South Korea's ICT ministry said Sunday it will take a wait-and-see approach over recent interruptions to South Korean mobile messenger services in China and will continue efforts to find the cause.The move comes as the top two mobile messenger applications, LINE and KakaoTalk serviced by Naver Corp. and Kakao Corp, have been having issues in providing services in China since July 1, with some speculating that the Chinese authority has intentionally banned the services, just as it blocked Faceboo

부산 수영장에서 초등학생 A군이 안전사고로 중태에 빠졌다. 이 초등학생은 병원으로 이송됐지만 중태인 것으로 전해졌다.9일 한 매체의 보도에 따르면, 이날 오전 10시 15분경 부산 해운대구에 있는 한 수영장에서 현장체험으로 수영을 하던 9살 초등학생 1명이 의식을 잃고 쓰러지는 사고가 발생했다. 이 초등학생은 인근 병원으로 이송됐지만 중태인 것으로 알려졌다.이날 부산 수영장 사고의 원인은 깔판인 것으로 나타났다. A군은 친구들과 잠수 놀이를 하다가 깔판 사이에 손이 껴 사고를 당하고 말았다.수영장 측은 아동용 풀이 좁아 많은 인원을 다 수용하지 못하자 수심 1.5m의 성인용 풀의 수심을 낮춰 아동용 풀로 사용했고, 높이를 맞추기 위해 45cm의 깔판을 설치한 것으로 전해졌다. A군은 이 45cm 깔판에 손이 껴 변을 당한 것으로 예측되고 있다.수영장 측은 부산 수영장 사고의 원인에 대해 수용 학생 인원이 많아 다 지켜볼 수 없었다고 해명했고, 학교 측은 여성 선생님들은 수영복을 입고

Japan on Friday hit back at China and South Korea, calling suggestions that they could jointly mark Tokyo's wartime wrongs "utterly unhelpful", as tensions over history shift alliances in East Asia.The comments came after Chinese President Xi Jinping and his South Korean opposite number Park Geun-Hye, during summit talks on Thursday, reportedly discussed joining forces for the 70th anniversary next year of Japan's defeat in World War II.At a regular press conference in Tokyo, Chief Cabinet Secre

A former chief of the state-run railroad management firm, who had been under an investigation for alleged graft, committed suicide early Friday morning pending a prosecution summons, police said.Kim Kwang-jae, 58, former chairman of the Korea Rail Network Authority (KRNA), jumped to his death off a bridge over the Han River in the eastern part of Seoul at around 3:30 a.m., police said.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office has been investigating Kim and several other KRNA officials for a

Chinese yuan deposits at banks in South Korea took up 20.3 percent of all foreign currency deposits for the first time in June, hitting a fresh high, central bank data showed Friday. The Chinese yuan-denominated deposits held by residents reached $12 billion in June, up $640 million from the previous month, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK). The June figure marks the first time the portion of yuan deposits surpassed the 20 percent level since the central bank began compiling the data in Septe

A South Korean parliamentary committee on Friday adopted resolutions denouncing Japan's review of its apology over sexual slavery during World War II and efforts to expand its military role.Japan announced last month that the wording of the so-called Kono statement had been coordinated between Seoul and Tokyo. The 1993 statement has been deemed an official apology for Japan's coercion of Asian, mostly Korean and Chinese, women into sexual slavery for Japanese soldiers.On Tuesday, Tokyo adopted a

President Park Geun-hye's approval ratings fell to a record low of 40 percent amid controversy over her choice of personnel, a survey showed Friday.Only 40 percent of the 1,000 adults surveyed between Tuesday and Thursday approved of Park's performance, while 48 percent said they disapproved, according to the survey by polling agency Gallup Korea. The survey had a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level.Park's approval ratings have fallen for three consecutive w