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Rare mid-May heavy snow warning issued over mountainous areas of Gangwon

A rare mid-May warning of heavy snow was issued Wednesday over mountainous areas in northern Gangwon Province.

May 15, 2024
Rare mid-May heavy snow warning issued over mountainous areas of Gangwon

Sejong City celebrates King Sejong's birthday, promotes Hangeul

The Sejong City Government hosted a commemoration ceremony, Wednesday, to honor the 627th birthday of King Sejong the Great, the fourth monarch of the 1392-1910 Joseon Dynasty who invented Hangeul, the Korean writing system.

May 15, 2024By Kim Hyun-bin
Sejong City celebrates King Sejong's birthday, promotes Hangeul

Gov't to regulate synthetic nicotine as tobacco through legislation

The government plans to amend tobacco-related laws to designate synthetic nicotine as a type of tobacco in order to regulate the product category seeing growing popularity among young smokers, according to officials Wednesday.

May 15, 2024
Gov't to regulate synthetic nicotine as tobacco through legislation

Rural areas left behind in gov't transportation subsidy scheme

While some parts of the nation are currently awash with unlimited transit pass schemes, rural areas still remain overlooked.

May 15, 2024By Jung Da-hyun
Rural areas left behind in gov't transportation subsidy scheme

Space-Out Competition offers respite from stressful, competitive life

A signboard for participants in Seoul's annual Space-Out Competition, Sunday, read, “I needed some time to rest.”

May 15, 2024By Jung Da-hyun
Space-Out Competition offers respite from stressful, competitive life

Electric bicycle battery suspected as cause of fatal fire

A woman was killed and a man seriously injured in a fire that broke out early Tuesday at a three-story residential building in Gunpo, Gyeonggi Province.

May 14, 2024By Jung Min-ho
Electric bicycle battery suspected as cause of fatal fire
  • Electric kickboard battery suspected as cause of fire at parcel warehouse
  • Electric kickboard batteries blamed for 467 fires in five-year period

Herald Media Group chief to lead foreign language newspaper association

Choi Jin-young, president of Herald Media Group, which owns The Korea Herald and The Herald Business, has been selected as the new chairperson of the Foreign Language Newspapers Association of Korea.

May 14, 2024By Jun Ji-hye
Herald Media Group chief to lead foreign language newspaper association

Island schools of Incheon close, reduce in size or remain empty as student numbers fall

The diminishing student population in Incheon is forcing some of the city's island schools to close, shrink or remain empty without any specific plans amid Korea’s persistently low birthrate.

May 14, 2024By Jung Min-ho
Island schools of Incheon close, reduce in size or remain empty as student numbers fall

Universities to review measures to exempt boycotting med students from failing semester

Universities across Korea will review measures to exempt medical students participating in an ongoing collective class boycott from failing the semester due to insufficient class hours, the education ministry said Tuesday.

May 14, 2024
Universities to review measures to exempt boycotting med students from failing semester

Yoon proposes law protecting nonunion workers

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday proposed a law that will protect the rights of nonunion workers and enhance their welfare.

May 14, 2024
Yoon proposes law protecting nonunion workers
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