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November 20, 2024 09:53pm Labor union, farmers' association stage large-scale rally in downtown Seoul South Korea's largest umbrella labor union and the farmers' association held a massive rally in central Seoul on Wednesday against the Yoo...
November 20, 2024 05:35pm Nearly half of pines at Seoraksan face extinction due to global warming: study Nearly half of the Korean pines, a tree species emblematic of the nation, are at risk of dying at Seoraksan, a recent study revealed Wednesday. The ...
November 20, 2024 04:51pm Porsche driver appeals six-year jail term for DUI killing teen A man in his 50s who caused a fatal crash while speeding under the influence of alcohol has appealed a six-year prison sentence, according to a court ...
November 20, 2024 04:49pm Labor, farmer groups stage large-scale rallies in central Seoul South Korea‘s labor groups, including one of the nation’s two major umbrella unions, held a rally Wednesday calling for President Yoon Suk Yeol to ste...
November 20, 2024 04:32pm Binding plastic pollution treaty unlikely: ministry With less than a week left for the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international, legally binding instrument on plastic pollutio...
November 20, 2024 03:40pm S. Korea sees second-highest immigration surge in OECD Immigration of a permanent type to South Korea jumped by 50.9 percent last year, the second biggest surge among the 38 member countries in the Organiz...
November 20, 2024 03:17pm Illegal gambling franchise busted, over 700 under investigation South Korean police said Wednesday they are pursuing criminal charges against 715 individuals related to a nationwide illegal gambling operation, whic...
November 20, 2024 03:03pm Supreme Court hands down maximum prison term for 'jeonse' fraudster A 50-year-old woman was sentenced to 15 years in prison for orchestrating a massive real estate scam that defrauded 229 tenants out of 18 billion won ...
November 20, 2024 02:24pm Korea to extend paid leave for miscarriage, stillbirth South Korea will extend paid leave for women who experience a miscarriage or stillbirth before the 11th week of pregnancy, doubling the current allo...
November 20, 2024 01:44pm 10-year jail term finalized for Rolls-Royce hit-and-run The Supreme Court on Wednesday finalized a 10-year prison term for a hit-and-run driver who killed a pedestrian by driving his Rolls-Royce onto a si...
November 20, 2024 01:34pm 'Don't fear failure, pursue what you love,' says Faker South Korean gamer Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok advised youth not to fear failure, noting that the journey is crucial to success. "Success is equated with...
November 20, 2024 01:27pm Man kills 'violent' grandfather; grandmother asks court for leniency A man under trial in South Korea for killing his grandfather has claimed that the victim had frequently abused his grandmother, while the grandmother ...
November 20, 2024 01:26pm Monk jailed for threatening teen with ax Seoul court said Wednesday that it had sentenced a 10-month prison term for a monk, who threatened to cut off the injured leg of a high school student...
November 20, 2024 01:25pm Assigning trans boy to girls' room is discrimination: human rights body A school assigning a female-to-male transgender student to stay in the girls' room on a school trip is discriminatory, the state-run human righ...
November 20, 2024 12:20pm Criminal ring accused of posing as soldiers, UN officials to swindle W1.4b in romantic scam An international fraud ring is accused of perpetrating a romantic scam against 14 victims, assuming the fake identities of US soldiers, UN officials...
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