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Sun, August 19, 2018 | 11:14

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[INTERVIEW] Cafe owner breaks bias against refugees

Mun Jun-suk, 35, looks at three things when recruiting baristas for his cafe: communication skills, love for coffee and the ability overturn negative social stereotypes. Mun left his office job in 2014 to open a small cafe in the Hyehwa area in northeastern Seoul.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-07-13 18:22

Korea's lightest newborn grows strongly, leaves hospital

Sarang, who was born four months' premature and weighed 302 grams, left hospital Thursday strong and healthy. Her weight set a Korean record for the lightest newborn. She had spent much of the past six months in the intensive care unit at Asan Medical Center (AMC) since her birth in January.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-07-13 14:51

Korean clinic treats more foreigners with fertility problems

Marina, a Russian woman from Khabarovsk, is having IVF treatment at the CHA Fertility Center in Seoul because she says it is more convenient than her home county. She first visited in April, when she began in vitro fertilization treatment (IVF) to become pregnant. This month, her eggs will be fertilized.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-07-12 09:44

Sex offenders against children to be banned from teaching

Starting next month, those convicted of sex crimes against children under 19 will not be able to land jobs at kindergartens, schools and medical institutions. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said Wednesday a revised law set to take effect July 17 will strengthen the employment standards at facilities where supervisory and authority figures maintain close contact with children every day.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-07-11 17:32

Free replacement pill due for 'possibly cancer-causing' drugs

The government said Tuesday it will exempt patients, who have been taking high blood pressure treatment drugs found to contain traces of a possible carcinogen, from paying for doctor's replacement prescriptions. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said 178,536 patients will be able to ask for new prescriptions or get new pills at pharmacies to replace 115 drugs containing Chinese-made Valsartan. These patients account for 2.9 percent of the country's 6 million high blood pressure patients.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-07-11 09:55

Pets are property? Top court reviews pets' legal status

The Constitutional Court is currently reviewing a civil code article that designates animals as property. It is expected to reach a decision later this month. The code classifies animals as objects without any basic rights or interests granted to human beings. Care, an animal rights group, said this classification has led to unjust rulings in cases involving animal abuse. The...

Diseases & welfare | 2018-07-10 17:54

'Ask directly: Do you have suicidal thoughts?'

Directly asking if a person feels suicidal helps reduce the chances of someone killing themselves, a notion that seems counterintuitive to many who fear that the mentioning the word may trigger the tragedy, according to a government official.

Diseases & welfare | 2018-07-08 16:22

Health warnings to be imprinted on HNB cigarettes

The government has decided to implement pictorial health warnings on heat-not-burn (HNB) e-cigarette boxes as part of moves to raise awareness about the dangers of tobacco use. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Monday, it has selected 12 pictorial warning labels and messages that will be printed on the packs starting Dec. 23, replacing previous graphic warnings. The ministry added the pictorial health warnings will include a picture of a cancer cell accompanied by a message saying “heat-not-burn e-cigarettes addict you to nicotine and expose you to carcinogens.”

Diseases & welfare | 2018-07-06 15:28

Gov't to tackle 'dismally low' birthrate

About 50,000 low-income women will be given up to 1.5 million won ($1,300) each in a maternity payout and the number of children eligible for state-run childcare services will be doubled. The payout ceiling for fathers who take paternity leave will be increased to 2.5 million won from the current 2 million and the medical cost for children aged under 12 months will be reduced...

Diseases & welfare | 2018-07-05 17:05

65% of singles think Korean children are unhappy

More than 65 percent of single men and women think Korean children are unhappy, a survey showed Thursday. According to the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs' research, 65.5 percent of single men and women think children born in Korea are “very unhappy” or “somewhat unhappy.”

Diseases & welfare | 2018-07-05 16:40

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