The number of fire accidents caused by discarded cigarettes in May 2018 decreased on-year possibly due to the growing adoption of heat-not-burn cigarettes. The National Fire Agency cited the growing popularity of heat-not-burn cigarettes as one of the reasons behind the fall. Data from the agency showed that fire accidents caused by discarded cigarettes dropped from 6,861 in May 2017 to 5,846 in...

South Korea’s highest ranked tennis player Chung Hyeon has been seeded 26th at Wimbledon, the oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament in the world. The All England Club announced seeds for 2018 championship on Thursday. Among 32 players seeded in Gentlemen’s Singles, the South Korean was seeded 26th. (Yonhap) In Gentlemen’s Singles at the Championships, 128 athletes compete for the silv...

Online soccer platform Onefootball said Tuesday that there had been hopes for South Korean soccer players to be exempted from military service should they advance to the quarterfinals or further at the World Cup. A number of newspapers touched on Son Heung-min’s struggles to avoid military service upon discussing South Korea’s upcoming match against defending champion Germany on Wednesday. (Yon...

A woman who fell from her studio apartment hit a passer-by and died in Busan. Police said Tuesday that the woman in her 20s fell from a 15-floor studio apartment building in Busan around 7 p.m. on Monday. During her fall, she crashed into a man who was walking by and injured him. (UtoImage) The passer-by got an abrasion on his left arm during the incident, according to police. Police are sus...

A part-time worker at a bungee jumping facility in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province, drowned on Monday. Gapyeong Police Station said Tuesday that the 20-year-old employee was found unconscious in the water at the site located in Seorak-myeon, Gapyeong around 2 p.m. on Monday. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was declared dead. (123RF) It seems the part-timer lost his balance on an inflat...

A South Korean college is running a program to combat hidden cameras, following a string of incidents at several universities. The student council of Hanyang University’s College of Social Sciences kicked off an inspection service for the spycams in May. As students have expressed discomfort and concerns of holes in walls, doors and ceilings, the student council began a project to search out hi...

An 8-year-old has been injured by fragments of a cement block that fell from an apartment building. Uijeongbu Police Station in Gyeonggi Province said Friday that the block fell into a playground in an apartment complex located in Uijeongbu-dong, Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province. Although no one was directly struck by the block, the kid was hit by its fragments. The child was sent to hospital for s...

A five-piece Korean boy band debuted during the summer of 2016 after signing a contract with an agency in December 2015. However, the group’s hopes of becoming part of the next generation of Hallyu were shattered in less than a year. The agency, downsizing its workforce, did not provide the band with a manger, a vehicle or vocal and dance lessons. The bandmates were asked to pay for their own h...

Gwangju Dongu Police Station said Thursday that it has requested an arrest warrant for a 52-year-old surnamed Hwang on the charge of obstruction of business at a restaurant. Hwang was allegedly drunk and flew into a rage for an hour, bending spoons and kicking tables, at a restaurant in Daein-dong, Dong-gu, Gwangju, around 3 a.m. on Wednesday. (123RF) While the restaurant owner was filing a re...

Gwangju Seobu Police Station said Thursday that it has booked a gang member surnamed Kim without detention on the charge of assault. (123RF) Kim is accused of using physical violence against a man surnamed Park in his 20s for trying to break up a fight between him and his girlfriend in front of a convenience store in Seo-gu, Gwangju, around 5:45 a.m. on Sunday. Police said Park was punched twi...

Cheongju Cheongwon Police Station said Wednesday that it has booked two teenagers on the charge of obstruction of business. The two 18-year-olds are accused of running around on the baseball field during the ball game between Hanwha Eagles and LG Twins around 9:55 p.m. on Tuesday, interrupting the game. (Yonhap) The suspects claimed that they got angry because Hanwha Eagles lost the game durin...

An aerodrome shot in a BTS music video has become a popular tourist site with fans from around the globe. The city of Jecheon, North Chungcheong Province, posted a YouTube link for “EPILOGUE : Young Forever” on its official website to promote the city with growing interest in Mosan Aerodrome. It also put up a banner saying, “Come to Jecheon, BTS’ Music Video Site.” (YouTube) A part of the vid...

Sacheon Police Station said Wednesday that a 57-year-old man died from bee stings on his shoulder and elbow around 2:50 p.m. on Tuesday while removing weeds in a cypress forest in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province. (Yonhap) The man suffered immediate anaphylaxis shock when he was stung. He was sent to a hospital, but died. Police said he was wearing a helmet and boots, along with a long sleev...

Daegu Nambu Police Station said Wednesday that it has arrested a 55-year-old man on the charge of burglary. He is accused of stealing credit cards from sauna lockers with cloned keys around 10 a.m. on March 29. He has allegedly stolen six credit cards from six saunas located in Gyeongsang Province. (123RF) The suspect has made 14 million won ($12,620) by reselling jewelry bought from stores wi...

A man has been arrested for habitually stealing from churches. Jeonju Deokjin Police Station in North Jeolla Province said Wednesday that it has arrested a 27-year-old man on the charge of burglary. He is accused of stealing a laptop computer from a church in Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, around 4:30 p.m. on May 27. (123RF) Since mid-May, the suspect had allegedly broken into nin...