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US-N. Korea summit email used to spread malware in S. Korea

Emails with an attachment containing a malware virus have spread across South Korea by using the summit meeting between North Korea and the United States as a form of bait, US networking company Cisc...

Jun 1, 2018
Social affairs
Korean firefighter saves emergency patient on plane to Nepal

An off-duty Korean firefighter on a plane bound for Kathmandu, Nepal, rescued an emergency patient who was suffering from acute chest pain and had difficulty breathing. Jeongseon Fire Station in Gan...

Jun 1, 2018
Social affairs
Cat blamed for fire at Jeju house

A feline companion is being blamed for accidentally setting fire to a Jeju house that incurred 2 million won ($1,800) in damage. The fire started in the standalone house’s kitchen at around 8 p.m. T...

Jun 1, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Women's fears over spy cameras fueling outrage at 'biased' police probe

Choi Ra-eun -- not her real name -- a 29-year-old living in Seoul, remembers clearly the day last year at a local supermarket when she saw a man secretly taking photos of another woman from behind. ...

Jun 1, 2018
Social affairs
[Weather] ‘Early summer’ heat on the first day of June

Temperatures soared on the first day of June on Friday, with the highest daytime mercury forecast to reach 31 degrees. Clear sky is expected nationwide on this day, with early summer heat during mid...

Jun 1, 2018
Social affairs
KCTU launches protest against minimum wage bill

The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, one of South Korea's two umbrella labor groups, launched a protest rally in front of the presidential office on Friday, demanding President Moon Jae-in veto ...

Jun 1, 2018
Social affairs
Paris Baguette patissiers to be paid for past overtime work

Pastry chefs working for bakery franchise Paris Baguette will be paid a combined 8.6 billion won ($7.9 million) for past overtime work, industry officials said Friday, nearly one year after its hirin...

Jun 1, 2018
Social affairs
Supreme Court chief apologizes over use of trials to curry favor with Park

Supreme Court Chief Justice Kim Meong-su apologized to the nation Thursday over allegations that the top court under his predecessor tried to use politically sensitive trials as bargaining chips in i...

May 31, 2018
Social affairs
7 in 10 Koreans say walking in apartment complexes ‘dangerous’: survey

Seven in 10 Koreans feel pedestrian safety is not guaranteed within apartment complexes, and 60 percent think road traffic rules should apply to roads within the complexes as well, according to surve...

May 31, 2018
Social affairs
Three nabbed for murder of Chinese construction worker in Jeju

Jeju police said they arrested Thursday three suspects in the murder of a Chinese construction worker surnamed Pi. The suspects, who allegedly killed Pi at his home with a weapon early Thursday, wer...

May 31, 2018
Social affairs
Presidential chief of staff sues commentator for calling him ‘commie’

Presidential chief of staff Im Jong-seok sued a right-wing commentator for calling him “jusapa,” a term for proponents of North Korea’s founding ideology of “juche,” or self-reliance. The Seoul Cent...

May 31, 2018
Social affairs
Police seek arrest warrant for Korean Air chairman's wife

Police sought an arrest warrant for the wife of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho on Thursday on charges of verbal and physical violence against construction workers, company employees and others under...

May 31, 2018
Social affairs
Residential complex to be built near Pyeongtaek US military base

A residential complex for over 800 households is to be built by 2020 in the vicinity of the US military base in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, the Gyeonggi regional government announced Wednesday. T...

May 31, 2018
Social affairs
Female BJ booked for trespassing inside middle school

A female BJ on a popular video-streaming service has been booked for trespassing inside a middle school in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province while she was broadcasting sexual content. Ansan Danwon Police Sta...

May 31, 2018
Social affairs
16,000 nonregular workers at 600 public institutions to be switched to regular status

About 16,000 nonregular workers at 600 public institutions will be switched to full-time regular status starting next month, the labor ministry said Thursday. The move represents the second stage of...

May 31, 2018
Social affairs

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