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Today Social affairs

[Newsmaker] Only 28% of school buildings reinforced for earthquake in Korea: lawmaker

Only 28 percent of schools in Korea have undergone earthquake-resistant construction, and it will take over a decade for all the buildings to be reinforced a lawmaker said Friday. According to the data Rep. Kim Hyun-ah of Liberty Korea Party received from the Education Ministry, only 28.1 percent of 61,670 schools have undergone seismic reinforcement in Korea.(Yonhap)By region, 17.2 percent of schools in Jeju were reinforced to withstand earthquakes; 20.3 percent in North Jeolla Province; 21.3 p

[Weather] Clear skies to follow brief fog

Friday will mostly be sunny with clear skies throughout the nation, except in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, and Jeju Island, which are expected to remain cloudy. (Yonhap)Fog lingering from Thursday’s light rainfall will be seen in the morning, but soon reveal clear skies, the Korean Meteorological Administration said. Despite the sunny weather, the KMA advised people to pay attention to the wide gap between the high and low temperatures. Temperatures are to stay in a range of 7-12 degrees Celsius

Today
Social affairs
Alcohol, private lender ads getting less TV airtime

The number of TV ads for alcoholic beverages and private lenders dropped last year from the year before, records from the communications watchdog showed Friday, apparently as the ads were more broadly distributed to other outlets, such as mobile platforms.Some 19,158 alcohol-related commercials aired on terrestrial and cable TV channels last year, down 20.3 percent from the previous year, according to the Korea Communications Commissionwho released the data for a parliamentary audit. (Yonhap)Alc

Oct 19, 2018
Social affairs
200 Vietnamese students come to learn Korean, end up with illicit jobs

Immigration authorities said Wednesday they uncovered the irregular practices of a Korean agency that illegally hired Vietnamese students who entered the country to learn the local language.Between November 2016 and August 2018, the agency, located in Gyeonggi Province, hired 262 Vietnamese university students and put them to work at various subcontractor firms for large-scale supermarkets’ distribution centers. The agency profiteered off the wages the students received. If a student earned 10,0

Oct 19, 2018
Social affairs
Man gets 1-year jail for assaulting convenience store clerk, civil servant

Incheon District Court on Thursday ordered a 47-year-old man to serve a one-year prison term for assaulting an employee at a convenience store and a civil servant in two separate incidents. The assailant was indicted on charges of “special violence, interference with business and obstruction of official duties,” according to authorities. (Yonhap)On July 20, the man assaulted a part-time convenience store employee in Michuhol-gu, Incheon, at around 2:40 p.m. after the worker reportedly refused t

Oct 19, 2018
Social affairs
[Weekender] Hiking a national pastime with benefits, consequences

Younger generation sets new tone for hiking

Oct 19, 2018
Social affairs
[Weekender] Keeping the mountain trails alive

Every autumn, a chunk of the population rushes to the mountains to enjoy the breathtaking hues of the fall foliage, but a number of environmentally unfriendly habits that they bring along have been polluting South Korea’s ancient slopes for more than a decade. In recent years, eating meals packed in plastic containers and drinking bottles of rice wine at the summit has become a ritual for the hikers of South Korea. Hikers climb Seoraksan or Mount Seorak in Yangyang in South Korea`s northeastern

Oct 19, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Taxi drivers rise against Kakao’s new carpooling service

Tens of thousands of private and corporate taxi drivers took to the streets Thursday to protest Kakao Mobility, a new carpooling service to be launched by the end of the year. At Gwanghwamun Square, central Seoul, some 70,000 taxi drivers gathered, according to the rally organizers, to fight what they called “illegal carpooling services” to be offered by the mobile messaging giant Kakao. (Kim Sung-woo/The Korea Herald)“Let’s take down Kakao, which is stomping on the taxi industry,” chanted the p

Oct 19, 2018
Social affairs
10-year term sought for private institute owner in child rape case

Incheon prosecutors on Wednesday demanded a 10-year prison term for the owner of an after-school institute if he is found guilty in a rape case involving a 10-year-old girl he met via a mobile chatting app. Citing the nature of violence against a minor, prosecutors demanded the 34-year-old defendant, surnamed Lee, wear an ankle monitor for the next 20 years and be added on the registry of sex offenders against minors. (Yonhap)Lee is accused of sexually assaulting the child after making her drin

Oct 19, 2018
Social affairs
Court upholds refugee status of Ugandan lesbian

The Seoul High Court overturned a Supreme Court ruling in a remanded case by recognizing as a refugee a Ugandan lesbian woman who claims to face risks of persecution for her sexual orientation if she returns home.The Seoul High Court ruled in favor of the plaintiff, saying she has already been persecuted in Uganda with threats to her life and body after her sexual orientation became known. (Yonhap)“Should she return to Uganda, there are risks that she may be persecuted by homophobic people or th

Oct 19, 2018
Social affairs
Government introduces measures to protect workers in service sector

Employers in the service and retail sectors who fail to take action after their workers are harassed or assaulted by customers can be fined as much as 10 million won ($8,817) starting Thursday, the Ministry of Labor said.　Under the revised law, employers are required to grant breaks to employees who have been subjected either to verbal harassment or physical assault by customers at work, and to finance medical treatment and counseling if necessary.　The law also requires employers to submit all a

Oct 18, 2018
Social affairs
Man steals W40 m by ripping off window guards in Seoul

A man in his 50s has been arrested for reportedly stealing money by ripping off window railings from old apartments. (Yonhap)The man faces a charge of stealing 40 million won ($35,300) worth of money and valuables in a total of 10 burglaries. The crimes occurred mainly in the Gangnam and Dongjak districts in Seoul.Many of the man’s thefts targeted vacant homes during Chuseok and other holidays. A police official encouraged people to “repair windows of old apartments and store valuables in safe p

Oct 18, 2018
Social affairs
Taxi drivers' strike disturbs morning commutes

SUWON/INCHEON/SEOUL -- A walkout by thousands of taxi drivers in protest of a commercial carpool service created inconvenience for citizens heading to workplaces during the morning rush hour on Thursday.The stoppage began at 4 a.m. to protest against the recent launch of Kakao T Carpool, a ride-sharing service designed to connect ordinary drivers to passengers during the morning and evening rush hours. They claim the top mobile messaging company's service would kill the industry. No major distur

Oct 18, 2018
Social affairs
Korea reports bird flu cases based on wild bird droppings

The South Korean government said Thursday it has detected three cases of bird flu in different parts of the nation and vowed to strengthen quarantine measures. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said it has confirmed H5 avian influenza viruses in wild bird droppings collected from Gunsan of North Jeolla Province on Oct. 8 and Cheongju in North Chungcheong Province on Oct. 15. (Yonhap)The ministry has confirmed the H5N2 AI virus in wild bird feces in Paju, north of Seoul, on Oct

Oct 18, 2018
Social affairs
Police anti-spycam campaign draws mixed reactions

Netizens reject advice to cover phone cameras

Oct 18, 2018
Social affairs

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