New class policy adopted in wake of teacher who took own life set to take effect Sept. 1

A house cleaner has been charged with animal abuse after allegedly causing injuries to a client's pet cats. According to the cats' owner, the worker was hired through a cleaning service app. The cleaner was notified of the presence of cats beforehand and given instructions not to approach or touch the cats. However, when the cats' owner returned home after running errands, the owner found blood on the floor and on the cats. The cats were immediately taken to a veterinary hospital

A South Korean volunteer fighter indicted for entering Ukraine in 2022 to fight against Russia's invasion in violation of the passport law was given a suspended prison sentence by a court Thursday. The Seoul Central District Court sentenced Rhee Keun, a Navy SEAL-turned-YouTuber, to a prison term of one and a half years, suspended for three years, on charges of passport law violation and a hit-and-run involving the injury of a motorcyclist. The 39-year-old Rhee was also ordered to conduct 8

Police are looking into an email bomb threat targeting the Supreme Court and other locations but found no explosives so far, officials said Thursday, after a fifth such email was sent apparently from Japan. The email, which was received just past midnight, claimed that "high-powered bombs with needles" had been planted at the Japanese Embassy, the Supreme Court and city halls across the country, and would go off from 3:34 p.m. Friday to 2:07 p.m. Saturday. Police searched the locations

South Korea's finance minister said Thursday the country will make efforts to take advantage of the latest decision by Beijing to allow group tours to the country. "In response to the resumption of group tours to South Korea by China, we plan to promptly come up with measures to attract Chinese tourists by offering conveniences in terms of visas and transportation, as well as by developing various tourism programs," Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho said. The remark came after China&

6 babies died of disease, while one suspected as infanticide

A man in his 20s was fined 2 million-won ($1,500) for spiking another man's drink with laxatives last year. The victim, a 19-year old preparing for the national college entrance exam, developed enteritis and suffered from emotional distress after the incident, which the victim claimed affected his performance in the exam. The incident took place on Aug. 30 last year, just two months before South Korea’s state-administered college entrance exam, in Seoul's Gangnam area. The suspec

Wider career opportunities, altered work visas, faster citizenship process to be provided under ‘Study Korea 300K Project’

Only about three percent of those classified as "criminal youth" who committed any of the five major violent crimes -- murder, robbery, rape, indecent assault and special violence -- were found to have been punished under the Criminal Act, while the majority of them received mild correctional measures, the data showed Wednesday. Juvenile offenders between the ages of 14 and 18 are designated as "criminal youth." Out of 18,084 juvenile cases sent to trial for the five major vi

A woman who stripped down and assaulted a prison guard at a detention center in Incheon was sentenced to an eight-month jail sentence suspended for two years on charges of assault and obstruction of justice Tuesday. The woman, who was imprisoned in Incheon Detention Center for unrelated charges, was reportedly protesting unsatisfactory sleeping arrangements on Feb. 7. She started cursing at the prison guard and swung her arm at guards who tried to stop her. When one of the guards called for back

A man was taken into police custody on Aug. 7 for carrying a weapon concealed in an umbrella, on charges of special intimidation in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province.. The suspect, who is in his sixties, was engaged in an argument with the internet cafe owner, who called the police after sensing the suspect was armed with a weapon. The National Police Agency released the surveillance footage of the internet cafe via its official YouTube channel, where the agency has been sharing content related to its in

Use of parasol reduces temperature by up to 7 C, officials say

A teenage boy has turned himself into the police for allegedly threatening to sexually assault a minor in an online post, police said Tuesday. The high schooler turned up at a police outpost in Guro-gu, southwestern Seoul, confessing to posting the notice, according to Seoul Guro Police Station. A notice, published in an online forum at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, read that a person would sexually assault an elementary school girl aged 8 to 13 near Gangnam Station. The original post has been deleted.

The city of Seoul unveiled its new city logo with the "Seoul, My Soul" slogan, as part of an initiative officials say aims to bolster the city's global image. The slogan emerged as the top pick from an open call for idea submissions last August, besting the runner-up "Seoul for You." It then underwent a rigorous review process, incorporating various surveys to finalize the design, city officials said. The new branding will replace "I Seoul U," which had been the cit

The Board of Audit and Inspection said Wednesday it has launched preparations to look into what went wrong in the hosting of the World Scout Jamboree, vowing to conduct a thorough inspection from the winning of the right to host the event to its closure. The quadrennial event concluded Saturday after overcoming significant challenges, including poor preparations, a heat wave and a powerful typhoon, which forced the relocation of around 40,000 participants from a campsite in Saemangeum, a reclaim