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Five arrested for beating woman to death, disposing of body

Police arrested five people in their 20s suspected of beating a 23-year-old woman to death and burying her body on a hillside. The Gunsan Police Station in North Jeolla Province said Monday they hav...

Aug 13, 2018
Social affairs
Korea awards citizenship to descendants of 10 independence fighters

South Korea on Monday awarded citizenship to the overseas-based descendants of 10 patriots who died fighting for the country's independence from Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule. Justice Minister Park ...

Aug 13, 2018
Social affairs
[Weather] High temperatures still linger across country

It’s almost halfway through August, but the sweltering summer heat is likely to continue, with daytime highs hovering 35 degrees Celsius, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration. The te...

Aug 13, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Highest court rules in favor of victims of state violence in South Korea

South Korea’s highest court ruled Sunday that the state should compensate the financial damage suffered by Koreans who lost their jobs after their parents were falsely accused of being North Korean s...

Aug 12, 2018
Social affairs
Court to rule on ex-governor’s sexual harassment case

Former South Chungcheong Provincial Gov. An Hee-jung, who pleaded not guilty to all of the sexual assault charges against him, will receive his sentence Tuesday, some five months after his former sec...

Aug 12, 2018
Social affairs
Typhoon Leepi unlikely to affect Korean Peninsula, heat wave expected to continue

Typhoon Leepi, the 15th one of the year and formed 810 kilometers north of Guam around 3 a.m. on Sunday, is expected to keep moving northwest and is unlikely to affect the Korean Peninsula, the natio...

Aug 12, 2018
Social affairs
Jin Air flight from Johor Bahru to Incheon delayed over technical problem

A Jin Air flight from Johor Bahru in Malaysia to Seoul has been delayed for about 26 hours due to a technical problem, the company said Saturday. This undated file photo provided by Jin Air Co. show...

Aug 11, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Opinion rigging scandal feeds partisan bickering

A blogger at the center of an opinion-rigging scandal and his group, who have played up their role in President Moon Jae-in’s presidential campaign, are likely to continue causing political strife, e...

Aug 10, 2018
Social affairs
Kim Kyoung-soo denies allegations in Druking case

South Gyeongsang Province Gov. Kim Kyoung-soo on Friday denied all allegations in connection to the Druking scandal, and called for a politically unbiased investigation. Speaking to reporters in the...

Aug 10, 2018
Social affairs
Korean man stalked ex to Hawaii, Alaska, Connecticut: police

A Korean man accused of stalking his ex-girlfriend around the world has been arrested in Connecticut. Bridgeport police officers say they arrested 61-year-old man surnamed Kwak on Wednesday while re...

Aug 10, 2018
Social affairs
Summertime sea surface temperatures in S. Korea rises by almost 3 years

Summertime sea surface temperatures in South Korea rose by almost 3 C from 2010 to 2018, a possible indication that massive heat waves gripping the country this year could worsen in years to come, ac...

Aug 9, 2018
Social affairs
Police question ex-Shinil officials in probe of claimed Russian shipwreck discovery

Police on Thursday questioned two former officials of a local company that claimed to have discovered the wreck of a more than century-old Russian warship underwater, as they dig deeper into allegati...

Aug 9, 2018
Social affairs
[Herald Interview] Legislation Minister makes reducing discrimination her mission

Minister Kim Oe-sook believes in law to promote a fair society.

Aug 9, 2018
Social affairs
South Korean authorities face backlash over warrant for radical feminist site operator

A warrant for the operator of the radical feminist group has caused an uproar in South Korea, with women critics saying that the authorities have never been this strict in countless cyber sex offense...

Aug 9, 2018
Social affairs
Police discover missing man’s body beneath bridge

Police on Thursday said they had found the body of a 30-year-old man who went missing Monday night after falling off a bridge in Dalseong-gun, Daegu. With the help of local fire authorities, Daegu D...

Aug 9, 2018
Social affairs

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