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  • US, N. Korea seriously mull exchange of liaison officers: CNN
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  • [Multicultural Korea] Jeju refugee crisis and beyond: Yemeni asylum seekers build life in Korea

    The number of foreign residents in Korea continues to grow and now accounts for some 3.6 percent of the country‘s population. This is part of a series that examines how Korea is grappling with the is...

    Feb 17, 2019

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  • Seoul's base taxi fare rises to 3,800 won

    The base taxi fare in Seoul rose to 3,800 won (US$3.36) on Saturday, a 27 percent increase from the previous price. (Yonhap) According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the new base rate for ca...

    Feb 16, 2019

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  • JTBC chief questioned over alleged violence against freelance journalist

    Sohn Suk-hee, the chief and well-known news presenter of the cable channel JTBC, faced police questioning Saturday over an allegation that he used violence against a freelance journalist. Sohn was a...

    Feb 16, 2019

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  • Poet Ko Un loses damages suit against MeToo accuser

    Renowned South Korean poet Ko Un on Friday lost a compensation suit he filed against a female fellow poet for publicly accusing him of sexual misconduct. The Seoul Central District Court ruled that ...

    Feb 15, 2019

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  • [Newsmaker] Lawmaker’s aide says man who set himself on fire was ‘barbecued’

    An aide to a ruling party lawmaker said on social media that a man who set himself on fire in front of the National Assembly building was “barbecued.” A man in his 60s suffered third-degree burns a...

    Feb 15, 2019

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  • Shaman on trial for sexual assault

    A 38-year old shaman is standing trial for a string of charges involving sexual and nonsexual violence against a customer, and is under investigation for similar actions against two others, it was re...

    Feb 15, 2019

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  • National Assembly to have Korean Provisional Assembly seal sent home

    A relative of a Korean independence fighter on Thursday expressed her intention to donate to South Korea the official seal of the Korean Provisional Assembly, which was established in Shanghai during...

    Feb 15, 2019

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  • JTBC reveals black box footage of a taxi driver’s death

    Black box footage of an accident in Incheon, in which a taxi driver in his 70s died due to a coin thrown by a drunk passenger in his 30s in an apartment parking lot, was released Wednesday. “JTBC Ne...

    Feb 14, 2019

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  • Govt takes steps to have 36 percent of police under local governments

    The ruling party, the government and the presidential office on Thursday agreed on a bill to introduce a local autonomous police system, in which governors and mayors appoint the heads of police forc...

    Feb 14, 2019

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  • Fine dust A to Z: everything you need to know to beat fine dust

    (Yonhap) Q. ‘Fine dust’ vs. ‘ultrafine dust’? A particle of “ultrafine dust,” or particulate matter 2.5 is smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter. The width of PM2.5 is about 30 times less than t...

    Feb 14, 2019

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  • [News Focus] 3 in 10 South Koreans reside in Gyeonggi, Incheon

    SEJONG -- The number of residents in Gyeonggi Province and Incheon is continuously growing amid high apartment prices in Seoul, which saw its population reduce by about 90,000 on-year -- and 440,000 ...

    Feb 14, 2019

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  • [Weekender] Fine dust, a force changing society

    “The first thing I do when I wake up is check the weather report for fine dust and plan the day accordingly,” said Choi Ju-yeon, a 40-year old resident of Paju in northwest Gyeonggi Province. (Yonha...

    Feb 14, 2019

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  • Fire breaks out at Euljiro

    A fire broke out at a hardware store in a building near the Euljiro 4-ga Subway Station in downtown Seoul at 12:35 p.m. The fire caused a large cloud of smoke to cover the Jung-gu and nearby Jongno ...

    Feb 14, 2019

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  • [Weekender] What is S. Korea doing to combat fine dust pollution?

    South Korea’s Special Act on the Reduction and Management of Fine Dust went into effect across the country Friday to tackle fine dust pollution amid growing concerns over public health. This come...

    Feb 14, 2019

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  • ‘Suneung was too hard’: parents and students sue state organization

    Parents and students have filed a lawsuit against the Korea Institute of Curriculum and Evaluation, claiming some questions from the 2019 college scholastic ability test, or Suneung, were beyond the ...

    Feb 14, 2019

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