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Bereaved families join hands to shed light on 1923 massacre in Japan

The bereaved families of Koreans killed in a post-earthquake massacre in Japan nearly 100 years ago banded together Wednesday to reveal the truth and demand Tokyo's compensation. In the aftermath of...

Aug 30, 2017
Social affairs
Korea to improve livestock breeding to secure food safety

South Korea will expand free range livestock husbandry in raising chickens as a way to improve food safety following the recent pesticide egg scandal that rocked the nation, the agriculture ministry ...

Aug 30, 2017
Social affairs
Over half North Korean defectors estimate Korean reunification impossible

Nearly 56 percent of North Korean defectors who participated in a recent South Korean survey said they thought Korean reunification was impossible while living in the North. Yonhap The Seoul Nation...

Aug 30, 2017
Social affairs
Shaman ruled not guilty of fraud

A shaman who was taken to court on charges of fraud was ruled not guilty by the Seoul Southern District Court on Wednesday. “Shamanism is, for the most part, aimed at gaining consolation and inner p...

Aug 30, 2017
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Former spy chief gets 4 years in jail for election manipulation

The Seoul High Court on Wednesday gave a four-year jail term to a former spy agency chief for his role in a covert operation to manipulate public sentiment in the run-up to the 2012 presidential elec...

Aug 30, 2017
Social affairs
Overseas Korean women gather for annual conference

GUNSAN -- Hundreds of Korean female leaders in various fields at home and abroad gathered in Seoul on Wednesday to discuss women's empowerment and changing roles in an age marked by disruptive techno...

Aug 30, 2017
Social affairs
Extended Deoksugung Stonewall Walkway unveiled to public

Some 100 meters of walkway by the famous stonewall surrounding the palace Deoksugung in Seoul has been restored and was opened to public Wednesday. The section is part of the 170 meters of the 1.1-k...

Aug 30, 2017
Social affairs
4 dead, 2 missing after fishing ship capsizes off Pohang

POHANG -- Four men were killed and two others went missing after a fishing boat capsized off Cape Homi in Pohang on South Korea's southeastern coast Wednesday, the Coast Guard said. Around 12:50 p.m...

Aug 30, 2017
Social affairs
Surge of young drug offenders in Korea

The number of drug offenders nearly doubled over the past five years, with steep increases in those in their teens and 20s, data showed Wednesday. Rep. Kang Seok-ho of the Liberty Korea Party releas...

Aug 30, 2017
Social affairs
Man nabbed for stealing rice offerings at Buddhist temple

A 57-year-old man has been arrested for theft after allegedly stealing bags of rice offered to Buddha at a temple in the southern coastal city of Busan, police said Wednesday. (Yonhap) According to...

Aug 30, 2017
Social affairs
Man attacks women for smoking

A 29-year-old man who attacked women for smoking was booked without detention in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, police said Wednesday. According to investigators, the man found three women ag...

Aug 30, 2017
Social affairs
Ex-president Park visits hospital for back pain

Impeached former president Park Geun-hye left the Seoul detention center on Wednesday to visit a hospital for her ailing back. This is the second time that Park left her incarceration for medical tr...

Aug 30, 2017
Social affairs
MBC union to stage first strike in five years

Unionized workers of South Korea's public broadcaster MBC on Tuesday voted to go on strike early next month demanding the resignation of its president and CEO over his alleged political meddling in n...

Aug 29, 2017
Social affairs
Toxin safety check to be conducted on menstrual cups

The government said Tuesday it will carry out safety checks on menstrual cups before approving them for sale, amid growing concerns over the safety of feminine hygiene products here. The Ministry of...

Aug 29, 2017
Social affairs
Prosecutors seek life imprisonment for accomplice, 20 years for murderer

The prosecution on Tuesday asked the Incheon District Court to sentence two suspects in an 8-year-old child’s murder case to life and 20 years in prison, respectively. The prosecution sought a life ...

Aug 29, 2017
Social affairs

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