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Less than 30% of women think Korean society is safe: report

gettyimagesbankLess than 30 percent of women here think South Korean society is safe as they are increasingly exposed to sex crimes and other violence, a government report showed.According to the report released by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family on Sunday, only 27.6 percent of women aged over 13 years old answered they feel their society is very safe or relatively safe in a survey conducted in 2020.The report used the results of the regular survey by Statistics Korea, focusing on categories related to women's lives.The rate was 8.4 percentage points lower than that of men who gave a positive response to the same question.The government report also demonstrated that the number of crimes against women, like sexual offenses and dating violence, have increased over the past years.A total of 32,000 sex crimes against women were reported in 2019, up from 20,000 cases tallied in 2010. An average of 86 sex offenses occurred every day two years ago.At the same time, nearly 10,000 people were caught for dating abuse charges in 2019, with a daily average of 27 cases. There were some

Sep 6, 2021
Less than 30% of women think Korean society is safe: report
  • 'Men appear twice as often as women in Korean films,' data shows

Rep. Hong climbs to 3rd spot among contenders vying for next presidency

Rep. Hong Joon-pyo of the main opposition People Power Party / YonhapRep. Hong Joon-pyo of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) climbed to third place among contenders vying for next year's presidential election, a poll showed Monday.In the two-day poll on 1,003 voters nationwide conducted by the Korea Society Opinion Institute from Friday, Hong garnered approval of 13.6 percent, up 4.2 percentage points from a week ago.Hong, widely considered an underdog contender, managed to overtake Rep. Lee Nak-yon, the former head of the ruling Democratic Party (DP), who recorded support of 11.7 percent, to claim the third spot for the first time in the institute's poll.A former prosecutor-turned-politician and a five-term legislator, Hong competed in the 2017 election as the main opposition's candidate and lost to President Moon Jae-in.Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung of the DP and former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl of the PPP led the poll, scoring approval of 28 percent and 26.4 percent, respectively, and continuing their close battle within the poll's margin of error.Choe Ja

Sep 6, 2021
Rep. Hong climbs to 3rd spot among contenders vying for next presidency
  • Main opposition party torn apart even before primary

Gyeonggi governor consolidating lead in ruling party primary

Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myung, a leading presidential contender of the ruling liberal Democratic Party of Korea, raises his arms after giving a speech during a party event at CJB Convention Center in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, Sunday, when he won 54.54 percent in the party's presidential primary vote for Sejong and the province. Korea Times photo by Oh Dae-geun By Kwon Mee-yooGyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung is solidifying his dominance in the liberal ruling Democratic Party of Korea's (DPK) primary for next March's presidential election.As he took more than half the votes in the primary held in two key regions over the weekend, speculation is that it may be difficult for the runner-up, former DPK Chairman Rep. Lee Nak-yon, to keep up.At the DPK's primary vote for party members and the public of Daejeon and South Chungcheong Province, Saturday, Governor Lee earned 54.81 percent, doubling the support rate of his main rival Lee Nak-yon, who is als

Sep 5, 2021By Kwon Mee-yoo
Gyeonggi governor consolidating lead in ruling party primary

President Moon unlikely to veto 'fake news' bill

President Moon Jae-in speaks during a luncheon with National Assembly leaders at Cheong Wa Dae, Friday. YonhapBy Nam Hyun-wooThe conservative main opposition People Power Party (PPP) is increasingly urging President Moon Jae-in to veto a controversial media law revision, widely referred to as the “fake news” bill. But it appears unlikely that Moon will use his right, in a bid to prevent his moves from affecting the liberal ruling Democratic Party of Korea's (DPK) popularity in the upcoming presidential election. According to the National Assembly, the DPK will table the proposed revision at a plenary session on Sept. 27. The revision was initially set to be put to vote at an Aug. 30 plenary session, but the plan was postponed amid strong protest from opposition parties, media organizations and civic groups.If the DPK and the PPP fail to reach an agreement, the revision, which sets out punitive damages for news outlets or reporters that produce incorrect or fabricated reports, will likely go to a vote at the upcoming session and be legislated, because the DPK holds more th

Sep 5, 2021By Nam Hyun-woo
President Moon unlikely to veto 'fake news' bill
  • 'Fake news' laws only in 'authoritarian countries:' International Press Institute

Korea's female population forecast to surpass that of males in 9 years

gettyimagesbankSouth Korea's female population is forecast to surpass that of males in nine years, a government report showed Sunday.The total number of women reached 25.86 million last year, accounting for 49.9 percent of the country's entire population of 51.82 million, according to the report compiled by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.The ratio of males to females in the South Korean population fell to 100.4 in 2021 from 101.4 tallied in 2000.The ministry said the sex ratio will likely hit 99.8 in 2030, with the female population forecast to outnumber that of males for the first time.By age, women in their 50s totaled 4.25 million, taking up 16.5 percent of the total female population, closely followed by 4 million fortysomethings and 3.3 million thirtysomethings.More than 1.3 million women, or 5.1 percent, were aged more than 80 years old.The government report said the average woman married for the first time at 30.8 in 2020, while her husband was 33.2 years old.The age of a woman's first marriage has been on a steady increase for the past decade, rising from 26.5 yea

Sep 5, 2021
Korea's female population forecast to surpass that of males in 9 years

Gyeonggi Gov. Lee earns landslide win in ruling party's 1st presidential primary vote

Presidential hopefuls of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, including Lee Jae-myung, left, appear on stage at a joint speech event held ahead of the party's first presidential primary voting at Daejeon Convention Center in Daejeon, Sept. 4. Lee won a sweeping victory in the first round of the party's national presidential primary election. YonhapGyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung, the front-running presidential contender of the ruling Democratic Party (DP), won a sweeping victory Saturday in the first round of the party's national presidential primary election.Gov. Lee finished first in the primary vote held among registered DP members of the Daejeon-South Chungcheong Province region at the Daejeon Convention Center, earning 54.81 percent of the 25,564 valid votes cast. Rep. Lee Nak-yon, former DP chairman, finished second with 27.41 percent, followed by former Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun picking up 7.84 percent of votes. Ex-Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae and Rep. Park Yong-jin came in third and fourth, with 6.67 percent and 2.24 percent, respectively. Rep. Kim Doo-gwan finished

Sep 4, 2021
Gyeonggi Gov. Lee earns landslide win in ruling party's 1st presidential primary vote

Two brokers fined over campaign finance violation involving ex-DP chairman's late aide

In this 2020 December file photo, a multifunctional printer is seen at former ruling Democratic Party chairman Rep. Lee Nak-yon's office in central Seoul. YonhapA Seoul court on Friday fined two jailed brokers of a massive fund scam for giving financial assistance to a late aide of former ruling Democratic Party (DP) chairman Lee Nak-yon in violation of the political funds act. The Seoul Central District Court fined the brokers, surnamed Shin and Kim, 6 million won ($5,200) and 4 million won, respectively.The two were indicted in May for providing a former close aide to Lee with about 10 million won as a deposit for the aide's private office. Lee is now one of the leading presidential hopefuls from the ruling party.The brokers were also accused of providing a multifunction printer and other office supplies for the aide, which were later sent to the former DP chief's campaign office in central Seoul ahead of the April 15 legislative election last year. They were later found to have paid about 1.6 million won in usage fees of the multifunction printer on behalf of the campaign office.T

Sep 3, 2021
Two brokers fined over campaign finance violation involving ex-DP chairman's late aide

Gyeonggi governor retains front-runner position in latest poll for presidential hopefuls

Former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl, left, and Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung / Korea Times fileGyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung affiliated with the ruling party has retained his front-runner status to run ahead of his opposition rival ex-Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl by a modest margin, the latest presidential contenders' poll showed Friday. In the poll released by Gallup Korea, Lee of the Democratic Party (DP) was leading Yoon affiliated with the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) 24 percent to 19 percent. The 5 percentage-point gap is smaller than the 6 percentage-point margin between the two leading presidential contenders seen in the previous Gallup poll, released about a month earlier, and within the poll's margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points. Former DP Chairman Lee Nak-yon came in third with 8 percent of support, followed by PPP presidential contender Hong Joon-pyo at 6 percent. The poll, conducted on 1,000 voters nationwide from Tuesday-Thursday, has a 95 percent confidence level. The poll also showed 49 percent of the respondents p

Sep 3, 2021
Gyeonggi governor retains front-runner position in latest poll for presidential hopefuls

New cases under 2,000, eased virus curbs eyed for Chuseok

Citizens wait in line for COVID-19 tests in northern Seoul. YonhapKorea's daily new coronavirus cases fell back below 2,000 on Thursday, as the country is planning to unveil revised distancing guidelines later this week that may potentially include allowing family gatherings during the Chuseok holiday.The country added 1,961 more COVID-19 cases, including 1,927 local infections, raising the total caseload to 255,401, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).The number marked a slight drop from the 2,025 tallied Wednesday. Daily cases have stayed above 1,000 for 58 consecutive days.The number of patients normally falls over the weekend and rises later in the week as more people get tested, often breaching the 2,000 mark.The country added 11 more deaths from COVID-19, raising the death toll to 2,303, the KDCA said. The fatality rate came to 0.91 percent. The number of patients with serious symptoms across the country reached 371, down 28 from the previous day.As of 6 p.m. Thursday, health authorities and local governments reported 1,438 more cases, down 60 fr

Sep 2, 2021
New cases under 2,000, eased virus curbs eyed for Chuseok

Former KCCI chairman receives state medal

Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum, left, presents Park Yong-maan, former chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), with the Moran Medal, the second-highest Order for Civil Merit, at the Government Complex Seoul, Thursday, for his contribution to the government's regulatory sandbox program, which seeks to balance between fostering new industries and promoting public values. Yonhap

Sep 2, 2021By Bahk Eun-ji
Former KCCI chairman receives state medal
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