The Korea Herald

Helicopter appears to crash on east coast of S. Korea

May 5, 2011

A South Korean forestry helicopter appears to have crashed on the east coast Thursday, local police said. The helicopter from the Korea Forest Service (KFS), carrying two people, apparently crashed ...
Girl caged by parents found eating own skin

May 5, 2011

U.S. police rescued a disabled six-year-old who was kept in a cage by her parents for months and almost starved to death. The girl, who has Down syndrome, was eating the flaky skin of her forehead w...
Judo gold medalist under probe for assualt

May 5, 2011

Police are investigating a former Olympic judo gold medalist who allegedly assaulted a female massage parlor owner under the influence of alcohol. The man, who is now a Yongin University professor, ...
KBO head held for embezzlement

May 4, 2011

You Young-koo, head of the Korea Baseball Organization, was arrested on Wednesday for misappropriating funds from his school foundation in 2006. He has offered to resign from the governing post of t...
Gallery Seomi chief may facearrest in Orion slush fund case

May 4, 2011

Prosecutors requested a local court on Wednesday to issue an arrest warrant for Hong Song-won, head of Gallery Seomi, one of the most prominent art galleries in Korea, for laundering slush funds of b...
Korean teens least happy in OECD

May 4, 2011

Kim Min-joo, an 18-year-old student, feels extremely exhausted at the end of each day, swamped with a slew of things to study. She finds little time or energy to share even small talk with her family...
Man dies in Easter ‘crucifixion’

May 4, 2011

A taxi driver said to have had fanatical religious beliefs was found dead Sunday on a wooden cross in Mungyeong, North Gyeongsang Province, police said. In an apparent emulation of the crucifixion o...
Domestic adoption slows

May 4, 2011

The government’s efforts to facilitate domestic adoption are not paying off as the number of cases has failedto increase strongly. The number of adoptions was 1,462 in 2010, compared to 1,314 in 200...
Man dead in Easter ‘crucifixion’

May 4, 2011

This captured image from SBS News on Tuesday shows a computer simulated image of the men who died on a cross in Mungyeong, North Gyeongsang Province. (SBS) A taxi driver said to have had fanatical r...
Happiness index for Korean teenagers lowest among OECD states

May 4, 2011

The happiness index for Korean teenagers was the lowest among the 23 OECD member states for the third consecutive year, according to a survey released on Wednesday by two civilian institutes. The “s...
Police raid Google Korea, Daum

May 3, 2011

Police on Tuesday raided the headquarters of Google Korea in southern Seoul over allegations that the multinational Internet giant’s subsidiary collected location data of smartphone users without con...
N.K. behind cyber attack on Nonghyup

May 3, 2011

Prosecutors say North’s intelligence body involved in system breakdown North Korea masterminded the April 12 cyber attack that paralyzed the banking system of the National Agricultural Cooperative F...
Chong Kun Dang chief suspected of engaging in stock price rigging

May 3, 2011

Prosecutors sought an arrest warrant for Rhee Jang-han, chairman of Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical Corp., on charges that he raked in exorbitant profits by rigging stock prices in the process of selli...
Suicide leading cause of youth deaths in S. Korea

May 3, 2011

Suicide remains the No. 1 cause of death among young people in South Korea in 2009, a report showed Tuesday, indicating they are under heavy stress from a competitive education environment and toughe...
Changgyeong-Jongmyo link to get wider

May 3, 2011

Changgyeong Palace and Jongmyo, a shrine dedicated to memorial services for the kings and queens of the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910), will be linked again after being separated for 80 years, According...