Temperatures will record below zero Friday throughout most of South Korea, with strong winds aggravating the biting cold. Morning temperatures will dip to their lowest point so far this season, between minus 9 degrees Celsius and 3 C, but will rise to 4-11 C later in the afternoon. The cold is expected to be at its most pronounced in Cheorwon and Daegwallyeong, Gangwon Province, where the mercur...

The senior pastor of a mega-church in Seoul was sentenced to 15 years in jail for the serial rape of eight female church members. Seoul Central District Court on Thursday sentenced Lee Jae-rock, the senior pastor of Manmin Joong-ang Church, for tens of offenses against his female church members. The court also ordered 80 hours of sexual offense treatment and banned Lee from working in child-rela...

Three out of 10 South Korean laborers have experienced sustained abuse at work, according to a survey conducted by a nationwide network of labor unions. In revealing the results at a press conference outside the National Assembly, the network of unions urged legal action to prevent workplace bullying. In the survey, which involved 1,078 adult employees across the nation, 300 respondents said th...

Police on Wednesday transferred to the prosecution a man suspected of having killed an internet cafe employee in Seoul, with the recommendation of indicting the man for murder. They also recommended that the suspect’s brother, an alleged accomplice, be charged with joint assault. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency concluded that the 29-year-old suspect Kim Seong-soo stabbed the worker to death...

Police are conducting a school violence survey at a middle school attended by four students who were arrested in connection to their schoolmate’s death. Incheon Yeonsu Police Station said they began surveying students Tuesday, with the cooperation of the Incheon Metropolitan City Office of Education, to discover other possible cases of violence inside the school. Last week, four teenagers were ...

Police recently busted a website that was used to share pornographic pictures -- including spycam porn -- arresting the suspected owner and booking 86 others without detention. The Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency said Tuesday that it had arrested the man, whose name has not been revealed, and booked without detention 86 men accused of sharing pictures of some 200 models and other women. Acco...

A college student driving under the influence of alcohol crashed into a traffic light pole in Hongseong, South Chungcheong Province, early Tuesday morning, killing three passengers. Local police said a 22-year-old college student, whose name has not been released, crashed the rental car he was driving into a traffic light pole at around 1 a.m. Three passengers were killed, and one was seriously ...

The police on Monday arrested a teenager on allegations that he strangled his father to death and stabbed his mother. The Daegu Dalseo Police Station said an 18-year-old had been arrested at the scene on Monday and will be charged in the death of his father and the alleged attack on his mother. Police allege that the boy stabbed his father once in the neck and then strangled him to death around...

A Thai woman received a prison term for illegally importing, distributing and injecting the psychotropic drug Ecstasy in Korea. The Chuncheon District Court said Monday that it sentenced the Thai national to three years in prison and a 2.28 million won ($2,000) fine for violating the Narcotics Control Act. According to authorities, the woman promised to pay another Thai woman 700,000 won ($620...

A maritime police officer was booked in a sexual assault case after being arrested at a guesthouse in Jocheon-eup, Jeju Island. The Jeju Dongbu Police Station said Monday that the coast guard officer, whose name has not been released, sexually assaulted two female guests inside their room. The police said the man entered the victims’ room without permission Saturday morning, after the three spe...

A man in his 40s was sentenced to four years in jail recently for dumping a severely injured man in an isolated area after running him over with his vehicle. The victim later died. According to authorities on Sunday, the Seoul High Court sentenced the man, identified by his surname, Park, to four years in prison for intentionally leaving the man to die after he couldn’t find a hospital that was ...

The police said on Saturday that one of four middle-school students arrested in the death of a classmate Friday had worn the victim’s jacket at the time of the arrest and throughout the police investigation. Four teenagers were booked on charges of causing death from bodily injuries after the other boy fell from the roof of a 15-story apartment building on Tuesday afternoon. The Incheon Yeonsu ...

Sunday will see gray skies, with light rain later in the day. Temperatures will be average for this time of the year, ranging between minus 4 degrees Celsius and 9 C in the morning and 9 C and 16 C in the afternoon. The weather agency warned of wide fluctuations in the inland regions, where the mercury is expected to fall below freezing. Light rain, around 5 millimeters, is expected to fall on...

Four international universities at Incheon Global Campus in Songdo will hold a joint event to promote next year’s admissions on Saturday. Incheon Global Campus Foundation said Thursday that the Ghent University Global Campus, University of Utah Asia Campus, State University of New York Korea and George Mason University Korea will hold a joint event to promote admissions for spring 2019 on Saturd...

Seoul kicked off a pilot run of electric city buses Thursday. Twenty-nine electric buses are to replace compressed natural gas-powered buses by the end of this year. The first electric bus was deployed on bus route No. 1711, running through central Seoul. Nine other buses on the No. 1711 service route will be replaced by electric buses next Tuesday. The 29 electric buses have been manufactured ...