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Football player found dead in apparent suicide

Social affairsMay 30, 2011

Chung suspected of rigging match A former professional football player on the list of suspects in a recent match-rigging scandal was found dead in a Seoul hotel Monday. According to police, Chung J...
Baby boomers face more time alone

Social affairsMay 30, 2011

Baby boomers are living without their children at home for significantly longer than their parents did, according to a state-run women’s research institute. The longer so-called empty nest period wh...
Workshop calls for more fertility aid

Social affairsMay 29, 2011

International experts on official development aid gathered in Seoul to discuss the importance of focusing aid on reproductive health in developing countries Investment in reproductive health, which ...
Korean Peninsula peace index lowest in 5 years

Social affairsMay 26, 2011

With the North’s sinking of the Cheonan and its attack on Yeonpyeong Island claiming the lives of 50 South Koreans, the two countries posted their lowest rankings ever in the Global Peace Index. Acc...
Somali pirates could face death penalty

Social affairsMay 26, 2011

Four of the five Somali pirates taken alive on a South Korean carrier await their verdict Friday, possibly facing the death penalty or life imprisonment, after a week-long trial in Busan. The Busan ...
Ex-U.S. soldier ‘got orders on dioxin’

Social affairsMay 25, 2011

Amid confirmation that the U.S. military dumped toxic chemicals on Korean soil in 1978, a new testimony has surfaced, saying that orders were given to remove all supplies of dioxins in Korea around t...
Smokers at Seoul squares to be fined 100,000 won

Social affairsMay 24, 2011

Smokers will be slapped with a 100,000 won ($91) fine if caught smoking at major squares in central Seoul starting next month. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday it has designated Gwangh...
Police get new powers to tackle domestic abuse

Social affairsMay 24, 2011

The government has strengthened measures against domestic violence, enabling police to take stronger emergency action to protect victims. The steps are designed to address the high rate of domestic ...
Agent Orange probe progresses

Social affairsMay 23, 2011

Whistleblower says he felt barrels explode while tamping ground The Korea-U.S. joint investigations into the alleged burial of deadly herbicides three decades ago at a U.S. military base in Waegwan,...
Korea, U.S. launch air defense exercise

DefenseMay 23, 2011

A full-scale military air drill took flight over southwest Korea to improve the efficiency of joint operations by South Korean and U.S. air forces, according to military officials in Seoul on Monday....
English-speaking assistant teachers in lower grades

Social affairsMay 23, 2011

More than half of native English-speaking assistant teachers are in the three lowest grades of a nine-grade system determined by qualifications upon employment, according to the capital’s education o...
U.S. fee waiver scholarship introduced for students

Social affairsMay 22, 2011

Seoul-area Korean students can take advantage of a scholarship which would allow them to study at a U.S. university at in-state prices. John Fox, director of the International Students Program at Ge...
Environmental assessments for businesses lax

Social affairsMay 22, 2011

The government put on hold less than one percent of development projects after undergoing environmental impact assessments, according to Seoul’s Environment Ministry Sunday. The data highlights the ...
Court to open trial of Somali pirates

PoliticsMay 22, 2011

Prosecutors to charge 23-year-old with attempted murder In a first of its kind, four of the five Somali pirates captured after a daring naval raid on a South Korean freighter in the Arabian Sea will...
Seoul considers raising subway fares

Social affairsMay 19, 2011

Seoul is planning to raise subway fares by as much as 20 percent in an effort to cut the system’s deficit, officials said on Thursday. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, they are consid...