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Water gun festival to be held in Sinchon this weekend

People play with squirt guns at Yonse-ro Street in Shinchon, western Seoul, during the summer festival sponsored by Seodaemun-gu Office, last year. / Courtesy of Seoul Metropolitan GovernmentBy Kim Jae-heunA summer festival inviting people to play with squirt guns will be held on Yonsei-ro Street in Sinchon, western Seoul, over the weekend, Seodaemun-gu Office said, Thursday.The seventh Sinchon Water Gun Festival will be presented from 11 a.m. to 8:45 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday under the theme of “Retake the Kingdom.”The concept of the event is that warriors from all over the world come to take back the kingdom of Sinchon stolen by rebels. People will be squirting water at each other around the main stage set up in the middle of the car-free street. The festival is free of charge and participants can either bring their own water gun or buy one on the spot. Water will be provided there as well. Various shows including street performances and DJ sets are prepared along with water gun fights at the festival. There is also a kid zone for children to play

Jul 4, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Water gun festival to be held in Sinchon this weekend
Health

Conflicts over e-cigarette smoking etiquette on the rise

By Kim Jae-heunThirty-one-year-old office worker Yun Chae-lim recently had a quarrel with a group of men smoking heat-not-burn cigarettes on the terrace of a coffee shop. She politely asked them to move to the smoking zone but they refused to do so, saying e-cigarettes don't smell and they are not harmful. “I told them e-cigarettes are harmful and smoking in a public place is strictly banned, but they refused to listen to me,” Yun said.Kim Soo-hwan, a 32-year-old wine bar owner, also said he has suffered second-hand smoke at bus stops on several occasions recently.“Nowadays, you don't find people smoking cigarettes at bus stops. But I have seen some people smoke e-cigarettes while waiting for the bus,” Kim said.“I know e-cigarettes create less smoke and they don't smell as much but it is still a cigarette, it's just smoked in a different way. I have told some people not to smoke e-cigarettes in public areas but there are too many of them, so I can't tell them to put them out every time,” Kim said.Amid an increasing number of e-cigarette smokers rep

Jul 3, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Conflicts over e-cigarette smoking etiquette on the rise
Law & Crime

Tada apologizes for drivers' misogynistic group chat comments

Ride-hailing service provider Tada has apologized after drivers' inappropriate comments about female passengers caused a stir. / Korea Times file photoBy Kim Jae-heunRide-hailing service provider Tada has apologized after drivers' inappropriate comments about female passengers caused a stir.According to a local media report, a Tada driver took a photograph of a drunk female customer who had passed out in the vehicle and shared it in a chatroom he had invited his colleagues to join at 1 a.m. on Saturday.There, the drivers made sexual comments about the customer such as, “She has a beautiful silhouette,” and “Ask her to go to a motel.”They also talked about another female customer wearing thick makeup, saying, “She looks like a prostitute,” and expressed hatred of female workers at adult entertainment establishments, describing them as “plastic surgery monsters.”The chatroom conversation was especially controversial because Tada has promoted itself as a premium service with respectful drivers.Following the controversy, the service provide

Jul 3, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Tada apologizes for drivers' misogynistic group chat comments
Society

Cooling off

Children play in the water at Suseong Family Park in Daegu, Wednesday. The Korean Meteorological Administration forecast hot weather with temperatures over 30 degree Celsius would continue in almost all parts of the country for days. /Yonhap

Jul 3, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Cooling off
Law & Crime

K-pop singer Park Yu-chun released with suspended jail term

Actor and singer Park Yu-chun walks out from the Suwon District Court in Gyeonggi Province, after it has set him free on a suspended jail term on his drug charges, Tuesday. / YonhapBy Kim Jae-heunActor and former member of K-pop boy band JYJ Park Yu-chun has been set free after a court sentenced him to a suspended jail term on drug charges.The Suwon District Court, Tuesday, gave him 10 months in jail suspended for two years, and fined him 1.4 million won. It also put him on probation and ordered him to receive treatment, so he will undergo regular drug tests.The court said illegal drug abuse should be punished severely but Park should be given a second chance.“The defendant has confessed his offense and his drug test results, along with other evidence, proving his guilt. Narcotic-related crimes cause huge damage to individuals and society, so severe punishment is required,” the court said in the ruling.“However, the defendant has admitted his crime and shown a reflective attitude since he has been detained. And considering that this is his first offense, it is bette

Jul 2, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
K-pop singer Park Yu-chun released with suspended jail term
Society

Toll collectors demonstrate for permanent position

Toll collectors protest at the Seoul Tollgate in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Monday, to demand permanent position for themselves and 1,500 other workers at the Korea Expressway Corp. / YonhapBy Kim Jae-heunForty female highway toll collectors have been staging a sit-in protest on top of the canopy of the Seoul Tollgate in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, since early Sunday morning demanding permanent positions for themselves and 1,500 other workers at the Korea Expressway Corp. (KEC)They were among 400 former toll collectors who held a rally near the tollgate that day to protest the state-run corporation's decision to have its newly-launched subsidiary hire them instead of employing them directly.The tollgate workers originally belonged to the corporation's outsourced service firms. However, they have been urging the KEC to hire them directly as permanent workers.However, the corporation set up a subsidiary to hire the fee collectors.Among some 6,500 collectors, about 5,000 accepted employment at the subsidiary, but the remaining 1,500 are refusing and demanding the KEC employ them dire

Jul 1, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Toll collectors demonstrate for permanent position
Politics

Rallies both welcoming and opposing Trump to take place in Seoul

A progressive group holds a rally at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul, Friday, to denounce U.S. President Donald Trump’s racist and anti-immigrant policies ahead of his planned visit to Korea over the weekend; while a conservative group behind them holds its own gathering welcoming the visit. / YonhapBy Kim Jae-heunRallies welcoming and opposing U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to South Korea will take place in central Seoul over the weekend.Police are on high alert over possible violence during the protests, strengthening security in the capital. On the first day of Trump's visit Saturday, the Korea Alliance for Progressive Movement will demonstrate against the president at Seoul Square, starting at 5 p.m. Two other progressive groups will gather at Gwanghwamun Square to oppose the American president's policies. At the same time, a conservative group supporting impeached former President Park Geun-hye will hold a rally welcoming Trump in front of Seoul Station at 1 p.m. Several other conservative groups also plan to hold rallies in central Seoul.On Sunday, progressive gr

Jun 28, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Rallies both welcoming and opposing Trump to take place in Seoul
Politics

Seoul City requests police keep out far-right party's tents

Supporters of the far-right minor opposition Our Republican Party gathers at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul after erecting their tents, Tuesday. / YonhapBy Kim Jae-heunThe Seoul Metropolitan Government said Thursday it has requested police to protect facilities at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul in its effort to clear out the tents set up by the Our Republican Party and prevent its members from erecting more. If police accept the local government’s request, they will provide security for the whole area, not only to prevent tents from being set up by the party. “After Seoul City removed the tents, party members re-erected them. Also, they hold rallies at weekends so we cannot confirm exactly when the whole situation in the square will be back to normal,” a local government official said. Observes note that this is Seoul City’s last option to prevent the far-right party from continuously setting up tents. It had reportedly considered applying for a court injunction to ban the party from erecting the tents, but dropped the plan due to its perceived ine

Jun 27, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Seoul City requests police keep out far-right party's tents
Politics

Seoul City to take action against far-right party for erecting tents

Members and supporters of the Our Republican Party form scrummage to resist Seoul City's effort to remove tents set up at Gwanghwamun Square in centrall Seoul, Monday. / Yonhap By Kim Jae-heunThe Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it will take stern action against the far-right minor opposition Our Republican Party for setting up tents at Gwanghwamun Square, Tuesday, only five hours after the city had removed previous ones raised there.Mobilizing 500 municipal officials and 400 hired workers, the city government tore down two tents and a canopy installed by party members who were demonstrating for the release of imprisoned former President Park Geun-hye. It removed the tents, saying they were illegally installed in the public space without official permission.However, the far-right party members returned to Gwanghwamun and set up 10 tents.The local government delivered its last order to the party to remove the tents voluntarily or it will again remove them. Regarding the tents set up May 10, it sent three warnings before dispatching workers to remove them.“There

Jun 26, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Seoul City to take action against far-right party for erecting tents
Politics

Remembering Kim Koo

Schoolchildren stage a performance at Kim Koo Museum & Library in Yongsan, Seoul, Wednesday, in a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the death of the iconic independence fighter. / Yonhap

Jun 26, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Remembering Kim Koo
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