Topic: South Korea | The Star

A friendship rooted in kindness

For more than a quarter of a century, a retired American teacher and a Chinese woman fighting desertification have lived on opposite sides of the Pacific, bound together by old photos, a newspaper and a forest.

Cop closed missing persons cases ‘to avoid work’

A police officer lied in order to close over two dozen missing persons cases, including two people later found dead, so as to avoid additional work, authorities said.

Unification Church boss goes to prison

Hak Ja-han, the 83-year-old leader of the Unification Church, was sentenced to two years in prison for bribing the wife of ousted conservative president Yoon Suk-yeol and other corruption charges.

The great escalator debate

People are almost perfectly split over a surprisingly contentious question: How should you ride an escalator?

New minister line-up after major Cabinet reshuffle

Seoul unveiled a major Cabinet reshuffle, naming First Vice Finance Minister Lee Hyoung-il as the new deputy prime minister and minister of economy and finance.

Freedom Edge to proceed

THE country and the United States and Japan will go ahead with a trilateral military drill next month to better deal with North Korean nuclear threats, officials in Seoul said yesterday, a day after North Korea vowed to retaliate against what it called US hostilities.

Seoul’s fertility rate rebounds for second year

THE nation's capital Seoul's fertility rate rose for a second consecutive year in 2025, while it also recorded the highest growth in both births and marriages among all major cities and provinces in the first half of 2026.

Ticket scalpers to face heavy penalties

THE Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism yesterday began enforcing sweeping anti-scalping regulations that expose ticket resellers to administrative penalties of up to 50 times their total sales and introduce cash rewards for tipsters who report violations.

Jeju cops sorry over fake reports that led to deaths

Jeju Police Commissioner Ko Pyeong-gi issued a public apology after two people whose missing person cases were closed by a police officer on false grounds were later found dead.

Falsified facts, fatal results

Police said they were seeking indictments of seven transport ministry officials over the 2024 Jeju Air crash that killed all but two of the 181 people on board.

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