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Coffins containing the bodies of 10 Koreans who were killed in a bus crash in China last week are moved as their families grieve at Incheon International Airport, Monday. The victims are nine public servants and a tour guide./ Yonhap

헤드라인 필수 어휘 (18) - (Headline Vocabulary 18)

July 6 Local news headlines

Chosun IlboThe Meiji Industrial Revolution sites were given UN world heritage status Sunday. At seven of these 57,900 Koreans were coerced into labor under extreme conditions during Imperial Japan’s colonial rule of Korea. This is the first time that the Japanese government has made a de facto admission internationally that they forced Koreans to work against their will during the colonial era. Joongang IlboThe Japanese government for the first time admitted that Koreans were forced to work against their will during the colonial period. The Meiji Industrial Revolution sites are registered as world heritage. DongA IlboThis is the first time that Japan made a de facto admission internationally that they forced Koreans to work against their will during the colonial period. HankyorehGreece voted on a tightly fought referendum Sunday that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said will determine its destiny in the eurozone. Voters seemed to doubt whether they will be better off if given additional bailout funds from international creditors.  

Kia Motors to recall 7,722 Sportage SUVs in U.S.

Kia Motors Corp., Korea's second-largest carmaker, is recalling 7,722 units of the Sportage SUV in the U.S. due to a defect in its braking lamps, a U.S. transportation safety agency said Monday.Subject to the recall is the Sportage SUV produced between March 7 and June 8 of 2011, according to the website of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The recall is due to a defect in the brake switches that could cause the brake lamps not to turn on. This malfunction increases the risk of rear-end collisions.A total of 111 complaints have been reported in connection with the defect, but no injuries and accidents have been filed, the NHTSA said.Kia Motors plans to notify the defect to owners of the cars and provide necessary repairs free of charge, it added. (Yonhap)

Contaminated river

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon checks for algal blooms after sampling water in a plastic cup from the Han River in Seoul, Sunday. Algal blooms have spread nationwide across major rivers amid the hot weather. Seoul Metropolitan Government extended warnings about the blooms to the upper part of the river on Friday. / Yonhap

Minister visits defector-run eatery

Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo talks with a North Korean defector-turned owner of a restaurant in Hawangshimni, Seoul, Sunday. Hong made the visit as part of his on-the-spot inspection amid lingering hardship due to the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). / Yonhap

US Independence Day reception

U.S. Ambassador to Korea Mark Lippert, center, holds hands with U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) Commander Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, left, and Defense Minister Han Min-koo during the reception to celebrate the Independence Day at the U.S. military base in Yongsan, Seoul, on July 2.                               / Yonhap

Another doctor at Samsung's hospital contracts MERS: gov't

Another doctor at Samsung Group's hospital is confirmed to have contracted Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), the government said Saturday, putting the total number of those diagnosed with the disease at 185.A doctor from Samsung Medical Center, whose identity is being withheld, has been added to the patients list and is under examination, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said.No fatalities have been reported over the past four days. The country's death toll from the viral disease stands at 33.The hospital owned by the country's top conglomerate has been blamed for nearly half of all infections here since MERS first broke out on May 20. The medical center is currently shut down indefinitely.The latest contraction follows a diagnosis of a nurse at the same hospital confirmed a day earlier, stoking concerns that the disease at the facility appears far from containment. A total of 13 medical staff members from the hospital have caught the virus.Out of the 185 people diagnosed with MERS, 41 remain hospitalized while 11 of them are in critical condition, according to ministry offi

Canny consumers take bet each way, rain or shine

/ Yonhap By Rachel LeeThe rainy season may have started, but there is still plenty of sunshine around.For this reason, consumers are opting for umbrellas that double as sunshades.According to retailer Auction, sales of multirole umbrellas went up 53 percent last week on the same time last year. Small folding umbrellas are the most popular."The weather has been unpredictable since May, which changed the consumption trend," a company spokesperson said.Consumers are making similar decisions when buying electrical goods.Sales of multirole air-conditioners that work as dehumidifiers and air purifiers were up 93 percent during the period, the company said. Those of dehumidifiers were down 29 percent.

Blue-eyed people drink more: study

/ Courtesy of YouknowitAlcohol consumption is related to eye color, a study shows.According to the University of Vermont, people with blue eyes are likely to drink more.Researchers studied 1,263 alcohol addicts in the United States.“We still don’t know the reason,” the Daily Mail quoted researcher Professor Dawei Li as saying.But the data did reveal that the genetic components that determine eye color lined up along the same chromosome as genes related to excessive drinking.“This suggests an intriguing possibility _ that eye color can be useful in the clinic for alcohol dependence diagnosis,” doctoral student Arvis Sulovari was quoted as saying.