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Superbug infects 13 hospitals

By Isaac KimThe antibiotic resistant CRE bacteria was found in 13 hospitals across the nation.Bacteria resistant to antibiotics have been found in over 10 hospitals across the nation. As of now, there are over 60 people who have been infected with new super bacteria. Health officials have begun quarantine and prevention operations.According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) on Aug. 4, KCDC and the Korea National Institute of Health (NIH) checked over 200 medical facilities in April for antibiotics resistant bacteria.They found 23 patients to be infected with Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) at one hospital. CRE is a type of bacteria that exists within the human gut but is resistant to antibiotics.Upon further examination, clostridium perfringens enterotoxin (CPE), a form of CRE, was found which had never been reported in Korea. CPE can dissolve antibiotics and infect other strains, making it more dangerous than CRE.  The type of CPE found was OXA-232, which is extremely rare not just in Korea, but throughout the world. Recently, the

Aug 5, 2013
Superbug infects 13 hospitals

Mobile apps lure underage girls into prostitution

Runaway female minors in search of money and housing may end up in brothels and prostitution establishments.By Isaac KimBrothels offer prostitution work to minors on their mobile applications (apps) regardless of their age, reported Donga Ilbo on Aug. 5. Underage girls can apply for these jobs by uploading brief resumes. However, there are no measures to verify the applicant’s age.These apps lure runaway girls by offering lucrative pay and entrap them in prostitution establishments. Out of 24 apps available on the Android Market, nine had no age verification systems.The brothels exploit the runaway girls’ desperation for money and housing to employ the minors in prostitution. They advertise promising offers such as “free housing, inexperienced newcomers welcome,” “guaranteed seven million won just by showing up for work”, and many other enticing propositions.Some brothels blatantly neglect age all together, saying, “minors are welcome (for employment).”“Having sexual affairs with a client in a hotel will get you 200,000 won,&rdquo

Aug 5, 2013
Mobile apps lure underage girls into prostitution

Crowded beach

Vacationers pack Sokcho Beach in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, Sunday. Many beaches across the country were crowded with visitors on the first weekend of August, the peak time for summer vacation here. / Yonhap

Aug 4, 2013

Back home

Saenuri Party Chairman Rep. Hwang Woo-yea arrives at Incheon International Airport, Sunday, following a visit to Poland to attend a meeting of the International Parliamentarians’ Coalition for North Korean Refugees and Human Rights. He said he will push for talks with the opposition to break the political deadlock over National Intelligence Service’s alleged meddling in the Dec. 19 presidential election as well as over the missing transcripts from the 2007 inter-Korean summit./ Yonhap

Aug 4, 2013

Underwater responsibility

Crew members salute from the Navy’s third 1,800-ton KSS-II submarine, named after the late independence fighter Ahn Jung-geun, at the ninth flotilla submarine base in Jinhae, South Gyeongsang Province, Wednesday. The Navy, which currently has three 1,800-ton submarines and nine 1,200-ton submarines, plans to add nine 3,000-ton submarines to its fleet starting 2020./ Courtesy of Navy 

Aug 4, 2013

Anniversary of husband's death

Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun, center, and executives of thegroup’s affiliated companies walk out of a graveyard in Hanam, Gyeonggi Province, Friday, after attending a memorial service marking the 10th anniversary of the death of former Hyundai Chairman Chung Mong-hun. Hyun, Chung’s widow, will make a one-day visit to Mt. Geumgang on North Korea’s east coast today to attend another ceremony for her late husband./ Yonhap

Aug 2, 2013

Violence by Seoul council member

Kim Jin-young, a member of the Seoul Metropolitan Council, grabs the neck of a policeman in the lobby of Seoul City Hall, Friday. The council member of the Saenuri Party used violence against the policeman while trying to visit Mayor Park Won-soon and deliver a protest letter on recent construction accidents in the capital city. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Aug 2, 2013

Wishing for peace

U.S. soldiers and guests build a tower with blocks of rice cake during a ceremony held at the Joint Security Area inside the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice, and U.N. troops’ participation in the conflict. / Yonhap

Aug 2, 2013

Ryan Campbell stands in front of the plane

Ryan Campbell stands in front of the plane he’s flying around the world at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s annual convention, AirVenture, in Oshkosh, Wis., Tuesday. The 19-year-old Australian is trying to become the youngest person to go solo around the world and could break a world record set just a month ago by a 21-year-old Californian. / AP-Yonhap

Aug 1, 2013

Ex-tax chief questioned

Former National Tax Service Commissioner Jeon Goon-pyo enters the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office in southern Seoul, Thursday to be quizzed over allegations that he accepted $300,000 in cash and a luxury Franck Muller watch from CJ Group in July 2006./ Yonhap

Aug 1, 2013
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