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Sunken Hungary tour boat salvaged, placed on barge

The wreck of a tour boat salvaged from the Danube River was safely placed on a barge nearly two weeks after its deadly sinking, officials said Tuesday. Four bodies, three of them believed to be Sout...

Jun 11, 2019
Social affairs
Hungary to lift sunken tour boat

Hungarian authorities will start salvaging a sunken tour boat from the Danube River early Tuesday (Budapest time), officials said, nearly two weeks after its deadly sinking left 26 South Koreans dead...

Jun 11, 2019
Social affairs
[News Briefs] Drug Ministry to provide samples of 21 new types of illicit drugs to authorities

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced Monday it has listed certified reference materials for 21 new types of illegal drugs on its inventory. Certified reference materials are drug samples t...

Jun 10, 2019
Social affairs
Medical associations voice support for WHO classification of gaming addiction as disorder

Medical associations in Korea have voiced support for the World Health Organization’s designation of gaming addiction as a disease. The Korean Neuropsychiatric Association, Association of Neuropsych...

Jun 10, 2019
Social affairs
[News Briefs] Actress Yoon Ji-oh faces class-action suit for taking donation for false cause

Actress Yoon Ji-oh, who claimed to have been a witness in the sexual abuse scandal surrounding late actress Jang Ja-yeon, was sued Monday by donors who had given her money. According to the Seoul-ba...

Jun 10, 2019
Social affairs
Remains of some Hungary boat sinking victims return home

The remains of some of the victims of a recent tour boat sinking in Budapest were returned home Monday, airline sources said. The bereaved families of four victims arrived at Incheon International A...

Jun 10, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Search under way for S. Korean tourist missing after fall from Mediterranean Sea cruise ship

Search operations are under way to find a South Korean tourist who fell from a cruise ship into the Mediterranean Sea last week, Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday. The 63-year-old woman, whose na...

Jun 10, 2019
Social affairs
Hungarian authorities to tie last rope around sunken boat to lift it from riverbed

Hungarian authorities were set to tie the fourth and last wire rope around the hull of a sunken tour boat Monday, in their final preparations to lift it to search for the missing in last month's disa...

Jun 10, 2019
Social affairs
Prime minister visits ex-first lady Lee at hospital

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon visited former first lady Lee Hee-ho, who remains unconscious under treatment for cancer, on Monday. Lee Hee-ho, 96, the wife of former late President Kim Dae-jung, who de...

Jun 10, 2019
Social affairs
Confirmed S. Korean death toll rises to 19 from Hungary boat sinking

A joint South Korean-Hungarian team identified a body found in the Danube River a day earlier to be a South Korean female Sunday, bringing the confirmed death toll from the tragic boat sinking in Hun...

Jun 9, 2019
Social affairs
Former first lady Lee Hee-ho in critical condition

The widow of former President Kim Dae-jung is in critical condition as she fights liver cancer, sources said Sunday. Lee Hee-ho, 97, who was the first lady during Kim's five-year tenure until 2003, ...

Jun 9, 2019
Social affairs
Man detained in brother’s stabbing death

A man accused of stabbing his brother to death in broad daylight said Sunday that he had no intention of killing him. The 51-year-old suspect, whose name has not been made public, told reporters wai...

Jun 9, 2019
Social affairs
[News Briefs] Parts of Jeju murder victim likely found in Incheon: Police

Body parts that may belong to a man who was murdered by his ex-wife were found in Incheon, the police said Sunday. According to Jeju Dongbu Police Station, bone parts believed to be those of the sus...

Jun 9, 2019
Social affairs
Doctors resist bill requiring camera in operating rooms

A bill that requires surveillance cameras at hospital operating rooms, aimed at preventing malpractice, is facing resistance from doctors’ associations around the country. On May 21, lawmaker Ahn Gy...

Jun 9, 2019
Social affairs
[News Briefs] Toughened DUI law to come into effect June 25

The legal limit for blood-alcohol level will be reduced from the current 0.05 percent to 0.03 percent starting June 25. According to the Korean National Police Agency on Sunday, the number of driver...

Jun 9, 2019
Social affairs

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