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[Newsmaker] Excessive use of police force partly to blame for Yongsan tragedy: internal inquiry

Police pressed ahead with breaking up a 2009 protest by dozens of angry shop tenants and activists in Yongsan that resulted in heavy casualties, even though they were aware of the high risks involved...

Sept 5, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Head of Congo’s electoral body says ‘very few’ Congolese oppose Korean-made voting machines

Corneille Nangaa, the head of the electoral commission of the Democratic Republic of Congo, said in Seoul on Tuesday that “very few” in his country are against the idea of using the much-disputed Sou...

Sept 4, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Korea aims for 'zero' use of plastic cups, straws at coffee shops by 2027

South Korea aims to phase out disposable plastic cups and straws at coffee shops and other public places by 2027 as part of a broader initiative to reduce hard-to-recycle waste, the government said T...

Sept 4, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Park pressured court to delay colonial forced labor ruling: report

Ex-President Park Geun-hye ordered the Blue House staff to deliberately delay the Supreme Court’s ruling on a lawsuit filed by Koreans subjected to forced labor during Japan’s colonial rule, accordin...

Sept 3, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] 17.7 cases of spycam crimes occurred daily last year: lawmaker

An average of 17.7 cases of “molka” -- using hidden cameras to take pictures or videos for sexual purposes -- were reported per day last year, a lawmaker said Sunday. According to the data Rep. Park...

Sept 2, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] With gold, Son Heung-min on course for bright future

Mission accomplished. Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min has secured himself a bright future following South Korea's gold medal victory at the 18th Asian Games on Saturday. South Korea beat Jap...

Sept 2, 2018
Soccer
[Newsmaker] Tokyo protests UN committee’s advice on ‘comfort women’: local report

After a UN anti-discrimination body on Thursday advised Tokyo to adopt a victim-centered approach to achieve a lasting solution on the issue of Japan’s wartime military sexual slavery, which largely ...

Aug 31, 2018
Foreign Affairs
[Newsmaker] Friends call John McCain hero, maverick at Arizona funeral

PHOENIX -- A former vice president, an NFL star and other friends remembered Sen. John McCain as a “true American hero” — and a terrible driver with a wicked sense of humor and love of a good battle ...

Aug 31, 2018
World News
[Newsmaker] Day care kept mum about leaving behind toddler in vehicle

Police suspect that a day care center tried to cover up a recent incident in which a girl, 3, was left alone in a vehicle for 2 1/2 hours. Parents of the toddler reported the incident to police Mond...

Aug 30, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Hong Kong professor charged with murder after wife's body found in suitcase

HONG KONG -- A University of Hong Kong professor was on Wednesday charged with murder after police found his wife's decomposing body stuffed in a suitcase in his office, the latest grisly murder to t...

Aug 30, 2018
World News
[Newsmaker] Laid-off SsangYong workers blame ex-president for colleagues' deaths

After a special police investigation team on Tuesday concluded that the 2009 crackdown against SsangYong Motors’ laid-off workers was a form of state violence and that it was orchestrated under the l...

Aug 29, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Incheon rape suspects to be tried as juveniles

Two boys were booked without physical detention on rape charges in Incheon on Wednesday, about seven weeks after the victim was found dead in an apparent suicide, Yeonsu police said. The victim’s au...

Aug 29, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Government to boost inter-Korean cooperation fund for 2019

Next year’s allocation to the inter-Korean cooperation fund spiked 14.3 percent on-year to 1.1 trillion won ($994 million) in the government budget announced Tuesday, with the sharp increase reflecti...

Aug 28, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Two dead in traffic accident involving actress Park Hae-mee’s husband

Actress Park Hae-mee’s husband was on the way for another drink when he was involved in a drunk-driving accident Monday night. Two other passengers, 19 and 31, were killed, and three, including the ...

Aug 28, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Man says he killed wife, three children after living with ‘overwhelming debt’

A 42-year-old man suspected of killing four members of his family, including his three children, has been arrested at a large hospital in Daejeon, police said Monday. According to Okcheon Police Sta...

Aug 27, 2018
Social affairs

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