As early as April, people who have served in the military will get extra credits when they apply for jobs in public sectors, the Ministry of National Defense said Monday. The measure is expected to benefit mainly men, who spend 21 to 24 months in military camps as their compulsory military duty. However, the plan is likely to trigger resistance from women’s rights groups and others who claim the e

The government has decided to grant dual citizenship to the children of women who have studied or worked overseas for more than six months and given birth while abroad.Those who fail to meet the standard will be considered “anchor babies” from “birth tourists” and will be excluded from the system, said the Ministry of Justice on Sunday. Korean males who gain dual citizenship will still be mandated

South Korea confirmed additional cases of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) Saturday at three pig farms in cities just outside of Seoul, indicating a failure of nationwide quarantine efforts to contain the highly contagious animal disease.The additional cases now brought to 102 the number of confirmed FMD cases in the country that reported the first confirmed case in the latest outbreak on Nov. 29.The

Lee Kyung-joon is concerned about the slowing speed of production at his manufacturing factory in Gyeonggi Province. A factory manager has already been staying at home for days after he was diagnosed with the influenza A(H1N1) virus, while there are more workers who show flu symptoms. “If more workers become ill from the virus and have to rest at home, it would greatly affect the factory’s product

Prosecutors on Thursday started an investigation into RNL Bio, which is suspected of illegally formulating stem cells and brokering their overseas injections, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said. The probe, the first of its kind here, came after the Ministry of Health and Welfare filed charges against the company Tuesday, which the ministry said had manufactured stem cells without

BUSAN (Yonhap News) ― A former U.S. diplomat was sentenced to two years in prison in South Korea on Thursday for swindling a Korean woman out of nearly $200,000 with false promises of lucrative investment opportunities in the Philippines.A court in Busan handed the prison sentence to Dario Tomas, convicting the Filipino-American of charges that he defrauded the woman of 215 million won from 2007 t

Han River rescuers are to receive a new high-speed, uncapsizable boat following a recent accident that claimed the lives of two of their colleagues.Seoul Metropolitan Fire and Disaster Headquarters said Wednesday that it planned to deploy the 12-meter rescue boat at a water rescue department in Yeongdeungpo.The boat has a top speed of 50 knots, faster than any of the current response craft, enabli