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Only 3.8% ministry officials took paternity leave

Only 3.8 percent of public servants working for the country's 13 ministries took paternity leave last year, data showed Thursday.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-07-19 18:20

Scorching heat: Child dies in nursery bus

A girl, 4, was found dead inside a nursery bus where she was left alone for hours in scorching weather in Dongducheon, north of Seoul, Wednesday. The likely cause of death was heat exhaustion.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-07-19 14:55

Sizzling weather grips Korea

The government warned against heat-related illnesses after extreme hot weather sweeping the country, which has resulted in four deaths so far, shows no signs of abating.“A heat wave is covering the peninsula swing, so people are required to pay attention to heat-related illnesses,” the Korea Centers of Disease Control and Prevention warned Tuesday.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-07-17 17:17

69% of fine dust comes from China

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) released data on Friday revealing that up to 69 percent of fine dust could come from China.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-07-17 16:48

'What is a normal family?'

A law, which defines a family as a union formed through marriage, blood or adoption, should be revised to break social prejudice against babies born outside the conventional makeup of a family, a professor said at a recent forum.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-07-15 16:43

[INTERVIEW] Cafe owner breaks bias against refugees

Mun Jun-suk, 35, looks at three things when recruiting baristas for his cafe: communication skills, love for coffee and the ability overturn negative social stereotypes. Mun left his office job in 2014 to open a small cafe in the Hyehwa area in northeastern Seoul.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-07-13 18:22

Korea's lightest newborn grows strongly, leaves hospital

Sarang, who was born four months' premature and weighed 302 grams, left hospital Thursday strong and healthy. Her weight set a Korean record for the lightest newborn. She had spent much of the past six months in the intensive care unit at Asan Medical Center (AMC) since her birth in January.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-07-13 14:51

Korean clinic treats more foreigners with fertility problems

Marina, a Russian woman from Khabarovsk, is having IVF treatment at the CHA Fertility Center in Seoul because she says it is more convenient than her home county. She first visited in April, when she began in vitro fertilization treatment (IVF) to become pregnant. This month, her eggs will be fertilized.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-07-12 09:44

Sex offenders against children to be banned from teaching

Starting next month, those convicted of sex crimes against children under 19 will not be able to land jobs at kindergartens, schools and medical institutions. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said Wednesday a revised law set to take effect July 17 will strengthen the employment standards at facilities where supervisory and authority figures maintain close contact with children every day.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-07-11 17:32

Free replacement pill due for 'possibly cancer-causing' drugs

The government said Tuesday it will exempt patients, who have been taking high blood pressure treatment drugs found to contain traces of a possible carcinogen, from paying for doctor's replacement prescriptions. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said 178,536 patients will be able to ask for new prescriptions or get new pills at pharmacies to replace 115 drugs containing Chinese-made Valsartan. These patients account for 2.9 percent of the country's 6 million high blood pressure patients.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-07-11 09:55

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