 1, 2016
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Floating oil on Busan beach delays public access
Swimming on Busan’s Haeundae beach was put on hold for 50 minutes on Monday after floating oil was detected on the water surface. A thin layer of oil, presumed to have leaked from a ship embarked nearby the beach, covered an area 100-meters in length and 10-meters in width between the first and the second watchtower.(Yonhap)After the discovery at 6:35 a.m., the maritime police dispatched nine boats and water motorcycles to remove the oil by 9:45 a.m.The beach, originally slated to open to the pu
Aug. 1, 2016
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Victims rebuff Oxy's final compensation plan
Civic groups and some victims of toxic humidifier disinfectants remained bitterly opposed to the final compensation plan released by household products company Oxy Reckitt Benckiser on Sunday.The victims and their families said they opposed the plan because the additional compensation still deviates from direct mention of responsibility and neglects victims with relatively less damage. They denounced it as “fake compensation.”The company said the final plan was based on three rounds of talks wit
Aug. 1, 2016
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Half of married Korean men have cheated: study
More than half of married Korean men have had extramarital affairs at least once in their lives, while 40 percent of them think “buying sex is not cheating,” a study showed on Monday. The study was jointly compiled by Lina Korea -- the Korean unit of U.S. insurance giant CIGNA -- and a local sexologist clinic, and surveyed some 1,100 Koreans aged 20 or older. The study found that 50.8 percent of the surveyed men, and 9.3 percent of the surveyed women, have cheated on their legal spouses at least
Aug. 1, 2016
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Protest at Ewha Womans University escalates
Ewha Womans University students Monday held their fifth consecutive day of protest against the school’s decision to open a degree-bestowing program for working women without prior experience of higher education. The program, named Future LiFE (Light up in Future Ewha) College, is set to provide official bachelor’s degrees pertaining to “new media production,” “wellness” and “hybrid design” after a certain period of instruction. The details regarding acceptance standards for newcomers and the dur
Aug. 1, 2016
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Police investigate case of U.S. servicewoman found dead
A U.S. servicewoman affiliated with the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division has been found dead at her house near Seoul for unknown reasons, police said Monday.Police said the husband of the 28-year-old soldier found her dead at their off-base quarters in the city of Dongducheon, some 40 kilometers north of Seoul, around 1:00 p.m. Sunday. Her death is under investigation. (Yonhap)The husband, who is also a U.S. soldier stationed in South Korea, reported her death to the 119 emergency and rescue service t
Aug. 1, 2016
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Gov't must make 'determined' push to tackle low birth rate: prime minister
Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn said Monday the government must make a "determined" push to implement policies to tackle the falling number of newborns in South Korea, a trend that will weigh down the national economy."If the trend (of falling births) continues, the development of society and the happiness of the people will be severely hindered," Hwang said.The prime minister's remark came as the number of newborns in the country came to 34,400 in May, down 5.8 percent from a year earlier. It mar
Aug. 1, 2016
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[Graphic News] Road fatalities highest in Yongsan
Yongsan-gu showed the highest number of deaths caused by traffic accidents last year, Road Traffic Authority data showed Sunday.A total of 7.26 deaths per 100,000 people was caused by vehicle-related accidents in the central district, the highest among 25 districts in Seoul.Yeongdeungpo-gu and Jung-gu followed, with 6.7 deaths and 5.96 deaths per 100,000 respectively.An average of 3.18 people per 100,000 in Seoul lost their lives from traffic accidents last year.The least amount of traffic fatal
July 31, 2016
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Air purifier companies agree on stricter product regulation: source
Air purifier companies found to have used toxic air filters agreed recently to revise product regulation standards, a source said Sunday.According to the source from the Korea Air Cleaning Association, the decision was made after a closed-door meeting last week to discuss how to deal with disputed air filters manufactured by 3M.An experiment last month by the Environment Ministry showed that the filters contained Octylisothiazolinone (OIT), which has been classified as a harmful substance since
July 31, 2016
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Seoul to expand no-smoking zones at subway entrances from Sept.
The Seoul municipal government on Sunday said it plans to expand no-smoking zones at subway entrances to better address public health concerns.Under the changes that will go into effect as of Sept. 1, people caught smoking within 10 meters of a subway entrance can be fined up to 100,000 won ($89.6).It said a campaign has been launched in cooperation with the capital city's many wards to raise public awareness for the shift."Stickers and notices have been placed where needed to warn smokers of th
July 31, 2016
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Lawmakers favor expanding anti-graft law to include labor unions, civic groups
Lawmakers belonging to the ruling and opposition parties are generally in favor of expanding the anti-graft law to encompass the country's labor unions and civic groups, a poll showed Sunday.The survey carried out on lawmakers sitting on parliament's National Policy Committee showed 10 supporting the expansion versus five who were opposed with four saying they did not have a view on the matter.The poll carried out by Yonhap News Agency shows awareness among lawmakers that the law can be revised
July 31, 2016