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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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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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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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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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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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Over 9,000 hotline calls made by stalking victims in 2023
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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N. Korea says U.S. citizen held since November to be indicted
(Yonhap News)North Korea said Thursday it has detained a U.S. citizen since last November and plans to indict him, as he admitted his "crime," the North's media reported.North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said that the American, named Jun Young-su, was arrested in November last year and has since been investigated by officials for committing a crime against the North after en
April 14, 2011
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KAIST students, faculty puzzled
International students express concern about change in English-only policyDAEJEON ― At this time every year, a strawberry festival is held at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Daejeon, some 160 kilometers south of Seoul.During the event, students and faculty members sit together to share ideas and thoughts while eating fresh strawberries grown at neighboring farms. But the
April 13, 2011
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Seoul gender ratios depend on location
Singles looking for a significant other can increase their chances by choosing different locations, with different areas throughout Seoul showing a wide range of gender ratios, according to census data released Wednesday.According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, more men resided in areas north of the Han River, including Yongsan-gu, Jongno-gu and Jung-gu, which had the highest ratio of men t
April 13, 2011
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Anti-corruption watchdog to meet foreign executives
Seoul’s anti-corruption watchdog will host a conference Thursday to discuss corruption and inform chiefs from foreign corporations of the state’s efforts to handle the issue.The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission will invite some 50 CEOs and representatives of multinational corporations, foreign chambers of commerce and embassies, to form an understanding of the problems in the past and i
April 13, 2011
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Korean men shun housework: data
Asian men spend less than an hour a day doing home choresKorean men spend the least amount of time doing housework in the OECD. The 2011 edition of “Society at a glance ―- OECD Social Indicators” indicated that Southern European and Asian men were least likely to participate in household chores. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development conducted a survey on 29 countries to see how
April 13, 2011
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Seoul's female population outnumbers males in 2010
The female population outnumbered the males in Seoul for the eighth straight year last year, though the proportion of the male population grew slightly, census data showed Wednesday. Out of 10.5 million people living in the capital, 5.2 million or 49.5 percent were male, and 5.3 million or 50.3 percent were female as of December, showing a male-to-female ratio of 98.09, according to data from t
April 13, 2011
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Police arrest suspect of Hyundai Capital data leak
Local police said Tuesday they were investigating a suspect for the leak of personal information from Hyundai Capital Services Inc., the country's major lending company and a financial unit of Hyundai Motor Group.The 33-year-old man, whose name was withheld, was caught because he paid a usage fee for one of the Internet servers involved in the hacking of Hyundai Capital's server last month, the po
April 12, 2011
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Korean schools mulled to teach migrant workers
The government is considering establishing Korean language institutes in foreign countries that send workers to Korea through the employment permit system.The institutes would introduce Korean culture and language to permit workers, the Ministry of Employment and Labor said Tuesday. Further details have yet to be drawn up but the administration is reportedly looking to set up the language institut
April 12, 2011
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Prosecution raids Kumho Petrochemical over slush fund
The prosecution Tuesday raided Kumho Petrochemical headquarters and offices of its business partners to look for proof of alleged embezzlement to create slush funds. Investigators from the Seoul Southern Prosecutors’ Office seized hard disks containing accounting information. “We have found circumstantial evidence that Kumho Petrochemical misappropriated company money to amass slush funds, but it
April 12, 2011
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KAIST crisis raises calls for change
Civic groups demand government audit against the state-funded schoolStudents and faculty members of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology on Monday called for a new leadership after a spate of student suicides at the school, calling the current president’s reform efforts a “failure.”Four KAIST students have killed themselves since January, with the latest death confirmed last Thur
April 12, 2011
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Bugsmusic ex-CEO under questioning
The Seoul Central Prosecutors’ Office is investigating allegations that Gloworks chief executive Park Sung-hoon may have compromised the health of his firm with inappropriate corporate activities, police sources said on Monday.Park is best known as the chief executive of online music provider Bugsmusic, which was transformed into a company developing natural resources called Gloworks.Some of the c
April 12, 2011
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Billions of won found at garlic farm
Police have dug out more than 8 billion won ($7.1 million) in cash from the soil of a garlic farm owned by an unemployed man in Gimje, North Jeolla Province, officials said Monday. The money is believed to be part of a slush fund raised by running an illegal gambling website, the officials said, adding the total amount of the illegal fund reached 11 billion won. According to the investigators, the
April 11, 2011
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Medical discount coupons ruled illegal
Downloading discount coupons from social commerce business websites for medical treatments is a violation of the Medical Law, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Monday. However, it is not illegal for hospitals or medical facilities to offer price cuts directly to patients on services not covered by insurance, it said. The conclusion was reached upon request from Seoul Metropolitan Government,
April 11, 2011
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Korea may close old reactors
All nuclear power facilities to undergo safety inspectionThe Korean government will conduct a safety inspection on nuclear power plants in the country amid growing worries about the radiation leaks in Japan. Officials said they may shut down reactors if they fail to meet safety standards.In a nuclear power committee meeting Monday, presided over by Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik, participants decide
April 11, 2011
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Professor of top science university found dead in apparent suicide
Police said Sunday a university professor was found hanged at his apartment, the latest suicide involving students and faculty of South Korea's top science university.The professor, identified only by his surname Park, hanged himself in the kitchen of his apartment in Daejeon, about 160 kilometers south of Seoul, when he was discovered by his wife on Sunday afternoon, police said.The 54-year-old P
April 11, 2011
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Korea reports radioactive materials in air
Traces of radioactive particles were detected in air samples from seven out of 12 test areas throughout South Korea but they posed no immediate health risks to humans, a state agency on nuclear safety said Saturday.Minuscule traces of iodine-131 were found in seven areas including Seoul, while traces of cesium-134 and cesium-137 were detected in five others, according to the Korea Institute of Nuc
April 10, 2011
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Korea to launch special committee on disasters
Korea is working to launch a committee that will deal exclusively with disasters and accidents caused by disasters, such as the radiation leak from a nuclear power plant in Japan, a government official said Saturday.The committee will be set up within the National Science and Technology Commission that governs policies on high-tech industries and investment, Lee Seok-rae, a commission official, sa
April 10, 2011
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KAIST president faces grilling over students’ suicides
KAIST president Suh Nam-pyo is to face questioning at the National Assembly and a board meeting over the suicides cases of four of his students, who have reportedly been under enormous stress stemming from his policies. While the 74-year-old former MIT professor defends his rules as a necessary procedure to improve the overall competitiveness of the school, calls for his resignation are mounting w
April 10, 2011
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High schoolers ditch 2nd foreign language
The number of Korean high school students choosing to study a second foreign language fell sharply last year, after education authorities decided it was no longer required, government data showed Sunday.According to data released by the state-run Korean Educational Development Institute, the number of high school students learning a second foreign language totaled 596,044 as of April 2010, marking
April 10, 2011
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Island of the ‘cursed’ becomes tourist magnet
Leprosy treatment facility on Sorok Island gets new lease of lifeSOROK ISLAND, South Jeolla Province ― Just decades ago, Hansen’s disease, more commonly known as leprosy, was considered a curse from nature, subject to prejudice and discrimination. The disease is now almost eliminated from the country and is controllable with proper medication and nutrition. Although there are 13,300 people nationw
April 10, 2011