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Man dies from bee stings

Sacheon Police Station said Wednesday that a 57-year-old man died from bee stings on his shoulder and elbow around 2:50 p.m. on Tuesday while removing weeds in a cypress forest in Sacheon, South Gyeo...

Jun 20, 2018
Social affairs
Search continues for missing girl on Gangjinsan

Police on Wednesday said they have expanded their search for a teenage girl who went missing Saturday afternoon, as no one has reported seeing her alive for the past five days. Search and rescue tea...

Jun 20, 2018
Social affairs
Man arrested for stealing credit cards from sauna lockers

Daegu Nambu Police Station said Wednesday that it has arrested a 55-year-old man on the charge of burglary. He is accused of stealing credit cards from sauna lockers with cloned keys around 10 a.m. ...

Jun 20, 2018
Social affairs
Thief arrested for stealing from churches

A man has been arrested for habitually stealing from churches. Jeonju Deokjin Police Station in North Jeolla Province said Wednesday that it has arrested a 27-year-old man on the charge of burglary....

Jun 20, 2018
Social affairs
Prosecution rejects arrest warrant request for KT chief

Prosecutors rejected a police request to seek a court warrant to arrest the head of major South Korean mobile carrier KT Corp. on suspicions of involvement in the firm's illegal donations to lawmaker...

Jun 20, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Court to arraign Korean Air chief's wife over charges of illegally hiring Filipino housekeepers

A Seoul court arraigned the wife of Korean Air's chairman Wednesday to determine whether to issue an arrest warrant prosecutors requested for her on charges of illegally hiring Filipino housekeepers....

Jun 20, 2018
Social affairs
Former South Korean president’s daughter accused of ‘gapjil’ by her ex-drivers

Roh So-young, director of a contemporary art gallery in Seoul and the daughter of former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo, has been accused by her former drivers of ‘gapjil,’ a Korean term that ref...

Jun 19, 2018
Social affairs
200,000 Korean women diagnosed with infertility yearly: data

Some 200,000 South Korean women have been diagnosed with infertility annually since 2010, and among them, 60 percent have experienced depression, government data showed Tuesday. The study, organize...

Jun 19, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Korean victims of toxic disinfectant ask public to boycott Strepsils

Victims of a toxic disinfectant for humidifiers that was sold in South Korea from 2001-2011 held a rally in central Seoul on Tuesday asking the public, especially local pharmacists, to boycott produc...

Jun 19, 2018
Social affairs
Man booked for taking naked photos near girls’ schools

Anyang police on Monday said they have booked a man for allegedly taking naked photos of himself near multiple schools in the area. The 31-year-old man, surnamed Oh, is being charged with open lewdn...

Jun 19, 2018
Social affairs
Police expand probe into ‘closed-door’ photo shoots

Police investigating alleged molestation and coercion of female models are looking into how pornography is produced and traded through “closed-door” photo shoots at studios. Seoul police began the p...

Jun 19, 2018
Social affairs
‘Disco pang pang’ DJs booked for sexual harassment

Two operators of a “disco pang pang” amusement ride have been booked for sexually harassing a schoolgirl, police said Tuesday. According to Incheon Seobu Police Station, two operators of the amuseme...

Jun 19, 2018
Social affairs
Supreme Court expected to make ruling on conscientious objectors

The Supreme Court is expected to make a ruling on conscientious objectors who refuse mandatory military service, amid increasing acquittals made by lower courts. According to the Supreme Court on Mo...

Jun 19, 2018
Social affairs
Man probed for attempted murder of boss

An apartment janitor has allegedly injured his boss Monday after he was fired. Gwangju Seobu Police Station said Tuesday that it is investigating the 34-year-old surnamed Seo on the charge of attemp...

Jun 19, 2018
Social affairs
Researchers call for reevaluation of damage from radioactive bed mattresses

South Korean researchers on Tuesday called for a reevaluation of the amount of radiation that may have been emitted by mattresses amid a nationwide recall of the problematic products. Over 22,000 be...

Jun 19, 2018
Social affairs

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