Investigators have apprehended two men in the attempted burglary of oil, Wanju Police Station in North Jeolla Province said Monday.　Pillar of fire from oil pipeline (Yonhap)The two suspects are being charged for the attempt to snatch oil from a pipeline extending across a hill in Wanju, after inadvertently causing a fire in the process. The pipeline was buried 1.5 centimeters underground, a radius of 27.5 centimeters.　It has been revealed that the fire ignited while the two were drilling a hole

Social Affairs Jan. 8, 2018

A man in his 30s has been apprehended after setting his acquaintance’s store on fire for not cooperating with his request to give a false account on an act of violence in his favor, police said. Two images from a CCTV near the site (Yonhap)It is believed that around 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the suspect sprayed chemicals on his club member’s motorcycle just outside his store and put a match to it. The fire which started from the motorcycle spread to damage three other motorcycles and the outer wall o

Social Affairs Jan. 5, 2018

An apartment complex in Gangnam, Seoul has come under fire for its dismissal of all security guards, following the government-led drastic hike in minimum wage. 　According to a security guard at Hyundai Apartment in Apgujeong-dong on Friday, the tenant representatives have sent out notifications to all 94 security guards that they would be dismissed on Jan. 31.The tenant representatives explained that the dismissal was a management decision and that once they switch the system to employing throug

Social Affairs Jan. 5, 2018

In Peru, where 48 people died in a bus crash Tuesday, 16 people have gone missing from a bridge collapse in the village of Kimbiri.(Fire officers and civilians on search and rescue =Yonhap)At least 31 civilians plunged into the Kimbiri River from the collapse, with only 15 rescued and taken to a hospital. The remaining 16 were swept away in the river’s current. Despite the search and rescue efforts assisted by a Peruvian Army helicopter, the navy and fire department, heavy seasonal rains in the

World News Jan. 4, 2018

Lotte Entertainment on Wednesday announced its plan to release a posthumous work of the late actor Kim Joo-Hyuk, “Heungbu” during the coming Lunar New Year holidays, which fall on Feb. 15-17.The movie “Heungbu” is a historical period film which mainly focuses on the experience of a brilliant writer Heungbu with a virtuous Joseon Kingdom classical scholar Jo Hyeok and his older brother Jo Hang-ri, on his journey to find his own brother Nolbu. (Yonhap)“Heungbu” revisits a Korean classic novel “Heu

Film Jan. 3, 2018