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Jeju Missing Persons Case Puts Police System Under Scrutiny
A Jeju District Court issued an arrest warrant on August 25 for a police officer accused of falsely closing missing persons cases, including one belonging to a 37-year-old woman whose body was found 104 days after she disappeared. The officer, identified only by his surname Bu, is suspected of closing roughly 200 missing persons cases at his own discretion, and investigators have so far identified about 10 in which he used an identical, apparently fabricated justification.
Seoul Declares Shade a Basic Right for Pedestrians
Seoul has formally adopted "the right to walk in shade" (그늘보행권) as a core principle of its urban planning. City officials made the announcement on August 19, folding shade requirements directly into the city's master plan and living-zone plans.
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Korea's Senior Poverty Rate Is the Highest in the OECD
An infographic ranking countries by senior poverty rate has been circulating this week, with South Korea at the top by a wide margin. The number holds up. Statistics Korea and the OECD's own Income Distribution Database agree that 39.8 percent of Koreans aged 65 and older lived on less than half the national median income in 2023, the highest rate among all OECD members and more than two and a half times the OECD average.
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Legalities and Practicalities of Sperm Donation and Egg Freezing in Korea
Access to a sperm donor, to egg freezing, or to government help paying for either comes down to three separate systems: the law itself, the medical guidelines hospitals actually follow, and the subsidy programs that decide who gets reimbursed. The three don't agree. The Bioethics and Safety Act does not explicitly bar unmarried women from receiving donor sperm, but a medical society guideline effectively does, a gap that has shaped some of Korea's highest-profile fertility cases and is now, finally, the subject of an official government review.
How to Find a Stylist for Curly Hair Salon in Seoul
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당황 or 황당? How Are They Different? | Korean FAQ
Do you know the difference between 당황하다 and 황당하다, as well as other versions like 당황스럽다? I break down how they’re different, how it’s not simply the syllables switched (they’re different meanings), and how you can use them with examples.
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Why Young Koreans Are Returning to the Sauna for Detox
Inside a jjimjilbang (찜질방) on a weeknight, phones stay in a locker at the door, the heat climbs past 80 degrees Celsius, and the crowd skews younger than it has in years. Searches for "sauna" among Koreans in their 20s and 30s rose 31 percent year over year in March, according to Naver DataLab, even as searches from people in their 50s fell over the same period.
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Dating Reality Boom in Korea Sparks a New Ethics Debate
SBS's newest dating show hands each contestant a countdown clock instead of a rose. On Love Against Time, which premiered August 4 and quickly reached Netflix Korea's top 10, contestants in their 20s and 30s who have survived or are living with a terminal diagnosis divide 100 minutes a day among the people they're interested in.
US Trust Falls in Korea as Trump Courts Kim Jong Un
President Trump ordered a sharp reduction in this year's US-South Korea joint military exercises and said he plans to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before the end of 2026. Pyongyang's response arrived within days: Kim Yo Jong, the North Korean leader's sister, dismissed the drill cut as "unworthy of comment," and the North fired more than ten short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea.
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Chuseok 2026 in Korea: Dates, Closures, and Train Tips
South Korea's biggest holiday of the year runs Thursday, September 24 through Sunday, September 27, 2026, giving most workers a four day break built around Chuseok (추석), the harvest festival that falls on the Friday full moon, September 25. Because the official holiday sits Thursday through Saturday rather than overlapping a Sunday, no substitute Monday gets added this year under Korea's make up holiday rule, which only applies to Chuseok and Seollal when they land on a Sunday.
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Twenty Korean Institutions Can No Longer Issue New Student Visas
Twenty Korean institutions cannot issue new international student visas for one year from the start of the autumn semester in early September. Sixteen are degree-granting institutions and four run language programs, all designated 비자정밀 심사대학 (visa intensive screening universities) by the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Justice in a joint announcement on February 12.
Olive Young in Korea – 7 Shopping Mistakes Tourists Make and How to Avoid Them
Every tourist in Myeongdong eventually ends up in Olive Young. They walk in expecting a regular drugstore. Twenty minutes later, they’re standing in the skincare aisle, holding six different sunscreens, completely frozen.
Which one blocks UV? Which one leaves white residue? Why does this one cost ₩8,000 and that one ₩28,000 when the packaging looks identical?
The Thirty-Seven Story Ghost
More than ten years ago, my camera took a thirty-seven-story swan dive from a concrete helipad and exploded across the pavement below. Nobody was hurt, but my pride took a beating that lasted a lot longer than the insurance claim. I kept what was left of the camera. It still sits on a shelf in my office, bent and broken, as a reminder that cameras don’t make mistakes. Photographers do.
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