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Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service suspected of a ‘foregone conclusion’ in selecting the Pyeongchang training center site… Said construction would be easy, then blamed terrain and ground conditions when the budget increased
Questions have been raised that the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service predetermined a specific site and carried out only a perfunctory evaluation in the process of selecting Pyeongchang in Gangwon-do as the location for an employee training center costing around 130 billion KRW.
‘Mother-in-law Killing·Wife Kidnapping’ Man in His 20s Detained…Court: “Risk of Flight and Destruction of Evidence”
A man in his 20s accused of killing his mother-in-law in a residential area of Songpa-gu, Seoul, and abducting his estranged wife has been detained.
National Police Agency to launch joint crackdown on postseason baseball scalpers… habitual or commercial sales punishable by up to one year in prison
The National Police Agency announced on the 13th that, together with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), it will carry out a joint crackdown starting on the 14th around baseball stadiums hosting postseason games, including areas in Seoul, Daegu, Gwangju in South Jeolla Province, and Suwon in Gyeonggi Province.
After killing his mother-in-law in Seoul, he fled with his spouse… ‘parricide’ suspect in his 20s arrested in Gangwon
A man in his 20s who killed his mother-in-law in Seoul and then fled with his spouse in the car was urgently arrested by police in the Gangwon region. The Songpa Police Station in Seoul announced on the 11th that they had urgently arrested a man in his 20s, identified as A, on suspicion including parricide, in a wooded hill in Yangyang County, Gangwon.
A print shop supplying firefighters with self-contained breathing apparatus?...“Procurement standards for safety equipment need to be overhauled”
It has been found that non-specialist businesses such as a thoracic surgery clinic and a printing company supplied firefighting equipment, including self-contained breathing apparatus used by frontline fire stations. The structure of public procurement is cited as the cause: as long as items are registered, bidders need not be manufacturers to participate, and bids below a certain size are awarded based on price competition without technical evaluation. According to an analysis on the 7th by Rep.
About 40% of people living with HIV are in their 50s or older… people aging together through ‘mutual care’
On the morning of the 21st of last month, in a semi-basement in Jungnang-gu, Seoul. Perched on the edge of his bed, Mr. A (58) folded his fingers one by one, counting the phone numbers he remembered. “Mother, older brother, older sister, and….” The counting stopped as the fourth finger folded. The last time he spoke with his family was about 15 years ago. Gazing at his folded hand, Mr. A shifted his eyes to a calendar stuck at July of this year.
“Vague anxiety” “We will only know after a month”···Police have ‘mixed expectations and concerns’ about leading investigations on the first day of the new Criminal Procedure Act
On the 2nd, when the new criminal justice system took effect, the police, now exclusively in charge of investigations, gathered investigative personnel at provincial and metropolitan police agencies and frontline precincts nationwide to focus on preparing for a smooth rollout. On the front lines, there were both concerns about a shortage of investigators and calls to reaffirm responsibility as the lead authority in investigations.
Prosecutors seek a 2-year prison term for woman who spat at police at the ‘Olympic Park blockade protest’··· tearful plea of “deep remorse”
Prosecutors maintained their request for a two-year prison sentence for a woman in her 40s accused of assaulting and insulting police officers and a protest participant at the scene of the blockade of the ballot-counting site at the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in Seoul.
During the Chuseok holiday, an average of 1,294 ‘domestic violence reports’ per day···up 42% from usual
According to a provisional count, domestic violence reports filed with police during this year Chuseok holiday averaged 1,294 per day, up 42.4% from usual. The National Police Agency said on the 27th that, as it implemented the ‘Chuseok Holiday Comprehensive Public Safety Measures’ over the 11 days from the 17th through today, domestic violence reports, which had averaged 908.9 per day, rose to 1,294 during the Chuseok break.
“So-called ‘super-ant’”… Thirty-something who moved 340 billion won and pocketed 6.2 billion won in illicit gains indicted and detained
A thirty-something who mobilized acquaintances’ investment funds and private loans to manipulate the share price of a KOSDAQ-listed company for more than three years and pocketed over 6 billion won in illicit gains has been brought to trial.
Paju Provence Village, a ‘My Love From the Star’ landmark, back on the auction block …“A new reason to visit must be created”
“In the past, even in front of that bakery over there it used to be packed with customers. Now it feels like it is down to a tenth.” On the morning of the 14th, at Provence Village in Tanhyeon-myeon, Paju, Gyeonggi Province. Mr. Jang (68), who was walking out with acquaintances from a shop with a ‘Store closing’ banner hung up, said this. The shop’s wall he emerged past had yellow paint peeling, with moss growing.
Moon Hyung-bae “If the ‘Lee Jin-sook injunction’ had not been granted, constitutional adjudication would have been suspended during the impeachment crisis”
Moon Hyung-bae, former acting president of the Constitutional Court, said on the 14th regarding the decision to grant an injunction suspending the effect of the ‘attendance of seven or more justices’ provision during the 2024 impeachment trial of Korea Communications Commission Chair Lee Jin-sook that, “Had the injunction not been granted, it would have resulted in a complete halt to constitutional adjudication amid the 12·14 presidential impeachment crisis.” According to Yonhap News Agency,...
‘Gender-based violence’ removed, ‘Whole·G Will Protect You’ added…Controversy over renaming Gyeonggi Province Integrated Response Team
Gyeonggi Province is pushing to change the name of the ‘Gender-Based Violence Integrated Response Team’, a gender-violence response unit under an affiliated public institution, prompting controversy. Critics say that dropping ‘gender-based violence’ from the shortlist of new names and inserting terms like ‘Whole’ and ‘I Will Protect You’ reveals ‘victimhood’ stereotypes.
Olympic Park finally opened with just ten days to go before the Asian Games
Korean Sport & Olympic Committee enters Handball Gymnasium Police deploy 1,800 officers to secure entrances and other areas After the removal of items, protesters seal it off again Jang Dong-hyeok on site: "expressed strong regret" Organizations under the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee entered the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in Songpa-gu, Seoul, which had been sealed off by protests, on the 8th and carried out office items.
Jang Dong-hyeok arrives at the ‘Ol-gong Gymnasium’ scene after police entry… goes into the venue
Jang Dong-hyeok, leader of the People Power Party, arrived on the 8th at the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in Songpa District, Seoul, where police had succeeded in entering. At about 9:55 a.m. that day, Jang reached Gate 2-3 of the Handball Gymnasium and, together with Park Jun-tae, the chief of staff to the party leader, went inside the venue.
Police succeed in entering the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium amid ‘blockade protest’
On the 8th, police succeeded in entering the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in Songpa-gu, Seoul, where a blockade protest of the Jamsil ballot counting site for the 6·3 local elections is under way. At 9 a.m. that day, police removed the tent facilities that had been set up in front of Gates 2-3 of the stadium, as well as protest materials bearing the slogan ‘Fraudulent election, re-vote’, and opened the entrance.
Korean Sport & Olympic Committee attempts to enter Olympic Park gymnasium amid ‘blockade protest’ with police assistance
Police and officials from the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee on the 8th are attempting to enter the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in Songpa-gu, Seoul, where a blockade protest of the Jamsil ballot-counting center for the June 3 local elections is underway. It is a little over two months since lawmakers from both parties on the National Assembly Special Committee for the State Investigation (Special Committee) entered, after which the venue was re-blockaded.
A migrant worker at a shipbuilding subcontractor has mental illness from workplace sexual harassment recognized as ‘industrial accident’… “A meaningful case under the Employment Permit System”
A female migrant worker who worked at a shipbuilding subcontractor in Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province, has been recognized for an industrial accident due to a mental disorder caused by workplace sexual harassment and bullying. Observers say this is a meaningful case in that, within the structure of the Employment Permit System (E-9), where an employer’s permission is in principle required to change workplaces, a migrant worker’s psychological harm was acknowledged as work-related injury.
The ‘Behemoth Police’ that have seized investigative powers… What will happen from organization to oversight
With the revised Criminal Procedure Act taking effect on October 2, in line with the principle of separating investigation and prosecution, prosecutors’ investigative powers will disappear and the police will stand at the center of criminal investigations. This completes the ‘independence of investigative powers’ that the police have long sought for decades.
An 18-year overseas flight by a drug kingpin finally ends···Mastermind behind smuggling meth for more than 50,000 doses arrested and sent to prosecutors in custody
2015~2016 smuggling of methamphetamine worth about $3.98 million (5.3 billion KRW) into the country Fled back and forth between China and the Philippines once the investigation began Detected by Chinese public security, forcibly deported to Korea and taken into custody The mastermind behind smuggling into the country a large quantity of methamphetamine sufficient for 53,000 people was captured after a prolonged flight overseas and handed over to prosecutors.
“Let’s also block close-up filming of female athletes’ bodies”···Korea Athletics Federation begins discussions on guidelines
Europe’s ‘broadcast ban’ prompts domestic ‘guideline review’···Korea Athletics Federation “sharing the need” Legacy media can be subject to the law···Sanctioning individuals such as YouTubers remains unclear The Korea Athletics Federation is reviewing the creation of guidelines to restrict close-up filming of women athletes’ bodies for sexual purposes.
‘Fandom’ as a mask for sexual objectification… short-form videos that fixate on female athletes’ bodies, a legal blind spot
A short-form (short video) titled ‘Track Powerhouse 000 Athlete’ was uploaded to Naver TV on the 13th. The video, shot in close-up, plays in slow motion, showing the back and front of a high-school female athlete competing in a track meet in a form-fitting uniform. On this short, which lays bare the athlete’s physique, dozens of comments evaluating the athlete’s face and body, as well as lewd remarks, were posted.
‘Momentary outages’ in Seoul concentrated in summer, an unexpected cause you wouldn’t think of···It’s not power overload?
Momentary outages in Seoul have increased every year over the past three years 40% are concentrated in June~August···the leading cause is ‘bird contact’ Causative birds: magpies·crows finish their breeding season around June Fledglings’ unstable landings·pecking behavior trigger accidents Experts propose fundamental management of the urban ecological environment In Seoul, occurrences of ‘momentary outages’ have been increasing year by year, and about 40% are concentrated in summer (June~August).
Hazardous substances in AliExpress children’s products… Up to 325 times the limit detected in a goggles zipper bag
Harmful substances far exceeding the limits were found in children’s water-play products sold on Chinese online platforms. The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 5th that, after testing the safety of 20 children’s productstubes, swimsuits, and gogglessold on Chinese online platforms such as AliExpress, Temu, and Shein, six products were found to be non-compliant with domestic safety standards.
1.2 trillion-won ‘pork price-fixing’ uncovered… Dodram and other distributors and executives and employees sent to trial en masse
Distributors and their executives and employees were sent to trial in large numbers on charges of engaging in a price-fixing scheme worth about 1.2 trillion won while supplying pork to Emart, a major big-box retailer.
AI-generated pornography appearing on social media… ‘Not guilty’ if not a ‘real person’?
An Instagram account with 100,000 followers. When an Asian woman wearing revealing clothing says, “Send me a DM (direct message),” comments like “Beautiful” and “Attractive” quickly follow. Another Instagram account with 470,000 followers has 150 videos of women emphasizing specific body parts. Each video has drawn hundreds of thousands of views.
‘Protection for crime victims’ has been strengthened… “The pain of victims cannot be divided by the name of the charge” concerns persist
“There may be degrees of culpability depending on the charge, but there is no weight to the suffering of crime victims. From the perspective of victims, what crime could be less important or lighter? Everyone suffers, so I do not think there should be discrimination by the name of the charge.
112 arrested for online ‘secondary victimization’ related to the Sewol and Itaewon disasters… ‘Comments’ decreasing amid dedicated police investigation
The police conducted a year-long dedicated investigation into crimes of secondary victimization related to social disasters and arrested 112 people. Since the dedicated investigative division was created, secondary victimization comments have been on the decline.
Torrential rain shrinks earnings, heat waves bring beads of sweat… Elderly people who collect wastepaper say, “Even if I feel dizzy, I have to come out”
During the monsoon season, a deduction of ‘20~30kg’ is taken for waterlogged wastepaper Even at the same weight, income drops by at least 600 won When torrential rain passes, heat waves follow… average age 78.1, ‘vulnerable’ On the morning of the 21st, along a roadside in Changjeon-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul. In the driving rain, Lee (89), wearing a raincoat, struggled across an intersection while pulling a handcart (a pushcart).
Price-labeling compliance at gyms reportedly 95%… yet online is excluded, causing consumer ‘inconvenience’
The Korea Fair Trade Commission key advertising notice omits the obligation to display prices ‘online’ At half of 75 gyms, entries such as ‘variable’ and ‘free’ were written instead of amounts Professor Lee Young-ae, Department of Consumer Studies “Voluntary regulation is needed rather than legal sanctions” Im (27), who lives in Jung District, Seoul, was inconvenienced early this month when searching for a gym to register for because prices were not available.
‘I will assassinate President Lee Jae Myung’ twenty-something man who wrote SNS post sent to prosecutors without detention
A man in his twenties who repeatedly posted threatening messages on SNS stating ‘I will kill President Lee Jae Myung’ has been handed over to prosecutors. The Seoul Hyehwa Police Station announced on the 22nd that it had referred the author, a man in his twenties identified as A, to prosecutors on charges including attempted intimidation. A is accused of posting five times at around 6:30 a.m. on the 6th on his SNS account that he would assassinate the president.
The head of a vocational development training institution said, “You’re not a feminist, are you?”… Civic group petitions the National Human Rights Commission for a “thorough investigation”
A former employee of an academy registered with the Ministry of Employment and Labor as a vocational development training institution filed a petition with the National Human Rights Commission, saying they were subjected to ideological screening over feminism and to sexual harassment in the workplace.
Should South Korea also ban SNS use by those under 16···“We need to break the chain of school violence” vs “Effectiveness in doubt”
The UK government has announced it will push legislation banning the use of SNS by adolescents under 16. As similar legislative efforts increase overseas, including in Australia·Canada·Brazil, the once-submerged question of introducing this system domestically is being revisited. Related legislative discussions are also under way in the National Assembly.
20s and 30s leave Jamsil, carrying only the ‘suffrage’ slogan and creating independent spaces...“Yearning for a new agenda”
“It has become like a Gwanghwamun rally”…Gathering separately via social media to demand ‘suffrage’ Experts “Those in their 20s and 30s reject existing political grammar and focus on individual rights” Amid the protest that blocked the Jamsil ballot-counting site, sparked by the shortage of ballot papers in the June 3 local elections, some young people in their 20s and 30s who had formed its core are leaving the increasingly radicalized Jamsil scene to create new spaces.
GHB and other drugs openly sold on an adult-goods decoy shopping-mall app in the Google Play Store
An application (app) disguised as an adult-goods shopping mall is being distributed on major app markets while selling narcotics such as GHB (mulppong). Concerns are being raised that drugs sold through the app could be used in sex crimes. On the 9th, an app for an adult-goods shopping mall appeared in the Google Play Store. The app was an illegal drug-sales app masquerading as an adult-goods seller. On the 10th, after downloading the app and signing up, an automatic message arrived from a seller.
National Police Agency “Strict response to assault·coercion and other offenses at the Jamsil protest site”···Protesters unlikely to be able to inspect belongings
Regarding the ongoing blockade protest at the ballot-counting site inside Olympic Park in Songpa-gu, Seoul, the police stated that they would respond strictly to illegal acts occurring on site.
“When will the person in front of me get off?” A humanities student who brought a crowded-subway fantasy to life···the secret is ‘AI Vibe Coding’
‘I Am Getting Off’ app···“Completed in four hours even without knowing code” Experts say “Vulnerable in security···should undergo a verification process before release” ‘When will the person seated in front of me get off?’ There is a service that makes real a thought every subway user has had at least once. It is the subway empty-seat information-sharing platform ‘I Am Getting Off’. Less than a month after launch, cumulative visitors surpassed 45,000.
“You are young, so why do ‘manual labor’? Because AI cannot do it”…Young women entering the skilled trades
On the 25th, while working at a public housing apartment complex in Guri, Gyeonggi Province, the knees of Kim Hyo-jin (24) were dusted white with cement powder. Holding a flat chisel knife in one hand and a long white interior film in the other, Kim attached film to the gap above the front door and carefully pressed the corners. As she tilted her head back to check for any lifted spots, the muscles along her neckline stood out. Through strands of hair, her eyes looked intent.
‘World Citizen Day’ Washing away prejudice with a Daerim-dong tour…“It is no different from where I live”
In front of Exit 6 of Daerim Station on Seoul Subway Line 2 on the 20th. Despite the heavy rain, a dozen or so citizens gathered in a circle.
Samsung Electronics union tent sit-in next to Lee Jae-yong's residence “What we want is transparency···the owner must make a decision”
“People without decision-making authority only say ‘I will check’ Citing the Hynix case, urging Chairman Lee Jae-yong to make a ‘decision’ Some citizens feel aversion to the strike “My feelings are complicated” Climb the steep hill in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, and you come upon a house whose approximately 3-meter-high red exterior wall is covered by maple and pine trees and green vines. It is the residence of Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong.
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