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[Feature] Could Korea finally kill off death penalty?

Last month, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea submitted a constitutional appeal against Article 41 of the Criminal Law, disputing a ruling for a 31-year-old surnamed Yoon who was given a life...

March 5, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Text messages implicate Seungri in sex bribery, police corruption

Amid the ongoing Burning Sun scandal, text messages exchanged between K-pop star Seungri and related officials implicating him in sex bribery and collusion with police have been reported to the Anti-...

March 5, 2019
Social affairs
Prosecutors arrest incumbent police officer for alleged brothel operation

The Incheon District Prosecutors’ Office has arrested a sitting high-level police officer of Hwaseong Dongtan Police Station in Gyeonggi Province for allegedly running a brothel while on duty as part...

March 3, 2019
Social affairs
Burning Sun scandal puts plastic surgery brokers in spotlight

Amid snowballing allegations surrounding a nightclub linked to Seungri, a member of the K-pop boy band Big Bang, the scandal has spilled over to plastic surgery brokers and brokerage firms in Gangnam...

March 3, 2019
Social affairs
Cleaning duty for dress code violation infringes education rights: rights panel

South Korea’s human rights panel concluded assigning a student to cleaning duty for violating a school’s dress code infringes on the right to education. The father of a high school student in Daejeo...

February 28, 2019
Social affairs
[Eye Interview] South Korea’s anti-corruption agency chief vows to enhance corruption awareness

For those who are unfamiliar with the functions of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, the packed schedule of its chairperson, Pak Un-jong, may come as a surprise. Her engagements inclu...

February 28, 2019
Social affairs
Suspect in Burning Sun scandal admits to financial transaction

Amid new allegations and findings surrounding Gangnam-based nightclub Burning Sun, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said Wednesday a suspect surnamed Lee, who had reportedly been working with a f...

February 27, 2019
Politics
Ex-Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn elected Liberty Korea Party chief

GOYANG, Gyeonggi Province -- South Korea’s main opposition Liberty Korea Party on Wednesday chose former Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn as its chief, alongside new supreme council members to head the p...

February 27, 2019
Politics
[Video] Violence erupts at Liberty Korea Party national convention as union stages surprise protest

GOYANG, Gyeonggi Province-- Members of Korea’s hard-line Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and civic groups staged a surprise protest at the main opposition Liberty Korea Party’s national conventi...

February 27, 2019
Social affairs
Turnout for main opposition party leader vote reaches 24%

Amid heated competition for leadership of the main opposition party, voter turnout has come in at 24.58 percent, lower than the 25.24 percent recorded in 2017, the Liberty Korea Party said Monday. F...

February 25, 2019
Politics
[Newsmaker] US missionaries speak out against controversial Gwangju Uprising comments

US missionaries who lived in Gwangju through the May 18 Democratization Movement in 1980 sent a letter to National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang on Friday, referring to controversial remarks from fa...

February 22, 2019
Social affairs
Police halt Seungri nightclub Burning Sun's exit from building

Seoul police have stopped Gangnam-based nightclub Burning Sun from pulling out of the building it is located due to concerns of destruction of evidence at the venue now at the center of multiple alle...

February 21, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Police may question Seungri as probe expands, attention turns to K-pop star

K-pop star Seungri, affiliated with the nightclub Burning Sun, may be questioned by police as the authorities have expanded a drug and assault investigation centered on the club, police said Tuesday....

February 19, 2019
Social affairs
[Multicultural Korea] Local subsidies encourage foreign ‘bride buying’

The number of foreign residents in Korea continues to grow and now accounts for some 3.6 percent of the country’s population. This story is part of a series that examines how Korea is grappling with ...

February 18, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] ‘Japan’s Abe politicizing sexual slavery issue’: National Assembly speaker

National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang said Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is politicizing the “comfort women” issue as part of efforts to win supporters at home. “It is shameless. Prime Minist...

February 18, 2019
Politics

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