Seoul City’s two subway transit corporations will double the number of security guards starting Monday, officials said Friday.According to Seoul Metropolitan Government, 84 more security guards will patrol lines one through eight, coinciding with the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit which starts Monday.Responding to a public outcry against subway crime, Seoul Metro and Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation have had security personnel patrolling the station and cars since September.According

Seoul has been stepping up security ahead of the Nuclear Security Summit, and enhanced measures are now in place at the summit venue and across the country.The Nuclear Security Summit will be the largest-ever diplomatic event in Korea with the heads of 53 nations and four international organizations congregating in Seoul.Including government officials accompanying the heads of states and the media, more than 10,000 people are expected to be present at the COEX exhibition center where the summit

The public official ethics division of the Prime Minister’s Office, which placed a civilian under illegal surveillance, may also have gathered information on the chiefs of local conglomerates. According to reports, the division gathered information regarding conglomerate chiefs ranging from their tax payments to personal meetings in 2008 and 2009, when it is thought to have conducted surveillance on one or more civilians.“The public official ethics division collected information on conglomerate

Air-tight multidimensional measures in place at venue and across the countrySeoul has been stepping up security for some time ahead of the Nuclear Security Summit, and enhanced measures are now in place at the summit venue and across the country.The Nuclear Security Summit will be the largest diplomatic event in Korea with the heads of 53 nations and four international organizations congregating in Seoul.Including government officials accompanying the heads of states and the media, more than 10,

Male titans of Wall Street take note: Your kids are going to mom first about money questions, a survey from T. Rowe Price Group Inc. said. About 54 percent of children said they go to their moms first on money issues compared with about 40 percent who said they ask dad, according to the survey of ch

President Lee Myung-bak and first lady Kim Yoon-ok saw the value of their personal assets rise by about 300 million won (US$265,240) last year after a half million dollars was added from the cash award coming with an environment prize Lee won overseas, government data showed Friday.The first couple'

The foundation board of Sookmyung Women’s University has dismissed school president Han Young-sil, who has been in the conflict with the board over the latter’s alleged “laundering” of donation money. The decision was made at a hastily-called board meeting on Tuesday and took effect on Thursday, a local news outlet reported on Thursday. But the school administration called the board’s decision invalid because it violated the procedural rule which calls for the board to announce the agenda of its

The investigation into the alleged attempt by presidential officials to cover up Prime Minister’s Office placing a civilian under surveillance is moving up the Cheong Wa Dae hierarchy.According to reports, the prosecutors investigating the case are making arrangements to summon former presidential labor affairs aide Choi Jong-seok in the near future.Choi has been accused by Jang Jin-su, a former PMO official convicted of destroying evidence regarding the matter, of issuing orders to destroy evid

Seoul City’s emergency response system receives a call nearly every 10 seconds, with bombing and terrorist reports on the rise ahead of the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit, officials said Thursday.According to Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul Emergency Operations Center on average receives a call every 10 seconds, and one for a health emergency every 76 seconds. Calls for rescue and fire come in every 13 and 14 minutes, respectively.Officials also say they are on high alert after receiving fou

Graduate students and professors from several U.S. universities will arrive here Sunday to study Seoul City’s administrative policies.According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government on Thursday, four professors and 20 students from Central Michigan University, Florida International University and California State University, San Bernardino will see firsthand the policies during a weeklong fieldtrip. The trip is part of a city program in which public administration graduate students from U.S. univ

Decision to benefit 1,000 employees; cost expected to reach 6.2 billion wonThe Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Thursday they would make city staff on temporary contracts permanent hires as part of efforts to improve job security and secure access to employment benefits.A total of 1,054 staff on temporary contract who have worked for the past two years or longer will be granted permanent status in May, according to officials. Their contracts will have unlimited duration and include benefi

U.S. President Barack Obama will give a speech at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Monday, U.S. Senior Administration Officials said at a press briefing Tuesday.In his lecture, the President is expected to talk about Korea’s alliance with the U.S. and its rising role on the global stage, while outlining his goals for the international nuclear summit.Obama has expressed his positive view of the Korean education system on numerous occasions prior to the announcement. It is speculated that HUFS

A Hong Kong man was sentenced to community service after threatening to set himself on fire in a protest against his son's failure to get into an elite school, reports said on Thursday.Paul Li protested on top of a footbridge over one of the busiest roads in the southern Chinese city last September

Prosecutors on Thursday searched the home of a close aide of Democratic United Party chairwoman Han Myeong-sook over allegations of bribery.The prosecutors are investigating allegations that a man identified by his surname Shim took 200 million won ($177,000) from a man named Park. Park was a preliminary candidate for the DUP for the April 11 general elections.The prosecutors also asked Shim to show up at their office to be questioned but he did not promise to do so. Park, who made the allegatio