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Lee Jae-yong’s fate to be decided Friday

After five months of trial, a Seoul court will determine Friday the fate of Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong. Lee’s final court session, which will not be televised in accordance with ...

August 23, 2017
Social affairs
Gangnam murderer ordered to pay W500m to victim's family

A Seoul court on Tuesday ordered a man who was convicted of murdering a young woman last year at a public bathroom near Gangnam Station in Seoul to compensate her bereaved family for their mental and...

August 22, 2017
Social affairs
[From the scene] Hundreds enter draw to watch verdict on Samsung heir

With the Seoul Central District Court set to rule on Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong on Friday, hundreds of people formed a long line on Tuesday to win a chance to witness the historic...

August 22, 2017
Social affairs
Activists call for end to factory farming amid egg scandal

Animal rights groups on Monday called for measures to reform the livestock industry, saying that factory farming is behind the egg contamination scandal. The pesticide-tainted egg crisis is only ...

August 21, 2017
Social affairs
ASEAN students contemplate sustainable city development

MELAKA/PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia -- “Don’t mess with Melaka.” Flags bearing the English campaign slogan were blowing in the wind in every corner of Melaka, as scores of students from Southeast Asian count...

August 20, 2017
Social affairs
Fewer youths, more elderly and foreigners in 2030

Faced with a severe famine and struggling to recover from the 1950-1953 Korean War, South Korea’s government launched an initiative in the 1960s to keep the economy afloat and stem rapid population g...

August 14, 2017
Social affairs
[Herald Interview] Korea should open door to immigrants, but with well-advised policy

Not accepting immigrants is no longer a choice for South Korea, as it faces a shrinking working population. But the country, a homogeneous society ethnically, linguistically and culturally for so lon...

August 14, 2017
Social affairs
Chief prosecutor apologizes for past wrongdoings

South Korea’s top prosecutor apologized Tuesday for the prosecution’s failure to abide by the law and protect human rights in investigating political cases in the past, vowing to make the law enforce...

August 8, 2017
Social affairs
Prosecutors seek 12 years in jail for Samsung heir

The prosecution on Monday asked a Seoul court to sentence Samsung Group’s heir apparent Lee Jae-yong to 12 years in jail for alleged bribery in connection with the corruption scandal that led to form...

August 7, 2017
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Women rally against misogynistic crimes

The slogan “Men, stop killing women” blared from a speaker outside Gangnam Station on Sunday afternoon, surrounded by some 150 people. Women call for tougher measures against misogynic crimes in Sou...

August 6, 2017
Social affairs
Park rebuked me for not helping equestrian body: Lee

Lee Jae-yong, Samsung Group’s heir apparent on trial over an alleged money-for-political favors deal with former President Park Geun-hye, said Thursday that he was scolded by Park for not offering en...

August 3, 2017
Social affairs
Samsung heir denies knowledge of controversial merger

Lee Jae-yong, widely perceived as the de facto chief of the Samsung Group, on Wednesday denied his part in the top conglomerate’s key decisions, in his defense against bribery charges. During his tr...

August 2, 2017
Social affairs
Sewol operators aware of serious engine fault: report

A search operation is underway into the salvaged Sewol ferry at the port of Mokpo, South Jeolla Province. (Yonhap) Operators the Sewol ferry continued to run services on the vessel even after they b...

August 1, 2017
Social affairs
Feminists criticize lookism, call for more diversified clothing sizes

In the United States, South Korea’s first plus-size model Kim Gee-yang was not even considered plus-sized. But in South Korea, people just see her as a “fat woman” unfit to be a fashion model. “I...

July 27, 2017
Social affairs
7 in 10 migrant workers not compensated for work accidents

Nearly 7 in 10 migrant workers at construction sites did not receive compensation from the government for work-related accidents, the nation’s human rights watchdog said Wednesday. The National Huma...

July 26, 2017
Social affairs

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