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[Newsmaker] Rival parties fail to normalize parliament on LKP opposition
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Finance chief asks banks to increase lending to smaller firms
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[News Briefs] Man uses stolen IDs to supply 5-year sleeping pill binge
Chungha releases first self-composed song on new album 'Flourishing'

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Nat'l short track speed skaters kicked out of training center over sexual harassment

The entire South Korean short track speed skating team has been expelled from the national training center over a sexual harassment incident involving two male athletes.According to the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC), one male short track speed skater pulled down the pants of a younger male teammate during training while the female skaters were present on June 17 at the Jincheon National Training Center in Jincheon, 90 kilometers south of Seoul. The younger skater reported the incid

[News Briefs] Man uses stolen IDs to supply 5-year sleeping pill binge

A man, 33, was booked on suspicion of misusing other people’s personal information to obtain sleeping pills, Busan police said Monday.According to the Busan Seobu Police Station, the man obtained a total of 6,157 zolpidem pills over the past five years, starting in April 2014, having made 232 visits to 10 hospitals in Busan. Police say he received the prescriptions in his friends’ names and took an amount exceeding the advised dosage, which is one pill per day.Zolpidem is a psy

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Prosecution zeroes in on Hanbo Group chief

The prosecution is closing in on Chung Tae-soo, the former head of the now-defunct Hanbo Group who absconded after being convicted of embezzlement, with his son’s extradition to South Korea on Saturday. The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office reportedly had identified Chung, who was believed to have died, as having been in Kyrgyzstan until recently, and pushed to have him extradited to Korea. It plans to release more information about him this week. 　Chung was sentenced to 15 years in

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[News Focus] Busan, South Jeolla top senior-population ranking

SEJONG -- South Korea saw its senior population surpass 15 percent of the total last month for the first time. Seniors are people aged 65 or over, according to standards set by the United Nations.The number of senior citizens came to 7.8 million out of the total 51.84 million as of May, according to the Ministry of Interior and Safety.This indicates that 1 out of every 6 or 7 Koreans are aged 65 or above, which is posing social concerns over a variety of sectors such as the national pension, tax

Jun 24, 2019
Social affairs
[News Briefs] South African man sent to court for attempt to smuggle 20 kg of marijuana

A South African man, 40, was caught trying to smuggle marijuana at Jeju Airport, prosecutors said Monday.According to the Jeju District Prosecutors’ Office, the suspect was arrested June 2 after 20 kilograms of marijuana wrapped in plastic were found in his luggage during a customs inspection. He was sent to court on suspicions of violating the narcotics law. This is the largest amount of drugs attempted to be smuggled at Jeju Airport and amounts to about half of the total amount of mariju

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[News Briefs] Police question Psy over suspicions regarding YG head

Police have questioned Psy regarding suspicions that Yang Hyun-suk, founder and former chief producer of YG Entertainment, procured prostitution for businesspeople. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s investigation unit said during a press briefing Monday that it had questioned the singer for about nine hours, from 5 p.m. on June 16 to 2 a.m. the next day. Psy was called in as a witness in the investigation into YG Entertainment, which is suspected of having procured prostitution

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Perception of gender roles changing: survey

The traditional notion of appropriate gender roles -- the idea that husbands should work outside the home and their wives should stay home to look after the family -- is weakening among South Koreans, a survey showed.In a poll conducted through telephone interviews with 2,000 adults -- 990 men and 1,010 women -- between June 25 and July 6 last year, 68.8 percent of the respondents said they did not agree that it was the husband’s job to make money and the wife’s job to take care of t

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[From the Scene] Unsuspecting town finds gruesome infamy

JEJU CITY -- About a month has passed since the gruesome murder that rattled Jeju Island, a popular holiday destination for locals and outsiders alike. The key suspect and circumstantial evidence have been identified. But there is still no trace of a body, raising concerns over the prosecution’s ability to reach a conviction.Jeju District Prosecutors’ Office said Thursday that police are extending their search for the victim’s remains until July 1, while the Coast Guard will co

Jun 24, 2019
Social affairs
Prosecution eyes harsh penalties for serious DUI accidents

Prosecutors will demand harsh penalties, including life sentences, for drivers who kill or severely injure people while driving under the influence of alochol, according to the prosecutor’s office Sunday.Under the revised guidelines that will go into force from Tuesday, prosecutors are advised to seek the maximum penalty for drunk drivers who cause unusually severe damage or who have habitually driven under influence.The guidelines also make it a rule to put into custody drunk drivers who

Jun 23, 2019
Social affairs
Body of presumed Korean victim in Danube boat sinking found

BUDAPEST -- A body presumed to be a South Korean victim from last month's sinking of a tour boat in the Danube River was found some 30 kilometers away from the accident site, officials said Sunday.The body was found by a Hungarian fisherman about 30 km downstream from the accident scene in the Danube River at around 10:08 p.m. on Saturday, according to a South Korean government response team based in Budapest.The South Korean team, in cooperation with the Hungarian authorities, will identify whe

Jun 23, 2019
Social affairs
Taiwanese woman booked in Burning Sun probe

The South Korean police said Friday they have booked a Taiwanese businesswoman who was a major foreign investor of scandal-ridden nightclub Burning Sun in southern Seoul on a charge of embezzling money from the club in collusion with former BIGBANG member Seungri and his business partner. "We booked the Taiwanese national earlier in the day on charges of having misappropriated money from Burning Sun," the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said. The woman, known as "Mrs. Lin&qu

Jun 21, 2019
Social affairs
Reddish tap water also reported in Seoul

Reddish tap water was detected in apartment complexes in Seoul on Friday, amid growing concerns over contaminated water after reddish water was first reported in Incheon in late May. As of Friday afternoon, the Seoul Metropolitan Government recommended some 1,300 households and an elementary school in Mulle-dong in southwestern Seoul stop using tap water. The municipality has fingered aged water pipes as the cause of the murky water. Results of a detailed analysis are expected to come out in abo

Jun 22, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Korean travel columnist murdered in the Philippines

A well-known Korean travel columnist was found shot to death near Manila on Sunday morning, according to the Korean Embassy in the Philippines and the Korean police.A passerby made a local police report after finding Joo Young-wook, 58, dead in a forest by a road in Antipolo, a city east of Manila, at around 7:15 a.m. June 16. Joo had a bullet wound on his forehead; his mouth was covered, and his hands were tied behind him with duct tape. Local police found his hotel room key and confirmed it wa

Jun 22, 2019
Social affairs
Man accused of faking blindness for 8 yrs

A man in his 40s stands accused of living as a blind person for eight years and fraudulently receiving government money after a neighbor apparently saw him driving a car. The Busan Yeonje Police Station said Thursday that it had arrested the man, whose identity was not revealed, without physical detention on suspicion of violating the Act on Pensions for Persons with Disabilities. The man is suspected of misrepresenting himself as a person with a level 1 visual impairment -- the most seriou

Jun 21, 2019
Social affairs
NHRCK, activists call for better treatment of asylum seekers

South Korea’s human rights watchdog and refugee activists on Thursday called for better protection of the human rights of asylum seekers, taking issue with what they see as unfair practices in health insurance coverage and human rights violations at the airport. Marking World Refugee Day, the activists raised concerns about a family of asylum seekers who are stranded at Incheon Airport after being denied entry to the country, and about other cases of mistreatment by immigration offic

Jun 21, 2019
Social affairs

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