Police have investigated over 5,000 cases for suspected violations of the anti-stalking law in the first five months since it went into effect, the Korean National Police Agency announced in its yearly white paper earlier this week. The 237-page report analyzed 5,248 investigations among 5,707 reported stalking incidents as of March this year, five months since the law took effect in October 2021. The law was the result of a 22-year effort since it was first proposed in 1999. For decades, sta

　South Korean shipbuilders took back the top spot from China in the world market in May, winning nearly half of total global orders. 　Korean companies won 1.2 million compensated gross tonnage (CGT) in shipbuilding orders during the month, which accounted for 48 percent of the total global ship orders of 2.5 million CGT, according to the UK-based Clarkson Research Services on Tuesday.  　China came second with 0.84 million CGT, while Japan was in third place with 0.42 million CGT. 　C

South Jeolla Province recorded the highest turnout in Wednesday’s local elections, data showed. According to the National Election Commission’s data, voter turnout in the region came to 58.5 percent, the highest among the 17 metropolitan cities and provinces, as of 8 p.m. The lowest turnout was recorded in Gwangju, at 37.7 percent.　 Overall voter turnout marked just 50.6 percent, the lowest recorded since the 2002 local election.