Cardiac arrest most common during Seollal, Chuseok holidays: Study
HealthJanuary 22, 2020
South Koreans experienced cardiac arrest out of hospital more frequently on national holidays than any other day of the year, according to a study. The May 2019 study published in the Korean Circula...
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[Herald Interview] Lawyer on redeeming justice failuresSocial affairsJanuary 21, 2020Our criminal justice system is not perfect, and most vulnerable to its flaws and errors are the society’s disadvantaged and marginalized, according to one lawyer helping exonerate those wrongly convi... -
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[Herald Interview] After court clears him, man vows to continue campaign to out deadbeat dadsSocial affairsJanuary 15, 2020A man who publicly identified parents owing child support on an online platform vowed to continue his campaign to raise awareness about the issue, after a local court cleared him of defamation charge... -
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Air Force sheds shaved-head tradition over rights issueSocial affairsJanuary 13, 2020South Korea’s Air Force is going lenient on its hair regulations, doing away with the shaved head tradition for new recruits, according to reports Monday. The revision follows the National Human Rig... -
Seoul district to pay men on paternity leaveSocial affairsJanuary 13, 2020Seocho has become the first district in Seoul to pay men subsidies for taking paternity leave. Men who have lived in Seocho for over a year and taking paternity leave after Jan. 1 this year will be ... -
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[Newsmaker] Court to decide on Seungri’s arrestSocial affairsJanuary 13, 2020Former boyband Big Bang member Seungri appeared at court on Monday morning for a hearing on an arrest warrant filed by prosecutors. The 29-year-old arrived at Seoul Central District Court in Seocho,... -
Teacher nabbed for showing preschoolers ‘gory’ videoSocial affairsJanuary 12, 2020A Canadian English teacher at an after-school private tutoring service in Sejong is accused of showing preschoolers a video about cannibalism. According to the Sejong Police Station, the Canadian in... -
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[Weekender] A case for Korean millennials in the workplaceSocial affairsJanuary 10, 2020Millennials everywhere get a bad rap, and South Korea is no exception. As more millennials join the workforce, theories and assumptions about the millennial ways abound. Millennial workers have bee... -
Human rights commission asks government to improve housing quality, affordabilitySocial affairsJanuary 8, 2020South Korea’s public human rights watchdog asked the government on Wednesday to improve basic residential standards and increase the availability of housing for disadvantaged groups. The National Hu... -
Lung cancer survival rates up in SeoulHealthJanuary 6, 2020Seven in 10 lung cancer patients who have undergone surgery at Asan Medical Center in Seoul have survived, the hospital said in a report. The cardiothoracic surgery department at Asan Medical Center... -
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