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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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Will tug-of-war between doctors, government end soon?
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Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth
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Trilateral talks acknowledge ‘serious’ slumps of won, yen
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[Graphic News] More Koreans say they plan long-distance trips this year
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[KH Explains] Hyundai's full hybrid edge to pay off amid slow transition to pure EVs
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North Korea removes streetlights along cross-border roads with South
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Russia's denial of entry of S. Korean national unrelated to bilateral ties: Seoul official
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Farming households dip below 1m for first time in 2023
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Koreans more open to foreigners in society than LGBTQ+: data
Koreans are more open to accepting foreigners as members of their society compared with other social minority groups including sexual minorities and North Korean defectors, data by a state-affiliated think tank showed Tuesday. The Korea Institute of Public Administration's annual survey, conducted last year, measuring the social exclusion level of the Korean society involving 8,221 Korean citizens aged 19 or older showed that only 7.2 percent of the respondents were "unwilling to accep
March 19, 2024
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Med professors resigning could lead to medical void
Medical professors’ decision to tender resignations starting next week will lead to a massive medical vacuum next month, setting off a worst-case scenario where only nurses would be left to fill the void, according to experts on Tuesday. The emergency committees of medical school professors at Seoul National University and Yonsei University announced late Monday that they would submit their resignation letters next Monday. This follows Saturday’s announcement by the committee represe
March 19, 2024
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Health ministry chides medical professors for moving to resign in support of junior doctors' walkout
The health ministry on Tuesday criticized medical professors of Seoul National University for deciding to resign en masse in support of a monthlong walkout by trainee doctors, saying such a move is unacceptable. Second Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo also stepped up an appeal for medical professors to persuade junior doctors to return to work, as their labor action has disrupted public health services. Park made the remarks a day after the university's medical professors decided to submit
March 19, 2024
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Disgraced ex-K-pop star released after serving time for sex crimes
Former South Korean singer Jung Joon-young was released from Mokpo Prison in South Jeolla Province on Tuesday morning after serving five years in prison for a string of sex crimes that included the group rape of an intoxicated woman and the distribution of illicitly filmed videos of sexual acts. The 35-year-old exited the prison at around 5:05 a.m., wearing a mask and a hat. He did not address the reporters stationed outside the prison. Jung, who rose to fame after appearing in the 2012 audition
March 19, 2024
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Yoon says medical licenses should not be used as tool against people
President Yoon Suk Yeol lamented the ongoing walkout by junior doctors on Tuesday, saying their medical licenses should not be used as a tool against the people. Yoon made the remark during a Cabinet meeting as thousands of trainee doctors remained off their jobs for a month to protest the government's plan to increase admissions to medical schools by 2,000 starting next year. The government has stood by the plan, citing the need to supply more physicians especially to rural areas and essen
March 19, 2024
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Fire in Incheon damages 3 factories, no casualties
A fire that broke in Incheon late Monday spread to three factories before being extinguished after more than four hours. No one was reported as injured or killed in the process, officials of the Incheon Fire Service said Tuesday. According to rescue authorities, the fire started at a makeshift building in the district of Seo-gu, northwestern Incheon, at around 8:55 p.m. Monday. It spread to three adjacent factories, which were mostly vacant as it was after working hours. The sole employee at one
March 19, 2024
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Health ministry sends final notice of license suspension to 2 leaders of doctors' group
The health ministry has sent a final notice of license suspension to two leaders of a lobby group of senior doctors, the two doctors said Monday, marking the first formal suspension of a license since trainee doctors walked off their job in protest of a plan to increase the number of medical students. The final notice was sent to Park Myung-ha and Kim Taek-woo, leaders of an emergency committee at the Korea Medical Association, Park told Yonhap News Agency by telephone. "I have received a
March 18, 2024
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Man arrested for stealing semen of hanwoo breeding bull
A South Korean man was arrested for breaking into a livestock lab in Jangsu County, North Jeolla Province, and stealing the semen of a Korean bull of high genetic significance, local police said Monday. According to the county police, the suspect, a meat industry insider in his 30s, is alleged to have broken into the laboratory around 8 p.m. on March 8 and committed the theft. He stored the stolen semen in a cryogenic nitrogen container which he had to preserve its condition. The suspect was i
March 18, 2024
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Seoul city offers up to W200m to foreign-invested firms for new hiring
The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Monday that the city would provide subsidies of up to 200 million won ($150,000) per firm to foreign-invested enterprises -- legal structures in which overseas-based companies can participate in the economy here -- in growth industries and that hire six or more new employees. Under the subsidy plan, the new employees must be Korean nationals and retained until 2026. To be eligible, enterprises must have invested in one of the city’s eight new gro
March 18, 2024
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Private physicians mull reducing night service, weekend openings
Private practitioners nationwide are mulling whether to reduce night services and weekend openings in protest against the government’s medical reform policies. Kim Dong-seok, an obstetrician who heads the Korean Medical Practitioners Association, a group representing private physicians, said during a spring medical academic conference Sunday afternoon that private medical practices are considering taking action to support junior doctors and medical professors’ walkout by shortening t
March 18, 2024
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S. Korea to crack down on ticket scalping via macro tools
The South Korean government said Monday that the recent law revision banning the use of macro tools to buy tickets will take effect Friday as part of its measures to fight widespread ticket scalping in the country. The revision of the Public Performance Act specifies that no one shall illegally buy tickets for performances by using computer programing tools for automated repetitive inputs -- the macro programs -- for the purpose of reselling them, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and
March 18, 2024
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Odaesan braille map marks start of project to make nature more accessible
Braille maps of Odaesan National Park, located in Gangwon Province, are now available, the Korea National Park Service announced Monday. The release marks the first of a planned series covering all 23 national parks designed to assist both people with low vision and those who are blind. Developed in collaboration between the parks administration body and the National Geographic Information Institute, the maps, including the inaugural edition for Odaesan, will be distributed to centers and school
March 18, 2024
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Man who mourned NK leader's death gets suspended term
A South Korean man has been sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for one year, for internet posts he made advocating for the dictatorial regime of North Korea, a court said Monday. Ulsan District Court found the defendant in his 50s guilty of violating the National Security Act, which bans any activities that are seen to be compromising the safety of the state. "The defendant wrote posts of anti-state sentiments that present a clear threat to the existence of South Korea and its dem
March 18, 2024
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Study finds decline in young workers' job satisfaction and sense of meaning
Korean workers are experiencing decreased job satisfaction, amid an increasing tendency to value financial gains and a healthy work-life balance, a report showed Sunday. According to research conducted in 2023 by the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training, which surveyed 1,500 individuals aged between 18 and 64, Koreans rated the importance of their jobs in their lives at an average of 4.58 out of a possible 7, down by 0.87 point from 5.45 reported in 2007. In terms of
March 18, 2024
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Health minister voices grave concern about looming resignations of medical professors
Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong on Monday expressed grave concerns about a decision by medical professors to resign en masse in support of junior doctors' walkout that has crippled medical services for nearly a month. About 90 percent of 13,000 interns and resident doctors have stayed off the job since late February in protest of the government's decision to increase enrollment at medical schools by 2,000 spots from the current 3,058. With the labor action by junior doctors showing littl
March 18, 2024
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Only half of S. Koreans willing to marry: data
Only half of South Korea's adult population is willing to get married, with fewer than half expressing intentions to have children in the future, according to the Presidential Committee on Ageing Society and Population Policy on Sunday. The presidential committee shared findings from a survey conducted by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, which polled 2,000 respondents aged between 19 and 49 in August last year. The survey revealed that among the 1,059 unmarried respondents
March 17, 2024
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Koreans, Americans differ on prestigious jobs: lawmakers vs. firefighters
Individuals from South Korea, China, and Japan perceive lawmakers as holding the highest societal status job, whereas those from the United States and Germany consider firefighters to have the highest social status, according to survey results released Sunday. The Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training conducted the survey from July to August 2023. The survey involved 7,500 employed individuals aged between 18 to 64 across five different countries: South Korea, China, Ger
March 17, 2024
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Med professors to resign starting March 25
South Korea’s healthcare system faces yet another challenge as medical professors announce they will submit their resignations autonomously starting March 25, ending their involvement in patient care and surgical procedures. The medical professors, often juggling dual roles as physicians in hospitals, have filled the void left by trainee doctors to mitigate disruptions in medical services following a month-long period of junior doctors’ walkout in protest of the government’s ex
March 17, 2024
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S. Korean convicted for bringing in and selling NK books
The Seoul Central District Court handed down a verdict of guilty to the chair of a civic organization who had been accused of bringing in and selling North Korean novels, officials said Sunday. The court found Jung Ik-hyeon, 60, chair of the South and North Korean Economic Federation Unification Farming Cooperative, of breaching the Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Act, sentencing him to pay a fine of 3 million won ($2,250). Jung was accused of bringing North Korean novels and USB flash dri
March 17, 2024
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[Weekender] A new equation in sharing costs of marriage
“The groom provides the home, and the bride furnishes it" has been a long-standing custom in Korean marriages. But, with evolving perspectives on gender roles, and home prices virtually beyond reach for average Korean men of marrying age, the way couples manage the finances of their marriage is undergoing severe changes. Newlyweds, single men and single women interviewed by The Korea Herald generally envisioned an equal partnership founded on equal contributions -- be it financially,
March 16, 2024