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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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S. Korea votes in favor of Palestinian bid for UN membership
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Russia's denial of entry of S. Korean national unrelated to bilateral ties: Seoul official
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Bae Doo-na shares portraying Korean identity in Hollywood's 'Rebel Moon'
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[From the Scene] Monks, Buddhists hail return of remains of Buddhas
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Medical schools granted enrollment quota flexibility for next year
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Yoon offers first one-on-one meeting with opposition leader next week
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France rejects opening Paris flight routes to T'way Air, deals blow to Korean Air merger
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Iran fires air defense batteries in provinces as sound of explosions heard near Isfahan
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Chinese man behind drug scam targeting teens nabbed in Cambodia
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‘Love you, darling’: Last message sent by captain found in ship's wreckage
"I love you, darling” was the final text message sent by the 60-something captain of a South Korean chemical tanker to his wife, before the ship capsized in rough seas off Japan's west coast on Wednesday. He was among nine later found dead of the ship’s crew of 11, with one still missing. The captain's wife, speaking at Keoyoung Shipping's headquarters in Busan on Thursday, said she received the love message from her husband at around 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, to wh
March 22, 2024
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Additional military surgeons, public health doctors to be deployed: PM
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Friday that the government will deploy additional military surgeons and public health doctors to help cope with the prolonged walkout by junior doctors. Over 90 percent of the country's 13,000 junior doctors have been on mass resignations for more than a month, protesting against the government's decision to increase the medical school quota, leading to the cancellation of crucial surgeries and crippling the medical system. "(The government) will p
March 22, 2024
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Police officer arrested on suspicion of leaking drug probe info over late actor Lee Sun-kyun
A police officer was arrested Thursday for allegedly leaking information on a drug probe into late actor Lee Sun-kyun, who took his own life late last year, police said. The Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police's anti-corruption and financial crime unit arrested the officer at the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency earlier in the day on suspicion of leaking a report on the investigation regarding Lee, according to investigative officials. In January, police began looking into how the informat
March 21, 2024
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Seoul rises one spot to 10th in Global Financial Centres Index
Seoul ranked 10th out of 133 cities in the 35th edition of the Global Financial Centers Index report, released Thursday afternoon, overtaking Paris, Beijing and Tokyo. The index has been published biannually since 2007 in March and September by the Z/Yen Group, a London-based think tank, in collaboration with the China Development Institute, to evaluate the international financial competitiveness of cities globally. The GFCI report is compiled based on five evaluation criteria -- human capital,
March 21, 2024
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Mailman dumps thousands of pieces of mail, says he was 'overworked'
A South Korean mailman recently received a six-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, for dumping 16,003 pieces of mail due to stress from an excessive amount of work, a court said Thursday. The 37-year-old defendant surnamed Lee, who was delivering mail in Gangseo-gu, western Seoul, was found to have discarded the mail between January 2021 and September 2022. The Seoul Southern District Court found Lee guilty of violating the Postal Service Act, Article 48 of which stipulates that any
March 21, 2024
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[Exclusive] ILO encourages restraint, dialogue to resolve medical crisis
The International Labour Organization urged South Korea to resolve the ongoing dispute between the government and doctors through dialogue and refrain from violence or taking coercive measures, amid the continued standoff in the nation's health care sector. In a written response to The Korea Herald Wednesday night, the United Nations agency, whose goal is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labor standards, stressed that legislation allowing workers to be called
March 21, 2024
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Biggest immigration concern among youths, low-income earners: Competing with foreign workers
Most Koreans support the establishment of an independent government agency for immigration services, despite worries among some Korean youths and low-earners that it will lead to competition with foreign workers for job opportunities, recent data showed. According to a public perception survey of 1,000 adults conducted by a private research firm on behalf of the Migration Research and Training Center, 68.6 percent of the respondents approved of the agency, while 15.2 percent said the agency was
March 21, 2024
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1 S. Korean dead, 1 missing after chemical tanker capsizes off western Japan
A South Korean chemical tanker has capsized off Japan's west coast, leaving one South Korean dead and another missing, officials said. Eight of the 11 crew members on board the Keoyoung Sun vessel died after it capsized in waters near an island off the city of Shimonoseki in the Yamaguchi Prefecture on Wednesday, Seoul's foreign ministry and Japanese news outlets said, citing Japan's coast guard officials. The crew members included two South Koreans, including the captain, as well
March 21, 2024
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Students, parents slam med school quota allocation as 'reverse discrimination,' file lawsuit
A group of students and parents from Seoul on Wednesday filed lawsuits in a bid to stop the government's move to increase the annual medical school enrollment quota. The group consisting of 17 people, including high school seniors, their parents and med school students in Seoul, filed an administrative lawsuit against Education Minister Lee Ju-ho and Health and Welfare Minister Cho Kyoo-hong, in which they said the government measures are illegal, according to local media reports. The grou
March 20, 2024
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Mobile ID cards to become available on Samsung Wallet
Mobile identification cards, such as the driver’s license and the mobile national veteran's registration card, were to start being issued on Samsung Wallet from Wednesday, said the Ministry of Interior and Safety. On Wednesday, the Interior Ministry hosted an open event with Samsung Electronics to publicly announce the introduction of digital ID cards. At the event, Interior Minister Lee Sang-min and Chair Go Jin from the Presidential Committee on the Digital Platform Government demon
March 20, 2024
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Actor Daniel Dae Kim made honorary citizen of Seoul
US actor Daniel Dae Kim received a certificate of honorary Seoul citizenship on Wednesday, in recognition of his efforts in promoting Seoul through "Butterfly," an upcoming Amazon Prime Video series. "Butterfly" is a spy thriller series that centers around the character David Jung, a former US intelligence operative living in South Korea. Kim is both the lead actor and the executive producer of the six-episode series. Since February, Kim has been filming around several Seoul
March 20, 2024
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Seoul piles pressure on doctors by finalizing medical school plans
The Yoon Suk Yeol administration on Wednesday announced the regional allocation for 2,000 new slots for students at medical schools across the country, finalizing administrative procedures for the plan it has pushed for months, despite doctors staging a large-scale walkout. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo reaffirmed that the government’s plan, which was announced in February, fell in line with the Ministry of Education’s decision to allot 82 percent of the quota to medical schools outsid
March 20, 2024
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Police traces distress call in 6 minutes, saves girl from choking
In a swift, life-saving operation that was made public Wednesday, police in Seoul’s Seongbu District last week traced an emergency phone call in just 6 minutes and saved a girl from choking. The call lasted just 25 seconds, with only the sound of sobbing heard. On March 14, officers dispatched to a house in Anam-dong identified as the origin of the call found a 4-year-old girl lying unconscious after her neck became caught in the cord of a window blind. They performed CPR and after about
March 20, 2024
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2 missing after S. Korean chemical tanker capsizes off western Japan
A South Korean chemical tanker capsized off Japan's west coast Wednesday, leaving two crew members missing, Japan's coast guard officials said. The Keoyoung Sun vessel, carrying 11 crew members, made the distress call to the Japanese Coast Guard at around 7 a.m., reporting that it was tilting in waters near an island of the Shimonoseki city in the Yamaguchi Prefecture. Of the 11 crew members on board -- two South Koreans, eight Indonesians and one Chinese -- nine have been rescued and
March 20, 2024
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[New Neighbors] Is S. Korea a racist country?
Raj, an Indian resident of South Korea for nine years, was shocked during a visit to Busan when a club bouncer bluntly informed him and his friends, "You cannot enter because you are Indian." Despite their objections, they were directed to a neighboring club, only to encounter a notice explicitly barring entry to Indian and Pakistani men. The incident gained widespread attention after Raj's video of the discriminatory notice went viral, courtesy of Indian YouTuber Nikita Thakur, w
March 20, 2024
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Delivery worker commended for helping police catch kidnapper
A 50-year-old South Korean man received a certificate of commendation from police on Tuesday for helping to catch a suspected kidnapper. Park Gwan-yong, who works as a delivery driver, was awarded the certificate at a ceremony at the Gangbuk Police Station in Seoul, for his contributions to the arrest on March 10. "This is the first certificate I received since the perfect attendance award I got in school. ... I feel so proud and honored, thinking someone like me can be commended," Par
March 20, 2024
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Seoulites marry later than any other region in S. Korea
Recent statistics from a state-run agency showed that people living in Seoul marry later than residents of any other region in South Korea, a possible indication of challenges presented by the high cost of living and housing in the nation's capital. Men living in Seoul, on average, had their first marriage at 34.4 years of age in 2023, while the first marriage for women in the region happened when they were 32.4-years-old, according to Statistics Korea. The average first marriage age for me
March 20, 2024
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Leaders of doctors' group questioned again over trainee doctors' walkout
Leaders of the Korean Medical Association, the country's biggest doctors' group, appeared before police on Wednesday for another round of questioning over suspicions of instigating a mass walkout by trainee doctors. Joo Soo-ho, the chief KMA spokesperson, and Park Myung-ha, the group's organization consolidation chief, arrived at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's public crime investigation office in Seoul to undergo questioning. Joo and Park are among the five former and current KMA leaders
March 20, 2024
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Man on the run after attacking Vietnamese woman on bus
South Korean police on Wednesday said they are looking for a local man who is on the run after reportedly assaulting a Vietnamese woman on a bus at around midnight in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province. The victim in her 20s told police that the man, with whom she was not acquainted, punched her in the face "just because she was staggering on the vehicle." The incident occurred at around 12:15 a.m. Wednesday while the bus was passing by Seryu Station of the Seoul Metro Line No.1, in Gweonseon-gu
March 20, 2024
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Police investigate bomb threat on MLB opener in Seoul
South Korean police on Wednesday said they are investigating an anonymous bomb threat on the MLB regular season opener, slated to be held at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul later in the day. According to Guro Police Station, the threat was made via email at around 6 a.m. Wednesday. The threat, issued in English, was traced back to Japan and was sent to the email account of an employee of the South Korean consulate in Vancouver. An initial probe of the arena showed no indications of explosives, but
March 20, 2024