Study in Korea education fair kicks off

“Study in Korea Fair” kicked off its biannual online exposition in cooperation with local governments on Tuesday. A total of 84 universities across South Korea provide participants with information on courses, admission and scholarship in this session, which runs through Dec. 1. Nine local governments also have online booths, including Busan, Daegu and Incheon, the country’s most populous cities. Participants can get real-time counseling and information about admissions to loca

Nov. 22, 2022

South Korea’s 4th monkeypox patient in stable condition: KDCA

South Korea’s fourth monkeypox patient is a health care worker who came into close contact with the country’s third monkeypox patient on Nov. 15, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. The KDCA said the health care worker was exposed while taking samples from the third monkeypox patient a week ago, and has been put under “active monitoring” since. The health care worker’s test results came back positive on Tuesday. The health care worker sh

Nov. 22, 2022

[Advertorial] What does it mean to have perfect scores on your Advanced Placement test?

At Seoul International School (SIS), we have the great privilege of having immensely talented students across diverse disciplines, from academics to sports, music, arts, forensics, community service, and more. Last year alone, five students scored perfect scores on Advance Placement tests. They are Jin Wook Shin ('23) in Physics I, Clare Hyunsuh Kim ('23), Abigail Kim ('22) and Rachel Lee ('22) in Drawing, and Hyunseo Yoo ('22) in 2D Design. To put this in perspective,

Nov. 22, 2022

‘I want my child back’: Parents of Halloween crowd crush victims call for answers

The bereaved families of the Halloween crowd crush victims spoke out for the first time on Tuesday, demanding the government for a sincere apology and clarification on who is responsible for their deaths. “We still don’t know what killed my son and why he had to die,” said the mother of Lee Nam-hoon, a 29-year-old who is among the 158 deaths from the night of the Halloween festivities. On Oct. 29, Itaewon, a central Seoul district known for its nightlife, was filling with yo

Nov. 22, 2022

Street cheering to be held in Seoul amid woes over large-scale gatherings after Itaewon crowd crush

The Seoul Metropolitan Government has decided to allow street cheering events during the South Korean national soccer team's World Cup games to be held at Gwanghwamun Square, the capital’s largest outdoor space for public gatherings, despite safety concerns following the Itaewon crowd crush last month. The Seoul city government on Tuesday evening announced that the operation committee of Gwanghwamun Square came to such conclusion after a meeting that started at 5 p.m. The decision cam

Nov. 22, 2022

Supply chains threatened as truckers union confirms strike

Truckers in South Korea on Tuesday decided to push ahead with a strike, rejecting a government plan that would agree to some of their demands. The strike, if prolonged, will take a heavy toll on the car and steel industries that already suffered from a strike in June. The Cargo Truckers Solidarity of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, one of the largest union organizations in South Korea, announced on Nov. 14 that it would launch an indefinite strike beginning Wednesday at midnight. Abo

Nov. 22, 2022

MBC reporter at odds with Yoon under death threat

The police launched an investigation into an online death threat against the life of the MBC reporter who had conflict with President Yoon Suk-yeol and his secretary on Friday during the president's daily morning interview session. On Monday evening, an online post titled "I will take the lead and kill the MBC reporter" was posted on the far-right online community Ilbe. The writer claimed they will immediately go to the MBC headquarters building and harm the reporter who quarreled

Nov. 22, 2022

Interior Ministry insists it is 'not responsible' for Itaewon tragedy

The Interior Ministry claimed it does not hold responsibility over the Itaewon tragedy, following criticism the ministry was at the center of control for police response to the incident. The ministry issued an official statement Monday claiming the police bureau did not have authority to intervene in police operations, except at an organizational level. And so the police bureau, as a separate organization from police administration, was not relevant to the police’s response. The police bur

Nov. 22, 2022

[Newsmaker] Did you know? 3-month stay in UK could get you on 'no-donor’ list in Korea

Being one of the most beloved celebrities in the country, there are few places Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min would not feel welcomed in South Korea. One such rare place, however, may be the blood donation center, as the star soccer player is not eligible to be a blood donor. The reason? He works in England. According to the Korean Red Cross, the list of those ineligible for blood donation include those who have stayed in areas that have had outbreaks of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseas

Nov. 22, 2022

Regulator to recommend six financial firms to reimburse investment in troubled German fund

South Korea's financial regulator said Tuesday it will recommend six financial firms to rescind sales contracts on a German fund and reimburse customers, as they provided false information and caused them to make a "mistaken" investment decision. A dispute-arbitration meeting was held Monday to look into complaints with regard to the German Heritage derivative-linked securities and made the decision, according to the Financial Supervisory Service. The fund was designed to make a p

Nov. 22, 2022

S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases in 72,000 range amid new wave concerns

South Korea's new COVID-19 cases stood at around 72,000 on Tuesday, a similar level from a week earlier, amid concerns over the spread of a new virus wave in winter. The country reported 72,873 new COVID-19 infections, including 81 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 26,654,729, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. Tuesday's count is almost identical to the 72,866 cases logged seven days ago. The daily infection numbers have stayed in the five di

Nov. 22, 2022

[Graphic News] 3 in 10 elementary to high schoolers overweight or obese amid prolonged COVID-19

　Three out of every 10 students from elementary to high school were overweight or obese last year, as the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic kept them from outdoor activities, an Education Ministry report showed. 　The rate of overweight or obese students reached 30.8 percent as of 2021, according to the report based on health checkup results from 1,023 elementary, middle and high schools nationwide. 　Of the total students included in the report, 19 percent were obese, up 3.9 percentage points, while

Nov. 22, 2022

Barcelona continues to ramp up efforts to increase city’s digital capacity

BARCELONA, Spain -- Michael Donaldson, the Barcelona City Council Chief Technology Officer and CIO, said the Spanish city will continue its efforts to increase its digital capacity, highlighting that the COVID-19 pandemic was a turning point for the city’s digital transformation. “COVID-19 was an opportunity in order to put forward our digital transformation. During the worst moment of the pandemic, the only sector that was growing was the IT sector," he said during an interview

Nov. 21, 2022

Itaewon probe questions ex-Yongsan police chief, fire chief

The special investigation team set up by the National Police Agency to look into the crowd crush in Itaewon summoned Lee Im-jae, then-chief of the Yongsan Police Station, and Yongsan Fire Chief Choi Seong-beom for questioning, Monday. Lee and Choi have been named as suspects regarding their response to the tragedy. "I am sorry and once again sorry as a police station chief. I will live with guilt for the rest of my life," Lee said as he showed up for questioning at the Seoul Metropolit

Nov. 21, 2022

Ex-Yongsan police chief questioned over Itaewon crowd crush

Police brought in a former head of the Yongsan Police Station for questioning Monday as part of an investigation into the bungled response to the crowd crush in Seoul's Itaewon neighborhood. Lee Im-jae, who formerly headed the station covering the Itaewon district, appeared before a special investigation team building in western Seoul as a suspect. Lee has been booked on charges of professional negligence and manslaughter by negligence resulting in the deaths of at least 158 people, mostly

Nov. 21, 2022

Children artists tell their story at World Children’s Day event

The Korea Herald and the National Center for the Rights of the Child held an event to mark World Children's Day, at the Children's Museum under the National Museum of Korea, on Sunday. World Children's Day, Nov. 20, is an anniversary established by the United Nation in 1954 to protect the basic rights of children. This year's event was planned under the theme “Children’s rights in the perspective of children: meeting with children artists,” and consisted of

Nov. 20, 2022

Ruling party takes issue with MBC reporter’s slippers

The ruling People Power Party, doing little to hide its hostility toward local broadcaster MBC which reported President Yoon Suk-yeol’s profanity-laced hot-mic incident, has called out one of its reporters as being “rude” to wear slippers during a question-and-answer session with the president. “Freedom of the press must be respected, but reporters should think about the responsibility of the media and the basic courtesy required for human beings,” said Kim Jong-h

Nov. 20, 2022

S. Korea reaches grim milestone of 30,000 COVID-19 deaths

South Korea surpassed the milestone of 30,000 COVID-19 deaths Sunday as the country is bracing for another virus wave in winter. The country reported 41 COVID-19 deaths earlier in the day, raising the death toll to 30,031, almost three years after South Korea reported its first confirmed COVID-19 case in January 2020, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said. The grim milestone came around seven months after the country's accumulated COVID-19 deaths rose above 20,000. In March this y

Nov. 20, 2022

S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases bounce back to over 50,000 amid resurgence woes

South Korea's new coronavirus cases bounced back to above 50,000 on Saturday amid concerns of a possible resurgence in the winter. The country reported 50,589 new COVID-19 infections, including 50 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 26,512,754, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. The Saturday tally increased from 49,418 on Friday but was down 3,739 cases from a week ago. From Monday to Thursday, South Korea's new COVID-19 cases hit two-month highs ea

Nov. 19, 2022

Neighbor found guilty of child abuse in noise dispute

The Supreme Court upheld the lower courts' ruling that found a person guilty of child abuse for their threatening behavior around their neighbor's children during a noise dispute. The person was sentenced to a six-month prison term, suspended for one year, 80 hours of social service, and 40 hours of education on child abuse prevention. On April 10, 2020, the person scolded the neighbor's 4-year-old child up close, asking "Why are you so loud these days? You run around a lot

Nov. 18, 2022