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November 19, 2024 02:19pm
8.3% of middle school students in Hwaseong used drugs: survey
Some 8.3 percent of middle school students in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province have used drugs, a survey by the state-run drug addiction center showed Mond...
November 19, 2024 02:15pm
Traveler endures invasive search at Daegu Airport after drug scanner error
A traveler was forced to undergo an invasive body search, including the removal of her sanitary pad, after a drug detection scanner at Daegu Airport f...
November 19, 2024 02:06pm
Ambulance employee fined for causing death of terminally ill patient
An employee of a privately run ambulance service has been fined for dropping a terminally ill patient and causing an injury to the head that ended u...
November 19, 2024 01:48pm
DP leader indicted again over alleged misuse of public funds
Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was indicted without detention Tuesday on charges of misappropriating funds when he was the governor of Gyeonggi Provi...
November 19, 2024 11:10am
Telegram designates child protection officer to respond to sexually exploitative materials: S. Korean regulator
Telegram designates child protection officer to respond to sexually exploitative materials: S. Korean regulator The global messaging service Telegram ...
November 19, 2024 08:00am
[Graphic News] Most firms favor raising retirement age
A recent survey by online recruiter Saramin showed that 8 out of 10 companies favor raising companies' retirement age. Conducted among 461 firm...
November 18, 2024 08:34pm
S. Korea reports season's 3rd avian influenza case
South Korea has confirmed the season's third case of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a poultry farm west of Seoul, a provincial government s...
November 18, 2024 05:29pm
Oh Hee-ok, last female Korean independence fighter, dies at 98
At South Korea's 72nd annual national liberation day ceremony on Aug. 15, 2017, the usual formalities of the occasion gave way to an unexpected m...
November 18, 2024 04:58pm
Korean man caught in Peru airport carrying 320 tarantulas
A 28-year-old Korean man was apprehended at Jorge Chavez International Airport near Lima during an apparent attempt to smuggle out hundreds of arthrop...
November 18, 2024 04:57pm
Korean livestreamer arrested in Thailand for attacking massage shop owner
A South Korean man was arrested in Pattaya, Thailand for allegedly assaulting a massage shop owner who objected to him livestreaming his visit, accord...
November 18, 2024 03:49pm
Police persuade man not to jump off Han River bridge
A man in his 20s was talked out of jumping off a Han River bridge by Seoul police officers, Saturday, police said Monday. Seoul's Seocho Police S...
November 18, 2024 03:40pm
Smart city expo calls for climate resilience in urban development
BARCELONA, Spain — Scholars, industry leaders and government officials gathered in Barcelona earlier this month to pursue a shared vision of sus...
November 18, 2024 03:30pm
Seoul mulls hiring foreign nationals as local bus drivers
The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Monday that it is pushing to hire foreign nationals as bus drivers on local community routes as the cit...
November 18, 2024 03:23pm
Cold wave alerts issued, below-zero temperatures through Wed.
Most regions were issued cold wave alerts Monday as South Korea saw a 10-degree drop in average temperatures compared to the previous day, with the co...