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Man sentenced for assaulting 11-year-old son over gaming

A man in his 50s was given a suspended prison term for repeatedly assaulting his 11-year-old son at their home in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang Province, over the child’s gaming and sleeping habits. The Ulsan District Court said Sunday it sentenced the man to one year in prison, suspended for two years, on charges including child abuse under the Child Welfare Act. The judge ordered the man to undergo probation, complete 40 hours each of child abuse prevention and stalking crime prevention programs,

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Police Retrieve Ballot Boxes from Jamsil Voting Station, Disperse Protesters after 35 Hours

[Domestic] : Anchor: Police have broken through the crowd that was blocking access to a polling station in Seoul’s Songpa District in protest of ballot shortages during the local elections earlier this week. On Friday morning, after about 35 hours, the officers were able to remove two boxes containing the ballots of ... [more...]

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Police Break through Protesters in Jamsil to Collect Remaining Ballot Boxes from June 3 Local Elections

[Politics] : Authorities have collected the remaining ballot boxes at a polling station in Songpa-gu, southern Seoul, 35 hours after demonstrators barred election officials from removing them to protest a shortage of ballots during the June 3 local elections. Police broke through the crowd of protesters to remove the ... [more...]

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Hongdae buzzes ahead of Jensen Huang's PC bang, pork belly stops

Seoul’s Hongdae district was buzzing from early Friday morning, hours before Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was expected to touch down in Korea for a visit packed with gaming, barbecue and meetings with the country’s top business leaders. Huang is expected to arrive at Seoul Gimpo Business Aviation Center at around 1 p.m., according to Nvidia. After briefly speaking to reporters there, he is set to head to his first official stop: an internet cafe, locally known as "PC bang," operated by Korean esports

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Ateez fills 14th EP with self-written songs

Ateez posted the full tracklist for its 14th mini album, “Golden Hour: Part 5,” on Friday via agency KQ Entertainment. The upcoming set will comprise five tracks, including the lead single “Bad.” Hongjoong and Mingi participated in writing lyrics for all songs that underline the range of the eight-member act’s music spectrum. The EP will be released on June 26, about four months after the previous EP, which hit the Billboard 200 at No. 3 and sold over 1.5 million copies in one week. Two days aft

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Pianist Sun Youl cut his practice in half — and started asking why

When Sun Youl arrived in France to study, his new teacher had an unusual request: promise not to practice more than three hours a day. The teacher, French pianist Olivier Gardon, had a question for him too: If you play perfectly, without a single mistake, what are you actually getting out of it? What is all the practice even for? "The question landed like a hard blow to the head. I realized I had been running like a machine, without even knowing why I practice," Sun told reporters in a roundtabl

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Ballot shortage adds to election watchdog’s woes

The country's election watchdog is defending itself against a national furor after a ballot shortage on Wednesday forced a temporary suspension of voting at some polling stations and left some voters waiting for hours. The unprecedented incident was the latest in a series of mishaps and disputes surrounding the National Election Commission, which has faced criticism over what some call poor election management. A separate incident during Wednesday’s local elections occurred when a Seoul voter wa

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국힘, 총선-대선-지방선거 3연패… 당내 “장동혁 대표 책임져야” 성토

3일 오후 6시 서울 여의도 국민의힘 중앙당사 1층 개표상황실. 6·3 지방선거 지상파 방송 3사 출구조사 결과 더불어민주당의 압승이 예측되자 장내에선 탄식조차 흘러나오지 않았다. 장동혁 대표는 두 손을 모은 채 굳은 표정으로 TV 화면만 응시했고 입을 꾹 다문 송언석 원내대표와 정점식 정책위의장도 당혹스러운 표정을 감추지 못했다. 이후 지역별 예측 조사가 이어지자 아무 말 없이 간혹 한숨을 내뱉던 장 대표는 출구조사 발표 39분 뒤 자리를 떴다. 장 대표 측 관계자는 “선거 현장에서 느꼈을 땐 충분히 가능성 있다고 생각했었는데, 생각보다 크게 차이가 난 것 같다”고 고개를 떨궜다. 국민의힘이 2024년 총선과 지난해 대선, 이번 지방선거까지 3개의 전국 단위 선거에서 연달아 유권자의 심판을 받으며 ‘다키스트 아워(Darkest Hour·최악의 위기)’에 빠져들었다는 분석이 나온다. 윤석열 전 대통령의 계엄과 탄핵, 참패로 끝난 대선 이후 민심은 국민의힘에 총체적인 쇄신을 요구해

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Ballot chaos prompts legal doubts over NEC’s late-night voting extension

The National Election Commission’s decision to extend voting hours in Seoul after polling stations ran out of ballot papers is expected to face legal scrutiny, legal experts said Wednesday, though they view a revote as unlikely. NEC Secretary-General Huh Cheol-hoon apologized, saying the commission had caused “great confusion and concern” after ballot shortages forced voting to be suspended at some sites during the June 3 local elections. He said the NEC immediately sent additional ballot papers

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Police deployed to Songpa polling station amid standoff over ballot box removal

Dozens of police officers were deployed early Thursday to a polling station in Seoul’s Songpa District where citizens continued to block the removal of a ballot box after voting hours were extended due to a ballot paper shortage. According to police and other authorities, several dozen riot police officers were sent to the No. 2 polling station in Jamsil 7-dong at around 12:30 a.m. Thursday as the standoff continued. The deployment came as citizens at the site tried to prevent election officials

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Fire breaks out near National Election Commission during vote counting

A fire broke out on a hillside near the National Election Commission headquarters in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, at around 7:50 p.m. Wednesday, about an hour and a half after polls closed in the local elections. The Gyeonggi Fire and Disaster Headquarters said it received a report of a fire near the NEC, with the caller saying flames could be seen halfway up a nearby mountain. Fire authorities dispatched 11 pieces of equipment and 33 personnel to the scene and arrived at around 7:55 p.m. They b

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Some Seoul polling stations face ballot shortages amid high turnout

South Korea’s election authorities said Wednesday that some polling stations in Seoul’s Songpa-gu district temporarily ran short of ballots due to higher-than-expected voter turnout in the local elections. The National Election Commission said Wednesday afternoon that the Songpa-gu election commission was transporting additional ballots to affected polling stations. The commission said voters waiting in line would still be able to cast their ballots even after official voting hours ended at 6 p.

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When AI becomes doctor, therapist and confidant

A post about a woman seeking repeated reassurance from an artificial intelligence chatbot over health concerns has sparked debate in South Korea over how deeply generative AI is infiltrating people’s emotional lives and decision-making. The post, shared on the workplace community platform Remember, said the writer’s girlfriend, who has health anxiety, spends up to three hours talking to Gemini and often worries that minor physical discomfort could be a sign of serious illness. “She asks Gemini t

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A sleepless Korean won: Will 24-hour trading pay off?

The Korean won is about to lose its bedtime as the country introduces round-the-clock trading of the currency against the US dollar next month. While trading of the won against the greenback, the world's dominant reserve currency, already operates for longer hours than exchanges involving other currencies, it will be extended to run 24 hours on weekdays starting July 6. The extension is expected to improve market accessibility and support Korea's bid to align its financial markets with its peers

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Korea to offer 24-hour won-dollar trading from July

South Korea's foreign exchange market will move to round-the-clock won-dollar trading from July, marking a major step in efforts to improve market accessibility. Seoul authorities approved revisions to the code of conduct for the onshore forex market at a meeting held Friday, the Finance Ministry announced through a statement released Sunday. The change will take effect from July 6. Under the revised code, won-dollar trading hours, currently set from 9 a.m. to 2 a.m. the following day, will be e

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Car in last week's deadly crash was going 161kph: police

The car involved in Wednesday's deadly accident was speeding at 161 kilometers per hour just before the crash, according to officials of the Changwon Jungbu Police Station on Sunday. Investigators analyzed the vehicle's event data recorder and found the car's speed 3.5 seconds before the fatal accident in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province. The speed limit for the road was 60 kph. Evidence suggested that the driver had attempted to brake and turn the steering wheel just before the accident. The

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Korea’s suicide fix starts with answering calls

"If you’re thinking about self-harm or suicide, contact the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s helpline at 109, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Please request a translator for English-language services." In Korea, news articles about suicide often end with this public service notice directing readers in crisis to call 109, the government’s 24-hour suicide prevention hotline. But the hotline answered fewer than half of its daily calls in the first quarter of 2026, even as the country conti

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Why did TikTok launch soccer talk show in Korea?

TikTok has launched its first original long-form entertainment program in Korea, marking a notable strategic shift as the company looks to move beyond the limitations of a short-form-only model in an increasingly saturated media landscape. The program, an hour-long sports talk show titled “Tikitiki Takataka Talktalkshow,” premiered Monday and centers on soccer fandom, match predictions and broader sports culture. Former Korean football star Ahn Jung-hwan hosts the show alongside television perso

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Australian man booked over bag theft at Jeju beach

An Australian national has been booked by police for allegedly taking a bag from a beach on Jeju Island, authorities said Wednesday. According to the Jeju Seobu Police Station, the man in his 30s was caught after riding away on a bicycle with a Korean tourist’s bag at Gwakji Beach on April 15 and hiding the victim’s belongings. Although the case was reported about an hour after the incident, police located the suspect within 20 minutes about 3 kilometers from the beach, based on his description

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LG Energy Solution rides AI power surge with $1.6b US battery deal

LG Energy Solution has secured its second large-scale US energy storage system battery supply deal, as part of its push to capture fast-growing power demand from artificial intelligence data centers and grid infrastructure while navigating a prolonged slowdown in the electric vehicle sector. According to LG Energy Solution on Thursday, it signed a $1.6 billion contract with Michigan-based utility giant DTE Energy to supply 6 gigawatt-hours of ESS batteries for two years. The battery cells will p

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Man sentenced for assaulting 11-year-old son over gaming

Police Retrieve Ballot Boxes from Jamsil Voting Station, Disperse Protesters after 35 Hours

Police Break through Protesters in Jamsil to Collect Remaining Ballot Boxes from June 3 Local Elections

Hongdae buzzes ahead of Jensen Huang's PC bang, pork belly stops

Ateez fills 14th EP with self-written songs

Pianist Sun Youl cut his practice in half — and started asking why

Ballot shortage adds to election watchdog’s woes

국힘, 총선-대선-지방선거 3연패… 당내 “장동혁 대표 책임져야” 성토

Ballot chaos prompts legal doubts over NEC’s late-night voting extension

Police deployed to Songpa polling station amid standoff over ballot box removal

Fire breaks out near National Election Commission during vote counting

Some Seoul polling stations face ballot shortages amid high turnout

When AI becomes doctor, therapist and confidant

A sleepless Korean won: Will 24-hour trading pay off?

Korea to offer 24-hour won-dollar trading from July

Car in last week's deadly crash was going 161kph: police

Korea’s suicide fix starts with answering calls

Why did TikTok launch soccer talk show in Korea?

Australian man booked over bag theft at Jeju beach

LG Energy Solution rides AI power surge with $1.6b US battery deal