Major Consolidation of National Policy Special Grant Projects: Ministry of Education Reduces Projects from 166 to 30 by 2024

Major Consolidation of National Policy Special Grant Projects: Ministry of Education Reduces Projects from 166 to 30 by 2024

Major consolidation of national policy special grant projects166 this year → Reduce to around 30 in 2024 Panoramic view of the Sejong Government Complex, Ministry of Education. Hankyoreh file photo The Ministry of Education decided to drastically reduce the number of education policy projects directly operated by schools and to overhaul various committee systems within … Read more

The Transfer of Death Row Inmates to Seoul Detention Center Raises Questions

The Transfer of Death Row Inmates to Seoul Detention Center Raises Questions

Han Dong-hoon ordered inspections of four death penalty facilities across the country last month.After the suspension of executions in 1997, only the Seoul Detention Center remained intact. An on-site inspection is being conducted at the valley of Bongwonsa Temple in Seoul, where Yoo Young-cheol, who bizarrely serially murdered a total of 21 people between September … Read more

Korea’s Export Decline Continues Amidst Dependency on China – Latest Statistics

Korea’s Export Decline Continues Amidst Dependency on China – Latest Statistics

Export cargo loading at Busan Port. yunhap news It was found that Korea’s exports in July decreased the fourth most among the 37 member countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), following Norway, Estonia, and Lithuania. The decline in imports was the largest among the 37 member countries. Our overall trade volume … Read more

The Spectacular Opening of the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games: Combining Chinese Culture and Smart Technology

The Spectacular Opening of the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games: Combining Chinese Culture and Smart Technology

A record-high 12,000 participants from 45 countries participated.A heated battle for 481 gold until October 8thCombining Chinese cultural assets with smart technology Tokyo Olympic swimming men’s 200m individual medley gold medalist Wang Sun and a digital ignitor are lighting the torch together at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held at the … Read more

Five members of a family found dead in multiple locations: Investigation underway

Five members of a family found dead in multiple locations: Investigation underway

police. Hankyoreh file photo Five members of a family died in different places, including Songpa, Seoul and Gimpo. Seoul’s Songpa Police Station announced on the 23rd that it is investigating after five members of a family were found dead in three different locations. While checking the movements of A, a woman in her 40s who … Read more

The Plight of Korean Language Teachers: Low Pay and Unstable Contracts

The Plight of Korean Language Teachers: Low Pay and Unstable Contracts

The number of foreign language trainees is rapidly increasing… The labor situation for 70,000 Korean language teachers is ‘worst’ Korean language school students are writing at the 28th Korean Language Challenge for Foreigners held at the open-air theater of Yonsei University in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul on the morning of October 8, 2019. Reporter Baek So-ah [email protected]Read more

Recent Appointments and Retentions at Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, Supreme Prosecutors’ Office

Recent Appointments and Retentions at Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, Supreme Prosecutors’ Office

Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, Seocho-gu, Seoul. Hankyoreh file photo Ko Hyeong-gon (Judicial Research and Training Institute 31st Class), 4th Deputy Chief of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, who is leading special investigations of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, including the ‘Lee Jae-myeong investigation’, was retained. It is interpreted that the appointment was made in … Read more

Online Cemetery Services at Incheon Family Park: An Alternative for Chuseok Holidays during COVID-19

Online Cemetery Services at Incheon Family Park: An Alternative for Chuseok Holidays during COVID-19

Incheon Family Park. Provided by Incheon City Incheon City’s ‘Online Cemetery’, which started due to COVID-19, will continue this year’s Chuseok. Incheon City announced on the 18th that it will operate an online grave system at Incheon Family Park during this Chuseok holiday. It also provides services such as a deceased gallery, bereaved family messenger, … Read more

Lee Kyun-yong: Controversial Sentence Reduction and Lack of Gender Sensitivity in Stalking Murder Case

Lee Kyun-yong: Controversial Sentence Reduction and Lack of Gender Sensitivity in Stalking Murder Case

Lee Kyun-yong, candidate for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, goes to work at the office preparing for the confirmation hearing in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the morning of August 30. yunhap news It was found that the sentence of Lee Kyun-yong, a candidate for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who was criticized for lacking … Read more

Gaya Ancient Tombs: Korea’s 16th UNESCO World Heritage Site Revealed

Gaya Ancient Tombs: Korea’s 16th UNESCO World Heritage Site Revealed

A view of the Okjeon Ancient Tombs in Hapcheon, Gyeongsangnam-do, seen from the northern ridge. This is a photo taken in the summer of 2019 showing the tombs of the rulers of Dara Kingdom. Provided by Gaya Ancient Tombs World Heritage Registration Promotion Team The Gaya Ancient Tombs, which refers to a large group of … Read more