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Divers to begin search inside sunken tourist ship in Budapest

South Korea expects the Hungarian authorities to soon begin searching inside the sunken tour boat involved in a collision in the Danube River in Budapest which killed at least seven Korean tourists a...

May 31, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Court to decide arrest of ‘Sillim-dong CCTV’ rape suspect

Police criticized for feeble stance

May 31, 2019
Social affairs
About 1 mln foreigners join Seoul's state health insurance

Foreign subscribers to South Korea's state health insurance program numbered about 1 million in 2018 as more foreigners are staying here, data showed Friday. The number of foreign subscribers, inclu...

May 31, 2019
Social affairs
Rescued sister anxiously awaits news of brother aboard

A 31-year-old worker at a handicraft shop in South Korea took leave from work for a trip to Hungary with her brother. The 28-year-old brother was happy with his first overseas trip, which was meant ...

May 30, 2019
Social affairs
Moon asks Hungary to do its best to rescue missing S. Koreans

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday requested that the Hungarian government continue its full support in connection with the search for more than a dozen South Koreans missing in a river b...

May 30, 2019
Social affairs
[Eye Plus] Lake of fallen Korean War soldiers

The sun glistens in the Paroho Lake in Hwacheon, Gangwon Province, exuding a sense of peace and calmness. Not many, except villagers in the nearby area, know the tragic story of this man-made reservo...

May 30, 2019
Social affairs
Korean deep-sea divers to take part in rescue operation in Hungary

A 12-man South Korean rescue team was to leave for Hungary on Thursday night to participate in the search operation for missing Korean tourists who boarded a cruise boat that capsized on the Danube R...

May 30, 2019
Social affairs
7 Koreans dead, 20 missing in ferry accident in Hungary

A sightseeing boat carrying 33 South Koreans capsized in Budapest on Wednesday, leaving at least seven Koreans dead and 19 others missing. The boat capsized in the Danube River at about 9:15 p.m., w...

May 30, 2019
Social affairs
Wife of child rapist Cho Doo-soon defends him as ‘polite person’

The wife of convicted child rapist Cho Doo-soon, whose brutal rape of an 8-year-old girl in 2008 shocked the nation, described him as a “polite person” in a petition she wrote on his behalf while he ...

May 30, 2019
Social affairs
FM to head to Hungary to cope with deadly boat sinking

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha will head to Hungary later Thursday to oversee rescue and other efforts to cope with a deadly boat sinking that left at least seven South Koreans dead and 19 others mi...

May 30, 2019
Social affairs
I attended dinner with Jho Low but left early: Psy

Korean rapper Psy admitted Wednesday that Low Taek Jho, a Malaysian fugitive involved in the 1MDB scandal, was his friend and that he had attended a dinner gathering arranged by Yang Hyun-suk, head o...

May 30, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Opposition lawmaker stripped of parliamentary seat as top court confirms jail term

The Supreme Court sentenced Rep. Lee Woo-hyun of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party to seven years in prison Thursday for taking illegal political funds worth some 1 billion won ($839,278). The...

May 30, 2019
Social affairs
2013 probe into ex-vice justice minister slipshod: panel

An independent panel under the Ministry of Justice concluded Wednesday that the prosecution abused its power and intentionally conducted a slipshod investigation into former Vice Justice Minister Kim...

May 29, 2019
Social affairs
Malaysian fugitive met YG head through Psy

Low Taek Jho, a Malaysian fugitive sought by authorities in Malaysia, Singapore and the US in connection with the 1MDB scandal, denied allegations Wednesday that he had attended a dinner gathering ar...

May 29, 2019
Social affairs
Refugee crisis ‘our problem’ too: actor Jung Woo-sung

Actor Jung Woo-sung, a goodwill ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency, on Tuesday stressed the need for South Korea to support the Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar after his second visit t...

May 29, 2019
Social affairs

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