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Death penalty sought for man accused of killing two ex-girlfriends

Prosecutors on Friday sought a death sentence for a 30-year-old man accused of killing two of his former girlfriends. According to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, the defendant surna...

September 14, 2018
Social affairs
Tyra Banks, BTS ‘smize’ for cameras backstage at ‘America’s Got Talent’

American supermodel Tyra Banks unleashed her “inner Army” as she shared Thursday a photo with the K-pop megastar group BTS on social media following the group’s appearance on “America’s Got Talent.” ...

September 14, 2018
Music
Cambodian worker dies after being hit by excavator

A foreign worker from Cambodia died at a railway construction site in Gangseo-gu, Busan, on Thursday after being hit by an excavator, police said Friday. According to Busan Gangseo Police Station, a...

September 14, 2018
Social affairs
4.5-ton cargo truck driver causes collision, killing one

A 4.5-ton cargo truck collided into two vehicles on the side of the Gyeongbu Express Highway en route to Seoul from Daejeon, killing one person. The fatal crash occurred around 12:05 a.m. Thursday n...

September 13, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] 12 men allegedly gain weight to dodge military service

Twelve graduates of a college in Seoul allegedly tried to dodge South Korea’s mandatory military service by intentionally gaining too much weight to pass the physical exam, the Military Manpower Admi...

September 12, 2018
Social affairs
Students cry out #MeToo, accuse teachers

A teacher at a middle school in Gwangjin, Seoul, has come under fire after a handful of students alleged that he made lewd, sexist comments during class, education authorities said Tuesday. Students...

September 11, 2018
Social affairs
[Photo News] Homemakers advised to consult AI voice

“Okay, Google. How much time left on the laundry?” Google Korea on Tuesday presented its Google Home and Google Home Mini smart speakers at a company event in Hannam-dong, Seoul ahead of its officia...

September 11, 2018
Technology
SWAT team restrains violent, intoxicated man after 5-hour confrontation

An intoxicated man driving a trailer truck was restrained by authorities five hours after ramming his vehicle into a police car and the guard rail near the Busan-Geoje Fixed Link, police said Tuesday...

September 11, 2018
Social affairs
[Herald Interview] Young CEO pushes the envelope in smart health care market

In the digital health care industry, a host of startups such as Astera, Humanscape and MediBloc are introducing new health care services and platforms based on blockchain technology. But South Korea...

September 11, 2018
Technology
Middle school boys accused of rape, blackmail

Police are investigating an allegation that three male students at a middle school in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, raped another student. A 14-year-old male student and his two friends from school...

September 10, 2018
Social affairs
Man gets 10 years for killing ex-roommate over unpaid rent

A Seoul court sentenced a man to 10 years in prison, Monday, for stabbing his former roommate to death earlier this year following a row over unpaid rent. The Seoul Central District Court handed the...

September 10, 2018
Social affairs
Day care workers get fines, suspended sentence for force-feeding infants

A local court on Tuesday meted out a suspended prison term for a day care worker and imposed fines on two other employees and the head of the day care center for repeatedly abusing children under the...

September 4, 2018
Social affairs
8 in 10 multicultural-family violence victims are women: lawmaker

Violent incidents among multicultural families have failed to see a decline, as the numbers of migrant spouses and naturalized citizens have increased over the past few years, a Democratic Party of K...

September 3, 2018
Social affairs
Man accused of threatening Busan sex worker with severed finger

A man in his 40s has been arrested for allegedly threatening to report sex workers to authorities and then stealing their cash in Wanwol-dong in the Seo district of Busan, police said Monday. Busan ...

September 3, 2018
Social affairs
Lee Hyo-ri nails chic and casual in Zadig & Voltaire: Elle

(Zadig & Voltaire) Singer Lee Hyo-ri looked chic and casual in stills that were recently made public after her photo shoot for fashion magazine Elle. (Zadig & Voltaire) In the photos, taken by hus...

August 31, 2018
Fashion

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