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[ad_1] The captain, heart, of the Queen Jenuvia II that ran aground off the southwestern Korean coast final month attends an arrest warrant listening to at a courtroom in Mokpo, South Jeolla Province, Tuesday. YonhapThe captain of the Queen Jenuvia II, a big passenger ship that ran aground off the southwestern coast final month, attended an arrest warrant listening to Tuesday on fees of inflicting damage by gross negligence and violating the seamen’s legislation.The 26,546-ton ship carrying 246 passengers and 21 crew members ran aground on an uninhabited islet whereas crusing in slim waters off the coast of Sinan, South…

[ad_1] Rights group representatives name for compensation and stronger prevention measures over Coupang’s buyer knowledge breach. Tuesday. Yonhap When the information broke that over 33 million Coupang prospects’ private info was leaked, together with names, addresses, telephone numbers and their current buy histories — Kim Joo-young, 40, an workplace employee in Seoul, checked her telephone instantly to vary her passwords.“It felt like somebody might someway simply take every little thing from me, together with my deposits in financial institution and brokerage accounts with out me figuring out,” she mentioned. “I assumed voice phishing was one thing I solely hear on…

[ad_1] Sakai Ando, proper, an economist within the Worldwide Financial Fund (IMF)’s Asia and Pacific Division, speaks throughout an annual convention co-hosted by the Korea Institute for Worldwide Financial Coverage (KIEP) and the IMF in Seoul, Tuesday. Courtesy of the KIEPAn economist from the Worldwide Financial Fund (IMF) mentioned Tuesday that whereas Korea’s financial system is starting to point out indicators of a rebound, downward pressures proceed to problem Asia’s fourth-largest financial system, even because the broader Asian market is predicted to expertise a modest slowdown subsequent 12 months.The evaluation was made throughout an annual convention co-hosted by the Korea…

[ad_1] Suzy, left, and Kim Seon-ho / XportsnewsKorean stars Suzy and Kim Seon-ho have been noticed in Vietnam, drawing consideration after locals captured the pair operating collectively with out masks.Movies circulating on Vietnamese social media and Korean on-line communities present the 2 actors jogging alongside the highway surrounding West Lake, one in all Hanoi’s main landmarks. Suzy, wearing informal sportswear with out sun shades or a masks, seems relaxed as she runs naturally beside Kim Seon-ho, who follows carefully behind in a equally snug outfit.Suzy and Kim Seon-ho / Captured from on-line communitiesIn response to the uploader, the scene was…

[ad_1] Japanese Ambassador to Korea Koichi Mizushima speaks through the twelfth Korea-Japan Photograph Contest held on the ambassador’s residence in Seoul, Nov. 28. Courtesy of Embassy of Japan in SeoulThe Japanese Embassy in Seoul hosted an awards ceremony on Nov. 28 for the twelfth Korea-Japan Photograph Contest, a cultural initiative marking the sixtieth anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic ties between the 2 nations.Launched in 2014, the annual contest goals to advertise cultural and people-to-people exchanges and encourage tourism between Korea and Japan. This yr’s version was held as an official commemorative undertaking for the sixtieth anniversary, inviting submissions that…

[ad_1] Brief-track pace skater Choi Min-jeong speaks to the media upon arriving again in Korea by Incheon Worldwide Airport, Oct. 21. YonhapThree-time Olympic quick monitor gold medalist Choi Min-jeong mentioned Tuesday she is going to attempt to polish up her ways head of her third Winter Video games subsequent 12 months in Italy.Choi and the remainder of the nationwide quick monitor pace skating group returned residence after finishing their Worldwide Skating Union (ISU) Brief Observe World Tour season. The primary two occasions have been each held in Canada, earlier than the athletes made stops in Poland after which the Netherlands.Over…

[ad_1] On this 2011 file picture, Japan’s Maritime Self-Protection Power P-3C Orion surveillance airplane flies over the disputed islands, known as the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, within the East China Sea. AP-YonhapTOKYO — Japanese and Chinese language vessels engaged in a recent standoff round disputed islands on Tuesday, the 2 nations’ coast guards stated.Relations have been strained since Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi steered final month that her nation might intervene militarily in any Chinese language assault on Taiwan.Japan’s coast guard stated two Chinese language coast guard patrol ships entered Japan’s territorial waters across the Senkaku…

[ad_1] Lee Chul, left, director of the Worldwide Organizations and Nuclear Affairs Bureau on the overseas ministry, shakes arms with Massimo Aparo, head of the Division of Safeguards on the Worldwide Atomic Power Company, on the overseas ministry in Seoul on Dec. 2 on this photograph supplied by the ministry. YonhapThe federal government pledged Tuesday to totally uphold Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) obligations, because it strikes ahead with a plan to construct nuclear-powered submarines and purchase the suitable to reprocess spent nuclear gas.The dedication was made throughout a high-level coverage assembly in Seoul the place Lee Chul, director of the…

[ad_1] The whistleblower who spoke to the Hankyoreh in regards to the South Korean Protection Psychological Operation Group’s operations to drop propaganda leaflets into North Korea requested that their identification be withheld for the sake of fellow troopers.  “No, it was our personal psyops group that first launched leaflets into North Korea.”The previous soldier smiles bitterly when he remembers the South Korean army’s declare that North Korea’s launch of garbage-laden balloons had prompted it to renew propaganda broadcasts on loudspeakers on the border with North Korea.That was in Might and June of final 12 months, throughout a time of rising…

[ad_1] The KOSPI and KOSDAQ indexes are displayed on the digital show on the Korea Change’s Seoul workplace on Nov. 27. (Captured from MBC) Beginning in January subsequent 12 months, each KOSPI and KOSDAQ inventory transaction tax charges will enhance by 0.05 share factors. In line with the Ministry of Economic system and Finance on Dec. 2, the revision invoice for the enforcement decrees of the Inventory Transaction Tax Act and the Revenue Tax Act is predicted to take impact starting Jan. 1 subsequent 12 months after going via the general public discover process. Underneath…