With more than 9,000 Mongolians having visited Seoul as “medical tourists” last year, the South Korean capital city is offering a promotional tour for a group of Mongolians to show what the city has to offer in the way of tourism and health care.According to Seoul City, of all the tourists who visited Seoul to receive medical services in 2017, Mongolians accounted for the fifth-highest number with 9,600. With those figures in mind, the city is hosting a tour for major buyers and media representa

Social Affairs Sept. 16, 2018

A man in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, was slapped with six months’ prison and a two-year suspended term for neglecting his 6-year-old child with a mental disability in a trash-filled room and starving her. He was also ordered 80 hours of community service.The suspended term means he is unlikely to see the inside of a jail cell, barring other developments.  (Yonhap)The Cheongju District Court said Sunday that it handed down the sentence to the 46-year-old on a violation of the Child Welf

Social Affairs Sept. 16, 2018

A South Korean tourist who had went snorkeling near Indonesia’s Lombok Island was found dead on the beach of the outlying Gili Trawangan Island. Another Korean tourist is missing. According to local police in Lombok on Thursday, the body of the 19-year-old was found by another tourist on Gili Trawangan on Wednesday afternoon. The victim was last seen leaving a hotel around 4 p.m. with snorkeling gear, along with a 22-year-old female friend, who is now missing.Police believe the couple could have

International Sept. 13, 2018

코리아헤럴드가 <하트시그널 시즌2>에 출연한 20대 창업가 정재호를 판교 경기문화창조허브에서 만났다. 　　그가 출연한 예능프로그램은 지난 6월 막을 내렸지만 스타트업 CEO 정 씨의 도전은 계속된다. 　　이날 기자는 정 씨가 준비 중인 블록체인 기반 생체데이터 플랫폼 ‘아스테라’와 스마트 체중계에 대해 들어보았다.　아스테라 CEO 정재호 (사진=임정요 기자/코리아헤럴드)　　Q: 우선 자기소개를 부탁합니다.　　A: 안녕하세요, 저는 아스테라의 대표 정재호입니다. 저희는 도합 30년 이상의 개별 경험을 가진 실력 있는 개발자 아홉 명으로 구성된 팀이고요, 의료계 혁신을 이루고자 마음을 모아서 열심히 하고 있습니다. 저희의 사업 비전은 저희가 개발하고 있는 이 기술을 통해서 대중들이 가지고 있는 건강 문제점들을 조금이나마 개선하고자 하는 것입니다. 그중에서도 저희가 바라본 문제점은 의료계, PGHD 시장입니다.　　4차산업 혁명으로 데이터의 가치가 높아졌습니다. IOT 디바이스를 통해서 사

한국어판 Sept. 11, 2018

Learning how to properly love and respect another person should come before learning how to avoid pregnancy, according to Lala School, a new sex education institute, which is trying to foster comprehensive sex education in Korea that enables adolescents and adults to make informed decisions.In a television broadcast, Lala School sex education teacher Shin Yeon-jeong described dating in Korea as being like a masquerade in which people dress up in society’s concepts of femininity and masculinity.

Social Affairs Sept. 6, 2018

“It is not filial piety to visit your parents over the weekend or bring them carnations on parents’ day,” says a slogan at a cram school for gongshisaeng in Noryangjin-dong, Seoul. “Good sons and daughters have good grades and attend classes.” Gongshisaeng refers to those preparing for public service examinations. It is a compound word made up of the Korean words for public servants, tests and students -- gongmuwon, siheom and haksaeng, respectively. Noryangjin, located close to Yeouido and the

Social Affairs Sept. 6, 2018

 진행자: 임정요, Paul Kerry1. Critics doubt sincerity of Seoul Mayor’s ‘wheelchair experience’ pledge기사요약: 박원순 서울시장이 다시 한번 ‘체험 행정’을 선언했다. 한달 간 강북구 삼양동 옥탑방에 거주했던 것에 이어 이번에는 휠체어를 타고 대중교통을 이용해 보겠다고 돌발 선언한 것이다. 체험 날짜는 미정이다. 이 같은 박 시장의 선언에 장애인권 운동가들은 비판적이다. 작년 휠체어를 타고 지하철을 이용하던 중 계단에서 떨어져 사망한 피해자 한 씨의 사건 후 지나치게 뒤늦은 행동이라는 것이다.아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638[1] Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon’s latest pledge --

Podcast Sept. 5, 2018

It’s a sunny mid-August day, just a few days before the arrival of Typhoon Soulik on the Korean Peninsula. Standing in front of a photo studio in tourist-friendly Sinsa-dong, Seoul, 27-year-old Park Chang-wook is about to brave a storm of his own. Having just returned to South Korea after a couple of years working in New York City as a graphic designer, Park is embarking on a rather formidable journey -- job-searching in his homeland, where the unemployment rate for young people between the ages

Culture Aug. 29, 2018

Vietnam’s Danang came out atop the list for Koreans’ summer break destination in 2018, according to Korean e-commerce company Ticket Monster, Wednesday. Ticket Monster, or TMON, found through its internal analysis on air ticket sales in the holiday months of July and August that Danang was the most popular choice among its users.  Cau Vang, the "gold bridge," opened near Da Nang, Vietnam, in July. (Reuters)Danang has recently risen in popularity here following multiple appearances on Korean ente

Travel Aug. 29, 2018

A man in his 40s was killed and two people were injured in Seoul on Tuesday, after torrential rainstorms and flash floods swept the capital city.The unidentified victim apparently drowned in his car, which was submerged near a flooded bridge in Nowon-gu, northern Seoul, Tuesday evening, according to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.The sky will remain overcast nationwide on Wednesday with up to 200 mm of rain expected in the capital and central regions. In Gangwon Province and the norther

Social Affairs Aug. 29, 2018

KTX bullet train tickets for the Chuseok holiday period to most cities in the southern part of the country opened early Tuesday morning, but sold out almost instantly.On that morning, Lee Ja-yoon set her alarm for 6:30 a.m., an hour before her usual wake-up time.The 27-year-old office worker, who lives in Seoul but is originally from Busan, has grown accustomed to the annual ritual of reserving round-trip train tickets online ahead of Chuseok, but even after three years she still feels her stoma

Social Affairs Aug. 28, 2018

Nobody in their right mind likes to stay connected to work during their holidays. But however sane we may be, disconnecting is increasingly difficult in 2018, when wireless network technology is about to enter 5G levels.But don’t despair, because there are holiday locations where the notorious lack of Wi-Fi and bad reception gives you ample reason not to receive messages from work. According to research by a global travel agency Trip.com, the countries with the fewest hotels equipped with W-Fi a

Travel Aug. 28, 2018

Handheld electronic fans emit high levels of electromagnetic radiation and should be used at least 25 centimeters from the face, according to a report by nonprofit organization Asian Citizen’s Center for Environment and Health, Monday.The ACCEH said that in its test of 13 types of handheld electronic fans purchased at shopping malls in Seoul, 12 emitted high levels of electromagnetic radiation. The tested fans emitted an average of 647.7 miligauss of electromagnetic radiation, with a low of 281m

Industry Aug. 21, 2018

A YouTube video showing a scantily clad woman posing on stage as a part of a “morale boosting performance” for South Korean soldiers has caused online furor, leading to the Capital Defense Command to issue an official apology Monday.The video, uploaded on YouTube on Korea’s Liberation Day on Aug. 15, shows a woman in a small bikini swerving her mostly exposed derriere to K-pop music. Each of her poses is met with thunderous roars from soldiers.“How old are you?” asks the host, to which the woman

Social Affairs Aug. 20, 2018

Police have identified a dismembered body found in a thicket near Seoul Grand Park in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, as a man in his 50s who was a resident in the region.Namyangju Police said it identified the man by the fingerprints left on the body.The police plan to narrow down the list of suspects by investigating those who knew the deceased.  Bushes near Seoul Grand Park where a dismembered body was found on Sunday. (Yonhap)Earlier on Sunday at around 9:40 a.m., the torso of a man was found b

Social Affairs Aug. 19, 2018