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Brexit deal is 'fair and reasonable': EU's Barnier
Korea-US alliance is 'linchpin' for regional security: Harris
S. Korea raises travel alert for Catalonia
9th case of African swine fever found in wild boar near inter-Korean border
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‘N. Korea wants innovative approach from US for nuke talks’

Oct 17, 2019 Social affairs

S. Korea raises travel alert for Catalonia

South Korea on Thursday advised its citizens to refrain from visiting Catalonia, northern Spain, due to growing separatist protests.The foreign ministry raised its travel alert for the region, which includes Barcelona, from blue, or travel caution, to yellow, or travel restraint. Riots have continued in several Catalan towns after lengthy prison sentences were handed down to nine leaders of the region's drive for independence from Spain. Protesters have clashed violently with riot police in Barc

9th case of African swine fever found in wild boar near inter-Korean border

Two wild boars found dead near the border with North Korea tested positive for African swine fever on Thursday, bringing the number of cases to nine in South Korea, a state-run institute said.The confirmation came a day after the two wild boar carcasses were found in the border towns of Paju and Yeoncheon, said the National Institute of Environmental Research controlled by the Ministry of Environment."The area where new cases were found is near where previous cases were confirmed," an

Oct 17, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Top court confirms suspended sentence for Lotte chief

South Korea’s top court on Thursday confirmed a suspended sentence for Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin for his involvement in a corruption scandal that removed former President Park Geun-hye from power in 2017.The Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling that sentenced Shin to 2 1/2 years, suspended for four years, on charges including bribery, dereliction of duty and embezzlement. 　Lotte Group said in a statement it will do its best to become a trusted company by contributing

Oct 17, 2019
Social affairs
Cho’s wife grilled amid questions over diagnosis

The wife of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk left the prosecutors’ office around midnight on Wednesday after being questioned over allegations that she forged a document and managed a dubious private equity fund. It was the sixth time prosecutors summoned Chung Kyung-shim, a professor at Dongyang University, for interrogation. She was questioned Oct. 3, 5, 8, 12 and 14.Chung’s lawyers said Tuesday that Chung has been diagnosed with a brain tumor and a cerebral infarction, or stroke. T

Oct 17, 2019
Social affairs
S. Korean soldier who lost legs to landmine aims for Paralympic gold

Pulling with smooth, steady strokes along a rowing course on an artificial lake, South Korean Paralympic hopeful Ha Jae-hun is the picture of calm determination, but it has taken him four years and 21 rounds of surgery to find this peace.Ha lost his legs when he stepped on a landmine just inside the Demilitarized Zone along the border with North Korea. He was just 21.The South Korean staff sergeant had volunteered to lead an early morning patrol after a colleague was assigned to training. That m

Oct 17, 2019
Social affairs
Foundation to be launched for victims of Japan’s forced labor

A private foundation aimed at supporting Asian victims forced into labor during Japan’s colonial rule of Korea will be launched as early as this year amid frayed relations between Seoul and Tokyo. “It is against social justice to neglect forced labor victims who unfairly suffered,” Son Bong-ho, who heads the preparatory committee for the foundation, said at a press conference in central Seoul on Wednesday. Tentatively named the “Asia Peace Future Foundation,” t

Oct 16, 2019
Social affairs
Seoul subway union, company reach deal to resume operations

Unionized workers of Seoul Metro on Wednesday canceled their planned strike after reaching an agreement with the management, minutes before it was slated to start.The government-operated subway company and the union clinched the deal at 8:50 a.m. after more than six hours of negotiation, the union said.Seoul Metro operates Subway Lines No. 1-8, carrying over 7.2 million commuters daily. Wednesday’s deal includes hiking wages by 1.8 percent; employing 242 more personnel in regard to the ext

Oct 16, 2019
Social affairs
Moon stresses people’s role in democracy

President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday stressed the importance of the role the public played in the country’s democracy and promised the government’s support in achieving “better democracy.” Speaking at a ceremony in Busan to commemorate the Busan-Masan Democratic Protests of 1979, Moon also stressed the need for the government’s “power organizations” not to lose sight of democracy, an apparent barb aimed at the prosecutors’ office. “Our de

Oct 16, 2019
Social affairs
7th case of African swine fever in wild boar found near inter-Korean border

South Korea said Wednesday that a seventh wild boar found dead near the border with North Korea has tested positive for African swine fever.The confirmation came a day after the wild boar carcass was found in the central border town of Cherwon, the Ministry of Environment said.The deadly animal disease has been detected in seven dead wild boars near the border, including two in Cherwon, about 90 kilometers north of Seoul. South Korea has begun to mobilize hundreds of soldiers and civilians to hu

Oct 16, 2019
Social affairs
Seoul subway union, company reach deal

Unionized workers at Seoul Metro reached an agreement with the management Wednesday, effectively canceling a strike that was expected to affect public transportation in the capital.The two sides at the company that runs Seoul subway line Nos. 1 to 8 resumed talks at around 3 a.m., just hours after they walked away from the negotiating table.They dramatically reached a deal at around 8:53 a.m., just minutes before the planned strike was scheduled to start at 9 a.m. The agreement includes raising

Oct 16, 2019
Social affairs
[News Focus] 60% of Korean households have 1-2 members

SEJONG -- The growing number of single-person households in South Korea came to the fore three or four years ago, along with the expanding number of industries and services designed to accommodate them. This demographic change reflects the rapid growth in the number of seniors residing alone and falling marriage rates among people in their 30s and 20s.Simultaneously, low fertility rates among newlyweds have produced a sharp increase in the number of two-member households.The number of households

Oct 15, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Military culls wild boars to stop spread of swine fever

South Korea’s Defense Ministry kicked off a joint operation Tuesday to shoot wild boars to stop the African swine fever from spreading near the border areas to North Korea, after infected carcasses were found. In a joint mission with the Environment Ministry, about 70 to 80 teams of 11 to 12 members each, will be dispatched to border regions, including Paju, Cheorwon and Yeoncheon to shoot down the wild boars with guns and traps, according to the Defense Ministry.Since the first case was c

Oct 15, 2019
Social affairs
Wife of ex-justice minister diagnosed with brain tumor

The wife of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk has been recently diagnosed with a brain tumor and cerebral infarction, her legal representatives said Tuesday.Recent MRI tests showed that Cho's wife, a professor surnamed Chung, is suffering from the brain disease, according to her lawyers."We are currently checking the degree of severity," the legal team said.Chung is under a prosecution probe into allegations that she forged a school award to help her daughter enter medical school and was

Oct 15, 2019
Social affairs
[News brief] 30 school buildings nationwide structurally unsound: report

Thirty school and affiliated institute buildings across the nation were rated as structurally unsafe and unsuitable for use, an Education Ministry report showed Tuesday. A total of 30 buildings used by schools or school-affiliated-kindergartens received the two lowest safety ratings -- D and E -- in a safety evaluation conducted by the government, according to the report, which was obtained by Bareunmirae Party lawmaker Rep. Lee Chan-yeol and presented to the National Assembly’s Education

Oct 15, 2019
Social affairs
Suspect in decades-old murders booked, case to be sent to prosecutors

SUWON, Gyeonggi Province -- Police said Tuesday that Lee Chun-jae, 56, has been booked in connection with a series of rape-murders in the 1980s and early '90s and his case will be referred to prosecutors despite the expired statute of limitations.The Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency confirmed in a press briefing Tuesday morning that Lee’s status was changed from “suspect” to “accused” as of Monday, after authorities judged that his account of the crimes in qu

Oct 15, 2019
Social affairs

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