A woman was found dead in a car she had no connection to on Sunday afternoon, according to police in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province. The owner of the blue vehicle parked in the residential area of Gonghang-dong, Seoul, near Gimpo International Airport, was in for a surprise when police discovered a dead woman’s body splayed across the backseat of his car.  (YTN YouTube capture)He reportedly did not know the deceased 56-year-old surnamed Lee, and said his car had been parked in the same spot for over

A ruckus broke out Sunday at the makeshift memorial for the victim of an unprovoked murder at Seoul’s Gangnam Station exit 10, when a 31-year-old man surnamed Kim, dressed in a pink elephant onesie and a full head mask, promoted a “safer Korea with men and women hand-in-hand.”(Online Community)The killing of a 23-year-old woman by a schizophrenic man on May 17, who said he committed the crime out of his hatred for women who had “ignored and belittled” him, has since exploded in to a widespread m

A boar authorities killed to stop from rampaging through the residential area of Yeosu-dong, Seongnam in Gyeonggi Province on Sunday evening was found to have belonged to a woman in her 80s.The woman said she had been pasturing the hog in the nearby mountains. She demanded the police return the dead hog.  (Yonhap)The hog weighed over 200 kilograms. Police had requested a hunter shoot it down after their anesthetic guns had no effect on the animal. No one was hurt in the process. Authorities are

South Korean stocks closed marginally higher Monday on advances in the bio and tech industries. The local currency rose against the U.S. dollar.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index gained 7.58 points, or 0.39 percent, to 1,955.25. Trade volume totaled 393.8 million shares worth 4.01 trillion won ($3.3 billion), with gainers outnumbering losers 403 to 392. (Yonhap)Individuals sold a net 67.8 billion won worth of stocks, while foreigners and institutional investors scooped up shares val

A 28-year-old Kenyan who had been undergoing the process to obtain refugee status in Korea was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday for murdering a computer cafe assistant.According to the Gwangju district court that gave the ruling, the man had visited the immigration office the day before his crime, asking for repatriation.  (Yonhap)The office did nothing for him as he was not an illegal immigrant, rather a refugee applicant. The man entered Korea on a three-month visa in July 2015, with glo

돌싱, 이른 바 ‘돌아온 싱글’은 재혼 상대를 선택할 때 무엇을 가장 중요하게 생각할까? 재혼정보회사 온리-유가 결혼정보업체 비에나래(대표 손동규)와 공동으로 13일 ∼ 19일 전국의 (황혼)재혼 희망 돌싱남녀 518명(남녀 각 259명)을 대상으로 전자메일과 인터넷을 통해 ‘재혼상대의 제반 조건이 좋으면 외모도 덩달아 돋보입니까?’에 대한 설문조사를 한 결과, 여성 응답자는 60.6%가 ‘매우 그렇다’라고 대답했다.  (123RF)이에 비해 남성 응답자는 38.2%만 ‘매우 그렇다’고 했다고. 반대로 ‘다른 조건의 좋고 나쁨이 외모에 별다른 영향을 미치지 않는다’고 말한 남성은 61.8%에 육박했다. 손동규 온리-유 대표는 “여성, 특히 재혼대상 여성들은 대체로 외모보다 더 중요시하는 배우자 조건이 많아 다른 조건이 좋으면 외모도 멋있게 보이는 경우가 많다”라며 “많은 남성은 외모를 배우자 조건 중 가장 중요하게 생각하기 때문에 다른 조건에 의해 영향을 적게 받는다”라고 설명했다.

A section of Gyeongbu Expressway near the city of Daegu was engulfed in a fire that spread from the spilled gas of a 32-ton diesel truck that collided with a roadside barrier after an accident involving another vehicle. Traffic was halted amid emergency firefighting, causing a massive jam in the middle of the day Friday.  (Yonhap)The fire broke out around 11:30 a.m. and was contained by around 1:30 p.m. Video reports from citizens at the scene showed strong flames licking up a stretch of tall ba

The pastor and his wife who killed their 13-year-old daughter by violently beating her were respectively given 20 and 15 years in prison, Thursday. The delivered sentences were five and three years higher, respectively, than the prosecution had initially sought. The Incheon district court on Thursday said the 47-year-old pastor and his 40-year-old wife, admitted to their crimes and showed remorse, however, they continued to blame the victim’s alleged theft of church offerings as triggering the c