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Wed, July 24, 2019 | 07:48

Seoul Citizens Hall to hold three-day healing event

Seoul City Hall plans to hold an event led by citizens' voluntary participation later this week. The event named Dalrara Trip, which means “we are different,” will be held from Friday to Sunday at the Citizens Hall in the first basement floor of City Hall.

Kang Seung-woo | 2019-07-23 16:08

Beating the heat with chicken soup

Residents and tourists line up at a popular samgyetang (chicken ginseng soup) restaurant in Jongno, downtown Seoul, Monday, which marked Jungbok, or the hottest day of summer on the lunar calendar. Koreans traditionally consume hot soup dishes on this day to 'regain stamina' lost in the heat. / Yonhap

2019-07-22 17:00

Four killed, nine injured in Samcheok road accident

A van carrying 16 people - mostly elderly women and migrant workers on their way to work at a chive farm - crashed on a sloping curve in Samcheok, Gangwon Province, Monday morning.

Lee Suh-yoon | 2019-07-22 11:14

3.9 magnitude earthquake strikes inland city

A 3.9 magnitude earthquake rattled the inland city of Sangju, 270 kilometers southeast of Seoul, Sunday, the weather agency said. The quake struck the North Gyeongsang Province city at 11:04 a.m., followed by an aftershock of magnitude 1.5 six minutes later.

Lee Suh-yoon | 2019-07-21 21:43

Escape from rain

People head to a library at Starfield COEX mall in Gangnam, Seoul, Sunday, as showers and humid weather usher residents and tourists indoors. / Yonhap

2019-07-21 16:04

More than 10,000 elderly drivers return licenses

More than 10,000 senior drivers have returned their driver's licenses as part of Seoul City's program aimed at reducing traffic accidents caused by elderly drivers, the city government said on Sunday.

Kim Rahn | 2019-07-21 13:27

Korea's southern regions hit by typhoon

South Korea will remain on alert over the weekend against any possible lingering impact of Typhoon Danas, though the storm appears to have died down, government officials said Saturday. No deaths have been reported but dozens of houses and some farming land are under water and more than a hundred flights have been suspended due to heavy rains caused by the typhoon that hit th...

2019-07-20 12:49

Anti-Japan protest picks up steam

Anti-Japan sentiment has been spreading rapidly among Koreans after Tokyo's curb on high-tech material exports to Seoul, which has led tens of thousands of Koreans to boycott Japanese products and cancel their travels to Japan.

Kim Hyun-bin | 2019-07-19 17:10

'Boycott Japan' becomes more intense, sophisticated

Typhoon Danas to hit Korean Peninsula on Saturday

Authorities have issued a typhoon warning for Jeju Island and southern parts of the country on Friday as typhoon Danas barrels toward the Korean Peninsula. Danas - classified as “small,” with central pressure of 990 hectopascals (hPa) - is moving northeast at 24 kilometers an hour from 360 kilometers northeast of Taiwan (as of 3 a.m. of Friday), according to the Korea Meteoro...

Park Si-soo | 2019-07-19 11:50

Cat starts fire by turning on electric cooktop with paw

A fire broke out at a studio apartment in Busan that police believe was caused by the resident's cat. The cat apparently switched on an induction hob with its paw while the owner was out, Haeundae Police Station said, Thursday.

Bahk Eun-ji | 2019-07-18 17:18

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