Holding Onto Korea’s Past, a Tile at a Time
In this city of high-rise apartments and uber-hip coffee shops selling $8 lattes, the handiwork of maintaining hanoks is a devotion to a slowly vanishing piece of history.
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South Korea sets up hotline to support doctors defying walkout
SEOUL – South Korea’s government set up a hotline for doctors on March 12 that Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said was intended to support physicians who faced harassment or peer pressure if they chose not to join a mass walkout over healthcare reform plans.
South Korea audit alleges graft in lucrative cram-school sector
SEOUL -- South Korea's state auditor has released findings that point to widespread graft in the cram-school industry, fanning lingering concerns over dark dealings in the multibillion-dollar sector.
North Korean delegation meets Mongolian President in rare visit: KCNA
SEOUL — North Korea's Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Pak Myong-ho met with Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh on Monday (March 11), North Korean state media KCNA said, in a rare foreign trip by a diplomatic delegation from the isolated state.
Can India forge a 3-way partnership with Japan, South Korea to ‘counter China’s actions’?
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar last week visited Seoul and Tokyo, meeting his counterparts and other top politicians, in a trip focused on strengthening security and economic ties with each nation.
South Korea deploys military, public doctors to strike-hit hospitals
SEOUL — South Korea will start deploying military physicians and doctors from public health centres to strike-hit hospitals on Monday (March 11) to help care for patients affected by the walkout of nearly 12,000 trainee doctors from 100 hospitals over government reform plans.
South Korea regulator may sanction Meta over marketplace, say media reports
SEOUL — South Korea's antitrust agency will consider imposing sanctions on Meta Platforms for allegedly failing to protect some users of online marketplaces operated by Facebook and Instagram against fraudulent transactions, news reports said on Friday (March 8).
South Korea to improve young doctors' pay, denies healthcare is in crisis
SEOUL - South Korea will move quickly to improve pay and working conditions for young doctors, the government said on Friday, tackling a key demand by medical trainees who have walked off the job, but denying there was a full-scale healthcare crisis.