The Korea Herald

13 Korean adoptees obtain dual citizenship

Apr 19, 2011

Thirteen Korean adoptees regained their South Korean citizenship on Tuesday but didn’t have to forfeit their foreign nationality in the first case of its kind to happen since a revised immigration la...
SNU to launch think tank on national strategy

Apr 19, 2011

Seoul National University will launch a think tank in May to work out a long-term strategy for the nation’s research and development sector, the school said Tuesday. Starting with the organization o...
Artists performing in Seoul to get 50 public ‘open theaters’

Apr 19, 2011

Seoul City said Tuesday that it will create art performance venues in 50 spots around the city for artists and citizens to show off their artistic talent. The “Open Art Theater” project will start o...
Ministry to abolish parenticide clause

Apr 19, 2011

The clause on parenticide, which places additional criminal penalty on murderers who have killed their parents, is to be deleted from the criminal law. The criminal law revision committee met in the...
Help urged for disabled rape victims

Apr 19, 2011

Being a disabled woman in Korea means you are exposed to double discrimination: for being physically or mentally challenged and for being female. The government estimates that there are nearly 5 mil...
Hungry six-year boy drives mother’s car

Apr 19, 2011

A hungry 6-year-old boy in Oregon was reportedly rescued after crashing his mother’s minivan which he had driven to buy food on Sunday. The boy, whose name has not been revealed, had managed to driv...
Six regions to receive medical tourism support

Apr 18, 2011

Six local administrations will receive subsidies of 2 billion won ($1.8 million) to boost medical tourism, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Monday. Gyeonggi Province is to invest in the field...
Heavy rain, cold spell expected until Wed.

Apr 18, 2011

After weeks of mild spring weather, thunder, storms and even snowfall are expected this week on the Korean Peninsula, the Korea Meteorological Administration said Monday. According to its weekly for...
Japan donations surpass W55b

Apr 18, 2011

Donations for disaster relief in Japan surpassed 55 billion won amid an exceptional outpouring of sympathy toward Korea’s closest neighbor. According to major charities on Monday, the total donation...
Court suggests ‘conditional discharge’ bail of suspects

Apr 18, 2011

Korea’s Supreme Court suggested Monday that judges be allowed to discharge suspects on conditional bail as a way to bridge differences with the prosecution over the country’s controversial pre-trial ...
Hyundai hacker suspect arrested

Apr 18, 2011

Police have arrested a 40-year-old man who reportedly planned the theft of customer information from Hyundai Capital earlier this month, putting more than 420,000 people’s privacy in danger. However...
Boy handcuffed after argument over spilt milk

Apr 18, 2011

A 12-year-old boy was reportedly handcuffed and detained by a U.S. school resource officer after an argument over milk he spilt. The sixth-grader at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Indiana was to...
SNS saves lives

Apr 18, 2011

A man planning to commit suicide decided not to die thanks to Twitter. On April 16, a man wrote that he was leaving a will on Twitter because he didn’t have paper. The message was directed to his pa...
College graduates outside labor force near 3 mln

Apr 18, 2011

The number of South Korean college graduates outside the labor force was close to 3 million in the first quarter due to the country's sluggish job market, a government report showed Monday. Accordin...
Lee calls for removing prejudices about disabled

Apr 18, 2011

President Lee Myung-bak on Monday called for tearing down prejudices about the disabled, saying that their physical challenges never mean they cannot be as competitive as the non-disabled. "I believ...