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[Graphic News] 34% of Korean adolescents have thought about suicide: poll

Nearly 34 percent of South Korean adolescents have thought about killing themselves because of academic pressure, a recent survey showed. The grim finding came in the National Youth Policy Institu...

Aug 7, 2019
Social affairs
Some air purifiers fall short of claimed performance: ministry

Some air purifiers sold here, both foreign and local brands, fall short of the output promised by manufacturers, the government said Wednesday. A total of 35 models of air purifiers and 50 models of...

Aug 7, 2019
Social affairs
Prosecution to issue warrants in foreign languages

The prosecution will use warrants translated into foreign languages when apprehending or arresting foreign suspects as part of efforts to better protect their human rights in investigations and court...

Aug 7, 2019
Social affairs
Activists hold rally against Japan's wartime sex slavery amid trade spat

A group of activists in Seoul, protesting against Japan's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women, held a weekly rally Wednesday, expressing hope that it would be their last one. More than 1,000 ...

Aug 7, 2019
Social affairs
Police track far-right online community post plotting President Moon assassination

Police are tracking an online community post plotting the assassination of President Moon Jae-in. Seoul Gangbuk Police Station said Wednesday they are trying to identify the user behind a post publi...

Aug 7, 2019
Social affairs
Lawmaker pushes bill to strip convicted doctors of licenses

Ruling Democratic Party Rep. Kwon Chil-seung proposed Tuesday a bill prohibiting doctors convicted of violent crimes from practicing medicine. If it passes, physicians who have committed murder, bur...

Aug 7, 2019
Social affairs
Fire in Anseong put out after injuring 11

A fire at a box factory in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, was extinguished early Wednesday, 12 hours after it broke out, injuring two firefighters and nine others. According to the Gyeonggi-do Fire Dep...

Aug 7, 2019
Social affairs
Taxi driver suspended for 30 days for cheating foreign passenger

A Seoul court has sentenced a taxi driver to a 30-day suspension for attempting to deceive a foreign passenger into paying extra charges, court officials said Wednesday. The taxi driver, whose ident...

Aug 7, 2019
Social affairs
Ministry to process all illegal waste within the year

The Ministry of Environment announced its plan Tuesday to process all waste across the country that has been illegally dumped, neglected and exported within this year, three years earlier than initia...

Aug 6, 2019
Social affairs
‘No Japan’ flags in Seoul streets taken down in face of public outrage

The Jung-gu district office in Seoul took down its “No Japan” flags from the streets following a firestorm of public criticism on the internet. The move came after the embattled office on Tuesday ha...

Aug 6, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Korean victims of WWII atomic bombings remembered in ceremony

On the 74th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, a ceremony in South Gyeongsang Province remembered the tens of thousands of Koreans who lost their lives in the foreign cities after be...

Aug 6, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Presbyterian court rules against father-to-son leadership transfer at megachurch

The court of the Presbyterian Church of Korea ruled early Tuesday that a megachurch pastor’s succession to the post previously held by his father was invalid, in what is seen as a warning about the w...

Aug 6, 2019
Social affairs
Typhoon Francisco to land at Busan-Geoje area Tuesday night: weather agency

South Korea's weather forecasters on Tuesday revised the expected route of Typhoon Francisco, the eighth of the season, saying the small-scale typhoon will land on the country's southern coast betwee...

Aug 6, 2019
Social affairs
[News Focus] More than 10,000 centenarians reside in Seoul metropolitan area

SEJONG -- The population of South Korea increased by less than 1.2 percent over the past five years from 51.25 million in July 2014 to 51.84 million in July 2019, amid the record-low birthrates. Acc...

Aug 5, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Typhoon Francisco to hit Korea on Tuesday afternoon

Typhoon Francisco, the season’s eighth typhoon, will hit Korea from Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday, with heavy rains expected across the country, the weather agency said Monday. The typhoon was...

Aug 5, 2019
Social affairs

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