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[Newsmaker] Wife of Korean Air chief grilled over alleged illegal hiring of foreign housekeepers

Lee Myung-hee, wife of Korean Air Lines Co. chief, on Monday appeared for questioning once again, this time over allegations that she hired housekeepers from the Philippines without due visas. Lee, ...

Jun 11, 2018
Social affairs
Temp salaries at small businesses down for 11th straight month

Low-income nonregular workers at small businesses in South Korea have seen their wages drop steadily for nearly a year despite the minimum wage hike, mainly due to the decline in working hours, data ...

Jun 11, 2018
Social affairs
Injuries during lunch breaks to count as workplace accidents

Workers covered even when they have lunch outside the office, government says

Jun 10, 2018
Social affairs
Seoul tops world’s carbon footprint list: Norwegian researchers

Capital and surrounding areas emit 276 tons of CO2 a year

Jun 10, 2018
Social affairs
Soldiers on vacation ‘save truck driver’

The Army said Thursday that three soldiers -- Kim Hak-jae, Kim Woo-kyum and Shin Hyun-joon -- had saved a truck driver on their way back to their base from vacation. They reportedly saw an unconscio...

Jun 8, 2018
Social affairs
[Eye Plus] Path to reunification of two Koreas

As North Korea and the US are soon to sit down for talks that could shape the fate of the Korean Peninsula, there is one place bustling with tourists trying to get a glimpse into the stark reality of...

Jun 8, 2018
Social affairs
Professor calls students ‘pigs and dogs’

A college in Seoul has launched a probe into one of its professors on the allegation that he verbally abused students. Myeongji University said Friday that the students from the Department of Archit...

Jun 8, 2018
Social affairs
Police say suspect in US Embassy car crash has history of mental illness

Police said Friday the man who rammed a car into a gate of the US Embassy in Seoul a day earlier has a history of being treated for mental illness. The 47-year-old surnamed Yoon, an official with th...

Jun 8, 2018
Social affairs
Govt. to lower requirements to become state-honored independence fighter

The government will lower the requirements for those involved in the independence movement to be recognized by the state as eligible for decorations and other benefits as part of efforts to honor lon...

Jun 8, 2018
Social affairs
Education Ministry requests probe into 17 involved in state history textbooks

The Ministry of Education said Friday it has asked the prosecution to investigate 17 people, including five former presidential officials, involved in the publication of state-authored history textbo...

Jun 8, 2018
Social affairs
Govt. launches probe into sexual violence during 1980 pro-democracy uprising

The government launched a fact-finding commission Friday to look into sexual assaults by soldiers who were sent to suppress a pro-democracy uprising in the southern city of Gwangju in 1980. The fact...

Jun 8, 2018
Social affairs
Gender equality ministry official slams car into US Embassy

A gender equality ministry official slammed his car into the front gate of the US Embassy in Seoul on Thursday and claimed he wanted to seek asylum in the United States, police said. The 47-year-old...

Jun 8, 2018
Social affairs
Sales of eco-friendly products increase after recycling crisis

Sales of eco-friendly products spiked after national confusion over recycling last month, data from a leading online mall showed Friday. According to Gmarket, sales of some of the eco-friendly items...

Jun 8, 2018
Social affairs
Democratic Party of Korea files complaint against Liberty Korea Party over alleged online rigging

The ruling Democratic Party of Korea on Thursday filed a complaint with the prosecution against the main conservative opposition party over allegations that it had engaged in online opinion rigging c...

Jun 7, 2018
Social affairs
Civic lawyer groups file petition to UN over top court’s alleged power abuse

Progressive civic groups on Thursday filed a petition to the United Nations human rights body over the alleged abuse of authority by former Supreme Court Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae. Lawyers for a D...

Jun 7, 2018
Social affairs

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