Seoul Global Center will start consultations on industrial accidents for foreign residents from Tuesday. The weekly service, offered every Tuesday from 2-5 p.m. at the support center for expatriates, will be provided in seven languages including English, Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese. With the number of foreign workers here surging recently, many have complained of difficulty finding proper hel

Police will dismantle the controversial tri-color arrow traffic lights at 53 intersections nationwide, including 11 locations in central Seoul. Since the installment nearly a month ago, the red-yellow-green alternating arrow has been the cause of multiple accidents throughout the city.“We will halt the expansion of the three-color traffic light system, and subject it to further review,” said Natio

A Seoul court has ruled against an online shopping company in a trademark infringement suit filed by Adidas Korea in November.The company, disclosed to the media as “F,” used Adidas’ signature 3-line design, which the German sportswear firm has used since 1982.It was ordered to cease production and sales of its sportswear with the design and destroy articles in storage, officials at the Seoul Cent

Should acupuncture be exclusive to Oriental medicine or a general practice for Western medics too?The medical field is in uproar over the Supreme Court’s ruling that Western medical doctors’ practice of acupuncture-related IMS violates Medical Law. While some Western doctors claim that IMS is a legitimate Westernized form of acupuncture popular throughout the world, Oriental doctors are seeking to

Irregular workers are paid half the wage of regular workers for the same amount of labor. They were also “discriminated” against when it came to joining labor unions and subscribing to the national pension scheme, a governmental report suggested Sunday. According to the Ministry of Employment and Labor, a regular worker was paid an average of 14,388 won ($13.20) per hour as of June last year, comp

The number of North Korean defectors coming to South Korea topped the 21,000 mark in April in the five months since November last year, government officials said Saturday. According to the Unification Ministry, the number of North Koreans defecting to South Korea came to 21,165 as of April 17.The number of North Korean defectors in South Korea breached the 20,000 mark for the first time in Novembe

The Ministry of Justice will join the European convention on extradition in October to expand international cooperation in arresting and extraditing criminals who flee to European countries. The ministry said that it will sign the Council of Europe’s Convention on Extradition no later than July.Korea’s entry into the convention is expected within 90 days of signing.By joining the convention, Korea

The number of children diagnosed with early puberty has increased by more than 400 percent in four years.Changes in diet and exposure to environmental hormones were blamed for the sudden increase in the disorder.According to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, the number of children diagnosed with precocious puberty was 28,000 in 2010, about 4.4 times 6,400 in 2006. The number of t

SANTIAGO, (AFP) - A 10-year-old Bolivian boy who hid on a truck in an effort to visit his mother who had just been released from prison ended up in Chile after an unexpected 500-kilometer (300-mile) trek through the Andes mountains, officials said.The boy, identified as Franklin Vilca, ended up Saturday in the Chilean city of Iquique, some 1,800 kilometers (1,100 miles) north of Santiago, after a

A 31 year-old man was arrested for imitating batman while possessing dangerous weapons, according to U.S. police in Michigan.Mark Williams, a comic book fan, was found hanging from the rooftop of a hardware store about 10 meters off the ground. When police arrested the man, they found a striking weapon, gloves, and a can of irritant chemical spray. William’s My Space lists his favorite movie as “T

WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― The remains of another American soldier killed in the Korean War have been identified, the Pentagon said Wednesday. “The remains of a serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors,” the Pentagon said in a statement. “Army Cpl. Primo C. Carnabuci of Old Saybrook, Connecticu