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1 in 3 Koreans live alone, family types becoming diverse
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Korea, Japan finance chiefs vow to tame rampant FX market volatility
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US 'incredibly concerned' about suspected NK-Iran military ties
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K-pop group's manager dismissed for setting up spycam in theater dressing room
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K-pop singer lost consciousness after being hit by foul ball, cancels show
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Korean Muslim YouTuber's plan to build mosque in Incheon goes viral
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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Why is Apple Pay struggling to get purchase in Korea?
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Yoon's office denies considering liberal figures for key posts
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Seoul says Fu Bao loan 'not going to happen'
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College probed for allegedly forcing repatriation of Uzbek students
The National Human Rights Commission of Korea announced Monday that it has initiated an investigation into Hanshin University in Osan, Gyeonggi Province, after claims that the university's staff forced 23 students from Uzbekistan to leave Korea. The NHRCK received a petition, lodged by the husband of one of the students, about the incident and referred it to the relevant department on Dec. 11. "The investigation has just begun," an official from the NHRCK said Monday. The commis
Dec. 18, 2023
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'Women are useless': professor investigated for misogyny, extortion
The Cultural Heritage Administration on Monday launched an investigation of a male professor here over a string of allegations including misogynistic comments and extortion. Local media outlets reported that a professor at Korea National University of Cultural Heritage has been accused of insulting students, extorting money from them and making them run personal errands. Educational institutions here are conventionally under the supervision of the Education Ministry, but this particular institut
Dec. 18, 2023
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'I have a ticket!' Man hanging on departing KTX train goes viral
A video of a man hanging on a KTX train as it began departing from a station has gone viral online in South Korea. In the video, reportedly recorded just before 4 p.m. Friday at Gwangmyeong Station in Gyeonggi Province, a person appearing to be a man of foreign nationality hanging on the outside of a train leaving for Mokpo, which had just started moving, between two cars. A female station official ran alongside the man, shouting, "Get off! Get off!" in Korean. But the man continued to
Dec. 18, 2023
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Incheon hotel fire injures 54, including 8 foreigners
A fire broke out at a hotel in Incheon Sunday night, causing injury to 54 people including eight foreigners, the local fire department said Monday. The fire appears to have originated from the parking tower in the 18-story building, said officials of the Incheon Gongdan Fire Station, whose jurisdiction includes parts of Namdong-gu and Yeonsu-gu in the southern part of the city. The facility was set ablaze around 9 p.m. and 54 people suffered varying levels of injury including smoke inhalation an
Dec. 18, 2023
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Mercury to dip further in midweek
The season's strongest cold wave continued to grip the entire nation on Monday and the temperatures are forecast to further dip later this week, the state weather agency said. Monday's morning lows ranged from minus 18 C to minus 3 C nationwide, with Seoul registering minus 12.2 C, the Korea Meteorological Administration said, adding the mercury also plummeted to minus 10.2 C in the central city of Daejeon and minus 5.4 C in the southern city of Busan. The temperatures will rise slight
Dec. 18, 2023
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Ex-DP leader Song arrested over cash-for-votes scandal
A Seoul court issued an arrest warrant for Song Young-gil, a former leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, Monday over a cash-for-votes scandal surrounding the party's 2021 leadership election. The Seoul Central District Court granted the warrant sought by prosecutors following a court hearing attended by Song on charges that included illegal political funding. "I exercised my rights to silence during a prosecution questioning, but I will explain myself humbly and sincerely at
Dec. 18, 2023
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[Graphic News] Over 85,000 foreigners hold home ownership in S. Korea: data
Over 85,000 foreign nationals own a house in South Korea, with Chinese nationals accounting for more than half of real estate properties held by foreigners in the country, government data showed. A total of 85,358 foreign nationals owned a house in South Korea as of the end of June, up 4.6 percent from the corresponding figure from six months earlier, according to data compiled by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Nearly 93.5 percent of the foreign nationals had ownership of a
Dec. 18, 2023
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Yoon nominates new industry minister
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sunday tapped current Trade Minister Ahn Duk-geun as the nominee to head the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. The 55-year-old expert in international economy and trade started serving as the Yoon administration’s first trade minister from May last year. This promotion would put him at an actual ministerial-level position, compared to his previous role, which was technically a vice-ministerial level position. “Ahn is a global trade expert backed by bo
Dec. 17, 2023
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Half of Koreans could be over 65 by 2072
South Korea could see a more than 40 percent decline in its population in 50 years' time, with half of its people aged over 65, a recent report released by Statistics Korea showed. The worst-case scenario in the agency’s projections for the country’s population between 2022-2072 forecast the nation's population would plummet to 30.1 million over the next five decades. The state-run statistics agency came up with three different forecasts -- one optimistic, one median, and o
Dec. 17, 2023
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Seoul issues warning as extreme cold takes hold
A day after issuing a cold wave advisory, the Seoul Metropolitan Government on Sunday announced that the weather warning will remain in effect as temperatures continue to drop. “The lowest temperature on Saturday was recorded at minus 3.6 degrees Celsius and the lowest temperature from Sunday morning was minus 12 C, 8.4 degrees lower than the previous day,” said the Seoul Metropolitan Government in a press release. “The city government decided to keep the cold wave watch issued
Dec. 17, 2023
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10 flights canceled in Jeju as S. Korea braces for cold wave
A total of 10 flights have been canceled on the southern resort island of Jeju on Sunday morning, officials said, as South Korea was gripped by a cold wave and heavy snow. The cold snap affected Jeju International Airport, prompting the 10 flights to be canceled and another three flights to be delayed as of 8:30 a.m., according to airport officials. As of Sunday morning, some areas of Jeju received about 20 centimeters of snow, weather authorities said. The flight cancellations at the Jeju airpo
Dec. 17, 2023
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Only 1 of 4 women in 20s want to get married: report
Just over a quarter of South Korea's 20-something women said marriage is something one should do in 2022, as young people's inclination to tie the knot continues to fall dramatically here, a report found Friday. Statistics Korea conducted a study on South Korean society, based on a variety of survey data, and found that only 27.5 percent of women in their 20s have a positive view toward marriage. Positive views on marriage among these young women were the lowest out of all age groups,
Dec. 16, 2023
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Police tracking suspect of graffiti vandalism at Seoul palace
Police are tracking down the person behind graffiti sprayed on the walls of Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul, officials said Saturday. Officials at Jongno Police Station launched the investigation upon receiving a report on the apparent vandalism at 2:20 a.m. A phrase that reads "free movie" in Korean was repeatedly sprayed in red and blue paint along the western walls of the royal palace. Police are analyzing CCTV footage and reviewing whether they can hold the suspect accountable fo
Dec. 16, 2023
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Cold wave hits S. Korea; temperatures to further drop
South Korea was gripped by a cold wave and heavy snow Saturday, with lower temperatures and more snow expected over the weekend, the state weather agency said. The Korea Meteorological Administration issued heavy snow warnings for the country's central and western areas. As of 10 a.m., the interior ministry had upgraded its snow alert level to "caution" from "interest." As of 7 p.m., the southwestern city of Gwangju and Jangseong County in South Jeolla Province had recei
Dec. 16, 2023
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Number of flu patients hits 5-year high
The number of suspected influenza cases in South Korea has surged to a five-year high in the second week of December, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said Friday. The rate of patients exhibiting symptoms suggestive of influenza per 1,000 outpatients for the week of Dec. 3-9, stood at 61.3, up 26.1 percent from the previous week. This is the highest figure since 2019. The younger age groups have been more likely to have suspected flu with 120.1 per 1,000 outpatients aged 7-12 and
Dec. 15, 2023
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Former Yonsei professor faces jail term for calling 'comfort women' voluntary prostitutes
South Korean prosecutors on Friday demanded a prison term for a former professor at Yonsei University, who had said in a lecture that "comfort women" -- the euphemism for the tens of thousands of women coerced into sexual slavery by imperial Japan during World War II -- became prostitutes voluntarily. Ryu Seok-chun, who formerly taught sociology, sparked controversy in September 2019 after he told his class that the comfort women system was "a sort of prostitution." The prose
Dec. 15, 2023
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Court confirms prison sentence for SAT question leak
The Supreme Court has confirmed a three-year prison term for a private lecturer who used the time difference between South Korea and other countries to leak questions for the SAT exam used for US college entrance. According to local media reports on Friday, the tutor was convicted of selling SAT questions that he acquired illegally to the parents of students taking the test in other time zones. Song and his accomplices -- a teacher at a local high school and a broker -- acquired photos of the SA
Dec. 15, 2023
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Nighttime, weekend, holiday telehealth services permitted for first-time patients
Telehealth services at night and on public holidays have become available for first-time patients nationwide as the government expanded the scope of such services on Friday. The changes also allow access to telehealth services for first-time patients residing in regions categorized as "medically vulnerable areas" at any time. Previously, first-time patients under 18 could receive only a contactless consultation at night and during public holidays and weekends, but were not able to rece
Dec. 15, 2023
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Cold weather to follow heavy rain
Rain is expected to continue drenching the nation until Friday night, before a cold snap hits the country over the weekend, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration Friday. From Thursday, the nation had up to 50 millimeters of rain as of Friday 8 a.m., with up to 60 millimeters more predicted until Friday night. The central region and northern areas of North Gyeongsang Province were forecast to see more than 100 millimeters of rainfall on Thursday and Friday. “Low pressure deve
Dec. 15, 2023
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School bullying hits 10-year high
The percentage of Seoul students who said they have been victimized at school was the highest in the past 10 years, according to a recent survey. Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education said Friday that a survey of 486,729 students between the fourth grade of elementary school and the final year of high school found that 2.2 percent had been subject to some form of mistreatment at school. The figure increased by 2 percent compared to last year, and marked a 10-year high. South Korean law defines
Dec. 15, 2023