The prosecution is seeking a life imprisonment for a 43-year-old woman who colluded with her middle school son in the murder of her husband, in her second trial at Daejeon High Court on Wednesday. In October, the woman was referred to trial on charges of manslaughtering her 50-year-old husband. She was sentenced to life in the first trial. When her husband fell asleep at home, she stabbed him with a needle filled with antifreeze, and then struck him using blunt objects. The son further faced

A Vietnamese worker in his 30s was killed when a boxed polyurethane foam product exploded at a shipping terminal in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, local police said Wednesday. The incident occurred Monday, when the unnamed man whose main task is sorting packages was handling a box containing 15 cans of spray polyurethane foam. One of the cans exploded, striking the victim in his chest and causing the injury that eventually killed him. Officials said while polyurethane foam can spontaneously ignite

Of the 1,737 batches of kimchi imports from China to South Korea made last month, 88 percent, or 1,525, contained aspartame, a common artificial sweetener that is likely to be declared by the World Health Organization as a possible carcinogen. The declaration would put aspartame on the third-highest of the WHO's four categories for cancer causes, behind carcinogenic and probably carcinogenic and means there is limited evidence it causes cancer. Aloe vera, mobile phones and carpentry are also in

Police are pursuing arrest warrants for two men, surnamed Kim and Park, for alleged sex crimes against minors. Both suspects, in their 20s, were active users of the web forum Depression Gallery, an anonymous bulletin board on the online community DCinside that has been linked to multiple sex crimes against minors. Kim is accused of assault, blackmail and rape that occurred in 2020 and 2021 at a property in Sindaebang-dong, Seoul, which was reportedly used as a meeting place for forum users. Simi

After Japan beat South Korea in the final of the 2023 Asian Football Confederation U-17 Asian Cup on Sunday, the AFC’s official Instagram account was bombarded with derogatory comments from trolls targeting Korean victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery. Team Korea, led by head coach Byun Sung-hwan, suffered a 3-0 defeat during Sunday’s final match at Pathum Thani Stadium in Thailand. After one post showing a video clip of Japan’s striker, Gaku Nawata, scoring a goal

Police said Tuesday they had launched an investigation into a progressive group of unionized teachers for mass-mailing teachers in Seoul to ask for their participation in opposing Japan’s discharge of water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The Seoul branch of the Korea Teachers and Education Workers’ Union reportedly sent out mass emails to 70,000 school teachers based in Seoul under the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education last month urging them to take part in a signature

More than 90 percent of those who were assaulted by their spouses or lovers said they had never asked for outside help, and more than half said they did not fight back, a government survey showed Wednesday. The percentage of people who have experienced any kind of violence by a spouse or a co-habitant partner -- including physical, sexual, economic, and emotional violence -- was 7.6 percent, down 1.2 percentage points from the 2019 survey, according to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.

A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for stealing a car while posing as a prospective buyer, Daegu District Court said Tuesday. In January, the man met with the owner of a Porsche in the parking lot of an auto repair shop in Busan to negotiate the purchase of the vehicle. He asked to inspect the car's interior, but on entering the vehicle, he started the engine and drove away without finalizing the deal. While making his escape, he pushed the owner, who had tried to

The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it has teamed up with the National Assembly and Hyundai Motor Group to operate self-driving buses in the Yeouido area of western Seoul, in an effort to improve the convenience of transportation for visitors. The 13-seater autonomous bus developed by the South Korean automaker began service on Wednesday at noon. It runs on a 3.1-kilometer route connecting a parking lot in Yeouido to the National Assembly building. Only two shuttle buses will operat

A shockingly skinny lion spotted living alone in a cramped cage of a financially distressed zoo in the southeastern city of Gimhae is set to move to a spacious new home about 300 kilometers away on Wednesday. The lion, a 20-year-old male, drew nationwide media attention in mid-June when it was photographed by visitors to Gimhae Bugyeong Zoo in a state of suspected severe malnutrition, along with other animals that were apparently malnourished and poorly cared for, such as unshorn sheep with dirt

The number of chargers for electric vehicles in South Korea has surpassed 240,000, data showed, amid the growing popularity of eco-friendly cars in the country. Fast chargers accounted for 10.6 percent of the 240,695 installed electric vehicle charging stations in South Korea, Rep. Park Sang-hyuk of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea said, citing data compiled by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and the Ministry of Environment in May. Considering chargers that are n

Surveillance footage showing two elderly women allegedly stealing goods and electrical cords from moving boxes has set off a police investigation and online outrage. The footage, taken on Friday in Seoul, shows the two women rummanging through boxes temporarily placed outside a building during a move, while moving company employees were busy with other boxes. According to the online post from the victim, the boxes were temporarily placed outside a building in the process of moving to another bui

Raise medical student quota, as well as the price of lifesaving medical care

The Busan District Court on Tuesday handed down a suspended sentence to a deliveryman for causing the death of a resident in an apartment complex after a physical altercation over the use of an elevator. The court imposed a two-year jail sentence suspended for three years with 80 hours of community service. The deliveryman faced charges of manslaughter after he pushed the resident with his shoulder, causing the resident to fall head-first to the floor and suffer a traumatic brain hemorrhage. T

The aim of ongoing reforms in our country is to ensure guarantees of a happy and prosperous life. During the short period of time, a large-scale work has been carried out in judicial and legal spheres. In particular, the Decree "on measures for further reforming the judicial and legal system, strengthening the guarantees of reliable protection of citizens' rights and freedoms" has been adopted. As priority directions of state policy, ensuring actual independence of a judicial po