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[News Focus] Number of Seoulites residing alone up 300,000 in 10 years

SEJONG -- The number of residents in Seoul stood at 9.73 million as of November 2019, according to the Ministry of Interior and Safety. This is estimated to be the lowest figure in more than 30 years...

Dec 9, 2019
Filipino Korean children celebrate 70th anniversary of S. Korea-Philippines ties

Filipino Korean children staged a musical Sunday commemorating the 70th anniversary of bilateral relations between South Korea and the Philippines. Performed bilingually in Korean and Tagalog, the m...

Dec 8, 2019
Korean Chinese still largest group of foreign residents in S. Korea

Korean Chinese make up the largest group of registered foreign residents in the country, especially in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province, the latest official data showed Sunday. Meanwhile, in Daejeon and ...

Dec 8, 2019
[Newsmaker] Leader of drug-trafficking ring gets 9-year prison term in appeals trial

The Seoul High Court on Sunday sentenced the leader of South Korea's largest drug-trafficking syndicate to nine years in prison for distributing about 730,000 doses of methamphetamine smuggled from T...

Dec 8, 2019
Pet-caused fires on rise in Seoul: data

The number of fires caused by pets is on the rise, data showed Saturday, raising the need for pet owners to take precautionary measures. A total of 31 reported fires in Seoul in the January-Septembe...

Dec 7, 2019
Swine fever-infected wild boars on steady rise in S. Korea

The number of wild boars infected with the deadly African swine fevervirus has been continuously increasing in South Korea despite a two-month hiatus from local farms, data showed Saturday. The tot...

Dec 7, 2019
Edited (for Fri) Number of people paying into state pension falls 150,000 in 2019

Number of people paying into state pension falls 150,000 in 2019 [News Focus] By Kim Yon-se SEJONG -- South Koreans born in 1969 or later cannot enjoy the old-age annuity benefits, paid by the nat...

Dec 5, 2019
[Newsmaker] Actor Kang Ji-hwan gets suspended prison sentence in rape case

Actor Kang Ji-hwan, who was indicted in July on charges of raping a woman and molesting another at his home, was given a suspended prison sentence by a local court on Thursday. The Seongnam branch o...

Dec 5, 2019
Prosecutors raid Blue House in power abuse scandal probe

Prosecutors’ investigation into an alleged power abuse scandal involving Cheong Wa Dae intensified Wednesday as prosecutors -- for the third time in the current administration -- raided the president...

Dec 4, 2019
[News Brief] Bomb scare in Incheon caused by toy

The police said a report that an explosive material was found under an overpass in Incheon on Wednesday turned out to be false. Around 11:56 a.m. on Wednesday, a resident reported to the police that...

Dec 4, 2019
[Newsmaker] Verdicts vary for Jehovah’s Witnesses refusing conscription

Jehovah’s Witnesses refusing mandatory military service have regularly been found guilty or not guilty of evading conscription based on whether they had “true faith.” A 24-year-old Jehovah’s Witness...

Dec 4, 2019
Broken glass falls from high-rise apartment in Busan

Broken pieces of glass fell from some 110 meters at a high-rise apartment building in Haeundae, Busan, on Monday. No one was injured. According to the Haeundae IPark apartment’s administrative offic...

Dec 4, 2019
[Newsmaker] Eight people indicted in audition show vote-rigging scandal

Eight people were indicted on Tuesday in connection with a widening vote-rigging scandal involving the high-profile audition show “Produce X 101,” prosecutors said Tuesday. The Seoul Central Distric...

Dec 3, 2019
[Newsmaker] Welfare minister apologizes for controversial comment on child-on-child sexual abuse

The Ministry of Health and Welfare apologized Tuesday for a comment from the minister regarding a child-on-child sexual abuse case that has drawn public outrage. Welfare Minister Park Neung-hoo said...

Dec 3, 2019
[Newsmaker] Former President Park to return to detention center from hospital

Former President Park Geun-hye is expected to be sent back to a detention center as early as Tuesday, after 2 1/2 months in a hospital for shoulder treatment, sources said. The 67-year-old, jailed i...

Dec 3, 2019

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