The International Youth Fellowship will be holding its 2020 IYF World Camp online from July 26 to 29, with an aim to offer positive message and inspiration to college students who will lead the next generation. Along with the Good New Corps, which participates in volunteer service activities around the world, the World Camp is an annual project by IYF, hosted in Korea to promote cultural exchanges between teens and college students from around 50 countries, Through the World Camp, IYF hopes t

Over 1.11 trillion won was spent as allowances for job seekers in June this year, marking a record high monthly payout and jumping 62.9 percent on-year, the Employment and Labor Ministry said. The amount of unemployment allowance had surpassed the 1 trillion threshold for the first time in May, as the number of jobless surged upon the COVID-19 pandemic. (khnews@heraldcorp.com)

Let’s be clear: COVID-19 initially spread around the world as a result of well-heeled travelers returning home from cruises, foreign skiing holidays, and international conferences. But many wrongly prefer to blame migrants instead -- often with appalling consequences. For example, Yemeni militias this spring attacked thousands of Ethiopian migrants whom they claimed had brought the coronavirus. Saudi Arabia expelled African migrants en masse, and Chinese landlords evicted Africans from th

According to a new set of real estate regulations announced Friday, owners of multiple homes in certain high-demand areas of Seoul will face comprehensive real estate taxes in the range of 1.2 percent to 6 percent, resulting in a heavier tax burden, starting next year. Those who own homes whose total value is between 2.3 billion won and 6.9 billion won will have to pay double what they do now, based on the assumption that their value will increase 10 percent next year. The government also i

When China imposed a draconian new security law on Hong Kong last week, I grabbed my phone to call some young pro-democracy activists I’d met there in November. Then I put the phone down because I realized that the old Hong Kong, where free speech and rule of law were allowed despite it being part of China, was over. It was ended by a new security law imposed by Beijing that destroys the rights Hong Kongers were promised by international treaty. Those high school students, who passionat

LG Chem, South Korea’s leading chemical company, has introduced its corporate social responsibility vision “LG Chem Green Connector,” the company announced on Monday. The chemical company’s new CSR vision focuses on education, environmental issues and others, according to the company’s announcement. To nurture future talents, LG Chemical is running a wide range of educational programs, to which it invites students and offers them resources for science education.

  진행: 손지형, Paul Kerry 1. Korean child porn operator's US extradition denied 아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638 요약: 법원이 아동 성착취 영상물 거래 웹사이트를 운영한 손정우씨의 미국 송환을 불허. [1] A South Korean national who operated the world’s largest child pornography website will not be sent to the US to face trial there, a local court ruled Monday, rejecting a US request for his extradition. *face trial: 법정

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups has selected seven zones across the country to benefit from the government’s exemptions from regulations to create more jobs and attract more investments. This is the third installment of the designation for the ministry’s Regulation Free Special Zone. There are now a total of 21 zones under the category. Through the zones, the ministry expects to create 1.5 trillion won in revenue, add 4,390 new jobs and attract 174 new businesses in total by 20