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Signs point to N. Korean troops in Russia-Ukraine combat zone
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[Exclusive] Korean adoptee sisters meet for the first time in 39 years
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Rose's 'Apt.' redefines K-pop's global appeal
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Two years on, thousands mourn Itaewon tragedy, calling for accountability
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Civil servant’s death linked to workplace bullying
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[Weekender] Walk around Korea to really get to know the country
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[Herald Interview] Love for K-drama, food defines 'Secret Ingredient'
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Hanwha, HD Hyundai vie for Poland’s $2.7b submarine program
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First lady’s controversies to top agenda at meeting of party leaders
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[Photo News] Rallying against LGBTQ+
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[Newsmaker] No mole found on Gov. Lee’s body: doctors
Doctors confirmed Tuesday that Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung does not have a distinctive mole on his body after he visited a university hospital to deny an actress’s claim.Actress Kim Bu-seon lodged a police complaint and filed a lawsuit alleging defamation after Lee denied her claims that he had an extramarital affair with her. To back her argument, she described a hidden mole on the governor.To prove he has no such mole, Lee went to Ajou University Hospital on Tuesday afternoon.Gyeonggi
Social AffairsOct. 16, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies of cancer: family
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Billionaire Paul Allen, who founded US software giant Microsoft with Bill Gates in the 1970s, died Monday after his latest battle with cancer. He was 65."My brother was a remarkable individual on every level. While most knew Paul Allen as a technologist and philanthropist, for us he was a much loved brother and uncle, and an exceptional friend," Allen's sister Jody said in a statement."Paul's family and friends were blessed to experience his wit, warmth, his generosity and
World NewsOct. 16, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Former deputy head of court administration grilled over alleged power abuses
The prosecutors grilled a former deputy chief of the top court’s administration affairs body, who is at the center of the massive judiciary power abuse scandal involving former Supreme Court Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae, Monday.Lim Jong-hun, the former deputy chief of the National Court Administration, appeared in front of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office at around 9:20 a.m. He is accused of aiding Yang in using politically sensitive trials as bargaining chips to win favor from the
PoliticsOct. 15, 2018
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[Newsmaker] How to check what Facebook hackers accessed in your account
NEW YORK (AP) -- Could hackers have been able to see the last person you cyberstalked, or that party photo you were tagged in? According to Facebook, the unfortunate answer is “yes.”On Friday, the social network said fewer users were affected in a security breach it disclosed two weeks ago than originally estimated -- nearly 30 million, down from 50 million. In additional good news, the company said hackers weren‘t able to access more sensitive information like your password or financial informa
TechnologyOct. 14, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Gyeonggi governor’s home raided on alleged violations of election law
Police raided Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung’s home Friday as part of a probe into allegations that Lee forcefully institutionalized his estranged brother in a mental hospital and lied about the matter during the June general election campaign period.Investigators from the Bundang Police Station also raided a number of offices in Seongnam City Hall, where Lee’s office is located. The officers also took the governor’s mobile phone on the same day. Lee, who is affiliated with the ruling Demo
Social AffairsOct. 12, 2018
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[Newsmaker] ‘I just want to live an ordinary life’: Yang Ye-won in court
In a rare case where trial proceedings are opened to the public, shining a spotlight on the treatment of vulnerable victims, YouTuber Yang Ye-won on Wednesday attended the trial of a 45-year-old photographer surnamed Choi who has been indicted on charges of taking explicit photos of Yang and leaking them to the public. It was his second court date.At the previous session, held Sept. 5, Yang’s attorney had asked the Seoul Western District Court for Wednesday’s hearing to be made public, citing Ch
Social AffairsOct. 11, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Gas tank fire suspect freed as arrest warrant request denied
GOYANG, Gyeonggi Province -- Police released the man suspected of having caused the fire at a gasoline storage tank northwest of Seoul on Wednesday as prosecutors decided not to file for his arrest warrant, citing insufficient grounds. The Goyang Police Station said their request for a writ against the 27-year-old Sri Lankan national was dismissed by the Goyang branch of the Uijeongbu District Prosecutors' Office. Police have sought to arrest him twice since Monday. (Yonhap)The suspect, whose n
Social AffairsOct. 10, 2018
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[Newsmaker] KRX feels heat from calls to cut trading hours
Ever since the decision two years ago to delay the closing time of the nation’s securities market by 30 minutes, market authorities and labor activists have been in a heated debate, with unions saying the extended trading hours place an undue burden on employees without conferring significant benefits in terms of transaction volume. The issue is to take center stage at this week’s National Assembly audit, with Korea Exchange Chairman Jung Ji-won having been called as witness to
MarketOct. 9, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Koreas to resume work on common dictionary
The South Korean prime minister on Tuesday reaffirmed the government's will to restart efforts to compile a unified Korean-language dictionary with North Korea as his country observed Hangul Day, which marks the invention of the Korean alphabet more than five centuries ago."The Roh Moo-hyun government began a project to jointly publish the 'Gyeoreomal-keunsajeon' with North Korea in 2005 but it has been suspended amid the ups and downs of inter-Korean relations,"(Yonhap)Lee Nak-yeon said during
Social AffairsOct. 9, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Lotte Chairman Shin Dong-bin back at work, scrambles to normalize business
Following the appeals court’s suspension of his sentence last week, Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin returned to work Monday after eight months away, facing pending decisions including kick-starting Lotte Chemical’s 4 trillion-won ($3.5 billion) petrochemicals project in Indonesia and completing the group’s corporate governance overhaul plan.The leader’s absence had dealt a blow to the country’s fifth-largest conglomerate, where about 10 mergers and acquisitions deals here and abroad, worth so
IndustryOct. 8, 2018
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[Newsmaker] BTS dazzles New York with history-making stadium concert
Every step of BTS in the US has been history-making, from its performance at Prudential Center in Newark to its heartfelt speech in front of the United Nations in New York. But maybe it was the highly anticipated show at Citi Field in New York that allowed the K-pop phenomenon to vault to the highest tier of pop superstardom in the US, where it also marked the end of the North American leg of its “Love Yourself” world tour. (Big Hit Entertainment)The enthusiasm for the act’s first-ever statesid
PerformanceOct. 7, 2018
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[Newsmaker] DR Congo's Dr. Mukwege and Yazidi rape victim Murad win Nobel Peace Prize
Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi campaigner Nadia Murad won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their work in fighting sexual violence in conflicts around the world.The pair won the award for their "efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war," Nobel committee chairwoman Berit Reiss-Andersen said in unveiling the winners in Oslo.Both have come to represent the struggle against a global scourge which goes well beyond any single conflict, as the ever-expanding #MeToo
WorldOct. 5, 2018
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[Newsmaker] K-pop fans take action against online scalpers
With so many events slated for this month featuring artists with huge fan bases, the race is on to get tickets to see our favorite singers live.Most concerts featuring world-famous singers can’t accommodate all the fans who want to be there, and ticket-reservation websites often crash as soon as tickets to a popular concert become available. The impact of too many people logging in at the same time is just too much for the servers.Knowing that competition will be fierce, fans gear up in advance
PerformanceOct. 5, 2018
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[Newsmaker] 'Women must be heard': thousands march against Kavanaugh
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Jessica Cathcart, a 24-year-old from California, says university professor Christine Blasey Ford inspired her to speak up about her own sexual assault, which took place when she was in high school.Angela Trzepkowski, 55, from Delaware, says she would be devastated if Brett Kavanaugh, accused by Blasey Ford of attempted rape, is confirmed to the Supreme Court of the United States.Both were among a sea of women who descended on Washington Thursday urging lawmakers not to confir
World NewsOct. 5, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Two Yemeni asylum seekers attacked by Koreans in Jeju
Two Yemeni asylum seekers were attacked by Koreans on the southern island of Jeju, police said Thursday. According to Jeju Dongbu Police Station, two Yemeni asylum seekers reported they were beaten by a group of Koreans near Jeju City Hall at 2:41 a.m. on Tuesday. When police arrived at the scene, the suspects had already fled.(Uto Image)Police identified one suspect as a man who appears to be in his 20s from footage obtained from surveillance cameras installed nearby the crime scene. The asylum
Social AffairsOct. 4, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Korean service sector workers fight for ‘right to sit’ at work
Unionized workers in South Korea’s service and retail sectors -- mainly those who work at department stores and duty-free shops -- are fighting for their “right to sit down” at work, saying many of them suffer health conditions that result from having to stand in high heels for more than seven hours daily. Since late September, the union members have been sitting at work when there are no customers around as a way to protest. “It’s been 10 years since chairs have been placed at department store
Social AffairsOct. 4, 2018
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[Newsmaker] N. Korea said to have stolen a fortune in online bank heists
WASHINGTON (AP) -- North Korea‘s nuclear and missile tests have stopped, but its hacking operations to gather intelligence and raise funds for the sanction-strapped government in Pyongyang may be gathering steam.US security firm FireEye raised the alarm Wednesday over a North Korean group that it says has stolen hundreds of millions of dollars by infiltrating the computer systems of banks around the world since 2014 through highly sophisticated and destructive attacks that have spanned at least
North KoreaOct. 4, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Typhoon to affect southern parts of Korea over weekend
Super Typhoon Kong-rey is expected to affect southern parts of South Korea this weekend, the weather agency said Wednesday. As of 9 a.m., this year's 25th typhoon was traveling northwest at a speed of 18 kilometers per hour about 710 kilometers south-southeast of Japan's Okinawa Island, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration. Super Typhoon Kong-rey's expected path (YouTube)It had an atmospheric pressure of 930 hectopascals at its center and winds of up to 180 kph. Kong-rey formed a
Social AffairsOct. 3, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Two Seoul districts protest government’s latest home supply plan
Residents in two districts in Seoul -- Songpa and Gangdong -- are protesting the government’s latest home supply plan, which includes building a new residential town in a former prison site in Songpa, saying they were not consulted before the Ministry of Land announcement. Last month, the central government announced that it would supply some 300,000 public housing units starting from 2021, in an effort to stabilize the overheated housing market. Under the plan, 11 areas in Seoul, including the
Social AffairsOct. 2, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Groping victim speaks out, shining new light on dispute over court decision
The victim of groping at a restaurant told her side of the story last week, offering an alternative view of the heated public dispute over the high-profile court case -- which resulted in the conviction of the man in question -- and the offender’s wife’s online petition insisting on his innocence. In an interview with a local media outlet, the victim stated that she had received an influx of hateful emails and a flurry of social media messages as a result of the case, which began Nov. 26 last ye
Social AffairsOct. 2, 2018