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Police raid YG Entertainment over ex-chief Yang's suspected gambling

Police raided the headquarters of YG Entertainment on Saturday over allegations that Yang Hyun-suk, former CEO and chief producer of the influential K-pop label, engaged in habitual gambling. Police...

Aug 17, 2019
Social affairs
37 injured in expressway pileup involving 5 vehicles

A pileup of five vehicles on a highway in the southeast of South Korea injured 37 people Friday, police said. The accident occurred on the Namhae Expressway in Changwon, about 400 kilometers southea...

Aug 16, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Public fury grows over Jeju road rage

A video in which a driver assaulted another driver who had been complaining about the former’s aggressive driving, went viral Friday, sparking public outrage and calls for punishment for the violent ...

Aug 16, 2019
Social affairs
Typhoon Krosa passes over East Sea

Typhoon Krosa, the season's 10th typhoon, reached the East Sea after landing on the Japanese city of Hiroshima earlier in the day, Seoul's weather agency said Thursday. The typhoon, which reached Hi...

Aug 15, 2019
Social affairs
Typhoon Krosa forecast to pass over East Sea

Typhoon Krosa, the season's 10th typhoon, is forecast to pass over the East Sea after landing on the Japanese city of Hiroshima earlier in the day, Seoul's weather agency said Thursday. The typhoon ...

Aug 15, 2019
Social affairs
[From the scene] Anti-Abe rallies dominate central Seoul on Liberation Day

Thousands of citizens from South Korea and Japan on Thursday urged the Shinzo Abe administration to apologize to Korean victims forced to work for Japanese occupiers during a rally in central Seoul, ...

Aug 15, 2019
Social affairs
[News Focus] Single-person households on the rise in S. Korea

Seoul, South Jeolla top 1-member household portion

Aug 15, 2019
Social affairs
Govt braces for Typhoon Krosa as it nears the Korean Peninsula

The government is on alert Wednesday as Typhoon Krosa is forecast to affect the eastern part of the country, officials said. The powerful tropical storm is heading northward from western Japan and w...

Aug 14, 2019
Social affairs
Three workers killed in elevator crash

An elevator carrying three workers crashed from a height equivalent to a 15-story building, killing all three. Two foreign laborers on the ground level, who were injured when a hoist crashed at the ...

Aug 14, 2019
Social affairs
[Anniversary Special] Waiting for apology they deserve

‘World War II sexual slavery by Japanese military is a state-orchestrated sexual violence against women.’

Aug 14, 2019
Social affairs
[Anniversary Special] Domestic politics in Korea, Japan leave behind victims of Japan’s wartime atrocities

The somber atmosphere is palpable in Korea around this time of the year, when South Korea commemorates its independence from Japan. This year marks the 74th year of Korea’s independence from the bru...

Aug 14, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Ex-chief of staff Kim Ki-chun gets suspended term for falsifying records on Sewol sinking

The Seoul Central District Court on Wednesday sentenced Kim Ki-chun, former President Park Geun-hye’s chief of staff, to a year in prison suspended for two years for falsifying records on reports rec...

Aug 14, 2019
Social affairs
Korea remembers WWII sex slavery survivors on second memorial day

Some 300 government officials, activists, historians and citizens came together Wednesday for commemorating the second memorial day for World War II sexual slavery survivors at the Kim Koo Museum in ...

Aug 14, 2019
Social affairs
Seoul City govt blamed for fish mutations in Han River

A group of fishermen from Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, claimed Tuesday that the Seoul Metropolitan Government has been polluting nearby waters by dumping unpurified sewage water into the Han River, lea...

Aug 14, 2019
Social affairs
Anti-Abe rallies to sweep Seoul on Liberation Day

Rallies denouncing the Shinzo Abe administration for Tokyo’s economic retaliation against Seoul are set to take place Thursday on Liberation Day, along with events reflecting on the 74th anniversary ...

Aug 14, 2019
Social affairs

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