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Police investigating AIDS patient who died

Local authorities in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, said Tuesday that they had opened an investigation into the activities of a South Asian woman who died last Wednesday after receiving an AIDS d...

Apr 10, 2019
Social affairs
Decision on abortion ban looms

The Constitutional Court is set to rule on the validity of the current abortion ban Thursday for the second time in seven years, amid a growing feminist movement and public support for scrapping the ...

Apr 10, 2019
Social affairs
Court rejects warrant request for Robert Holley on drug charge

A lower court on Wednesday turned down the arrest warrant sought by police against TV personality Robert Holley over his alleged drug use. The Suwon District Court claimed that the police already ha...

Apr 10, 2019
Social affairs
Seoul opens vegetable garden at US ambassador's residence

Seoul's municipal government on Wednesday opened a vegetable garden at the residence of the United States ambassador to grow the two countries' native crops as a symbol of friendship. The vegetable ...

Apr 10, 2019
Social affairs
More patients with respiratory ailments use ambulances amid severe air pollution

The number of cases in which emergency responders drove ambulances to take people affected by respiratory ailments to hospitals rose to a five-year high in the first quarter of the year amid an onsla...

Apr 10, 2019
Social affairs
Korea reports 129 confirmed measles cases this year

The total number of confirmed cases of measles reached 129 in Korea as of Tuesday amid major outbreaks in other parts of the world, health authorities said Wednesday. But the situation does not rais...

Apr 10, 2019
Social affairs
Fair to revoke license of taxi driver who ripped off foreigners: court

A court on Tuesday ruled that revoking the license of a taxi driver who had overcharged foreigners was justified. The taxi driver therefore lost a suit against the Seoul City government, which had t...

Apr 9, 2019
Social affairs
[Feature] Racism still haunts club scene in S. Korea

For Sean Pickett, it was supposed to be a fun night out with his girlfriend and friends in Hongdae, a popular nightlife district. That night, however, he faced discrimination at a major club because ...

Apr 9, 2019
Social affairs
Police who handled Hwang Ha-na’s 2015 drug use allegation questioned

Police said Tuesday they had questioned two police officers about allegations that Hwang Ha-na, the granddaughter of the founder of a major South Korean dairy company, avoided a probe into drug use i...

Apr 9, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Ex-President Chun denies helicopter shootings in 1980

Former President Chun Doo-hwan on Monday once again denied in court that military helicopters shot at civilians during a pro-democracy uprising in Gwangju in May 1980. Chun did not show up for a pre...

Apr 9, 2019
Social affairs
Theater director gets 7-year prison term in appeals trial for sexual assaults

The Seoul High Court on Tuesday sentenced a famed theatrical director to seven years in prison on multiple sexual assault charges, annulling the lower court ruling that gave him a six-year jail term....

Apr 9, 2019
Social affairs
[News Focus] 2 in 5 Seoul households single-member in 2019

SEJONG -- The four-member family household had been typical in South Korea over the decades since the mid-1970s, with a couple and two children (on average) residing in what has been dubbed the “nucl...

Apr 9, 2019
Social affairs
Dozens of people contract measles at hospital since last week

An additional case of measles has been reported at an unspecified hospital in Anyang, near Seoul, bringing to 26 the number of patients diagnosed with the contagious disease at the hospital since Apr...

Apr 9, 2019
Social affairs
Ranking S. Korean prosecutor elected president of global prosecutors association

A senior South Korean prosecutor has been elected to lead an international body of prosecutors set up to strengthen transnational cooperation in prosecution investigations, Seoul's prosecution office...

Apr 9, 2019
Social affairs
TV celebrity Robert Holley admits to using methamphetamine

Robert Holley, a naturalized Korean citizen from America and TV personality, has admitted to using methamphetamine and apologized to the public for causing trouble. Wearing a black baseball cap and ...

Apr 9, 2019
Social affairs

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