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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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[Robert J. Fouser] AI changes rationale for learning languages
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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Plans unveiled to redevelop southwest Seoul
The Seoul Metropolitan Government unveiled plans to redevelop southwest Seoul into an innovative urban district that combines functions such as work, leisure and housing on Tuesday. During Tuesday’s press briefing, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said that the city government will begin construction in southwest Seoul in 2025 to transform industrial and old residential areas into futuristic, high-tech industrial clusters and residential, leisure and work areas with green spaces. Southwest Seoul con
Feb. 27, 2024
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As criticism mounts, med students engage in community service
As negative sentiment continues to build toward the medical sector after junior doctors walked out of hospitals and training programs in protest of the government’s decision to increase the annual medical school enrollment quota, medical students said they would engage in community service while taking time off from their studies. An emergency response committee at Yonsei University College of Medicine on Monday kicked off volunteering activities to provide free meals for the elderly, dist
Feb. 27, 2024
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Yoon says 2,000 increase in med school quota non-negotiable
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday remained set on his push for an increase in the annual medical school enrollment quota of 2,000, saying the number "is non-negotiable." "No excuses can justify (doctors') collective action of taking people's health hostage and posing a threat to people's lives," Yoon told some 100 participants including mayors and provincial governors at the Central and Local Government Cooperation Council meeting at Cheong Wa Dae, the former presidential of
Feb. 27, 2024
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Video of woman catching peeping-tom goes viral
South Korean police confirmed Tuesday they are investigating a man who was caught secretly filming women inside a bathroom, after a video of the incident went viral online. According to police, the male suspect in his 20s is believed to have snuck into the women’s bathroom room at a "jimjilbang" -- a Korean-style bathhouse with saunas, massage tables and unisex areas with heated floors -- in Gwangjin-gu, eastern Seoul last Monday with the intent to film women's bodies. He wa
Feb. 27, 2024
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Legal protections proposed for bar owners tricked into selling alcohol to minors
Bar owners who are misled into selling alcohol to minors with fake IDs may soon have a way to prove their innocence using surveillance camera footage under a proposed rule change. The Ministry of Government Legislation announced a public notice Tuesday for the amendment of the Enforcement Decree of the Food Sanitation Act, which contains new clauses that exempt those who unknowingly sell alcohol to customers under the age of 19 from punishment if video evidence is provided. For 20 days until Mar
Feb. 27, 2024
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Teachers and native English instructors now required to undergo drug testing
Drug and substance addiction screenings have been added to the recruitment process of all school teachers in South Korea, including native English speakers on short-term contracts, education authorities said Tuesday. According to the Education Ministry, the new rule, effective from the start of this year, mandates that teachers will be disqualified if they fail to submit a “confirmation of drugs, cannabis and psychotropic substances addiction test results” within one year of their
Feb. 27, 2024
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Woman dies after bungee jumping in mall
A woman in her 60s went into cardiac arrest and died after falling from a bungee jumping platform on Monday afternoon, officials said. The victim, whose name and exact age were withheld, jumped from the platform only to plummet 8 meters below to a concrete floor at a sports facility located within Starfield Anseong Mall in Gyeonggi Province, around 4:20 p.m., according to Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police. She was rushed to the hospital after emergency services performed CPR on her, but she did n
Feb. 26, 2024
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Over 150 elementary schools have no 1st graders: ministry
A total of 157 elementary schools across South Korea do not have any first graders set to enroll in March, the Ministry of Education said Monday, as a record-low number of new students is expected for the upcoming school year. According to the ministry, nearly every provincial and metropolitan area across South Korea had at least one elementary school that was not expecting new students, except Seoul, Gwangju, Daejeon, Ulsan and Sejong. North Jeolla Province led all regions with 34 schools with
Feb. 26, 2024
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ER admission delay leads to death of cardiac arrest patient
Admission delays at emergency rooms were reported across South Korea amid a walkout by trainee doctors, while a cardiac arrest patient in her 80s died in an ambulance in Daejeon while emergency workers tried to find an ER that would admit her. According to local media reports on Monday, the patient suffered heart failure on Friday and was taken away by an ambulance. The emergency workers were turned away by seven hospitals, who told them that they did not have medical staff or hospital beds to t
Feb. 26, 2024
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Police probe satirical edited video featuring President Yoon
South Korean police on Monday said it has launched an investigation into a satirical edited video featuring President Yoon Suk Yeol, which shows him delivering a speech disparaging himself, which went viral last week. Cho Ji-ho, the chief of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Station Agency, said in a press briefing that the police had acquired the ID of the person who appears to have uploaded the original video and begun an investigation on the person. The ruling People Power Party filed a complaint
Feb. 26, 2024
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Broadcaster warned after omitting honorific for first lady
A state-run committee recently issued a warning against broadcaster SBS after a panelist on one of its shows referred to first lady Kim Keon Hee without an honorific, a decision that sparked a dispute about the freedom of the press across the country. The South Korean Committee on Election Broadcasting, organized and operated by the Korea Communications Standards Commission, held a meeting last week and decided to issue a warning against the local TV broadcaster's daily "Newsbriefing.&
Feb. 26, 2024
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[From the Scene] 12 hours to get ER treatment -- it could get worse
Kim, a mother in her 30s, arrived at Seoul National University Hospital’s emergency room on 5 a.m., Friday, after her preschool son’s temperature surged at midnight and he was losing energy. But she was not able to meet a doctor until 3 p.m., after almost 12 hours waiting on a bench outside of the ER with her crying son. “(My son) wasn’t feeling well last night. His temperature went too high, his face got red and he was sweating for days, so ... (I had to come here),&rdqu
Feb. 26, 2024
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Seoul looks for foreign volunteers to monitor city life
The Seoul Metropolitan Government will recruit 40 foreign national volunteers as the “Seoul Life Monitoring Team,” to help the city government identify any concerns or inconveniences foreign nationals living in Seoul have. The city government has been recruiting Seoul Life Monitoring Team volunteers since introducing the program in 2012. In 2023, 37 volunteers of 20 different nationalities participated in the program. This year, foreign nationals and naturalized citizens may apply if
Feb. 26, 2024
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Government sets Thursday deadline for doctors' return
Amid intensifying tensions between doctors and the government over its plan to increase the medical school enrollment quota, the government has upped the pressure, issuing doctors with an ultimatum to return to work by Thursday. The government will not hold medical residents accountable for walking out if they return to work by the deadline, according to Interior and Safety Minister Lee Sang-min, who spoke at a briefing Monday. Previously, the government has warned of a possible suspension or
Feb. 26, 2024
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Korea to accept foreign workers' industrial accident claims via embassies
Foreign embassies in South Korea can now process and submit applications from their citizens claiming industrial accident compensation, the Korea Worker's Compensation and Welfare Service announced Monday. Previously, only the victims themselves, the victims’ direct relatives and certified labor attorneys could apply for compensation on behalf of the victims. For instance, the bereaved family of a Cambodian woman in her 30s who was found dead while residing in an unheated plastic gree
Feb. 26, 2024
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Teenage boy confesses to mistakenly stealing bike to take care of siblings
South Korean police on Sunday said a high school student who recently confessed to stealing a bicycle did so in order to support his brothers and sisters, who he has been taking care of due to his mother's illness. Police said that various state organizations have decided to provide financial aid to the boy's family, who they said had been in the blind spot of the country's welfare system. According to the Osan Police Station in Gyeonggi Province, a report about a stolen bicycle w
Feb. 26, 2024
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Concerns over public health deepen as mass walkout by trainee doctors enters 7th day
Concerns over public health deepened Monday as surgeries were delayed or reduced as thousands of trainee doctors didn't come to work for the seventh day in a row in protest of the government's plan to boost the number of medical students. About 8,000 trainee doctors have left worksites to protest against the plan to admit 2,000 more students to medical schools next year from the current 3,058 seats to address a shortage of doctors. Adding to the chaos at hospitals, fellow doctors, who have been
Feb. 26, 2024
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Wheel falls off truck and hits bus; 2 killed, 12 injured
A wheel broke off of a semi-trailer and hit an express bus at around 4:09 p.m. Sunday, leading to an accident that left two dead and 12 injured. According to local police, the accident occurred on the Gyeongbu Expressway near Anseong City, Gyeonggi Province. The wheel that came off the truck, which was headed in the direction of Busan, crossed over to the other side of the expressway and collided with the bus. The wheel went through the glass of the bus, inflicting fatal injuries upon the 60-som
Feb. 25, 2024
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Fewer S. Koreans take parental leave; more opt to reduce work hours
The number of South Korean nationals taking parental leave dipped by 3.9 percent in 2023 compared to the year before, though an increasing number of parents are using the state-backed reduced work hours system, according to a recent Ministry of Employment and Labor report. A total of 126,008 people took maternal or paternal leave last year, down 5,076 from the year before, the report showed. Parents taking leave or using the reduced work hours system receive a portion of their salary during the
Feb. 25, 2024
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Medical grads abandon internships, robbing hospitals of respite hopes
South Korea's health crisis deepened Sunday as recent medical graduates began to join doctors' collective action against medical school expansion by refusing to take up internships, dashing what hopes there were that they might fill the health care vacuum left by striking trainee doctors. Doctors took to the streets in the afternoon. They claimed the government plan was "unscientific" and asserted that they are "not criminals," in response to threats of legal action
Feb. 25, 2024