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South Korean film icon Choi Eun-hee dies at 92

ChoiEun-hee,anSouthKoreaniconicmoviestarofthe'60sand'70s,diedasaresultofachronicdiseaseatage92onMonday,herfamilyhavesaid."Mymotherpassedawaywhenshewenttohospita

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Park Geun-hye: South Korea's ex-leader jailed for 24 years

SouthKorea'sformerPresidentParkGeun-hyehasbeensentencedto24yearsinjailaftershewasfoundguiltyofabuseofpowerandcoercion.Theverdictwasbroadcastliveandrepresentsthe

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Two S. Korean skiers banned for life for sexual abuse

TwoSouthKoreanfreestyleskierswhocompetedatlastmonth'sPyeongchangWinterOlympicshavebeenbannedforlifeforallegedlyassaultingfemaleteammates,Seoul'sskiassociationsa

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South Korea inspects six banks over clients' virtual currency accounts

SouthKorea’sfinancialregulatorsaidonMondayitisjointlycarryingoutinspectionsonsixlocalbanksthatoffervirtualcurrencyaccountstoinstitutionsamidgrowingconcernsincre

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S. Korean prosecutors demand 25-year jail term for Park's confidante

SouthKoreanprosecutorsonThursdaydemandeda25-yearjailtermforChoiSoon-sil,alongtimeconfidanteofoustedSouthKoreanPresidentParkGeun-hye,accordingtolocalmediareports

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S.Korean prosecutors demand 25-year jail term for Park's confidante

SouthKoreanprosecutorsonThursdaydemandeda25-yearjailtermforChoiSoon-sil,alongtimeconfidanteofoustedSouthKoreanPresidentParkGeun-hye,accordingtolocalmediareports

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Korean composer wins Geneva Composition Competition

KoreancomposerChoiJae-hyuckwonthisyear'sCompositionPrizeoftheGenevaInternationalMusicCompetition,theorganizersaidSunday,localtime.The22-year-oldmusicianbroughth

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K-Pop star apologises over dog bite death

ChoiSiwon,amemberofpopularK-popboybandSuperJunior,onSaturdayapologisedoverthedeathofarenownedrestaurateurwhodiedafterbeingattackedbyhisfamily'spetdog.The53-year

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Super Junior's Choi Si-won to visit Vietnam for UNICEF campaign

Dischargedfromhismilitaryduty,ChoiSi-wonoftheSouthKoreanboybandSuperJuniorwillvisitVietnamnextweekforacampaignbytheUnitedNation'sChildren'sFund(UNICEF),hisSeoul

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S. Korean rapper T.O.P gets suspended sentence for drug use

South Korean pop star T.O.P received Thursday a 10-month suspended jail sentence for smoking marijuana multiple times last year, weeks after being hospitalised for a drugs overdose.

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S. Korean rapper T.O.P gets suspended sentence for drug use

SouthKoreanpopstarT.O.PreceivedThursdaya10-monthsuspendedjailsentenceforsmokingmarijuanamultipletimeslastyear,weeksafterbeinghospitalisedforadrugsoverdose.The29

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South Korean comedy-drama careens toward racism controversy

It'snosecretthatSouthKoreanmediahashaditsshareofstereotypicaldepictionsofforeignculturesinthepast.Oneofthemorenotablecasesofculturalappropriationinrecentyearswa

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S. Korea 's Choi grabs major lead at storm-halted Women's PGA

SouthKorea'sChellaChoi,withonlyonetop-fivefinishin33majorstarts,firedafive-underpar66toseizetheleadinthefirstroundofthestorm-haltedWomen'sPGAChampionship.Choibi

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S. Korean ex-president Park's confidante gets 3-year prison term

Choi Soon-sil, a close confidante of impeached South Korean President Park Geun-hye, on Friday got a three-year prison term for one of her corruption charges involving her daughter.

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S.Korean prosecutors demand 7 years in prison against Park's confidante

SouthKoreanprosecutorsonWednesdaydemandedsevenyearsinprisonagainstChoiSoon-sil,adecades-longconfidanteoftheoustedpresidentParkGeun-hye,overcorruptionallegations

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Ousted S.Korean president appears in court for 1st hearing

SEOUL, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday appeared in a Seoul court for her first hearing over a set of corruption charges.

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A dashing bodyguard is stealing the new S.Korean president's limelight

In his first few days in office, Mr Moon’s dashing close protection officer, Choi Young-jae, appears to have stolen the limelight, sending social media into a frenzy with the best smouldering bodyguard poses since Kevin Costner swept Whitney Houston off her feet in the 1990s Hollywood classic.