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S. Korea beats Germany for bronze in women's table tennis team event
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South Korea's Paris Olympics triumph: 13 golds secure historic success
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No. of foreign doctors in S. Korea on rise amid medical walkout
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N. Korean leader rejects international aid for flood damage
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N. Korea sends some 240 trash-filled balloons toward S. Korea: JCS
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K-pop stars’ military favoritism controversy returns amid Suga's DUI incident
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[Eye Interview] Actor-novelist Cha In-pyo reflects on trials of bringing his debut novel to global spotlight
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[Photo News] In memory of comfort women
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Seongsu Station to install 2 extra stairways to address overcrowding
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Seungri faces fresh backlash over Indonesia 'Burning Sun' event
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No. of patients with heat-related illnesses at night surge by 900% in past decade: agency
The number of patients admitted to emergency rooms with heat-related illnesses overnight increased by some 900 percent over the past decade, data by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency showed Tuesday, amid growing concerns of an increase in tropical nights in recent years. Since the establishment of the agency’s heat illness surveillance system in 2011, the number of patients admitted to emergency rooms between 12 a.m. -- the start of a new day -- and 10 a.m. jumped 923 percent
Social AffairsAug. 6, 2024
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100 Filipina caregivers arrive in Seoul for 6-month pilot program
Brimming with anticipation, 100 Filipina childcare workers landed at Incheon International Airport early Tuesday morning, ready to participate in the new pilot program to support the care needs of participating Seoul families. Dressed in matching blue jackets emblazoned with the Philippine national flag, the workers emerged from the arrivals gate with their luggage. Some paused to make the heart gesture with their fingers toward the assembled reporters, a move reflecting their excitement and cur
Social AffairsAug. 6, 2024
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Govt. sets deadline for Qoo10 crisis consumer refunds
Some customers who have yet to receive refunds from e-commerce platforms Tmon and WeMakePrice due to a liquidity crisis surrounding the companies will get their money back by the end of this week, officials said Tuesday. Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok announced that the refund process for the customers who purchased products other than travel services or gift cards on the two imperiled e-commerce platforms would be completed by “the end of this week,” in a b
PoliticsAug. 6, 2024
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Yoon advised to veto bills over broadcast governance
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Tuesday advised President Yoon Suk Yeol to strike down four bills sponsored by the main opposition that are designed to curtail Yoon's influence over the boardroom reshuffle of South Korea's public broadcasters or their highest direct authorities. This comes as the latest in a prolonged tit-for-tat in South Korea's political landscape, where Yoon's political opponents continue to ram bills -- including ones similar to those already vetoed -- thr
PoliticsAug. 6, 2024
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Seoul Metro to screen free public films for commuters
Screens in the Seoul Metro, primarily used for providing information, will play short films starting at the end of this month. According to Seoul Metro on Tuesday, this year's Seoul Metro International Subway Film Festival, an annual event that transforms the everyday commute into a free public film festival, will showcase 50 short films 210 seconds or less in length to commuters from Aug. 29 through Sept. 25. During this period, the films will be displayed on screens inside subway cars a
Social AffairsAug. 6, 2024
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Cabinet passes motion requesting parliamentary reconsideration of 4 broadcasting bills
The Cabinet passed a motion Tuesday calling for parliamentary reconsideration of four bills aimed at changing the governance structure of public broadcasters. The motion, passed a week after the last of the four bills was railroaded by the opposition-controlled National Assembly, will be sent to President Yoon Suk Yeol. Should Yoon endorse it, the bills will be sent back to the Assembly for a revote. Three of the bills call for amending the Broadcasting Act, the Foundation for Broadcast Culture
PoliticsAug. 6, 2024
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Pho festival to kick off in Seoul in October
A culinary festival dedicated to promoting Vietnam's trademark pho will be held in Seoul in October, the Business Association of Vietnamese in Korea announced in a press release Tuesday. The festival is to celebrate pho, a Vietnamese dish made from a fragrant broth, rice noodles, herbs and typically beef or chicken, and showcase the dish to Koreans, Vietnamese living in Korea and international tourists. According to BAViK, pho represents the heart of Vietnamese culture and the pinnacle of t
Foreign AffairsAug. 6, 2024
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Peru reaffirms support for Korea joining Pacific Alliance
Peru reaffirmed support for South Korea in the Pacific Alliance while celebrating its 203rd Independence Day in Seoul on Thursday. Peru’s Independence Day, which falls on July 28, commemorates Peru’s liberation from Spanish rule in 1821. Peruvian Ambassador Paul Duclos told The Korea Herald that the event was held to highlight his country's deepening ties with South Korea, while reiterating support for Korea's possible inclusion in the Pacific Alliance. "Peru fully sup
Foreign AffairsAug. 6, 2024
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Police refer man behind murder of neighbor with Japanese longsword to prosecution
Police have referred a man to the prosecution Tuesday on charges of slashing a random neighbor to death with a Japanese longsword last week. The 37-year-old assailant, surnamed Baek, brandished a 75-centimeter Japanese blade at the entrance of his apartment complex in Seoul's northern Eunpyeong district on July 29 and killed the neighbor, who was smoking outdoors at the time. The victim, a 43-year-old father of two sons aged 4 and 9, did not know the assailant personally. During the police
Social AffairsAug. 6, 2024
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Accident with claimed vehicle malfunction leaves 1 dead, 1 injured
One person was killed with another one injured when a car crashed into pedestrians at an apartment complex in central Seoul on Monday, police said. The driver of the vehicle, a man in his late 50s, has claimed vehicle malfunction, but the police suspect "poor driving" may have caused the deadly accident. The accident took place at an apartment complex in Ichon-dong, Yongsan, at around 11 a.m., when the vehicle crashed into a woman in her 50s and then another woman in her 80s, according
Social AffairsAug. 5, 2024
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S. Korea to provide $3 mln to 4 drought-hit African countries
South Korea will provide $3 million to four African countries to help them cope with the damage from severe drought, the Foreign Ministry in Seoul said Monday. Of the total, $1 million will each be delivered to Zimbabwe and Zambia, and $500,000 each to Malawi and Namibia, the ministry said. The aid will be made through the World Food Programme. The four countries have declared a national emergency as the severe drought hit the South African region and exacerbated food shortages. (Yonhap)
Foreign AffairsAug. 5, 2024
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South Korean commandos on Kim Il-sung mission to get first apology
South Korean commandos who died as they escaped from Silmido -- an uninhabited island where they were being trained to kill then-North Korean leader Kim Il-sung -- are due to receive an apology from the country’s defense chief for the first time in 53 years. In August 1971, the 24 commandos of South Korea’s secret killer squad fled the island in protest of poor treatment, after over three years of training to infiltrate North Korea and capture its leader. On their way out of Silmido,
DefenseAug. 5, 2024
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Education Ministry to inspect study abroad agencies for false ads
Amid South Korea's growing demand for private education, the Ministry of Education said Monday it will conduct a special inspection on agencies that arrange or help students study abroad. The Ministry of Education will focus on false and exaggerated advertisements of such centers to put the brakes on sales methods that prompt advanced learning and promote private education from August to September, with the cooperation of the 17 provincial offices of education nationwide. The ministry will
Social AffairsAug. 5, 2024
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Assembly passes pro-labor ‘Yellow Envelope Bill’
The opposition-led National Assembly on Monday passed a pro-labor bill that seeks to limit employers from filing damage claims against workers during legitimate disputes and requires them to engage in collective bargaining with subcontractor labor unions, amid ongoing protest from the ruling party over the bill. The bill, dubbed the “Yellow Envelope Bill," which is a revision to the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act, passed in a 177-2 vote during an afternoon plenary sess
PoliticsAug. 5, 2024
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Yoon mulls speech after summer break
President Yoon Suk Yeol is considering delivering a speech to the nation over a set of domestic reform agendas to address crises in the fields of education, labor, medicine, and population, as well as the public pension's sustainability later this month, according to the presidential office Monday. According to the presidential office, Yoon will make public remarks after he returns to his post from his summer vacation next week, and before the first regular session of the 22nd National Asse
PoliticsAug. 5, 2024
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Extreme heat triggers outages, heatstroke deaths
As extreme heat persists nationwide, widespread damage including power and water outages, as well as heatstroke-related deaths, have been reported as of Monday. On Sunday evening, 255 out of 1,089 households in the Miju Apartments in Dongdaemun-gu, eastern Seoul, experienced a power outage caused by the persisting scorching heat. A Korea Electric Power Corporation official explained to The Korea Herald that the blackout resulted from a fault in the apartment complex's transformer, which ove
Social AffairsAug. 5, 2024
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100 Filipina caregivers to arrive in Seoul one month ahead of assignment
A group of 100 Filipina caregivers is scheduled to arrive in South Korea early Tuesday morning to undergo a month-long specialized training program before being assigned to families in Seoul next month, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Monday. The Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Ministry of Employment and Labor have been advancing a project to introduce foreign caregivers in response to the declining number of local domestic workers amid an aging population and the rising
Social AffairsAug. 5, 2024
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Son Heung-min's agency vows legal action on lavish nightclub spending rumor
Tottenham Hotspur superstar Son Heung-min's agency on Sunday released a statement denying a recent rumor that he spent a large sum of money at a Seoul nightclub, partying with Bayern Munich’s Kim Min-jae and other players of the German club. "We've found that the employees of the club had distributed such falsehood to promote their establishment. ... We assure you that Son did not visit the club or spend all that money," said Son & Football Limited Co. It vowed to
Social AffairsAug. 5, 2024
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N. Korean leader Kim attends ceremony commemorating tactical ballistic missile weapon system
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has attended a ceremony to commemorate the transfer of a new-type tactical ballistic missile weapon system, which serves as the "pivot military hardware" in the armed forces, state media reported Monday. Kim attended the ceremony, which took place Sunday, showcasing 250 new-type tactical ballistic missile launchers, according to the Korean Central News Agency. Kim also delivered a speech, stating that an important task specified in the practical guidelin
North KoreaAug. 5, 2024
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[Bills in Focus] Easing discount store restrictions, securing AI usage policies
Proposed Bill: Partial Amendment to the Distribution Industry Development Act Proposed by Rep. Choi Soo-jin (People Power Party) ● The current act prescribes the establishment and modification registration of superstores and quasi-superstores in traditional commerce preservation areas, requiring persons who intend to open superstores, etc., to register and submit an evaluation report on the store’s impact on commercial districts and a regional cooperation plan. The act also requires the Ma
PoliticsAug. 5, 2024