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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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South Korea to launch space security center under spy agency
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More med professors to take day off each week while govt. urges them to stay
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Hybe refutes Ador CEO Min's denial of breach of trust
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S. Korea, Japan could consider simplified entry agreement: Seoul official
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Legoland Korea Resort to open until 9 p.m.
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Workplace deaths raise alarm
Voices calling for stricter safety standards at workplaces are growing louder after a slew of industrial accidents took several lives over the weekend. On Friday morning, a worker was killed when he suffocated while working inside a 3-meter-deep manhole in Namyeong-dong, central Seoul. Two others were immediately taken to a nearby hospital and one remains unconscious, police said. According to pol
July 24, 2011
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Seoul City to take part in K-pop audition program
Aspiring singers in Southeast Asian countries will get another chance to debut in the birthplace of K-pop as the capital city of South Korea is working on a new audition program for them.Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Sunday that it will take part in a joint production of a TV audition program dubbed “K-POP Star Hunt” with Fox-affiliated channels Star World and Channel V, Korean entertai
July 24, 2011
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Pedophiles to be chemically castrated
Critics raise issues on human rights and effectiveness of the measureThe chemical castration law took effect on Sunday, targeting those who commit sex crimes against children younger than 16 and who are also likely to be repeat offenders. The Ministry of Justice announced Friday that it will implement the chemical course on sex offenders up to two months before being released from prison and withi
July 24, 2011
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Police probe calls related to alleged bugging of DP meeting
Police said Friday they are currently investigating telephone calls made between a reporter and politician related to the alleged bugging of a Democratic Party meeting. “We are currently looking into telephone calls made by the reporter, politician and his aides to verify whether they shared information over the alleged bugging,” an officer at the Yeongdeungpo Police Station in Seoul said Friday.
July 22, 2011
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College students busted for growing, selling dope
Two college students were arrested for growing, selling, and consuming marijuana, according to Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.The accused, known only by their surnames Seo and Jang, had sold some 300 grams of home grown marijuana in college campuses.Having green cards at the United States and Argentina respectively, the two Koreans smuggled seeds from America and had been cultivating them at the
July 22, 2011
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Coffee chains to drop disposable paper cups
Three major coffee chains, Hollys Coffee, Caffe bene and Angel-in-us Coffee, will serve their coffee only in mugs inside their coffee houses from Aug.1, the environment ministry said Thursday.Hollys Coffee will use only mugs in about 300 franchisee cafes nationwide, excluding expressway service areas or airports. Caffe bene will use mugs in its 314 shops in stages until 2012. It will test the wate
July 21, 2011
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Card gives green shoppers cash rewards
Get a “Green Card” and receive rewards every time you buy eco-friendly products or use public transportation. The Ministry of Environment announced Thursday the launch of Green Card which allows environmentally minded customers to receive up to 200,000 won ($191) a year in cash rewards for green consumption and energy-saving activities. It was developed in cooperation with local payment service pr
July 21, 2011
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Supermarkets struggle with drug supply
Wary of response from pharmacists, drug firms hesitant to distributeThe sale of over-the-counter drugs in stores without pharmacies, first permitted on Wednesday afternoon, got off to a rocky start. “I wasn’t informed of any drugs to be stored today,” said a part-time worker of a Family Mart, the nation’s largest convenience store franchise, in Gangnam, southern Seoul, on Thursday morning. The sto
July 21, 2011
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Police crack down on showbiz corruption
Police said Thursday they booked 29 people, including a chief executive of a cable TV network, who allegedly took money from new singers in return for rigging various online rankings of K-pop songs or helping them appear on TV.They were among the 140 people caught on charges stemming from 14 corruption cases, the National Police Agency (NPA) said after a four-month nationwide crackdown on irregula
July 21, 2011
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Seoul's referendum on free lunch to be held in late August
The Seoul Metropolitan Government is set to hold a referendum in the fourth week of August to ask residents whether they approve the free lunch program for all or selected groups of students, officials said Wednesday, in the latest debate over welfare populism.The free lunch program, passed by the opposition-controlled city council last December, has been a key welfare issue, along with calls for
July 20, 2011
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Seoul City plans women-only subway cars
Female commuters may soon have a safe haven from sex offenders when riding the subway, as the capital plans to introduce women-only cars, city officials said Wednesday.In order to protect women from sexual assault, the Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to gather public opinion on the measure by next month, and implement a trial run by September. According to officials, the trial run will be held
July 20, 2011
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International medical center to open in Yeouido next year
An international medical center will open in Yeouido, Seoul, in August next year, as part of steps to develop the financial district of the capital into an international financial hub. Seoul Metropolitan Government signed a memorandum of understanding with the Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital on Wednesday to establish the center and improve access to medical care for foreign patients there. The medical
July 20, 2011
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Military to randomly inspect Marine bases
The Defense Ministry will hold random inspections of all Marine Corps bases within the year to stem abuse among soldiers, a military official said Wednesday.“The ministry will form special inspection teams involving different areas, such as operations and personnel, and will conduct random checks on Marine bases from August to the end of the year,” said the source.“Soldiers and commanders who are
July 20, 2011
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Former Sejong Center exec indicted on bribery charges
Former managing director of Sejong Center for the Performing Art’s programming division was indicted Tuesday for receiving bribes from show production companies, according to the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office. The former director, identified only as a Choi, 54, is accused of having received a total of 42 million won from Lim, a show production house head, since last September. In return, Lim receive
July 20, 2011
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Life tough for students returning home
Experts suggest parents prepare children for Korean school life before coming backFor Chung, a Korean student who came home after spending her elementary school years in England, the main problem in adapting to Korea was the language. Working now in Korea after graduating from a college in the U.K., Chung recalled her experiences here from the sixth grade in elementary school to her first year in
July 20, 2011
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Man physically abuses senior for being gentle to wife
A man who allegedly beat up a man in his 60s for offering a seat to his wife was booked without detention, according to Busan Dong-nae Police Station.The accused, whose name has only been released as Lee, was travelling in a bus with his spouse last Thursday when an older man let the wife take his seat.Lee hurled abuse at the old man for showing hospitality to “someone else’s wife.” He then tried
July 20, 2011
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Teenager arrested for necrophilia
A male teenager was arrested Wednesday for sexually violating the corpse of a woman who had fallen from an apartment following an apparent suicide. The 16-year-old high-school student told police that he wanted to see “what would happen.” The incident happened in an apartment complex in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province on Monday.According to police, he found the 68-year-old woman dead in a ga
July 20, 2011
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Highest suicide rate in the developed world
Alarm bells are ringing loudly over the rapidly growing number of suicides among aged Koreans.Figures from Statistics Korea show the number of suicides per 100,000 people aged 65 or over increased 5.38 times from 14.3 in 1990 to 77 in 2009. In comparison, the figures for age groups of 15-34 years and 35-64 years rose by 2.49 times and 3.41 times to 23.2 and 35.9, respectively, over the same period
July 19, 2011
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Lonely life, solitary death
Calls mounting for better safety net for aged people living aloneA 65-year-old woman surnamed Park was found dead in an apartment where she had lived alone in Asan, South Chungcheong Province, on a freezing day in February. Just two hours earlier, police had discovered a 55-year-old man, who had also been living in solitude, lying dead in a neighboring apartment.Police officers, who visited their
July 19, 2011
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Military adopts new rules against barracks abuse
The military has introduced new rules to block the physical and verbal abuses that are allegedly rampant inside barracks, officials said Tuesday.The measures came in the wake of a deadly shooting spree by a marine in his barracks early this month. Under the rules adopted by the Defense Ministry, enlisted soldiers, excluding squad or team leaders, may no longer order or instruct fellow soldiers, an
July 19, 2011