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Corpse found in unconnected car

A woman was found dead in a car she had no connection to on Sunday afternoon, according to police in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province. The owner of the blue vehicle parked in the residential area of Gonghang-dong, Seoul, near Gimpo International Airport, was in for a surprise when police discovered a dead woman’s body splayed across the backseat of his car. (YTN YouTube capture)He reportedly did not know the deceased 56-year-old surnamed Lee, and said his car had been parked in the same spot for over

Social Affairs May 23, 2016

Pink elephant's 'Zootopia' protest aggravates Gangnam murder controversy

A ruckus broke out Sunday at the makeshift memorial for the victim of an unprovoked murder at Seoul’s Gangnam Station exit 10, when a 31-year-old man surnamed Kim, dressed in a pink elephant onesie and a full head mask, promoted a “safer Korea with men and women hand-in-hand.”(Online Community)The killing of a 23-year-old woman by a schizophrenic man on May 17, who said he committed the crime out of his hatred for women who had “ignored and belittled” him, has since exploded in to a widespread m

Social Affairs May 23, 2016

Pink elephant's 'Zootopia' protest aggravates Gangnam murder controversy

Owner found for boar killed in Seongnam

A boar authorities killed to stop from rampaging through the residential area of Yeosu-dong, Seongnam in Gyeonggi Province on Sunday evening was found to have belonged to a woman in her 80s.The woman said she had been pasturing the hog in the nearby mountains. She demanded the police return the dead hog. (Yonhap)The hog weighed over 200 kilograms. Police had requested a hunter shoot it down after their anesthetic guns had no effect on the animal. No one was hurt in the process. Authorities are

Social Affairs May 23, 2016

Seoul shares end higher on bio, tech gains

South Korean stocks closed marginally higher Monday on advances in the bio and tech industries. The local currency rose against the U.S. dollar.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index gained 7.58 points, or 0.39 percent, to 1,955.25. Trade volume totaled 393.8 million shares worth 4.01 trillion won ($3.3 billion), with gainers outnumbering losers 403 to 392. (Yonhap)Individuals sold a net 67.8 billion won worth of stocks, while foreigners and institutional investors scooped up shares val

May 23, 2016

Seoul shares end higher on bio, tech gains

N.K. nukes prompt Seoul to further tighten sanctions on Pyongyang

South Korea has tightened the screw on North Korea by slapping tougher unilateral sanctions over the North's recent nuclear and missile tests, adding to its punitive actions taken in 2010 in response to the North's attacks.On May 24, 2010, Seoul slapped comprehensive sanctions on North Korea to punish it for the torpedoing of the South Korean warship Cheonan two months earlier. The 2010 punitive measures excluded operations at the joint industrial park in North Korea's border city of Kaesong and

North Korea May 23, 2016

More N.K. restaurant staff in China escape for possible defection: source

An unknown small number of North Korean restaurant staff have recently escaped their workplace in China for possible defections to South Korea, a source familiar to inter-Korean affairs said Monday.The North Koreans are moving to a third country after working at a North Korea-run restaurant in an unspecified city in China, according to the source.If confirmed, the case comes in the wake of the April mass defection by 13 North Korean workers who used to work at a restaurant in the Chinese eastern

North Korea May 23, 2016

Insurers advised to pay suicide insurance money as promised

South Korea's financial authorities on Monday urged life insurance companies to pay insurance money to the bereaved family of a person who commits suicide as promised in the policy.The Financial Supervisory Service's recommendation comes on the heels of a ruling on May 12 by the Supreme Court that ordered a life insurance company to pay promised insurance money to the bereaved family of a policyholder who killed himself.Local life insurers have often refused to make full payments of insurance mo

Social Affairs May 23, 2016

Kenyan refugee applicant gets 25 years for murder

A 28-year-old Kenyan who had been undergoing the process to obtain refugee status in Korea was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday for murdering a computer cafe assistant.According to the Gwangju district court that gave the ruling, the man had visited the immigration office the day before his crime, asking for repatriation. (Yonhap)The office did nothing for him as he was not an illegal immigrant, rather a refugee applicant. The man entered Korea on a three-month visa in July 2015, with glo

Social Affairs May 20, 2016

Kenyan refugee applicant gets 25 years for murder

S. Korean civic group officials meet with N. Koreans without gov't approval

Officials from a South Korean civic group met their North Korean counterparts in Shenyang Friday to discuss how to hold a joint summit anniversary event despite Seoul's opposition, the group said.The South's group held a meeting with North Koreans in China earlier in the day to discuss inter-Korean exchanges and the preparation of a possible joint event to mark the historic inter-Korean summit in 2000.Seoul's unification ministry earlier rejected the group's request for approval of its plan to m

North Korea May 20, 2016

돌싱 男女 가장 중요하게 생각하는 것 ‘과연’

돌싱, 이른 바 ‘돌아온 싱글’은 재혼 상대를 선택할 때 무엇을 가장 중요하게 생각할까? 재혼정보회사 온리-유가 결혼정보업체 비에나래(대표 손동규)와 공동으로 13일 ∼ 19일 전국의 (황혼)재혼 희망 돌싱남녀 518명(남녀 각 259명)을 대상으로 전자메일과 인터넷을 통해 ‘재혼상대의 제반 조건이 좋으면 외모도 덩달아 돋보입니까?’에 대한 설문조사를 한 결과, 여성 응답자는 60.6%가 ‘매우 그렇다’라고 대답했다. (123RF)이에 비해 남성 응답자는 38.2%만 ‘매우 그렇다’고 했다고. 반대로 ‘다른 조건의 좋고 나쁨이 외모에 별다른 영향을 미치지 않는다’고 말한 남성은 61.8%에 육박했다. 손동규 온리-유 대표는 “여성, 특히 재혼대상 여성들은 대체로 외모보다 더 중요시하는 배우자 조건이 많아 다른 조건이 좋으면 외모도 멋있게 보이는 경우가 많다”라며 “많은 남성은 외모를 배우자 조건 중 가장 중요하게 생각하기 때문에 다른 조건에 의해 영향을 적게 받는다”라고 설명했다.

한국어판 May 20, 2016

Gyeongbu Expressway blocked for 2 hours amid fire from diesel truck crash

A section of Gyeongbu Expressway near the city of Daegu was engulfed in a fire that spread from the spilled gas of a 32-ton diesel truck that collided with a roadside barrier after an accident involving another vehicle. Traffic was halted amid emergency firefighting, causing a massive jam in the middle of the day Friday. (Yonhap)The fire broke out around 11:30 a.m. and was contained by around 1:30 p.m. Video reports from citizens at the scene showed strong flames licking up a stretch of tall ba

Social Affairs May 20, 2016

Gyeongbu Expressway blocked for 2 hours amid fire from diesel truck crash

Asian former sex slaves adopt resolution denouncing Seoul-Tokyo deal

Asian victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery denounced the agreement reached by Seoul and Tokyo last year by claiming their views were not properly considered.Wrapping up the 14th Asian Solidarity Conference for the Issue of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan, the surviving victims adopted a resolution saying the deal "cannot be a resolution of the issue of Japanese military sexual slavery." Under last year's landmark deal, Tokyo expressed its apology and contrition for its colonial-era atrocit

International May 20, 2016

Seoul's top diplomat vows efforts to lead global pressure on Pyongyang

South Korea will lead the international community in putting pressure on North Korea to give up its nuclear ambitions, the country's top diplomat said Friday."A perception has taken hold in the international community that sanctions and pressure of a different kind compared to the past should be applied to get the North to change and seek denuclearization," Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said in a speech at a forum."In the last couple of days, Switzerland the European Union took their own sanctio

North Korea May 20, 2016

Daughter-murderer pastor given 20 years in prison

The pastor and his wife who killed their 13-year-old daughter by violently beating her were respectively given 20 and 15 years in prison, Thursday. The delivered sentences were five and three years higher, respectively, than the prosecution had initially sought. The Incheon district court on Thursday said the 47-year-old pastor and his 40-year-old wife, admitted to their crimes and showed remorse, however, they continued to blame the victim’s alleged theft of church offerings as triggering the c

Social Affairs May 20, 2016

Daughter-murderer pastor given 20 years in prison

Seoul urges N.K. to give up nukes, missiles amid Gaeseong zone shutdown

South Korea on Friday called on North Korea to end its nuclear and missile programs as Seoul marked the 100th day since shutting down the joint industrial complex in the communist country.Seoul shut down the Gaeseong Industrial Complex in the North's border city of the same name on Feb. 10 in response to Pyongyang's January nuclear test and long-range rocket launch in February.The decision came amid concerns that money generated from the factory zone is bankrolling the North's nuclear and missil

North Korea May 20, 2016

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