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Marine injures and robs pedestrian

A 22-year-old Marine on vacation was arrested for injuring and robbing a pedestrian According to the Yongsan Police Station, the Marine followed a 43-year-old pedestrian on the streets of Hannam-don...

Aug 9, 2018
Social affairs
Local firm starts making, selling life-size sex dolls

Life-size sex dolls are among prohibited items for import into Korea, as they purportedly “corrupt public morals” under the customs law. Apparently, however, a local firm has begun manufacturing and...

Aug 9, 2018
Social affairs
Fights in public rise amid hot weather: police

Emergency 112 calls to the police on fights or violence have sharply increased amid recent high temperatures. The number of cases reported through 112 calls to the Gyeonggi Southern District Police ...

Aug 9, 2018
Social affairs
Korea launches research center to get to bottom of Japan's wartime sexual slavery

Korea will launch this week a research center to compile and commission research works on the history of the Imperial Japanese Army's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women, the Ministry of Gende...

Aug 9, 2018
Social affairs
Cat sets fire to studio apartment

A cat set fire to a studio apartment in Songpa-gu, Seoul, on Thursday, causing 22 residents to evacuate the building in the middle of the night. The fire broke out around 2:50 a.m. and was put out b...

Aug 9, 2018
Social affairs
Ex-presidential chief of staff refuses to be quizzed over top court's power abuse scandal

Former Presidential Chief of Staff Kim Ki-choon refused to comply with a prosecution summons for questioning about his alleged role in the Supreme Court's alleged attempt to trade verdicts for goverm...

Aug 9, 2018
Social affairs
Govt. videos on Dokdo record over 10m views

The South Korean government's YouTube clips on Dokdo, a pair of volcanic islets in the East Sea, have drawn more than 10 million hits, according to a related website Thursday. The Ministry of Foreig...

Aug 9, 2018
Social affairs
Woman dies after bee venom therapy

A 38-year-old woman with severe back pain died after having an allergic reaction to bee venom at a traditional Korean medicine clinic in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, police said Wednesday. According ...

Aug 8, 2018
Social affairs
Christian, civic groups protest government human rights plan

The government’s passage of a human rights action plan, which recommends introducing laws prohibiting discrimination, has been hit by severe opposition from religious groups. On Tuesday, the governm...

Aug 8, 2018
Social affairs
Man’s body found in house next to Seoul mayor’s temporary residence

A man’s body, which had seemingly remained unnoticed for a significant period of time after his death, was found Wednesday in a house next to Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon’s temporary residence in northe...

Aug 8, 2018
Social affairs
Man arrested for drug use after falling asleep in car

A 58-year-old man has been arrested on a charge of drug use after a person initially called authorities to report “a parked car with the driver suspected of drinking and driving,” police said Wednesd...

Aug 8, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Special counsel to grill Kim Kyoung-soo in Druking scandal for second time

South Gyeongsang Province Gov. Kim Kyoung-soo is to be grilled by the independent counsel investigating allegations surrounding blogger “Druking” on Thursday. The investigators believe that Kim Kyou...

Aug 8, 2018
Social affairs
Robber turns self in 11 hours after bank heist

A man turned himself in 11 hours after breaking into a credit union bank in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, saying he was struggling to make ends meet. The 37-year-old man surrendered himself to ...

Aug 8, 2018
Social affairs
Man dies in Incheon subway accident

An unidentified man died from being hit by a city subway train at Dohwa Station in Incheon, Tuesday evening. The man reportedly died on the spot before emergency workers arrived. The body was handed...

Aug 8, 2018
Social affairs
Death toll in South Korea heat wave hits 42

The prolonged heat wave in Korea has claimed 42 lives, the highest number since the country began recording heat-related fatalities in 2011, health authorities said Wednesday. According to the Heal...

Aug 8, 2018
Social affairs

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