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Korea reports 129 confirmed measles cases this year

The total number of confirmed cases of measles reached 129 in Korea as of Tuesday amid major outbreaks in other parts of the world, health authorities said Wednesday. But the situation does not rais...

Apr 10, 2019
Social affairs
Fair to revoke license of taxi driver who ripped off foreigners: court

A court on Tuesday ruled that revoking the license of a taxi driver who had overcharged foreigners was justified. The taxi driver therefore lost a suit against the Seoul City government, which had t...

Apr 9, 2019
Social affairs
[Feature] Racism still haunts club scene in S. Korea

For Sean Pickett, it was supposed to be a fun night out with his girlfriend and friends in Hongdae, a popular nightlife district. That night, however, he faced discrimination at a major club because ...

Apr 9, 2019
Social affairs
Police who handled Hwang Ha-na’s 2015 drug use allegation questioned

Police said Tuesday they had questioned two police officers about allegations that Hwang Ha-na, the granddaughter of the founder of a major South Korean dairy company, avoided a probe into drug use i...

Apr 9, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Ex-President Chun denies helicopter shootings in 1980

Former President Chun Doo-hwan on Monday once again denied in court that military helicopters shot at civilians during a pro-democracy uprising in Gwangju in May 1980. Chun did not show up for a pre...

Apr 9, 2019
Social affairs
Theater director gets 7-year prison term in appeals trial for sexual assaults

The Seoul High Court on Tuesday sentenced a famed theatrical director to seven years in prison on multiple sexual assault charges, annulling the lower court ruling that gave him a six-year jail term....

Apr 9, 2019
Social affairs
[News Focus] 2 in 5 Seoul households single-member in 2019

SEJONG -- The four-member family household had been typical in South Korea over the decades since the mid-1970s, with a couple and two children (on average) residing in what has been dubbed the “nucl...

Apr 9, 2019
Social affairs
Dozens of people contract measles at hospital since last week

An additional case of measles has been reported at an unspecified hospital in Anyang, near Seoul, bringing to 26 the number of patients diagnosed with the contagious disease at the hospital since Apr...

Apr 9, 2019
Social affairs
Ranking S. Korean prosecutor elected president of global prosecutors association

A senior South Korean prosecutor has been elected to lead an international body of prosecutors set up to strengthen transnational cooperation in prosecution investigations, Seoul's prosecution office...

Apr 9, 2019
Social affairs
TV celebrity Robert Holley admits to using methamphetamine

Robert Holley, a naturalized Korean citizen from America and TV personality, has admitted to using methamphetamine and apologized to the public for causing trouble. Wearing a black baseball cap and ...

Apr 9, 2019
Social affairs
Police summon attendees of ‘Seungri’s Palawan Party’ for investigation

Amid the ongoing investigation of K-pop singer Seungri over sex bribery allegations, police summoned for questioning female guests who attended a party the singer threw in 2017. According to local m...

Apr 8, 2019
Social affairs
Wildfire arson arrest rate records 42%: forest service

The average arson arrest rate for forest fires over the past five years was 42 percent, according to Korea Forest Service data Monday. Seven hundred people arrested for arson received criminal penal...

Apr 8, 2019
Social affairs
More than 470 homes damaged, 800 people displaced following deadly blaze

More than 470 houses were confirmed to have been burned, with more than 800 residents displaced in a devastating forest fire that raged through east coastal regions last week, government data showed ...

Apr 8, 2019
Social affairs
[News Focus] Gyeonggi new towns create en masse commuters to Seoul for 30 years

SEJONG -- It has been three decades since South Korea embarked on the construction of “new residential towns” in satellite cities, with the aim of dispersing Seoul residents to a certain extent and e...

Apr 7, 2019
Social affairs
Seoul launches fine dust control tower

The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Sunday that it will establish a new body under Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon to fight worsening particulate pollution in the nation’s capital. Under Park’s dire...

Apr 7, 2019
Social affairs

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