A vengeful former employee went on a shooting rampage at a factory Wednesday, killing one worker and seriously wounding two others. Police captured the assailant in his 30s after a gunfight. The man identified by his surname Sung told police he was seeking revenge against his former colleagues for bullying him when he worked at the company three years ago.The shooting spree occurred at the parking lot of the car parts maker in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province. The suspect opened fire with a hu

The number of Korean adults suffering from mental illnesses has nearly doubled over the past five years, but most of them shun treatment due to social prejudice. In a survey of 6,022 adults conducted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare released Wednesday, about 16 percent of respondents said they had suffered a mental disorder last year, an increase from 8.3 percent in 2006. It also showed 27.6 percent had a mental disorder at least once in lifetime, compared with 12.6 percent five years ago.“

Yeongdeungpo District has the largest population of Chinese-Korean immigrants in capitalChui We-loong works all throughout the week for very little pay. And after emigrating from Harbin, China, eight years ago and marrying a Korean man, Chui felt it was time to set up her own knitting business.“I didn’t know how much I would need, or how to find a location, or who I need to receive permits from,” said Chui.That’s why Chui came to the Onsite Counseling session held by the Seoul Metropolitan Gover

HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) -- A U.S. judge has rejected a second bid by Yale University to throw out all the allegations in a lawsuit filed by a South Korean university that claims it lost tens of millions of dollars after Yale damaged its reputation.Dongguk University claims in the 2008 lawsuit tha