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PPP seeks to install justice minister – Yoon’s right-hand man – as interim leader South Korea’s ruling People Power Party decided on Sunday to appoint Han Dong-hoon, the current minister of justice, as the head of its emergency interim leadership committee. Han is expected to resig Mon, 18 Dec 2023 17:58:45 GMT
After claiming Uzbek students left Korea voluntarily, Hanshin University issues apology Hanshin University formally apologized for an incident involving the apparent forced expulsion of Uzbek language students from Korea. The apology came four days after the Hankyoreh’s initial report on Mon, 18 Dec 2023 17:48:45 GMT
Korean human rights watchdog to conduct inquiry into Hanshin’s treatment of Uzbek students The National Human Rights Commission of Korea will investigate a scandal at Hanshin University in which Uzbek students at its Korean language academy say they were coerced into returning home early.Th Fri, 15 Dec 2023 18:16:59 GMT
[Photo] Hankyoreh photojournalist named Journalist of the Month The Hankyoreh’s Kim Bong-gyu was selected as the Journalists Association of Korea’s Journalist of the Month in the photojournalism category on Thursday.Kim, a senior staff writer for the Hankyoreh, wa Fri, 15 Dec 2023 17:58:31 GMT
S. Korea scrambles jets after Chinese, Russian military craft enter air defense zone Chinese and Russian military planes briefly entered the Korean air defense identification zone (KADIZ) in the East Sea on Thursday, spurring South Korea to scramble fighter jets in response.The planes Fri, 15 Dec 2023 17:45:16 GMT
In 50 years, half of Koreans are expected to be 65 or older After hitting its peak in 2020, the South Korean population is forecast to drop to 36 million in 50 years. Chronically low birth rates are expected to drop the total fertility rate to below the previo Fri, 15 Dec 2023 16:54:19 GMT
Kim steps down, putting PPP under emergency leadership 4 months out from election After two days of deliberation, Kim Gi-hyeon decided to step down as leader of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) on Wednesday. The decision comes nine months after his election in March and one day Thu, 14 Dec 2023 17:16:54 GMT
Korean students at Hanshin University condemn school’s expulsion of Uzbek peers from country As Hanshin University is wrapped in controversy over its forced deportation of Uzbek students, students organized a prayer service Wednesday to denounce the university leadership.More than 70 students Thu, 14 Dec 2023 17:10:54 GMT
Korean Justice Ministry’s plan to tighten asylum requirements prompts concern of arbitrary denials The South Korean government has announced plans to amend the Refugee Act by adding more valid reasons for denying asylum applications and deporting asylum seekers.Since the proposed amendment would in Wed, 13 Dec 2023 17:13:11 GMT
[Video] “You’ll have to go to jail”: Inside bus where Hanshin University told Uzbek students to leave Korea or face jail A video obtained by the Hankyoreh on Tuesday provided evidence that while Hanshin University was constraining students from Uzbekistan enrolled in its Korean language school to leave the country last Wed, 13 Dec 2023 17:04:34 GMT
[Interview] “Is this rule of law?”: Uzbek man says Korean school wrongfully deported wife An Uzbekistan native living in Korea was forcibly separated from his wife after Hanshin University, where she was enrolled in Korean language classes, forced her on a plane back to Uzbekistan. “I deci Tue, 12 Dec 2023 17:23:23 GMT
[Exclusive] Hanshin University deported 22 Uzbeks in manner that felt like abduction, students say Hanshin University in South Korea is at the center of a scandal after forcibly ejecting 22 international students to their home country of Uzbekistan during the middle of the school semester. The univ Tue, 12 Dec 2023 17:19:14 GMT
US F-16 fighter crashes off S. Korea’s western coast after pilot ejects US Forces Korea stated that one of its F-16 fighter jets had crashed in the waters off Korea’s western coast on Monday. At approximately 8:43 am on Monday, a pilot belonging to the 8th Fighter Wing ex Tue, 12 Dec 2023 17:18:16 GMT
In Korea, fewer marriages mean fewer newlyweds are having fewer kids The number of South Korean newlyweds narrowly topped 1 million, while the percentage without children reached a historic high, statistics show. The figures illustrate a situation where the already sev Tue, 12 Dec 2023 16:59:16 GMT
Korea’s Supreme Court rules employers have duty to support employees’ child care, a first The South Korean Supreme Court ruled that refusing to hire a working parent who declines to work early-morning hours and holidays constitutes wrongful termination. The court cited legal provisions tha Mon, 11 Dec 2023 17:22:32 GMT

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