DAEGU -- A woman in her 20s has been apprehended on suspicion of posting a social media message suggesting a terrorist attack against President Yoon Suk Yeol, police said Monday. The woman, whose identity was withheld, is accused of disclosing a plan to visit Seomun Market with a "bomb" in the message posted in time for Yoon's visit to the traditional market in Daegu, 237 kilometers southeast of Seoul, last Saturday. She also captured and attached an article on Yoon's visit

South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell to the 4,000 level Monday due to fewer tests conducted on the weekend. The country reported 4,349 new COVID-19 infections, including 18 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,843,900, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said. The Monday tally was down from 9,724 the previous day but slightly up from 4,204 a week ago. The Monday figure has been hovering around the 4,000s for the past seven weeks. The country added seven more C

Firefighting authorities on Monday are making last-ditch efforts to contain a wildfire on a mountain in central Seoul, as smoldering fires have not been completely extinguished for over 20 hours. The fire started on Mount Inwang, a popular trekking spot in the central ward of Jongno, shortly before noon Sunday and spread rapidly due to strong wind, temporarily forcing about 120 households to evacuate, according to the Seoul city government. No injuries or deaths have been reported. The main fire

Debt held by South Korean salaried workers in their 20s jumped 15 percent on-year in 2021, much higher than the 7 percent growth on average for all salaried workers, data showed. Bank and nonbank loans extended to salaried workers in the country averaged 52.02 million won ($40,107) per person as of the end of 2021, up by 3.4 million won from a year earlier, according to the data from Statistics Korea. It is the first time that salaried workers’ per capita debt surpassed 50 million won sinc

Korean students in US say Chun’s claims lay rich kids’ habitual drug use bare, but they doubt justice will be served

A large forest fire broke out on the slopes of Inwangsan, a mountain in central Seoul, on Sunday. According to authorities, the blaze began at approximately 11:53 a.m. and quickly spread to the northern side of the mountain, burning an area approximately the size of 30 football fields. No deaths or casualties had been reported as of 3:30 p.m. on Sunday. The National Fire Agency deployed 15 helicopters, 93 rescue vehicles and 580 personnel to extinguish the fire and said it had contained 70 to 80

A Seoul court is poised to kick off its trial of Kim Man-bae, the owner of an asset management firm at the center of a high-profile development corruption scandal, this week, legal sources said Sunday. The Seoul Central District Court plans to hold its first hearing of Kim, who has been additionally indicted on charges of concealing criminal proceeds from the lucrative urban development project, on Wednesday afternoon, they said. The case has grabbed keen public attention for months, especially

The elder son of former Gyeonggi Gov. Nam Kyung-pil was arrested Saturday for allegedly taking methamphetamine. The Suwon District Court issued an arrest warrant against the 32-year-old, citing concerns he is a flight risk. The junior Nam is accused of injecting methamphetamine once at an apartment in Seongnam, just south of Seoul, on Thursday. He was detained by police a week earlier after his family reported him for allegedly taking the drug in his own apartment in Yongin, about 40 kilometers

A woman in her thirties living in Seoul, revealed online a secret that she has vowed to conceal at all costs until her death: that she is a “motae solo.” This Korean slang phrase, often abbreviated as “mossol,” refers to those who have never been in a relationship, with "motae" meaning a mother’s womb in Korean and "solo" meaning alone. So, to translate literally, it means "single since birth." Coming out as a mossol can be very tough

Ferry stop from 18th century and once thriving city subcenter loses its spark

Police on Thursday apprehended three men on charges of abduction and murder of a woman. Two men were arrested in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, while another was taken into custody in a residential area of Gangnam-gu, southern Seoul. The men are suspected of kidnapping a woman in Yeoksam-dong at 11 p.m. on Wednesday and killing her nearby Daejeon, Seoul Suseo Police Station said in a statement released on Friday. During police questioning, the suspects indicated that they had disposed the victim&r

High concentration of ‘tomatine’ which thrives at low-temperatures found in certain products, experts say

South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell for two straight days to around 10,000 on Friday, keeping the numbers steady compared with a week ago, as people began to come to terms with treating the virus as endemic. The country reported 10,368 new COVID-19 infections, including 18 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,820,130, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said. Friday's count is down from the previous day's 11,039 and Thursday's 13,134. The figur

A 37-meter-high pile driver fell on residential buildings at a construction site in Ulsan on Wednesday, resulting in five residents being sent to a hospital. The machine, used for pushing foundations into the ground, struck three residential buildings severely damaging their exteriors, after tipping over while moving in the apartment construction site, local media reported. Three people aged over 60 and two in their 40s, including one pregnant woman, were sent to hospital after being rescued fro

A rare white roe deer has been spotted on a hill in Wonju, Gangwon Province. Considered a mystical creature here, it's known to be a once-in-a-decade discovery. The deer was first observed by residents in the neighborhood last week. The hill it was spotted on is reported to be close to the city area, surrounded by roads and buildings. White deer hold a special place in many cultures’ traditions. Appearing in a tale that dates back to 37 BC during the Goguryeo era, Koreans consider a w