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[Weather] Chilly, sunny weather continues on weekend

Friday morning in Korea will be even colder than Thursday’s, as the temperatures plunge below 5 degrees Celsius nationwide. Some central regions and mountain areas will see sub-zero temperatures with...

Oct 12, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Gyeonggi governor’s home raided on alleged violations of election law

Police raided Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung’s home Friday as part of a probe into allegations that Lee forcefully institutionalized his estranged brother in a mental hospital and lied about th...

Oct 12, 2018
Social affairs
[Video] Sunfull Internet Peace Prize goes to Japanese anti-hate speech network, online activist

Japanese anti-hate speech organization the Kawasaki Network of Citizens Against Hate Speech and Japanese online activist Ken Ogiso have been awarded the 2018 Internet Peace Prize of the Promotion of ...

Oct 11, 2018
Social affairs
Seoul City dispenses free sanitary pads to tackle ‘period poverty’

The Seoul Metropolitan Government has launched a pilot program to provide free female sanitary products at 10 public facilities in the South Korean capital, including the Seoul Museum of Art and the ...

Oct 11, 2018
Social affairs
Truth panel confirms prosecution covered up police torture in 1980s

The truth committee under the Ministry of Justice confirmed Thursday the prosecution covered up the police torture of two pro-democracy activists in the 1980s, one of whom died in the process. Park ...

Oct 11, 2018
Social affairs
[Graphic News] S. Korea's senior employment rate constantly rising: data

According to the data compiled by Statistics Korea, the number of people aged 65 years or older reached 7.38 million in 2018, accounting for 14.3 percent of the country's total population. The emp...

Oct 11, 2018
Social affairs
‘7 in 10 Koreans oppose death penalty’

The majority of South Koreans agree that the death penalty should be abolished and replaced with alternative forms of punishment, the state-run human rights body announced Wednesday. According to da...

Oct 11, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] ‘I just want to live an ordinary life’: Yang Ye-won in court

In a rare case where trial proceedings are opened to the public, shining a spotlight on the treatment of vulnerable victims, YouTuber Yang Ye-won on Wednesday attended the trial of a 45-year-old phot...

Oct 11, 2018
Social affairs
Prosecutors summon ex-judge at center of top court's power abuse scandal

Prosecutors on Thursday called in for questioning a former judge at the heart of mounting power abuse allegations involving the Supreme Court and its former chief justice. Lim Jong-hun, former deput...

Oct 11, 2018
Social affairs
Rising Sun Flag commercially available worldwide: lawmaker

Clothes and accessories inspired by Japan’s controversial military flag are being sold around parts of the world, especially online. Rep. Shim Jae-kwon of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea said W...

Oct 11, 2018
Social affairs
380 day care centers received subsidies via irregular means: lawmaker

A total of 380 day care centers nationwide received state subsidies worth a combined 3.3 billion won ($2.8 million) through irregular means over 1 1/2 years, a lawmaker said Wednesday. Rep. Jang Jun...

Oct 11, 2018
Social affairs
1,900 teachers disciplined for drunk driving over past 4 years

About 1,900 teachers have been disciplined for drunk driving over the past four years, with 16 of them getting fired, education ministry data showed Thursday. A total of 1,883 teachers have been pun...

Oct 11, 2018
Social affairs
[Weather] Coldest day of autumn so far

Residents in Korea woke up to the coldest morning of autumn so far, as the mercury plunged to 2 to 12 degrees Celsius nationwide, about 2 to 5 C lower than Wednesday’s temperatures. Temperatures in ...

Oct 11, 2018
Social affairs
‘Some 50,000 foreigners visited Korea to get plastic surgeries’: report

Some 50,000 foreign nationals visited South Korea last year to receive plastic surgeries and spent some 215 billion won ($189 million), a government report showed. The amount spent by those who rece...

Oct 11, 2018
Social affairs
[Graphic News] Online ads for illegal loans on the rise

The number of online advertisements for illegal loans rose sharply in 2018, government data showed. According to data submitted by the Korea Communications Standards Commission to the National Ass...

Oct 10, 2018
Social affairs

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