Fresh sexual crime allegation at Saemangeum site leads to investigation, withdrawal of 80 Korean scouts

Yoon orders tour programs for scouts, authorities scramble to offer alternate programs

Police track down 46 authors of online murder threats; female victim of Bundang attack dies

A typhoon that left three people dead in Japan last week and meandered in the region for days is expected to head toward South Korea this week, likely making landfall on the east coast Thursday, the national weather agency said Sunday. As of 9 a.m. Sunday, Typhoon Khanun passed 180 kilometers off Japan's southernmost Okinawa Islands, making its way toward reaching Kyushu -- the southernmost of Japan's four largest islands -- by Monday, according to the Korea Meteorological Administ

A group of 80 South Korean scouts and leaders said Sunday they were leaving the 2023 Saemangeum World Scout Jamboree, claiming proper measures were not taken to protect teens after a man had walked into the women's showers. North Jeolla Province Scout Association with 80 participants at the jamboree, including 72 teenagers, announced that they would withdraw from the camp Sunday, after "a Thai scout leader came into the women's shower room on Wednesday." He said there were ab

Seoul police have apprehended three more people suspected of threatening to commit copycat crimes in Seoul following a recent stabbing rampage on the outskirts of the capital, officials said Saturday. They were detained Friday as police vowed to step up vigilance after 14 people were wounded Thursday when a man rammed a car onto a sidewalk and attacked people with a knife at a department store in Seongnam, south of Seoul. The incident followed another stabbing spree at Seoul's Sillim Statio

President Yoon Suk Yeol orders tourism programs instead for Jamboree participants suffering from heat

The fate of the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea was thrust into uncertainty Saturday as the world scout organization called for options to end the event earlier than planned, with British and US contingents opting to pull out from the campsite amid deepening safety concerns from an unabated heat wave. Despite the Seoul government's vow of "all-out" support, criticism has persisted over the perceived lack of preparation for the event in the Saemangeum reclamation area on the

British Scouts participating in the World Scout Jamboree are set to leave the event site amid mounting safety concerns stemming from a sweltering heat wave, Britain's largest Scouting organization said Friday. "UK Scouts are transferring our young people and adult volunteers from the Jamboree site at Saemangeum to Seoul," the Scout Association said on its website. "We will start moving our people to hotel accommodation over the next two days. As we are the largest contingent,

'Yeohyeom' and 'namhyeom' prevalent in the country; any association with radical gender-based hate groups enough to stain one’s reputation

A suspect who was captured after ramming into five pedestrians with a vehicle and then stabbing nine at a busy subway station area in Bundang, of Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Thursday, had visited the area the day before the attack carrying weapons, police said Friday. The investigation team of Gyeonggi Nambu Police Station interrogating the suspect -- an early 20s man identified by his surname Choi -- said he had visited the area near Seohyeon Station on Wednesday after purchasing two weapons.

Copycat crime threats posted online further rattle the public

A man in his 20s was caught hours after stabbing a teacher at a high school in Daejeon on Friday, police said. According to Daejeon Daedeok Police Station, the suspect entered the high school in Daedeok-gu around 10:03 a.m. and stabbed the teacher, aged 49, multiple times before fleeing. Around 200 police force was mobilized to catch the suspect. The man was nabbed some 8 kilometers away from the scene at around 12:20 p.m. The suspect reportedly entered the school claiming he was an alumni and a

Anxiety and fear are spreading among Koreans after a random vehicle and stabbing attack late Thursday afternoon in Seongnam, south of Seoul, with many voicing concerns about safety and some even choosing to cancel their outings to crowded areas. On Thursday, a 23-year-old man surnamed Choi was captured after he drove a car on a pedestrian walkway, injuring five, and going on a random stabbing rampage at a nearby department store, further injuring nine near Seohyeon Subway Station in Bundang, Gye

Police also pledge to track down and punish those that post threats online for similar crimes