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September 20, 2023

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

South Korea

South Korean teachers say they have it tough. Their complaints include pupils assaulting them in the classroom, lawsuits from unhappy parents, and stress that turns their hair gray, the Telegraph reported. The salaries of teachers early in their careers, furthermore, are among the lowest in the Organization...

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September 05, 2023

Desperate Measures

South Korea

South Korean teachers staged a mass walkout Monday to protest widespread harassment they face in their jobs from parents and unruly students, which has led to some educators taking their own lives as a result of the bullying and pressure they suffer, the Guardian reported. Around...

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May 19, 2023

No Kidding Around, Please

South Korea

South Korea is debating whether it should eliminate its designated “no-kid zones” in public spaces and venues at a time when the country is currently dealing with declining birth rates, the New York Times reported. Earlier this month, lawmaker Yong Hye-in took her toddler to parliament...

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April 25, 2023

In the Doghouse

South Korea

South Korean First Lady Kim Keon Hee has caused an uproar in the country this week after vowing to end the country’s controversial practice of eating dogs, the Korea Times reported. Her remarks received support from both ruling and opposition parties, with lawmakers from each side...

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March 17, 2023

Letting Go

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Japan and South Korea pledged to improve military and economic ties after a Thursday summit as they aim to mend relations strained by long-running historical disputes in order to shore up a united front against North Korea and China, the Wall Street Journal reported. South Korean...

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The World Briefly

March 07, 2023

Forced Labor, Volunteer Pay

South Korea

South Korea unveiled a scheme to compensate individuals who were forced to work for Japanese companies during Japan’s colonization of the country in the first half of the 20th century, a move that seeks to resolve a longstanding issue that has strained relations between the...

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February 21, 2023

Worrisome Trend

South Korea

South Korea’s capital plans to remove its women-only parking spaces 14 years after introducing them, a move critics described as the latest example of “anti-feminist” policies in the country, the BBC reported. Introduced in 2009, the special parking spots were aimed to protect women following a...

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February 08, 2023

Ruling on Responsibility

South Korea

A South Korean court ordered the government to compensate a Vietnamese woman who was wounded by South Korean troops during the Vietnam War, in a test case that could pave the way for similar lawsuits, the Associated Press reported. The case concerns 62-year-old Nguyen Thi Thanh,...

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December 12, 2022

Getting Younger

South Korea

South Korea will change its age-counting system next year, putting an end to the traditional system in which a person is older by a year or two, NPR reported. Parliament passed a set of bills this week that will require the use of the international age-counting...

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November 09, 2022

Custody Battle

South Korea

South Korea’s former president and his successor are at war in a custody battle over two former “peace puppies” gifted by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in 2018, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. The two canines, named Songgang and Gomi, were given to then-President Moon...

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November 03, 2022

The Fifth Estate

South Korea

More than 90 percent of smartphone users in South Korea use the Kakao suite of apps to do everything from instant messaging and banking to watching videos and locating nearby beauty salons. When a data center fire recently caused the apps to crash for a...

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The World Briefly

October 31, 2022

The Real Horror

South Korea

Halloween celebrations in South Korea turned deadly after a stampede over the weekend killed at least 153 people in one of the worst disasters in the country in years, CBS News reported. The incident happened Saturday night in the capital Seoul’s leisure district of Itaewon –...

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August 29, 2022

Erased Roots

South Korea

Dozens of South Korean adoptees who were sent to Danish parents in the 1970s and 1980s demanded the South Korean government investigate their adoptions, saying their adoptions were part of shady practices that falsified or obscured their origins, the Associated Press reported. The case is related...

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April 22, 2022

Happy Birthday(s)!

South Korea

South Korea’s incoming president is proposing to abolish a centuries-old method of counting a person’s age, a move that could have a significant impact on the country’s society and culture, the BBC reported. There are three ways to count the age of an individual in South...

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March 08, 2022

Of Handicapped Wins

South Korea

More than 70 percent of South Koreans favor their country deploying nuclear weapons. They believe that the weapons of mass destruction might be their best defense against Chinese or North Korean aggression, according to a Chicago Council on Global Affairs survey. The poll came as South...

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March 07, 2022

Fires, Missiles and Ballots

South Korea

South Korean firefighters and troops battled a large wildfire over the weekend that tore through the country’s eastern coastal area, forcing thousands to evacuate and threatening two energy facilities in the region, the Associated Press reported. The fire began Friday morning near the seaside town of...

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