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Number of Dead, Missing due to Heavy Rains in Central Region Climbs to 16

Written: 2022-08-10 08:13:03 / Updated: 2022-08-10 15:28:05

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Civic Group Accuses Ambassador of Siding with Japan over Asset Liquidation

Written: 2022-08-09 19:01:01 / Updated: 2022-08-09 20:56:40

An advocacy group for the victims of Japan’s wartime forced labor issue has strongly criticized South Korean Ambassador to Japan Yun Duk-min for ...

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COVID-19 Reinfections Growing in S. Korea

Written: 2022-08-09 18:57:35 / Updated: 2022-08-09 20:55:51

People contracting COVID-19 for the second time in South Korea is on the rise.  The Central Disease Control Headquarters said on Tuesday that ...

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Nearly 5,000 Vehicles Sustain Flood Damage Due to Central Region Downpour

Written: 2022-08-09 18:54:59 / Updated: 2022-08-09 20:55:33

Some five-thousand vehicles were estimated to have sustained water damage amid torrential rains that are pounding the country’s central regions ...

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Yoon Visits Semi-basement Living Unit Where Family Died in Flash Food

Written: 2022-08-09 16:32:47 / Updated: 2022-08-09 19:16:56

President Yoon Suk Yeol visited on Tuesday a semi-basement living unit where a family was killed overnight in a flash flood resulting from torrential ...

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S. Korea Toughens Measures against Child Support Defaults

Written: 2022-08-09 15:59:51 / Updated: 2022-08-09 19:15:27

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family on Tuesday amended a related enforcement decree to toughen restrictions against parents defaulting ...

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PCR Testing at Airports to be Temporarily Revived for Foreign Travelers

Written: 2022-08-09 14:45:32 / Updated: 2022-08-09 15:28:27

Incoming short-term travelers will be able to receive a required PCR test at their airport of entry starting on Wednesday.   The Central Disease ...

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Ministry Effectively Withdraws Plan to Lower School Starting Age

Written: 2022-08-09 13:46:40 / Updated: 2022-08-09 14:51:08

The education ministry has effectively withdrawn an earlier proposed plan to lower the school starting age to five years old. Briefing the parliamentary ...

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After-School Programs at Elementary Schools to Increase Next Year

Written: 2022-08-09 13:40:20 / Updated: 2022-08-09 14:24:15

The government will expand after-school programs at elementary schools from next year and extend after-school child care hours for working parents. In ...

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Ministry Begins Liberation Day Pres. Pardon Review

Written: 2022-08-09 12:05:20 / Updated: 2022-08-11 10:12:41

The justice ministry has begun a review of cases up for presidential pardons, the first of the Yoon Suk Yeol administration, on the occasion of the ...