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Mother seeks part-time worker for son's homework

By Lee Ji-hyeA mother has posted a “job offer” on a prestigious Korean university’s online community board offering to pay people to do her son’s school assignments.Titled, “Part-time job: Middle school science project,” the job description uploaded on Yonsei University’s Career Development System explained in detail the conditions of the so-called “employment.”“Seeking students majoring in science-related studies attending Yonsei University,” the post read, asking prospective employees to “refrain from plagiarizing or copying from the Internet.”The project was described as a "performance assessment," which accounts for a heavy portion of middle and high school students' overall grades.“The job requires turning in a blueprint on an A4-sized paper for a creative science invention using recycled material,” the post stated, offering up to 100,000 won ($90) per project to be done twice a year./ Courtesy of Yonsei UniversityThe post was deleted from the job portal site within two days.“There mu

Jan 7, 2015
Mother seeks part-time worker for son's homework

Plaque of appreciation

Kim Jong-il, left, chief of the Almaty Korean Multicultural Education Center, holds a plaque of appreciation along with Leeh Jhong-kyu, international exchange director at Pusan National University, at the center in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Tuesday. Kim was honored with the plaque for helping the Korean university attract foreign students from the Central Asian region. / Yonhap

Jan 7, 2015

Memorial concerts for late rocker to be held nationwide

Singer Kim Jin-pyo is performing at the memorial concert for the late Shin Hae-chul held at Korea University in December. / Korea Times fileMemorial concerts for late rocker Shin Hae-chul, who died from a heart attack last October, will be held across the nation beginning next month.  Korea Casting Agency (KCA), which represented the late Shin, announced Tuesday that the tour ― titled “N.EX.T Utd. Concert” ― will begin Feb. 28 in Busan and continue on to Daegu, Daejeon, Gwangju and Cheongju. The shows will feature the four remaining members of Shin’s former band, N.EX.T.  KCA decided to hold the national tour after a Dec. 27 memorial concert at Korea University was a huge success. Shin debuted in 1988 during a university singing contest and later became popular with N.EX.T, an experimental rock group. He died on Oct. 27 last year, after suffering a heart attack, which appears to be related to botched surgery at a Seoul hospital.A N.EX.T fan club ― cromfan.com ― is holding a campaign to push for a new “Shin Hae-chul law.” The proposal inten

Jan 7, 2015By Ko Dong-hwan
Memorial concerts for late rocker to be held nationwide

Researchers link depression to alcohol

Soju is Korea's traditional distilled liquor / Korea Times fileMore than half of patients with depression drink more than two bottles of soju, Korea’s traditional distilled liquor, every week, a study shows.Researchers at Hanyang University and Yongin Mental Hospital examined the drinking habits of 402 depressed patients aged 19 and over.The results showed that 51 percent of the participants were drinking excessively enough to get in the way of treating their depression, the researchers said Wednesday.The World Health Organization classifies men who drink more than four glasses of soju - equivalent of 40 grams of alcohol - as “hazardous drinkers.” Women who drink two glasses of soju are categorized as hazardous drinkers.Various factors - smoking, weight loss and thoughts of suicide - also had a correlation to heavy drinking, according to the study.

Jan 7, 2015
Researchers link depression to alcohol

Key fashion trend for 2015: Normcore

/Courtesy of M PublicBy Rachel LeeIf you thought the “normcore” trend would end in 2014, think again. The fashion statement that’s all about blending into the crowd appears to be a buzzword in the New Year as well.Normcore is a unisex fashion trend that took hold last year, involving garments that are unpretentious and average looking – in a word, boring. These include straight jeans, plain sweaters, simple socks and white sneakers. Actor and “Seinfeld” co-creator Larry David is an unlikely icon of fashion’s latest look.According to trend-watcher Trend Korea, the local fashion industry is moving away from faux fur and silly cartoon prints and focusing on basics such as quality and color.Sometimes the street responds to the runway and sometimes designers to culture, but the advent of this new trend has made clear that designers have started to respond to culture and the street in an obvious way.It was seen on the runway shows during Seoul Fashion Week last October from design houses such as Paul&Alice and Demoo. The collections relied on s

Jan 7, 2015
Key fashion trend for 2015: Normcore

Divorce rate highest in July

/ YonhapKoreans get married the most in October while getting divorced mostly in July.Statistics Korea figures show that the average number of monthly divorces between 2011 and 2013 was highest in July (10,400 cases) followed by October (10,200 cases) while April had the lowest number (8,900 cases).Statistics from last year show a similar result, with the most divorces in July (10,400). This is almost 10 percent more than the average monthly figures from January to October (9,500) exempting July.“It takes around two months to be officially divorced after filing for divorce to the court, which means most decisions are made around May,” said Kim Phil-sung of Law Firm YangJae (LFY).“Those in their 40s to 50s usually file for divorce after they have paid their child’s college tuition fees and sorted out financial problems,” he said.“Stress from the New Year holiday season usually starts the conflict, and leads to filing in spring, which results in a high number of divorces in July.”

Jan 7, 2015
Divorce rate highest in July

Kiss from a rose

Kiss from a rose

Jan 7, 2015
Kiss from a rose

Woman 'heaves food waste' from 16th floor, damaging cars

Police in Ahnsung, Gyeonggi Province, on Wednesday indicted a woman for allegedly throwing food waste from her 16-floor apartment because it was “too much trouble to go down to the first floor.”Police said the woman, 72, identified by her surname Park, committed the offences between September and December last year, mostly late at night. The falling trash caused 13 million won ($11,815) worth of damage to the windows and sunroofs of four cars.Police used barcodes on packaging to find the grocery store where the woman shopped, and eventually the woman herself.“It was too much trouble to go down to the first floor to throw away the garbage,” Park allegedly told police.

Jan 7, 2015
Woman 'heaves food waste' from 16th floor, damaging cars

Nine choke to death on mochi

Naked men in loinclothes pound steamed rice into mochi (rice cakes) to celebrate the New Year at the Kanda shrine in Tokyo on January 1, 2015. / AFP-YonhapNine people have choked to death eating mochi rice cakes over the New Year period in Japan, despite warnings to chew slowly on this favorite treat.At least 128 people were taken to hospital, where nine died.Three died in Tokyo and Chiba prefectures, respectively, while one each died in Osaka, Aomori and Nagasaki, according to Yomiuri newspaper.Mochi, or sticky rice cake, can be grilled or cooked with sweet red beans or broth. But this glutinous treat can get stuck in the throat, leading to people choking to death, especially young children or elderly people.Japan’s emergency services recommend that people cut the mochi into bite-size pieces and to chew thoroughly before swallowing.

Jan 7, 2015
Nine choke to death on mochi

Support for soldiers

Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, left, Mark Lippert, second from left, U.S. ambassador to Korea and Curtis Scaparrotti, right, the commander of U.S. Forces Korea, encourage Korean and U.S. servicemembers at Osan Air Base, Tuesday. The minister and U.S. ambassador made a rare visit to encourage servicemembers there to support the alliance between the two nations to effectively cope with possible military threats from North Korea. / Yonhap

Jan 6, 2015
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