The Korea Herald

Ulsan vice mayor again summoned in election-meddling scandal

Jan 13, 2020

Song Byung-gi, the Ulsan vice mayor suspected of illegally intervening in the 2018 mayoral election in the southeastern city, was called in by Seoul prosecutors on Monday for his first questioning af...
Seoul district to pay men on paternity leave

Jan 13, 2020

Seocho has become the first district in Seoul to pay men subsidies for taking paternity leave. Men who have lived in Seocho for over a year and taking paternity leave after Jan. 1 this year will be ...
[Newsmaker] Court to decide on Seungri’s arrest

Jan 13, 2020

Former boyband Big Bang member Seungri appeared at court on Monday morning for a hearing on an arrest warrant filed by prosecutors. The 29-year-old arrived at Seoul Central District Court in Seocho,...
[Newsmaker] Ex-Supreme Court judge found not guilty in judiciary power abuse case

Jan 13, 2020

A former top court judge indicted for his suspected role in a judiciary power abuse scandal during the conservative Park Geun-hye administration was found not guilty on Monday. The Seoul Central Dis...
[Feature] Korea urged to pay conscripts better

Jan 12, 2020

All able-bodied men in South Korea must serve in the military for about two years. A reminder that the 1950-53 Korean War ended in a cease-fire, not a peace treaty, the constitutional duty has rarely...
Teacher nabbed for showing preschoolers ‘gory’ video

Jan 12, 2020

A Canadian English teacher at an after-school private tutoring service in Sejong is accused of showing preschoolers a video about cannibalism. According to the Sejong Police Station, the Canadian in...
Alarm raised over high job-related fatality rate among postal workers

Jan 12, 2020

Scores of employees at the national postal service either killed themselves or died on the job in the past five years. According to statistics released by Korea Post on Sunday, 29 workers at the ser...
S. Korea set to unveil new history textbooks following yearslong controversy

Jan 12, 2020

South Korea's education ministry is expected to introduce new history textbooks in March, sources said Sunday, following a yearslong debate on the controversial textbooks that were authored by the co...
Court to begin review of ex-president's graft scandal

Jan 12, 2020

A Seoul court is set to begin a review this week of its ruling over disgraced former President Park Geun-hye, who was impeached in 2017 following a bribery scandal that rocked the country. Park was ...
[News Focus] No. of Koreans aged over 80 up 1 million since 2009

Jan 12, 2020

Korea seemingly unrivaled in lifespan growth
S. Korea's 'pneumonia-like' illness case unrelated to China outbreaks: KCDC

Jan 11, 2020

South Korea's public safety and health agency on Saturday said that it has confirmed that the single "pneumonia-like" illness case reported earlier in the week is not related to the outbreaks in Chin...
Korea to open 30 new Korean-language institutes overseas this year

Jan 11, 2020

South Korea will open 30 new state-supported Korean-language institutes across the globe this year to meet growing demand for Korean-language education, driven by the global sensation of K-pop and ot...
Seoul city to turn old highway into 7.6 km-long park

Jan 11, 2020

In another attempt to emulate New York's landmark High Line, the Seoul city government unveiled a plan to build a gigantic linear park on the site of the country's oldest highway, which will be turne...
Catholics in Korea increased nearly 50% over past 20 years: report

Jan 11, 2020

The number of Catholics in South Korea has steadily increased over the past two decades, though its growth significantly slowed in recent years, a report showed Saturday. The report issued by the Ca...
Former Samsung exec questioned in group merger probe

Jan 10, 2020

A former Samsung executive who led the group's now-defunct strategy unit was questioned by prosecutors Friday over an ongoing probe into a controversial merger at the country's top conglomerate. Pro...