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Jul 3, 2020 Social affairs

[Newsmaker] Forcible discharge of transgender sergeant justifiable: military

An appeal by a former Korean sergeant, who was forcibly discharged from the military after sex reassignment surgery, to revoke the decision to has been denied, the Army said Friday. Byun Hee-soo, 22...

[Newsmaker] Calls grow for probe of abuse allegations after triathlete’s suicide

Calls are growing for the truth behind the suicide of a promising triathlete late last month, amid allegations she had repeatedly been abused by team officials. Five public petitions regarding the d...

Jul 2, 2020
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] S. Korea begins using remdesivir to treat COVID-19

Korean health authorities said Wednesday that stocks of remdesivir, an experimental antiviral once seen as a potential Ebola therapy, will be supplied to local hospitals for treating COVID-19. In a ...

Jul 1, 2020
Health
[Newsmaker] Police searches kindergarten after mass E. coli outbreak

The police Monday raided a kindergarten in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, as part of an investigation into mass food poisoning that has sickened some 114 people so far. The Ansan Sangrok Police Station s...

Jun 29, 2020
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Chex green onion springs to life after 16 years

Kellogg Korea’s latest release, Chex Green Onion is stirring up the Internet even before hitting the shelves. Kellogg Korea uploaded a 6-second-long video on June 17 on its YouTube channel, recruiti...

Jun 26, 2020
Food&Beverage
[Newsmaker] Incheon Airport’s permanent job offers to staff face backlash

Incheon International Airport Corp., favored by college graduates for its job security and benefits, is facing backlash for a plan to offer permanent positions to over 1,900 contract or part-time wor...

Jun 23, 2020
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Culture Ministry denies plans to ask UNESCO to delist Hashima Island

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Sunday denied reports that it had planned to officially ask UNESCO to delist Japan’s historical industrial sites, including Hashima Island. In 2015, Jap...

Jun 22, 2020
Culture
[Newsmaker] Hidden truth behind Japan’s world heritage site -- Hashima Island

For Japanese, Hashima Island may be a site that evokes pride that propelled the country to the global stage as an economic powerhouse. However, Koreans consider the islet off the coast of Nagasaki, ...

Jun 18, 2020
Foreign affairs
[Newsmaker] ‘Our worst fear has turned into reality’

Tuesday was a devastating day for a group of South Korean businessmen who once ran factories inside the Kaesong industrial park, a now-shuttered joint manufacturing zone in North Korea’s border city....

Jun 17, 2020
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Black Lives Matter banner removed from US Embassy building in Seoul

The US Embassy in Seoul said Tuesday that the Black Lives Matter banner draped on the facade of its building in Seoul had been removed to “avoid misperception” amid reports about President Donald Tru...

Jun 16, 2020
Foreign affairs
[Newsmaker] 3 in 10 elderly abusers are sons: survey

Three in 10 abusers of older people were sons of the victims, with emotional abuse being the most common form of abuse reported, government data showed Monday. Some 31.2 percent of elderly abusers n...

Jun 15, 2020
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] US Embassy in Seoul shows support for Black Lives Matter movement

The US Embassy in Seoul hung a banner on its building Saturday in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, which has spread across the US, the embassy said Sunday. “The US Embassy stands in solid...

Jun 14, 2020
Foreign affairs
[Newsmaker] Police arrest man for brutally abusing 9-year-old stepdaughter

The police on Saturday arrested a man on charges of brutally abusing his nine-year-old stepdaughter, around two weeks after the girl escaped from her home seeking help. The 35-year-old suspect was g...

Jun 13, 2020
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] 17 foreigners deported for quarantine breaches

Seventeen foreigners have been deported for violating the COVID-19 self-quarantine rules and eight for refusing to be admitted to quarantine facilities upon entry, the government said Friday. Additi...

Jun 12, 2020
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] International middle schools in Seoul may lose special status

Seoul’s two elite middle schools may lose their autonomy next year, as the city’s education office decided Wednesday to cancel their licenses. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education announced th...

Jun 10, 2020
Social affairs

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