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Sun, March 26, 2023 | 22:14

Spring at Changdeok Palace

Spring at Changdeok Palace

Tourists wearing hanbok, or traditional Korean clothing, take pictures under the blossoming plum trees in Changdeok Palace in central Seoul, Sunday, as the capital finally sees clear skies after following several fine dust alerts over the week. Korea Times photo by Wang Tae-seog ...

Lee Hae-rin | 2023-03-26 16:50

Commemorating independence fighter Ahn Jung-geun

Commemorating independence fighter Ahn Jung-geun

Kim Hwang-sik, a former Korean prime minister, lays a flower to honor anti-imperial Japan Korean independence fighter Ahn Jung-geun in a ceremony commemorating the 113th anniversary of his death, held in Jung District, Seoul, Friday. Ahn assassinated Ito Hirobumi, the first Japanese resident-general of Korea, at Harbin Station Oct. 26, 1909. Kim serves as chair of the Ahn Jun...

Lee Hyo-jin | 2023-03-26 16:09

Arrest warrant request for son of former Gyeonggi gov. dismissed

Arrest warrant request for son of former Gyeonggi gov. dismissed

A Korean court on Saturday dismissed a police request to issue an arrest warrant for the eldest son of a former Gyeonggi governor accused of taking illegal drugs.

2023-03-25 22:42

Arrest warrant sought for broadcasting watchdog chief in score rigging

Arrest warrant sought for broadcasting watchdog chief in score rigging

Prosecutors sought an arrest warrant Friday for the chief of the broadcasting regulator on suspicion of score manipulation during the renewal of a broadcasting license for a cable TV network in 2020.

2023-03-24 22:44

Churches, Seoul gov't unite to fight low birthrate

Churches, Seoul gov't unite to fight low birthrate

The Seoul city government and Christian communities in Korea have agreed to cooperate to bolster children's daycare services to support families. The initiative hopes to overhaul the country's chronic low birthrate problem, which data shows is among the lowest in the world.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2023-03-24 15:23

Will exempting foreign nannies from minimum wage boost Korea's birth rate?

Will exempting foreign nannies from minimum wage boost Korea's birth rate?

A bill proposing bringing in foreign childcare workers and exempting them from the minimum wage payment system as a way of tackling the country's plummeting birth rate is facing a backlash for its alleged discriminatory stance against foreigners. Rep. Cho Jung-hun of the minor opposition Transition Korea has proposed an amendment to the Act on the Employment Improvement of Do...

Lee Hae-rin | 2023-03-23 17:30

[INTERVIEW] Korean adoptee in Germany reunites with birth family after 42 years

INTERVIEWKorean adoptee in Germany reunites with birth family after 42 years

Benjamin Joon went missing in January 1981 at the age of three at Suwon Bus Terminal in Gyeonggi Province, while travelling with his father. The two were holding hands, but the next minute, they were separated. That is the only memory Joon has of Korea. “My blind father was unable to find me and didn't inform my mother, who was living apart from him at that time. Someone must...

Lee Hyo-jin | 2023-03-23 16:47

Religious group raided in leader's sexual assault probe

Religious group raided in leader's sexual assault probe

Prosecutors and police raided the compound of a controversial religious sect, the Jesus Morning Star (JMS), on Thursday as part of their ongoing investigation into allegations that its leader sexually assaulted female followers.

2023-03-23 15:00

Busan unveils statue blueprint for late US general dubbed father of war orphans

Busan unveils statue blueprint for late US general dubbed father of war orphans

A blueprint of a statue of late former U.S. Army Gen. Richard Whitcomb (1894-1982), dubbed the father of Korean War orphans, was unveiled Thursday.

2023-03-23 14:06

Half of S. Koreans see marriage, childbirth as not a must: survey

Half of S. Koreans see marriage, childbirth as not a must: survey

Half of Koreans viewed marriage as unessential and nearly 60 percent of those in their 10s and 20s said childbirth after marriage is not a must, a government report showed Thursday, illustrating the country's demographic crisis amid a record-low birthrate.

2023-03-23 13:11

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