In March, 2017, the whole country was horrified by the case where a 17-year-old girl kidnapped and killed an eight-year-old girl in Incheon. It turned out that the teenage murderer was suffering from schizophrenia. She is expecting a reduction in punishment for this reason, her legal team using Arti
As the term “Country of Dementia” is coined in Korea, Koreans have started to worry more about dementia. Unlike in the past, when dementia was a disease that many of us knew only from movies or novels, it is now something that we experience in our everyday lives far more. A lot of people including p
The Ministry of Health and Welfare has introduced a system to treat patients with serious medical issues within 15 minutes since September in order to break the ‘three-minute treatment’ that is prevalent in the medical industry. The section chief of the Bureau of Health Insurance Policy of the Minis
Not long ago, there was a huge wave of public anger due to revelations that the founder of Mr. Pizza and the former chairman of MP Group, Jeong Woo-Hyeon, and his family members had abused their power over their franchisees, and this abuse of power is referred to as Gapjil in Korean. Moreover, start
In September, 2017, Seoul city celebrates the second birthday of Dda-renung-e, the public bicycles of Seoul. Recently, many citizens have been riding bicycles to work and school or riding just for fun, on a national scale. Public bicycles are now getting attention around the world. As the number of
About a year after launching the First Action Plan for Sugar Reduction, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced that from this June, it will provide various contents such as logo songs, animations, and videos to spread public awareness on excessive sugar consumption. This shows that modern Ko
Sorok Island is in Goheung, Jeolla Province. Unlike the beautiful name Sorok, which means small deer in Korean, the painful stories of lepers lay in Sorok Island. As many lepers were isolated on Sorok Island, the traces of their lives are still easily found throughout the Island. Jo Sung-Ryong, a Pr
There are various languages in the world. Among them, there is also sign language, which is a language that is not expressed with voices. Perhaps some Kingos have learned how to sign a song or sign their own names in sign language through school activities and recreational programs. Likewise, sign l
Many Kingos might have heard about serious crimes in the military such as the death of "Private Yoon" which was caused by horrendous bullying and abuse by his fellow soldiers. Not only have such incidents become an issue in Korea, but the legitimacy of the judgments behind has become a hot issue.
News reports about fine dust have increased dramatically this year in Korea and public concern is also growing remarkably. The presidential election held in May confirmed the arisen interest. All major candidates promised to tackle the fine dust issue and it was not an exception for the new Korean P
“I understand you, therefore I wait for you.” This is a message from a banner which Lotte has put up in the main branch of its Lotte department store. After Lotte had agreed to provide land for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System (THAAD) last February, it has been avoided by Chinese consu
The murder of Kim Jong-Nam is a representative case that has revealed the dark side of Kim Jong-Un’s reign of terror and there are more than 30,000 Saeteomins (Defectors from North Korea) who have fled to South Korea in order to depart from the regime. Saeteomins, however, can face other kinds of ad