Temperatures nationwide will soar above 35 degrees Celsius on Tuesday at the hottest time of the day.The city of Daegu, comically referred to as Dae-frica for its hot weather, will notch 38 C at the hottest time of the day. Seoul will mark 37 C.  (Yonhap)At 5 a.m., Seoul recorded 27.5 C, Incheon 26.5 C, Suwon 26.3 C, Chunhceon 25.7 C, Gangneung 27.5 C, Cheongju 27.4 C, Daejeon 26.3 C, Jeonju 26.5 C, Gwangju 26.7 C, Jeju 27.8 C, Daegu 27.3 C, Busan 26.8 C, Ulsan 27.3 C and Changwon 25.4 C.No rain

Social Affairs July 24, 2018

Friday’s weather in Korea will reach a daytime high of 38 degrees Celsius, extending the record for the hottest day of the year so far.Koreans often refer to Friday nights out as “bulgeum,” meaning fire Friday or burning Friday, but this time the expression rings true in a more literal sense.(Yonhap)The weather agency forecast that even the coolest region in Korea will have a daily high of 32 C. Daegu is forecast to reach 38 C and Gumi, Pohang and Andong 37 C. Night time temperatures will hover

Social Affairs July 20, 2018

Shinsegae opened its second city center duty-free store in Seoul at Express Bus Terminal in Gangnam on Wednesday.The new five-story shopping space seeks to attract young and rich foreign tourists interested in Korean cosmetics and fashion. Thirty-six percent of the 13,570-square-meter space has been allotted to Korean brands.Inside the store, there is a space called Studio S where social media influencers can use microphones and lights for live broadcasting and filming. On the store’s launch day

Industry July 19, 2018

Eve Cup, the third menstrual cup to gain the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety’s approval for sales in Korea, was heatedly received on Monday when it launched on social crowdfunding platform Tumblbug.The only campaign to begin at half past noon on the day, the launch of Eve Cup crashed the Tumblbug site due to excessive traffic. Once back online, Eve Cup reached its target of 10 million won ($8,900) within 25 minutes and twice the target amount within six hours. 　As of noon, Tuesday, more than 88

Technology July 17, 2018

Students at Uijeongbu High School in Gyeonggi Province dressed up for their yearbook photo shoot Monday, keeping their wacky tradition of creating eye-catching graduation photos. Uijeongbu High is an all-boys school that has made headlines both at home and abroad for its unconventional graduation pictures. The class of 2018 chose to dress up as Hog Rider of the mobile game “Clash of Clans,” a demon clown from the horror movie “It,” Sanrio’s lazy egg character Gudetama, South Korean Skeleton Olym

Culture July 16, 2018

The 2018 Daegu Chimac Festival will run from Wednesday to July 22 in Daegu, North Gyeongsang Province. The festival's name is based on a compound word of chicken and beer in Korean that reflects Koreans’ enthusiasm for pairing fried chicken with beer. Daegu started the festival in 2013 with a crowd of 270,000. The number of attendees steadily grew in the following years, and topped 1 million in 2016 and 2017.Photo from 2017 Daegu Chimac Festival (DaeguChimacFestival)This year’s event is set to t

Culture July 16, 2018

A man from Uzbekistan was robbed while waiting for an express bus to Incheon Airport from Gwangju to return home, last month.On Wednesday, Gwangju Seobu Police said they booked a 59-year-old Korean man surnamed Shim. He is being charged for stealing the bag of the 25-year-old foreign laborer at around 4 a.m. on June 12 in the waiting room at the U-Square Gwangju Bus Terminal.The Uzbek man had been asleep on a bench with his bag placed at his head. The bag contained about 1.8 million won ($1,600)

Social Affairs July 12, 2018

식약처는 지난 6일 생리컵 ‘이브컵(EVE cup)’을 국내에서 허가한다고 밝혔다. 정식으로 국내 판매 허가를 받은 세 번째 월경컵의 등장이다.　생리컵은 질 내부에 삽입해 생리혈을 받아 내는 반영구적 생리용품으로, 의약외품에 해당한다. 지난해 일회용 생리대 파동 이후 생리컵은 안전하면서도 경제적인 대안으로 각광받았으나, 해외직구를 통해서만 접할 수 있다는 점에서 크게 대중화되지 못했다. 이후 지난해 말 미국에서 제조한 월경컵 ‘페미사이클’(Femmycycle)이 최초로 식약처의 국내 판매 허가를 얻었고, 한국의 이지앤모가 이 페미사이클을 판매 중에 있다. 두번째로 승인을 받은 제품은 한국회사 엔티온의 ‘위드컵’이다.　브랜드(EVE)가 출시한 이브컵은 세번째로 정식 허가를 받은 제품이다. 이브컵은 FDA에 등록된 의약외품으로, 국내에서는 유일하게 동물실험을 하지 않아 PETA의 ‘Cruelty free & Vegan’ 인증을 받았다. 　　 세 가지 사이즈로 디자인된 이브컵 (사진=EV

한국어판 July 10, 2018

중국 후난성의 연례 고추축제가 지난 9일 막을 올렸다. 올해 행사는 오는 8월 말까지 계속 된다.　　축제의 하이라이트는 단연 매일 10명의 지원자가 참가하는 고추 먹기 대회다. 　[관련 영문기사 바로가기]　바로 고추를 띄워놓은 풀장에 들어가 각자 주어진 50개의 타바스코 고추를 최단시간 안에 다 먹는, 말만 들어도 혓바닥이 얼얼해지는 대회다. 　(사진=AFP-연합뉴스)(사진=AFP-연합뉴스)　타바스코 고추는 매운맛을 측정하는 스코빌 지수에서 30,000~50,000 스코빌 유닛을 기록한다. 이는 청양고추의 10,000 스코빌 유닛을 훨씬 웃도는 매운 정도다. 　　AFP 통신에 따르면 축제 개막일 날 대회의 우승자는 후난성에 사는 소년 탕 슈아이후이 (Tang Shuaihui)였다. 탕 군은 경기 시작 사인이 떨어지기 무섭게 1분 8초 만에 타바스코 고추 50개를 전부 먹어치웠다고 한다.　　임정요 코리아헤럴드 기자 (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)　

한국어판 July 10, 2018

An annual chili pepper festival, complete with a chili-eating contest, kicked off Monday in Hunan province, southern China.To get an idea of how big Hunan is on chilies, perhaps a Chinese saying offers the best insight: “Guizhou people like spiciness, Sichuan people don’t fear spiciness, Hunan people fear there’s no spiciness.”Living up to its reputation, Hunan has prepared a scorching challenge of eating 50 Tabasco chili peppers. Ten people can sign up for the challenge every day until the end

World News July 10, 2018

Animal rights groups Animal Liberation Wave and Nutties have jointly begun running a series of advertisements against eating meat at “hoesik,” or after-work company bonding meals, in Korea.The groups said starting Monday until Aug. 9, advertisements encouraging meat-free alternative diets for hoesik will appear inside subway cars on Line No. 6.In one of the three images of the ad, a cow sits on a plate flanked by a knife and fork, with the line, “I can live. If tonight’s dine-out menu isn’t stea

Social Affairs July 9, 2018

제 19회 서울퀴어문화축제가 오는 13일부터 22일까지 열흘 간 열린다. 　이번 서울퀴어문화축제는 13일 라운드테이블 성격의 행사 ‘프리즘 오브 아트 PRISM OF ART: 인권, 문화 예술 속에서 피어나다’ (오후 7시~9시, 국가인권위원회)를 시작으로 14일 퍼레이드 (오전 11시~오후 7시, 서울광장), 15일 ‘레인보우 드레스 공식촬영’ 및 19일~22일 한국퀴어영화제 (대한극장)로 구성되어 있다.　행사에 앞서 서울퀴어문화축제조직위원회는 9일 종로구 통인동 참여연대 아름드리홀에서 기자회견을 열어 질의응답 시간을 가졌다.　강명진 서울퀴어문화축제 조직위원장, 한채윤 서울퀴어퍼레이드 기획단장, 양은오 한국퀴어영화제 집행위원장이 참석했으며 이든 서울퀴어문화축제 운영위원이 사회를 봤다.　 왼쪽부터 이든 서울퀴어문화축제 운영위원, 한채윤 서울퀴어퍼레이드 기획단장, 양은오 한국퀴어영화제 집행위원장, 강명진 서울퀴어문화축제 조직위원장 (사진=임정요 기자/코리아헤럴드)올해 축제의 슬로건은

한국어판 July 9, 2018

Kim Eun-jung, the captain and the skip of the Korean women’s Olympic curling team, tied the knot on Saturday. The wedding was held in Daegu, where the groom works as a skating coach. The two had reportedly been dating for roughly five years.Members of the Olympic curling team gathered at the ceremony to celebrate the couple.  South Korean curler Kim Eun-jung poses for a photo with flowers at Goun Temple in Euiseong, North Gyeongsang Province, on March 12. (Yonhap) (Instagram)The Korea women’s cu

More Sports July 8, 2018

Statistics by the Korean police show a spike of spy camera crimes in summer, local media reported Saturday. The police here had reportedly arrested over 980 people nationwide between July 1 and Aug. 20 last year, who had secretly filmed others’ bodies without consent, or disseminated the contents. Illegally filming or photographing others’ body and or spreading the contents is punishable by a maximum of seven years in prison or up to 30 million won ($27,000) in fines. The cases were especially n

Social Affairs July 8, 2018

Employees of Asiana Airlines, the country’s second-largest carrier and part of Kumho Asiana Group, will hold their second protest to demand group’s chief Park Sam-koo to step down.The labor union of Asiana will gather again on the steps of the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Gwanghwamun, Seoul, at 6 p.m. on Sunday. Following the rally, from 7:30 p.m., the protesters will walk to the adjacent Kumho Asiana headquarters. An Asiana Airlines employee sheds tears behind her mask at the demons

Social Affairs July 8, 2018