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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth
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Trilateral talks acknowledge ‘serious’ slumps of won, yen
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North Korea removes streetlights along cross-border roads with South
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Russia's denial of entry of S. Korean national unrelated to bilateral ties: Seoul official
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S. Korea votes in favor of Palestinian bid for UN membership
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Bae Doo-na shares portraying Korean identity in Hollywood's 'Rebel Moon'
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Farming households dip below 1m for first time in 2023
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[From the Scene] Monks, Buddhists hail return of remains of Buddhas
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2 out of 3 workers in small business took less than 6 days off last year
A recent survey showed that about 67.9 of South Koreans working at an enterprise employing less than five people had less than six days of paid leave last year, a civic group said Sunday. Gapjil 119, a civic group focusing on workplace abuse, conducted a survey of 1,000 employees across the country to find how much time off work they got last year, in which they also found that only 12.1 percent of those working in small businesses -- those with less than five workers -- took 15 days of paid l
Social AffairsMarch 24, 2024
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Bullet found on Milan-bound KAL airplane
A bullet has been recovered from inside a Korean Air plane that was bound for Milan at Incheon Airport, according to airport police on Sunday. According to the Incheon Airport Police Corps, a staff member who was cleaning the inside of flight KE0927 at around 11:20 a.m. on Sunday found a 9-millimeter bullet for a hunting gun underneath a passenger seat. The aircraft had been scheduled to head for the Italian city at 12:10 p.m. Airport police conducted a thorough search inside the airplane but di
Social AffairsMarch 24, 2024
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Man cleared of stalking charges pressed by ex-girlfriend
A 62-year-old man has been cleared of stalking charges following allegations brought by his former girlfriend after the court found the plaintiff's testimonies to be inconsistent and lacking in credibility, officials said Sunday. The defendant had been given a summary order to pay a 3-million-won ($2,200) fine for charges of stalking his girlfriend and trespassing at her home. He denied the charges and requested a formal trial. The prosecution accused the defendant of stalking based on alle
Social AffairsMarch 24, 2024
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[News Analysis] S. Korea's medical crisis: no end in sight
The ongoing conflict between the government and medical communities over a medical student quota expansion plan shows no signs of tempering, with both parties refusing to back down despite confusion spreading at hospitals across the country. Watchers say this week could be the peak of the conflict, as the Health Ministry begins from Tuesday to suspend the medical licenses of trainee doctors who have defied a return-to-work order. The government has sent prior notices of license suspension to som
Social AffairsMarch 24, 2024
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Doctors refusing walkout protest 'coercion' to join medical strike
Trainee doctors and medical school students not participating in a nationwide walkout released a statement Saturday, calling for other medical staff to respect their decision not to walk out on patients. Medical Students and Trainee Doctors With Different Opinion, known locally as Dasaengui, posted a statement on its social media page urging colleagues to cease what the group has labeled "authoritative ostracizing and violent coercion" against them to join the walkout. "Doctors wi
Social AffairsMarch 24, 2024
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Han accuses opposition leader of being 'subservient to China'
The ruling party head on Sunday slammed main opposition leader Rep. Lee Jae-myung for his speech on the Yoon Suk Yeol administration's stance on the South Korea-China relationship, accusing the Democratic Party of Korea as being subservient to China. Han Dong-hoon, interim chair of the ruling People Power Party, said in a meeting of the party's election committee on Sunday that Lee's comment Friday "reaffirms the Democratic Party of Korea's perception of itself as a vassal to China." T
PoliticsMarch 24, 2024
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What are the reasons for the gender wage gap? Women say discrimination, men say career breaks
South Korean men and women have differing opinions on the reason behind the country's gender wage gap, the largest among the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development states, with women attributing the gap to sexual discrimination while men say it is because frequent career breaks result in shorter careers for women. The state-run Korean Women's Development Institute surveyed 1,504 wage workers between the ages of 19 and 59 in August last year. The results showed that 54.7
Social AffairsMarch 24, 2024
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Health care standoff to worsen amid looming resignations by med professors
The monthlong confrontation between the government and doctors was feared to worsen further as medical school professors were to tender mass resignations and cut back on patient care starting this week, while the government was to suspend the licenses of striking trainee doctors, officials said Sunday. More than 90 percent of the country's 13,000 trainee doctors have been on strike in the form of mass resignations for about a month to protest the government's decision to increase the m
Social AffairsMarch 24, 2024
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US lawmakers to visit S. Korea this week: sources
WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan US congressional delegation will visit Seoul this week for talks with South Korean officials, multiple sources said Saturday. The delegation includes Korean American Rep. Young Kim (R-CA), chair of the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific, and Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA). They are expected to pay a courtesy call on President Yoon Suk Yeol and discuss the strengthening of the South Korea-US alliance in light of North Korean provocations. The group of US repre
Foreign AffairsMarch 24, 2024
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Police praise landfill worker for returning W29m to owner
A worker at Sudokwon Landfill Site was heralded by Incheon Seobu Police Station on Wednesday for reporting bundles of banknotes found at the landfill in Incheon, aiding police in finding the owner of the money. Park Jae-geun found 29 million won ($21,700) at the landfill on Feb. 1 while burying waste, according to local media. Park is an employee of a subcontractor of Sudokwon Landfill Site Management Corp., the landfill’s operator, and has worked in the field for more than 30 years. Some
Social AffairsMarch 23, 2024
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Govt. told to reward, not penalize, parental leave takers
South Korea's anti-corruption watchdog on Thursday recommended the government to implement measures to provide incentives for public sector workers who took paternity leave, and to ensure they are not penalized for taking leave to take care of their children. The state-run Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission made the suggestion to the Ministry of Personnel Management and the Ministry of Interior and Safety, in a bid to address the low fertility rate that has been ailing the country.
Social AffairsMarch 23, 2024
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253 candidates sign up for 46 proportional seats in parliamentary elections
A total of 253 candidates have registered to compete for the 46 proportional representation seats up for grabs in the April 10 parliamentary elections, according to the National Election Committee on Saturday. Major parties have established paper parties, commonly known as satellite parties, for the proportional representation seats in the 300-member National Assembly that are allocated to parties based on the total number of votes they receive. The committee reported that 38 satellite parties
PoliticsMarch 23, 2024
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S. Korea offers condolences over Russian concert shooting
South Korea on Saturday expressed condolences to the victims and their families of a tragic shooting attack at a concert venue in Moscow, which resulted in the loss of more than 140 lives. Gunmen opened fire at the venue in the Russian capital Friday, reportedly leading to at least 143 fatalities and other injuries, with the Islamic State group claiming responsibility. The death toll is expected to growth further. "We stand in solidarity with the people of Russia in their sorrow," the
Social AffairsMarch 23, 2024
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686 candidates sign up for April 10 parliamentary elections
A total of 686 candidates have registered for the April 10 parliamentary elections, the National Election Committee said Friday, setting the stage for a political showdown that could determine how the current administration will fare in its remaining three years in office. Up for grabs in the elections are 300 National Assembly seats, 254 of them directly contested seats and 46 proportional representation seats. The data, tentatively tallied at 7 p.m., showed that 38 parties applied for proporti
PoliticsMarch 22, 2024
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Yoon, PPP chief look around salvaged warship together after reported clash
President Yoon Suk Yeol and ruling People Power Party (PPP) chief Han Dong-hoon looked around a salvaged warship together Friday, in an apparent show of their bond following signs of discord ahead of the general elections, a presidential official said. Yoon and Han met to tour the warship Cheonan at the Navy's 2nd Fleet Command in Pyeongtaek, 60 kilometers south of Seoul, after both attended a memorial ceremony there to mark West Sea Defense Day. The Cheonan is a corvette that sank in a Nor
PoliticsMarch 22, 2024
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Congenital diseases of children born from mothers working at Samsung recognized as industrial accidents
A government-affiliated agency recognized Friday the risks of unsafe work environments on a fetus after employees who worked at Samsung Electronics Co. during their pregnancy claimed their children's congenital diseases should be covered by workplace accident compensation. Following a deliberation process, a committee that oversees the compensation concluded that the cases of three women who worked as operators at the chipmaker should be acknowledged as industrial accidents, the Korea Worke
Social AffairsMarch 22, 2024
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New Reform Party rattled by internal fissures ahead of election
The New Reform Party, a "big tent” aimed at capturing voters disaffected with the main two parties, has been rattled by another round of internal rift ahead of the April 10 legislative election. The party’s Floor Leader Rep. Yang Hyang-ja on late Thursday pledged to continue supporting the New Reform Party, two days after she hinted at leaving. Yang had expressed disagreement with the list of candidates selected by the other leadership members for the upcoming election, and was
PoliticsMarch 22, 2024
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S. Korea summons Japanese envoy to protest historical distortion in textbooks
South Korea's Foreign Ministry on Friday summoned Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koichi Aiboshi to formally protest Japan's approval of history textbooks asserting sovereignty over the Dokdo islets and watering down the coercive nature of its wartime forced labor and sexual slavery. The Foreign Ministry in Seoul also expressed “deep regret” over the Japanese government’s approval of textbooks for middle schools that distort historical facts in a statement issued u
Foreign AffairsMarch 22, 2024
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Anti-corruption agency defers interrogation of troubled envoy Lee
South Korea's anti-corruption investigation agency on Friday announced its decision not to summon Ambassador to Australia Lee Jong-sup for interrogation for a while. The decision comes amid escalating attention on the investigation into Lee, particularly regarding allegations of his unjust meddling in a military inquiry into the death of a young Marine on duty. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials said "the investigation team of the CIO is in the position that
PoliticsMarch 22, 2024
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Attorney who defended sex criminals withdraws Democratic Party candidacy
A human rights lawyer who was nominated by the main opposition party to run as a candidate in the upcoming legislative election decided to withdraw her bid on Thursday, facing mounting criticism that she has provided legal defense to multiple convicted sexual offenders, including a child rapist. Cho Soo-jin announced she would not run in the April 10 general election through a Facebook post merely three days after she won a primary against two-term lawmaker Rep. Park Yong-jin in a key district i
PoliticsMarch 22, 2024