A Korean man in police custody for assaulting his Vietnamese wife told reporters on Monday that he believes “other men are the same.” “Things began weighing on my mind since (my wife and I) speak different languages, and so we think differently. But I believe other men are the same,” he told the press, adding that he hopes such circumstances are taken into consideration. By Kim Arin ( arin@her...

A 45-year-old murder suspect surnamed Park jumped to his death in Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province. According to the police, Park is suspected of stabbing a man, 57, to death at 2:17 p.m. Monday. Park was identified as a key suspect in the murder in the ensuing investigation. The victim was the CEO of a company where Park’s ex-wife worked. Park ran to a rooftop of an apartment in Okpo-dong, a n...

Since the dawn of the internet age, debate has continued over excessive time and energy spent consuming digital content and the difficulties in exercising control. In May, gaming disorder became one such contemporary health plight to be included in the World Health Organization’s disease classification. Less than a month after the adoption of gaming disorder into the International Classificatio...

A 36-year-old South Korean man was arrested Saturday on suspicion of assaulting his wife and abusing their toddler son, police said Sunday. According to police, the man is accused of assaulting his wife, 30, for over three hours starting Thursday at 9 p.m. in the presence of their child. The victim came to Korea from Vietnam as a marriage migrant. A video of the physical and verbal assault, wh...

One person was killed and three were injured in a building collapse Thursday afternoon in Seoul’s southern district of Seocho. Of the four known casualties, three were rescued and one was pronounced dead by the emergency medical team on the scene. By Kim Arin ( arin@heraldcorp.com )

The Ministry of Health has asked the police to look into an online post by a doctor in which he claimed to have received sexual favors from a pharmaceutical company employee. The post was published on a website accessible only to certified public health doctors. Public health doctors are doctors working at state-run medical facilities as an alternative to military service. In the post, the writ...

Over 1,000 online advertisements for anti-pollution masks have been blocked and sales banned after the government found they included false or misleading information. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety and the Korean Intellectual Property Office conducted an inspection of anti-pollution masks that were sold online in May and June, and found a total of 1,125 cases of misleading product labellin...

Over 1,500 households at a large apartment complex in Seoul have had no access to water since Monday evening due to a ruptured pipe. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday that its waterworks office dispatched a support team to the apartment complex in Seoul’s west-central district of Seodaemun-gu at around 8 p.m. Monday, after a report of a flooding situation in the basement. The water ...

Women in Korea are still paid less than men on average despite their increasing economic and academic participation, a report showed Tuesday. A report on women’s lives in Korea, released by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Statistics Korea, revealed that the average monthly wage of women in 2018 stood at 2.29 million won ($1,920), 68.8 percent of that of men. The report surveyed workplaces wi...

The number of women who were victims of a sexual offense in 2017 has increased over twofold since 2007, according to a ministry report. An annual statistical report on women’s life in Korea, released jointly by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Statistics Korea on Monday, showed that women who were reported as the victims of sexual offenses had increased 2.3 times from 12,718 in 2007 to 29,272...

The body of a South Korean tourist who drowned in waters off Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, has been found and will be returning to Korea, the Korean Embassy in Malaysia said Monday. According to the Korean Embassy in Malaysia, an 18-year-old surnamed Ahn went missing at around 3:30 p.m. Friday after he was swept away by waves while swimming at a beach in Karambunai. A search and rescue team comprisin...

The far-right Our Republican Party announced Friday it will suspend its monthlong occupation of Gwanghwamun Square in downtown Seoul. The decision comes a day before US President Donald Trump’s scheduled visit to South Korea, following a police advisory that the rally station’s presence could pose security risks. Our Republican Party Chairman Rep. Cho Won-jin said the party leadership has decid...

Former President Lee Myung-bak, who was admitted to Seoul National University Hospital on Thursday, will be discharged Friday afternoon. According to his aide, he is expected to leave the hospital after a review of his test results. Lee was hospitalized at around 1:30 p.m. Thursday for symptoms that included a high fever, the hospital told The Korea Herald. The hospital added that Lee’s conditi...

A far-right conservative party ignored Seoul Metropolitan Government’s ultimatum ordering all of its protest facilities be cleared out from a downtown square by 6 p.m. Thursday. Seoul City said it has yet to decide when it will execute another forced removal. Meanwhile, Our Republican Party Chairman Rep. Cho Won-jin told The Korea Herald Thursday afternoon that the party will decide whether to v...

Former President Lee Myung-bak has been admitted to Seoul National University Hospital for cold symptoms, according to the hospital. Lee checked into the Cancer Hospital of the SNU Hospital at around 1:30 p.m. Thursday, the hospital confirmed to The Korea Herald. Lee will stay overnight at the hospital, but it is not certain when he would be discharged, a public relations official at the hospit...