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Koreas discuss family reunion, humanitarian issues at Red Cross talks

The two Koreas held Red Cross talks on Friday to address humanitarian issues on the Korean Peninsula including the revival of the reunion of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War.The meeting came as both sides hold a flurry of talks on various issues to implement the agreement reached between their leaders at the April 27 summit, for establishment of a permanent peace regime on the peninsula. The Panmunjeom Declaration states that the reunion event will fall on the occasion of the Aug. 15

Cement block falls from apartment building

An 8-year-old has been injured by fragments of a cement block that fell from an apartment building.Uijeongbu Police Station in Gyeonggi Province said Friday that the block fell into a playground in an apartment complex located in Uijeongbu-dong, Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province.Although no one was directly struck by the block, the kid was hit by its fragments. The child was sent to hospital for scratches on his knee. (123RF)It has been identified that the 23-centimeter block was made of cementPolice

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[Newsmaker] Report on 40 years of Korea's state violence against ‘vagrant’ children released

The Human Rights Commission on Thursday released a report detailing state violence against “vagrant” children in a facility in Gyeonggi Province, which the commission believes to have lasted for some 40 years from 1942-1982.　The report claims that some 4,691 children were kidnapped, brutally abused and coerced into harsh labor. Although the facility, named Seongam Hagwon, was characterized as a shelter or welfare institution for vagrant children or orphans, the report reveals that many of the ch

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Social affairs
Over 15% of S. Korean schoolchildren battle digital addiction: survey

A government survey showed Friday that over 15 percent of South Korean elementary and middle schoolers are addicted to either the internet or smartphones. According to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, the survey polled a total of 1.29 million students -- fourth graders, seventh graders and 10th graders -- in March and April. The results indicated that some 196,337 schoolchildren, or 15.2 percent, refuse to put down their phones or stop going on the internet, an increase from 14.3 perc

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Social affairs
Trump’s remark on US war remains fuels confusion

US President Donald Trump’s remark over the remains of US service members fueled confusion in South Korea, despite the president’s apparent attempt to correct his previous suggestion that the remains have been sent back from North Korea to the US. During his meeting with cabinet members Thursday, Trump said the remains of US troops missing in the Korean War were in the process of being returned to the US from North Korea. The president said Wednesday that the remains have been sent back. “And I

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Foreign Policy
Police to have more women in senior positions

Police said they will raise the proportion of women in senior positions and increase the number of female officers to investigate crimes against women. They will also not investigate charges pressed by an offender until the sexual crime case is sent to the prosecution.A committee for gender equality under the National Police Agency reviewed Friday plans to be more gender sensitive in enforcing public security policies, better protect female victims of violence, improve organizational culture, an

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Social affairs
Man arrested for violence while intoxicated

A 50-year-old man was arrested for attacking neighbors and damaging vehicles by throwing soju bottles while intoxicated, northern Gwangju police said Friday.The man, identified by his surname Kim, allegedly pushed a woman in her 80s in the apartment corridor, hit a convenience store clerk in the head with a soju bottle and attacked people on four other occasions earlier this week. He also damaged a taxi and parked vehicles by throwing soju bottles and broke a surveillance camera in the apartment

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Social affairs
Fire in expressway tunnel leaves 22 people with smoke inhalation

ULSAN -- A freight truck caught fire in an expressway tunnel in southeastern Korea on Friday, sending at least 22 people to hospital for smoke inhalation, fire officials said. Firetrucks are in front of the Beomseo Tunnel on the expressway linking the southeastern cities of Ulsan and Pohang after a fire broke out in the unnel on June 22. Photo courtesy of the Ulsan fire department. (Yonhap)None of them were in serious condition, and rescue workers were still searching the Beomseo Tunnel on the e

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Woman killed in fire started by stray cat

A woman in her 70s was killed and her husband was injured in a fire at their farmhouse in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, on Friday morning.A stray cat is believed to have caught fire when the husband was burning garbage outside the house. It spread the fire to the house. (Yonhap)“I saw a cat on fire jumping, and then the house caught fire and spread all over in an instant,” the husband told police, adding that the house and the garbage-filled drum were over a meter apart.Police are investigating th

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Social affairs
Man physically abuses mother with Alzheimer’s

A 65-year-old man has been sentenced to one year in prison for physically abusing his mother, who was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, court officials said Friday. According to the Daejeon District Court, the man beat his mother in the face, back and arms on two separate occasions in April 2017. The victim was hospitalized for 10 days due to the injuries she sustained, authorities said. (Yonhap)Police said they received reports of the abuse and indicted him on the charge of battery of a fami

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Social affairs
Political parties show mixed reactions to investigative power reforms

Rival parties on Friday showed mixed reactions to the government's decision to enhance the police's authority to investigate independently of the prosecution.The government announced Thursday that it will empower police to initiate and close cases without approval from the prosecution as part of long-delayed reforms of the division of investigative powers. The ruling Democratic Party stressed the need to swiftly start the parliamentary process to revise related laws to accelerate the government'

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[Weather] Heat wave advisories go into effect Friday

As Friday will be the hottest day of summer this year, the weather agency advised residents in Korea to be prepared for the scorching sun. Daytime highs are expected to surpass 33 degrees Celsius in some regions of the country. The Korea Meteorological Administration had issued heat wave advisories for some parts of Gangwon Province and Gyeongsang Province as of 4 a.m. (Yonhap)The temperature in Seoul will rise to 31 C in the daytime, while highs are expected to range from 27 C to 33 C across th

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Pompeo to meet with N. Koreans at earliest possible date: State Department

WASHINGTON -- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with North Korean officials at the "earliest possible date" to follow up on last week's nuclear deal between the countries' leaders, the State Department said Thursday.Pompeo is expected to travel to North Korea within days to flesh out the agreement signed by US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at their summit in Singapore."Secretary Pompeo will be meeting with them and talking with them at the earliest possible

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North Korea
Koreas holding Red Cross talks to discuss family reunion, humanitarian issues

MOUNT KUMGANG, North Korea -- The two Koreas are holding Red Cross talks on Friday to discuss organizing a reunion of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War and other humanitarian issues.The talks started at around 10 a.m. at a hotel on Mount Kumgang on the North's scenic east coast, according to the unification ministry. South Korea's four-member delegation is led by Park Kyung-seo, head of the Korean Red Cross. The North sent a three-member delegation headed by Pak Yong-il, vice chairman

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