Articles by Moon Ki-hoon
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Moon Ki-hoon
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Seoul mayor honors man who cleaned up vomit in metro
A man who became a viral sensation last week for cleaning up vomit in a Seoul subway car has been recognized by the city with a medal of appreciation. Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon personally thanked the good Samaritan in a meeting, according to a post on the mayor's Instagram account Sunday. The incident first gained public attention when a passenger posted a video of the act on social media. The video showed a man, known to be in his 20s, cleaning up vomit from a seat on Seoul's Subway Line
Social Affairs July 17, 2023
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'Tastes like Fukushima' Korean YouTube video sparks outrage in Japan
A South Korean YouTube channel with 673,000 subscribers sparked outrage among Japanese and Korean internet users over incendiary remarks made in a travel vlog about Japan. The controversial comments surfaced in response to a July 9 video titled "Would she like traveling to Japan on a 300,000 won ($232) budget?" which shows a 20-something couple who runs the channel visiting Kitakyushu, a city in the south of Japan. In the video, the two running the channel liken an airplane painted in
Social Affairs July 12, 2023
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Sixth-grader's sexually explicit messages to teacher spark concern
Sexually derogatory messages allegedly sent by a sixth-grader to his teacher are fanning controversy online. The incident was first reported Monday in a post shared on Blind, an anonymous online community. In the now-deleted post, a person who claimed to be the teacher's boyfriend complained that a sixth-grade student had been sending explicit texts to the teacher. Screenshots included in the post showed KakaoTalk messages sent by the student, where the student tells the teacher to “h
Social Affairs July 11, 2023
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Man jailed over fradulent Buddhist temple sale
A man in his 20s has been sentenced to an 18-month jail term for defrauding his employer with a false property sale. The man, a part-time worker at a PC bang, duped his employer that he would sell him a temple, a property purportedly inherited from his grandfather. He defrauded his boss of nearly $100,000 over 16 instances. The property, however, was unregistered, and had multiple inheritors, meaning he had no sole right to sell it. The man also stole the pin number of his employer's moth
Social Affairs July 11, 2023
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Man taken into custody in Go murder case
Jeju Seogwipo Police arrested a man in his 60s who is suspected of stabbing his friend to death during a Go game on Saturday night. The two men, both unidentified, were reportedly drinking and playing Go when a dispute allegedly broke out, leading to the stabbing at around 11 p.m. The victim, in his 50s, died of multiple stab wounds. Local police responded to the scene early Sunday and recovered the murder weapon. The suspect was apprehended at around 12:30 p.m. The suspect reportedly denied the
Social Affairs July 10, 2023
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Online forum users face arrest for child sex crimes
Police are pursuing arrest warrants for two men, surnamed Kim and Park, for alleged sex crimes against minors. Both suspects, in their 20s, were active users of the web forum Depression Gallery, an anonymous bulletin board on the online community DCinside that has been linked to multiple sex crimes against minors. Kim is accused of assault, blackmail and rape that occurred in 2020 and 2021 at a property in Sindaebang-dong, Seoul, which was reportedly used as a meeting place for forum users. Simi
Social Affairs July 5, 2023
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