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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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[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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4 in 10 young South Koreans take up 'irregular' jobs: data
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SM founder Lee Soo-man is back with A2O Entertainment
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[Newsmaker] 17.7 cases of spycam crimes occurred daily last year: lawmaker
An average of 17.7 cases of “molka” -- using hidden cameras to take pictures or videos for sexual purposes -- were reported per day last year, a lawmaker said Sunday.According to the data Rep. Park Kyung-mee of ruling Democratic Party of Korea received from the National Police Agency, a total of 6,465 cases molka crimes were reported in 2017, showing an increase of 1,280 cases from the year before.(Yonhap)While the numbers continue to increase, only 1,720 of the 4,499 molka suspects identified b
Social AffairsSept. 2, 2018
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[Newsmaker] With gold, Son Heung-min on course for bright future
Mission accomplished. Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min has secured himself a bright future following South Korea's gold medal victory at the 18th Asian Games on Saturday. South Korea beat Japan 2-1 in extra time at Pakansari Stadium in Cibinong, south of Jakarta, and defended their Asiad title. This means Son has cleared what could be the biggest obstacle in his career: military service. All healthy South Korean men between 18 and 35 must serve about two years in the armed forces. But ath
SoccerSept. 2, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Tokyo protests UN committee’s advice on ‘comfort women’: local report
After a UN anti-discrimination body on Thursday advised Tokyo to adopt a victim-centered approach to achieve a lasting solution on the issue of Japan’s wartime military sexual slavery, which largely involved Korean women, Tokyo’s UN mission has expressed its regret and lodged a protest with the UN committee, according to local media. The 18-member UN body stated that Tokyo’s efforts did not “take a fully victim-centered approach (and) that the surviving (victims) were not adequately consulted.”
Foreign AffairsAug. 31, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Friends call John McCain hero, maverick at Arizona funeral
PHOENIX -- A former vice president, an NFL star and other friends remembered Sen. John McCain as a “true American hero” — and a terrible driver with a wicked sense of humor and love of a good battle — at a crowded church service Thursday for the maverick politician that ended to the tune of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way.”Addressing an estimated 3,500 mourners, former Vice President Joe Biden recalled “the sheer joy that crossed his face when he knew he was about to take the stage of the Senate floor a
World NewsAug. 31, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Day care kept mum about leaving behind toddler in vehicle
Police suspect that a day care center tried to cover up a recent incident in which a girl, 3, was left alone in a vehicle for 2 1/2 hours.Parents of the toddler reported the incident to police Monday night when they heard about what had happened in the morning from their child after they returned home from work.The child was on the day care bus when it arrived at the center in Nam-gu, Busan, at about 8:40 a.m. on Monday. The day care center texted the girl’s mother when they did not see the girl
Social AffairsAug. 30, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Hong Kong professor charged with murder after wife's body found in suitcase
HONG KONG -- A University of Hong Kong professor was on Wednesday charged with murder after police found his wife's decomposing body stuffed in a suitcase in his office, the latest grisly murder to transfix the crowded city.Officers discovered the woman's body, wearing only underwear and with electric wire around her neck, hidden in the suitcase inside a large wooden box in the office of 53-year-old Cheung Kie-chung.The associate professor from the Department of Mechanical Engineering had report
World NewsAug. 30, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Laid-off SsangYong workers blame ex-president for colleagues' deaths
After a special police investigation team on Tuesday concluded that the 2009 crackdown against SsangYong Motors’ laid-off workers was a form of state violence and that it was orchestrated under the leadership and approval of the former President Lee Myung-bak, former SsangYong employees demanded an apology from the government. “I had to watch my colleagues being beaten by SWAT police officers back in 2009, and the traumatic experience still haunts me to this day,” said Kim Sun-dong, one of the
Social AffairsAug. 29, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Incheon rape suspects to be tried as juveniles
Two boys were booked without physical detention on rape charges in Incheon on Wednesday, about seven weeks after the victim was found dead in an apparent suicide, Yeonsu police said. The victim’s aunt had discovered the victim’s body upon coming home around 7:25 p.m. on July 20. According to authorities, the two male students are accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl inside a bathroom at a nursing home in Michuhol-gu, central Incheon, Feb. 25. (Yonhap)During the preliminary investig
Social AffairsAug. 29, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Government to boost inter-Korean cooperation fund for 2019
Next year’s allocation to the inter-Korean cooperation fund spiked 14.3 percent on-year to 1.1 trillion won ($994 million) in the government budget announced Tuesday, with the sharp increase reflecting Seoul’s hopes of expanding and making headway in cross-border projects. Unification-related budget stood at 1.3 trillion won. The larger allocation aims to facilitate the implementation of the Panmunjom Declaration reached between the leaders of the two Koreas in April. The agreement states that t
North KoreaAug. 28, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Two dead in traffic accident involving actress Park Hae-mee’s husband
Actress Park Hae-mee’s husband was on the way for another drink when he was involved in a drunk-driving accident Monday night.Two other passengers, 19 and 31, were killed, and three, including the driver, were injured in the accident.The driver, surnamed Hwang, 45, told police he and the crew were on their way to have another drink after watching the Asian Games soccer quarterfinal between South Korea and Uzbekistan. Firefighters respond to Monday’s car accident involving the drunken driving o
Social AffairsAug. 28, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Man says he killed wife, three children after living with ‘overwhelming debt’
A 42-year-old man suspected of killing four members of his family, including his three children, has been arrested at a large hospital in Daejeon, police said Monday. According to Okcheon Police Station, the 42-year-old man is accused of murdering his 39-year-old wife and three daughters -- aged 10, 9 and 7 -- at their apartment in Okcheon County, North Chungcheong Province, Saturday. (Yonhap)Dispatched authorities reportedly discovered the victims’ bodies in their separate rooms with foam comin
Social AffairsAug. 27, 2018
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[Newsmaker] China’s transport ministry censures Didi after murder
BEIJING (AFP) -- China’s transport ministry on Sunday slammed Didi Chuxing’s safety lapses as the ride-hailing giant said it would suspend its Hitch service after the rape and murder of a passenger, the second such killing this year. A 20-year-old female passenger was raped and killed by her driver on Friday in the eastern city of Wenzhou, barely three months after a similar incident in May. “These two vicious incidents that have violated the life and safety of passengers has exposed the gaping
World BusinessAug. 27, 2018
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[Newsmaker] ‘Kim-Jang’ feud winds down, uncertainties remain
The apparent discord between the country’s top two economic policymakers -- Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Kim Dong-yeon and presidential chief of staff for Policy Jang Ha-sung -- seemed to die down over the weekend as Cheong Wa Dae firmly dismissed rumors of Kim’s resignation.However, uncertainties persist over the cooperation between the two officials as they seem to remain at odds over the government’s economic agenda amid worsening employment figures. “(Th
EconomyAug. 26, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Pope in Ireland decries abuse cover-up, meets with victims
DUBLIN (AP) -- Pope Francis faced a lukewarm reception and scattered protests Saturday on his trip to Ireland, with even his vow to rid the church of the “scourge” of sexual abuse and his outrage at those “repugnant crimes” dismissed as a disappointment by some of Ireland’s wounded victims.But others who met with him in private left heartened that he would respond to their plight, including two of the thousands of children who were forcibly put up for adoption for the shame of having been born t
World NewsAug. 26, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Partisan strife continues over special probe of online opinion rigging
A partisan squabble over an opinion-rigging scandal involving an incumbent governor resumed Thursday as the team of investigators led by special counsel Huh Ik-bum decided not to request an extension of its operating term.Thirteen special counsel investigations have been carried out in Korea, and Huh is the first not to seek an extension of the team’s term.The special counsel team’s probe lost momentum after the court rejected its request for a warrant to detain South Gyeongsang Province Gov. Ki
PoliticsAug. 23, 2018
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[Newsmaker] 89 killed or wounded in firearms accidents over 7 years
Firearms accidents and misuse have caused a total of 89 casualties in the seven years to June this year, according to police data released by a ruling party lawmaker.The figure does not include the two public officials killed in Tuesday’s shooting spree by a man in his 70s in Bonghwa, North Gyeongsang Province.Data released by Rep. Lee Jae-jung of the Democratic Party of Korea on the public administration and safety committee showed that 32 people were killed and 57 wounded in 88 firearms cases
Social AffairsAug. 23, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Mutilation murder suspect says killed victim over illegal hostess service
The suspect in the murder of a man whose dismembered body was found at Seoul Grand Park in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, early this week said he killed the victim during a fight over an illegal hostess service at the suspect’s karaoke establishment.Police are still investigating the 34-year-old man suspected of murdering the 51-year-old victim by stabbing him in the neck multiple times around 1 a.m. on Aug. 10 at the karaoke in Anyang, a city adjacent to Gwacheon on the southern outskirts of Seou
Social AffairsAug. 22, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Some 220 children held in immigrant detention centers in South Korea
The National Human Rights Commission Korea said Tuesday that holding young children in prison-like immigration detention centers must be prohibited, revealing that 225 foreign-born children including a 2-year-old were detained in such facilities in South Korea from 2015-2017. “We strongly advise the government to revise the relevant laws to ban detainment of all children in the country, as it can be a traumatic experience for any child, even if it is for a short period,” the human rights commiss
Social AffairsAug. 21, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Ruling in ex-governor's rape case fuels #MeToo fire in South Korea
After her alleged rape by her boss, who also happened to be one of the most powerful politicians in the country, Kim Ji-eun did not quit her job. She continued working for him, and praised his character to her acquaintances. She even went to his hotel room to personally hand him a box of cigarettes, instead of respectfully leaving it at his door and walking away. All these actions somehow worked against Kim, who in March had publicly accused former South Chungcheong Gov. An Hee-jung of sexual a
Social AffairsAug. 20, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Should conscientious objectors have to remove land mines?
Conscientious objectors present one of the most contentious issues for South Korea, where mandatory military service is required of all able-bodied men. Some critics, including some politicians, want to see them take on the toughest and most dangerous tasks as an “alternative” -- including the removal of land mines.A group of lawmakers led by the conservative Liberty Korea Party last week moved to pass a bill prioritizing mine clearance, or demining, as one of the main tasks conscientious object
Social AffairsAug. 20, 2018