The Korea Herald

Seoul named top convention city

Oct 6, 2011

Seoul has been named the best convention city by a Singapore-based leading travel and convention magazine, TTG Asia Media, city officials said Thursday.Korea’s capital, honored by the magazine with the renowned convention and a travel award as well, has outstripped Singapore, holder of the title for
Gov't steps up efforts to encourage Korean language study overseas

Oct 6, 2011

SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Yonhap) -- The government will improve and increase the number of its programs to teach the Korean language to foreigners next year as the recent boom of Korean pop culture has helped push up demand for learning the language, the culture ministry said on Thursday.The Ministry of Cultu
100 civil servants to be disciplined for gambling while on duty

Oct 5, 2011

One hundred public officials will be disciplined en masse for habitually gambling at a local casino during work hours, state auditors said on Wednesday.The Board of Audit and Inspection has recently conducted an intensive audit into 465 accounting and safety management officials who have visited Kan
Inquiry on faculty sex offenses underway

Oct 5, 2011

Criminal background checks for sex offenses will be released for all faculty members of education facilities to better protect the nation’s students, government officials said Wednesday.According to the Education Ministry, a first round inquiry took place between May and July of this year, surveying
English is fun for BGV students

Oct 5, 2011

The Busan Global Village has gained recognition from Koreans here over the last two years for its high-quality, low-cost English language education programs. A total of 115,800 people have visited the village over that period and experienced effective ways of learning English. For Choi Young-suk, a
Busan Global Village offers exciting fall programs

Oct 5, 2011

English speech contest, flea market and Halloween party set to liven up autumnBusan Global Village, a leading English education center in Busan, offers a variety of English immersion programs from October to November for students and citizens of all ages.BGV is to hold an English speech contest as t
Criminal background checks for all teachers

Oct 5, 2011

Criminal background checks for sex offenses will be released for all faculty members of education facilities, to better protect the nation’s students, officials said Wednesday.According to the Education Ministry, a first round census took place between May and July, surveying 189,759 nurseries, scho
Police grills Pigeon chairman over assault

Oct 5, 2011

Police questioned Lee Yoon-chai, chairman of Pigeon Corp., the nation’s second-largest maker of fabric conditioner, Wednesday on charges of ordering an assault on a former chief executive of his company. A day earlier, investigators raided the headquarters of the company in Incheon, west of Seoul, t
Measures urged to curb suicides

Oct 4, 2011

Suicides cause up to 4.9 trillion won in socio-economic loss in 2009Is Korea becoming a “suicide republic?”Last year, a total of 15,413 Koreans committed suicide, equivalent to about 42.2 people taking their own lives every day, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare. According to Statistic
Seoul, New York City sign deal to team up on tourism promotion

Oct 4, 2011

South Korea’s capital and New York City signed an agreement to run a joint tourism marketing campaign, city officials here said Tuesday.According to Seoul Metropolitan Government, Deputy Mayor Kwon Young-gyu, New York City’s chief of marketing George Fertitta and Korean Air’s Woo Kee-hong signed a m
Rising debt weighing on economy

Oct 4, 2011

Measures urged to prevent liabilities from holding back growthEncouraging Koreans to have confidence in their economy’s ability to cope with global fiscal crises in his radio address Monday, President Lee Myung-bak listed a set of factors backing his argument, including the national debt being kept
Nation’s first N.K. studies dept. faces closure

Oct 4, 2011

Dongguk University is considering closing the department of North Korea studies, the oldest such department in the country, as part of restructuring, the student council of the university said Tuesday. According to the student body, they have been notified by the school management about the plan to
Overnight interrogations by prosecutors surge over 3 years

Oct 4, 2011

Despite an official order in 2006 to limit overnight interrogations by prosecutors in order to protect human rights, their frequency surged nearly 2.5-fold over the past three years, a report showed Tuesday. A total of 554 people were held overnight for questioning by prosecutors in 2010, up 151 per
Number of mentally ill criminals to hit 2,000 this year

Oct 3, 2011

The number of mentally ill criminals who have committed felonies such as murder and is expected to rise to 2,000 this year, said a government report released on Monday. According to the report by the National Police Agency, 1879 mentally ill people were convicted of a crime in 2010. The report noted
Asbestos cancer cases to peak in 2045

Oct 3, 2011

Korea predicts a surge in number of asbestos exposure victims: expertsThe number of people suffering from malignant mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos is expected to peak in 2045, the Ministry of Environment said in a report Sunday. Comparing the trends of asbestos use and patients in Korea