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Moon expresses condolences as remains of 2 late climbers are returned home
NK vice sports minister cancels plan to visit Japan: report
S. Korea voices willingness to talk with Japan over its 'whitelist' move
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Seoul stocks likely to remain subdued next week on global economic woes
Police raid YG Entertainment over ex-chief Yang's suspected gambling
N. Korea says it tested 'new weapon' under leader Kim's guidance
Foreign ministry voices regret over Kono's remarks on President Moon
Special festival recreates major intangible Korean cultural assets in Seoul
Korea to commemorate 10th year of ex-president Kim Dae-jung's death

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Moon expresses condolences as remains of 2 late climbers are returned home

President Moon Jae-in on Saturday expressed condolences over two late South Korean climbers whose remains were returned home after going missing in the Himalayas a decade ago.The bodies of Min Jun-young and Park Jong-seong were found in July in the Himalayas and their remains were transported home earlier in the day after cremation in Nepal. They lost contact with the other members of the Jikji Expedition team in September 2009 while climbing in Annapurna, a massif in the Himalayas in north

Police raid YG Entertainment over ex-chief Yang's suspected gambling

Police raided the headquarters of YG Entertainment on Saturday over allegations that Yang Hyun-suk, former CEO and chief producer of the influential K-pop label, engaged in habitual gambling.Police have been looking into suspicions that Yang, 49, and Seungri, a former member of the K-pop boy band BIGBANG, gambled while overseas. They were both booked for the allegation earlier this week. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency sent investigators to YG Entertainment in Mapo Ward, western Seoul,

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Social affairs
37 injured in expressway pileup involving 5 vehicles

A pileup of five vehicles on a highway in the southeast of South Korea injured 37 people Friday, police said. The accident occurred on the Namhae Expressway in Changwon, about 400 kilometers southeast of Seoul, at around 11:40 a.m., when an intercity bus failed to slow down in a congested section and rear-ended two sport utility vehicles. Two other buses also ran into the vehicle from behind.Of 62 people in the cars, 37 sustained minor injuries, police said. (Yonhap)

Aug 16, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Public fury grows over Jeju road rage

A video in which a driver assaulted another driver who had been complaining about the former’s aggressive driving, went viral Friday, sparking public outrage and calls for punishment for the violent driver. In the video, a van continued to change lanes on a road on Jeju Island at around 10:40 a.m. on July 4. When another motorist protested about his reckless driving, the 30-something van driver left his vehicle to assault the motorist. The van driver was seen taking away a mobile phone of

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Social affairs
Typhoon Krosa passes over East Sea

Typhoon Krosa, the season's 10th typhoon, reached the East Sea after landing on the Japanese city of Hiroshima earlier in the day, Seoul's weather agency said Thursday. The typhoon, which reached Hiroshima at around 3 p.m., arrived over the East Sea as of 6 p.m., the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said.The agency said the speed of the typhoon, which was around 25 to 33 kilometers per hour, weakened as it traveled through Japan.Typhoon Krosa is expected to reach its closest point to So

Aug 15, 2019
Social affairs
Typhoon Krosa forecast to pass over East Sea

Typhoon Krosa, the season's 10th typhoon, is forecast to pass over the East Sea after landing on the Japanese city of Hiroshima earlier in the day, Seoul's weather agency said Thursday.The typhoon was moving north at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour from about 290 kilometers east-southeast of Osaka, Japan, as of 3 p.m., according to the Korea Meteorological Administration said.Typhoon Krosa is expected to move across Japan to the East Sea, passing near South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo.

Aug 15, 2019
Social affairs
[From the scene] Anti-Abe rallies dominate central Seoul on Liberation Day

Thousands of citizens from South Korea and Japan on Thursday urged the Shinzo Abe administration to apologize to Korean victims forced to work for Japanese occupiers during a rally in central Seoul, marking the 74th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japan. Despite heavy rain, an estimated 3,000 people gathered at Seoul Plaza to denounce the Abe administration for failing to admit to its past wrongdoings during its 1910-45 colonialization of Korea as historical issues are st

Aug 16, 2019
Social affairs
[News Focus] Single-person households on the rise in S. Korea

Seoul, South Jeolla top 1-member household portion

Aug 16, 2019
Social affairs
Govt braces for Typhoon Krosa as it nears the Korean Peninsula

The government is on alert Wednesday as Typhoon Krosa is forecast to affect the eastern part of the country, officials said. The powerful tropical storm is heading northward from western Japan and will likely skirt the eastern coastal regions, including Busan, Ulsan and the easternmost islands of Ulleung and Dokdo, early Thursday, according to the country's weather agency. Krosa is not expected to make landfall in South Korea.The Ministry of the Interior and Safety said it had raised the typhoon

Aug 14, 2019
Social affairs
Three workers killed in elevator crash

An elevator carrying three workers crashed from a height equivalent to a 15-story building, killing all three.Two foreign laborers on the ground level, who were injured when a hoist crashed at the construction site in Sokcho, Gangwon Province, were transferred to a hospital, but they soon disappeared, police said Wednesday. Police suspect the two foreign nationals in their 40s were in Korea illegally and left the hospital out of concern their undocumented status would be revealed. “We are

Aug 15, 2019
Social affairs
[Anniversary Special] Waiting for apology they deserve

‘World War II sexual slavery by Japanese military is a state-orchestrated sexual violence against women.’

Aug 15, 2019
Social affairs
[Anniversary Special] Domestic politics in Korea, Japan leave behind victims of Japan’s wartime atrocities

The somber atmosphere is palpable in Korea around this time of the year, when South Korea commemorates its independence from Japan.This year marks the 74th year of Korea’s independence from the brutal 1910-1945 Japanese colonial rule.South Korea has achieved notable growth since independence. It stands as Asia’s fourth-largest economy, home to leading tech giants including the likes of Samsung Electronics and the birth place of global K-pop sensation BTS. All the while, however, a re

Aug 15, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Ex-chief of staff Kim Ki-chun gets suspended term for falsifying records on Sewol sinking

The Seoul Central District Court on Wednesday sentenced Kim Ki-chun, former President Park Geun-hye’s chief of staff, to a year in prison suspended for two years for falsifying records on reports received by President Park on the day of the Sewol ferry disaster. The court also acquitted former National Security Office chiefs Kim Jang-soo and Kim Kwan-jin. Kim Ki-chun and Kim Jang-soo allegedly manipulated records submitted to the National Assembly about the time that former President Park

Aug 15, 2019
Social affairs
Korea remembers WWII sex slavery survivors on second memorial day

Some 300 government officials, activists, historians and citizens came together Wednesday for commemorating the second memorial day for World War II sexual slavery survivors at the Kim Koo Museum in Yongsan, Seoul.The government last year designated Aug. 14 Comfort Women Memorial Day. On that day in 1991, Kim Hak-soon, a South Korean victim of sex slavery, came forward and gave testimony on Japan’s wartime crimes. Gender Equality Minister Jin Sun-mee said at the Wednesday event

Aug 15, 2019
Social affairs
Seoul City govt blamed for fish mutations in Han River

A group of fishermen from Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, claimed Tuesday that the Seoul Metropolitan Government has been polluting nearby waters by dumping unpurified sewage water into the Han River, leading to fish mutations.The fishermen said that water reclamation centers have been illegally dumping wastewater into the Han River and should take responsibility for the contamination. Foul scent and algal bloom have worsened in the river, especially in the downstream area around the cited facilities

Aug 15, 2019
Social affairs

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