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KORAIL criticized for slow response to train derailment

"This feels like something out of a disaster movie," said Kim, a 39-year-old office worker from Seoul, as he waited inside a KTX train that had been halted at Dongdaegu Station for over two hours at 8 p.m. on Sunday. "Even if I drive now, I'll still arrive in three and a half hours, and I've already been waiting here for an hour and a half."

Missing woman found dead after 36 hours trapped in patrol car

A woman in her 40s, reported missing after leaving home, was found dead in the back seat of a patrol car parked at a local police station 36 hours after she disappeared.

Number of economically inactive youth by choice hits fresh high in July

The number of Korean youth opting to remain economically inactive without a specific reason set a new record in July, data showed Sunday, amid economic uncertainties and high job competition.

School rejects rights body's recommendation to lift mobile phone ban

The National Human Rights Commission of Korea’s recommendation to lift a ban on student cellphone use during school hours has been rejected by a school, which saw the policy as a necessary measure to protect its students.

Gov't, civic groups, defectors unite for unification of 2 Koreas, global peace

Over 530 South and North Koreans, including members from approximately 130 civil society organizations, 350 political and social leaders and 180 North Korean defectors, gathered in Seoul on Thursday for the 79th Liberation Day Unification Implementation Resolution Rally for Action for Korea United, according to the Global Peace Foundation, Friday.

Korea to ban smoking near kindergartens, schools

Korea is banning smoking within 30 meters of day care centers, kindergartens and elementary, middle and high schools starting Saturday, the government announced Thursday.

Migrant worker's fight for justice: lung disease, compensation struggle in Korea

When Ajit Roy first arrived in Korea in 2011, he was already overqualified with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and aspired to become a medical doctor. But he needed money to support himself and his girlfriend back home in Bangladesh.

Nearly 85% of counterfeit goods come from China: data

Nearly 85 percent of the counterfeit goods seized by Korean customs authorities in the first half of this year originated from China, data showed Thursday.

Japan's sexual slavery victim urges Korean gov't's intervention for compensation

Lee Yong-soo, an outspoken Korean victim of Japan's wartime military sexual slavery, urged the government on Wednesday to proactively intervene in securing compensation from Japan.

Commemorating Liberation Day