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![[Newsmaker] Civil law revision eyed to protect children from corporal punishment](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=649&simg=/content/image/2020/08/04/20200804000736_0.jpg)
[Newsmaker] Civil law revision eyed to protect children from corporal punishmentSocial affairsAug 4, 2020The Ministry of Justice is pushing for amendment to the Civil Law to abolish parents’ right to physically discipline their children in a bid to better protect children from abusive parents. The plan... -
Real estate tax hikes pass through parliamentPoliticsAug 4, 2020The National Assembly on Tuesday approved a package of real estate-related bills that would introduce the heftiest-ever levy on homeowners, despite resistance from opposition lawmakers. A total of 1... -
![[News Focus] How safe are cafes and restaurants?](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=649&simg=/content/image/2020/08/04/20200804000731_0.jpg)
[News Focus] How safe are cafes and restaurants?Social affairsAug 4, 2020Last Monday, a work meeting was held at a cafe in Gangnam, southern Seoul. It was not until days later that the people at that meeting learned one among them had coronavirus. The meeting left at leas... -
Nine denied entry for submitting substandard coronavirus-free certificatesSocial affairsAug 4, 2020Nine people have been denied entry into South Korea after they handed in “substandard” certificates as proof of a negative COVID-19 test result, health authorities said Tuesday. Since the country ti... -
Death toll from heavy downpour rises to 14Social affairsAug 4, 2020Damage and casualties continued to rise Tuesay, as a heavy downpour that started over the weekend extended to a fourth day. By 4 p.m. Tuesday, the torrential rains in capital Seoul and provinces G... -
4% of remdesivir-administered patients in S. Korea show abnormal responseSocial affairsAug 4, 2020Four out of 106 novel coronavirus patients in South Korea have shown abnormal responses after being administered with remdesivir, an experimental drug conventionally used for Ebola, health authoritie... -
NK has ‘probably’ developed miniaturized nuclear devices: UN reportNorth KoreaAug 4, 2020North Korea appears to have been pushing ahead in advancing its nuclear weapons program, a UN report has said, assuming the North has “probably developed miniaturized nuclear devices to fit into the ... -
NK releases dam water without notifying South, in defiance of agreementNorth KoreaAug 4, 2020North Korea has recently released water from a border dam three times without notifying Seoul, in defiance of an inter-Korean agreement, authorities here confirmed on Tuesday. Pyongyang partially op... -
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[Herald Interview] Arms procurement chief lauds ‘hidden’ defense tech championsDefenseAug 4, 2020Veteran state auditor becomes go-to troubleshooter for local defense firms tapping global market -
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[From the Scene] High hopes in Sejong for administrative capital planSocial affairsAug 4, 2020With real estate prices skyrocketing, residents bewildered by suddenly brightening future of their 8-year-old city -
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[News Focus] Korea gains 444 in population after losing 12,000 for 7 monthsSocial affairsAug 4, 2020Men’s population declines for 12th consecutive month -
Heavy rain, COVID-19 trouble NKNorth KoreaAug 4, 2020Record-breaking torrential rain and the COVID-19 pandemic are threatening North Korea, which has already been troubled by years of international economic sanctions. The country’s state broadcaster s... -
COVID-19 patients to be allowed to take college entrance exam at separate sitesSocial affairsAug 4, 2020South Korean students infected with the novel coronavirus or in self-quarantine can still take the national university entrance exam at separate sites in early December. The Ministry of Education un... -
Remains found at former Gwangju prison likely unrelated to May 18 uprisingSocial affairsAug 4, 2020GWANGJU -- Human remains found at the site of a former prison in Gwangju appear to be unrelated to the May 18 Democratization Movement that took place in the southwestern city in 1980, officials said... -
N. Korea released dam water without notifying South Korea: ministry officialNorth KoreaAug 4, 2020North Korea did not notify South Korea before discharging water from a border dam earlier this week in violation of an inter-Korean agreement, a unification ministry official said Tuesday. On Monday...
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