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스타벅스가 뭐길래...20대 女 자가격리 '고발'
코로나19 자가격리 지시를 받고도 이를 위반하고 외출해 스타벅스와 음식점에 여러 차례 간 20대 여성을 고발 조치할 예정이라고 서울 서초구가 10일 밝혔다. 서초구는 잠원동에 사는 27세 여성(서초구 36번 확진자, 8일 확진)을 감염병예방법 위반 혐의로 경찰에 고발할 계획이다. 서초구에 따르면 이 여성은 미국에서 지난달 24일 입국했으며, 엿새 뒤 서초구보건소에서 검사를 받고 다음날인 3월 31일 음성 판정을 받았다. 정부가 미국발 입국자의 자가격리를 의무화한 것은 3월 27일부터여서 이때는 이 여성에게 자가격리 의무가 없었다. 이 여성은 3월 31일 편의점에, 4월 1일 오후 신세계백화점 강남점과 약국에 갔고 저녁에는 스타벅스 강남대로신사점에서 1시간 넘게 머물렀다. 또 3일 저녁에는 똑같은 스타벅스에서 2시간 넘게 시간을 보냈고 고깃집에도 들렀다가 밤에는 편의점에 갔다. 그러다가 이 여성은 귀국시 탔던 미국발 비행기에 동승한 승객 중 코로나19 확진자가 있다는 사실
한국어판 April 10, 2020
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NK leader supervises mortar firing drill ahead of major
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen a mortar firing drill, state media reported Friday, ahead of a key meeting of the country's rubber-stamp legislature to be watched closely for any message to the United States. Kim's attendance in the exercise suggests that a politburo or a plenary meeting of the country's ruling Workers' Party, which used to be held on the eve of a Supreme People's Assembly session, did not take place, and therefore, Friday's SPA meeting may not lead to significant
North Korea April 10, 2020
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S. Korea begins 2-day early voting for April 15 parliamentary elections
South Korea kicked off two days of early voting for the April 15 parliamentary elections on Friday in the midst of its fight against the new coronavirus pandemic. Eligible voters will be able to cast ballots at 3,508 polling stations nationwide from 6 a.m. to 6.p.m. through Saturday, according to the National Election Commission (NEC). The country will conduct the polls in the midst of its battle against COVID-19, with more than 10,000 confirmed cases here. Guaranteeing voter safety at polli
Politics April 10, 2020
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Moon, Modi agree on 'people-first' approach to coronavirus crisis
The leaders of South Korea and India agreed Thursday on the importance of making people's lives and health the top priorities amid the coronavirus pandemic, Cheong Wa Dae said. Speaking by phone with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the world would change following the COVID-19 outbreak, as it did after World War II. He was quoted as saying that people should be at the heart of all policies and strategies, going forward. Moon pointed out Modi's cal
Foreign Affairs April 9, 2020
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Ministry, universities discuss students' demand for refunds
South Korean officials and universities on Thursday began to discuss how to meet students' growing calls for refunds over disruptions in schools caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Most universities delayed the start of the new semester by two weeks last month and are running online classes to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Students have filed petitions and held rallies, saying their right to learn has been violated and demanding schools refund their tuition. On Tuesday, Vice Education Minis
Social Affairs April 9, 2020
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Five middle powers affirm 'full solidarity' in tackling COVID-19
The top diplomats of South Korea and its four middle-power partners affirmed their commitment Thursday to working in "full solidarity" and mobilizing "all available policy tools" to tackle the new coronavirus and minimize damage from it, the foreign ministry said. The foreign ministers from the group of South Korea, Mexico, Indonesia, Turkey and Australia, known as MIKTA, an acronym of the countries' initials, issued a joint statement to call for robust global cooperation i
Foreign Affairs April 9, 2020
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Seoul stocks hike 1.6% on eased coronavirus woes
South Korean stocks rose more than 1 percent on Thursday on hopes that coronavirus infections around the globe are nearing a peak. The Korean won rose against the US dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 29.07 points, or 1.61 percent, to 1,836.21. The main index tracked overnight gains on Wall Street. US stocks soared amid the possibility that the coronavirus death toll and infections in the United States could peak this week, Huh Jae-hwan, a strategist at Eugen
Market April 9, 2020
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221 detained in police crackdown on digital sex crimes
Police said Thursday they have detained 221 digital sex criminals nationwide last and this year after opening an investigation into 274 sexual crime cases. According to the National Police Agency (NPA), 32 of the detainees have been put under arrest for various digital sex crimes, including production and distribution of sexual exploitation materials, nonconsenting sharing of sex videos of women and secret filming of women in public places. By crime type, police have detected three cases of p
Social Affairs April 9, 2020
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3 Vietnamese students likely to be deported for violating self-quarantine rules
The Justice Ministry said Thursday that it is considering deporting three Vietnamese students from South Korea for violating self-quarantine rules. The students, who have been in two-week self-isolation, allegedly went to a park in Gunsan, around 270 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on April 3 and stayed there for five hours, according to the ministry. They left their mobile phones at their residences to avoid GPS tracking by local health authorities. But officials found out about their absence
Foreign Affairs April 9, 2020
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UNICEF raises NK aid budget by $3m to $22.5m
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said it has set this year's budget for North Korea aid projects at $22.5 million, up about $3 million from last year. "Prolonged dry spells, flooding and limited agricultural inputs, which led to increased food insecurity in 2019, will likely persist in 2020," UNICEF said in its "Humanitarian Action for Children 2020" report, calling for further external aid to assist North Koreans. The report said 10.4 million people in North Ko
North Korea April 9, 2020
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Commercial paper sales jump 34% in March
Sales of commercial papers (CP) in South Korea surged more than 34 percent on-month in March as brokerages rushed to secure cash to brace for the fallout from the novel coronavirus outbreak, data showed Thursday. The country's CP issuance came to 21.2 trillion won ($17.4 billion) last month, up 34.2 percent from the previous month's 15.8 trillion won, according to the data from the Korea Securities Depository. Securities companies led the sharp increase in March sales of CP, a short-term debt
Economy April 9, 2020
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N. Korea's main paper highlights late leader Kim Jong-il's achievements on anniversary
North Korea's main newspaper highlighted the accomplishments of late leader Kim Jong-il on the 27th anniversary of his 1993 assumption of power Thursday, urging people to build on such feats to make the communist nation more powerful and prosperous. The Rodong Sinmun, an organ of the North's ruling Workers' Party, carried the message in an editorial, saying the late father of the current leader Kim Jong-un contributed greatly to advancing the country's self-reliant defense industry. "Com
North Korea April 9, 2020
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침뱉고 "나 코로나19 걸렸다" 외친 미국인, 테러 혐의로 기소
미국에서 고의로 신종 코로나바이러스 감염증(코로나19)을 퍼뜨리겠다고 위협하면 테러범으로 처벌받게 된다. 미 검찰은 8일(현지시간) 자신이 코로나19에 걸렸다고 주장하면서 경찰관에게 침을 뱉은 플로리다주 주민 제임스 커리(31)를 생물학 무기와 관련해 거짓말을 한 혐의로 기소했다고 AP통신이 보도했다. 법정 문서에 따르면 커리는 지난달 27일 가정폭력 혐의로 경찰에 체포되는 과정에서 한 경찰관의 팔에 기침을 한 뒤 자신이 코로나19에 걸렸다고 주장했다. 그는 구속된 후 보석금을 내고 이튿날 석방됐지만, 피해자에게 접근하지 말라는 법원 명령을 위반한 혐의로 다시 체포됐다. 두 번째 체포 때는 경찰관을 향해 두 차례 침을 뱉은 후 "나는 코로나19에 걸렸고 바이러스를 퍼뜨리고 있다"고 소리 지른 혐의를 받고 있다. 그는 이후 코로나19 검사에서 음성 판정을 받았다. 테러 기소에 따라 유죄가 인정되면 최대 5년의 징역형을 받을 수 있다고 AP는 전했다. 이
한국어판 April 9, 2020
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Economic, health issues likely to take center stage at NK parliamentary meeting amid virus fight: experts
Economic and domestic issues are expected to take center stage at North Korea's major parliamentary meeting this week, amid the ongoing fight against the new coronavirus and concerns over the fallout from the pandemic, experts said Thursday. The Supreme People's Assembly (SPA), the North's rubber-stamp parliament, is to meet on Friday. It usually holds a plenary session every April, mostly to deal with the state budget and Cabinet reshuffle. Such meetings have been closely monitored abroad fo
North Korea April 9, 2020
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S. Korea finds no genetic mutation in new coronavirus: KCDC
South Korea's health authorities said Thursday they have not found a genetic mutation in the new coronavirus so far, evidence that they cited to dismiss concerns over possible errors in diagnostic testing. The result came after a genetic analysis of 73 genes from coronavirus patients, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said in a statement. The KCDC said gene mutation could lead to higher infectiousness or toxicity, and could even raise concerns over possible errors in
Social Affairs April 9, 2020
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