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Horrendous welfare center makes inmates eat mice out of hunger

A television show revealed horrifying truth about an old welfare facility, as inmates were treated with savagery and driven to eat mice to escape hunger, Segye Ilbo said Sunday.SBS’s investigative crime show “I Want to Know” introduced on Saturday Hyeongjae (Brother) Welfare Center. Commissioned by the city of Busan in 1975, it was entitled a complete authority to take care of some 3,000 vagrants and beggars.According to the show, however, a prosecutor happened to witness inmates from a labor house on mountain in 1987. They were confirmed residents of the welfare.With the prosecutor’s discovery, investigation began to unearth the hidden truth about the facility.They found out inmates were incarcerated and suffered brutal violence. Those who lasted longer than others in the facility had signs of malnutrition and had to feast on live mice believing they were nutritious.As many as 513 died during 12 years of the facility’s operation, the show revealed.The show further informed the facility’s operator only ended up being sentenced two years and six mon

Mar 25, 2014By Ko Dong-hwan
Horrendous welfare center makes inmates eat mice out of hunger

Remember Cheonan!

Members of youth civic organizations pay their respects to 46 sailors, killed during the March 26, 2010, sinking of the naval ship Cheonan in the West Sea, at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, Monday, two days ahead of the fourth anniversary of the loss of the frigate./ Yonhap

Mar 24, 2014

Opposition gathering

Opposition gathering: Reps. Ahn Cheol-soo, left, Kim Han-gil, center, and Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon talk during a convention in Seoul for launching the envisioned Coalition for New Politics and Democracy Party at Seoul Women’s Center, Sunday. Heavy-weights of the opposition bloc are engaging to forge forces ahead of the June 4 elections to gain upper hand over the ruling Saenuri Party. / Yonhap

Mar 23, 2014

Against department removal

A student has her head shaved to protest the school’s restructuring plan at Kyonggi University in Seoul, Friday. The school plans to abolish eight of the school’s 15 departments./ Yonhap

Mar 21, 2014

Rehearsal for local elections

A National Election Commission official has his fingerprint read by a scanner to rehearse the electronic ballot casting ahead of the June 4 local elections at Jamsil Gymnasium in Seoul, Friday. Under electronic voting system, a voter needs to be cleared by matching his or her ID card with finger printing before receiving a ballot paper./ Yonhap

Mar 21, 2014

For fair competition

Ruling Saenuri Party’s hopefuls for June 4 Gyeonggi gubernatorialelection gather at a party meeting at “Sarangjae,” a traditional Korean hanok next to the main building of the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, Thursday. From left are Rep. Choung Byoung-gug, Kim Young-sun, Rep. Nam Kyung-pil and Rep. Won Yoo-chul. / Yonhap

Mar 20, 2014

World Water Day

ChildFund Korea volunteers stand with signs in the middle of Cheonggye Stream in Seoul, Thursday, to raise awareness of water depletion in Africa. The World Water Day falls on Saturday. / Yonhap

Mar 20, 2014

'NK can nuke S. Korea, Japan from ocean'

By Ko Dong-hwan The British military authority said North Korea now has capability of nuking both South Korea and Japan from the ocean using submarines, reports said Thursday.Britain’s International Institute for Strategic Studies released a report called “The Military Balance 2014.” It said North Koreans may have obtained technologies to reduce the sizes of nuclear warheads.Using the technologies, they can attach the warhead, weighing up to one ton, on medium-range Nodong missiles. Launched from small-sized submarines, the nuclear missiles will be able to reach targets distanced as far as 900 kilometers.The report said North Korea may also have stocked some 300 to 500 short-range Scud missiles that can travel from 300 to 500 kilometers. Although they cannot carry nuclear warheads, they can deliver chemical weapons, it added.Joseph S. Bermudez, a North Korean military expert and Chief Analytics Officer at AllSource Analysis Inc., said North Korea is currently developing more powerful and diversified ballistic missiles. He said the state may now possess 600

Mar 20, 2014By Ko Dong-hwan
'NK can nuke S. Korea, Japan from ocean'

Homosexual kisses, puts hands down pants of stranger at sauna

By Ko Dong-hwanA recent public bathhouse accident featured a homosexual man violating a fellow straight customer.A man was fined a hefty penalty Wednesday for sexually harassing another stranger man at sauna, reports said Thursday.Woo, 50, spotted a 36-year-old man sleeping in a room at a public bathhouse in Suwon around 2:10 a.m. on Dec. 27 last year. Lying behind the man, Woo began to kiss him and put hands down his pants trying to touch his penis.The victim later claimed he wasn’t startled at first because he thought it was his girlfriend doing the hand job who came to the sauna with him on the day.Suwon District Court handed Woo a three million won fine and 40 hours of sex crime therapy and ordered him to compensate the victim with one million won.

Mar 20, 2014By Ko Dong-hwan
Homosexual kisses, puts hands down pants of stranger at sauna

Samsung remains World's No. 1 IT brand

Samsung Electronics has retained its status as the world’s No. 1 corporate IT brand for the second consecutive year.In a two-month survey conducted by Strategy Analytics in December and January on 6,000 consumers in the United States and Europe, Samsung proved to be the overwhelming leader.Samsung, which scored 57.2 points, was followed by Sony and Microsoft.Apple, which ranked fourth last year, came in in fifth place, perhaps hinting that Samsung is way ahead of the smartphone game in the global market, the publisher of the survey results said.Samsung has, over the past few years, emerged as the top-selling smartphone maker in the world market, placing Apple at a distant second with the gap increasing by the year.

Mar 20, 2014
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