The Korea Herald

Forcible discharge of transgender sergeant justifiable: military

Social affairsJul 3, 2020

An appeal by a former Korean sergeant, who was forcibly discharged from the military after sex reassignment surgery, to revoke the decision to has been denied, the Army said Friday. Byun Hee-soo, 22...
[Herald Interview] ‘Australian English as prestigious as American English’

Diplomatic CircuitJul 2, 2020

In South Korea, known for its education fervor, the English widely taught at schools and private institutes is American English. Challenging the US dominance in the Korean English education market i...
Part of COVID-19 antibody test results to be released next week

Social affairsJun 30, 2020

Korean health authorities said Tuesday they are testing the blood of 3,055 Koreans for antibodies for the novel coronavirus to better understand the degree of immunity in the country, as they gear up...
Police searches kindergarten after mass E. coli outbreak

Social affairsJun 29, 2020

The police Monday raided a kindergarten in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, as part of an investigation into mass food poisoning that has sickened some 114 people so far. The Ansan Sangrok Police Station s...
[From the scene] Black Lives Matter gathering held in Busan, supported by police

Social affairsJun 22, 2020

“We are not removed from race relations because Korean people in other countries face a lot of discrimination because of the COVID-19 crisis. They are being discriminated against in Western countries...
[From the scene] Summer beaches big test for COVID-19 social distancing

Social affairsJun 21, 2020

BUSAN -- With the arrival of summer holiday season, beaches are getting crowded in South Korea despite growing fears of a second wave of COVID-19 infections, causing a headache to health authorities ...
7 in 10 Koreans think Korean society discriminative: survey

Social affairsJun 19, 2020

The majority of South Koreans perceive that the society is discriminative and human rights violations are serious, though they believe their own human rights are largely being respected, a survey sho...
[Feature] ‘Seven years on, refugee protection in S. Korea in retreat’

Social affairsJun 18, 2020

Nkuka Lulendo and his family stepped on South Korean soil after a long, grueling 10 months of being trapped inside Incheon International Airport’s transit zone in October last year. But it was only t...
Immigration detention centers getting crowded amid COVID-19 crisis

Social affairsJun 17, 2020

Immigration detention centers in South Korea, where foreign nationals are held till deportation, have nearly reached their full capacity, with international flights rarely available amid the coronavi...
KAIST to host online forum on future of education in post-coronavirus era

Social affairsJun 17, 2020

An international online forum on the future of education amid the rise of distance learning in the post-coronavirus era will be held Wednesday, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology ...
[Newsmaker] Black Lives Matter banner removed from US Embassy building in Seoul

Foreign affairsJun 16, 2020

The US Embassy in Seoul said Tuesday that the Black Lives Matter banner draped on the facade of its building in Seoul had been removed to “avoid misperception” amid reports about President Donald Tru...
[Newsmaker] 3 in 10 elderly abusers are sons: survey

Social affairsJun 15, 2020

Three in 10 abusers of older people were sons of the victims, with emotional abuse being the most common form of abuse reported, government data showed Monday. Some 31.2 percent of elderly abusers n...
Elderly COVID-19 patients surge in S. Korea

Social affairsJun 14, 2020

South Korea is seeing a surge in the number of elderly patients infected with COVID-19, as small-scale, sporadic outbreaks continue to be reported in the densely populated Grater Seoul area. Kore...
[Newsmaker] International middle schools in Seoul may lose special status

Social affairsJun 10, 2020

Seoul’s two elite middle schools may lose their autonomy next year, as the city’s education office decided Wednesday to cancel their licenses. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education announced th...
[Herald Interview] 'COVID-19 speeds up revolution in education'

Social affairsJun 9, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought forward much-needed revolution in education. Ready or not, the schools have moved online, opening a new space for both education equality and inequality, said Seoul...