A zip line suddenly stopped during operation at an adventure facility in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, at around 3:25 p.m. on Wednesday.A 9-year-old boy was left hanging, attached to the wire 10 meters up in the air, for an hour until he was eventually rescued by emergency services. Emergency services respond to a 9-year-old stuck on a zip line. (Yonhap)Police and Fire Service are looking into the case, suspecting a machinery breakdown.The following video footage shows the 9-year-old being rescued

Social Affairs June 7, 2018

[Herald Interview]A scent can be described as the last garment to complete one’s ensemble -- with Korea no exception to the trend.Among a slew of perfumes displayed at department stores, however, Korean brands rarely make the list. French and other European fragrances dominate the market with the iconic Chanel, Dior, Nina Ricci, Yves Saint Laurent and Lancome as the leading players.The products of Korean perfume houses, such as Perfumelifer, Edenique, Better Than Alcohol and Soohyang, can be fou

Arts & Design June 6, 2018

A 42-year-old man has been arrested for killing his coworker.Incheon Nambu Police Station said Wednesday that it arrested the man without a warrant to investigate him on the charges of murder and abandonment of the corpse.The suspect is accused of killing his coworker by strangling him with a rope inside his car parked in Nam-gu, Incheon while he was asleep after drinking at around 11:30 p.m. on May 30. (Yonhap)Police apprehended the suspect at home on May 31 following the missing person’s repor

Social Affairs June 6, 2018

Police are investigating a female teacher at a private educational institute following a report that she had sex with two of her elementary school students.Gyeonggi Bukbu Provincial Police Agency said Tuesday that it had booked the suspect without detention.She is accused of having intercourse with two of her students at a private academy in Gyeonggi Province between 2016 and 2017. (Yonhap)Police said the students confessed during their counseling sessions at schools.“We’ve only finished the inq

Social Affairs June 6, 2018

Seogwipo Police Station in Jeju Province said Tuesday that it has arrested a man surnamed Kim in his 40s and that it is investigating him on the charge of murder of a woman in her 20s by inflicting violence on her.The suspect is accused of killing the woman at her apartment in Gangjeong-dong, Seogwipo, Jeju Province.He reportedly called the emergency services immediately after the incident took place. Seogwipo Police Station(Yonhap)Police arrested him without a warrant following the autopsy resu

Social Affairs June 5, 2018

A man in his 50s has been arrested for stealing goods from automobiles.Jeonju Wansan Police Station in North Jeolla Province said Tuesday that it had booked the suspect on the charge of burglary.He is accused of stealing a camera and a lens worth around 7.5 million won ($7,020) from a car at a parking lot in Wansan-gu, Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, around 2:40 p.m. on May 8.Since March, the suspect has reportedly stolen money and goods worth around 9 million won ($8,420) from automobiles in Wan

Social Affairs June 5, 2018

Two people have been arrested for selling no-brand garments as foreign luxury brand clothes by replacing their labels.Busan Dongbu Police Station said Sunday that it has booked the two in their 40s without detention on the charge of infringement of Trademark Act and fraud.The suspects are accused of selling hundreds of items of clothing worth just tens of thousands of won as big-name brand clothing worth up to millions of won apiece since 2004. (Yonhap)They have reportedly changed the labels to

Social Affairs June 3, 2018

A female BJ on a popular video-streaming service has been booked for trespassing inside a middle school in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province while she was broadcasting sexual content. Ansan Danwon Police Station said Thursday that it booked a broadcasting jockey surnamed Lee without detention over allegations of trespassing.Lee is accused of trespassing into a middle school in Danwon-gu, Ansan around 2:10 p.m. on Wednesday and broadcasting herself dancing in front of students on the fourth floor. (123RF)

Social Affairs May 31, 2018

A South Korean Army lieutenant has been arrested for an outburst, setting off a fire extinguisher inside a train and delaying its operation for longer than 10 minutes.Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said Monday that a 28-year-old lieutenant from the 30th Infantry Division created a disturbance at Wangsimni Station around 10:45 p.m. on Monday.The lieutenant was apparently inebriated and did not hear either the announcement that all passengers must get off because it was the last station or other

Social Affairs May 29, 2018

A man surnamed Lee in his 40s has been arrested by police for allegedly killing his neighbor who “made too much noise” at night. Busan Saha Police Station said Tuesday that it is investigating the man on the charge of murder.The suspect is accused of stabbing a 31-year-old who lived in the same apartment building in Saha-gu, Busan, around 2 a.m. Tuesday. He was caught red-handed after the victim’s friend filed a report to police.The victim was sent to a nearby hospital but died in the middle of

Social Affairs May 22, 2018

The Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office said Tuesday that it has charged a male high school student and a female college student without detention for allegedly abandoning their baby who died from neglect.In November 2016, when the infant died from 18 hours of neglect, the couple reportedly left the baby wrapped in a padded jacket and towels on a mountain path in Gyeongsan, North Gyeongsang Province. (123RF)The baby’s body was found on Dec. 9, 2017. Police traced the parents based on the informat

Social Affairs May 22, 2018

The Busan Nambu Police Station said Monday that it plans to seek an arrest warrant for a man who killed a friend with whom he was drinking.The suspect is accused of beating to death his friend who had attended the same elementary school. They had been drinking together, along with another alumnus of the same school, at the victim’s studio apartment in Suyeong-gu, Busan, around 3 p.m. Sunday. (Uto Image)The other friend had reportedly fallen asleep after drinking, woke up and filed a report to po

Social Affairs May 21, 2018

A woman in her 70s was injured as a bus drove off while her clothing was stuck in its door. The woman’s clothing reportedly became jammed in the door while she was getting off at a bus stop in Taean County, South Chungcheong Province, at 7:56 a.m. Sunday. The bus departed, not realizing that part of the woman’s clothing was caught in the door, and she was hit by its rear wheel. (Uto Image)She was taken to a hospital in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, for treatment.The bus driver told police

Social Affairs May 21, 2018

Gwangju Dongbu Police Station said Monday that it has requested an arrest warrant for a man surnamed Moon on suspicion of assault and booked three accomplices without detention.The four suspects are accused of attacking a 19-year-old in Gwangju at 2:20 a.m. on April 15. The victim took two weeks to heal completely from his injuries.They reportedly beat the victim because he was giving them a glare while they were drinking. (Uto Image)Police said the suspects showed contradictory behavior after t

Social Affairs May 21, 2018

A man in his 40s has been convicted for chasing down a driver who honked at him and beating him with a wooden sword.The Cheongju District Court said Saturday it handed down a jail term of 2 1/2 years to the man. The court said it meted out a strict punishment, as the man had been sentenced three times for acts of violence. (Uto Image)The man reportedly followed and stopped a truck driver who honked and passed him in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, around 10 a.m. on Jan. 28. While asking wh

Social Affairs May 20, 2018