Korea is hot on the issue of drunk driving. Yoon Chang-ho, a 25-year-old young man, was hit by a drunk driver during his break from the military on September 25. On October 31, Lee Yong-ju, the lawmaker as well as the co-founder of the “Yoon Chang-ho law” which would strengthen punishment for drunk
The recent death of a child on a school bus in the city of Dongducheon in Gyeonggi Province has highlighted the urgent need for practical measures to be put in place in order to prevent similar accidents from happening again. This follows the death of a four-year-old girl who had been left unsupervi
Various countries around the world are now suffering from an insurmountable amount of trash. Even though some countries are placing much of the blame on China about the latest trash crisis, what they are all forgetting is that China has actually been importing about half the world’s trash until they
Since the murder at Gangnam Station on May 2016, to the attempted murder in Incheon Station on January 2018, women’s restrooms have been exposed as a potentially dangerous place for violent crimes. Although much time has passed, the number of crimes in women’s restrooms is not shrinking. This causes
Recently, a famous CEO of a Korean restaurant, Hanilkwan, died of sepsis while being treated from a dog bite. To much surprise, the dog happened to belong to Choi Si-won, a Korean celebrity. This tragic event once again ignited the public opinion on urging the need for stricter regulations regarding
After President Moon’s promise regarding the abolition of specialized high schools, many opinions have been brought up, both for and against it. While the government is taking a strong stance on this abolishment, it is still being intensely debated, and thus should not be dealt with haste. On July 1
On May 6th, the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) announced a warning that the concentration of fine dust in the air was well above average. The fine dust watch was made 130 times in the first quarter of 2017, which means the watch has increased by 72% over the last year. Dust comes from air
On November 2016, the fear of Avian Influenza (AI), known informally as bird flu (since the influenza is caused by a virus that infects birds) gripped South Korea again. According to the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs, H5N6 Avian Influenza was first discovered at a duck farm in Che
Recent scandals surrounding Choi Soon-sil, a person who was illegally involved in government policies and decisions, have caused national chaos. More and more evidence that proves her guilt is rising to the surface. However, the public should not overlook the significance of other affairs.This Novem
“The main objective of a university is to provide an enriched learning opportunity for their students, not trying to make money off of a program,ˮ said a Junior in Ewha Womans University who asked for anonymity. An estimated 3,500 students and graduates gathered on campus on August 10, to fight
On December 28, 2015, Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reached an agreement regarding the victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery. However, Korean citizens have been expressing negative responses to what they deem is a hasty deal reached without proper communic
On November 14, about a hundred thousand of citizens including members of 53 organizations such as the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions joined together in the massive demonstration in downtown Seoul to protest against the government’s decision to require secondary schools to use the state-author
On August 10 at around noon, Lee Whan-ki, a member of the Civil Society Organization(CSO), held a protest against the Korea Communications Standards Commission(KCSC). This continued over the next two days as the protestor called for the KCSC to withdraw the revised bill of the Cyber Defamation Law.
The 16th Korea Queer Culture Festival, a festival for homosexual people, is going to be held from June 9 to 21. The opening ceremony is planned to be held on June 9 in Seoul Plaza, and it is the first time that Seoul City admitted to hold the festival in the place. However, Seoul government is preoc
On February 7, the Part-Time Job Labor Union had occupied a branch of Mcdonald in Shinchon which is usually crowded with college students. The protester required McDonald to increase the wages since McDonald is notorious for only giving the minimum wages to their workers. Moreover, the protester als
Most of the rooftops were covered by rust iron plates or ripped tents with bunch of wasted wood pieces on the top. Some houses even had cracked walls with broken window which seemed to collapse in any moment. This is the situation of Guryong village today, located in Gangnam district. In contrast to
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport executed a policy which forbids citizen of Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi from getting on a red bus from July 16. It was carried out along the Road Traffic Act declaring that passengers on vehicle taking the expressway or drive way should wear their seat b