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“Sometimes he slapped us”: 15% of Koreans report being assaulted by superiors at work “I was hired as part of the sales team. The manager always cursed us out in front of other people about how monthly sales were lagging, telling us to pull our act together. Sometimes he slapped us in Mon, 11 Dec 2023 17:17:02 GMT
Acquittals, slaps on wrist for contractors in case of young laborer's tragic death “All appeals are denied.”Thursday morning. Courtroom No. 1 of the Supreme Court filled with groans and tears upon the brief reading of the verdict. Kim Mi-suk, mother of the late Kim Yong-kyun, had be Fri, 08 Dec 2023 17:47:08 GMT
Linton’s PPP innovation committee packs it in early with little to show for its efforts The innovation committee of the People Power Party called an official and early end to its activities on Thursday, bringing its efforts to revamp the party in preparation for April’s general election Fri, 08 Dec 2023 17:35:02 GMT
Why a 98-year-old former North Korean agent is seeking a retrial A former North Korean agent pushing 100 has requested a retrial, claiming that while it is true that she was an operative, she was tortured into confessing to espionage activities that she did not com Fri, 08 Dec 2023 17:31:06 GMT
Korean prosecutors raid home of news outlet CEO over alleged libel of president Prosecutors conducted a search and seizure on the home of Newstapa cofounder and CEO Kim Yong-jin as part of their investigation into reporting scrutinizing then-candidate Yoon Suk-yeol during last ye Thu, 07 Dec 2023 17:16:39 GMT
Yoon nominates career prosecutor with no media experience to head up Korea Communications Commission On Wednesday, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol named Kim Hong-il, a former prosecutor and current Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission chairperson, as his nominee to serve as the next chair Thu, 07 Dec 2023 17:07:58 GMT
South Korea says it’s overhauling its mental health care policies — but is it going far enough? The South Korean government announced Tuesday that it is going to invest 780 billion won (US$594.3 million) over the next five years in overhauling and expanding the scope of its mental health policie Wed, 06 Dec 2023 17:25:43 GMT
Amid pandemic declines, S. Korean students maintain high marks on OECD scholastic assessment South Korean students continued showing some of the highest levels in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for academic achievement in reading, math, and science, statisti Wed, 06 Dec 2023 17:18:48 GMT
Successful launch of solid-fuel rocket puts S. Korea on track to have 5 military satellites by 2025 South Korea successfully conducted its third trial flight of a homegrown solid-fuel space rocket carrying a satellite in waters off Jeju Island on Monday. This most recent launch comes after two previ Tue, 05 Dec 2023 17:21:00 GMT
“No resting place in Paju for Chun”: City up in arms over plan to bury dictator’s remains there At a time when a film depicting the 1979 military coup led by Chun Doo-hwan continues to draw Koreans to box offices, a plan to bury the remains of Chun, who died in 2021, in a city north of Seoul has Tue, 05 Dec 2023 17:17:21 GMT
Case of trafficked foreign women being treated as criminals in Korea draws UN attention Song Doo-hwan, the chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK), issued a statement on Monday urging the government to fully implement the recommendations of the UN Committee o Tue, 05 Dec 2023 17:09:17 GMT
Lee Dong-kwan’s 98 days directing attacks on Korea’s free press Appointed by President Yoon Suk-yeol on Aug. 25, Lee Dong-kwan, the recently ousted chair of the Korea Communications Commission (KCC), oversaw the reshuffling of the boards of directors of public bro Mon, 04 Dec 2023 17:02:37 GMT
Linton’s request for nomination authority ruffles feathers in PPP The innovation committee of Korea’s ruling party officially adopted a reform proposal on Thursday calling on party leaders, old guard and lawmakers closely affiliated with the president to either not Fri, 01 Dec 2023 17:29:30 GMT
Closer to nuclear plant than ever, latest Korean quake renews calls to retire aging reactors A shallow, magnitude 4.0 earthquake hit the city of Gyeongju in North Gyeongsang Province at 4:55 am on Thursday. It was the second biggest quake Korea has seen this year, following a 4.5 magnitude qu Fri, 01 Dec 2023 17:23:56 GMT
Close aide to Lee Jae-myung sentenced to 5 years in prison for taking illegal political funds Kim Yong, the former deputy chief of the Institute for Democracy think tank and close aide to Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, has been sentenced to five years in prison for accepting illegal po Fri, 01 Dec 2023 17:04:50 GMT

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