A 39-year-old man has been arrested without physical detention on charges of circulating sex videos with women whom he met online, police said Monday.The suspect, only identified by his surname Jin, is accused of having sex with dozens of women whom he met through a chat service and distributing online some 100 pieces of video footage of them engaged in sexual acts between 2003 and 2005, they said.Police investigators, however, said they would have difficulty in bringing charges against Jin, as

Foreigners are severely under-represented at all levels of government in Korea, with only five currently working in the central government, data showed Monday. As of June this year, central government ministries and agencies had five non-Korean nationals on its payroll, down from last year’s seven, the home administration ministry data showed. The total number of public servants in the central government is over 600,000. Foreign employees of 16 large municipal and provincial governments stood at

The number of babies born in South Korea grew at the fastest pace in nearly two years in September amid government efforts to boost the country’s chronically low birthrate, a government report showed Monday.Babies born in September came to some 41,700, up 6.9 percent or 2,700 from the same month a year earlier, according to the report by Statistics Korea.The percentage growth was the largest since childbirths increased 10.8 percent on-year in January 2011, the report showed.The latest childbirth

About one in five teens living in Seoul has experienced discrimination based on their age, appearance, academic performance and family background over the last year, a poll showed Monday. Three out of 10 faced invasion of privacy and two out of five had thought of suicide due to poor grades and family conflicts, according to the survey by the Seoul Foundation of Women and Family. The foundation conducted a survey on a total of 2,163 students between June and July, including 1,649 fifth-grade ele

A 33-year-old local man who tried to sexually assault a friend of his new wife on his wedding day has been arrested, police said Monday.According to Seoul Gangbuk Police, the suspect lured the unidentified victim by offering her a ride after the ceremony. He took the victim to an amusement park in Gyeonggi Province and tried to rape her in the car, police said.The victim offered to go to a motel in a bid to buy time, and she finally managed to escape.Investigations found that the suspect was a c

A 39-year-old man has been arrested without physical detention on charges of circulating sex videos with women whom he met online, police said Monday.The suspect, only identified by his surname Jin, is accused of having sex with dozens of women whom he met through a chat service and distributing online some 100 pieces of video footage of them engaged in sexual acts between 2003 and 2005, they said.Police investigators, however, said they would have difficulty in bringing charges against Jin, as

Conflict between the nation’s taxi and bus operators is intensifying over a controversial bill aimed at redefining taxis as mass transit. As the ruling and opposition parties agreed on Thursday to postpone the bill from a plenary session for final approval, taxi drivers said they will stage a massive strike during the first week of December. About 250,000 taxis will gather in front of the National Assembly and launch a mass rally to press lawmakers to pass the bill, according to four major taxi

A local woman in her thirties, who had believed her husband was an educated and wealthy person, found out that the man was actually a bankrupt criminal. After the woman’s lawsuit against the man for fraud, the court has annulled the marriage and ordered the man to pay her 117 million won ($100,000) in compensation.The couple met at a club in May 2010. The man introduced himself a decent man with a degree from a prestigious school, all prepared for a marriage with an apartment on the lease. They

The audit division of the Supreme Public Prosecutors' Office on Saturday apprehended a 30-year-old trainee prosecutor who had allegedly forced a woman he interrogated over a suspected theft to have sexual intercourse with him. However, the accused prosecutor, whose identification remains unveiled, will be investigated over bribery suspicion instead of the much criticized sexual assault. The spokesman of the prosecutors' office said the accused prosecutor has risk of fleeing or destroying evidenc

The number of working women in Seoul has increased 38.4 percent in the past 11 years, according to a report. The Seoul City WomanUP, an organization that works to develop women’s capabilities for working, said the number of working women has increased from 1.34 million in 2010 to 1.85 million in 2010.The proportion of them who were working in retail and restaurants decreased from 23.6 percent and 16.8 percent of total working women to 17.7 percent and 13.4 percent respectively.On the other hand

Hyun Young-hee, an independent lawmaker who was formerly affiliated with the ruling Saenuri Party, faces expulsion from the National Assembly as she received a suspended prison term on Friday for bribing her way into the parliament.Hyun was charged with giving 50 million won ($45,766) to a former ruling party official, Cho Ki-moon, in return for securing her a spot on the proportional representation ticket ahead of the April general elections.Hyun was expelled from the party in August as the cri