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[Video] Cheonan-Nonsan Expressway collision results in 11 casualties

An 8-vehicle pileup on Cheonan-Nonsan expressway resulted in 11 casualties including a couple’s death on Saturday. At 3:55 p.m. on Saturday, an express bus rammed into the vehicle in front of it at ...

Sept 3, 2017
Social affairs
Moon renews vow to help broadcasters secure independence, objectivity

President Moon Jae-in on Friday renewed his pledge to help local broadcasters secure independence from political power and objectivity, stressing their responsibility to protect citizens‘ right to kn...

Sept 1, 2017
Social affairs
Court issues warrant to detain MBC president for labor probe

A Seoul court issued a warrant to detain the chief of public broadcaster MBC for a week for an investigation into alleged unfair labor practices, prosecutors said Friday. Kim Jang-kyom, the company...

Sept 1, 2017
Social affairs
3 child molestation cases reported per day in S. Korea

The number of sexual abuse cases involving minors stands at 5,104 over the last five years, according to police data. This translates to three cases a day. (photo: Yonhap) Among them, rape and sexu...

Sept 1, 2017
Social affairs
Man fined for altering President Moon’s profile as ‘N. Korean’

A software company CEO surnamed Yang was sentenced to a criminal fine Friday for altering President Moon Jae-in and Seongnam Mayor Lee Jae-myung’s profile on Wikipedia as “North Korean politician.” ...

Sept 1, 2017
Social affairs
PyeongChang 'ready to welcome the world' at next Winter Olympics: IOC

South Korea's PyeongChang is "ready to welcome the world" next February when it hosts the Winter Olympic Games, an International Olympic Committee official said Thursday. Gunilla Lindberg, head of t...

Aug 31, 2017
Social affairs
‘Excrement School’ changes name to protect students from ridicule

An elementary school named “Daebyun,” whose sound in Korean can make one think about “feces,” is changing its name to “Yongam,” the school said Thursday. The school had been named after the area of ...

Aug 31, 2017
Social affairs
Foreigners briefed on anti-terrorism measures for PyeongChang

PYEONGCHANG -- The organizing committee for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Thursday briefed approximately 100 Olympic-related foreign officials on South Korea's measures to combat terrorism....

Aug 31, 2017
Social affairs
‘Digital sexual violence insurance’ sparks backlash for monetizing fear

A new insurance program targeting victims of digital sexual violence -- such as spy cams or revenge pornography -- sparked backlash from women’s rights advocates, a local news media reported. Accord...

Aug 31, 2017
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Validity of 2012 presidential election called into question

The validity of South Korea’s 2012 presidential election, in which now-jailed former President Park Geun-hye beat the current President Moon Jae-in by a narrow margin, is now in doubt, after then spy...

Aug 31, 2017
Social affairs
Smokers’ group chief quits cigarette

The head of the Korea Smokers’ Association made headlines Thursday -- for quitting smoking. Shin Min-hyung, the KSA chief and a smoker for 43 years, wrote on his Facebook on Aug. 4 that he is forgoi...

Aug 31, 2017
Social affairs
Korea's population edges up 0.4% in 2016: census

South Korea's total population rose slightly last year, but senior people outnumbered children for the first time in history amid a rapid aging trend, a national census showed Thursday. A total of 5...

Aug 31, 2017
Social affairs
Teacher-pupil sex incident leads to misguided witch hunt

The recent case of a female teacher charged for sex with her preteen student has triggered an online witch hunt for the suspect. Some female teachers have seen their personal information spread onli...

Aug 31, 2017
Social affairs
2 dead, 1 missing in ship collision off Pohang

DAEGU -- Two men were killed and another went missing after a fishing boat collided with a barge in waters off Pohang on South Korea's southeastern coast Thursday, the Coast Guard said. Around 4:42 ...

Aug 31, 2017
Social affairs
Govt. creating bilingual talent database from multicultural community

The government said Thursday it is creating a database of bilingual talents from the country's multicultural community to systematize and improve connecting job opportunities for the growing mixed-ra...

Aug 31, 2017
Social affairs

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