Articles by Yoon Min-sik
Yoon Min-sik
minsikyoon@heraldcorp.com-
Make-your-own fake news sites spark concern
Websites allowing the user to easily make and distribute fake news are sparking controversy in South Korea, just as the government plans countermeasures against the spread of false information using modern technology. The websites are generally run anonymously and enable users to make fake breaking news in a template designed to make the information look convincing. Users can copy the link to the fake post and send it to anyone. The sites usually add a disclaimer specifying the information to
Social Affairs Jan. 31, 2024
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How much for new year's 'sebae' greetings? Nothing, survey says
"Sebae," a new year's greeting consisting of a full bow to one's elders, is a time-honored tradition in Korea with handsome cash rewards promised in the form of "sebaedon," or sebae money. But a recent survey by SK Communications indicates that many South Koreans would rather skip the tradition altogether, with 42.8 percent of the respondents saying they would prefer not to give or receive any sebae money. The tech company asked 3,892 adults across the country from
Social Affairs Jan. 30, 2024
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Prosecution appeals acquittal of professor who called comfort women 'prostitutes'
Seoul prosecutors on Tuesday appealed the recent court ruling that acquitted a former Yonsei University professor of defamation in relation to his claim that the Korean victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery were voluntary prostitutes. Last week, Seoul Western District Court found Lew Seok-choon not guilty of defaming the victims, euphemistically called comfort women, in a lecture five years ago. "Considering that (Lew's comments) are in contrary to the historically proved fact
Social Affairs Jan. 30, 2024
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'Your grandpa died? Big deal,' voted worst comment by boss on job website
South Korea's job-searching platform Job Planet on Tuesday revealed the results of its survey on the worst bosses, which asked users to vote based on company reviews posted on its website. The company reviews were organized into eight award categories, and survey respondents could choose up to two selections in each category. First place in the "loss of humanity" category, with 51.2 percent of the votes, went to the boss of a company who ordered the reviewer to come to work, de
Social Affairs Jan. 30, 2024
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S. Korea’s echo chambers grow, study finds
South Koreans' tendency to search only the information matching their own political inclination has been rising while their general interest toward politics has been on a downward trajectory, a recent survey by a local research company indicated. Last year the online research company Embraine conducted a survey of 1,000 adults aged 19 to 59 to find how much they are affected by the filter bubble, which refers to when an internet user encounters information that conforms to and/or reinforces
Social Affairs Jan. 30, 2024
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Seoul suspends 'lowest-performing' worker, 1st case for civil servant
Seoul Metropolitan Government on Monday said it has suspended one of its allegedly lowest-performing employees of their duties, marking the first time it has suspended an official solely based on their performance. Confirming earlier media reports, Seoul City Hall said it gave the lowest performance evaluation marks to four Seoul employees last month. The other three with the lowest grade have been transferred to other duties. Since 2019, the evaluation committee of the city government has condu
Social Affairs Jan. 29, 2024
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Pro-gamer tries to dodge draft by faking IQ of 53
A former South Korean professional gamer has been sentenced to a prison term of one year, suspended for two years, for trying to dodge mandatary military service by pretending to have an IQ of 53, an Incheon court said Monday. Incheon District Court found 32-year-old Won Chang-yeon guilty of violating the Military Service Act, which mandates all able-bodied South Korean men serve in the military for at least 18 months. Won was also ordered to complete 120 hours of community service. Police inves
Social Affairs Jan. 29, 2024
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Man kills upstairs neighbor for 'slamming the door loudly'
South Korean police on Monday are investigating a man in his 50s on suspicion of killing his upstairs neighbor for making what he claimed was excessive noise, marking the latest incident in which inter-floor noise has led to a violent crime. The suspect is accused of attacking the woman in her 30s at around 4:40 p.m. Sunday in the staircase of their residential building in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province, after an argument over noise the victim made. The suspect claimed to harbor resentment f
Social Affairs Jan. 29, 2024
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Nottingham Forest player heads back to UK amid sex video allegations
South Korean police said Monday that it has not extended the travel ban against Nottingham Forest striker star Hwang Ui-jo, who is currently being investigated on allegations of filming sexual intercourse without the consent of his partner. It was reported that the 31-year-old star boarded a UK-bound plane at around 11 p.m. Monday, presumably to return to his team, currently competing in the 2023-24 season of the English Premier League. In a press briefing, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency s
Social Affairs Jan. 29, 2024
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4 out of 5 living alone at risk of 'lonely death'
With the number of single-person households on the rise in Korea, a recent study showed that 78.8 percent of them are at some risk of "godoksa," or lonely death. The Ministry of Health and Welfare and the state-run Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs jointly conducted a survey on 9,471 single-person households, assessing the likelihood of lonely death based on five criteria: accumulated feelings of failure and loss, loneliness in everyday life, level of social isolation, disc
Social Affairs Jan. 29, 2024
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Man sprays fire extinguisher at children because 'they were smoking'
Incheon police on Friday are investigating two men believed to have sprayed four elementary and middle school students with a fire extinguisher, allegedly because the children were smoking. According to the Incheon Nonhyeon Police Station, the students reported that one man sprayed them while the other man filmed the incident in the staircase of a Nonhyeong-dong, Incheon, shopping center at around 4:56 p.m. on Thursday. It was reported that the two men were employees at the shopping center. The
Social Affairs Jan. 26, 2024
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Elderly man jailed for attack on police in front of presidential office
Seoul Western District Court on Friday sentenced a 78-year-old South Korean man to four years in prison for attacking police in front of the presidential office last year and injuring two on-duty officers. The court also ordered the defendant surnamed Park to three years probation, but turned down the prosecution's request for him to wear an electronic ankle tag. Park attacked two officers in front of the presidential office in Yongsan-gu at around 1:20 p.m. on Oct.31, injuring one officer
Social Affairs Jan. 26, 2024
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Filipino gets jail term for attempted murder on stepson
Daejeon High Court on Friday upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced a 39-year-old Filipino man to two years in jail for the attempted murder of his stepson. The defendant had been accused of stabbing his 22-year-old stepson in the back while he was eating lunch in the kitchen of their apartment in Gongju, South Chungcheong Province, on July 4. He chased down the victim and stabbed him again, this time in the chest. The defendant said he suspected that the victim had poisoned the food of his
Social Affairs Jan. 26, 2024
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K-pop stars use NFT, fan reward systems to fight ticket scalping
With ticket scalping plaguing the local music scene, South Korean singers are adopting various methods to prevent fans from having to pay extortionate sums for concert tickets. Singer Jang Beom-jun recently announced that the ticket sales for his concert next month will be using the blockchain system, with the tickets being sold as non-fungible tokens that cannot be sold to anyone but the initial buyer. Jang had sold out the concert scheduled for this month, but cancelled all reservations due to
K-pop Jan. 26, 2024
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83-year-old woman achieves life-long dream of college education
An 83-year-old South Korean woman who had made headlines for her belated passion for education has been accepted to the extension college of Sookmyung Women's University. The Seoul-based university on Friday said Kim Jeong-ja has been accepted as a social welfare major for its Future Education Institute, which provides courses in liberal arts, specialized education. The school has granted Kim a one-year scholarship in support for her dreams. "I will keep on learning as much as my healt
People Jan. 26, 2024
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