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Gyeonggi Province going all-out to prevent ASF entry

Gyeonggi Province, some of whose towns border North Korea, is endeavoring to guard against the possible influx of African swine fever as the animal epidemic recently broke out in the North. Last wee...

Jun 3, 2019
Social affairs
Arrest warrant issued for cruise ship captain over deadly collision with sightseeing boat

The captain of a cruise ship was formally arrested on Saturday after a Hungarian court issued an arrest warrant following a deadly collision that left seven South Koreans dead and 21 people missing. ...

Jun 2, 2019
Social affairs
[From the Scene] ‘Proud to be who we are’

Korean LGBTQ community out in full force at 20th pride parade

Jun 1, 2019
Social affairs
PM Lee visits pig farm, military unit near border to check efforts to prevent swine fever

South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon on Saturday visited a pig farm and a military unit in a border region to check efforts to prevent an outbreak of African swine fever following a confirmed case...

Jun 1, 2019
Social affairs
Families of Budapest boat tragedy victims visit scene

South Korean relatives of victims of the Budapest boat tragedy on Friday visited the scene of the accident which left seven dead and 21 missing after a sightseeing boat sank. The ill-fated Mermaid c...

Jun 1, 2019
Social affairs
Hungary needs extended search for 21 missing in boat sinking

As divers descended Friday into the Danube, Hungarian authorities predicted it would take an extended search to find the 21 people still missing after a boat carrying South Korean tourists was rammed...

Jun 1, 2019
Social affairs
Divers to begin search inside sunken tourist ship in Budapest

South Korea expects the Hungarian authorities to soon begin searching inside the sunken tour boat involved in a collision in the Danube River in Budapest which killed at least seven Korean tourists a...

May 31, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Court to decide arrest of ‘Sillim-dong CCTV’ rape suspect

Police criticized for feeble stance

May 31, 2019
Social affairs
About 1 mln foreigners join Seoul's state health insurance

Foreign subscribers to South Korea's state health insurance program numbered about 1 million in 2018 as more foreigners are staying here, data showed Friday. The number of foreign subscribers, inclu...

May 31, 2019
Social affairs
Rescued sister anxiously awaits news of brother aboard

A 31-year-old worker at a handicraft shop in South Korea took leave from work for a trip to Hungary with her brother. The 28-year-old brother was happy with his first overseas trip, which was meant ...

May 30, 2019
Social affairs
Moon asks Hungary to do its best to rescue missing S. Koreans

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday requested that the Hungarian government continue its full support in connection with the search for more than a dozen South Koreans missing in a river b...

May 30, 2019
Social affairs
[Eye Plus] Lake of fallen Korean War soldiers

The sun glistens in the Paroho Lake in Hwacheon, Gangwon Province, exuding a sense of peace and calmness. Not many, except villagers in the nearby area, know the tragic story of this man-made reservo...

May 30, 2019
Social affairs
Korean deep-sea divers to take part in rescue operation in Hungary

A 12-man South Korean rescue team was to leave for Hungary on Thursday night to participate in the search operation for missing Korean tourists who boarded a cruise boat that capsized on the Danube R...

May 30, 2019
Social affairs
7 Koreans dead, 20 missing in ferry accident in Hungary

A sightseeing boat carrying 33 South Koreans capsized in Budapest on Wednesday, leaving at least seven Koreans dead and 19 others missing. The boat capsized in the Danube River at about 9:15 p.m., w...

May 30, 2019
Social affairs
Wife of child rapist Cho Doo-soon defends him as ‘polite person’

The wife of convicted child rapist Cho Doo-soon, whose brutal rape of an 8-year-old girl in 2008 shocked the nation, described him as a “polite person” in a petition she wrote on his behalf while he ...

May 30, 2019
Social affairs

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