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Mon, October 23, 2017 | 02:20

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Same-sex couples flee to wed

Same-sex marriage in Korea is unlikely to be legalized in the foreseeable future. For some, fleeing is no longer a choice, but a necessity to have their marriage recognized. The Korea Times interviewed same-sex couples to understand what marriage means for them and what it is like to live in a place where it is banned. Chris and Ari, a Korean female couple in their 40s, wed i...

Diseases & welfare | 2017-08-16 16:34

Making a living, from the dead

Blood stains, maggots crawling on the floor, rancid odors of a rotting corpse are the basics Kil Hae-yong, a 33-year-old trauma scene cleaner, encounters at his workplace. “There’s no single difficulty I’ve felt in doing my job,” Kil said against common expectations during an interview with The Korea Times, Monday. Kil sometimes cleans up spaces where dead bodies have been la...

Diseases & welfare | 2017-08-16 16:33

All eggs from insecticide-tainted farms to be destroyed

The ruling Democratic Party and government agreed Wednesday to recall and destroy all egg products from local farms contaminated with any insecticide amid escalating food safety concerns here, party officials said. The agreement came two days after some eggs at a farm with 80,000 hens in Namyangju, east of Seoul, were found to contain the insecticide fipronil, triggering the inspection of all egg farms across the country.

Diseases & welfare | 2017-08-16 12:16

Egg sales suspended nationwide after finding of pesticide-tainted eggs

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said Tuesday that eggs with the coding 08 and 08LSH printed on them were produced at farms that used a banned insecticide or used a legal one over the maximum amount allowable. “We identified the eggs by matching the code on them. We are conducting additional tests to determine whether the eggs have been contaminated with 27 harmful substa...

Diseases & welfare | 2017-08-15 16:53

All eggs from insecticide-tainted farms to be destroyed

Pesticide-tainted eggs found in S. Korea; retailers stop selling egg products

Some egg products in South Korea have been contaminated with a potentially harmful pesticide, the government said Tuesday, amid a growing health scare in Europe over tainted egg products. Some eggs at a farm with 80,000 hens in Namyangju, east of Seoul, were found to contain the pesticide fipronil on Monday, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said. The minist...

Diseases & welfare | 2017-08-15 10:10

Sick body and sick mind requires early treatment

Yes, there are definitely more people around the world having “sick mind,” mainly neuropsychiatric disorders like anxiety, depression, insomnia, and panic disorder to name a few. It is no more a shame to be treated for these kinds of conditions since any one can come along with at least one of them in a lifetime. It may bother one for very short period of time, but may also l...

Diseases & welfare | 2017-08-13 18:55

Staying healthy through summer

One of the advantages of living in Korea is that we have four distinctive seasons and thus we can enjoy our seasonal activities. The flipside is that as the changes of the seasons bring about fluctuations in the weather, we have to somehow force our bodies to adjust to each season. Summer in Korea means hot temperatures with high humidity through most of the season. It is when we tend to sweat profusely and any physical activity can be quite taxing on our stamina. Many of us prefer to stay in the well-air-conditioned indoors while sitting in front of the cool breeze from a fan and drinking c...

Diseases & welfare | 2017-08-13 18:49

Korea leads efforts tackling global health security threats

After the 2015 MERS outbreak, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) began to provide daily reporting on infectious disease outbreaks occurring and spreading in and outside of Korea. As of the last week of July, the following infectious disease trends were detected worldwide. MERS-CoV continues to occur sporadically in Saudi Arabia. The number of confirme...

Diseases & welfare | 2017-08-13 18:40

Welfare subsidies to expand for 890,000 low wage earners

The government will expand its state welfare subsidy program for some 890,000 people in the lowest income bracket beginning next year. The Ministry of Health and Welfare unveiled a three-year (2018-2020) comprehensive welfare program Thursday to better protect the most vulnerable including the elderly and children. The overhaul measure is part of President Moon Jae-in’s drive to better protect those who have been neglected thus far, increase access to quality welfare services and root out welfare fraud. The ministry said up to 2.52 million people (1.61 million households) will be eligible to...

Diseases & welfare | 2017-08-10 16:37

Moon vows to expand health insurance coverage to more diseases

President Moon Jae-in pledged Wednesday to expand the coverage of national health insurance to almost all diseases by 2022 to “free the people from concerns about medical expenses.” “Currently, the national health insurance’s average coverage rate is 60 percent, well below the average 80 percent of OECD member countries,” Moon said during a visit to Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital. “I will free people from concerns of medical expenses and help them have any disease treated without paying by the end of my term.” Particularly, he touched on medical fees not covered by national health insurance, such...

Diseases & welfare | 2017-08-09 17:14

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