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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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Over 9,000 hotline calls made by stalking victims in 2023
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Monthly users on local streaming platforms outpace Netflix, Disney+
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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Seoul to promote luxurious side of the city
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Gov't to require seat belt for all passengers from 2015
All passengers will be required to wear seat belts at all times starting in 2015, the government said Friday, as part of measures aimed at improving the country's road safety.Currently, only drivers and front seat passengers are required to wear seat belts with back seat passengers only required to fasten safety belts when on expressways.Starting from 2015, all passengers will be required to wear their seat belts on any type of road, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said in a p
July 19, 2013
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[Photo News] Final respects
July 18, 2013
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Former vice minister may face rape charges
Police on Thursday referred former Vice Justice Minister Kim Hak-ui and other key figures in a sex-for-favor scandal to the prosecution on multiple charges, including rape and drug use. The National Police Agency announced the result of its four-month investigation, recommending that prosecutors indict the 18 people involved. They were booked without physical detention.Investigators confirmed that Yoon Joong-cheon, a 52-year-old local construction contractor, provided some high-profile figures w
July 18, 2013
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Professor punished for calling foreign student ‘not human’
A Korean professor captured on video berating two Indonesian exchange students and calling one a “low animal” and “not human” has been reprimanded by his university.The disciplinary committee of Gyeongsang National University ruled on June 26 that Bae Myung-whan, a mechanical engineering professor at the university in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, had “undermined GNU’s reputation and demeaned himself as a professor” in his confrontation with Elvira Fidelia Tanjung and Merisha Hastarina. Lee
July 18, 2013
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All six bodies recovered from flooded construction site
Rescue workers have retrieved the bodies of all six workers who went missing at a flooded underground waterworks construction site in Seoul, firefighting authorities said Thursday.The authorities said they found bodies of one of the six missing workers early Wednesday and the remaining five late Wednesday night. Half of the six were South Koreans with the remainder Chinese.On Monday night, water from the swollen Han River swamped the construction site, killing one worker and leaving six others u
July 18, 2013
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U.N. to send $6m in emergency aid to N.K.
The United Nations has decided to provide North Korea with $6 million in emergency aid by the end of this year, a report said Thursday, in a bid to relieve fund shortages at U.N. agencies operating in the isolated country.The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs told the Washington-based Voice of America that U.N. bodies operating in the North will receive this aid through a pool of reserve funding known as the Central Emergency Response Fund.The CERF was established in 2006
July 18, 2013
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Ex-vice minister booked on rape charges
A disgraced former vice justice minister has been booked without physical detention on charges of raping several women during a lavish party organized by a local construction contractor, police said Thursday.Wrapping up a four-month investigation into a massive illegal lobbying scandal, the National Police Agency (NPA) also referred the 52-year-old contractor named Yoon Jung-cheon and 16 others to the prosecution, recommending that they be indicted on multiple charges including rape and drug use
July 18, 2013
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All six bodies now recovered from flooded construction site
Rescue workers have retrieved the bodies of all six workers who went missing at a flooded underground waterworks construction site in Seoul, firefighting authorities said Thursday.The authorities said they found bodies of one of the six missing workers early Wednesday and the remaining five late Wednesday night. Half of the six were South Koreans with the remainder Chinese.On Monday night, water from the swollen Han River swamped the construction site, killing one worker and leaving six others u
July 18, 2013
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Gov't probe team on Asiana crash returns
South Korea's government team sent to investigate the Asiana jet crash returned home on Wednesday and vowed continued efforts to reveal the cause of the deadly accident.Six officials from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport have been in San Francisco since July 7 participating in a joint investigation with the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Asiana Flight 214. Three Chinese teens died and over 180 people were injured after the passenger jet crash landed at San
July 17, 2013
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Canadian foreign service strike worries students
A strike by Canadian foreign service workers is delaying visa processing, worrying students scheduled to go to the country for the fall semester. The Canadian Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers, which represents some 1,350 non-executive employees of the Foreign Ministry, has been on strike over salary issues since last month. Employees at 12 Canadian embassies and consulates, including those in Seoul, London and Manila, have indefinitely vacated their jobs, disrupting some serv
July 17, 2013
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Mayor apologizes for reservoir deaths
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon apologized Wednesday for a deadly accident at a water supply reservoir and vowed to carry out a thorough investigation into alleged violation of safety protocol.“I feel responsible and offer my apology for failing to protect citizens’ lives and safety,” he said during a visit to the construction site where seven workers were swept away in a flood Monday. Two were confirmed dead as of Wednesday afternoon.He said the city government would thoroughly investigate the incide
July 17, 2013
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Panel scales down Park’s new pension scheme
President Park Geun-hye’s ambitious drive to expand welfare benefits to the elderly was forced to retreat on Wednesday in the face of budgetary pressure. An advisory panel assigned to seek consensus on the new plan said it had agreed to cut the scale of the pension scheme substantially from the campaign pledges Park made late last year. Wrapping up its four-month discussion, the panel said it would exclude the richest 20 to 30 percent of elderly citizens, scrapping Park’s original plan to offer
July 17, 2013
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Free semester for students to pursue talents, dreams
Korea has no shortage of rags-to-riches stories, many of which are about rural students coming to Seoul, going to prestigious universities and becoming a doctor or lawyer. But now we have more diverse ways toward success. One can have as many chances as one wants to enjoy life through various careers. The free semester is a system to help students pursue their dreams, develop a career path and grow into the creative, competent talent of the future.Ireland, Britain and Denmark have carried out a
July 17, 2013
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College students upset by misuse of tuition
Students across the country are up in arms after recent reports that hundreds of billions of won in college tuition was subsidizing the pensions of employees at some of the country’s most expensive private universities.The Korea Association of Student Council, which represents some 100 student bodies, held a demonstration outside the Education Ministry last week, demanding full reimbursement of the money. The demonstration came after a special audit by the ministry revealed recently that dozens
July 17, 2013
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‘Fictional’ nightclub abuse video meant as ‘work of art’: crew member
A third man claiming to have been involved in a video appearing to show a Korean woman being harassed by a group of Western men has said the footage was staged. The video, which has caused outrage online worldwide in recent days, appears to show a number of men sexually harassing and insulting an intoxicated Korean woman. The men are shown cursing at the woman, filming her chest and legs and forcing her own finger up her nose and into her mouth.A Korean film studies graduate told The Korea Heral
July 17, 2013
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Professor reprimanded for berating foreign students
A Korean professor captured on video berating two Indonesian exchange students and calling one a “low animal” and “not human” has been reprimanded by his university.The disciplinary committee of Gyeongsang National University ruled on June 26 that Bae Myung-whan, a mechanical engineering professor at the university in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, had “undermined GNU’s reputation and demeaned himself as a professor” in his confrontation with Elvira Fidelia Tanjung and Merisha Hastarina. Lee
July 17, 2013
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Prosecutors find more cases of Younghoon admissions fraud
The prosecution on Tuesday indicted nine officials from a popular international middle school in Seoul on charges of fabricating grades to grant admission to certain students in return for receiving bribes from their parents.The Seoul Northern District Prosecutors’ Office said it has indicted Kim Ha-joo, chairman of the board of Younghoon International Middle School, and the chief administrator identified only by his surname Yim. The two were indicted with physical detention, prosecutors said.Th
July 16, 2013
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[Graphic News] Employees’ declining working hours
According to a recent survey conducted by Job Korea, an online job portal, working hours per day for Korean workers averaged 9 hours and 26 minutes, a decrease of about 40 minutes from the 10 hours and 6 minutes found in a similar poll in 2008.
July 16, 2013
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Ignorance blamed for reservoir deaths
A deadly accident at a water facility construction site in Seoul on Monday sparked criticism about the lax enforcement of safety protocol. One worker was killed and six others went missing after the Hangang River suddenly flooded the underground water distribution reservoir in Noryangjin located near the river.The workers were replacing old water pipes in the 48-meter-long tunnel.Construction managers came under fire for failing to evacuate the workers while heavy rain hit the city. “After I got
July 16, 2013
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Hankook Ilbo chairman ignores summons
Chang Jae-ku, chairman of the Hankook Ilbo, a Korean-language newspaper, did not respond to the prosecution’s summons for questioning on Tuesday.The prosecution summoned Chang over allegations that he used the company’s money for personal use and inflicted huge financial losses on the media group. But the chairman requested a delay in the summons until the end of July, saying he needed more time to collect the required documents.The labor union filed a lawsuit against Chang in April, alleging th
July 16, 2013