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Seoul's Gangnam Ward holds medical and beauty fair in Dubai

Seoul's Gangnam Ward hosted a medical and beauty fair in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, this week to promote South Korean medical services and beauty products in the Middle East, officials said Thu...

Oct 10, 2019
Social affairs
Cheating on rise in Korean language tests

The number of cheating cases among students taking Test of Proficiency in Korean is on the rise, with planned group cheating even found in some cases, government data showed Thursday. A total of 1,2...

Oct 10, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] S. Korea enhances quarantine operations following 14th ASF case

South Korea's agricultural ministry on Thursday announced a lockdown on all pig farms in a town north of Seoul, where the country's 14th African swine fever case was confirmed a day earlier, and desi...

Oct 10, 2019
Social affairs
Conservatives dominate central Seoul, demand resignations of Moon, Cho

Conservative civic groups critical of the Moon Jae-in administration took to the streets in central Seoul on Wednesday demanding the resignation of the president and arrest of scandal-stricken Justic...

Oct 9, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Railway workers’ 3-day strike to cause inconvenience starting Friday

Amid the continuing work-to-rule campaign, demanding improvement in working conditions and the wage system, which began Monday, the unionized railway laborers reaffirmed their plan to hold an all-out...

Oct 9, 2019
Social affairs
Super Typhoon Hagibis unlikely to impact S. Korea

The season’s 19th typhoon in the Pacific region, Hagibis will not impact South Korea but is likely to batter Japan over the weekend, the weather agency said Wednesday. As of 9 a.m. Wednesday, Hagibi...

Oct 9, 2019
Social affairs
Cho Kuk lays out prosecution reform plan

Embattled Justice Minister Cho Kuk laid out measures to reform the prosecution Tuesday, proposing to curb its power for direct probes and better protect human rights during investigations. Cho, whos...

Oct 8, 2019
Social affairs
[Photo News] Wolmi Sea Train kicks off

The Wolmi Sea Train service’s two-car monorail leaves Wolmi Park Entrance Station in Jung-gu, Incheon, Tuesday. The longest tourist monorail service in South Korea, which went into service Tuesday, ...

Oct 8, 2019
Social affairs
[News brief] 8 in 10 retired public officials reemployed in senior posts

Almost 80 percent of retired senior government officials were reemployed in other high-ranking positions in the last 4 1/2 years, data from the Ministry of Personnel Management showed. Of the 1,030 ...

Oct 8, 2019
Social affairs
[News brief] 55 percent of the time, teachers who accept bribes don’t get fired

Between 2014 and 2018, an average of 30 schoolteachers were punished every year for taking bribes, according to Education Ministry data obtained by a Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker and presented ...

Oct 8, 2019
Social affairs
Justice minister's wife grilled over corruption allegations

Prosecutors summoned the wife of Justice Minister Cho Kuk for the third time Tuesday as part of its widening investigation into corruption allegations surrounding his family. His wife, a professor s...

Oct 8, 2019
Social affairs
[News Focus] Hog-raising industry alarmed by spread of swine fever

Hog farms are in every part of S. Korea, except Seoul

Oct 8, 2019
Social affairs
S. Korea in final disinfection stretch with no new confirmed ASF case for 5th day

South Korea's quarantine authorities are doubling disinfection efforts to stem the nationwide spread of African swine fever as no new confirmed ASF case has been reported in the past five days. The ...

Oct 8, 2019
Social affairs
Large drone festival to take place in Seoul

A large drone festival will take place at a Han River park in Seoul this weekend, offering citizens rare opportunities to enjoy the latest and future technologies of unmanned flying objects, municipa...

Oct 8, 2019
Social affairs
Seoul ministry, Philippine agency team up to support Filipino marriage migrants

Cultural understanding is key to multicultural marriages, says Justice Francisco P. Acosta, the chief of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas. The Commission on Filipinos Overseas, a presidential co...

Oct 8, 2019
Social affairs

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