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![[What the 2020s will hold for Korea] Generation Z comes to the fore](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=649&simg=/content/image/2019/12/31/20191231000457_0.jpg)
[What the 2020s will hold for Korea] Generation Z comes to the foreSocial affairsDec 31, 2019A new decade has dawned. Unprecedented challenges await Korea from an aging and shrinking population to accelerated warming of the peninsula. The Korea Herald has prepared a four-part series looking... -
![[Newsmaker] From new IDs to pension boost, changes due in 2020](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=649&simg=/content/image/2019/12/30/20191230000609_0.jpg)
[Newsmaker] From new IDs to pension boost, changes due in 2020Social affairsDec 30, 2019The new year sees a wide range of changes across the spectrum of South Koreans’ daily lives. From new passports to salary hikes for military conscripts, here are some of the changes that 2020 will br... -
No constitutionality dispute in Seoul-Tokyo deal on WWII sex slavery: courtSocial affairsDec 27, 2019South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Friday said it found no apparent points of constitutional contention in the 2015 Seoul-Tokyo deal over Japan’s sexual enslavement of Korean girls and women durin... -
Gwangju archbishop hopes for justice for missing victims of 1980 military crackdownSocial affairsDec 23, 2019Archbishop Kim Hee-joong of Gwangju wished justice would be served for victims of atrocities committed during martial law in May 1980 in a Christmas message issued Monday. Speaking about the recentl... -
Motel arson suspect admits guilt, to face psychiatric assessmentSocial affairsDec 23, 2019The suspect in a Sunday arson attack at a motel in Gwangju that killed two people and injured 31 others will undergo profiler questioning, police said Monday. Police on Sunday arrested the 39-year-o... -
Unidentified human remains found in GwangjuSocial affairsDec 22, 2019The bones of some 80 people, 40 of them unidentified, were found Thursday at a former prison site in Gwangju, rekindling suspicions that victims of the 1980 military crackdown on democratic protests ... -
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[Newsmaker] At least 2 killed in Gwangju motel fire, death toll expected to riseSocial affairsDec 22, 2019At least wo people were killed and 31 others injured in an early morning fire at a motel in Gwangju, Sunday. Authorities said the fire, which broke out at 5:45 a.m. at the motel in the northern par... -
Government pledges harsher punishment for online child pornography crimesSocial affairsDec 19, 2019The government said Thursday that it would introduce a fresh set of regulations to clamp down on operators and users of child pornography websites. Responding to an online Cheong Wa Dae petition, Mi... -
Multiple-home-owning government officials would rather keep Seoul propertiesSocial affairsDec 19, 2019Senior administration officials who own two or more homes are not complying with Cheong Wa Dae guidelines against multiple property ownership by public servants, the main opposition Liberty Korea Par... -
Korea to institute seasonal work visa in farming, fishingSocial affairsDec 18, 2019The South Korean government plans to introduce a medium-term seasonal worker program for the agriculture and fisheries sector. Ministry of Justice said Wednesday a revision to the immigration contro... -
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[Newsmaker] Prosecutors, police at odds over possible 1980s wrongful murder convictionSocial affairsDec 18, 2019Police and prosecutors have issued conflicting views on a controversial forensics report that was used as key evidence in convicting a 53-year-old man surnamed Yun of the eighth of the notorious Hwas... -
![[Herald Interview] ‘Multiculturalism is inevitable in Korea’s future’](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=649&simg=/content/image/2019/12/17/20191217000590_0.jpg)
[Herald Interview] ‘Multiculturalism is inevitable in Korea’s future’Social affairsDec 17, 2019Over 2 million residents now live in Korea, according to government data. This is more than double the figure in 2007 when the number hit 1 million for the first time. “Multiculturalism is inevitabl... -
Conservative ex-mayor summoned in ‘BH election-meddling’ scandal probePoliticsDec 16, 2019Former conservative Ulsan Mayor Kim Gi-hyeon, who lost his reelection bid to liberal opponent Song Cheol-ho in 2018, faced questioning by the prosecution for the second consecutive day Monday over su... -
Prosecutors reopen 1980s murder caseSocial affairsDec 12, 2019Prosecutors said Thursday they will investigate the rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl from over 30 years ago after a man -- 53-year-old surnamed Yun -- convicted of the crime pleaded his innocenc... -
Court rebukes prosecutors during trial of ex-justice minister’s wifePoliticsDec 11, 2019The court has turned down prosecutors’ request to make changes to the initial complaint filed against former Justice Minister Cho Kuk’s wife, Chung Kyung-shim, a professor at a private university. C...
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