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S. Korea reports no bird flu outbreak this year

South Korea has lowered the quarantine alert status back to normal with no outbreak of bird flu this year, the government said Sunday. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said it has...

Mar 31, 2019
Social affairs
[Feature] Debate on abortion ban intensifies as decision looms

When Hong Seung-hee, 28, discovered she was pregnant, she felt her world was falling apart. She decided to terminate the unwanted pregnancy, even though it meant she would have to live as a criminal...

Mar 31, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Prosecution to reinvestigate sex bribery case of ex-vice minister

Prosecutor-General Moon Moo-il on Friday ordered a reinvestigation into a high profile case involving former Vice Justice Minister Kim Hak-eui, over allegations of rape, sexual bribery and abuse of p...

Mar 29, 2019
Social affairs
Jung Joon-young transferred to prosecution in sex video scandal

Police on Friday referred the case of singer-songwriter Jung Joon-young to the prosecution, recommending he be indicted on charges of secretly filming sex videos and sharing them in online chat group...

Mar 29, 2019
Social affairs
'Racist' German advertisement infuriates women in S. Korea

A German advertisement showing an Asian woman getting aroused after smelling dirty laundry worn by white men has fueled anger in Seoul, with many women calling it racist and demanding an apology. Th...

Mar 28, 2019
Social affairs
High-ranking policeman accused of sexual misconduct, witness tampering

The Busan District Public Prosecutors’ Office said Thursday that a high-ranking police officer has been indicted on charges related to witness tampering and sexual misconduct after allegedly trying t...

Mar 28, 2019
Social affairs
Sewol footage might have been doctored: inquiry panel

Surveillance footage retrieved by the Navy and Coast Guard from the ferry Sewol, which sank in 2014 claiming more than 300 lives, may have been doctored, an independent panel looking into the Sewol f...

Mar 28, 2019
Social affairs
Lights to be turned off Saturday for Earth Hour

Lights in South Korea will be turned off for an hour on Saturday as part of the World Wide Fund for Nature’s annual Earth Hour campaign to raise awareness about climate change, WWF said Thursday. 20...

Mar 28, 2019
Social affairs
Contractor sought to destroy video in sex-for-favors scandal

Yoon Jung-cheon, a contractor who allegedly hosted and filmed a sex party attended by a senior prosecutor who later became vice justice minister, appears to have sought to destroy the video during a ...

Mar 28, 2019
Social affairs
Seungri involved in spycam scandal: police

Police booked K-pop star Seungri on the charge of distributing a secretly taken photo Thursday. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, the 29-year-old singer shared the obscene picture w...

Mar 28, 2019
Social affairs
Gas explosion at mine kills 1 worker, injures 5

A worker died and five more were injured Wednesday night in a mining accident in Gangwon Province, the Energy Ministry’s Eastern Mining Safety Office said Thursday. The accident happened inside the ...

Mar 28, 2019
Social affairs
Government funds mandatory air purifiers at schools

The South Korean government on Tuesday passed a revised school health act to improve quality of air and safety at preschools and primary and secondary schools. The revised law was one of five fine du...

Mar 27, 2019
Social affairs
Actress Lee Merry accuses officials, businessman of sexual misconduct in 2013

Former actress and TV personality Lee Merry recently accused a politician, a business tycoon and a TV industry figure of sexual misconduct in 2013, saying she would soon disclose her experience in mo...

Mar 27, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] KCTU stages protest urging approval of key ILO conventions

Some 10,000 members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions on Wednesday held a protest urging the government to adopt key conventions of the International Labor Organization in continuation of i...

Mar 27, 2019
Social affairs
Ex-KT chairman to be questioned over hiring irregularities

The prosecution is set to call in Lee Suk-chae, former chairman of telecom firm KT Corp., for questioning over allegations that job favors were given to a high-profile opposition lawmaker’s daughter....

Mar 27, 2019
Social affairs

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