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August 23, 2019 Politics

[Newsmaker] Cho Kuk admits to ‘privileges,’ promises to hand over family-owned fund for charity

Justice Minister nominee Cho Kuk said Friday afternoon he would hand over a private equity fund and a school foundation to a nonprofit organization to be used for charity, in response to an oppositio...

Government to ‘double’ radiation checks on food imports from Japan

The government said Wednesday it would introduce stricter inspections of food imports, following a lawmaker’s report that elevated levels of radioactive isotopes were detected in food products from F...

August 21, 2019
Social affairs
Something to get off your chest? Women question need for bras

For many women, the best moment at the day’s end is getting to unclasp their bras. Now increasingly more women are wondering why that kind of freedom should be confined to home. On May 28, 2018, a g...

August 19, 2019
Social affairs
Police mull publicly naming suspect in case of dismembered body in Han River

Police are to review revealing the identity of a suspect in the murder of a 32-year-old man whose torso was found without a head or limbs in the Han River on Aug. 12. Gyeonggi Bukbu Provincial Polic...

August 19, 2019
Social affairs
‘You will get killed again in your next life,’ says murder suspect

A suspect in the murder of a man whose dismembered body parts were found in Han River claimed the victim “started it” during an arrest warrant hearing held Sunday afternoon, a day after he had turned...

August 18, 2019
Social affairs
Nearly 1,000 complaints filed about discolored tap water in Pohang

Nearly 1,000 complaints have been filed in a week concerning suspicions of tap water contamination in Pohang, a port city in North Gyeongsang Province. Pohang City said Sunday that 925 complaints we...

August 18, 2019
Social affairs
National Assembly staffers call for gender parity in Yeouido

Women who work at the National Assembly are holding a monthlong campaign to promote gender equality within the legislative arm of the government. According to National Assembly Feminists, a feminist...

August 18, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Suspect in case of dismembered male torso on Han River turns himself in

Authorities have arrested a 39-year-old motel employee suspected of killing a man whose dismembered torso was found in Han River on Aug. 12. An arrest warrant was granted after a hearing for the sus...

August 18, 2019
Social affairs
[Anniversary Special] Waiting for apology they deserve

On Saturday, a commemoration ceremony was held in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, to remember the women who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II. The House of Shar...

August 14, 2019
Social affairs
Korea remembers WWII sex slavery survivors on second memorial day

Some 300 government officials, activists, historians and citizens came together Wednesday for commemorating the second memorial day for World War II sexual slavery survivors at the Kim Koo Museum in ...

August 14, 2019
Social affairs
74th Liberation Day ceremony to be held at Cheonan Independence Hall

South Korea will celebrate its 74th independence anniversary outside Seoul for the first time in 15 years, at the Independence Hall of Korea in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province. The Ministry of I...

August 13, 2019
Social affairs
Ex-husband murder suspect sues current spouse for defamation

Koh Yu-jeong, who is suspected of murdering her former husband, has sued her current spouse for defamation. Chungbuk Provincial Police Agency said Monday that Koh has filed defamation charges agains...

August 13, 2019
Social affairs
Russian diplomat booked on drunk driving charge

A Russian diplomat in South Korea has been booked without detention on a drunk driving charge. The Namdaemun Police Station said Tuesday that the diplomat crashed into a tree on the side of the road...

August 13, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Chaos at court as murder suspect claims self-defense

Koh Yu-jeong, suspected of murdering her former husband, attended her first trial before a crowd of jeering spectators Monday. During the trial at Jeju District Court, which started at 10 a.m., Koh ...

August 12, 2019
Social affairs
YouTuber fined W5m for ‘misleading advertising’ of diet products

A YouTuber with millions of followers was fined 5 million won ($4,100) Monday for false advertising of food products. Food content YouTuber Jung Man-su, who goes by the name Banzz online, was fined ...

August 12, 2019
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