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Sat, January 16, 2021 | 06:25

Dog left inside delivery truck triggers allegations of abuse

Dog left inside delivery truck triggers allegations of abuse

Residents of Gangdong District in Seoul spotted a Maltese dog apparently left alone inside a delivery truck among piles of parcels, and suspected the animal was being neglected by its owner.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2021-01-13 17:21

Who destroyed Daejeon's popular Elsa snowwoman?

Who destroyed Daejeon's popular Elsa snowwoman?

An unidentified man who knocked the head off a popular snowwoman built by a cafe manager in Daejeon has drawn ire nationwide over the antisocial act.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2021-01-13 16:13

Seoul city criticized for sexist tips to pregnant women

Seoul city criticized for sexist tips to pregnant women

The government of South Korea's capital is being criticized for a now-deleted online manual for pregnant women that contained sexist tips and gender stereotypes

2021-01-12 20:43

Yeoju sets benchmark for free COVID-19 tests for residents

Yeoju sets benchmark for free COVID-19 tests for residents

Yeoju City Government has been trying to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the Gyeonggi provincial city, providing a quick polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for all residents for free, the first such local government here to do so.

Bahk Eun-ji | 2021-01-12 13:19

Bosingak bell-ringing ceremony becomes Seoul's 'future heritage' for January

Bosingak bell-ringing ceremony becomes Seoul's 'future heritage' for January

The country has held a bell-ringing ceremony to ring in the New Year at Bosingak Pavilion in central Seoul every year, with more than 100,000 people gathering there to celebrate.

Bahk Eun-ji | 2021-01-12 09:30

Frozen water gauges

Frozen water gauges

Frozen water gauges are piled up at the Seodaemun branch of the Seoul Waterworks Authority, Monday. The ongoing cold spell has caused the freezing and bursting of 7,207 water gauges and 314 water pipes nationwide since Jan. 6, according to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters. / Yonhap

2021-01-11 16:17

Frozen Han River

Frozen Han River

The Han River is frozen over in this photo taken from the skyscraper 63 Square on Seoul's Yeouido, Sunday, with the city's morning low recorded at minus 16.6 degrees Celsius. Yonhap

Jung Da-min | 2021-01-10 17:48

Seoul logs lowest temperature in 35 years as cold spells grips Korea

Seoul logs lowest temperature in 35 years as cold spells grips Korea

South Korea posted the lowest temperatures of the season Friday, with many regions seeing record lows close to minus 20 C and continuing to receive heavy loads of snow. In Seoul, the cold snap that began earlier this week pushed the temperature down to minus 18.6 C, the second-lowest since records began in 1980, after minus 19.2 C on Jan. 5, 1986, according to the Korea Meteo...

2021-01-08 11:12

Ex-Seoul mayor announces conditional bid to run for reelection

Ex-Seoul mayor announces conditional bid to run for reelection

Former two-term Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, Thursday, announced a conditional bid to run for the seat again in the upcoming by-election. Oh, also a former lawmaker affiliated with the main opposition People Power Party (PPP), said he will run in the Seoul mayor election slated for April 7 unless Ahn Cheol-soo, another main mayor candidate, joins the party.

2021-01-07 19:32

Heavy snow causes traffic chaos

Heavy snow causes traffic chaos

Police officers push a car on a snow-covered road in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, Thursday. Heavy snow combined with a cold snap the previous night created traffic chaos for commuters in Seoul and the surrounding metropolitan area. Yonhap

Yi Whan-woo | 2021-01-07 18:06

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