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[Feature] ‘Lost decade’ possible for South Korea as employment prospect dims among young job seekers

College graduates continue to find doors to employment closed as economy suffers

Jan 24, 2021
New virus cases under 400 again, alert in place against potential upticks

South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases fell back below 400 on Sunday, following a brief rise a day earlier, but health authorities remain vigilant against possible upticks amid an apparent slowdow...

Jan 24, 2021
Watchdog set to announce results of probe into ex-Seoul mayor's alleged sexual abuse

The state human rights watchdog is set to announce the results of its investigation into former Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon's alleged sexual abuse of a secretary as early as this week. The National Hu...

Jan 24, 2021
[Newsmaker] 3 missing as fishing boat capsizes near Geoje Island

GEOJE -- Search operations were under way off the southern island of Geoje after three crew members of a capsized fishing boat went missing on Saturday, authorities said. The 339-ton vessel capsized...

Jan 24, 2021
Korea calls new variants big risk in pandemic fight

South Korea's health authorities warned Saturday that their efforts to contain COVID-19 face a potentially major challenge from the spread of new variants. Kwon Joon-wook, deputy director of the Cen...

Jan 23, 2021
New COVID-19 cases back above 400 as authorities warn of danger of variants

South Korea's daily new COVID-19 cases rose back to above 400 on Saturday, health authorities said. The country added 431 more COVID-19 cases, including 403 locally transmitted infections, raising t...

Jan 23, 2021
S. Korea confirms another case of highly pathogenic bird flu

South Korea confirmed another case of highly pathogenic bird flu in poultry Firday, raising the total caseload to 69. The latest case of the H5N8 strain of avian influenza (AI) came from an egg farm...

Jan 22, 2021
US govement isses movement restriction order for Kunsan base over virus cases

US Forces Korea (USFK) on Friday imposed movement restrictions on all individuals affiliated with its air base in the western city of Gunsan due to the recent coronavirus outbreak there. Under the o...

Jan 22, 2021
Seoul education office’s push for LGBT students protection faces opposition

Seoul education office’s push to protect LGBT students and eradicate discrimination at schools is facing opposition after the office released its 2021-23 draft plan to protect the human rights of stu...

Jan 22, 2021
Appellate court approves 7-year sentence for late Hanbo founder's son

An appellate court on Friday upheld a lower court's seven-year prison sentence for a son of Chung Tae-soo, the late founder of the now-defunct Hanbo Group, who was convicted of embezzlement and other...

Jan 22, 2021
[Newsmaker] Rocker Jeon In-kwon faces police investigation over neighbor dispute

Korean rock legend allegedly threw a roof tile at his neighbor’s front door, reports say

Jan 22, 2021
S. Korea remains alert over possible uptick ahead of Lunar New Year, reports under 400 new cases

Authorities warned against coronavirus complacency as potential risk factors still remain at large even though South Korea has been reporting fewer cases in recent days due to tougher virus curbs. H...

Jan 22, 2021
Ex-therapist of local triathlon team sentenced to 8 yrs in prison in abuse case

A former physical therapist of a municipal triathlon team was sentenced to eight years in prison on Friday for sexually and physically abusing an athlete who took her own life last year. The Daegu D...

Jan 22, 2021
Religious facilities biggest source of infection clusters: KDCA

Over the past year, there were 141 infections for every 100,000 people in the country. Of the confirmed patients, 51 percent were women. By age, 61.3 percent of the patients were in their 20s to 50...

Jan 22, 2021
AI chatbot mired in legal dispute over data collection

Artificial intelligence-based chatbot Lee Luda, which ended this month in ethical and data collection controversy, faces lawsuits on charges of violating personal information. On Friday, around 400 ...

Jan 22, 2021

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