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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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Probe of first lady on Dior bag allegations set to begin
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Indonesia’s KF-21 fighter jet deal cut back -- what’s next?
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[KH Explains] Can tech firms' AI alliances take on Nvidia?
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Police seek arrest warrant for med student who killed girlfriend
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Korean battery makers heave sigh of relief over 2-year IRA reprieve
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Local filmmakers criticize ‘The Roundup: Punishment’ monopoly of screens
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Over 80,000 millionaires, 20 billionaires in Seoul: report
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Will China's self-sufficient dream in HBM come true?
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Seoul City to deploy ‘tourist sheriffs’
Retired police officers and former public servants are likely to join police to protect foreign visitors in Seoul’s major tourist spots, a city official said Monday. Seoul Police Agency plans to launch a 100-member police corps by October to crack down on abuses against tourists by illegal taxi vans, unauthorized guides and others. Seoul City is considering deploying 12 former officials with local knowledge as “tourist sheriffs” to assist police in the most popular tourist areas, such as Myeongd
July 22, 2013
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Namyang officials indicted for abusing partners
The prosecution on Monday indicted the chief executive and five other officials of Namyang Dairy, one of the nation’s major dairy product makers, on charges of violating fair trade law, work disturbance and false accusations. Namyang CEO Kim Woong and other officials are suspected of forcing small retailers and distributors to buy more products than they needed. A total of 22 other former and incumbent Namyang Dairy officials also have been fined for employing unfair business tactics such as int
July 22, 2013
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Auditor launches safety checks on construction sites
The state auditor launched Monday emergency safety checks on dozens of major construction sites in Seoul as part of efforts to prevent accidents from flooding amid the prolonged rainy season.The move came after seven workers were killed last week after the swollen Hangang River, which flows through the center of the capital city, swamped their underground waterworks construction site. Torrential monsoon rains have pounded the city and adjacent areas in recent days.The Board of Audit and Inspecti
July 22, 2013
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Park urges enhanced safety
President Park Geun-hye directed the government to enhance safety oversight Monday after fatal accidents at a Seoul construction site and a youth boot camp last week. “Praying for the souls of the victims, I offer heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families,” Park said during a meeting with senior secretaries, before ordering officials to make sure that similar accidents didn’t happen in the future.“If any safety problems occur due to the lack of oversight and supervisory efforts, I will make
July 22, 2013
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Park pays homage to fallen U.N. soldiers
BUSAN (Yonhap News) ― President Park Geun-hye paid tribute Monday to thousands of U.N. soldiers killed while fighting alongside South Korea during the Korean War, saying the country will never forget their sacrifices and will try to repay the debt to the international community.In a memorial ceremony held ahead of the 60th anniversary of the end of the 1950-53 conflict, Park also pledged to ensure a strong deterrence against North Korea and work closely with other nations to get the communist re
July 22, 2013
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Shinsegae chief cleared of E-mart labor abuses
Labor authorities on Monday cleared Shinsegae Group vice chairman Chung Yong-jin of suspicions of illegal surveillance and other abuses of employees at the group’s discount store arm E-mart.The Seoul Regional Employment and Labor Office referred to the prosecution 14 E-mart officials, including former chief executive Choi Byung-ryul, wrapping up a six-month investigation into allegations that the management interfered with union activities last year.Chung and incumbent CEO Heo In-cheol were not
July 22, 2013
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Four dead as heavy rain lashes central parts
Torrential rains pounded central parts of the country on Monday, leaving at least four people dead, disaster officials said. Heavy rain alerts were issued in Seoul as well as Gyeonggi and Gangwon provinces as more than 100 millimeters of rain soaked the areas.Some roads, river walks and bridges in Seoul were closed and a parking lot was fully flooded, damaging around 30 to 40 cars. Parts of the city received an average of 80 millimeters of rain with up to 145.5 millimeters in some districts.Road
July 22, 2013
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Boryeong Mud Festival attracts overseas tourists
The city of Boryeong, the host of the annual Boryeong Mud Festival, said Monday some foreign visitors were now booking their tickets and coming from overseas to participate in the event. Foreign visitors to the festival have generally been already residing in the country. “Jay from the United States saw an online ad for the festival and immediately booked a ticket to land in South Korea on Friday, the opening day of the festival,” said one of the interpreters at the event.Daecheon Beach, the ven
July 22, 2013
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Prosecution seizes insurance product of ex-president's wife
Prosecutors have seized an insurance product belonging to former President Chun Doo-hwan's wife as part of efforts to collect a massive fine he owes the state, sources at the prosecution said Monday. The move is part of intensifying efforts by the prosecution to find concealed assets of the former president, who was ordered by the top court in 1997 to return to the state coffers 220 billion won (US$196.8 million) that he was found to have accumulated during his military rule from 1980 to 1988.
July 22, 2013
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Lawyer unaware of any arrest warrant for Yoon Chang-jung
It remains unclear whether Yoon Chang-jung, a former South Korean presidential spokesman, will stand trial in the U.S. on charges of molesting an embassy intern, his attorney said Sunday.Kim Suk-han, a lawyer and partner with law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in Washington, D.C., dismissed a news report that U.S. law-enforcement authorities have issued an arrest warrant for Yoon. President Park Geun-hye fired Yoon, 56, while visiting the U.S. in early May as he was accused of sexually abus
July 22, 2013
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[Photo News] Flood victims
July 21, 2013
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[Newsmaker] Crooked lobbyist back in spotlight
Prosecutors said Sunday they indicted lobbyist-turned-businessman Choi Kyu-sun for embezzlement. The chief executive of UI Energy Corp., a resources developer, and Hyundai P&C, a maker of coating and paint products, is suspected of misappropriating about 41.6 billion won ($34.2 million) in funds from the two companies. He was not detained. Choi was at the center of a series of influence-peddling scandals in 2002 including one involving then President Kim Dae-jung’s third son Kim Hong-gul. He ser
July 21, 2013
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Korea to spend W10tr on drug development by 2017
The South Korean government will spend a combined 10 trillion won ($8.9 billion) on the project to develop 20 new drugs over the next five years in collaboration with private local drug makers, the Health Ministry said Sunday.The government will also form a fund of 500 billion won to help the local pharmaceutical companies expand their presence in the global drug market by acquiring promising overseas drug makers during the same period, the ministry said. The new drug development project aims to
July 21, 2013
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Police widen probe into boot camp deaths
The deaths of five students at a private seaside boot camp Thursday have ignited debate over lax safety and flawed operations of military-style boot camps for young people. Police were widening their probe into the accident in Taean, South Chungcheong Province, in which the high-school students drowned after they followed trainers’ orders to take off their life jackets and go into the sea. Police said only six out of 12 instructors had lifeguard licenses, and eight had sea sports licenses. Some
July 21, 2013
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U.S. police seeks arrest of Yoon Chang-jung: report
The Metropolitan Police Department of Washington D.C. has filed for an arrest warrant for former Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Yoon Chang-jung, a local news agency reported Sunday.Yoon is alleged to have sexually harassed a Korean-American intern hired by the Korean embassy in the U.S. as support staff for President Park Geun-hye’s visit in May.“It appears that the police department filed for an arrest warrant and the U.S. Attorney’s Office is reviewing the request,” an official at Korea’s Ministry of
July 21, 2013
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Teacher questioned on negligence charges over deaths of 5 students
Police questioned a high school teacher on Saturday on charges of negligence over the drowning deaths of his five students off the country's western beach, police officials said. The 49-year-old teacher, surnamed Kim, is suspected of negligence while overseeing nearly 200 students attending a summer camp in Taean Beach, about 150 kilometers south of Seoul, according to the officials. Bodies of the five students were found this week after they were swept away on Thursday by a strong current wh
July 21, 2013
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S. Korea's Incheon city named World Book Capital for 2015
South Korea's western port city of Incheon has been chosen to be the World Book Capital for 2015 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), city officials said Saturday.Incheon, just west of Seoul, assumed the title after the Selection Committee composed of experts representing the book industry and the U.N. agency met earlier this week in Paris, France.The city was chosen for the quality of its programs and the expected impact "on improving good integratio
July 20, 2013
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Firefighters caused death of Asiana crash victim: coroner
One of the victims of this month's Asiana Airlines jet crash in San Francisco survived impact but was killed on the tarmac when she was run over by an emergency vehicle, officials said Friday.Results of the autopsy on 16-year-old Chinese student Ye Mengyuan, one of three people killed in the July 6 disaster, had been keenly awaited after firefighters admitted a tarmac accident was possible.The girl, who was "alive at the time," died due to "multiple blunt injuries that are consistent with being
July 20, 2013
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Gwangju mayor accused of forgery in swimming championship bid
The city government of Gwangju allegedly forged a financial guarantee letter to host the FINA World Championships, according to the Culture Ministry on Friday. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced that they would make an official against Gwangju Mayor Kang Un-tae for using the forged signatures of a former prime minister and culture minister in the letter submitted in a bid to host one of the biggest aquatic sports events in the world. “We found out the Metropolitan City of Gwan
July 19, 2013
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All 5 bodies recovered at Taean
The Taean Coast Guard on Friday said they have recovered all five bodies of students who had gone missing a day earlier at a seaside summer camp. They were found more than twelve hours after the first three bodies were recovered, the Coast Guard said. The students were found dead after they were swept away by a powerful rip tide along the country’s west coast. The students’ deaths sparked widespread criticism of the camp operator for its lack of safety measures. The five students, all in their s
July 19, 2013