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Sept 20, 2017 Social affairs

[Newsmaker] Prosecution opens probe into former leader Lee

The prosecution on Wednesday began looking into a complaint filed against former President Lee Mung-bak that he masterminded the national spy agency’s alleged smear campaign against Seoul Mayor Park ...

[Newsmaker] Corruption scandal shakes up KAI’s vision

Until last year, Korea Aerospace Industries, the nation’s sole aircraft manufacturer, was riding high on the expectation of its increased entries into foreign markets with homegrown choppers and jets...

Sept 19, 2017
Industry
[Newsmaker] Number of dementia patients to surpass 2.7 million by 2050

In South Korea, some 700,000, or 1 in 10 of the elderly population, suffer from dementia, but this number will balloon to 2.7 million by 2050 amid the nation’s rapidly aging society, data from a mini...

Sept 18, 2017
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Disabled students in South Korea struggle to find right school

At Park Hyun-soo’s home in Gangseo-gu, western Seoul, weekday mornings are just like in any other household with young students. She wakes up her daughter, fixes her something to eat, and rushes ...

Sept 17, 2017
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Seoul's aid to NK faces Japan's opposition

The South Korean government said Friday that its plan for an $8 million humanitarian aid package for North Korea would not be affected by the rogue regime’s military provocation Friday. But pressure ...

Sept 15, 2017
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Kaesong businesses: Forgotten casualties of N. Korean crisis

South Korean business operators of the now-shuttered joint industrial complex in North Korea’s border city of Kaesong are stuck in a limbo. Amid North Korea’s escalating military provocations and en...

Sept 14, 2017
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Naver, Kakao compete to secure more AI speaker purchases

South Korea’s two biggest IT companies are ramping up efforts to achieve more preorders for their artificial intelligence-powered smart speakers that are slated to hit shelves here soon, with aims to...

Sept 13, 2017
Technology
[Newsmaker] Top court nominee grilled over left-wing views, qualifications

Kim Meong-su, the nominee for South Korea’s Supreme Court chief justice, was grilled over his qualifications and ideological orientations Tuesday during a parliamentary confirmation hearing. In his ...

Sept 12, 2017
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Korea’s FTC head faces flak for calling Naver founder ‘visionless’

The chief of South Korea’s antitrust watchdog, who built his reputation as a “chaebol sniper,” is facing flak from local IT industry leaders after calling Naver founder Lee Hae-jin a figure who “lack...

Sept 11, 2017
Technology
[Newsmaker] N. Korean leader boasts nuke test as 'great victory' at celebration

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un hailed the latest nuclear test as "a great victory" at a celebration banquet, and praised the officials and experts for their efforts in carrying out the successful ex...

Sept 10, 2017
North Korea
[Newsmaker] S. Korea closely watching N. Korea for signs of provocations on founding anniversary

South Korea's military is watching North Korea closely for signs of provocations, officials said Saturday, amid concern the regime could undertake a missile launch or even another nuclear test on its...

Sept 9, 2017
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Chased by Irma, Floridians endure arduous journeys to safety

Floridians fleeing Hurricane Irma have turned freeways across the Southeast into red ribbons of brake lights as they head elsewhere _ to Atlanta, Montgomery, Nashville _ to bunk with relatives, stay ...

Sept 9, 2017
World News
[Newsmaker] At least 5 dead as magnitude 8.2 quake rocks Mexico

A powerful 8.2-magnitude earthquake rocked Mexico late Thursday, killing at least 5 people and triggering a tsunami alert in what the president called the quake-prone country’s biggest one in a centu...

Sept 8, 2017
World News
[Newsmaker] THAAD system deployment completed: S. Korea

South Korea's defense ministry announced Thursday the deployment of a THAAD missile defense system has been completed in a "tentative" step to counter urgent threats from North Korea. The announceme...

Sept 7, 2017
Defense
[Newsmaker] Calls grow for tougher juvenile sentencing

In light of recent brutal crimes involving minors, calls are growing in South Korea that it is time to end leniency toward juvenile offenders. Politicians appear to concur. Rep. Choo Mi-ae, chairwom...

Sept 6, 2017
Social affairs

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