Most Popular
-
1
[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
-
2
[AtoZ into Korean mind] Humor in Korea: Navigating the line between what's funny and not
-
3
Yoon seeks rebound, taps 5-term lawmaker as chief of staff
-
4
Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
-
5
Medical standoff deepens as doctors reject new med school plan, talks
-
6
N. Korea sends economic delegation to Iran amid suspected military cooperation
-
7
[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
-
8
[Herald Interview] Why Toss invited hackers to penetrate its system
-
9
S. Korea calls on Japan to confront history amid Yasukuni Shrine visit
-
10
S. Korean envoys convene to navigate strategy amid Middle East tensions
-
Seoul mulls restoration of Donuimun, tunnel underneath
The Seoul Metropolitan Government is looking into restoring Donuimun, one of the Four Great Gates of Seoul, the city government said Monday. Donuimun, also known as the West Gate or Seodaemun, is one of a series of historic gates around Seoul. It served as the opening to the Fortress Wall of Seoul that surrounded the city during the Joseon era. However, Donuimun was destroyed in 1915 during the 1910-1945 Japanese occupation of South Korea to make way for trams and has not been rebuilt since. It
Jan. 15, 2024
-
Unskilled jobs hit record low, in blow to those on low incomes
The number of people employed in blue-collar jobs saw the biggest decline since the 1998 financial crisis in 2023 due to a slump in manufacturing, data showed. According to Statistics Korea's National Statistics Portal on Monday, 3.92 million people worked in low-skilled, manual-labor jobs last year, 118,000 fewer than the previous year, representing a 2.9 percent drop. This is the largest decline since 2013, when Statistics Korea began collecting relevant data on the seventh occupational c
Jan. 15, 2024
-
Employment data service launches English newsletter
The Korea Employment Information Service said Monday that it released the first issue of the KEIS e-Letter, an English newsletter on Korea's latest employment trends and labor market information, on Jan. 4. The KEIS is affiliated with the Ministry of Employment and Labor, and is in charge of collecting, analyzing and providing information related to employment, careers and jobs, supporting the advancement of employment services and running the employment information system. “This ne
Jan. 15, 2024
-
Men account for 85% of lonely deaths
Middle-aged men accounted for more than 85 percent of so-called “lonely deaths” in South Korea, while it took an average of more than three weeks for the bodies to be discovered, a study showed Monday. The Act on the Prevention and Management of Lonely Deaths defines the term as one in which a person dies alone after falling out of contact with friends or family, with his or her body remaining undiscovered for at least three days. The phenomenon is also referred to as a “solita
Jan. 15, 2024
-
How to avoid punishment for drunk driving? Drink more, apparently
There have been multiple legal cases in South Korea in which an alleged drunk driver dodged punishment by drinking more alcohol after being caught by local authorities, touching off calls for legislative revisions to prevent such actions. Local media outlets on Sunday reported that the Supreme Court recently cleared a 2019 drunk driving charges for a person who consumed a bottle of soju mixed with a soft drink, some 18 minutes after apparently being at fault in a car accident. He claimed that he
Jan. 15, 2024
-
Police investigate teen for beating up old man, after public furor
South Korean police said Monday they had launched an investigation into a high school student on suspicion of inflicting bodily injury on a security guard in his 60s, after a video of the attack sparked public outrage. Nambu Police Station in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, is questioning the suspected attacker. The security guard had scolded the teen and his friends for causing a disturbance Friday at a commercial complex in Dasan-dong, Namyangju, which is believed to have led to the assault. The
Jan. 15, 2024
-
[Graphic News] Proportion of single-person households jumped to 42% in 2023
The number of single-person households increased further last year to account for a record high of 42 percent of all households, data from the Interior Ministry showed. According to resident registration data from the ministry, the total number of registered households in the country rose by 0.9 percent to reach 23.91 million as of December last year, compared to the previous year when the corresponding figure was 23.7 million. Of the total, one-person households reached 9.93 million as
Jan. 15, 2024
-
Policemen punished for death of man they escorted close to home
Two South Korean policemen have been fined after the intoxicated man they escorted to the building he lived in froze to death, a local court said Sunday. The Seoul Northern District Court imposed a fine of 5 million won ($3,800) and 4 million won, respectively, to a police sergeant and a senior patrolman of Seonguk Police Station on the charge of death by occupational negligence. In November of 2022, the defendants escorted a man in his 60s who was heavily intoxicated back to the multifamily res
Jan. 14, 2024
-
Soccer star accused of lying in sexual video scandal
The scandal surrounding South Korean soccer player Hwang Ui-jo has continued to escalate, with the national team striker reiterating his stance Sunday that the videos he filmed of a sexual encounter with a woman were taken with consent, while the woman claimed that Hwang is telling lies. A legal representative for the 31-year-old athlete claimed that Hwang has presented evidence to the police backing his claims, stressing that the video in question was filmed with consent as his smartphone
Jan. 14, 2024
-
Pet cloning in Korea raises concerns over bioethics, regulatory void
A pet owner nuzzles her puppy Tico after months apart in a heartwarming video uploaded to YouTube on New Year’s Day. But this is no ordinary reunion. Tico died in November 2022. The puppy in the video is a clone made to replace her. For some viewers, this last detail adds a bitter aftertaste to the touching scene. Animal rights advocates have expressed concern over what cloned dogs go through, and what the surrogate mothers to the cloned pets have to go through to meet the desires of a sin
Jan. 14, 2024
-
South Korea officially adopts body camera for police officers
South Korea will officially adopt body cameras for police officers to better manage violent crimes, as well as stipulate measures to ensure the protection of personal information. According to the National Assembly and the National Police Agency on Sunday, a partial revision to the Act on the Performance of Duties by Police Officers recently passed the plenary session of the National Assembly. The revision sets out the basis for the legal introduction of body cameras and specific standards for
Jan. 14, 2024
-
Netizens abuzz over false rumors of 'politically correct' skirt-wearing fire exit signs
South Koreans were abuzz over the weekend over an eventually debunked rumor that the government is mulling a fire exit sign depicting a long-haired woman wearing a skirt as a supposedly politically correct move, a rumor which officials denied in a joint statement. Earlier Friday, some media outlets reported that the Ministry of Interior and Safety was reviewing whether to revamp the design of conventional emergency exit signs, which depict a generic image of a person exiting a door. The report s
Jan. 14, 2024
-
Anger after video shows teen beating up security guard in his 60s
A video of a high school student beating up a security guard in his 60s has sparked public outrage here, despite the police closing the case when the victim expressed his wish not to punish his attacker. In the video that went viral through the social media, the teen was filmed launching series of brutal attacks against the man on Friday, as a female voice was heard laughing at the scene. The assault occurred at a commercial complex in Dasan-dong in Namyangju City, Gyeonggi Province. Local polic
Jan. 14, 2024
-
Man fined for child abuse after attacking wife while holding child
A South Korean man accused of attacking his wife while holding their three-year-old daughter in his arms has been fined 1 million won ($760) for child abuse, Incheon District Court said Sunday. An investigation found that the 44-year-old defendant and his wife got into a physical altercation on June 18, 2022, which saw the man push the woman to the floor and throw her phone out the door when she attempted to record the situation. He grabbed their 3-year-old daughter when he attempted a secon
Jan. 14, 2024
-
College student dies after knee surgery; family sues doctors
The bereaved family of a 19-year-old South Korean college student, who died following complications in postoperative care for a simple knee surgery, has filed criminal charges against medical staff involved in the operation, local police said Saturday. According to Dunsan Police Station in Daejeon, four medical staff of Daejeon Eulji Medical Center have been accused of death by occupational negligence by the student's family. If convicted, the accused can be punished by up to five years in
Jan. 14, 2024
-
Bikini-clad woman referred to prosecution for obscene exposure
A bikini-clad woman who roamed the streets of central Seoul in a cardboard box was referred to the prosecution on charges of obscene exposure, according to the Seoul Mapo Police Station on Friday. The woman, reportedly a model by the name of Ain, reportedly walked the streets of Hongdae, one of the country’s famous nightlife districts, sporting a scanty outfit which was hidden from view by a cardboard box in September 2023. She is alleged to have repeated a similar act in Apgujeong, a posh
Jan. 12, 2024
-
'Daechi-dong edu consultant' accused of swindling parents
An admissions consultant based in Seoul's affluent southern neighborhood of Daechi-dong, a hub of South Korea's private education sector, has been under investigation by police for allegedly collecting billions of won from parents as donations to universities, according to the police. The Gyeonggi Bukbu Provincial Police Agency said Thursday that the suspect worked as an admissions consultant in Daechi-dong and allegedly swindled three parents out of money from 2020-2022. Daechi-dong i
Jan. 12, 2024
-
Korean court orders MBC to rectify report on Yoon's hot mic
The Seoul Western District Court on Friday ordered public broadcaster MBC to rectify its report on President Yoon Suk Yeol's alleged use of foul language during an informal exchange with then-Foreign Minister Park Jin in New York in September 2022. In response, MBC on Friday said "we will appeal immediately to correct the erroneous ruling of the first trial." The court issued the order in response to a lawsuit filed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which claimed that the video
Jan. 12, 2024
-
Prosecutors seek 3-year prison term for woman who sold baby
South Korean prosecutors on Thursday requested a three-year prison term from the court for a 25-year-old woman who is accused of buying a baby from a single mother and selling her to another woman. In a final hearing for the case held at the Incheon District Court, the prosecution said the accused, surnamed Kim, should be jailed for using a child as a means of making profit. Kim is accused of purchasing a 27-year-old woman's newly born daughter for 980,000 won ($750) on Aug. 24, 2019, and
Jan. 11, 2024
-
Mystery deepens in case of woman found in Han River
"There is a person in the river, but they are not moving.” When the report came in Saturday evening, it seemed to be suggesting a tragic accident or yet another case of suicide in the Han River. But when police arrived on the scene around 8:24 p.m., about 17 minutes after receiving the report, the situation took a grim turn. Floating motionlessly near the Olympic Bridge in Seoul’s Gwangjin-gu was a young woman, with a knife lodged in her chest. Despite initial circumstances th
Jan. 11, 2024