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Thu, December 9, 2021 | 12:55

'No Professor Zone' bar in Busan instigates debate on discrimination

A bar near the Pusan National University has discouraged professors from visiting the place due to their alleged hierarchical abuse of power.“For the convenience of other visitors, we ask the regular professors of the Pusan National University to refrain from entering our bar. In case of entry, please do not disclose your profession voluntarily, and loudly,” the bar owner sai...

Lee Hae-rin | 2021-12-08 16:31

Lunch will be free for all Seoul kindergartners from March

Free lunch will be served to all kindergartners in Seoul starting in March, completing the city's universal free meal program up to high school, officials said Wednesday.

2021-12-08 16:13

Nearly 1 in 3 households in Korea consists of one person last year

Nearly one in three households in South Korea consists of one person last year, data showed Wednesday, as the number of single-member families has risen amid a delay in marriage and rapid aging.

2021-12-08 13:56

Peter Chung Soon-taick to take over as new archbishop of Seoul

Peter Chung Soon-taick will officially assume the role of the new archbishop of Seoul on Wednesday, succeeding Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, who served in the post for nearly a decade.

2021-12-08 12:04

Foreign professor flees while being investigated for embezzling research funds

A foreign professor at Seoul National University (SNU) fled to his home country while being investigated on suspicions of embezzling more than 100 million won ($84,638) in research funds. Investigators failed to impose an overseas travel ban on the academic while looking into the case.

Bahk Eun-ji | 2021-12-07 17:06

Korea's first Omicron patients face online wrath after private info leaked

gettyimagesbank By Yoon Ja-youngPrivate information about the couple who first tested positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in Korea has been leaked online. While some blame the couple for giving false information about their whereabouts to health aut...

Yoon Ja-young | 2021-12-07 16:51

Omicron variant feared to be spreading nationwide

Memorial for deceased contract worker

Kim Mi-sook, the mother of deceased power plant worker Kim Yong-gyun, hugs a statue of her son ahead of a memorial ceremony at the Taean Thermal Power Plant in South Chungcheong Province, Tuesday, to mark the third anniversary of his death. The 24-year-old contract worker died while working in the plant Dec. 10, 2018, due to a lack of proper safety regulations. Yonhap

Lee Hyo-jin | 2021-12-07 16:25

Korea eyes early implementation of eased capital gain taxes on home sales

The government said Monday it seeks the early implementation of a revised act that will raise the tax exemption limit for capital gains of property sales for single-home owners in a bid to help stabilize the housing market ahead of the presidential election.

2021-12-06 21:31

Car owners suffering from parking shortage

While the number of cars has been increasing steeply over the past decade, parking spaces haven't been growing to meet demand in most of the big cities in Korea, resulting in the chronic and worsening parking shortage problem.

Yoon Ja-young | 2021-12-06 16:37

Calls rise for strong punishment for teens accused of assaulting Mongolian student

Calls are mounting for strong punishment for four middle school students who have been accused of assaulting a classmate from Mongolia.

Lee Hyo-jin | 2021-12-05 16:59

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