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February 14, 2019 Social affairs

Fine dust A to Z: everything you need to know to beat fine dust

(Yonhap) Q. ‘Fine dust’ vs. ‘ultrafine dust’? A particle of “ultrafine dust,” or particulate matter 2.5 is smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter. The width of PM2.5 is about 30 times less than t...

[Weekender] What is S. Korea doing to combat fine dust pollution?

South Korea’s Special Act on the Reduction and Management of Fine Dust went into effect across the country Friday to tackle fine dust pollution amid growing concerns over public health. This come...

February 14, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Grief-filled graduation ceremony held for Sewol victims

A long-delayed commencement ceremony was held Tuesday for 250 Danwon High School students who died in the Sewol ferry disaster on April 16, 2014. (Yonhap) The students were on a school trip to Jeju...

February 12, 2019
Social affairs
Ex-Supreme Court chief indicted in power abuse scandal

The prosecution indicted Yang Sung-tae, former Supreme Court chief justice, Monday on charges he abused his power to influence politically significant trials and disadvantage justices critical of him...

February 11, 2019
Politics
[From the scene] Koreans mourn overworked doctor’s death

A funeral was held Sunday for emergency doctor Yoon Han-deok, who died of a heart attack at his office and whose death cast light on the difficult working conditions faced by emergency medical staff....

February 10, 2019
Social affairs
Seoul Mayor vows to root out dog meat biz

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon on Saturday pledged to completely eliminate the business of dog meat in South Korea’s capital. “Once dog-butchering businesses are completely removed soon, I plan to mak...

February 10, 2019
Social affairs
Garbage returned from Philippines a headache for Korea

Some 1,200 tons of plastic waste shipped back to Korea from the Philippines last week are unrecyclable, environment authorities concluded after opening some of the containers carrying the garbage Thu...

February 7, 2019
Social affairs
Women-only taxis to run in Seoul

Women-only taxis equipped with child car seats and taxis unable to refuse passengers based on their destinations will begin running in Seoul as early as this month, the Seoul city government said Thu...

February 7, 2019
Social affairs
Where is hardest place to catch taxis in Seoul?

Seoul residents find it most difficult to grab taxis at night near Gangnam Station, followed by the areas of Jongno, Hongik University and Itaewon, according to a recent report by Kakao Mobility and ...

February 3, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Court overturns ruling, finds ex-governor guilty of rape in #MeToo case

A high court on Friday sentenced former South Chungcheong Province Gov. An Hee-jung to 3 1/2 years in prison for raping his female aide, overturning a lower court’s not-guilty ruling, in the country’...

February 1, 2019
Social affairs
[From the scene] South Koreans bid farewell to former ‘comfort woman,‘ activist Kim Bok-dong

Hundreds of South Koreans on Friday bid farewell to Kim Bok-dong, a South Korean victim of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II, near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, where she h...

February 1, 2019
Social affairs
Governor close to Moon found guilty of online rigging

A Seoul court on Wednesday sentenced South Gyeongsang Province Gov. Kim Kyoung-soo, a close associate of President Moon Jae-in, to two years in prison for colluding with a power blogger to rig online...

January 30, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Former ‘comfort woman,’ women’s activist Kim Bok-dong dies

Kim Bok-dong, a South Korean victim of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II and a symbol of the fight against wartime violence, died late Monday, bringing the number of survivo...

January 29, 2019
Social affairs
Artificial rain experiment over sea ends in failure

The South Korean government’s first artificial rain experiment this year over the Yellow Sea failed to induce rain, the Korea Meteorological Administration said Monday, with 14 more experiments plann...

January 28, 2019
Social affairs
Euthanasia of rescued dogs sparks debate on animal rights

When it was revealed earlier this month that the leader of a well-known animal rights group had killed more than 230 rescued dogs to free up space at its shelter, public anger was palpable. Cheon...

January 27, 2019
Social affairs

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