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Wed, February 8, 2023 | 23:35

Royal Culture Festival to be held online and offline from Saturday

Royal Culture Festival to be held online and offline from Saturday

The seventh Royal Culture Festival will begin Saturday in royal palaces in Seoul and through online channels to display traditional Korean cultural heritage sites and practices in hope of comforting pandemic-weary citizens.

Park Ji-won | 2021-05-01 09:56

[INTERVIEW] Pastor suspended for blessing LGBTQ questions meaning of love in church

INTERVIEWPastor suspended for blessing LGBTQ questions meaning of love in church

Instead of delivering sermons and rubbing shoulders with his congregation, Rev. Lee Dong-hwan, a Methodist pastor in Suwon south of Seoul, spends most of his time these days discussing legal plans with his attorney and strategizing with a group of activists who banded together to support him.

Park Ji-won | 2021-04-29 16:18

Korea reports record-low childbirth in February

Korea reports record-low childbirth in February

The number of babies born in South Korea fell to a record low in February, data showed Wednesday, underscoring the country's chronically low birth rate.

2021-04-28 12:46

Home-owning newlyweds have more children than couples without homes: data

Home-owning newlyweds have more children than couples without homes: data

Newlywed couples who have owned a home since getting married had a greater chance of having children than newly married couples without homes, data showed Sunday, indicating that owning houses may affect childbirths. Of 212,000 first-time and newly married couples who tied the knot in 2014 and maintained their marital status through 2019, 60,949 couples, or 28.7 percent, had ...

2021-04-25 14:23

Portion of cyberbullying sharply increases as pandemic turns classes online: survey

Portion of cyberbullying sharply increases as pandemic turns classes online: survey

Cases of cyberbullying involving elementary to high school students increased sharply last year as the new coronavirus pandemic turned many classes online, a survey showed Sunday. According to the survey released by the Blue Tree Foundation, cyberbullying accounted for 16.3 percent of all school bullying cases experienced by respondents last year, up more than threefold from ...

2021-04-25 09:34

Six out of 10 young Koreans think marriage unnecessary

Six out of 10 young Koreans think marriage unnecessary

Six out of 10 young Koreans think it is unnecessary to get married and have children, a government survey showed Saturday. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family conducted the triennial poll on 7,100 people aged between 9 and 24 and 4,800 parental caregivers from November through February.

2021-04-24 09:39

Church group vows to support democracy in Myanmar

Church group vows to support democracy in Myanmar

The United Christian Churches of Korea (UCCK), one of the largest associations of Protestant churches in Korea, said that its chief pledged to support the establishment of democracy in Myanmar during a call with Mahn Win Khaing Than, the prime minister of the National Unity Government (NUG), the newly formed government of Myanmar and opponents of Myanmar's military coup, whic...

Park Ji-won | 2021-04-23 09:16

Cardinal reaffirms opposition to same sex marriage

Cardinal reaffirms opposition to same sex marriage

Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung of the Catholic Archdiocese of Seoul has reaffirmed his opposition to same-sex marriage while also opposing discrimination due to sexual orientation. According to a statement titled “Lesson from Catholic church on family and marriage” released by the archdiocese Wednesday to celebrate “Life Week,” which is set to raise awareness on human life, Ca...

Park Ji-won | 2021-04-22 15:44

1 in 3 households own pets in 2020: survey

1 in 3 households own pets in 2020: survey

About 1 in 3 South Korean households raised pets in 2020, a survey showed Thursday, with the number of pet dogs and cats here reaching 8.6 million. The number of households raising pets was estimated at 6.38 million in 2020, up 8 percent from the previous year's 5.91 million, according to the survey conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

2021-04-22 11:23

Korea Creative Content Agency promotes Korean fashion in greater China

Korea Creative Content Agency promotes Korean fashion in greater China

The Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) has held online trade shows for Korean fashion brands targeting China since March to help COVID-hit fashion brands and expand their footprint in the area.

Park Ji-won | 2021-04-21 17:00

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