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S. Korea open to summit with Japan 'any time,' Cheong Wa Dae says
2 Russian bombers enter S. Korea's air defense zone
Man accused of faking blindness for 8 yrs
NHRCK, activists call for better treatment of asylum seekers
Recovery of memory chip market likely to be delayed to next year
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Man accused of faking blindness for 8 yrs

A man in his 40s stands accused of living as a blind person for eight years and fraudulently receiving government money after a neighbor apparently saw him driving a car. The Busan Yeonje Police Station said Thursday that it had arrested the man, whose identity was not revealed, without physical detention on suspicion of violating the Act on Pensions for Persons with Disabilities. The man is suspected of misrepresenting himself as a person with a level 1 visual impairment -- the most seriou

NHRCK, activists call for better treatment of asylum seekers

South Korea’s human rights watchdog and refugee activists on Thursday called for better protection of the human rights of asylum seekers, taking issue with what they see as unfair practices in health insurance coverage and human rights violations at the airport. Marking World Refugee Day, the activists raised concerns about a family of asylum seekers who are stranded at Incheon Airport after being denied entry to the country, and about other cases of mistreatment by immigration offic

Today
Social affairs
Who is Koh Yu-jeong? Profile of murder suspect

JEJU CITY -- Murder did not seem to be in the nature of Koh Yu-jeong, according to some of the people who knew her.　Police suspect Koh of murdering her ex-husband, surnamed Kang, on the day she allowed him to meet his son for the first time in two years. Koh took custody of their 4-year-old son after the two divorced in 2017. 　The two exes and their child had a day out at a theme park and went to a vacation house Koh had rented. Kang never walked out of the house. Police suspect she discarded hi

Today
Social affairs
Leading biotech academic donates W10b to IVI

Professor Sung Young-chul of Pohang University of Science and Technology, who is recognized as an expert in the biotech industry, has donated 10 billion won ($8.5 million) to the International Vaccine Institute, the organization said Wednesday.Sung’s donation is the biggest single donation made to the IVI by an individual donor. It will be delivered via the Korea Support Committee.The contribution will go toward funding various vaccination projects for children in developing countries acro

Jun 20, 2019
Social affairs
[Feature] Asylum seekers decry falsehoods, abuse in refugee screening

Recalling his refugee application interview, Mohamad Sabry, who was formerly a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and is now in Korea on a humanitarian stay visa, said it was the beginning of “another part of a miserable life.”The 38-year-old Egyptian, who came to Korea in 2016 to flee persecution by the military regime that seized power in a coup, said records documenting his refugee application interview had been falsified.“I was verbally assaulted during my formal interview at

Jun 20, 2019
Social affairs
Jeju murder: How Koh evaded suspicion for 3 days

JEJU -- Koh Yu-jeong is suspected of killing her ex-husband, surnamed Kang, at a pension (lodging) on Jeju Island on May 25 and discarding his body parts in the sea three days later, as she was leaving on a ferry to a South Jeolla Province island. The victim’s family filed a missing person report on May 27 -- a day before his body had been discarded --, and many are now wondering what the police were doing in the intervening hours.On Tuesday evening, The Korea Herald me

Jun 20, 2019
Social affairs
Star YouTubers in hot water over controversial live remarks

Star YouTubers, including popular soccer commentator Gamst, sparked public outrage over sexual remarks during a livestream. Yonhap News Agency reported Wednesday that three star YouTubers with more than 1 million subscribers found themselves in hot water after sharing sexual comments regarding female YouTubers during a live show they streamed online earlier the same day. The comments, deemed to sexually objectify and harass the female YouTubers, became an instant sensation and the three YouTuber

Jun 20, 2019
Social affairs
4 teenagers charged in murder of roommate

The case of four teenagers beating a classmate to death has been transferred to prosecutors, police said Wednesday. Gwangju Bukbu Police Station said the four men in their late teens were sent to the prosecution this morning with charges of murder regarding the death of their 18-year-old roommate. On June 9, the four teenagers took turns in hitting and kicking the victim for about two hours. They conducted CPR when he stopped breathing. The suspects then fled the scene, before turning them thems

Jun 20, 2019
Social affairs
Police seek arrest warrant for KCTU head

The police have requested an arrest warrant for Kim Myung-hwan, the chairman of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, on charges of planning and carrying out illegal protests in front of the National Assembly in March and April, the police said Tuesday.The latest move comes at a sensitive time, amid heightening tensions among labor, management and the government over South Korea’s pending ratification of four core International Labor Organization conventions.The hard-line Korean Confed

Jun 19, 2019
Social affairs
Police question suspect in ex-YG boss’s sex-for-favors allegation

The special investigation squad of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency recently summoned a key figure in sex-for-favors suspicions surrounding former YG Entertainment founder and chief producer Yang Hyun-suk, the police said Tuesday.The suspect, known as “Madam Jung,” reportedly has ties with high-profile figures. MBC’s investigative program “Straight” raised the allegation that Yang had called in over 10 prostitutes through Madam Jung to a meeting with eight inves

Jun 19, 2019
Social affairs
Two cultural assets allowed to be permanently taken out of country

Two modern folding screens, called “byeongpung” in Korean, will be legally taken out of the country for permanent overseas display for the first time, the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) said Tuesday.　　“The cultural assets committee has permitted the ‘Chaekgado’ and ‘Yeonhwado’ byeongpung to be transferred to the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, permanently through a review,” the administration said.　　The 326.5 cen

Jun 19, 2019
Social affairs
Jeju murder victim’s brother gives account of what happened before, on and since May 25

'He said they were having the day of their lives. That was the last we heard from him.'

Jun 19, 2019
Social affairs
Prosecution assigns complaint against Moon to criminal department

The prosecution on Tuesday assigned the complaint brought against President Moon Jae-in by Rep. Kwak Sang-do of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party to a criminal investigation department. In the complaint, filed June 13, Kwak alleges that Moon violated related regulations by calling for an investigation into former Vice Minister of Justice Kim Hak-eui, as well as other current and past cases. On March 18, Moon called on the police and the prosecution to look into the Kim Hak-eui case a

Jun 19, 2019
Social affairs
Seoul to spend big on renovating public infrastructure

South Korea plans to spend 32 trillion won ($27 billion) over the next four years to renovate old public infrastructure and carry out extensive safety inspections on them, the industry ministry said Tuesday.Under the project that will run from 2020 to 2023, the government plans to draw up comprehensive safety guidelines and renovate outdated infrastructure, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. The move came as South Korea's social infrastructure facilities have deterior

Jun 18, 2019
Social affairs
Police open probe into YG founder, B.I in suspected drug scandal

SUWON -- Police on Monday opened an investigation into allegations that Yang Hyun-suk, founder of entertainment powerhouse YG Entertainment, attempted to cover up drug charges involving one of YG’s artists years ago.Yang resigned as CEO and chief producer of YG Entertainment on Friday after an informant claimed he attempted to deter a police probe into a suspected drug purchase by B.I, the songwriting leader of K-pop boy band iKON, in 2016.　　The Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency said

Jun 18, 2019
Social affairs

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