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Bus strike averted, fares will rise
Just an hour and a half before Seoul’s bus drivers were about to go on strike, an agreement on wage hikes and other issues was reached, preventing commuting chaos. At 2:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, Seoul’s bus companies agreed to raise the wages of…
May 16,2019
Court rejects Seungri’s arrest for Burning Sun
A high-profile arrest in the Burning Sun nightclub scandal fizzled out Tuesday night when a court decided to let K-pop megastar Seungri walk free. Seungri, a former member of the boy band Big Bang whose real name is Lee Seung-hyun, was led into an…
May 16,2019
Korea’s war between genders gets hotter
A pair of college students, girlfriend and boyfriend, decided to attend a sexual violence prevention class together. Maybe not a good idea. In the class, the lecturer defined prostitution as “an act in which a person who is relatively superior in …
May 16,2019
Cabbie dies in anti-carpool blaze
A taxi driver burned himself to death Wednesday in an apparent protest of the introduction of carpooling services by the country’s taxi-hailing app operators. The 76-year-old man, identified only by his surname, Ahn, set fire on himself at around …
May 16,2019
Sejong’s celebration
Seniors in traditional costumes conduct a ritual service to commemorate the 622nd birthday of King Sejong the Great of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) at the king’s royal tomb in Yeoju, Gyeonggi, on Wednesday. [YONHAP]…
May 16,2019
Court rejects arrest of K-pop megastar Seungri
A high-profile arrest in the Burning Sun nightclub scandal fizzled out Tuesday night when a court decided to let K-pop megastar Seungri walk free. Seungri, a former member of the boy band Big Bang whose real name is Lee Seung-hyun, was led into an…
May 15,2019
Burkina Faso hostage questioned after arrival
The Korean woman rescued from a month of captivity in Burkina Faso last week by French commandos returned home Tuesday and was immediately taken in for questioning by the Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS). The tourist in her 40s surnamed …
May 15,2019
Teachers’ Day smiles
Students at Pajang Elementary School in Suwon, Gyeonggi, on Tuesday present carnations and thank-you letters to their homeroom teacher to mark Teachers’ Day today. [NEWS1]…
May 15,2019
Elderly driver kills one, injures dozen at Buddhist temple
Peaceful celebrations of Buddha’s Birthday at a temple in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang, on Sunday turned fatal after a 75-year-old man rammed into 13 people near the temple’s front gate, killing one and injuring 12 others. The driver told police that…
May 14,2019
Looming transport crisis
Buses are parked in a public garage in Seoul on Monday. Bus drivers’ unions plan to stage a nationwide strike tomorrow unless the unions reach a deal with bus companies to guarantee wages even after the 52-hour workweek system is implemented in July.…
May 14,2019
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