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Cult leader charged for encouraging followers to commit suicide

A cult leader and her follower were arrested and charged for encouraging others to commit suicide, the Uijeongbu District Prosecutor’s Office said Thursday. According to the Yonhap News Agency‘s rep...

December 14, 2017
Social affairs
20,000 Australian child sex offenders banned from leaving country

About 20,000 Australians with a record of sexual abuse toward minors are banned from leaving the country, with the new law taking effect from Wednesday. Australia is the first country in the world t...

December 13, 2017
World News
Will ice climbing competition be held this year?

The annual ice climbing contest of Yeongdong County, North Chungcheong Province, has been called off for four consecutive years, and the prospect of this year’s event taking place remains murky. Alt...

December 13, 2017
More sports
S. Korea confirms highly pathogenic bird flu at duck farm

The Agriculture Ministry confirmed an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu at a duck farm in Yeongam, South Jeolla Province, Monday. This is the fourth confirmation of highly pathogenic b...

December 12, 2017
Social affairs
List of 21,000 tax defaulters made public

Unpaid tax by Korean tax defaulters amounted to 11.3 trillion won ($10.4 billion) in 2017, the National Tax Service revealed on Monday. The tax agency annually discloses names of those whose unpaid ...

December 12, 2017
Economy
Koreans value life quality more than size of paycheck: survey

Young Koreans are feeling the need for flexible working hours to balance their life with work, research agency Nielsen Korea said Monday. The agency conducted an online survey targeting 1,000 men an...

December 11, 2017
Social affairs
3 Gangnam districts take up 20% of national inheritance

Seoul residents inherited over 23 trillion won ($20.9 billion) over the last five years, which is 45 percent of the total inheritance that occurred across South Korea in the cited period, data releas...

December 11, 2017
Economy
‘Forgotten’ draws 1 million viewers in 12 days

Mystery thriller “Forgotten,” starring Kang Ha-neul and Kim Moo-yeol as brothers, drew over 1 million cinemagoers in the 12 days since its release. “Forgotten” revolves around the two brothers who d...

December 10, 2017
Film
Korean sentenced after hiding in Philippines for 19 years

A Korean man in his 50s turned himself in to police after spending 19 years abroad to evade penalties for embezzling hundreds of millions of won with his brother-in-law. The Suncheon branch of the G...

December 10, 2017
Social affairs
Snow deters traffic in Seoul

Amid overnight snowfall and continuing sleet in the morning Sunday, Seoul Metropolitan Government announced it would control traffic in parts of the city during early hours of the day. According to ...

December 10, 2017
Social affairs
W1.4b found on Seoul subway in 3 years

A total of 1.4 billion won ($1.3 million) of cash was lost on the subway in Seoul over the past three years, Seoul Metro said Sunday. About 85 percent of the money was returned to their owners. Item...

December 3, 2017
Social affairs
‘Womad’ woman could face new charges in Australia

The Korean woman charged with producing child abuse material in Australia could face new charges, sources said Friday. On Friday, Herald Business, the sister publication of The Korea Herald, intervi...

November 24, 2017
Social affairs
2.6 slight tremor occurs in Incheon

A 2.6 magnitude tremor occurred off the coast of Incheon’s Yeonpyeongdo, at 12:29 a.m., Friday, the weather agency said. The epicenter is 76 kilometers southwest from Yeonpyeongdo. Although the lig...

November 24, 2017
Social affairs
Moon visits students in quake-hit Pohang

President Moon Jae-in visited a high school in Pohang, North Gyeongang Province, Friday morning, to meet students in the special disaster zone who took their college entrance exam on the previous day...

November 24, 2017
Social affairs
Cold on Saturday, rain over weekend

Temperature is expected to tumble on Saturday, accompanied by rainfall in the day time in Seoul, Gyeonggi, Gangwon and northern parts of the Chungcheong provinces. The lowest morning temperatures on...

November 24, 2017
Social affairs

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