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McDonald's reaches settlement with 'hamburger disease' victim

McDonald's Korea said Tuesday it has reached a settlement with a girl suffering from so-called "hamburger disease" to pay medical bills for her treatment, in an apparent effort to ease negative publi...

Nov 12, 2019
Government inspects pig burial sites following river contamination

The government is conducting inspections in areas of northern Gyeonggi Province where pigs culled to contain the spread of African swine fever were buried, after blood from their carcasses leached in...

Nov 12, 2019
Hong Kong activist seeks solidarity for democracy

A leading democracy activist sought support for Hong Kongers as they strive for democracy and autonomy, speaking to a Seoul audience Monday. “The movement in Hong Kong is about securing democracy, n...

Nov 12, 2019
10 people booked for alleged ‘Produce X 101’ vote rigging

Police said Tuesday that they booked 10 people, including producers of a K-pop audition TV show and officials of CJ ENM, in connection with allegations they had rigged the results of audience voting....

Nov 12, 2019
[Newsmaker] Teenager booked for sharing child pornography

Police booked a high school student in Incheon for sharing child pornography through a mobile messaging application. Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency said Tuesday a teenager -- whose name and age ...

Nov 12, 2019
‘Humanitarian status holders deserve same protection as refugees’

Asylum seekers staying in South Korea with humanitarian status should enjoy the same protections and treatment as recognized refugees, activists monitoring the human rights situation facing 39 asylum...

Nov 11, 2019
Five years later, prosecutorial probe kicks off into Sewol ferry sinking

The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office on Monday launched a special investigation unit to probe allegations surrounding the sinking of the Sewol ferry in 2014. During a press briefing at the Seoul Central ...

Nov 11, 2019
Cancer treatment costs top W9tr in 2018

Cancer treatment costs in South Korea exceeded the 9 trillion-won ($7.8 billion) mark in 2018 due to a rise in the number of patients and more state coverage, a report showed Monday. Nearly 9.01 tri...

Nov 11, 2019
[Graphic News] Number of temporary workers rises 13.1% in 2019

The number of temporary workers in South Korea rose 13.1 percent on-year this year, with such positions also accounting for a rising percentage of the total, government data showed. A total of 7.4...

Nov 10, 2019
Ex-President Chun golf video sparks uproar

Disgraced ex-president skipped defamation trial claiming dementia

Nov 10, 2019
[News Focus] Year of soccer, Olympics, elections coming up

SEJONG -- The 2010s will terminate in about 50 days, and South Korean politics will face a turbulent time from the beginning of the 2020s as the nation has already entered the election mode for the 2...

Nov 10, 2019
President Moon to hold televised town hall meeting next Tuesday

President Moon Jae-in plans to hold a town hall meeting Nov. 19, Cheong Wa Dae said Sunday. South Korean television network MBC will broadcast the 100-minute meeting starting at 8 p.m. “Anyone is w...

Nov 10, 2019
Police open full-scale probe into ‘dark web’

The South Korean police are widening their probe against criminal activity on the “dark web” – parts of internet hidden from public access. The dark web, which is not indexed by search engines and r...

Nov 10, 2019
[Newsmaker] Police probe former YG chief over alleged drug cover-up

Former head and executive producer of K-pop talent agency YG Entertainment Yang Hyun-suk was grilled by police Saturday for about 14 hours. The Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency, handling the ...

Nov 10, 2019
Abusive S. Korean facility exported children

BUSAN (AP) -- A notorious South Korean facility that kidnapped, abused and enslaved children and the disabled for a generation was also shipping children overseas for adoption, part of a massive prof...

Nov 10, 2019

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