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New POSTECH president

Dr. Kim Doh-yeon, new president of Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), delivers a speech during an inauguration ceremony at the school’s campus in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, Tuesday. He became the seventh president of the school, succeeding Kim Yong-min. He pledged to ensure that POSTECH continues to contribute to the development of the region and to make the school a leading global university./ Courtesy of POSTECH

Seeking jobs

Job-seekers listen to recruitment information from company officials during the Job Discovery Festival, a job fair at Hanyang University in Seoul, Wednesday./ Yonhap

Soldiers' Olympics

Models wear Korean traditional clothes at the Plaza Hotel in Seoul, Wednesday, to be shown during the opening and closing ceremonies of the CISM World Games Korea 2015. Some 8,700 soldiers from 110 countries are expected to attend the quadrennial global sports event, which will begin on Oct. 2 in Mungyeong, North Gyeongsang Province./ Yonhap

Today's topic news 세계에서 가장 오래된 코란 필사본 발견

젖 보채는 아들.. 의도적 노출로 돈버는 엄마?

한국의 한 여성 인터넷 BJ가 자신의 아들을 방송 중 노출시켜 야릇한 장면을 연출하여 인터넷 상에서 비난을 받고 있다.최근 소개된 영상에서는 문제의 여성이 인터넷 방송을 하며 네티즌들과 실시간 채팅을 하고 있다. 여성의 뒤에는 침대 위에서 아들로 추정되는 어린 소년이 있다. 여성은 소년이 있는 줄 알지만 소년이 방송에 노출되는 점에 큰 신경을 쓰지 않는다.소년은 돌연 여성에게 오더니 젖을 달라고 보채기 시작한다. 여성은 끝내 소년의 요구를 들어주지는 않았지만 네티즌들에게 있어서 충분히 자극적인 장면이었다.영상을 소개한 한 블로거는 여성에 대해 개념 없는 엄마를 지칭하는 “맘충”이라고 부르며 “아들을 이용해 인터넷 방송으로 돈을 번다”고 비난했다.디지털뉴스부@

Assembly regular session begins

National Assembly Speaker Rep. Chung Ui-hwa speaks during the opening day of the 19th National Assembly’s final regular session, Tuesday. During the session, which will last more than 100 days, parties will debate bills on reforming the labor, public, finance and education sectors, as well as next year’s budget. The 20th National Assembly will be established through general elections in April next year./ Yonhap

Tickets home

People wait to buy train tickets to their hometowns for Chuseok, Korea’s traditional Thanksgiving Day that falls on Sept. 27, at Seoul Station in central Seoul, Tuesday, when the tickets went on sale./ Yonhap

Multicultural festival

Shin Yeon-hee, center, chief of Gangnam-gu office, poses with housewives from multiracial families during a festival at Kyunggi Girls’ High School in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, last week. / Yonhap

Maori cooking

Guests at a Hangi, a traditional Maori cooking style where the food is buried in the ground with hot coals, wait to dig up the food cages in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province, Saturday. / Courtesy of John Redmond

New appointees

President Park Geun-hye talks with new Health and Welfare Minister Chung Chin-youb, left, and Lee Sung-ho, the new chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, at Cheong Wa Dae, Monday, after an appointment ceremony. Lee and Chung took office on Aug. 13 and 27, respectively, after going through parliamentary confirmation hearings. / Joint press corps