Articles by Park Jun-hee
Park Jun-hee
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Textbooks to go digital in 2025
In line with the paradigm shift in education through technology, South Korea’s Ministry of Education said Thursday that digital textbooks for Korean schools will go into use in 2025. The ministry said it would begin with three subjects: English, Mathematics and Information. Other subjects will be decided in May. Digital conversion of paper-based books to electronic books will be carried out by developing tailor-made technologies for each subject, helping students and teachers learn and t
Social Affairs Feb. 23, 2023
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Soybean paste, tofu linked to lower gastric cancer risk
Eating soy products such as tofu and soybean paste can decrease the risk of gastric cancer, research showed Wednesday. A joint research team led by Kang Dae-hee and Shin Woo-kyoung, professors at Seoul National University’s Department of Preventive Medicine, showed that higher consumption of soy or bean-based products may be linked to a reduced risk of developing stomach cancer. The finding was based on research conducted over an average of nine years with 139,267 participants -- 46,953 ma
Social Affairs Feb. 22, 2023
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Koreans lost nearly W1.7tr to phishing scams over past 5 years: data
Fraudulent phone calls and text messages, also known as phishing, in South Korea have caused nearly 1.7 trillion won ($1.3 billion) in damage over the past five years, data showed Tuesday. According to data received by Rep. Kang Min-kuk of the People Power Party from the Financial Supervisory Service, a total of 227,126 scams were reported from 2018 to 2022, and the expense of reported loss from these scams was some 1.66 trillion won, with the number of such crimes seeing an uptake since 2020. V
Social Affairs Feb. 21, 2023
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Foreign Minister presses Tokyo to make decision on forced labor issue
South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin met with his Japanese counterpart, urging Tokyo to make a “political decision” over wartime forced labor to mend ties soured by the long-running historical dispute, officials said Sunday. Park held a talk with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Saturday. In the 35-minute meeting, Korea’s top diplomat called for Tokyo to decide on restitutions for Koreans forced to wo
Foreign Affairs Feb. 19, 2023
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Actress summoned over Bithumb investigation involving ex-boyfriend
Actress Park Min-young was summoned as a witness by prosecutors investigating Kang Jong-hyun, her ex-boyfriend and a businessman known to be the de-facto owner of the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Bithumb, over embezzlement charges, fraudulent transactions and dereliction of duty. According to legal professionals and local media, the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office questioned Park on Monday over possible involvement in Kang’s alleged crimes, probing whe
Social Affairs Feb. 15, 2023
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Argentine police arrest Korean man who killed his wife, secretly buried her
Argentinian police have arrested a Korean man on suspicion of killing his wife and concealing the body, saying he admitted to the crime after a suicide attempt. The Korean man, identified by his surname Kim, allegedly admitted to choking his wife to death on Thursday and secretly burying her in a farm in San Martin, in Argentina’s Mendoza province. According to Argentinian media outlet Sitio Andino, a report was dialed through 911 early Monday morning that a man had consumed poison. Police
Social Affairs Feb. 14, 2023
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Man arrested for removing electronic anklet to abduct ex-girlfriend
A man in his 20s was arrested after he removed his GPS-equipped electronic monitoring anklet to kidnap his ex-girlfriend. The Seoul Central District Court issued an arrest warrant for the accused person, only identified by his surname Kim, on Monday. The court, however, dismissed the arrest warrant for the offender’s abettor, only identified by his surname Lee, explaining that Lee’s criminal charges could not be sufficiently proven. The two offenders allegedly broke into Kim’s
Social Affairs Feb. 14, 2023
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Suwon strives to boost equal citizenship, green growth and culture
The city of Suwon, south of Seoul, is famous for the UNESCO-listed heritage site of Hwaseong Fortress, but over the years, it has fared better by becoming a city with stable governance. Suwon, the capital of Gyeonggi Province and the largest of its 31 cities, responded promptly to the COVID-19 pandemic three years ago, demonstrating its capabilities in handling the crisis and ensuring its citizens’ safety. The local government is now taking steps toward becoming a city of equal citizenship
Social Affairs Feb. 13, 2023
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Convicts who lured teens into sex work get more jail time for physical abuse
A group of people in their 20s, who were previously sentenced to serve between two to seven years in prison for luring teenagers into sex work, have been given additional prison terms for physically abusing their friends. The Chuncheon District Court on Monday sentenced the three main convicts -- all in their mid-20s -- to between 26 months and 32 months in additional time for breaching the so-called "punishment of violences act." Seven other offenders, who allegedly tracked down and b
Social Affairs Feb. 13, 2023
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Car accident kills 5 Korea Univ. students on way to ski resort
Five university students were killed in a single-vehicle accident after the car crashed and caught fire in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, on early Sunday morning. The students -- believed to be one female and four male students, all in their 20s -- were from Korea University, the school confirmed after the incident. They were also reportedly members of the Korea University Ski Team Association, a union ski club consisting of nearly 40 Korean universities. According to fire authorities and police
Social Affairs Feb. 13, 2023
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[팟캐스트] (494) LG그룹, 여의도 사옥 리모델링 공사 시작 / BTS, 그래미 어워즈 수상 불발
진행: 박준희, Beth Eunhee Hong 1. LG’s symbolic headquarters to be refurbished in decade 기사 요약: LG그룹, 36년 만에 상징 여의도 사옥 얼굴 싹 바꾼다 LG Group said Monday it has kicked off the construction to renovate the lower floors of its symbolic LG Twin Towers, a landmark in Yeouido, western Seoul, where its major affiliates including LG Electronics are headquartered. *Kick off: ~를 시작하다 *Renovate: 개조하다, 보수하다 *Symbolic: 상징적인 *Headquarted: ~에 본부를 두다 Since the buildings were established in 1987,
Podcast Feb. 9, 2023
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11-year-old boy dies from alleged abuse by father, stepmother
A 39-year-old father and 42-year-old stepmother were arrested by police in Incheon, west of Seoul, Tuesday, on suspicion of aggravated child abuse resulting in the death of their fifth-grade son. An investigation by Incheon Police Station found that the 11-year-old boy had sustained multiple bruises on his body, which are presumed to be wounds inflicted by physical abuse. According to police, the father himself had called 119 -- a line for emergency and rescue equivalent to 911 in the US -- at a
Social Affairs Feb. 8, 2023
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Seoul mayor elected to C40 Steering Committee
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon has been elected by majority vote as vice chairman of the Steering Committee of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group for the East, Southeast Asian and Oceania regions, the city government said Wednesday. In line with the organization’s initiative to make the world’s cities greener and more sustainable, Seoul would take the lead in achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, it added. “We will seek ways to contribute to the fight against the climate crisis thr
Social Affairs Feb. 8, 2023
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Korea sends condolences and aid to Turkey, Syria quake victims
Following a devastating earthquake that struck central Turkey and northwest Syria, Koreans from all walks of the life on Tuesday expressed condolences to the victims and their families and showed their support for rescue missions in search of survivors. Calling for international assistance to people who lost homes and families, Koreans said they would stand in solidarity with those in Turkey and Syria struggling to respond to the biggest quake in 84 years in the area. “A disaster is not ea
Social Affairs Feb. 7, 2023
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How old is a ‘senior’ for elderly Seoulites?
Elderly Seoulites consider those above 72.6 years old as senior citizens here, a survey by the Seoul Metropolitan Government showed Monday. The figure is the average age of the respondents who answered “yes” when asked if they consider themselves as seniors. The 2022 report on the welfare and living conditions of the elderly in Seoul compiled by the city government was based on a survey conducted from June to August, including a face-to-face survey with 3,010 respondents above 65. Cu
Social Affairs Feb. 6, 2023
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