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Korea's public firms to hold joint recruitment in H2

South Korea's public firms will jointly recruit new workers in the second half of this year as part of the government's efforts to give more fair opportunities to young jobseekers, the finance minist...

Sept 7, 2017
Social affairs
Man lifting weights at gym found dead: police

A 69-year-old man suffered a fatal accident while lifting 90-kilogram weights unattended, according to police, Thursday. The accident took place early morning at a gym in Geoje, located off the coas...

Sept 7, 2017
Social affairs
Number of unwed aged household heads forecast to jump

South Korea is expected to see the number of single senior household heads jump in the future and exceed 1 million in about a quarter-century, a government agency said Thursday. According to Statist...

Sept 7, 2017
Social affairs
Police clash with protesters trying to block US missile defense system

Hundreds of protesters clashed with police who tried to clear the way for the deployment of four more rocket launchers of a US missile defense system early Thursday. The clash occurred as police wer...

Sept 7, 2017
Social affairs
[Herald Interview] 'Time to decide whether to accept the diversification of work'

Nonregular employment may be an inevitable byproduct of modernity and technological innovation, and society must decide whether to accept this form of employment, the chief of the International Labor...

Sept 6, 2017
Social affairs
Young, undocumented Koreans in US at risk of deportation

Up to 10,000 young South Koreans illegally residing in the United States are at risk of being deported after US President Donald Trump issued an order to scrap a scheme that has protected young undoc...

Sept 6, 2017
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Calls grow for tougher juvenile sentencing

In light of recent brutal crimes involving minors, calls are growing in South Korea that it is time to end leniency toward juvenile offenders. Politicians appear to concur. Rep. Choo Mi-ae, chairwom...

Sept 6, 2017
Social affairs
Seoul, Barcelona to seek solution to 'overtourism'

Seoul and Barcelona, global tourist destinations, will jointly seek a solution to their common problem of "overtourism," described as residents' inconvenience due to too many visitors, at a forum in ...

Sept 6, 2017
Social affairs
Mother, sisters visited jailed Samsung heir Lee: sources

The mother and two sisters of Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong have recently visited him at a detention center, legal sources said Wednesday. The Samsung heir was sentenced to five yea...

Sept 6, 2017
Social affairs
Broker faces prison term for immigration fraud

A 50-year old immigration broker is facing prison for swindling money out of foreign residents, a local media outlet reported Tuesday. The Daejeon District Court on Friday sentenced the broker to on...

Sept 6, 2017
Social affairs
Police under fire for mishandling Busan teen girl attack case

Teenage female students brutally attacked another student in Busan, Friday, resulting in the hospitalization of the victim. The attackers stand accused of hitting the victim with construction materia...

Sept 6, 2017
Social affairs
4 suspects arrested in ATM hackings allegedly aided by N. Korean

Police said Wednesday they arrested three South Koreans and one Korean-Chinese national for making illegal transactions using personal data allegedly taken from ATMs by a North Korean hacker. The Na...

Sept 6, 2017
Social affairs
Extra charges to be levied for hospital treatment, drug stores during Chuseok holiday: govt.

People will have to pay upwards of 50 percent in additional charges when they go to hospitals or drug stores during the Chuseok holiday starting late this month, the Ministry of Health and Welfare sa...

Sept 6, 2017
Social affairs
Asia Pacific Cities Summit to open in Daejeon

DAEJEON -- Asia-Pacific mayors, scholars and business leaders will get together in the South Korean city of Daejeon next week to discuss solutions for urban innovation and sustainable development. T...

Sept 6, 2017
Social affairs
Man nabbed for stabbing woman in parking lot

A man in his 50s was arrested by police for stabbing a woman in southern Seoul a day before, Yonhap News Agency reported late Tuesday. (Yonhap) Police said the 51-year-old suspect, identified by hi...

Sept 5, 2017
Social affairs

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