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Hyundai Motor eyes 80,000 jobs, W68tr investment at home by 2026
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Doctors' group picks new leader amid tense standoff over increased enrollment quota
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Dialogue hopes fade as doctors pick hard-liner as new head
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Coupang pledges W3tr to expand Rocket Delivery nationwide by 2027
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[Election Battlefield] Political novice to face off star politician in ‘swing district’
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[Kim Seong-kon] The April 2024 election will decide our future
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Seoul’s bus union prepares for strike
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[Hello India] Corporate Korea sees new growth drivers in India
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Pet cloning in Korea raises concerns over bioethics, regulatory void
A pet owner nuzzles her puppy Tico after months apart in a heartwarming video uploaded to YouTube on New Year’s Day. But this is no ordinary reunion. Tico died in November 2022. The puppy in the video is a clone made to replace her. For some viewers, this last detail adds a bitter aftertaste to the touching scene. Animal rights advocates have expressed concern over what cloned dogs go through, and what the surrogate mothers to the cloned pets have to go through to meet the desires of a sin
Jan. 14, 2024
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South Korea officially adopts body camera for police officers
South Korea will officially adopt body cameras for police officers to better manage violent crimes, as well as stipulate measures to ensure the protection of personal information. According to the National Assembly and the National Police Agency on Sunday, a partial revision to the Act on the Performance of Duties by Police Officers recently passed the plenary session of the National Assembly. The revision sets out the basis for the legal introduction of body cameras and specific standards for
Jan. 14, 2024
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Netizens abuzz over false rumors of 'politically correct' skirt-wearing fire exit signs
South Koreans were abuzz over the weekend over an eventually debunked rumor that the government is mulling a fire exit sign depicting a long-haired woman wearing a skirt as a supposedly politically correct move, a rumor which officials denied in a joint statement. Earlier Friday, some media outlets reported that the Ministry of Interior and Safety was reviewing whether to revamp the design of conventional emergency exit signs, which depict a generic image of a person exiting a door. The report s
Jan. 14, 2024
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Anger after video shows teen beating up security guard in his 60s
A video of a high school student beating up a security guard in his 60s has sparked public outrage here, despite the police closing the case when the victim expressed his wish not to punish his attacker. In the video that went viral through the social media, the teen was filmed launching series of brutal attacks against the man on Friday, as a female voice was heard laughing at the scene. The assault occurred at a commercial complex in Dasan-dong in Namyangju City, Gyeonggi Province. Local polic
Jan. 14, 2024
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Man fined for child abuse after attacking wife while holding child
A South Korean man accused of attacking his wife while holding their three-year-old daughter in his arms has been fined 1 million won ($760) for child abuse, Incheon District Court said Sunday. An investigation found that the 44-year-old defendant and his wife got into a physical altercation on June 18, 2022, which saw the man push the woman to the floor and throw her phone out the door when she attempted to record the situation. He grabbed their 3-year-old daughter when he attempted a secon
Jan. 14, 2024
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College student dies after knee surgery; family sues doctors
The bereaved family of a 19-year-old South Korean college student, who died following complications in postoperative care for a simple knee surgery, has filed criminal charges against medical staff involved in the operation, local police said Saturday. According to Dunsan Police Station in Daejeon, four medical staff of Daejeon Eulji Medical Center have been accused of death by occupational negligence by the student's family. If convicted, the accused can be punished by up to five years in
Jan. 14, 2024
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Bikini-clad woman referred to prosecution for obscene exposure
A bikini-clad woman who roamed the streets of central Seoul in a cardboard box was referred to the prosecution on charges of obscene exposure, according to the Seoul Mapo Police Station on Friday. The woman, reportedly a model by the name of Ain, reportedly walked the streets of Hongdae, one of the country’s famous nightlife districts, sporting a scanty outfit which was hidden from view by a cardboard box in September 2023. She is alleged to have repeated a similar act in Apgujeong, a posh
Jan. 12, 2024
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'Daechi-dong edu consultant' accused of swindling parents
An admissions consultant based in Seoul's affluent southern neighborhood of Daechi-dong, a hub of South Korea's private education sector, has been under investigation by police for allegedly collecting billions of won from parents as donations to universities, according to the police. The Gyeonggi Bukbu Provincial Police Agency said Thursday that the suspect worked as an admissions consultant in Daechi-dong and allegedly swindled three parents out of money from 2020-2022. Daechi-dong i
Jan. 12, 2024
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Korean court orders MBC to rectify report on Yoon's hot mic
The Seoul Western District Court on Friday ordered public broadcaster MBC to rectify its report on President Yoon Suk Yeol's alleged use of foul language during an informal exchange with then-Foreign Minister Park Jin in New York in September 2022. In response, MBC on Friday said "we will appeal immediately to correct the erroneous ruling of the first trial." The court issued the order in response to a lawsuit filed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which claimed that the video
Jan. 12, 2024
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Prosecutors seek 3-year prison term for woman who sold baby
South Korean prosecutors on Thursday requested a three-year prison term from the court for a 25-year-old woman who is accused of buying a baby from a single mother and selling her to another woman. In a final hearing for the case held at the Incheon District Court, the prosecution said the accused, surnamed Kim, should be jailed for using a child as a means of making profit. Kim is accused of purchasing a 27-year-old woman's newly born daughter for 980,000 won ($750) on Aug. 24, 2019, and
Jan. 11, 2024
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Mystery deepens in case of woman found in Han River
"There is a person in the river, but they are not moving.” When the report came in Saturday evening, it seemed to be suggesting a tragic accident or yet another case of suicide in the Han River. But when police arrived on the scene around 8:24 p.m., about 17 minutes after receiving the report, the situation took a grim turn. Floating motionlessly near the Olympic Bridge in Seoul’s Gwangjin-gu was a young woman, with a knife lodged in her chest. Despite initial circumstances th
Jan. 11, 2024
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‘Seoul Smart Life Week’ to be held in October
Seoul will host “Seoul Smart Life Week” on Oct. 7-9 as part of the city’s plans to build an international platform to promote companies with innovative technologies and lead future technology trends. During the 2024 Seoul Innovation Forum in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon announced that the city government has built a three-year plan to host a global business event to share advanced technologies by securing sales and investment of innovative companies based in Seo
Jan. 11, 2024
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Dog meat ban faces farmer backlash
South Korea's recent ban on the consumption of dog meat has been welcomed by animal rights groups but has drawn the ire of farmers who demand compensation for their loss of business. Since the National Assembly passed the related bill on Tuesday, the local dog meat association has been at loggerheads with the government over how much they should be compensated. Daehan Yukgyeon Hyeophoi (Dog Meat Federation), a group consisting of dog meat farmers and dog meat restaurant owners across the co
Jan. 11, 2024
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Secret recording of child abuse 'has no evidential value': Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday said recordings of a teacher obtained by parents through a device hidden in their child's backpack cannot be used as evidence in a criminal child abuse case. The Supreme Court has overturned a original ruling that handed down a fine of 5 million won ($3,800) to an elementary school teacher for violating the Child Abuse Punishment Act, sending the case back to Seoul Eastern District Court. The teacher, whose identity has not been disclosed, was accused of emo
Jan. 11, 2024
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Women working long hours more likely to show signs of depression
Women who work long hours and have conflicting demands from family and work are more likely to have symptoms of depression, a study showed Thursday. A study in the Journal of the International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health suggested that such women were 35 percent more likely to have depressive symptoms compared to those with standard hours. In contrast, there was no significant difference in depression rates among male workers with or without long hours, even when the demand
Jan. 11, 2024
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Lax penalty for judge accused of buying sex sparks controversy
The decision to suspend a judge for three months after he was found to have illegally paid for sex is fanning criticism against the judiciary. According to local reports, the judge in question -- a 43-year old who holds a post in an Ulsan court -- was found to have worked at his regular job for a month before he was suspended by the Supreme Court. He was summarily indicted for the crime of paying money for sexual intercourse in Seoul in June of last year, but South Korea's highest court wai
Jan. 11, 2024
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Plane lands safely after bird strike at Incheon Airport
A T'way flight was hit by a bird during landing late Wednesday, but the pilots managed to land the aircraft safely in Incheon, the airline said. The TW216 flight, bound for Incheon from Narita International Airport in Tokyo, had been touching down on a runway at the Incheon International Airport around 9:28 p.m., when a bird was sucked into one of its engines. The pilots aborted the landing temporarily, but were able to land the plane safely some 13 minutes later, T'way Air said. Small
Jan. 11, 2024
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'Angel of Goesan' donates over W90m anonymously
In the small county of Goesan-gun, North Chungcheong Province, a man has been anonymously leaving donations for district officials over the past three years, amounting to a little over 90 million won ($68,000) since 2021. Goesan-gun Office said the unidentified middle-aged man made his most recent contribution on Monday, when he left an employee of the resident welfare team at the Buljeong-myeon office a paper bag, which contained 400 50,000 won bills. He mouthed "I'll leave it her
Jan. 11, 2024
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What should we call you, Chun Doo-hwan?
State-run broadcaster KBS was recently embroiled in controversy over its abrupt change of the title used for the late Chun Doo-hwan, a former military dictator of South Korea who ruled over the country with an iron fist in the 1980s. Last Thursday, a senior journalist of the public broadcaster, Kim Seong-jin, issued a notice on the company's intranet that its reporters should refer to Chun as "former President Chun," instead of "Chun-ssi (Mr. Chun)." After the notice was
Jan. 10, 2024
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Man finds out his 'wife' was already married with child
The Gwangju High Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling that handed down a jail term for fraud to a woman who faked her marital status and scammed a man into marrying her and giving her money. The 38-year-old defendant, who was given a prison term of three years and six months, had swindled a total of 570 million won ($430,000) from the victim in their one year of marriage that started in 2021. She pretended to be single and got the victim to marry her, when she had in fact been marr
Jan. 10, 2024