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Murder suspect in Bonghwa shooting case to stand jury trial
Social affairs
Oct 2, 2018
The Daegu District Court on Tuesday said it has granted the jury trial demand filed by an elderly man accused of murdering two civil servants and attempted murder of a neighbor in Bonghwa, North Gyeongsang Province. The 77-year-old man surnamed Kim fired a hunting rifle at a 48-year-old neighbor surnamed Im, leaving him injured in the shoulder area on Aug. 21 around 9:13 a.m. Around 20 minutes later, Kim reportedly walked into a community center in Bonghwa and killed two civil servants, accordin
A third of top bureaucrats own homes in Seoul’s 3 most expensive districts: report
Social affairs
Oct 2, 2018
One in 3 top government officials own at least one residential property in Seoul’s three most expensive residential districts, Gangnam, Seocho and Songpa, according to a report released Tuesday.Of the 639 level one officials at the presidential office, central government ministries and agencies under the ministries, 210 people owned residential properties in the three districts in southeastern Seoul, according to a report by Rep. Shim Sang-jung of the minor Justice Party.The report showed 46 per
[Kim Seong-kon] Death by a salesman and amateurs
Viewpoints
Oct 2, 2018
In Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman,” the protagonist Willy Loman gets abruptly fired from his lifetime job. Frustrated, Willy expects his son Biff to succeed socially and financially. Unfortunately, Biff fails his father, as he neither enters college nor secures a decent job. Ultimately, Willy takes his own life in order to give his son Biff his life insurance policy money. It is a touching story about a frustrated salesman who sacrifices himself for his family in difficult times. Recently
Reports of sexual misconduct in schools continue in Incheon
Social affairs
Oct 2, 2018
Education authorities in Incheon are scrambling to deal with social media posts alleging sexual misconduct in the city’s schools. The #MeToo reports on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are mostly posts by students accusing teachers of verbal sexual harassment or sexual assault. They also say the schools are abetting such behaviors.When the #MeToo reports about Incheon schools first appeared on social media in early September, the Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education said it only looks into of
[Lee Jae-min] Still Torn Between Two Cities
Viewpoints
Oct 2, 2018
Recent price hikes for housing in Seoul have fanned deep frustration among those living outside Seoul. While prices in Seoul are going through the roof, real estate markets elsewhere are struggling with too many vacancies. Local money is flocking to the Seoul real estate market in droves. As ever, people and money keep coming to Seoul.Seoul’s status as a powerful magnet for people and national resources is a chronic problem for Korea. The Seoul Metropolitan Area accounted for 49.5 percent of the
[Editorial] Judiciary in crisis
Editorial
Oct 2, 2018
Warrants targeting ex-chief justice a disgrace, should prompt self-reflection
End-of-war declaration can’t be bargaining chip for denuclearization: KCNA
North Korea
Oct 2, 2018
For North Korea an end-of-war declaration “can never be a bargaining chip” to get the country to denuclearize, and it will not hope for such a declaration if the US does not want it, according to the country’s state media on Tuesday. Experts interpreted the statement as Pyongyang’s call on Washington to stop using such a declaration as a bargaining chip for its complete and verifiable denuclearization, and instead take corresponding steps to the “goodwill measures” the communist nation has taken
[Newsmaker] Two Seoul districts protest government’s latest home supply plan
Social affairs
Oct 2, 2018
Residents in two districts in Seoul -- Songpa and Gangdong -- are protesting the government’s latest home supply plan, which includes building a new residential town in a former prison site in Songpa, saying they were not consulted before the Ministry of Land announcement. Last month, the central government announced that it would supply some 300,000 public housing units starting from 2021, in an effort to stabilize the overheated housing market. Under the plan, 11 areas in Seoul, including the
Lexus Korea launches best-seller seventh-generation ES 300h
Transport
Oct 2, 2018
Lexus Korea has released its best-selling seventh-generation premium hybrid sedan ES 300h six years after the previous model, stepping up its hybrid portfolio, the company said Tuesday.“South Korea was the second most sold market worldwide for the ES 300h after China last year. It is also the first country in Asia for the new-generation ES 300h to begin sales,” said Nobuyuki Takemura, president and CEO of Lexus Korea, at a launch event in eastern Seoul.He added that customers will be satisfied w
Moon appoints controversial education minister
Education
Oct 2, 2018
President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday went ahead with the appointment of Rep. Yoo Eun-hae of the ruling Democratic Party as the new education minister, in spite of objections from opposition lawmakers over her apparent ethical lapses -- including falsifying her home address so she could enroll her daughter in a prestigious elementary school in central Seoul. “We are aware that there is opposition to Yoo in the parliament, mainly among opposition lawmakers,” said Kim Eui-kyeom, a Cheong Wa Dae spokes
Approaching minimalism with current perspectives
Arts&Design
Oct 2, 2018
Seoul National University Museum of Art hosts group exhibition ‘Minimal Variation’
[Herald Interview] True Short envisions ‘one-stop shop’ for short selling-related data
Markets
Oct 2, 2018
The Korea Herald is publishing a series of interviews on promising startups in the financial technology industry. This is the 22nd installment. -- Ed.Foreign short selling activities on South Korea’s stock market have recently been growing, and with such a trend, there is a Korean startup offering a more comprehensive look into the short selling market landscape in Korea.Short selling refers to the act of selling stocks without owning them in hopes the value goes down. To do so, a short se
[Newsmaker] Groping victim speaks out, shining new light on dispute over court decision
Social affairs
Oct 2, 2018
Case takes a new turn as victim discloses online attacks from those who support man convicted of indecent act
Korea to impose penalties on Facebook if local user data were breached
Technology
Oct 2, 2018
South Korea’s media regulator said it would impose penalties on Facebook if it finds that Korean users were among those whose personal data were compromised in the latest massive security breach affecting 50 million users worldwide.The Korea Communications Commission said Monday that it had requested Facebook to provide comprehensive information on the latest hacking attack’s motives and its potential impact on Korean users.“If found to have compromised the personal data of Korean users, Faceboo
Court allows live broadcast of former President Lee's trial
Social affairs
Oct 2, 2018
A Seoul court decided Tuesday to televise live the sentencing hearing of former President Lee Myung-bak, who is charged with corruption. The decision was made in consideration of public interest and the public's right to know, an official from the Seoul Central District Court said. The court does not need Lee's consent to the decision. The court is set to deliver the verdict in the hearing slated to begin at 2 p.m. Friday. (Yonhap)Lee, who was president from 2008-2013, has been indicted on 16 c
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