The Korea Herald

1 in 4 migrant workers overstays visa

Apr 29, 2011

One out of four foreign workers under the employment permit system whose visa has expired has become an illegal sojourner, the government revealed Friday. Tougher regulations are expected but some e...
Koreans’ TOEFL ranking drops

Apr 29, 2011

Despite a zeal for English proficiency among Koreans, their average TOEFL scores ranked 80th among 163 countries last year, down from 71st in 2009. According to data from the Educational Testing Ser...
Man loses suit against parents over allowance

Apr 29, 2011

A Spanish family court has ordered a 25-year-old man to leave home and get a job, dismissing a suit he filed against his parents for “no allowance.” The plaintiff, whose name has not been revealed, ...
Environment ministers gather to tackle disasters

Apr 28, 2011

The environment ministers of Korea, Japan and China gathered to discuss environmental issues the three countries face and seek joint-measures against them at BEXCO in Busan, Thursday. Korean Ministe...
New traffic lights confuse drivers

Apr 28, 2011

Police say new system reflects global trend, but skepticism remains Is it causing confusion or a stepping stone to improved traffic culture? The police’s ambitious introduction of a new traffic sig...
Supreme court upholds life sentence for rapist-murderer

Apr 28, 2011

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s decision to sentence a man, convicted of raping and killing a teenage girl in Busan last year, to life imprisonment and make public his personal i...
Newspapers make you talk more?

Apr 28, 2011

Those who read newspapers are more talkative than those who don’t, the Korea Press Foundation’s research showed. The research categorized 1,832 people between the ages of 19 and 64 based on their co...
Olympics enthusiasts denounce Ohm

Apr 27, 2011

Ohm Ki-young, ruling Grand National Party’s candidate for Gangwon Governor at the by-election, was cornered by a group of the area’s residents for taking advantage of their “pure-hearted” work in his...
Fire breaks out at Incheon SK factory

Apr 26, 2011

A fire broke out at an SK Energy factory in Incheon Tuesday afternoon, but there were no casualties, the refining unit of the nation’s largest oil refiner SK Innovation said. The fire started at aro...
Prosecutors probe claims of N.K. role in Nonghyup cyber attack

Apr 26, 2011

South Korea’s prosecution is looking into whether North Korea was involved in the weeks-long paralysis of the South Korean farm cooperative’s banking system after finding some suspicious Internet pro...
Digital era dominates lawsuit filings

Apr 26, 2011

As many futurists predicted, digital is dominant in many areas of our society and lawsuits are no exception. According to the Supreme Court, 79.5 percent of the suits filed with the Patent Court sin...
Sleepy husband stabs wife for waking him up

Apr 26, 2011

SELANGOR - An angry husband, who was awakened from his morning slumber, beat up and stabbed his wife, Harian Metro reported. The woman is now in a coma and fighting for her life at a hospital, the pa...
College students don’t invest much time on study: report

Apr 26, 2011

South Korean college students spend less time on study and are passive in class, research showed Tuesday. A report released by the Korea Educational Development Institute indicated that full-time co...
Fire hits SK oil storage

Apr 26, 2011

A fire broke out at SK Energy’s oil storage facility in Incheon Tuesday afternoon. No casualties were reported. Fire fighters have been struggling to put out the fire.
Police probing online commerce fraud

Apr 26, 2011

A woman in Gwangju requested a police investigation after she received a can of butane gas from an online seller instead of the iPod she had paid for. Kim ordered an iPod from an online second-hand ...