(Screen-captured from MBN`s "Cart Show 2")Suhyun of AKMU shared the story behind her decision to become one of a growing number of Korean beauty vloggers during Thursday’s episode of MBN’s variety program “Cart Show 2.”  (Screen-captured from MBN`s "Cart Show 2")The singer-turned-beauty vlogger revealed that her peers used to “bully her in the past for having squinty eyes and a small nose.” Even after she debuted as a singer, she said, some netizens wrote hurtful things about her appearance.  (S

Television Aug. 31, 2018

A man operating an online shop that sold fake shoes has been arrested on charges of fraud and trademark infringement, police said Thursday. According to Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, the 34-year-old business owner is accused of selling fake shoes of famous brands at a 30 percent discount, advertising them as “real goods” since April last year.After opening an office in China, the man allegedly stole some 740 million won ($667,000), or profited around 1.7 billion won in trademark infringement

Social Affairs Aug. 30, 2018

Two boys were booked without physical detention on rape charges in Incheon on Wednesday, about seven weeks after the victim was found dead in an apparent suicide, Yeonsu police said. The victim’s aunt had discovered the victim’s body upon coming home around 7:25 p.m. on July 20. According to authorities, the two male students are accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl inside a bathroom at a nursing home in Michuhol-gu, central Incheon, Feb. 25.  (Yonhap)During the preliminary investig

Social Affairs Aug. 29, 2018

An elderly man has been taken into police custody after a passer-by called authorities to report a man on a motorcycle pulling a dog by its leash, police said Wednesday. The motorcycle, going at full speed, was spotted at around 10:30 a.m. Saturday dragging a Jindo dog down a road over 150 meters in Heungdeok-gu, Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, according to authorities.A man on a motorcycle drags a dog by its leash. (Yonhap)The 79-year-old suspect has been accused of violating the Animal P

Social Affairs Aug. 29, 2018

Even though Typhoon Soulik exited the Korean Peninsula on Friday without causing major damage to the mainland, heavy rainfall wreaked havoc in parts of Daejeon on Tuesday.Residents of the central Korean city -- Yuseong-gu and Seo-gu, in particular -- were affected by the heavy downpour. The city had received 122 millimeters of rain as of 7 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Daejeon Korea Meteorological Administration.The regional weather agency issued a flash flood warning for the Gapcheon Basin as

Social Affairs Aug. 28, 2018

Police are investigating the death of a woman in her 30s who allegedly died after being run over twice in a parking lot in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province. Officers said the victim’s body was found in the parking lot around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday. Surveillance footage from the parking lot showed the suspect first ramming the vehicle into the woman and then running over her body, police said.  This photo is not related to the contents of the article. (Yonhap)The victim left a pension on Monday around 10 p

Social Affairs Aug. 28, 2018

A 42-year-old man suspected of killing four members of his family, including his three children, has been arrested at a large hospital in Daejeon, police said Monday. According to Okcheon Police Station, the 42-year-old man is accused of murdering his 39-year-old wife and three daughters -- aged 10, 9 and 7 -- at their apartment in Okcheon County, North Chungcheong Province, Saturday. (Yonhap)Dispatched authorities reportedly discovered the victims’ bodies in their separate rooms with foam comin

Social Affairs Aug. 27, 2018

The second round of family reunions, involving some 326 people, ended Sunday after a short three-day gathering at the North’s Mount Kumgang. On Sunday around 10 a.m., families separated by war poured into the Oekumgang Hotel’s banquet hall on the second floor to say goodbye.Tears spread throughout the room as participants hugged and held their relatives one last time.At the end of Sunday’s reunion, North Korean Ri Seung-yeol, 53, reportedly told his cousin Lee Young-ho, 50, to “look at the watch

North Korea Aug. 26, 2018

Police on Thursday said they had arrested a man on a charge of raping an elderly woman who lived alone in a low-income area in Jongno-gu, central Seoul. According to the Jongno Police Station, the 47-year-old man is accused of sexually assaulting the 90-year-old victim, who was asleep when he allegedly broke into her house on Monday afternoon.  (Yonhap)An experienced social worker witnessed the assault in progress and reported the incident to the police, the allegation continued. Dispatched offi

Social Affairs Aug. 23, 2018

Typhoon Soulik tore along the west coast of Jeju Island on Thursday, leaving a woman in her 20s missing, a man injured, and 6,517 households without power as of 11 a.m. The powerful tropical storm, packing gusts of up to 240 kilometers per hour, is forecast to make landfall on the Korean Peninsula’s mainland just past midnight on Friday. Soulik is expected to pass through Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province, moving westward, and hit the capital city of Seoul around 7 a.m., the weather agency sa

Social Affairs Aug. 23, 2018

A 69-year-old man was found dead floating off waters near Goesan County, North Chungcheong Province, around 4 a.m. Thursday, fire authorities said. The victim’s wife had made the first 119 call at 11 p.m. on Wednesday, saying her husband slipped and fell into the river while trying to catch freshwater snails, according to fire authorities. (Yonhap)The dispatched team of police and fire authorities said they recovered the man’s body after a three-hour search. He was reported to have been already

Social Affairs Aug. 23, 2018

A couple was booked without physical detention after police caught the two stealing dozens of plastic bins left out in front of a kimchi factory in the northern part of the city of Gwangju, police said Tuesday. The Filipino-born woman, 40, who had recently obtained Korean citizenship, and her Indian husband, 27, allegedly stole 66 empty plastic bins from the kimchi factory, making three trips in the process, at around 10 p.m. on Aug. 10. This photo is not relevant to the contents of the article.

Social Affairs Aug. 22, 2018

Unlike the first two days, on Wednesday -- the last day of the inter-Korean reunion event -- was filled with tears of sadness rather than joy. Hundreds of South and North Korean families were seen exchanging last-minute hugs and caressing each other’s hands. During the lunch break, families took digital snaps of each other in a bid to remember and cherish the event. Some reportedly promised to see each other soon in the “near future,” exchanging phone numbers and addresses. Eighty-nine elderly S

North Korea Aug. 22, 2018

As the second day of family reunions began, five buses filled with North Koreans arrived in front of Oekumgang Hotel, where their relatives from South Korea are staying, at 9:55 a.m. Tuesday.Dressed in colorful “hanbok,” or Korean traditional dress, many North Korean women had to be helped by volunteers so as not to trip on the long hemlines.North Koreans were also seen carrying presents to give to their long-lost relatives, ranging from the North’s well-known “Kaesong Koryo insam,” or ginseng,

North Korea Aug. 21, 2018

South Koreans left for North Korea Monday to take part in reunions with their North Korean family members from a hotel in Sokcho, in South Korea’s Gangwon Province. Around 89 South Korean survivors, mostly in their 70s and older, got the chance to meet around 180 of their long-lost relatives living in the North at Mount Kumgang.  A man selected as a participant for a reunion shows pictures of his deceased mother and little brothers living in North Korea, at a hotel used as a waiting place in Sok

North Korea Aug. 20, 2018