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June 25, 2018 Social affairs

[Newsmaker] DNA test confirms discovered body to be missing girl

A body found on a remote mountain in Gangjin, South Jeolla Province, was confirmed to be that of the 16-year-old schoolgirl who went missing nine days ago. Jeonnam Provincial Police said Monday that...

[Newsmaker] First autopsy on Gangjinsan body gives no clear answers

The first autopsy performed on the body that was found Sunday on Gangjinsan mountain in South Jeolla Province gave no clear answers in the case involving a missing 16-year-old girl. The school girl ...

June 25, 2018
Social affairs
Wild sturgeon weighing 55 kg caught in Taean

A freshwater sturgeon weighing 55 kilograms and 170 centimeters long was caught Monday off the coast of Taean, South Chungcheong Province. The rare wild fish was auctioned off for 450,000 won ($403)...

June 25, 2018
Social affairs
Autopsy to determine the identity of remains found on Gangjinsan

Police on Monday began an autopsy on a body found on the mountain Gangjinsan in Ganjin, South Jeolla Province, to determine if it is the 16-year-old girl who had gone missing the week before. Accord...

June 25, 2018
Social affairs
Body found at Gangjinsan presumed to be missing girl

Police on Sunday found a body on Gangjinsan presumed to be a 16-year-old girl who went missing on June 16 after leaving for a supposed “part-time job” offered by her father’s friend. After the girl’...

June 24, 2018
Social affairs
[Trending] ‘Korea hasn’t scored a goal. Son Heung-min has’

Ecstatic screams broke out among Korean World Cup fans Saturday night when Son Heung-min fired a projectile shoot that cut through eight defending players and flew in to the net, moments before the f...

June 24, 2018
Soccer
Direct flight to link Incheon and Philippines' Palawan

A direct flight between Korea’s Incheon Airport and Puerto Princesa Airport of Philippines’ Palawan launched on Saturday. Philippine Airlines will operate a 199-seater jet airliner Airbus A321 once ...

June 24, 2018
Travel
[World Cup] Korean soccer fans ruefully reminisce 2002 glory after 2nd straight loss in World Cup

Twitter in South Korea was inundated on Sunday with soccer fans ruefully commenting on the bygone glory of the 2002 World Cup, when the Korean national squad proudly made it to the semifinals. In th...

June 24, 2018
Soccer
Han Seo-hee explains her ‘encounter’ with BTS’ V at club

Han Seo-hee on Saturday explained in a social media post how she allegedly came to meet BTS’ V at a club. Han had come under heavy fire after she let slip that she met V at a club when she was party...

June 24, 2018
Music
[Photo News] Raw display of emotion at World Cup cheer site

Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, Saturday night, was painted red with the Red Devils cheering for the midnight match between South Korea and Mexico. With tightly clasped hands held high, fans watched th...

June 24, 2018
Soccer
[Weekender] Lights, the quickest way to transform a room

Light is what surrounds us and fills the space we are in. Yet we seldom pay attention to its importance or the effect it casts on the things it touches. In interior design, lights are coordinated not...

June 15, 2018
Arts&Design
Eye-catching outcomes of 2018 local elections

-Outspoken feminist candidate fares well in Seoul mayoral race -Candidate named Park Geun-hye, ironically from the Democratic Party, elected as member of Busan’s Geumjeong-gu municipal council -Uls...

June 14, 2018
Politics
[2018 Local Elections] President Moon spends Election Day hiking mountain

President Moon Jae-in spent a rare free day on the local and gubernatorial Election Day on Wednesday by hiking Bugaksan with his dog, Maru. Moon had already cast his vote Friday, the first day of th...

June 13, 2018
Politics
Would you buy meat from vending machines?

With the rise in the number of one-person households in the nation, 24-hour vending machines selling meat are going to be in service starting end of June. Imagine packaged meat popping out of side-s...

June 13, 2018
Industry
[US-NK Summit] Fox News host accidentally calls Trump and Kim ‘two dictators’

Host Abby Huntsman of “Fox & Friends” slipped up during a live segment Sunday morning, where she accidentally referred to US President Donald Trump as a dictator. At first, everything appeared to be...

June 12, 2018
North Korea

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