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Chinese travelers pay by cellphone nearly 90 percent of time at CU

Chinese tourists in Korea are increasingly shopping with mobile phones instead of using China-based bank card giant UnionPay’s cards, according to convenience store chain operator CU on Wednesday. C...

July 25, 2018
Industry
Preorders for BTS’ new album top 1.5m in Korea

BTS’ upcoming album “Love Yourself: Answer” has sold over 1.5 million albums nationwide, according to BTS’ management agency Big Hit Entertainment on Wednesday. Preorders for the album began July 18...

July 25, 2018
Music
Man allegedly scams victims W1b to invest in Hallyu street in Paraguay

Police have requested Interpol for support in investigating a Korean restaurant owner accused of scamming several people into investing in a Hallyu street in Asuncion, Paraguay, according to the poli...

July 24, 2018
Social affairs
Jin Air to hold rally against license revocation

Jin Air employees plan to hold a rally Wednesday against the Transport Ministry’s decision to have a hearing on whether to revoke the business license held by Korean Air’s budget affiliate Jin Air. ...

July 24, 2018
Industry
English kindergartens more expensive than ordinary college in Korea

The average monthly tuition fees for “English language-oriented” kindergartens is around 1 million won ($900) which is double the amount of college tuition fees in the nation, according to experts. ...

July 24, 2018
Education
Both ‘free democracy’ and ‘democracy’ endorsed in textbooks

The Ministry of Education said on Monday it will allow the usage of both “free democracy” and “democracy” in textbooks, in response to controversy that sparked after the announcement on June 21 to ch...

July 23, 2018
Education
Ministry to use sensors to track children

The Ministry of Health and Welfare said it plans to make day care centers use sensors and implement IT systems to check on children’s whereabouts, amid recent child abuse cases. The Health Ministry ...

July 23, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Soldier victims of chopper crash honored in funeral service

A funeral service was held in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, on Monday for the five Marines who died in a Marine Corps helicopter crash on July 17. Around 1,000 bereaved family members, close fr...

July 23, 2018
Social affairs
Police to return money thrown on the street by woman in Daegu

Police collected and returned cash that was scattered around Daegu by a woman as she was driving. The woman, 51, threw cash around Buk-gu, Dong-gu and Seo-gu in Daegu on Thursday morning, according ...

July 20, 2018
Social affairs
Woman avoids ‘fake prosecutor’ voice phishing scam

The police prevented a woman in her 20s from losing 8 million won ($7,030) in a voice phishing scam. According to the Busan Nambu Police Station on Friday, the victim received a call on Wednesday at...

July 20, 2018
Social affairs
Rep. Kim Moo-sung’s daughter faces probe over fake employment

The prosecutor’s office launched an investigation Thursday into the daughter of Kim Moo-sung, a lawmaker of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, for allegedly receiving hundreds of millions of wo...

July 19, 2018
Social affairs
‘Hottest days of the year’ as temperatures hover around 35 C

The sweltering heat is forecast to continue nationwide Thursday as temperatures hover from 31 degrees Celsius to 37 C. Heat wave warnings by the Korea Meteorological Administration remain in effect ...

July 19, 2018
Social affairs
Coffeesmith CEO sentenced for threatening celebrity ex

The CEO of a popular coffee chain has been given a suspended jail sentence for threatening his ex-girlfriend. Seoul Central District Court said Wednesday it had sentenced Coffeesmith chief Son Tae-y...

July 18, 2018
Television
Man arrested for installing hidden cameras in motels

A man was arrested for allegedly installing hidden cameras in motel rooms and transferring the content online, police said Wednesday. The man, 43, had reportedly installed 17 cameras in three motels...

July 18, 2018
Social affairs
S.M. Entertainment composer Yoo Young-jin booked for false license plate

S.M. Entertainment composer Yoo Young-jin, 47, was booked without detention for swapping the license plate on his motorcycle according to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency on Wednesday. Yoo used ...

July 18, 2018
Music

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