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November 19, 2018 International

Missing Korean student found dead on Wapping Beach in London

The body of the 21-year-old Korean woman, surnamed Chang, was recovered on Wapping Beach along the River Thames, British news outlet East London Lines reported Saturday. There was no evidence of fou...

Seoul court judge found unconscious at home dies in hospital

A presiding judge at Seoul High Court was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital despite being rushed there immediately following her husband’s 119 call to authorities. Her husband found the 42-...

November 19, 2018
Social affairs
Two injured by fire, explosion at Changwon bread factory

A fire caused by a suspected propane gas leak at a bread factory injured two workers in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, on Monday. According to investigators, a fire broke out after an explosio...

November 19, 2018
Social affairs
Man says he ‘beat separated wife after seeing her with another man’

A man in his 20s was booked without physical detention for allegedly beating his wife, whom he is separated from amid divorce proceedings, after he saw her with another man, police said Friday. Acco...

November 16, 2018
Social affairs
McDonald’s customer says ‘stress from work’ made him hurl bag of food

A man captured in a video assaulting a McDonald’s drive-thru employee in Ulsan issued a statement to police Thursday, saying he sincerely wants to apologize to the victim for his abusive behavior. A...

November 16, 2018
Social affairs
[Weekender] From Chanel to Gucci: Korean women turn into designer rent-a-holics

It is 7 a.m. on a Monday. Hong Mi-jin, 35, an office worker in Seoul, makes a fresh pot of coffee and jumps into the shower. Twenty minutes later, she comes out with a big towel wrapped around her ha...

November 15, 2018
Fashion
[Newsmaker] Bar fight near Isu Station leads to 5 arrests, conflicting accounts

Police are investigating an assault case involving three men and two women who allegedly got into a physical fight at a bar near Isu Station. According to the Dongjak Police Station, a 21-year-old m...

November 15, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Body of missing college student recovered from Seokchon Lake

The body of a college student surnamed Cho was recovered Wednesday from Seokchon Lake in the Songpa area of Seoul, not far from where he was last seen getting into a taxi on Nov. 8. According to the...

November 14, 2018
Social affairs
Dashcam footage of man throwing food at drive-thru employee goes viral

A video clip of a man throwing food at a fast-food drive-thru employee in Ulsan has gone viral after being shared Sunday on Bobae Dream, a South Korean internet community for car lovers. The video h...

November 14, 2018
Social affairs
College student goes missing after texting parents

Police are investigating the mysterious disappearance of a college student who reportedly texted his parents about his whereabouts after hanging out with his friends near Seokchon Lake Park in Songpa...

November 13, 2018
Social affairs
Lawmakers receive Sunfull National Assembly Awards

Twenty-six members of the National Assembly were selected by the Sunfull SNS Youth Monitors to receive Sunfull National Assembly Awards at the Assembly Members’ Office Building on Wednesday. The Sun...

November 9, 2018
Politics
[Newsmaker] Woman’s body near Jeju Harbor identified as mother of dead infant

Jeju police officers on Thursday released the identity of a woman’s body found Wednesday as the mother of a dead 3-year-old found earlier this week. She was last seen on camera carrying her child dow...

November 8, 2018
Social affairs
Mother last seen carrying infant down to sea rocks in Jeju: police

With an ongoing investigation into the death of a 3-year-old girl in Jeju, authorities on Wednesday said they were able to confirm through security footage that the girl’s mother, 33, was last caught...

November 7, 2018
Social affairs
Dead bodies of toddler and man found on Jeju Island

Jeju police officers investigating the death of a 3-year-old girl whose body was discovered on bedrock near a beachside said the victim’s mother has been missing for five days. According to Jeju Seo...

November 5, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Ordinary North Koreans join elite in acquiring taste for coffee

North Koreans have developed a new taste for coffee as its consumption saw a rapid increase over the past few years with the introduction of market forces to the state-run economy, according to a rep...

November 5, 2018
North Korea

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