A senior at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology was found dead after apparently jumping to his death Thursday. The death sent shock waves through the nation’s top science university, which saw a string of suicides last year. A fellow student found the body of the 22-year-old man, whose name was withheld, on the lawn in the dormitory complex at 5:40 a.m. Police suspect he jum...

Middle school student jumps to death after being bullied to join gang A middle school student was found dead after being bullied in Yeongju, North Gyeongsang Province on Monday. The death, an apparent suicide, comes just two months after the government unveiled a package of preventive measures when a string of school violence suicides shocked the nation. It also undermined President Lee Myung-...

Law enforcement officers chasing illegal foreign workers has become more common across the country this year. Immigration authorities are strengthening efforts to reduce the number of illicit migrant laborers, which was estimated to exceed 167,000 as of the end of 2011. The proportion of illegal workers in the total expatriate workforce increased from 24 percent in 2010 to 29 percent last year....

A Seoul appellate court on Tuesday sentenced the city's education chief Kwak No-hyun to a one-year prison term for bribing a rival candidate to drop out of the 2010 election, saying the 30 million won (US$26,337) fine given to him by a lower court was too light. The Seoul High Court, however, has deferred the prison sentence until the Supreme Court rules on the case, meaning Kwak can continue to...

The U.N. Security Council strongly condemned North Korea's rocket launch Monday, announcing it will impose new sanctions and warning of further action if Pyongyang conducts another launch or a new nuclear test. Acting swiftly, the 15-member council, including North Korea's closest ally China, adopted a presidential statement underscoring its united opposition to Friday's launch _ which violated ...