South Korea joins discussion for drafting UN resolution on NK human rights
Seoul, which is now speaking out against Pyongyang's violations, is expected to co-sponsor the UN resolution for the first time in four years.
The Korea Herald
Deaths from excessive alcohol use surged during pandemic in Korea
According to The Korean Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, in 2021 the number of solitary deaths among patients with alcohol use disorder in the country accounted for 51.2 percent.
S. Korea: Parliamentary audit falls into chaos as main opposition denounces probe
Opposition party leader cries foul as probe spreads to election funds.
Lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic and the way forward
Moderna co-founder Robert Langer and International Vaccine Institute head Jerome Kim speak during a special session titled “Technology for cure”, moderated by GI Innovation.
Absentee parents to face criminal penalties
Though the Gender Ministry has been enforcing punitive measures for the child support obligors since last year, they had so far not faced criminal charges.
Alcohol marketing: How the forbidden became a K-pop trend
As short-form videos on YouTube promote higher engagement with audiences, idols promote themselves through drunk confessions
BTS Jin to debut solo with single ‘The Astronaut’ on Oct 28
Jin debuts as a solo musician after nine years in the popular K-pop group, BTS, and dedicates the song to his fanbase, the “Army”.
North Korea continues artillery barrage, labels firing as ‘tit-for-tat’
The South Korean military detected North Korea firing around 100 artillery shells from Yonan County toward the West Sea.
K-pop: The power of cultural diplomacy
The writer says it is the time for politicians to wake up and show what they can do to make South Korea a world power politically and diplomatically.
North Korea may have attempted cyberattack amid Kakao outage: Report
Several North Korean defectors received an email claiming to have been sent by the Kakao tech service team, as the extended outage took down most of the tech giant’s services.