Articles by Lee Jung-Youn
Lee Jung-Youn
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Marine goes missing during search operation
After days of monsoon rain left at least 44 dead, clear weather has emerged across the country, but danger from swollen rivers and strong torrents of water remained Wednesday. According to the Marine Corps on Wednesday, a private from the First Marine Division's artillery battalion, who was searching for missing people around the Bomun Bridge on the Naeseong River in Yecheon-gun, North Gyeongsang Province, was swept away by a rapid stream at around 9:10 a.m. Marines were deployed to search
Social Affairs July 19, 2023
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44 dead, 6 missing amid continued downpours as of Wednesday morning
In the wake of record-breaking nationwide downpours, authorities discovered three bodies on Tuesday in Yecheon-gun, North Gyeongsang Province, bringing the death toll associated with the heavy rain in the province to 22. This brings the total number of deaths from downpour to 44 nationwide as of 6 a.m. The North Gyeongsang Fire Service Headquarters confirmed on Tuesday that the body of a woman in her 50s who had gone missing on Saturday with her husband, was discovered at 10:27 a.m. by Marines a
Social Affairs July 18, 2023
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41 dead, 9 missing from torrential rain as of Tuesday morning
Flooding and landslides due to heavy monsoon rains in South Korea have caused dozens of casualties, while over 10,000 residents have been forced to evacuate, South Korean authorities said Monday. As the death toll continues to rise, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety has confirmed that at least 41 people have died as of Tuesday 6 a.m. The total number of deaths includes 14 people who died in a flooded tunnel in the central South Korean city of Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province. Five bodi
Social Affairs July 17, 2023
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9 dead, 9 injured in the submerged underpass
At least nine people have died in a flooded underpass in Osong-eup, Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, as of Sunday afternoon. Fire authorities are continuing drainage and operations to search for the missing. At around 8 a.m. Sunday, fire authorities found the body of a woman in her 70s on a bus, as well as the bodies of four others who have yet to be identified. Another body was found near the underpass entrance at around 8:50 a.m. Two more bodies, reportedly female, were found in the after
Social Affairs July 16, 2023
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Rescuers desperately trying to reach people trapped in flooded tunnel
An underpass has been flooded by water overflowing from the Miho River in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, rescue workers said Saturday. The number of people trapped in the tunnel is unclear. As of 9 p.m. police said 11 people have been reported missing, and confirmed 15 vehicles including a public bus to be trapped in the underpass. Gungpyeong 2 Underpass in Osong-eup was submerged around 8:40 a.m. Saturday after the banks of the river collapsed and water flooded into the four-lane tunnel.
Social Affairs July 15, 2023
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Weather agency deploys marine observation equipment for typhoon prediction
Five unmanned marine weather observation devices, known as ARGO Float, will be dropped into the sea southwest of Jeju Island to gather environmental data on typhoons, the weather agency said Thursday. ARGO Float is a rocket-shaped climate monitoring device used in the international joint marine observation project promoted by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and the World Meteorological Organization. Currently, more than 3,800 vehicles are in operation in the world's oceans. W
Social Affairs July 13, 2023
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World Scout Jamboree in Korea to welcome Ukrainian teens
The 25th World Scout Jamboree, set to be held on reclaimed land of Saemangeum in North Jeolla Province next month, will welcome 43,000 teenagers from 150 countries around the world, including 29 Ukrainian teens, the Gender Ministry said Tuesday. The world Scouting event for young people aged between 14 and 18 takes place Aug. 1-12. "Twenty-nine teenagers from Ukraine who are still suffering from the pain of war, will participate, and 33 teenagers will come from Uruguay, which is located on
Social Affairs July 11, 2023
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Volatile 'Goblin Monsoon' confuses citizens
South Korea has been rocked by volatile weather dubbed a “Goblin Monsoon" by local media, with heavy rain and heat waves alternating in a short period of time over recent weeks. This is due to the effects of low pressure that create unpredictable rain clouds, but is not a new phenomenon, the weather agency said Tuesday. Over the last few weeks, rain clouds have come and gone nationwide, moving away quickly after raining over small areas. These rainy periods are then followed by heat w
Social Affairs July 11, 2023
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Police to adopt voice phishing analysis system in September
A voice audio data analysis model will be implemented by police from September in voice phishing investigations, the Interior Ministry announced Monday. The model is expected to speed up investigations by rapidly analyzing the voices of perpetrators, the ministry added. The model, jointly developed by the Interior Ministry and the National Forensic Service in February, is the world's first voice analysis model that specializes in voice phishing data. The model is also the world's first
Social Affairs July 10, 2023
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Education Ministry receives over 300 reports of alleged hagwon misconduct
The Education Ministry has asked police to investigate cases of inappropriate ties between private education institutions and officials overseeing Korea's annual college entrance exam, after it received hundreds of reports on alleged misconduct by hagwon, authorities said Friday. It received a total of 325 reports during a two-week reporting period that ended Thursday, 81 of which were classified as "private education cartels" and 285 as "irregularities," the ministry sa
Social Affairs July 7, 2023
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Labor Minister urges KCTU to halt "political" strike
The Minister of Employment and Labor called for an end to the nationwide strike by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions Friday, blasting the industrial action as politically motivated. Labor Minister Lee Jung-sik held an emergency meeting Friday morning to counter a nationwide strike by the KCTU and pointed out that some of the union demands do not fit the legal requirement that they should relate to working conditions. "The Labor Union Act allows workers to engage in struggles for the
Politics July 7, 2023
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June sets record with frequent thunder, lightning
South Korea saw a record number of days with thunder and lightning in June, while the monthly average temperature was the fourth warmest ever recorded, the weather agency said Thursday. Lightning struck 3.5 days across the country last month on average, surpassing the June average of 1.9 days, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration. The national average temperature last month was 22.3 degrees Celsius, marking the fourth-hottest June since 1973. The year 1973 is the standard for var
Social Affairs July 6, 2023
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9 in 10 domestic violence victims never seek help: survey
More than 90 percent of those who were assaulted by their spouses or lovers said they had never asked for outside help, and more than half said they did not fight back, a government survey showed Wednesday. The percentage of people who have experienced any kind of violence by a spouse or a co-habitant partner -- including physical, sexual, economic, and emotional violence -- was 7.6 percent, down 1.2 percentage points from the 2019 survey, according to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.
Social Affairs July 5, 2023
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S. Korea sees alternating tropical nights, torrential rain
Hot weather has continued throughout the country with tropical nights appearing in Seoul and several other regions, but heavy rain is expected to cool the country for a moment, the weather agency said Tuesday. The heavy rain advisories had been issued in Seoul and surrounding areas, Gyeonggi Province, islands in the West Sea and Chungcheong Province as of 6 p.m. The Seoul metropolitan area, Gangwon Province, Chungcheong Province, and Jeju Island will receive 50 to 100 mm of rain, while the east
Social Affairs July 4, 2023
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Pro-North Korea or 'fake' independence fighters to lose national merit titles
The Veterans Ministry will revoke national merit titles from independence fighters who supported Kim Il-sung, the former leader and founder of North Korea's communist regime. "Who would give credence to independence activists who once contributed to the creation of Kim Il-sung's North Korean regime or to the communist revolution, rather than to the construction of a liberal democratic Republic of Korea?" said Park Min-shik, the minister of patriots and veterans affairs, on hi
Politics July 3, 2023
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