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[Weekender] Why do Korean taxi drivers oppose carpooling?

Drivers say they fight against technology-driven mobility to sustain their livelihoods

Feb 7, 2019
Social affairs
Women-only taxis to run in Seoul

Women-only taxis equipped with child car seats and taxis unable to refuse passengers based on their destinations will begin running in Seoul as early as this month, the Seoul city government said Thu...

Feb 7, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] IT entrepreneur under probe for attempted contract killing

An IT entrepreneur recently indicted for abusing his employees is now under investigation for allegedly attempting contract killing. In September 2015, Yang Jin-ho, chief of several local online sto...

Feb 7, 2019
Social affairs
Fire at housing unit kills 3 people in central Korea

Three members of a family were killed and one seriously injured after a multiplex housing unit was engulfed by a fire in central South Korea on Thursday, police said. The fire broke out around 6:37 ...

Feb 7, 2019
Social affairs
Gov't watchdog restricts access to over 230,000 instances of harmful online material in 2018

South Korea's communication watchdog said Wednesday that it ordered over 230,000 examples of harmful online material to be deleted or restricted from access in the country in 2018. The action taken ...

Feb 6, 2019
Social affairs
Seoul taxi fare to rise Feb. 16

Taxi fares in Seoul will rise on Feb. 16, the city government said Wednesday. The basic taxi fare will increase from the current 3,000 won ($2.60) to 3,800 won, while the basic late-night fare from ...

Feb 6, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] External sources account for 75% of Korea's fine dust pollution

External sources accounted for 75 percent of South Korea's ultrafine dust air pollution in January, a state-run environment agency said Wednesday. South Korea saw a drastic rise in the average level...

Feb 6, 2019
Social affairs
Over 90% women consider ‘wealth’ important in choosing spouse

More women in Korea take into consideration a potential partner’s financial capability than men when they choose a spouse, a recent survey showed Wednesday. According to research from the Korea Inst...

Feb 6, 2019
Social affairs
Seoul to set up Sewol commemorative site at Gwanghwamun Square

The Seoul city government will remove memorial tents set up for the 2014 Sewol ferry tragedy at Gwanghwamun Square and build a commemorative space at the site, Mayor Park Won-soon said Tuesday. Park...

Feb 6, 2019
Social affairs
Lunar New Year traffic jam begins, expected to peak in afternoon

Traffic surged on expressways around the country Wednesday as people headed home on the last day of the Lunar New Year holiday. Heavy traffic began on expressways on Wednesday morning, according to ...

Feb 6, 2019
Social affairs
Ex-short track coach to be indicted for sexual assault

Former national short track speed skating coach Cho Jae-beom will be indicted on charges of sexually assaulting an Olympic champion after local police confirmed the allegations on Wednesday. The Gye...

Feb 6, 2019
Social affairs
Gov't, ruling party agree to probe of contract worker's death in accident

Officials from the government and the ruling Democratic Party agreed on Tuesday to conduct an investigation into the death of a young contract worker at a thermal power plant in December, party offic...

Feb 5, 2019
Social affairs
South Korean women begin to resist intense beauty pressure

As she pursued her dream of becoming a fashion model, veering for years between extreme dieting and overeating, Park I Seul realized she had a problem: She was not tall and skinny, like typical runwa...

Feb 5, 2019
Social affairs
5 injured in multiple car pileup

Five people were injured in a multiple car pileup on a major highway on the country's west coast on Tuesday, police said. This year's Lunar New Year's Day, one of the largest traditional holidays in...

Feb 5, 2019
Social affairs
Half of men in 20s show anti-feminist tendencies

Over half of South Korean men in their 20s have anti-feminist attitudes and engage in a “hostile” form of gender discrimination, a recent survey shows. According to the results of an online survey c...

Feb 5, 2019
Social affairs

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