An unemployed man carried out a stabbing spree on Wednesday in Seoul, marking the fourth knife attack to take place in Korea in less than a week.While public anxiety grows, experts say that dissent against society, a sense of being deprived and isolation from society are to blame. According to experts, social outcasts have a tendency toward explosive expressions of emotion when their pride is hurt, and their anger and anxiety can result in such attacks. The latest attack took place in the financ

Environmental experts, public officers and civic activists from home and abroad will gather on Jeju Island next month to pool ideas for the environmental preservation of the De-Militarized Zone, a strip of land along the border between South and North Korea that has turned into a wildlife haven. Organized by the Ministry of Environment and the Gyeonggi Research Institute, a workshop on the DMZ will be held on Sept. 7. The ministry said it will try to reflect ideas presented at the session in its

Having worked its way from acute post-war poverty to becoming the world’s 12th largest economy, Korea has much to offer the world, particularly nations seeking similar paths, said Yoon Seung-joon, chief of a state-run body on environmental industry. And his agency, the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute, is leading the country’s global contributions in the environmental fields, he said. “We, at the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute, are at the vanguard of effor

Armed with technology and knowhow, local environmental firms knock on foreign doorsThe Korea Herald, in collaboration with the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute, is presenting a series of articles introducing small but promising environmental tech firms. The following is the first installment. ― Ed. Though not as glamorous as smartphones, flat-screen TVs and hybrid cars, a new opportunity beckons for corporate Korea in sewage sludge, garbage and landfill gas. Korean environment

This image is not directly related to the story.A 20-year-old exchange student from Korea died after he lay down in a 6-foot (1.83-meter)-deep sandpit he and some fellow students had dug on a Southern California beach and it collapsed on him.The Oxnard Fire Department said in a statement that students from Masters College had dug the pit while spending the day at Oxnard Beach Park on Wednesday and

 A Korean international student was taken into custody by the Gyeonggi Provincial Police Agency on Thursday for an international crime.The 21-year-old woman, identified only by her surname Noh, was allegedly paid by a student to share her answers by sending the student snapped photos of her TOEIC and TEPS tests with her smartphone. Noh placed an ad online from August 2011 to June 2012 stating that she would take the TOEIC/TEPS for paying customers, the police said. She kept her end of the bargai

The law firm Hanjoong LLP is differentiating its services with specialist teams that provide a “one-stop” solution for everything from consultations and suits to post-trial services. Hanjoong operates specialist teams to deal with different types of suits ranging from civil and criminal cases to corporate and international cases that not only take legal action on behalf of the clients but also provide counsel on problems that arise after a suit is concluded.Among the various fields the firm is i

(MCT)The mother of one of three former medical students imprisoned for sexually harassing a female schoolmate received a jail term herself Wednesday for defaming the victim.The three, who were expelled from medical school at the prestigious Korea University, were convicted of repeatedly groping a long-time female friend while she was in a deep sleep after drinking alcohol during a trip they took i

A high school senior was found dead Tuesday at a high school near Seoul, in an apparent suicide prompted by poor grades. The teenage boy, whose identity was withheld by authorities, was found hanged in the bathroom of his school in Bundang, Gyeonggi-do.He left what seems to be a suicide note to his parents, saying “I’m sorry I fell short of your expectations.” It was reported that he had been deeply concerned about his faltering grades.The boy also left a note to his friend, contents of which we