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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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Monthly users on local streaming platforms outpace Netflix, Disney+
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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Seoul to promote luxurious side of the city
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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Doctor gets suspended term for administering propofol to Yoo Ah-in
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Video circulates of girl being raped in S.Africa
When a 17-year-old girl said to have the mental capacity of a 5-year-old was reported missing four weeks ago in the sprawling South African township of Soweto, police distributed her photo and asked neighborhood residents for help.Then a video emerged of seven men and boys raping the girl. Within a day of media alerting them to the video, police said, they found the girl Wednesday in a house acros
April 19, 2012
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Mix of old and new best thing about Seoul, survey finds
Foreign survey respondents picked Seoul’s mlange of ancient and modern culture as the best thing about the city.In the survey released Wednesday by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, foreigners chose the “cheap but quality” shopping as the second-best thing about the capital. The 1,323 foreign respondents followed that by acknowledging the capital’s extensive subway system.Seoul City’s survey was answered by 601 people from English-speaking countries, 604 Chinese-speakers and 118 Japanese. For t
April 18, 2012
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Pitchers get suspended jail terms for fixing matches
A local court on Wednesday sentenced two pitchers charged with fixing matches to six months in prison, suspended for two years, and 7 million won ($6,154) each in fine.The Daegu District Court also ordered 120 hours of community service for Park Hyun-jun and Kim Seong-hyun, who played for the Seoul-based LG Twins in the nation’s top professional baseball league.Last month, the Korea Baseball Organization, which runs the league, suspended the two players indefinitely after allegations they took k
April 18, 2012
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Seoul education chief vows to stay on
Seoul education chief Kwak No-hyun vowed to stay in his position, resisting pressure to step down after receiving a one-year jail term from an appeals court Tuesday for bribing his rival candidate in the education superintendent election last year. “I will continue my duty as superintendent,” said Kwak at a news conference at the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, Wednesday. He also pledged to fight off the accusations regarding the 2010 election process. “There was no illegal deal between
April 18, 2012
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Veteran actor named honorary superintendent
The National Police Agency promoted veteran actor Choi Bul-am on Wednesday to honorary senior superintendent.Choi, 72, had been named an honorary superintendent when he starred in MBC drama “Crime Investigation Squad Captain” as the team leader roughly 35 years ago.“The drama expressed the symbolic meaning of police investigations well,” said a police official. “Although the drama first aired 41 years ago and was pulled off 23 years ago, if one were to pick a show that represents police, officer
April 18, 2012
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Teens beat girl to death for ‘badmouthing’
Police detained nine teenagers Wednesday for killing a 17-year-old girl and burying the body in a park.Police in Ilsan, on the outskirts of Seoul, said the runaway boys and girls beat the victim with blunt weapons on April 5 for badmouthing them. Two of them, however, felt guilty and later turned themselves in.Police will seek arrest warrants for the five suspects who are believed to have led in c
April 18, 2012
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Woman kills husband for assaulting daughter
A woman was arrested Tuesday for killing her husband who had sexually assaulted their disabled daughter. Their two other children were booked for assisting in the murder. Police in Seongnam said the 48-year-old woman and her son and daughter suffocated the man last Wednesday after biding his hands and feet with ropes and put tape on his mouth. They acted after the 48-year-old drunk father sexually
April 17, 2012
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Woman kills husband for assaulting daughter
A woman was arrested for killing her husband who sexually assaulted their daughter with disability. Their two children were booked for assisting the murder. <한글기사> 부인, 자녀와 합세, 남편 묶고 질식사 시켜성남 중원경찰서는 17일 딸을 폭행한다는 이유 로 자녀들과 함께 남편을 질식사 시킨 혐의(폭행치사 등)로 이모(48ㆍ여)씨를 구속 했다.또 어머니를 도운 자녀 2명을 같은혐의로 불구속 입건했다.경찰에 따르면 이씨는 지난 11일 밤 10시께 성남시 중원구 자신의 집에서 남편( 48)이 술을 마시고 뇌병변 장애를 앓고있는 딸(26)을 폭행하자 자녀들과 합세, 남편 의 손과 발을
April 17, 2012
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Kwak gets heavier punishment
Seoul education chief Kwak No-hyun, already convicted of buying out a rival candidate in the 2010 election, received a heavier sentence of one-year in prison in his appeals trial on Tuesday.The Seoul High Court upheld the lower court’s conviction of Kwak for election law violation and sentenced him to one year in prison, stating that the earlier fine of 30 million won was too weak for his offense. He said he would challenge the ruling and continue his legal fight into the Supreme Court and proba
April 17, 2012
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Jeju Healthcare Town to offer premium service
The construction of a complex to host high-quality medical facilities and attract foreign patients from around the world kicked off in Jeju on Tuesday.According to the Jeju Free International City Development Center, the 1.5 square-kilometer Jeju Healthcare Town project to be completed by 2014 will cater to both leisure and medical needs with top-quality services.“If the Healthcare Town project is successful, the nation’s medical industry is expected to become a growth engine and the Jeju econom
April 17, 2012
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KAIST student ‘worried for future’ kills self
A senior at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology was found dead after apparently jumping to his death Thursday. The death sent shock waves through the nation’s top science university, which saw a string of suicides last year.A fellow student found the body of the 22-year-old man, whose name was withheld, on the lawn in the dormitory complex at 5:40 a.m. Police suspect he jumped from the 15th floor of the building. The student left a suicide note inside his room, in which he rep
April 17, 2012
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14-year-old bullying victim found dead
Middle school student jumps to death after being bullied to join gangA middle school student was found dead after being bullied in Yeongju, North Gyeongsang Province on Monday. The death, an apparent suicide, comes just two months after the government unveiled a package of preventive measures when a string of school violence suicides shocked the nation. It also undermined President Lee Myung-bak’s visit to Yeoju Middle School in Gyeonggi Province on the same day to praise the school as an examp
April 17, 2012
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Korean society ambivalent about foreign labor
Calls for more migrant workers clash with concerns on economic impactIn the wee hours of a freezing day in January, hundreds of people, mostly middle-aged men, were lining up in front of a branch office of the Employment and Labor Ministry in Uijeongbu north of Seoul.Some of them had stayed in a makeshift tent for three days to keep their place in the line.The people, who run small manufacturing companies, were waiting to receive permits to employ a limited number of foreign workers in their fa
April 17, 2012
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Measures toughened on illicit workers
Law enforcement officers chasing illegal foreign workers has become more common across the country this year.Immigration authorities are strengthening efforts to reduce the number of illicit migrant laborers, which was estimated to exceed 167,000 as of the end of 2011.The proportion of illegal workers in the total expatriate workforce increased from 24 percent in 2010 to 29 percent last year.Officials at the Korea Immigration Service, an agency affiliated with the Justice Ministry, are concerned
April 17, 2012
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Appellate court sentences Seoul's education chief to prison
A Seoul appellate court on Tuesday sentenced the city's education chief Kwak No-hyun to a one-year prison term for bribing a rival candidate to drop out of the 2010 election, saying the 30 million won (US$26,337) fine given to him by a lower court was too light.The Seoul High Court, however, has deferred the prison sentence until the Supreme Court rules on the case, meaning Kwak can continue to se
April 17, 2012
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KAIST student commits suicide
A senior at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology was found dead after apparently jumping to his death Thursday. The death sent shock waves through the nation’s top science university, which saw a string of suicides last year.A fellow student found the body of the 22-year-old man, whose name was withheld, on the lawn in the dormitory complex at 5:40 a.m. Police suspect he jumped f
April 17, 2012
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Kim Ki-yong nominated as police chief
The National Police Agency’s No. 2 Kim Ki-yong, 55, has been nominated as the new commissioner general, police said on Monday.Kim will replace Cho Hyun-oh, who offered to resign on April 9 in responsibility for lax police response to a high-profile rape and murder case earlier this month.The police commission held a meeting in the afternoon and picked Kim as the single nominee to be recommended for appointment by President Lee Myung-bak. Kim joined the police after passing the state administrati
April 16, 2012
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Green exports jump 5-fold
Korea’s exports of eco-friendly products and technologies have increased fivefold over the past three years, data showed Monday. According to data from the state-run Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute, exports by the local environmental industry totaled 322 billion won ($283 million) in 2011. It represents a 522 percent increase from 2008, when the export amount stood at 51.8 billion won, the institute said. In one of the major overseas green deals clenched by local firms, Halla
April 16, 2012
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Seoul City, subway operator feud over fares
Line operator complains of deficit; municipality threatens to revoke licenseThe Seoul city government and the operator of Subway Line 9 are at odds over the latter’s unilateral decision to raise fares by 500 won, a 47 percent hike from the current 1,050 won.The government has threatened to penalize the subway operator should it enforce the plan.The fued erupted on Saturday when Seoul Metro Line9, the operator of the 25.5-kilometer section linking Gimpo and southern Seoul, announced that it would
April 16, 2012
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Medical Korea conference to kick off today
A conference intended to spur patient referrals from abroad and international exchanges of medical technology will be held at the COEX Grand Ballroom in Seoul from Tuesday through Thursday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Monday that it would host the Medical Korea 2012 Third Global Healthcare & Medical Tourism Conference to better meet the increasing demand for global exchange and referrals of knowledge and patients. According to ministry officials, seven seminar sessions will take plac
April 16, 2012