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Telegram sex offender's case sent to prosecution

Mar 25, 2020

A man suspected of blackmailing dozens of victims, including minors, into performing violent sex acts and selling the videos in mobile chat rooms was handed over to the prosecution on Wednesday for f...
S. Korea reports 9 more wild boars infected with African swine fever

Mar 24, 2020

South Korea said Tuesday it has found nine more wild boars infected with African swine fever in areas near the border with North Korea, bringing the total number of cases to 430. Eight corpses were ...
Deepening pandemic tests Seoul’s open-border policy

Mar 24, 2020

Two former KCDC heads say Korea may need to close borders, after all
[Graphic News] Number of marriages hits record low in 2019

Mar 24, 2020

The number of South Koreans getting married sank to an all-time low in 2019, government data showed, as young people increasingly delay marriage amid a prolonged economic slowdown. The number of c...
National football training center to house coronavirus patients

Mar 24, 2020

The South Korean football federation announced Tuesday its main national team training center will house coronavirus patients starting this week. From Wednesday, the main building at the National Fo...
Dementia patients at most risk of falling prey to COVID-19: data

Mar 24, 2020

Nearly three in ten patients who have died of the new coronavirus in South Korea suffered from dementia, as the degenerative brain illnesses is more common among elderly people, local health authorit...
[Herald Interview] New head Kim pledges trustworthy, futuristic Korea Coast Guard

Mar 24, 2020

He also said the agency was not sparing investments in futuristic devices, bracing for the “fourth industrial revolution.” “We will actively utilize artificial satellites, drones and unmanned air ve...
[Brief] Bestselling novelist Lee Oi-soo collapsed with brain hemorrhage

Mar 24, 2020

Bestselling novelist Lee Oi-soo, 73, is recovering in an intensive care unit after receiving surgery for a brain hemorrhage, local media reported Tuesday. Lee, who lives in the county of Hwacheon, G...
Identity of accused revealed in Telegram sex crime case

Mar 24, 2020

The suspect who was arrested for selling videos of sex acts involving minors via Telegram chat rooms was a volunteer at an orphanage and managing editor of a college newspaper, who once wrote on how ...
Ministry toughens up against hagwon defiant of social distancing measures

Mar 24, 2020

Schools are closed, but the vast majority of private educational institutions in Seoul continue to offer classes in defiance of the social distancing campaign, the Education Ministry said Tuesday. T...
Female US soldier stationed in Pyeongtaek dead, cause unknown

Mar 24, 2020

An American soldier stationed in South Korea was found dead in her barracks room last week, the US military said Tuesday. Private First Class Marissa Jo Gloria was found unresponsive in her room at ...
76 new coronavirus cases reported in S. Korea, 3 in 10 ‘imported’

Mar 24, 2020

1 in 4 new coronavirus cases reported Tuesday came from abroad
Govt. tightens virus guidelines against cram schools

Mar 24, 2020

South Korea's education ministry on Tuesday released tightened guidelines for cram schools to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus on fears of group transmissions breaking out in the private-sec...
New virus cases on downhill as imported infections steadily rise

Mar 24, 2020

South Korea's new virus cases appeared to be on a downhill Tuesday, but imported infections marked the biggest one-day increase as the nation enforced quarantines on arrivals from Europe and other re...
Stricter containment steps necessary for US arrivals: experts

Mar 24, 2020

While South Korea has been implementing strict quarantine measures against arrivals from Europe, there are also growing calls that the country needs to apply stepped-up quarantine steps, such as viru...