The world's largest comic strip and cartoon festival in France wrapped up its four-day run Sunday, after drawing attention for displaying cartoons depicting former Korean sex slaves to the Japanese military during World War II.Some 17,000 people visited the exhibition titled "I'm the Evidence" during the 2014 Angouleme International Comics Festival held from Jan. 30 to Feb. 2 in the southwestern French city of the same name, according to the Korea Manhwa Contents Agency, which organized the even

The number of college graduates who have given up searching for jobs exceeded 3 million last year, government data showed Monday, indicating that more of them have become "economically inactive."According to the data provided by Statistics Korea, the number of economically inactive people among those with college degrees came to 3.08 million last year, up 3.2 percent from the previous year's 2.98 million.The group refers to those who are unemployed and not looking for jobs. They include those wh

Additional suspected cases of bird flu were reported over the Lunar New Year holiday despite the government’s continuous all-out quarantine efforts. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, two suspected cases were reported on Sunday in Jeongeup, North Jeolla Province and in Eumseong-gun, North Chungcheong Province. The duck farm in Eumseong-gun is 4 kilometers from Jincheon, where the infection was confirmed last Wednesday.Chickens at a farm in Busan were also reported

The number of divorces has seen an upward trend right after the Lunar New Year holiday over the past five years, data suggested Sunday. According to data compiled by the Supreme Court, the number of divorces filed with courts nationwide in the month following the Lunar New Year holiday period increased by 14.5 percent from a month earlier, with 3,581 couples seeking the right to split up.Those who filed for divorce after the traditional holiday jumped 16.7 percent on average over five consecutiv

The number of divorce filings has seen an upward trend right after the Lunar New Year holiday over the past five years, data suggested Sunday. 　According to data compiled by the Supreme Court, the number of divorce suits filed with courts nationwide in the month following the Lunar New Year holiday period increased by 14.5 percent from a month earlier, with 3,581 couples seeking a right to split up.　Those who filed for divorce after the traditional holiday jumped 16.7 percent on average over fiv

A group of South Koreans living in Japan is pushing to build a memorial monument for Koreans killed in the atomic bombing during World War II, the South Korean consulate general in Fukuoka said on Sunday.With the support of the South Korean government, the federation of Korean residents in Japan is seeking to build the monument inside the Nagasaki Peace Park that commemorates victims of the atomic bomb dropped on the city by the U.S. during the war.Koreans were also killed by the bombing, mostly

The number of online financial scams in South Korea surpassed 30,000 in the first 10 months of last year, as scamming methods become increasingly diversified and sophisticated, the police said Friday.Four online financial scams such as SMishing, pharming, instant messenger phishing and memory hacking reached 32,060 cases in the January-October period of last year, the police said.Among the above-cited online financial fraud methods, SMishing caused the most damage to financial consumers, reachin

SEJONG (Yonhap) -- A bird flu case has been confirmed at a chicken farm in Gyeonggi Province the government said Thursday, a disturbing sign that all-out quarantine efforts are having limited impact.The agriculture ministry said that tests showed a chicken breeding farm in Hwaseong came up positive for the H5 strain of avian influenza (AI) that is sweeping parts of the country. Past cases have been restricted to the Jeolla and Chuncheong region in the country's southwestern region."At present we

Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday that it will cooperate with Chinese municipalities to improve the air quality here amid public concerns over ultrafine dust coming from the neighboring country. Seoul will sign memorandums of understanding with cities in China to boost cooperation in sharing air quality-related technology and policies. The regions involved include the cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang and Tianjin, as well as Shandong province. It will later join hands with Ulaanbaat