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[Weather] Most cloudy with some rain expected Thursday

With lower levels of fine dust, cloudy skies are forecast throughout South Korea with some rain. Areas along the east coast are likely to see continued rain. East coast areas in Gangwon and North Gy...

Oct 18, 2018
Social affairs
Students clash with school over follow-up measures after ‘nude man’ incident

The students of Dongduk Women’s University are locked in a battle with school authorities concerning an incident in which a man allegedly trespassed on school property and spread nude photos of himse...

Oct 18, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] ‘Infidelity investigator’ accused of outing sex-trade clients, violating privacy laws

A website promoting the services of an “infidelity private investigator” has stirred controversy in South Korea about the disclosure of personal information. According to Seoul Gangnam Police Statio...

Oct 18, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Online community of mothers blamed for teacher’s death

An online community of mothers of young children in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province, is being blamed by the public for the recent death of a day care worker, who took her own life after one of the community...

Oct 17, 2018
Social affairs
Jailed ex-presidential aide faces new probe over illegal lobbying

Woo Byung-woo, an imprisoned former aide to ousted President Park Geun-hye, faces a new prosecution probe, this time concerning alleged violations of laws regulating attorneys. Police wrapped up the...

Oct 17, 2018
Social affairs
Driver goes to jail after 9 DUIs, unlicensed driving offenses

A 54-year-old motorcycle driver with a record of nine DUIs has been sentenced to imprisonment in his first trial. According to Ulsan district court Judge Lee Jun-young, the motorcycle operator was s...

Oct 17, 2018
Social affairs
339 Yemeni asylum seekers only granted 1-year stay visas

The Justice Ministry on Wednesday granted one-year stay permits to 339 of the 458 Yemeni asylum seekers staying on Jeju Island, while granting actual refugee status to none of the applicants. In a p...

Oct 17, 2018
Social affairs
Be warned: taxiless roads expected Thursday

Tens of thousands of taxi drivers in South Korea will suspend operation on Thursday in protest of Kakao’s plan to launch a carpool service. The taxi drivers are expected to gather at 2 p.m. at Gwang...

Oct 17, 2018
Social affairs
Two referred to prosecution for illegally brokering jobs for Vietnamese students

South Korea's immigration office referred two job agency officials to the prosecution on Wednesday, recommending their indictment for illegally brokering jobs for hundreds of Vietnamese students. Th...

Oct 17, 2018
Social affairs
[Weather] Wednesday to be mostly sunny with some rain

Clear skies are expected throughout South Korea on Wednesday except for areas on the east coast in Gangwon and North Gyeongsang provinces, which are likely to see rain. Gangwon Province is forecast ...

Oct 17, 2018
Social affairs
Bodies of deceased climbers arrive home from Nepal

YEONGJONGDO -- The bodies of five South Koreans who died while climbing a Himalayan mountain arrived home early Wednesday. The Korean Air KE696 flight landed at Incheon International Airport, west o...

Oct 17, 2018
Social affairs
Man booked over dispute with noisy neighbors

A man in Incheon was booked without detention on Tuesday over allegations that he had damaged property by firing shots with an air rifle in the hallway of an apartment building. He fired the shots to...

Oct 16, 2018
Social affairs
[Graphic News] 28.6% of households have only one member

The number of single-person households continued to rise in South Korea last year. According to data compiled by Statistics Korea, households consisting of a single member totaled 5.62 million in ...

Oct 16, 2018
Social affairs
Ex-Hanssem worker denies rape charges at Seoul court

A former supervisor at the Hanssem furniture company who was indicted on charges of raping a new recruit last year denied the allegations Tuesday during a preliminary hearing at the Seoul Central Dis...

Oct 16, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] No mole found on Gov. Lee’s body: doctors

Gov. Lee Jae-myung bares body to investigators to refute actress’s claims

Oct 16, 2018
Social affairs

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