The Busan medical corruption incident swept the medical field this October. Five hospitals and 14 medical instrument enterprises were charged with bribery, and 10-20% of total profits were found to have been spent as medical corruption. As a result, 47 doctors and pharmaceutical company employees we
Cheongdam-dong investment genius Lee Hee-jin is a well-known self-made millionaire and quasi-investment advisor who occasionally appeared on television since 2011. On September 2016, he was taken into custody under charges of fraud and violation of financial acts. He assembled 24 billion by ensuri
It was April 11, 1960 when the corpse of Ju-yeol Kim, an ordinary 17-year-old boy, with a can of tear gas stuck onto his face, was found floating on the coastal waters of Masan, Korea. The event was a direct cause of the April Revolution against the autocratic government of South Korea, which was a
Last summer, the “waterpark hidden camera” incident took all of Korea by surprise, while more recently, a member of the national swimming team was found to have installed a hidden camera in the female dressing room in the Jincheon Korean National Training Center. It is obvious that secretly filming
Have you ever learned sign language? Or do you have an acquaintance whose main communication method is sign language? Most people consider sign language to be a communication method only for the hearing-impaired or people with speech disorders. Sign language, however can be a passage of communicatio
On August 24, 2016, a 25-year-old man in a vegetative state woke up for the first time through specialized ultrasound brain stimulation in the Medical Department of University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the United States (US). Simple movements and basic conversation were possible on the th
The majority of university students prepare for employment, and they try to acquire as many licenses as possible for their future jobs. Retired elders also try to earn licenses for employment after leaving from previous jobs due to age. Despite these efforts, there is a high number of licenses that
It has been confirmed that the perpetrator of a car accident in Haeundae District, which resulted in 17 casualties, had epilepsy, a medical disorder that inhibits one’s driving. What is not understandable is that the driver had been able to obtain and renew his license, despite having such a disorde
On July 28, 2016, the Constitutional Court passed the Anti-Corruption and Bribery Prohibition Act, more commonly known as the Kim Young-ran Act, and its execution was scheduled to start from September 28. As arguments for and against the act have been ongoing intensely, the need for accurate underst
As different types of family have emerged and replaced nuclear families, single households have become increasingly more common. Although many of such single households are people who chose to live by themselves, there are some people who are forced to live alone, whether due to economic problems or
Recently, an innocent woman was killed at the heart of the Gangnam Subway Station district. The murderer stated that he has been ignored by women, and the murder was motivated simply because the victim was a female. Many people define this case as an actual emergence of a deep-rooted hatred for the
The case of child abuse that resulted in the death of a seven-year-old child named Shin Won-young, which was reported earlier this year, shocked the Korean society. The abuse started in 2003, perpetrated by the victim’s stepmother who habitually abused and ultimately caused his death in February of
On October 27, Korea’s iconic rock star Hae Chul Shin passed away due to blood poisoning caused by peritonitis. His death was made an issue medically and socially, because the suspicion that medical malpractice had occurred during his healthcare service has aroused nationwide. The investigation is b
At dawn, a thief broke into a house. After the son in the house (Mr. Choi) noticed this, he knocked down the thief. Even after the thief blacked out, Mr. Choi did not stop hitting the thief for 20 minutes. However, in that process the thief who was hit in the head with a clothes horse, became brain
“The half-price university tuition policy was fulfilled by the endeavor of the government and universities.” How do you feel about this catch line? Recently, the statement was a hot potato among university students and their parents. The government posted advertisements with the statement in public
In Korea, May 25 is Disaster Prevention Day. Disaster prevention should be rightly claimed by the people, and learning how to prevent disasters or minimizing losses from them is crucial. However, in order for this privilege to be enjoyed, firefighters have to silently plow a lonely furrow behind the
Korea has slowly become a quiet society where everybody fears to speak in front of others. During the 1980s, even young university students went on the streets to demonstrate and make their voices heard to the government. Since 1987, Korea achieved democracy to some extent, and those who fervently p
Recently, people in Korea often use the term “black history” to indicate a certain point in the past that they want to change or get rid of from their mind. Because all humans are incomplete, there is no one living life without regrets about their past. Reflecting people’s long-cherished desire to h