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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Bus unions warn of strike against new taxi rules
Bus operators across the country threatened to halt operations in protest of a National Assembly bill that acknowledges taxis as a means of public transport, which would increase state subsidies and allow them to use bus lanes. A federation of bus operators plans convene an emergency general meeting in Seoul Tuesday, gathering regional representatives from 17 major cities and provinces The move came after the Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs Committee at the National Assembly last Thursday u
Nov. 19, 2012
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Leaders of Korea, China bash Japan over history
PHNOM PENH (Yonhap News) ― President Lee Myung-bak and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao took a swipe at Japan Monday for failing to fully shed its wartime past as they met on the sidelines of a regional summit overshadowed by history and sovereignty spats among the three neighbors.The one-on-one meeting held on the margin of a regional summit in Phnom Penh highlighted tensions both South Korea and China have with Japan. Seoul and Tokyo have been at odds over Japan’s claims to South Korea’s easternmost
Nov. 19, 2012
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Policeman catches suicidal teen
A school girl, who was stressed over dating issues, threw herself from a building in an apparent suicide attempt, but survived with only minor injuries after a policeman caught her.Suwon Nambu Police Station said it received an emergency call from a 16-year-old girl saying she was about to kill herself at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. “I had a fight with my boyfriend. I’m going to fall to my death so contact him when I die,” the unnamed girl said.After tracing the call, police found the girl standing on a
Nov. 19, 2012
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WHO to disclose toxic tobacco ingredients
The World Health Organization, in collaboration with its member countries, will disclose toxic tobacco ingredients in a global move to scientifically assess the harmful effects of smoking. At an international conference on tobacco control held in Seoul, about 140 participating countries agreed to list the poisonous contents of tobacco that threaten not only the health of smokers but also those around them, officials said. The new measure will allow governments around the world share the list of
Nov. 18, 2012
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Korea has most road deaths in OECD
Korea recorded the highest rate of death by road accidents in 2010 among 29 OECD member nations, according to the Korea Transport Institute.At a seminar to promote better transportation and road safety on Friday, Seol Jae-hoon, a KTI official, said that 11.3 per 100,000 people died due to road accidents.Greece and the U.S. came second and third as they marked 11.1 and 10.6, respectively. Iceland recorded the lowest death rate with 2.5, followed by Sweden, 2.8, and the U.K., 3.1. Car accidents ov
Nov. 18, 2012
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Ex-President Kim’s widow suffers minor injuries
Lee Hee-ho, widow of former President Kim Dae-jung, suffered minor injuries Thursday night after having fallen backward while washing her face, officials at the Severance Hospital said.She needed three stitches in the back of her head.“The result of magnetic resonance imaging shows no anomalies,” a hospital official told media, declining to be named. Lee was discharged from the hospital Friday.Her husband, the 2000 Nobel Peace laureate, passed away in 2009. Since then, Lee, 90, has headed the Ki
Nov. 18, 2012
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Home of 3,000 miracles borne of personal tragedy
From outside, it looks no different from ordinary commercial buildings lining Seoul’s streets. A step inside and the impression is totally different. A tiny bakery caf at one corner of the lobby is staffed by persons with disabilities. A group of handicapped children gather around at another corner, bursting into laughter from time to time. Right in the middle stands a big, red donation box.A signboard on the wall says that this is a place for disabled children. Upstairs, there are play-therapy
Nov. 16, 2012
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Lack of rehab centers leaves disabled at risk
The number of patients with a physical handicap in Korea is sharply increasing but rehabilitation facilities to help them readjust to society are far short of covering the growing need, experts said. According to Rep. Lee Mok-hee of the Democratic United Party, the number of disabled registered with the government jumped from 1.45 million in 2003 to 2.52 million last year. However, there were only 18 rehabilitation hospitals for the disabled around the country as of 2010, mostly in Seoul and nei
Nov. 16, 2012
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Purme fundraising for ‘hospital of dreams’
The Purme Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to disability issues, is raising funds for the construction of a rehabilitation hospital that can accept up to 100 inpatients. The project is the centerpiece of Purme’s campaign since its establishment in 2004 to help disabled children who are often deprived of a chance at a better life due to the lack of adequate rehabilitation services. “Our data shows that nearly 15,000 children in Korea require hospitalized rehabilitation care. But th
Nov. 16, 2012
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Military lashed for poor medical services
The military’s medical treatment system is receiving public criticism following its latest blunder that led an enlisted man to lapse into a coma.Even though experts have called for improved medical services in the army, the Ministry of Defense continues to see accidents and deaths stemming from treatment mishaps occurring every year.Last Monday, Corporal Kim Yoo-seung with the Fifth Corps’ armored brigade was transferred to Asan Medical Center where he has been unconscious after belatedly being
Nov. 16, 2012
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Korea to join adoption convention
South Korea is pushing to join the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption designed to protect the human rights of children adopted overseas.The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced Friday it would establish systems in order to meet the Convention guidelines.The total number of Korean adoptees sent overseas has been estimated to be around 165,000. Many of them face difficulties including American adoptees deported to Korea for failing to obtain American citizenship.The ministry and the U.S
Nov. 16, 2012
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Ahn did not plagiarize: university
Seoul National University said Friday that independent presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo did not engage in plagiarism during his time as a graduate student at its medical school. “A preliminary probe found no grounds for us to further investigate allegations of plagiarism against five academic papers authored by Ahn,” a research ethics committee of the state-run university said in a press statement. “The case is therefore closed without a main investigation.” In a unanimous decision, the pane
Nov. 16, 2012
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Arrest warrant sought for man over sexual assault of teenager
Police in Gyeonggi Province have sought an arrest warrant for a 24-year-old man who used a stun gun on a teenager in order to sexually abuse her on Friday.The man, who is only identified with his surname Kim, brought the electric shock device from his home in the morning and searched for a target around the Gangnam area in southern Seoul.According to the Suwon Seobu Police Station, Kim was attracted to a woman who had drinks with her boyfriend and stalked them. As the couple went into a motel
Nov. 16, 2012
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Lee to visit Cambodia, UAE for regional summits
President Lee Myung-bak will visit Cambodia next week for a series of regional summits with the newly mandated U.S. president, Barack Obama, and other leaders about freer trade and other cooperation in the region, his office announced Thursday.The three-day visit to Phnom Penh starting Sunday is part of Lee’s two-nation trip that will also take him to the United Arab Emirates for talks expected to focus on increasing atomic power and other energy cooperation between the two countries.In Phnom Pe
Nov. 15, 2012
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[Newsmaker] Protesters defy eviction order
Tension is mounting in front of the iconic Deoksu Palace in central Seoul as rag-tag protesters vow to defy a government order to end their months-long decampment or face eviction by police. The Jung-gu district office delivered a notice Wednesday that it would ask police to break up their protest tents and impose fines unless they take them down voluntarily within 15 days.The roadside street beside the Joseon Dynasty palace’s main gate has been a symbolic epicenter for anti-government and labor
Nov. 15, 2012
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Korean women outlive men by 7 years: U.N.
The average Korean woman lives seven years longer than her male counterpart, according to report by the United Nations Population Fund.The State of World Population 2012 survey also showed that Korean women and men live the eighth and 26th longest in the world respectively. The average life span of Korean women is 84 years and that of Korean men is 77.3 years. According to the UNPF report, the world population surpassed 7 billion as of October last year and stands at around 7.1 billion.China ran
Nov. 15, 2012
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LIG chairman, sons indicted for fraud
Prosecutors on Thursday indicted LIG Group chairman Koo Cha-won and his two sons for inflicting damage on minor shareholders by fraudulently issuing commercial papers.Koo Bon-sang, his first son and the largest shareholder of the group, was arrested last month. He is vice chairman of LIG Nex1, the group’s defense arm.Koo Cha-won and his second son Bon-yeop, former vice president of LIG Construction, were charged without detention. The three issued commercial papers worth some 215 billion won inc
Nov. 15, 2012
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Arrest sought for prosecutor accused of bribery
The prosecution sought an arrest warrant Thursday for a senior prosecutor on charges of bribery in a case at the center of a feud with the police over investigative powers.The suspect, Kim Kwang-jun, allegedly received around 240 million won ($220,000) from con man Cho Hee-pal, the operator of a pyramid scheme, and 400 million won from Eugene Group, a construction-based conglomerate.The special investigation team said he faces bribery and other charges. He reportedly denied charges during the in
Nov. 15, 2012
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VANK to take on Apple, Google over Dokdo
Voluntary Agency Network of Korea, a nongovernmental cyber diplomatic organization, is organizing a protest movement to pressure Apple and Google to label Dokdo and the East Sea on their maps. Apple Inc. has recently decided to use both Korean, Japanese and Franco-English names for the nation’s easternmost islets in its new English map service running on the iOS 6 mobile operating software. An updated Google Maps has also replaced the name Dokdo with the islets’ Franco-English name ― the Liancou
Nov. 14, 2012
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Man gets 25-year prison term for raping niece
PYONGTAEK (Yonhap News) ― A 58-year-old man was sentenced to 25 years behind bars for raping his underage niece as well as impregnating her, a Suwon court said Wednesday, amid growing calls for tougher punishments for brutal sex crimes against minors. The Suwon District Court handed down the hefty prison term to the man, only identified by his surname Cheong, convicted of raping his niece on multiple occasions between September 2005 and July this year in his house in Pyongtaek, south of Seoul. T
Nov. 14, 2012