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Sun, March 26, 2023 | 05:14

[PHOTOS] Eastern region of Korea sees heavy snowfall

PHOTOSEastern region of Korea sees heavy snowfall

Cars in an apartment complex parking lot are covered with snow in Gangneung City, Gangwon Province, where a snow advisory was issued by the national weather agency, Sunday. YonhapA snowplow removes snow from a road in Gangneung City as heavy snow fell on the east coast of Gangwon Province, Sunday. YonhapA snowplow removes snow built up on the road in Gangneung City as heavy s...

2023-01-15 11:57

Cold snap to grip nation following heavy snow

PM orders thorough probe of death of soldier during winter training

PM orders thorough probe of death of soldier during winter training

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Friday ordered the defense ministry to conduct a thorough investigation into the death of a soldier during a winter training course.

2023-01-13 18:23

Police wrap up monthslong probe into Itaewon crush; 23 officials referred to prosecution

Police wrap up monthslong probe into Itaewon crush; 23 officials referred to prosecution

Police wrapped up a monthslong investigation Friday into the deadly crowd crush in Seoul's Itaewon neighborhood last year, with 23 government officials referred to the prosecution on fatal professional negligence and other charges.

2023-01-13 14:31

Documentary on 25-year-old shaman aims to break stereotypes

Documentary on 25-year-old shaman aims to break stereotypes

Kwon Soo-jin, 25, has lived a double life for as long as she can remember. Over the past four years, she was a communications student at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. She spent her weekdays, like other students, attending lectures, writing papers, and taking mid-terms and final exams.

Lee Yeon-woo | 2023-01-13 09:00

Woman arrested after mother's skeletal remains found at home

Woman arrested after mother's skeletal remains found at home

Skeletal remains have been discovered in an apartment in Incheon, 27 kilometers west of Seoul, and a woman living there has been arrested, police said Thursday.

2023-01-12 16:07

Ex-Yonsei Univ. music professor indicted for leaking exam song

Ex-Yonsei Univ. music professor indicted for leaking exam song

A former music professor of Yonsei University has been indicted with detention on charges of telling a prospective student what song will be on the school's music college admission exam, officials said Thursday.

2023-01-12 10:54

Gov't to hold public hearing on wartime forced labor issue

Gov't to hold public hearing on wartime forced labor issue

Korea's foreign ministry plans to hold a public hearing Thursday on ways to resolve the thorny issue of how to compensate victims of Japan's wartime forced labor during World War II in line with the Supreme Court's ruling.

2023-01-12 09:53

Temporary owners of 2 homes to be given more leeway on taxes

Temporary owners of 2 homes to be given more leeway on taxes

Korea's finance ministry said Thursday owners of two homes will pay less taxes if they dispose of one of them during an extended period amid a slump in the home market.

2023-01-12 09:36

Panic buying in Korea's housing market on sharp decline

Gov't launches task force on improving workplace safety law

Gov't launches task force on improving workplace safety law

The labor ministry launched a task force Wednesday to discuss ways to improve the workplace safety law punishing employers for serious industrial accidents amid concern from businesses that the law is too harsh and questions about its effectiveness.

2023-01-11 16:13

More than half of Koreans don't consider nationality important for next nat'l football coach

More than half of Koreans don't consider nationality important for next nat'l football coach

More than half of Koreans don't care about the nationality of the next head coach of the men's national football team, a survey showed Wednesday.

2023-01-11 14:42

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