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NK defectors plead for help

North Korean defectors Cha Sung-hyuk, 11, second from right, and his uncle Ko Kyung-ho, second from left, plead for help, during a press conference at the Korea Press Center in central Seoul, Tuesday, for Cha’s mother, Ko Kyung-hee, who is now allegedly being held in a political prisoner camp in North Korea. The mother defected to the South in 2011, but returned to North Korea a year later because she worried about possible persecution of her family. However, she was arrested, tortured and put in a prisoner camp, according to her family. Her son and brother defected to the South in December. / Yonhap

Sep 23, 2014

Sewol protesters march in New York, Ottawa

Overseas Koreans in the United States and Canada on Sunday protested the Park Geun-hye administration’s handling of April’s Sewol ferry disaster. In New York, some 330 protesters marched from the Korean consulate general to the U.N. headquarters, carrying signs with photos of the victims of the disaster, who were mostly high school students. The protesters blamed the government for an inept response to the sinking and for a failure to thoroughly probe its causes; and called on Park to step down.Park arrived in New York this week to attend the U.N. General Assembly after a three-day state visit to Canada.At a park close to the U.N. headquarters, the protesters held an exhibition of art works about the tragedy. These included the controversial “Sewol Owol' painting by Hong Sung-dam, which was pulled from the Gwangju Beinnale, a large Korean art festival. Overseas Koreans in Ottawa, where Park visited on her trip to Canada, also held a protest. They called for Korea to quickly pass special legislation to get to the bottom of the tragedy. The bill would establish a fact

Sep 23, 2014
Sewol protesters march in New York, Ottawa

'Naro satellite dead since April'

The satellite launched into space by Korea’s first carrier rocket, the Naro-1, has been unresponsive for months, local media have reported.The Donga Ilbo, citing sources, reported that the Science and Technology Satellite-2C, launched in 2013, has not responded to commands since April. An official told the paper that the exact reason was not clear.The satellite is operated by the Satellite Technology Research Center, located within the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Daejeon.The center is reportedly continuing to track the movements of the satellite, which is orbiting the earth.The STSAT-2C was launched on the third flight of the Naro-1 with a Russian first stage and an indigenous second stage. It was the first successful flight of the Naro-1, had failed in two previous attempts.It is expected to drop to earth in 2021.

Sep 23, 2014
'Naro satellite dead since April'

NK opens domestic flights for citizens

North Korea has launched domestic flights between Pyongyang and other cities and made them available to citizens, Radio Free Asia reports. Citing a source in China, RFA said the flights include those between Pyongyang and Samjiyeon, Orang and Hamheung, respectively.  The flights cost between $60 and $92 dollars. Given the decrepit state of the North Korean economy, observers said the prices were out of the reach of ordinary citizens. Qualities of the flights were also subpar, the report said, citing the source. The planes were reportedly outdates and easily rattled by turbulence. The report said the models of the planes hadn’t been identified. Sources speculated that the introduction of plane could have something to do with poor trains services between the cities. 

Sep 23, 2014By Ko Dong-hwan
NK opens domestic flights for citizens

Cyber-porn bandits swindle 12 billion won

Police have arrested the operators of eight mobile porn websites for swindling 12.1 billion won ($11.6 million) from users through a “small-sum payment” scam, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said Monday. The cyber-crime unit said the criminals, including a 34-year-old man identified by the surname Woo, sent out some 80 million spam messages to mobile phone users promoting some 30 mobile porn sites.  The messages claimed that by becoming a member of the site – free of charge – users could access pornography for free. In order to sign up, people supposedly had to submit their resident ID and mobile phone numbers as part of an adult verification process. The sites then charged the users 16,500 won a month.  The police said the total amount received was “the largest amount to be stolen by the online scammers.” In all, the scammers collected about 280,000 pieces of private data from some 190,000 victims from October 2012 through November 2013.

Sep 23, 2014By Ko Dong-hwan
Cyber-porn bandits swindle 12 billion won

Most rapists live in Gyeonggi Province

More rapists reside in Gyeonggi Province than any other area in the country, a ruling Saenuri Party lawmaker said Tuesday. According to National Police Agency data acquired by Rep. Cho Won-jin, 3,611 of the country’s 15,095 rapists live in Gyeonggi. The data is based on the number of rapists registered with the local governments this year.  Seoul was second at 3,208, followed by Busan (969), Incheon (918), South Gyeongsang Province (860), North Gyeongsang Province (704), South Jeolla Province (659), Daegu (623), South Chungcheong Province (615) and Gwangju (555). Jeju Island recorded the steepest increase this year, rising from 113 last year to 228.   Nationwide, the number jumped 48 percent from 10,240 registered rapists last year.

Sep 23, 2014By Ko Dong-hwan
Most rapists live in Gyeonggi Province

Pioneering Korean-American physicist gets recognition

Kahng Da-won The late Korean-American physicist Kahng Da-won, whose inventions led to major advances in electronic technology, is being recognized by his alma mater Seoul National University, 22 years after his death. Kahng invented the Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor (MOSFET), which is the basic element in most of today's electronic equipment.According to Money Today, SNU’s Inter-university Semiconductor Research Center will unveil a bust of Kahng on October 24.In addition to the MOSFET, Kahng also invented the floating gate memory cell, which provides the foundation for many forms of semiconductor memory devices.He was inducted into the National Inventor Hall of Fame in 2009 where Thomas Edison, Graham Bell and Wright brothers are also recognized. After emigrating from Korea in 1955, he was a researcher at Bell Telephone Laboratories, also known as Bell Labs in New Jersey for 20 years.According to an SNU official, Kahng’s bust is being created based on a photograph acquired from his family in the United States. 

Sep 23, 2014
Pioneering Korean-American physicist gets recognition

Hilarious 'news blooper' goes viral

An advertisement depicting a news broadcast gone wrong is going viral after it tricked some people into believing it was real.  The ad, made by drink maker Binggrae, appears realistic at first.  A field reporter is giving a report about an alarming amount of micro dust particles in the air. However, her voice cracks awkwardly, apparently due to the dust.  A female anchors attempts to ignore the moment and continue the story. But a voice can be heard scolding the reporter for the mishap. Despite her attempts not to, the anchor laughs, as does her male counterpart.  It’s revealed that the sequence is a ploy. Still, it had some office workers surreptitiously clicking on the video and suppressing their own giggles. 

Sep 23, 2014By Ko Dong-hwan
Hilarious 'news blooper' goes viral

Fall festival

Students enjoy a game of fortune during the annual autumn festival atHanyang University in Seoul, Monday. / Yonhap

Sep 22, 2014

Student's death

Family members of a middle school student who committed suicide on Sept. 12 after suffering harsh corporal punishment from his teacher, weep while speaking to reporters at the Gangwon Provincial Office of Education inChuncheon, Gangwon Province, Monday. They called for a thorough investigation and strict punishment for the teacher. The student left a note claiming that his teacher gave him harsh corporal punishment and was verbally abusive toward him. / Yonhap

Sep 22, 2014
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