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Many CAH readers will be using public transportation to get to and from school every day. However, since the fares of subways and buses increased last October, the economic burdens on citizens who use public transport have escalated. The government is devising various policies to encourage public tr
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2024.04.01 15:02
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If you are a subway commuter, you may have likely heard at least once about the Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD), also known as ‘Jeonjangyeon,’ conducting protests in the subway. These protests sometimes result in delays in subway operations or trains bypassing specific stations.
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2024.03.01 13:24
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In October of 2022, a tragic incident occurred in Itaewon during Halloween festivities, resulting in disaster. It has been just over one year since that incident, and the first anniversary of the Itaewon disaster was conducted on October 29. To prevent a recurrence of the tragedy this year, the gove
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2023.12.01 11:28
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There are various forms of families and households in the world. However, currently, Korea does not provide institutional protection for these diverse forms of family or household structures. As the composition of households becomes more diverse, there is an emerging opinion that the system should b
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2023.11.02 14:08
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Home is the place where people spend a good majority of their time. Therefore, a home should be a place where people can feel safe and secure. However, there have been incidents threatening the stability of residential spaces, coinciding with controversies surrounding substandard construction practi
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2023.10.02 11:58
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Recently, a tragic incident reported within South Korean society shed light on a pervasive issue – the erosion of teacher authority. A 23-year-old teacher at Seo2 Elementary School in Seoul Seocho-gu took her own life. It is suspected that excessive stress and interference from a student's parents,
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2023.09.01 10:59
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This March, “In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal” was released on Netflix. It deals with various pseudo-religions in Korea, raising the public’s interest. Accordingly, the public’s resentment grew, and relevant victims started to come out to speak of their experiences. However, people from those pro
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2023.05.30 23:39
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The total fertility rate[1] announced by Statistics Korea has hit the latest low of 0.78. As of 2022 with 249,000 newborns, South Korea has recorded the lowest fertility rate among all OECD countries for 10 years straight. This is why phrases like "population cliff" and "population crisis" are regul
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2023.04.29 02:32
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The national pension, one of the social insurance programs in Korea, is operated by a paycheck deduction that people pay the government each month until their retirements. Then, the Korean government guarantees a constant income after the retirement by paying back the pension. However, the pension i
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2023.03.31 00:03
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A real estate magnate worth 10 billion won showed up on a TV show in 2013. The villa[1] construction project which made him rich started from a small piece of land and was turned into 48 houses in the old urban center of Seoul. The show crowned him the "Villa King," but only three years later was he
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2023.03.01 22:35
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“We won’t eat bread stained with the workers’ blood.” This is the phrase of a sign that a participant in a memorial ceremony for the worker in the death case of the SPL bread factory held up in front of the SPC Group’s headquarters. In October, an SPL worker who was dealing with an industrial mixer
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2022.12.02 20:30
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On his May 10th inauguration day, President Yoon Suk-yeol headed to the presidential office in the Ministry of National Defense in Yongsan-gu instead of Cheongwadae (CWD). The same day, 74 representatives holding flowers paraded through main gate of CWD and it was open to the public. CWD, which serv
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2022.11.09 12:27
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The Korean school system has not changed since the creation of the education law. In July, the Ministry of Education (MOE) suggested lowering school enrollment age from 6 to 5. There had already been discussions about it during the previous Roh Moo-hyun, Lee Myung-bak, and Park Geun-hye governments,
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2022.10.05 14:17
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On July 26th, the Cabinet Meeting passed a reorganization plan to install a police bureau as an affiliated organization of the Ministry of Interior and Safety (MOIS). As the reshuffle came into force since August 2nd, the National Police Agency (KNPA), which was originally an independent organizatio
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2022.09.03 00:17
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The issue of sex crimes in the military has long been a serious social problem, and although various measures and manuals have been prepared for it, it still regularly occurs. In 2021, the media reported three victims who took their own lives due to sexual offenses in the military. This incident cau
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2022.06.06 09:07
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The 20th presidential election of Korea was held on March 9th. Many candidates campaigned during the election asserting their pledges, and the winner of the vote was Yoon Suk-yeol of the People Power Party. Yoon Suk-yeol was elected with 48.56% of the votes. With the election of Yoon Suk-yeol as the
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2022.05.07 10:57
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After a long-term effort, the Mount Odae Edition of the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty and Uigwe were able to return to their original place. On February 14th, the resolution for returning the Mount Odae Edition of the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty and Uigwe to their own place passed the plenary sessio
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2022.04.04 14:22
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On January 11th, the amendment to the Act on the Management of Public Institutions passed the plenary session of the National Assembly. As the revision passed the National Assembly, workers who have served in public enterprises or quasi-governmental institutions for more than three years can be appo
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2022.03.06 15:34
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On October 21st, a man in Gwangju his 20s was charged with visiting his ex-girlfriend's house and making a commotion after his ex-girlfriend continued to refuse to meet him. Gwangju Gwangsan Police Station announced on November 2nd that it plans to send the man to be prosecuted. This is the first ca
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2021.12.07 12:03
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Do you know about in-app payments? According to Yonhap News TV on September 2nd, the Google application market Play Store accounts for more than 70% of the Korean app market. This means that smartphone users often have to go through Google to use or purchase apps. Google announced that it would make
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2021.11.12 12:02