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Seoul City removes far-right party's tents in Gwanghwamun Square

Officials from the Seoul Metropolitan Government and hired workers tear down tents illegally set up by the Our Republican Party at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul, Tuesday, clashing with party members and its supporters. / YonhapBy Kim Jae-heunThe Seoul Metropolitan Government removed tents, Tuesday, which had been put up illegally by a far-right minor opposition party in Gwanghwamun Square protesting the imprisonment of former President Park Geun-hye.However, the Our Republican Party, put up new tent on the same spot just five hours later, indicating a possible clash between it and the city government in the near future.According to the city government, 500 municipal officials and 400 hired workers raided the spot at 5:20 a.m. to remove two tents and a canopy installed by the party.The party, which changed its name the previous day from the Korean Patriots Party, set up the tents May 10 for sit-in protests calling for an investigation into the deaths of five pro-Park supporters who died during a 2017 rally against the impeachment of the former president. Seoul City has been send

Jun 25, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Seoul City removes far-right party's tents in Gwanghwamun Square
Society

Hot weather

Haze rises from a road on Yeouido, Seoul, Monday, as a heat wave warning was issued in the capital city with the temperature rising to 32 degree Celsius. The hot weather is likely to continue for several days in central parts of the country. / Yonhap

Jun 25, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Hot weather
Politics

Court finds Rep. Kweon not guilty in hiring irregularities scandal

Rep. Kweon Seong-dong of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party enters the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho, Seoul, Monday to stand trial over his alleged exercise of influence in a hiring irregularity scandal at a state-run casino operator. / YonhapBy Kim Jae-heunA local court has cleared Rep. Kweon Seong-dong of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) of alleged power abuse and obstruction of business in a hiring irregularity scandal at a state-run casino operator.The Seoul Central District Court said Monday the prosecution cannot prove the charges against Kweon, who was indicted for exercising his influence in recruitment at Kangwon Land.The ruling contradicts an earlier verdict for former Kangwon Land CEO Choi Hung-jib, who was found guilty of illegally hiring people there at Kweon's request.Between December 2012 and April 2013, Kweon allegedly asked Choi to hire 11 of his acquaintances including interns who worked as secretaries at his office in Yeouido, Seoul.Upon Choi's order, officials at Kangwon Land's human resource team fabricated the results of the applicants

Jun 24, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Court finds Rep. Kweon not guilty in hiring irregularities scandal
Global Community

'We will both die if my father fails to earn refugee status'

Iranian refugee Kim Min-hyuk, 16, holds a one-man demonstration in front of the Ministry of Justice at Gwacheon Government Complex in Gyeonggi Province, to call on the government to recognize his father as a refugee, Monday, a day prior to the father's interview for the refugee status. Korea Times photo by Kim Jae-heunBy Kim Jae-heunA 16-year-old Iranian refugee, who goes by the Korean name Kim Min-hyuk here, held a one-man relay demonstration ― taking turns with his friends ― in front of the Gwacheon Government Complex in Gyeonggi Province, where the Ministry of Justice is located, Monday, to call for the immigration authorities to also recognize his father as a refugee.Kim came to Korea in July 2010 when he was seven years old along with his father who was running his own business here.“I was very young then and I followed my friends to the church almost every week then,” Kim said during an interview with The Korea Times, Monday, after the demonstration. “I did not know anything about the religious beliefs in my home country and I told my aunt that I was going to

Jun 14, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
'We will both die if my father fails to earn refugee status'
Law & Crime

Language school director gets 2.5 years in jail for swindling parents

By Kim Jae-heunA Seoul court handed down a prison sentence of two years-and-six months to a Korean man who ran an English language institute in the Philippines, Thursday, for swindling 290 million won ($244,436) out of parents of students at the institute.The Seoul Northern District Court also ordered the 36-year-old director, surnamed Kim, to pay 42 million won to some of the victims who demanded compensation.Kim has been operating a language institute in Manila since 2008. In 2016, the director swindled 84 million won from a parent by saying he would help him buy an apartment in Manila for the child.Using the same tactic, Kim defrauded another parent of 90 million won under the pretext of paying the deposit for a student's new home.Two years later, he deceived eight more parents by saying their children were accepted to an international school there and he would handle the tuition fees on their behalf. Kim took around 55 million won from the parents.Kim spent most of the money on gambling and paying off his gambling debt to loan sharks.He fabricated the international school's admis

Jun 13, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Law & Crime

Veterinary prof. Lee grilled over alleged animal abuse

By Kim Jae-heunMeiRenowned veterinary professor Lee Byeong-chun of Seoul National University (SNU) has been summoned by police for questioning over alleged animal abuse during experiments on a cloned dog.The Gwanak Police in Seoul said Wednesday that they called Lee in on Monday and grilled him over accusations that he deliberately omitted specific details on research he submitted to the animal testing ethics committee at his school and he abused the dog during a quarantine-related experiment. The animal died in February, about three months after returning from Lee's experiments. The investigation followed a complaint filed by an animal rights advocate group, the Beagle Rescue Network (BRN), against Lee in April.The BRN claimed the professor violated the Animal Protection Law that bans experiments on service animals. It also accused Lee of possible animal abuse.Lee "borrowed" the cloned beagle that had worked at Incheon International Airport for five years as a detection dog searching for illegal products, from the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency in March last year. He conducted q

Jun 12, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Veterinary prof. Lee grilled over alleged animal abuse
Society

Traditional harvesting experience

Children hold sheaves of barley during a traditional grain harvesting experience near Yangjae Stream in southern Seoul, Wednesday. Participants cut and threshed barley, and ate rice balls made with boiled barley as part of the event. Korea Times photo by Hong Yoon-ki

Jun 12, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Health

Only 3 in 10 satisfied with local clinics

Only three out of 10 people said they are satisfied with the medical service provided at neighborhood hospitals and clinics. / GettyimagebanksBy Kim Jae-heunOnly three out of 10 people said they are satisfied with the medical service provided at neighborhood hospitals and clinics, a report showed, Tuesday. Also, nearly half of people who seek treatment at larger medical institutions such as general hospitals do so according to their own judgment rather than by the clinic doctors' recommendation.The report released by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA) showed people put little credence in small clinics in their hometowns believing the quality of medical services to be low.The study was conducted on 2,000 citizens aged between 19 and 69 about their satisfaction level with town clinics, general hospitals and university hospitals.Just a little over 31 percent of the respondents evaluated the medical services provided at local clinics as satisfactory. About 56 percent said so-so, and 12.2 percent said they are dissatisfied with the treatment they rec

Jun 11, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Only 3 in 10 satisfied with local clinics
Law & Crime

Popular violinist Eugene Park rooked again

By Kim Jae-heunEugene ParkPopular electric violinist Eugene Park has been allegedly scammed by his manager, suffering losses worth up to 700 million won ($590,000).Park, who suffers from bipolar disorder, has been “exploited” in the past when his former agency abused him.According to legal circles, Monday, the Seoul Advocacy Agency for Persons with Disabilities (SAAPD) filed a complaint against Park's current manager surnamed Kim to the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office for charges of fraud, embezzlement and breach of trust. The agency said Kim borrowed 108 million won from loan sharks under the musician's name and misappropriated Park's performance fees worth 506 million won. Kim also allegedly sold the violinist's real estate at a lower-than-market price, causing economic losses for Park. Local broadcaster MBC first learned about the problem while filming a television documentary on Park. MBC collected related materials while filming and handed them over to the advocacy center to help them sue Park's manager.Police are currently investigating the case und

Jun 10, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Popular violinist Eugene Park rooked again
Society

Private kindergarten owners defy gov't Edufine enforcement

A Korea Kindergarten Association (KKA) official hands over  documents to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education staff, appealing the education office's decision to revoke the organization's license at KKA's building in Yongsan, Seoul, April. / Korea Times photo by Seo Jae-hoonBy Kim Jae-heunSome 160 private kindergarten owners have filed an administrative suit, requesting the cancellation of the government measure that forced them to adopt a state-run accounting system.This move is seen as a counterattack on the government by the private preschool owners, who reluctantly adopted the system earlier this year amid growing public criticism of embezzlement scandals. The owners are taking collective action against multiple government policies.According to the Ministry of Education, the Seoul Administrative Court and Rep. Park Yong-jin of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, Sunday, 167 kindergarten owners collectively filed the suit, May 24, against Education Minister Yoo Eun-hae asking for the court to rule against the imposition of the use of Edufine, the accounting system.Tho

Jun 9, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Private kindergarten owners defy gov't Edufine enforcement
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