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Admission matters
Members of the Korea Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU) protest the Ministry of Education’s announcement of revisions to the college admissions system starting from 2022 in front of the government complex in central Seoul on Friday. Education…
Aug 18,2018
Back to school
Students at Seobinggo Elementary School in Yongsan District, central Seoul, head back to class on the first day of school after summer vacation on Friday. [NEWS1]…
Aug 18,2018
Buddhist council votes to remove its president
The executive council of Korea’s largest Buddhist sect voted on Thursday to oust its president, who has refused to step down despite a series of corruption scandals. Among 75 monks in the Jogye Order’s executive council, 56 voted in favor of remov…
Aug 17,2018
Father-son succession riles church community
What started as a humble congregation of 20 Christians in the outskirts of Seoul 40 years ago has now grown into one of the largest Presbyterian churches in the world. The Myungsung Presbyterian Church stands on tens of thousands of square meters …
Aug 17,2018
Hero’s farewell
Firefighters salute two of their own at a funeral in Gimpo, Gyeonggi, on Thursday. Oh Dong-jin, pictured on left, and Shim Mun-gyu were attempting a boat rescue on the Han River on Sunday when their vessel capsized in a strong current. Their bodies w…
Aug 17,2018
Boiling!
Imagery data sent by Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite show sea surface temperatures around the Korean Peninsula record around 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The high during the daytime in Seoul…
Aug 16,2018
Never forget
Around 500 people participate in a demonstration outside the Japanese consulate in Busan on Wednesday to mark Liberation Day, when Korea was freed from Japanese colonial rule. The banner reads, “Japan should apologize for its war crimes.” [YONHAP]…
Aug 16,2018
After the North took his brother, he nearly gave up
When he first heard that his long-lost brother was still alive in North Korea, Lee Su-nam could not believe his ears and asked Red Cross officials several times if it was true. One week before both Koreas are set to hold a rare family reunion, the…
Aug 16,2018
Sad chapter of history relived on King’s Road
Before dawn on a cold February morning in 1896, King Gojong, the last monarch of Korea’s Joseon Dynasty, dressed up in woman’s attire and left Gyeongbok Palace in a palanquin in an effort to flee Japanese troops surrounding the palace. The king, t…
Aug 16,2018
Dry spell
Napa cabbages, a main ingredient in kimchi, wither on Mount Maebong in Gangwon on Tuesday, the result of a prolonged drought. The mountain’s cabbage farms are some of the highest in the country. [YONHAP]…
Aug 16,2018
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