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Who's lying? Hybe vs. Min conflict continues to intensify
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Seoul should engage Kim Jong-un’s elites for change, ex-North Korean diplomat says
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Thousands rally in Seoul to call for Yoon's resignation
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Most teen sex offenders get away with slap on wrist
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FM champions multilateralism, stresses S. Korea's vision as 'global pivotal state'
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Man sentenced to 1 year, 8 months for stealing from elementary school classrooms
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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is killed in Beirut strike, Israel's military says
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Same-sex couple denied insurance clearance despite landmark ruling
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Suicide attempts spike among youth in Korea
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Panmunjom tours for select Korean nationals may resume in October
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Military chief checks naval combat readiness
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff called for increased naval combat readiness on Monday during his inspection of the Navy's combat commands, the JCS said.Gen. Lee Sun-jin's visits to the Navy's Fleet and Submarine Force Commands and the underwater demolition team came as North Korea has ratcheted up its belligerent anti-South rhetoric to an unusually high level. Over the last month, North Korea has threatened to launch nuclear attacks on South Korea and strike South Korea's presidential
DefenseApril 11, 2016
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N. Korea calls on party members to participate in '70-day
North Korea is making a determined effort to encourage its ruling Workers' Party members to actively take part in a nationwide campaign to boost productivity ahead of the key party congress set for early next month, a media report said Monday, adding, however, that many are lukewarm about such prodding.Quoting a provincial source, the Washington-based Radio Free Asia (RFA) said the central party has issued an order to ordinary party members across the country, emphasizing the need to show an exe
North KoreaApril 11, 2016
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[Election 2016] Parties make last-ditch pleas for votes
Party leaders continued their campaign tours on Monday to stump for party candidates on the second-last day before polls open, while widening the gap in their election speech strategies.Rep. Kim Moo-sung, the outspoken leader of the ruling conservative Saenuri Party, made direct shots at individual opposition candidates. The Minjoo Party of Korea’s Kim Chong-in, in contrast, kept his aim at the ruling party in general and the incumbent Park Geun-hye administration.Saenuri Party chief Rep. Kim Mo
PoliticsApril 11, 2016
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Korea, U.S., Japan to hold vice ministerial talks next week
South Korea, the United States and Japan will hold vice-ministerial talks next week in Seoul to discuss North Korea's denuclearization and other regional and global issues, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said Monday.South Korean First Vice Minister Lim Sung-nam and his U.S. and Japanese counterparts Tony Blinken and Akitaka Saiki will meet here next Tuesday for the third trilateral diplomatic consultations. The three-way meeting was last held in Tokyo in January.The three countries are also coordinati
Social AffairsApril 11, 2016
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Online adult community members to be punished
The police is cracking down on online adult community Sora.net.Kang Shin-myung, chief commissioner of the Korean police, said Monday that not only the page administrators but also community members who participated in illegal acts will be held responsible. (Yonhap)While browsing adult content is not a criminal act, Kang said, “Those who create or distribute child pornography, heavy uploaders who circulate a large number of obscene content and distributors of revenge pornography are all punishabl
Social AffairsApril 11, 2016
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Ticket prices for 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games announced
The organizers of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games on Monday announced the ticket prices for the quadrennial event with the average price reaching 140,000 won ($121).The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) said that a total of 1.17 million tickets will be issued to the public. The organizers expect 90 percent will be sold, generating 174 billion won in revenue. The POCOG said that 70 percent of the tickets will be sold in South Korea."
Social AffairsApril 11, 2016
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Jeonbuk hoping to see benefit of squad rotation in tight schedule
South Korean pro football champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors hope to see their squad rotation system bloom during the tight schedule of the domestic league and the Asian premier club tournament, as they struggle to score three points in recent matches.Jeonbuk, two-time defending champions of the top-flight K League Classic, posted a 1-1 draw against Pohang Steelers in their domestic league action Sunday after conceding an equalizer in the 89th minute. This was another winless result after they suf
SoccerApril 11, 2016
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Police to stay on high alert during general elections
Police said Monday they will be on high alert during this week's general elections.A total of 84,995 officers will be dispatched to polling stations and ballot counting offices across the country from when the voting kicks off at 6 a.m. on Wednesday until the vote-counting officially ends, the National Police Agency (NPA) said. The number is equivalent to around 60 percent of the total police force in South Korea.Police officers will be on hourly patrol duties at 13,837 polling stations in the c
Social AffairsApril 11, 2016
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Korean teens fight for rights to birth control, sex life
In 2012, when Kang Min-jin was 17 years old, she decided to go public about her sex life. Back then, in a rally focusing on youth rights in Seoul, she held a banner which she thought was both deeply personal and political. It said: “I’m not a virgin (and I’m a teenager).”“Yes, it was a political statement,” she said in an interview with The Korea Herald. “When you live in a country where you can be punished at school for dating a fellow student, where you need to be 19 or older to get informatio
Social AffairsApril 11, 2016
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[KOSDAQ Star] Momentum builds for ViroMed
This is the sixth in a series of articles analyzing the top 10 companies by market capitalization traded on the tech-heavy KOSDAQ market. --Ed.ViroMed, a biotech venture founded two decades ago on the Seoul National University campus, has only one drug selling on local shelves, but its presence on the KOSDAQ is nothing to sniff at.With a market capitalization of 2.15 trillion won ($1.9 billion), the company ranks sixth on the country’s tech-loaded secondary stock exchange, closely chasing CJ E&M
April 11, 2016
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Behind fierce rivalry, e-commerce giants struggle to cover losses
Despite stellar performance that brought significant change in the retail market landscape, Korea’s mobile-focused e-commerce giants are facing a crisis as they struggle to cover the losses resulting from intense competition.Rumors have been circulating around the market that the three leading mobile shipping platforms are already in the red due to hefty spending into delivery and logistic service -- a common strategy to dominate the market with no concrete No. 1 player yet. They face a combined
IndustryApril 11, 2016
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Austria wants to seize Hitler’s birth house
VIENNA (AFP) -- Austria said Saturday it wants to seize Adolf Hitler’s birthplace from its private owner in a bid to end a bitter legal battle and stop the house from becoming a neo-Nazi shrine. “We are currently examining the creation of a law, which would force a change of ownership and pass the property to the Republic of Austria,” Interior Ministry spokesman Karl-Heinz Grundboeck told AFP. “We have come to the conclusion over the past few years that expropriation is the only way to avoid the
CultureApril 11, 2016
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Dating app conman scams millions from women
A man was arrested Monday for scamming tens of millions of won from women by pretending to be a high-flying businessman. The Busan Sasang police said the 35-year-old fraudster surnamed Kim defrauded four women of over 45 million won ($39,200).(123RF)He met his victims through a smartphone dating application. The women believed the man’s false name and identity and heeded his request to borrow money to pay his employees’ salaries.Police said that although Kim was not a particularly good-looking m
Social AffairsApril 11, 2016
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Korean stocks edge down on cautious sentiment
Korean stocks fell 0.1 percent Monday as investors stuck to a cautious stance amid lingering global uncertainties. The local currency rose against the U.S. dollar.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) shed 1.68 points to finish at 1,970.37. Trade volume stood at 370 million shares worth 3.8 trillion won ($3.3 billion), with losers outnumbering gainers 434 to 360.Market watchers attributed the decline to a lack of fresh momentum and mixed market signals.Many expect the KOSPI to
April 11, 2016
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Man sentenced for exposing wife's naked buttock
A man was sentenced to four months in prison with one year of probation, Monday, for invading the sexual freedom of his wife. He was additionally given 40 hours of education on recovery from sexual violence. (123RF)The 40-year-old was charged for uploading a photo of his sleeping wife’s exposed buttocks on social media in September 2014. The couple separated the following March. The man is also accused of trespassing in his ex-wife’s residence five times in October 2015.The judge who presided ov
Social AffairsApril 11, 2016
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Hyundai Heavy faces $100 mil. additional tax
Tax authorities in Seoul have slapped Hyundai Heavy Industries with an additional tax of 120 billion won ($104 million), the shipbuilder confirmed Monday. The National Tax Service recently notified the nation’s leading shipbuilder of its decision to impose the additional tax allegedly on a charges of corporate tax evasion. Its investigation into the country’s top shipbuilder began in April last year. Hyundai Heavy Industries (Yonhap)Hyundai Heavy Industries’ spokesperson said, “It is true that t
IndustryApril 11, 2016
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[Photo News] Sweet desserts
SWEET DESSERTS -- President Park Geun-hye (right) and actor Song Joong-ki -- Korea‘s tourism ambassador -- make a traditional Korean dessert during the opening ceremony of the K-Style Hub, located at Korea Tourism Organization’s headquarters in central Seoul on Monday. (Yonhap)
PeopleApril 11, 2016
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Samsung Serif TV aims to be ‘iPhone in TV’
Samsung Electronics is hoping to have its own iPhone moment with its new stylish TV set called Serif TV. “This is the iPhone of TVs,” said a Samsung executive at the company’s TV business division. “We have long worked on a product that would have a similar appeal as iPhones. This is the product that will notch up our brand image,” he said on condition of anonymity.The Serif TV is the culmination of Samsung’s upscale push across its product lineup in recent years. Designed by renowned French des
TechnologyApril 11, 2016
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CJ CheilJedang’s kimchi probiotic approved by U.S. food regulator
Korea’s leading food maker CJ CheilJedang said Monday that an herbal probiotic found in Korea’s traditional cabbage dish kimchi has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.Lactobacillus plantarum CJLP133 is now recognized as a new dietary ingredient by the FDA. It joins a handful of Korean ingredients already approved by the U.S. regulator including cynanchum wilfordii, ecklonia cava, black ginseng and bio-germanium.Lactobacillus plantarum CJLP133 (CJ CheilJedang)“The approval of
IndustryApril 11, 2016
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Cigarette warning labels spark questions about fairness
The tobacco industry is raising questions about fairness as new graphic warning labels have to be affixed on cigarette packs by year-end.According to industry officials, it is unfair to force such graphic labels on cigarettes but not onto other harmful products such as alcohol. Warning images for cigarette packs released by the Health Ministry on March 31 (Yonhap)“We have no choice but to follow the law once it’s implemented, but the images are overly graphic, beyond the point where they can be
IndustryApril 11, 2016