Negotiations among employees, employers and laborers to set next year’s minimum wage fell through without an agreement Wednesday, failing to meet the June 28 legal deadline.  The Minimum Wage Council was not able to reconcile differing views over the growth rate of the minimum wage, with business representatives calling for a freeze and labor counterparts demanding it be raised by 65.8 percent. Extra meetings are scheduled to be held for three consecutive days from July 4, with both sides set to

Social Affairs June 29, 2016

South Korean police chief on Wednesday addressed the recent suspicion over Busan police’s attempt to cover up the case in which their officers had sex with underage girls, pledging to punish them.Kang Sin-myeong, the National Police Agency chief, admitted that high-ranking police officials were involved in the alleged cover-up of their officers’ irregularities during a parliamentary committee meeting. National Police Agency Commissioner General Kang Sin-myeong answers questions at the parliament

Social Affairs June 29, 2016

Foreign and local experts from human rights organizations and academia addressed on Tuesday the danger of the use of water cannons by South Korean police at street rallies and called for better protection of human rights in keeping the public order. An association of human rights organizations investigating the use of police force in last year’s antigovernment rallies held a symposium in Seoul, bringing together a former German judge, a British campaigner and Korean activists and scholars.The ev

Social Affairs June 28, 2016

While South Korea scrambled to assess the impact of Great Britain’s decision to leave the European Union over the weekend, little impact will be made on its domestic legal market, experts said Sunday.The “Brexit” decision came amid the U.K. law firms’ ongoing efforts to cement their standing in South Korea, with the final stage of opening the local legal industry to come into effect on July 1 under the Korea-EU free trade deal.Experts and government officials noted that Brexit would not affect B

Social Affairs June 26, 2016

이탈리아의 한 마을에 초대형 ‘미확인미행물체’(UFO)가 나타났다. 얼핏 보면 마치 외계인이 침공한 것처럼 보인다. (사진=세계기상기구)최근 세계기상기구(World Meteorological Organization)는 공식 페이스북을 통해 이탈리아 시칠리아 섬의 에트나(Etna) 산 정상에서 흡사 UFO를 연상시키는 신기한 구름 사진들을 소개했다. 　이탈리아 매체들은 앞다투어 ‘외계인의 침공’ 등과 같은 익살스러운 제목으로 신비한 구름에 대해 보도했다. 　산 정상을 완전히 뒤덮고 있는 사진 속 구름의 정식 명칭은 ‘층적운’으로, 상승하는 기류가 산맥에 부딪쳐 상승 기류가 만들어질 때 형성된다.　층적운은 대개 높은 산맥에서 형성되며 히말라야나 안데스, 로키 산맥에서 자주 나타나는 것으로 알려졌다.　(khnews@heraldcorp.com)

한국어판 June 26, 2016

세계적인 포르노 스타로 한 때 이름을 날렸던 치치올리나(64)가 컴백을 선언했다. 　최근 이탈리아 잡지 바니티 페어는 ‘포르노 퀸의 귀환’을 알리면서 이 같이 보도했다. (사진=Ilona Staller Cicciolina 페이스북)치치올리나는 인터뷰에서 “영화 제작을 위해 프로듀서를 모집 중”이라며 “팬들에게 최고의 선물이 될 것”이라고 밝혀 그녀의 컴백에 대한 기대감을 높였다.　치치올리나는 1951년생으로 올해 만 64세이다. 하지만 여전히 젊고 아름다운 외모를 자랑해 많은 팬들을 깜짝 놀라게 했다.　한편, 그녀는 약 30년 전 20편 이상의 포르노에 출연하며 스타덤에 오른 바 있다. 현재 치치올리나의 촬영 계획은 구체적으로 알려지지 않았다. 　(khnews@heraldcorp.com)

한국어판 June 26, 2016

Foreign ministers of the EU‘s founding member states, gathering in Berlin for crisis talks after Britain’s shock referendum outcome, said London must begin the process of leaving “as soon as possible”. 　France‘s Jean-Marc Ayrault went as far as to call for David Cameron, who has said he would resign by October, to make way more quickly for a new British prime minister to manage the transition out of the union. (Yonhap News)As the EU grappled with the first defection in its six-decade history, Eu

World News June 26, 2016

South Korea on Saturday said it will keep close tabs on the impact of the Brexit on the local market and take actions swiftly and firmly to minimize its fallout if needed."For now, the uncertainties (on Britain's exit from the European Union) are big, and we cannot predict the consequences,"the government said.On Saturday, officials from the finance and industry ministries, as well as the central bank, held a gathering to check the repercussions of Britain's vote to leave the EU.Hit by the Brexi

June 25, 2016

South Korean shares will face increased fluctuation next week as foreign investors are expected to reduce part of their risky assets following Britain's decision to exit the European Union (EU), analysts said Saturday. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) closed at 1,925.25 on Friday, down 3.09 percent, or the biggest daily loss in more than four years following the unexpected outcome of Britain's vote to leave the world's single largest economic bloc.Analysts said the country

June 25, 2016