South Koreans held various events on Friday to commemorate the fourth "Day of Dokdo," renewing their determination to defend the country's easternmost islets of Dokdo from Japan's sovereignty claim.In 2010, some local municipalities and civic groups designated Oct. 25 as Day of Dokdo in a move viewed as bolstering the country's sovereignty over the East Sea islets. A series of flash mobs of dancers and celebrations were held in Seoul and other large cities around the country to mark the day 113

North Korea handed over six South Korean citizens and the body of a South Korean female at the neutral border village of Panmunjom Friday, a move that has raised speculation that the country may be trying to mend fences with its southern rival.The Ministry of Unification said that the six men crossed over into South Korea at 4:50 p.m. and will be questioned by authorities to determine how they entered the communist country.In addition, the North also handed over the body of a South Korean woman

The defense ministry said Tuesday it has launched a raid on the cyber warfare command's headquarters and senior commanders to look into whether the military was involved in an alleged smear campaign during last year's presidential election.Four officials at the ministry's Cyber Warfare Command have been under an internal investigation for a similar online smear campaign by the state spy agency against the main opposition Democratic Party's candidate, Moon Jae-in, ahead of the election last Decem

서울거주자들이 평균적으로 경증 우울 증상이 있으며, 우울 정도는 젊을수록 높은 것으로 검진됐다. 서울거주자의 우울 정도는 남성보다는 여성이, 기혼보다는 미혼이 높았다. 서울시는 작년 9월부터 1년간 우울증 자가프로그램인 마인드스파 홈페이지(http://www.mindspa.kr)에서 우울증 자가테스트에 참여한 서울거주자 1만8천745명을 분석한 결과, 우울 정도를 재는 평균검진점수가 33.07점으로 나타났다고 21일 밝혔다.우울증 자가테스트 결과 0∼20점은 정상이지만, 21∼40점은 경계 및 경증우울증, 41∼60점은 우울증 고위험군으로 분류된다. 경증 우울증은 우울증에 해당하는 주요 증상인 우울한 기분이나 의욕저하는 있지만, 지속기간이 2주보다 짧을 때를 말하며 마치 스위치를 켰다 끄는 것처럼 일정기간 동안 정기적으로 우울해지거나 어떤 사건이 분명한 계기가 되면 우울증을 경험하는 것을 말한다. 우리나라는 경증 우울증이 주요 우울 장애보다 배 이상 많다.서울거주자는 연령, 성별에

The number of South Korea's overseas tourists topped 11 million in the first nine months of the year, data showed Sunday.Some 11.25 million South Korean residents traveled overseas in the January-September period, up 9.3 percent from a year earlier, according to the data compiled by the Korea Culture and Tourism Institute.The think tank explained that a growing leisure boom among locals has contributed to the rapid increase in overseas departures.The number of South Koreans traveling overseas re