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Foreign Affairs

Moon stresses Korea's role as 'vaccine hub' in talks with G7 leaders

President Moon Jae-in, front row second from right, poses with leaders participating in the G7 Summit, including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, front row center, and U.S. President Joe Biden, front row right, at the Carbis Bay Hotel in Cornwall, U.K., Saturday (local time). Yonhap By Jun Ji-hye, Joint Press CorpsPresident Moon Jae-in has stressed Korea's willingness to become a new global hub for COVID-19 vaccine production during his talks with leaders attending the G7 Summit, raising the need for equitable access to inoculation throughout the world to overcome the public health crisis together.President Moon held talks with European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Saturday (local time), on the sidelines of the summit, which had opened the previous day in Cornwall, U.K., emphasizing that expanding vaccinations has become more important than carrying out antivirus measures.“It is necessary to supply vac

Jun 13, 2021By Jun Ji-hye
Moon stresses Korea's role as 'vaccine hub' in talks with G7 leaders
  • G7 calls for 'complete' denuclearization of Korean Peninsula
Travel & Food

Going on imaginary trip by tasting signature cocktails

Pina Colada is Puerto Rico's signature cocktail made with rum, coconut milk and pineapple. Courtesy of Booking.comBy Jun Ji-hyeWhile it is still difficult to travel overseas physically, travel lovers may be able to go on an imaginary trip by tasting iconic signature cocktails from around the world ― from the famous kick of rum and coconut in the Pina Colada of Puerto Rico to the pink-hued Singapore Sling. Here are six cocktails picked by Booking.com, among some of the world's most famous signature cocktails, and their origins, for people who are longing for overseas travel once it becomes safe to travel again.The Pina Colada ― Puerto RicoSan Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico, boasts contrasting settings, from the enchanting Isla Verde resort strip, to cobblestoned Old San Juan, full of Spanish colonial buildings. Tourists are invited to sample the country's signature cocktail, the Pina Colada, to cool down with this sweet drink, made with rum, coconut milk and pineapple. The La Concha Renaissance San Juan Resort, just a short walk away from the sandy beach of Condado, offers an unforg

Jun 10, 2021By Jun Ji-hye
Going on imaginary trip by tasting signature cocktails
Society

Police investigate building collapsed during demolition in Gwangju

Emergency workers carry out recovery operations, Thursday, a day after a building collapsed in Gwangju, leaving nine people dead and eight others seriously injured. YonhapBy Jun Ji-hyePolice have launched an intensive investigation into a building collapse at an urban renewal site in Gwangju that left nine people dead, forming a command center with the participation of the serious crime and economic crime units, police officers said, Thursday. They also conducted a forensic examination of the scene, jointly with the National Forensic Service, in a bid to uncover the exact cause of the collapse.The five-story building collapsed during demolition in the southwestern city at about 4:22 p.m., Wednesday, leaving nine people dead and eight others seriously injured. Those injured, who were mostly in their 60s and 70s, were taken to nearby hospitals, including Chonnam National University Hospital, according to rescue officers. The 17 victims included the driver and passengers of a bus that was at a bus stop in front of the building at the time of the collapse. The building and the neighborho

Jun 10, 2021By Jun Ji-hye
Police investigate building collapsed during demolition in Gwangju
Travel & Food

Overseas travel likely to be revitalized from summer season

An office of a travel agency in Seoul is almost empty, Wednesday, amid the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. Aviation and tourism industries that have been hit hard by the pandemic are raising hope for increasing demand for overseas travel following the government's announcement of a plan to allow overseas group tours of fully vaccinated people in July at the earliest. YonhapKorea seeking to sign 'travel bubble' accords with several countriesBy Jun Ji-hyeDemand for overseas travel is expected to return this summer as the government is planning to allow overseas group tours for fully vaccinated people to countries that have managed to curtail COVID-19 infections, starting as early as next month. Toward that end, the government has been in talks with several countries, including Singapore, to establish “travel bubbles” that refer to a partnership between two or more cities or countries with similar rates of COVID-19 infections, to allow quarantine-free air travel in both directions.The plan comes as the nation's vaccination rate has been picking up speed, with more than 10 milli

Jun 9, 2021By Jun Ji-hye
Overseas travel likely to be revitalized from summer season
  • US forming expert groups on safely lifting global travel restrictions
  • US lowers travel advisory for Korea to lowest Level 1
Travel & Food

Virtual school tours to Korea grow popular in Hong Kong, Taiwan

Middle school students of Christ College in Hong Kong participate in the Korea Tourism Organization's “Digital School Tour to Korea” program at their school, April 15. Courtesy of Korea Tourism OrganizationBy Jun Ji-hyeA program offering virtual school tours to Korea, operated by the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO), has become popular in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan.The KTO said its “Digital School Tour to Korea” program, which was designed in response to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, enables students in other countries to interact with Korean students via video conferencing and virtually experience Korean food, K-pop and tourist attractions in the country.Since the organization's Hong Kong branch began the program on April 15, targeting 120 middle school students of Christ College, the program has been drawing attention from other schools. Some 20 schools in Hong Kong have since applied for the program for their 3,900 students.The number is higher than the 3,209 students there who visited Korea in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic started.In Taiwan, Kaohsi

Jun 9, 2021By Jun Ji-hye
Virtual school tours to Korea grow popular in Hong Kong, Taiwan
Law & Crime

Police crack down on sex doll experience shops

A screenshot from a website of a company selling sex dolls / YonhapBy Jun Ji-hyePolice began to crack down on any illegal acts committed by owners of sex doll experience shops or cafes, Monday, amid growing concerns from many parents that such facilities near schools will have a bad influence on their children. The National Police Agency said that police officers in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province will carry out the crackdown jointly with the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, as well as local governments, until the end of next month.Their crackdown will focus on any illegalities involving those shops' online and offline ads. The crackdown comes as sex doll experience shops have become a controversial issue here, with objectors referring to the businesses as a “new form of sex trafficking.” In particular, many parents have been complaining about the opening of such establishments near schools.“Since the Supreme Court ruled in June 2019 that sex dolls could be imported into Korea, the number of sex doll experience shops and cafes has increased here,” an offici

Jun 7, 2021By Jun Ji-hye
Police crack down on sex doll experience shops
Defense

Court rules Military Service Act on 2nd-generation emigrants is constitutional

gettyimagesbankBy Jun Ji-hyeThe Constitutional Court unanimously ruled Sunday that a clause of the Military Service Act, which calls on second-generation South Korean emigrants to fulfill the country's mandatory military service if they stay in South Korea for more than three years, is constitutional.Under the standing law, those who have obtained foreign citizenship at birth in other countries or permanent residency after emigration, are exempt from military duty, while all able bodied men in Korea are required to serve in the military for about two years as South and North Korea are technically still at war.But a clause of the Military Service Act stipulates that second-generation South Korean emigrants who are 18 years of age or older are excluded from this preferential treatment if they stay in the country for more than three years.This clause, which had previously been applied to those who were born after Jan. 1, 1994, was revised in May 2018, calling on the clause to be applied to all second-generation emigrants.This promoted some people who were born before Dec. 31, 1993 to fi

Jun 7, 2021By Jun Ji-hye
Court rules Military Service Act on 2nd-generation emigrants is constitutional
Politics

Plan to expand substitute holiday system gaining traction

Ruling and opposition parties are working to pass a bill to expand the substitute holiday system, with expectations that the expansion could contribute to economic revitalization. gettyimagesbankBy Jun Ji-hyeThe National Assembly is moving fast to pass a bill to expand the substitute holiday system that would provide extra days off if public holidays fall on a weekend. Currently, the country's substitute holiday system guarantees an extra day off only when the two biggest holidays of Seollal and Chuseok ― Lunar New Year and Korean Thanksgiving ― fall on Sundays, or Children's Day falls on a weekend.Assembly officials said Sunday that a bill aimed at expanding the system could be passed at the Assembly this month at the earliest as ruling and opposition parties have reached a broad consensus on the issue.Lawmakers expect the expansion to help economic recovery at a time when the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic has slowed economic activities. The move is also in response to growing calls from workers to expand substitute holidays as public holidays in the latter half of this year, such as

Jun 6, 2021By Jun Ji-hye
Plan to expand substitute holiday system gaining traction
Defense

Military hit for lax discipline on sex crimes

An Air Force master sergeant identified only by his surname Jang is taken to a general military court in Seoul, Wednesday, for a hearing to review whether to issue an arrest warrant over his alleged sexual assault of a female colleague, which caused her to take her own life in May. The court issued the warrant later that day on charges of sexual assault and inflicting injury. Courtesy of Ministry of National DefenseBy Jun Ji-hyeThe military is facing harsh criticism for being morally lax after its bungled responses to a series of sex crimes were made public. An uproar began to emerge following a recent sexual assault case involving the Air Force that ended with the death of the victim. The victim's family claimed the Air Force had systematically tried to cover up the case, rather than carrying out a thorough primary investigation, and protecting the victimAdditional revelations about sex crimes at other military units including one in the Marine Corps have followed, intensifying public anger. A female Air Force master sergeant, who was found dead at her residence May 22, accused a ma

Jun 3, 2021By Jun Ji-hye
Military hit for lax discipline on sex crimes
  • Air Force chief offers to resign over sexual assault that resulted in officer's death
Health

Daegu-arranged Pfizer vaccine offer improper: gov't

A vial and syringe are seen in front of a displayed Pfizer logo in this image from Jan. 11. Reuters-YonhapBy Jun Ji-hyeWith Daegu City having asked the central government to purchase Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccines arranged by the city administration, the government said those vaccines are believed to come from an irregular trade path, thus they cannot be supplied to Korea. Sohn Young-rae, spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Welfare, said Wednesday, “We need to check more details, but we have confirmed that the vaccines cannot be supplied to Korea as they come from an improper path.”The comments came after Daegu City and doctors' and medical institutions' associations in the city claimed recently that they had been pushing to obtain Pfizer vaccines for 30 million people through German company BioNTech, which teamed up with Pfizer on its vaccine. They have also sent the health ministry relevant documents showing that those vaccines can be delivered within three weeks.Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin said during a regular COVID-19 response meeting in the city, Monday, “We a

Jun 3, 2021By Jun Ji-hye
Daegu-arranged Pfizer vaccine offer improper: gov't
  • New cases bounce back to near 700
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