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Off-limits to humans for 70 years, S. Korea's border zone becomes sanctuary for rare cranes
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Yale professor cautions against stigmatizing depression after school stabbing
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2 dead, 2 missing as 2 fishing boats run aground off Jeju
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Child abuse trial reveals 2-year-old fed 'buldak' sauce, soju
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Yoon’s supporters, ruling party ramp up attacks on Constitutional Court judge
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Korea to see early spring, extended summer due to climate shifts: local meteorologist
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Star history lecturers take podium at Gwangju rallies
As Geunnam-ro, a historic street in Gwangju symbolizing South Korea’s democracy movement, filled with rival protesters Saturday -- one side supporting and the other opposing suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol -- two star history lecturers took the podium, each offering contrasting views on the current state of South Korean politics. They were Hwang Hyun-pil for the anti-Yoon faction and Jeon Han-hil for the pro-Yoon side. While clashing over the incumbent leader who faces impeachment over his Dec
Feb. 16, 2025
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Story of civil servant helping hearing-impaired, elderly man with cancer goes viral
A story about a public official assisting an elderly man with a hearing impairment for a year so he could receive cancer treatment has gone viral online as of Sunday. A post titled “A letter received after accompanying a sick elderly man for one year” was shared across multiple online communities over the weekend. The original post was anonymously posted a year ago on the workplace discussion forum Blind. The writer, in that post, recounted his one-year relationship with an elderly man who had h
Feb. 16, 2025
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Off-limits to humans for 70 years, S. Korea's border zone becomes sanctuary for rare cranes
Every winter, thousands of endangered cranes visit Cheorwon-gun near inter-Korean border CHEORWON, Gangwon Province – Near the border dividing the Korean Peninsula into North and South Korea, a long strip of land has remained off-limits to humans since 1954. The southern part of this buffer zone, marked by the Civilian Control Line, takes up approximately 1 percent of South Korea’s total land area. This special setup has turned the area into a sanctuary for many endangered plants and animals. Of
Feb. 15, 2025
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Yoon’s supporters, ruling party ramp up attacks on Constitutional Court judge
Justice's personal phone bombarded by text messages; his high school alumi online community scrutinized for obsecene postings As President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment trial enters its final stage, his supporters and the ruling People Power Party are intensifying their attacks on acting Constitutional Court President Moon Hyung-bae. Yoon’s supporters have been bombarding Moon with text messages, while the ruling party accuses him of a left-leaning bias and leading the trial proceedings in a way t
Feb. 13, 2025
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Yale professor cautions against stigmatizing depression after school stabbing
A Yale University psychiatry professor voiced caution against South Korean media reinforcing social stigma surrounding depression here with their coverage of a recent death of a student at school by a teacher with a history of the mental health condition. Na Jong-ho, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, shared a post with the title, “Depression is not a crime,” on his Facebook page Tuesday. Referring to the case of a female teacher in her 40s who allegedly stabbed an
Feb. 12, 2025
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1 in 5 accepted to Seoul National University took entry test 3+ times : analysis
One in 5 students admitted to Seoul National University through regular admissions this year took the college entry test at least three times, according to an analysis conducted by a private institute on Friday. This is the highest proportion in more than a decade. According to Jongro Academy, which runs a preparatory school for middle and high school students, out of 1,570 students admitted to the nation’s top university, 330, or 21 percent, had taken the test three or more times. The percentag
Feb. 7, 2025
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Child abuse trial reveals 2-year-old fed 'buldak' sauce, soju
A 2-year-old child, who died late last year in what appears to be a case of parental abuse, was force-fed ultra-spicy “buldak” sauce and soju, a court hearing revealed Thursday. Prosecutors made the accusations during the first hearing at the Daejeon District Court in the trial of the deceased child’s parents who face charges of child abuse resulting in death, repeated abuse and negligence. The father, in his 30s, has been arrested, while the mother, also in 30s, has avoided physical detention.
Feb. 7, 2025
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Flight delayed by 1 hour after passenger tampered with emergency exit
A Korean Air flight preparing for takeoff at Jeju International Airport was delayed for more than an hour after a passenger tampered with an emergency exit handle out of curiosity, police said Thursday. According to local police and Korean Air officials, the incident occurred on Flight KE 1326 from Jeju to Gimpo at around 8:20 p.m. on Wednesday. While being guided by the crew about the location of emergency exits, a man in his 30s interfered with the emergency exit door handle, causing the exit
Feb. 7, 2025
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Korea to see early spring, extended summer due to climate shifts: local meteorologist
South Korea is currently experiencing an Arctic cold wave, but a local meteorologist predicted that warmer, spring-like weather is to arrive in late February, leading to an early spring and a prolonged summer this year. Kim Hae-dong, a professor of environmental engineering at Keimyung University, made this forecast while appearing on a local radio program, discussing the growing influence of global warming and the La Nina phenomenon on recent weather events in South Korea. “Hot air from the sou
Feb. 6, 2025
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Public official fired after flaunting Disneyland visit during business trip
A South Korean court has upheld the dismissal of a public official who was fired for visiting Disneyland during a business trip to the US, which was exposed through a video they uploaded on YouTube. The Gwangju Court, in a ruling early this week that was made public Thursday, dismissed the case filed by the fired official of the state-run Korean Internet and Security Agency, seeking to nullify their dismissal. The official traveled to the United States for nine days in September 2022 to attend a
Feb. 6, 2025