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Sun, May 9, 2021 | 07:43

Celebrating Children's Day

People watch an aerobatic display performed by the Korean Air Force's Black Eagles from outside the Independence Hall of Korea in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, Wednesday, to celebrate Children's Day. Yonhap

2021-05-05 16:27

Half of Seoul residents feel depressed amid prolonged pandemic

Jang Hye-joon, a 37-year-old homemaker living in northeastern Seoul's Nowon District, said her husband suggested recently she seek counseling for depression and anxiety. Jang said she began feeling depressed a couple of months after she quit her job in April last year in order to take care of her daughter who had to stay at home instead of attending a daycare center due to th...

Bahk Eun-ji | 2021-05-04 16:15

Mayor wants to build Lee Kun-hee museum in Busan

Busan Mayor Park Heong-joon has expressed his desire for Busan to host a museum for the donated art collection of late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee. The wish came after President Moon Jae-in ordered his aides to review a plan to set up a separate place to exhibit the 23,000 pieces of art, rather than dividing them up among multiple museums and exhibition halls.

Bahk Eun-ji | 2021-05-03 12:02

A third of Seoul residents live alone

A third of households in Seoul are single-person ones, according to a biennial report on living conditions by the Seoul Metropolitan Government released Thursday. The 2020 report conducted on 4,041 households (9,472 people) in the capital revealed that 33.3 percent of all households were single-person. This accounted for the largest portion, followed by two-member households ...

Jung Da-min | 2021-04-30 08:46

Yangsan residents divided over Moon's retirement home

Residents of Yangsan in South Gyeongsang Province are divided over the construction of President Moon Jae-in's post-retirement private residence in the region. Some welcome the move, while others complain the construction has been carried out without enough communication with neighbors over noise issues and other inconveniences.

Jung Da-min | 2021-04-29 15:48

Local governments actively seek to prevent COVID-led suicides

Social distancing, strict regulations on gatherings, and remote meetings have become the new normal since the COVID-19 outbreak, and the protracted pandemic has been taking a toll on people's mental health. Studies have indicated that the number of people thinking about suicide could increase, given that the pandemic has been continuing for over a year and there is no end in ...

Bahk Eun-ji | 2021-04-28 09:17

Seoul mayor says he will continue the project of restructuring Gwanghwamun Square

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said Tuesday he will continue the restructuring of Gwanghwamun Square despite opposition from some civic groups. Oh said at a press briefing that the remodeling project, which began in November before he took office, is already 34 percent complete and has incurred a cost of 25 billion won ($22.5 million).

2021-04-27 13:20

One killed in fire at building construction site

A fire occurred at an "officetel" building construction site, east of Seoul, on Saturday, killing one worker and injuring 17 others, firefighters said. The blaze started on the fifth floor of a 19-story building under construction in Namyangju, 30 kilometers east of Seoul, at 11:23 a.m., they said.

2021-04-24 17:44

Seoul mayor meets acting US ambassador

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, left, shakes hands with Robert Rapson, charge d'affaires ad interim at the U.S. Embassy in Korea, at City Hall, central Seoul, Friday, during the latter's courtesy visit following Oh's inauguration after his April 7 victory in a by-election. The two discussed ways to promote cooperation. Yonhap

Bahk Eun-ji | 2021-04-23 15:43

Foreign ownership of Korean land increases 1.9% in 2020

Foreign ownership of South Korean land expanded nearly 2 percent in 2020 from a year earlier, the land ministry said Friday. Foreigners owned 253.3 square kilometers of land here as of the end of December last year, up 1.9 percent from a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

2021-04-23 09:49

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