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S. Korea pushes to embrace cohabiting couples, non-traditional familiesSocial affairsJan 26, 2021South Korean government pushes to reform family-related laws to accommodate various types of familial and household structures such as cohabiting couples who are not married. The Ministry of Gender ... -
Court rules in favor of importing life-size sex dollsSocial affairsJan 25, 2021The controversy over life-size sex dolls traces back to 2017 when a local firm filed a suit against the Incheon customs agency that had blocked its import of sex dolls. The lowest court ruled agains... -
Total cases of new COVID-19 variants reach 27 in S. KoreaSocial affairsJan 25, 2021South Korea reported nine more cases of COVID-19 variants over the past week, health authorities said Monday as they scrambled to block the influx of highly contagious new strains into the country. ... -
Labor income gap widened amid COVID-19 pandemic: reportSocial affairsJan 25, 2021Those aged 20 or younger appear to have been hit harder by the coronavirus outbreak in terms of labor income. The Gini index for the age group rose by 0.017, compared with 0.011 for those aged betwee... -
Seoul education office’s push for LGBT students protection faces oppositionSocial affairsJan 22, 2021Seoul education office’s push to protect LGBT students and eradicate discrimination at schools is facing opposition after the office released its 2021-23 draft plan to protect the human rights of stu... -
Religious facilities biggest source of infection clusters: KDCASocial affairsJan 22, 2021Over the past year, there were 141 infections for every 100,000 people in the country. Of the confirmed patients, 51 percent were women. By age, 61.3 percent of the patients were in their 20s to 50... -
Veggie restaurant guide released on Seoul City websiteSocial affairsJan 20, 2021The service is only available in Korean for now. Among the districts in Seoul, home to some 9 million residents, Gangnam had the greatest number of restaurants offering vegetarian options, 110. It w... -
Gyeonggi residents, including foreigners, to receive COVID-19 reliefSocial affairsJan 20, 2021All residents of Gyeonggi Province, including registered foreigners, will receive 100,000 won ($90.90) in emergency cash payouts to cope with the COVID-19 economic fallout regardless of their income,... -
Seoul women spend nearly four times longer than men on housework: reportSocial affairsJan 20, 2021Women in Seoul spent almost four times longer than men on household chores and were paid less in 2019, highlighting the persistent gender disparity in the country’s capital, according to a report by ... -
Victim of ex-Seoul mayor's sexual harassment urges lawmaker to resignSocial affairsJan 18, 2021A victim of sexual harassment by former Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon on Monday urged a ruling party lawmaker to resign and apologize over the suspected leakage of information about her complaint against... -
Webtoon artist creates stir for defaming independence fightersSocial affairsJan 18, 2021South Korean webtoon artist Yoon Seo-in was mired in controversy after writing a post that appeared to hail pro-Japanese collaborators and insult Korean independence fighters on his Facebook. The co... -
USFK reports 3 more virus cases linked to Yongsan baseSocial affairsJan 18, 2021Three more coronavirus cases were reported in connection with a US Army base in Seoul, US Forces Korea said Monday. Two American civilian employees at the US Army base in Seoul and the spouse of ano... -
Gyeonggi Governor tops poll of presidential hopefulsSocial affairsJan 15, 2021Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung came out on top in the latest poll of support for presidential candidates released Friday, while previous front-runner Lee Nak-yon plummeted. In a survey by Gall... -
COVID-19 patients suffer hair loss most after 3 monthsSocial affairsJan 15, 2021Coronavirus patients in South Korea experienced side effects such as hair loss, fatigue and decreased breathing capacity months after they recovered from the infection, according to a survey of healt... -
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[Newsmaker] Court acknowledges sexual harassment by late Seoul mayorSocial affairsJan 15, 2021A local court acknowledged that former Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, who was found dead in July in an apparent suicide, had sexually harassed his former secretary in a separate trial involving the victi...
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