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[News briefs] Koreans expelled from US involved in illegal drug trade

Twenty-two drug dealers who smuggled marijuana into South Korea by mobilizing Koreans deported from the US and selling them here have been apprehended, the police said Monday. The suspected drug dea...

Jul 22, 2019
Social affairs
6 youths detained for protest performance at Japanese Consulate in Busan

Six South Korean youths were taken into police custody on Monday after staging a protest performance over Japan's export restrictions inside the Japanese Consulate in central Busan, police said. The...

Jul 22, 2019
Social affairs
[Feature] Boycott of Japanese goods, services spreads rapidly

The campaign to boycott Japanese products and services here is gaining steam as bilateral relations continue to be tense following Japan’s export curbs on key hi-tech materials crucial for South Kore...

Jul 22, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Govt to approve extended work hours amid Japan trade feud

SEJONG -- Extended work hours will be approved for businesses that need hi-tech materials to replace those regulated by Tokyo, as part of efforts to cope with Japan’s stricter trade export control, t...

Jul 22, 2019
Social affairs
37 malatang restaurants fail health inspections in June: ministry

Thirty-seven restaurants specializing in malatang, a type of Chinese street food, failed health inspections in June, the Food and Drug Safety Ministry said Monday. The ministry conducted health insp...

Jul 22, 2019
Social affairs
Former ambassador to Ethiopia convicted of rape

South Korea’s former Ambassador to Ethiopia Kim Mun-hwan, 55, was sentenced to jail on Monday for raping an employee of a Ministry of Foreign Affairs agency. The Supreme Court on Monday confirmed th...

Jul 22, 2019
Social affairs
4 men face further probe over alleged ridicule of sex slavery victims

Police have sent prosecutors papers on four South Korean men, requesting their indictment for allegedly spitting on a statue of a girl symbolizing victims of Japan's wartime sex slavery, investigativ...

Jul 22, 2019
Social affairs
Newly registered pet dogs up 40% in 2018

The number of newly registered pet dogs in South Korea rose nearly 40 percent in 2018 from a year earlier, the country's animal quarantine agency said Monday. Around 147,000 new dogs were registered...

Jul 22, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Korean ship attacked by pirates near Singapore Strait

A South Korean freighter was attacked by pirates near the Singapore Strait on Monday, government officials in Busan said. The pirates armed with guns and knives assaulted sailors of the South Korean...

Jul 22, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] 4 dead, 12 injured in overturned van in Gangwon Province

Four people died and 12 were injured in a van crash Monday morning in Gangwon Province. A Hyundai van flipped over at 7:33 a.m. Monday on a road in the northeastern coastal area of Gagok-myeon in Sa...

Jul 22, 2019
Social affairs
One found dead as typhoon alert lifted

Typhoon Danas, which battered the southern provinces over the weekend, left one dead, one injured and nine displaced, authorities said Sunday. In latest reported fatality, a man, 62, was found dead ...

Jul 21, 2019
Social affairs
[Feature] South Korea’s war on plastic gains momentum

Awareness is spreading, but bigger changes needed

Jul 21, 2019
Social affairs
Audit finds failings in investigation of Jeju ex-husband murder

An internal audit has found failings in the police investigation of a woman’s alleged murder of her ex-husband in May on Jeju Island, the National Police Agency said Sunday. Police said internal aud...

Jul 21, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] 3.9 magnitude quake detected in central S. Korea

A 3.9 magnitude earthquake struck the central South Korean city of Sangju, North Gyeongsang Province, on Sunday, with no damage or injuries reported, the weather agency said. The quake occurred at 1...

Jul 21, 2019
Social affairs
Damage from cryptocurrency-related crimes estimated at 2.7 tr won

The financial damage caused by cryptocurrency-related crimes reached nearly 2.7 trillion ($2.3 billion) over the past two years, government data showed Sunday. The financial loss of scams and fraud ...

Jul 21, 2019
Social affairs

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