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“South Korea is no country for women”: Women’s groups protest acquittal of top politician

Some 20,000 South Korean women gathered in central Seoul on Saturday to protest the court’s recent decision to acquit a powerful politician of sexual abuse charges, claiming the judiciary is now complicit in gender-based violence that has prevailed in the country. 　An Hee-jung, the former South Chungcheong Province governor and a onetime presidential contender, was found not guilty of sexual assault through abuse of authority Tuesday. An’s trial had been considered one of the highest profile cas

Dismembered body at Seoul Grand Park identified

Police have identified a dismembered body found in a thicket near Seoul Grand Park in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, as a man in his 50s who was a resident in the region.Namyangju Police said it identified the man by the fingerprints left on the body.The police plan to narrow down the list of suspects by investigating those who knew the deceased. Bushes near Seoul Grand Park where a dismembered body was found on Sunday. (Yonhap)Earlier on Sunday at around 9:40 a.m., the torso of a man was found b

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Social affairs
Man sets self on fire upon news of ex-wife’s new relationship

A man in his 50s set himself on fire in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, allegedly upon receiving news of his ex-wife’s new relationship. According to Namyangju Police, the man drenched himself in gasoline and set himself on fire at around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday at a convenience store operated by his ex-wife.The man suffered third-degree burns and is currently being treated at a local hospital. (Gyeonggi Namyangju Police)The fire also reportedly affected items on display at the store. According to

Today
Social affairs
Dismembered body found in bushes at Seoul Grand Park

A dismembered body was found in the thickets near Seoul Grand Park in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, just south of Seoul. 　The torso, presumed to be a man’s, was discovered Sunday morning at around 9:40 a.m. by a park worker in the bushes close to its parking lot. The body was wrapped in black and white plastic bags, decomposition had progressed while clothing still remained. Police found the severed head not far away, also inside a black plastic bag. 　No possessions were on the body to help ident

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Social affairs
Typhoon Soulik alert for Korean Peninsula

Typhoon Soulik is expected to pass through the Korean Peninsula as early as Wednesday, bringing with it a chilling respite to the draught-stricken land but also the potential for storm damage. If Soulik lands in Korea as forecast, it will be the first typhoon to directly hit the Peninsula since Typhoon Sanba did six years ago in 2012.Soulik formed off the coast of Guam on Thursday as a small storm, but as it travels northward it has gradually grown to a medium-sized typhoon with the intensity of

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Social affairs
[Weather] Heat recedes Sunday, but summer’s not done with us yet

The weather forecast for Sunday spells a break in the chain of hot days that has plagued Korea for over a month. With clear skies expected nationwide, the lowest temperatures for this day have been marked at 16 to 24 degrees Celsius. (Yonhap)Although the mornings and evenings have cooled significantly, this doesn’t mean the summer is quite over yet.The highest daytime temperature in Seoul is set at 32 C, Incheon 30 C, Daejeon 32 C, Gwangju 34 C and Busan 31 C.A hot weather alert has been lifted

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Social affairs
[Weather] Heat wave to continue through weekend, but no more tropical nights

While South Korea’s tropical nights are likely to subside, scorching heat can be expected to continue through the weekend, the country’s weather authorities said. Daytime highs will range between 26 and 34 degrees Celsius on Saturday, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration. In Seoul, the forecast high is 33 C. On Sunday, temperatures will range between 27 and 34 C. (Yonhap)But the tropical heat that made people toss and turn for 26 consecutive nights are over thanks to a blast of

Aug 18, 2018
Social affairs
South Korea hit by longest, most severe heat wave in 2018

South Korea was gripped by the longest, most severe heat wave in its recorded history this year, breaking the record set in 1994, the state weather agency said Friday.Between June 1 and Aug. 16, the nationwide average temperature was 25.5 C, with a mean daily high of 30.7 C, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration, both of which were the highest since 1973, when the agency began to compile relevant data. (Yonhap)The unusually long heat wave was caused by high atmospheric pressure fr

Aug 17, 2018
Social affairs
Singer-artist Cho Young-nam found not guilty of painting fraud in appeals trial

A Seoul appeals court cleared singer-artist Cho Young-nam of fraud charges Friday, citing a lack of evidence to prove his actions were illegal. A lower court had sentenced Cho to 10 months in prison suspended for two years for passing off paintings created by his assistants as his own works. Although he had directed the creation of the paintings, he had not notified buyers that assistants had painted the artworks. Cho Young-nam (Yonhap)The Seoul High Court overturned the lower court’s ruling, s

Aug 18, 2018
Social affairs
Governor awaits decision on arrest warrant in opinion-rigging scandal

The court is expected to deliver its decision on issuing an arrest warrant for South Gyeongsang Province Gov. Kim Kyoung-soo later on Friday or early Saturday in connection with an online opinion-rigging scandal. Kim, who is suspected of orchestrating opinion rigging in favor of then-presidential front-runner Moon Jae-in, was transferred to a detention facility in the southwestern suburb of Seoul, after attending a hearing on his arrest warrant that lasted about two hours. Kim Kyung-soo (Yonhap)

Aug 17, 2018
Social affairs
Police investigate terror threat against presidential office on radical feminist site

Police said Friday that they were investigating a terrorist threat against the presidential office posted on Womad, a radical feminist community site.Around 1:40 p.m., a user claimed to have planted an explosive device inside Cheong Wa Dae and said it would explode at 3 p.m. The post also included a picture of the purported device.(Screencaptured from Womad website)The police are currently investigating several other matters concerning Womad, including allegations that spycam pictures and footag

Aug 18, 2018
Social affairs
National pension's fund set to be depleted in 2057 under current system

South Korea's state pension fund is on course to be depleted in 2057 under the existing system, studies showed Friday, with the pension operator suggesting two major options to keep it running.According to the latest studies conducted by the National Pension Service, also the country's top institutional investor, the fund is expected to post a shortfall starting in 2042 due to the low birth rate coupled with sluggish economic growth. (Yonhap)This will eventually lead to the scheme running out of

Aug 17, 2018
Social affairs
[Weather] Heat wave subsides with rain in Jeju

The heat wave will subside Friday, which marks Chilseok in the lunar calendar, with rain forecast for Jeju. Chilseok is the time when the heat starts to dwindle and the monsoon season begins.Due to the influence of Typhoon Rumbia, which is moving northwest from eastern China, rainfall of between 5 and 40 millimeters is expected on Jeju Island. (Yonhap)Skies will be clear in the central region of Korea, but it will be cloudy in the southern part of the country. The eastern coast of Gangwon Provin

Aug 18, 2018
Social affairs
[Weather] Is record-breaking summer over?

The blazing summer heat that has gripped Korea for the last few weeks seems to have eased Friday, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration.The temperature in Seoul in the morning recorded 24 degrees Celsius, which is 4 C cooler than Thursday’s. (Yonhap)Heat wave warnings are still in effect in many regions in Korea including Seoul, Gyeonggi, Chungcheong and Jeolla provinces, but the country will see no more record-breaking temperatures for a while.The daytime high in Seoul will rise

Aug 18, 2018
Social affairs
Father accused of beating 100-day-old baby to death

A man in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province, is suspected of beating his 100-day-old baby to death.Andong Police requested an arrest warrant for the 41-year-old father on Tuesday.(Yonhap)According to police, the father punched the infant multiple times on the head because he was frustrated with the baby’s crying, on Monday around 2:30 p.m.When he realized the baby was not breathing, he called 119 and rushed to a hospital, but it was too late. That evening the father reported to police that his ch

Aug 17, 2018
Social affairs

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