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Sat, July 2, 2022 | 07:27

Constitutional petition filed against law limiting English teacher visas based on nationality

A constitutional appeal has been filed against the Immigration Control Act that allows only those from eight English-speaking countries to work as native English instructors in South Korea, officials said Friday.

2022-02-25 11:06

Another Korean wartime sexual slavery victim dies; survivors now at 12

Another South Korean woman who was forced into sexual slavery by Japan during World War II has died, the gender equality ministry said Thursday, reducing the total number of the country's registered surviving victims to 12.

2022-02-24 19:46

Contact-free smart libraries rise in pandemic era

On her way home from work, Lim Kyung-nan, a mother of two living in Anyang, occasionally borrows books from a smart library, an unmanned book-rental machine, usually installed in subway stations.

2022-02-24 09:21

Study finds elementary school students' reading comprehension falling

It is not easy for Lee Joo-sang, whose daughter is attending elementary school, to evaluate his daughter's workbook. There were more questions that were left unanswered than the ones his daughter actually answered.

Bahk Eun-ji | 2022-02-23 15:31

Korea's fertility rate drops even further to 0.81 in 2021

South Korea's fertility rate hit a record low last year as the number of newborns continued to fall, data showed Wednesday, underlining the country's bleak demographic situation. The country's fertility rate - the average number of children a woman could bear in her lifetime - came to 0.81 last year, down from 0.84 the previous year, according to Statistics Korea. This was th...

2022-02-23 14:03

Seoul to provide online street views of all 14,699 alleys in capital

Street views of all 14,699 alleyways in Seoul, including those of narrow back alleys unavailable even in commercial road view services, will be available within the first half of this year, the city government said Tuesday.

2022-02-22 15:52

Seoul to launch experimental welfare project to provide monthly subsidies to low-income earners

The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday it will launch an experimental welfare program aimed at providing regular subsidies to low-income households in the capital under an initiative by Mayor Oh Se-hoon.

2022-02-22 11:15

Civic groups, county at odds over removal of memorial facilities for ferry tragedy

The local government and families of the victims of the 2014 sinking of the passenger ferry Sewol in the waters off the southwestern port of Paengmok have clashed, as Jindo County tried to remove a makeshift structure that was set up there eight years ago to commemorate the tragic maritime disaster.

Bahk Eun-ji | 2022-02-22 08:16

Parcel delivery union holds rally calling on CJ Logistics to negotiate with striking workers

Thousands of unionized parcel delivery workers held a rally in Seoul, Monday, demanding CJ Logistics, Korea's largest logistics firm, agree to hold talks with striking workers seeking better working conditions.

2022-02-21 17:13

YouTubers share COVID-19 experiences

More social media users are posting their experiences fighting the Omicron variant of COVID-19 amid a surge in daily infections.

Bahk Eun-ji | 2022-02-18 16:18

Professors share expertise on YouTube

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