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Korean adoptees demand apology from President Moon
Korean adoptees demand apology from President Moon
A group of Korean-born overseas adoptees has launched an online campaign to demand an apology from President Moon Jae-in over his remarks during his New Year press conference that adoptive parents need to be allowed to cancel their adoptions or change the child if they don't get on well. Commenting on the recent media focus on the death of a 16-month-old girl in last October following alleged brutal abuse by her adoptive parents, Jan. 18, Moon made the controversial remarks which critics saw as offensive to families with adopted children, and an infringement on such children's rights. Online petitions calling for an apology from Moon followed domestically.
Xi says China supports diplomacy with North Korea during phone talks with Moon
Xi says China supports diplomacy with North Korea during phone talks with Moon
Chinese President Xi Jinping underlined his support for dialogue between the t...
Yulchon's reputation rests on 1.6 trillion won Indonesian lawsuit facing client KB
Yulchon's reputation rests on 1.6 trillion won Indonesian lawsuit facing client KB
Yulchon, one of the largest law firms in Korea, has come under the spotlight a...
More K-pop singers contribute to animation soundtracks
More K-pop singers contribute to animation soundtracks
Animation soundtracks have usually been sung by voice actors here, but things have started to change as more K-pop singers have started to...
Hyundai Motor bets big on electric cars in 2021
Hyundai Motor bets big on electric cars in 2021
Hyundai Motor has vowed to focus more on electric vehicles (EVs) in 2021 in a bid to make its way into the rapidly growing eco-friendly ca...
Hyundai to acquire LG's automotive components firm
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IMF, JPM revise up Korea's growth outlook
The local economy saw its worst performance in over two decades in 2020, but grew at a faster-than-expected pace in the fourth quarter, al...
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Dansaekhwa artist Park Seo-bo's daughter releases English-language memoir on father
Dansaekhwa artist Park Seo-bo's daughter releases English-language memoir on father
Park Seung-sook, an art therapist and daughter of the Dansaekhwa (Korean monochrome) artist Park Seo-bo, has released an English version of a biography of her father online for f...
Partially clothed girl found dead in rice paddy
Partially clothed girl found dead in rice paddy
The South Chungcheong Province Police Agency and the city's emergency rescue services said Tuesday they had found the body of a teenage girl in a rice paddy in the province's Gon...
Big stocks in Korea sensitive to market cycles: AllianceBernstein
Big stocks in Korea sensitive to market cycles: AllianceBernstein
AllianceBernstein has shown somewhat a skeptical outlook on the growth momentum of the Korean equities market, despite its rapid rise last year, one of the most bullish in the wo...
TXT's first Japanese album 'STILL DREAMING' dominates Oricon Chart
TXT's first Japanese album 'STILL DREAMING' dominates Oricon Chart
K-pop boy group TXT, short for Tomorrow by Together, has been dominating Japan's Oricon Daily Album Chart for six consecutive days with its album “STILL DREAMING.”
3 officials from McDonald's supplier get suspended prison sentences for selling tainted patties
3 officials from McDonald's supplier get suspended prison sentences for selling tainted patties
Three officials from a burger patty supplier for McDonald's Korea were given suspended prison sentences by a local court Tuesday for providing patties potentially contaminated wi...
Samsung Biologics sales surpass W1 tril.
Samsung Biologics sales surpass W1 tril.
Samsung Biologics' sales for last year surpassed 1 trillion won ($903.6 million) for the first time in the company's 10-year history, the 2011-founded biotech firm said Tuesday.
'I gained 20 kilograms after losing to Ortega': 'Korean Zombie'
'I gained 20 kilograms after losing to Ortega': 'Korean Zombie'
“Korean zombie” UFC fighter Jung Chan-sung recollected his defeat to Brian Ortega and how he lost his grip on himself by gaining 20 kilograms. In a TV talk show aired Monday on S...
[Korea Encounters] Looking down high noses at 'quack plastic surgeons' in 1971
[Korea Encounters] Looking down high noses at 'quack plastic surgeons' in 1971
“At one section of Yonsei Medical Center, strange things are happening. A harelipped boy steps out with a normal mouth. A flat-nosed girl consults a doctor; next day, out comes g...
SK Nexilis to build copper foil plant in Kota Kinabalu
SK Nexilis to build copper foil plant in Kota Kinabalu
SK Nexilis will build its first overseas plant in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, with the aim of tripling its production capacity of copper foil for electric vehicle (EV) battery cells...
KRX chief vows to enhance short selling system
KRX chief vows to enhance short selling system
Sohn Byung-doo, head of the Korea Exchange (KRX), the country's bourse operator, stressed that the KRX will do its best to correct and improve the current short-selling system, w...
Pfizer or Sinopharm? 'Vaccine diplomacy' in Middle East
Pfizer or Sinopharm? 'Vaccine diplomacy' in Middle East
Pfizer or Sinopharm? The US or China? In the Middle East and North Africa, novel coronavirus vaccine orders are driven by diplomatic and logistical considerations, reflecting Bei...
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E-book companies join original content war
E-book companies join original content war
More e-book companies are diversifying their business portfolios to come up with original content amid the intensifying battle between online content providers.
Unexpected, unprecedented sale of club sends shockwaves through KBO
Unexpected, unprecedented sale of club sends shockwaves through KBO
The SK Wyverns are far from being the first South Korean baseball club to be sold, but their impending ownership change, from the mobile carrier SK Telecom to the retail giant E-...
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National Chorus of Korea to sing popular Korean poems
National Chorus of Korea to sing popular Korean poems
The National Chorus of Korea (NCK) will hold a concert called “Poetic Colors” online, in which the chorus will sing songs composed from a series of popular Korean poems. In the c...
Foreigners' property transactions hit new high in 2020
Foreigners' property transactions hit new high in 2020
Foreigners' building transactions in South Korea reached an all-time high in 2020, with deals soaring in the Seoul metropolitan area, data showed Tuesday. Foreigners' transaction...
Unauthorized alternative missionary school feared to become virus hotbed
Unauthorized alternative missionary school feared to become virus hotbed
A massive COVID-19 outbreak linked to an unauthorized alternative missionary school located in Daejeon, 160 kilometers south of Seoul, put the health authorities on high alert, T...
New virus cases fall back to below 400 again
Gov't to expand in-person classes
Diplomats' group in hot seat over unfair treatment of school at its building
Diplomats' group in hot seat over unfair treatment of school at its building
The Korea Council on Foreign Relations, an organization of former and incumbent diplomats, is facing criticism for abusing its power against an alternative school that leased the...
[INTERVIEW] 'Samsung-Ericsson lawsuit could take longer'
[INTERVIEW] 'Samsung-Ericsson lawsuit could take longer'
The escalating legal tussle between Samsung Electronics and Ericsson over patent infringements regarding network equipment technology is expected to be a long-running battle, as ...
AFI Awards: 'Minari' among the Best Films of 2020
AFI Awards: 'Minari' among the Best Films of 2020
“Minari,” a drama film about an immigrant family in the United States, is among the winners of the American Film Institute's (AFI) awards for the top 10 movies of 2020. The nonpr...
Despite 'bubble' worries, stock market to continue rally
Despite 'bubble' worries, stock market to continue rally
Is January's bull run on stock markets around the world “irrational exuberance” - a term popularized by former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan referring to market optimism-lacking an...
[Reporter's Notebook] Justice Party sets example for proper handling of sexual violence cases
[Reporter's Notebook] Justice Party sets example for proper handling of sexual violence cases
Monday's news of minor opposition Justice Party head Kim Jong-cheol's sexual harassment of fellow lawmaker Jang Hye-young shocked the public. But what was even more surprising an...
Staying safe at live music events
Staying safe at live music events
It's inevitable that the drop in new COVID-19 cases will lead the government to lower the social distancing measures, in an attempt to reward or placate voters, and most likely c...
Actress and model Song Yu-jung dies at 26
Actress and model Song Yu-jung dies at 26
South Korean actress and model Song Yu-jung, represented by one of Korea's top agencies, died on Jan. 23. She was 26. Sublime Artist Agency released a statement announcing her pa...
Hyundai Heavy seeks W1 tril. IPO
Hyundai Heavy seeks W1 tril. IPO
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), a holding firm of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), plans to move forward with HHI's initial public offering (IPO) as a fundraisin...
'Apres-Girl' revisits Korea's first female film director Park Nam-ok
'Apres-Girl' revisits Korea's first female film director Park Nam-ok
From past to present, many of the world's greatest film directors started as cinephiles and Park Nam-ok (1923-2017), Korea's first female film director, is no exception. Having m...
Will they, won't they? Key questions for troubled Tokyo Olympics
Will they, won't they? Key questions for troubled Tokyo Olympics
The world's ongoing coronavirus crisis and plunging public support in Japan have raised fears that the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, postponed last year and now due to start in July, may ...
'Olympics would be extremely difficult' for unvaccinated athletes'
Sibling duo AKMU renews contract with YG
Sibling duo AKMU renews contract with YG
The sibling duo AKMU will be staying with YG Entertainment for another five years, having extended their management contract with the giant K-pop agency. The act - consisting of ...
Jeon In-kwon investigated over damaging neighbor's home amid property dispute
Jeon In-kwon investigated over damaging neighbor's home amid property dispute
Jeon In-kwon, the lead vocalist of rock band Deulgukwha, has been questioned over allegations of damaging the home of his neighbor by throwing stones at the structure amid an ong...
Seoul city gov't to launch 3rd council of foreign residents
Seoul city gov't to launch 3rd council of foreign residents
The Seoul city government plans to launch a new council of foreign residents Tuesday as part of efforts to improve their quality of life here. The council, the third of its kind,...
South Korea completes deployment of K-14 sniper rifle
South Korea completes deployment of K-14 sniper rifle
South Korea has completed the deployment of K-14 sniper rifles and its observation device at infantry units to boost combat capabilities in missions involving precision attacks, ...
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Korea's economy contracts 1% in 2020 amid pandemic - the worst on-year growth in over 20 years
Korea's economy contracts 1% in 2020 amid pandemic - the worst on-year growth in over 20 years
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