A college professor was questioned for the second day Saturday on suspicion that he had dropped out of last year's election for Seoul's education chief in exchange for money, prosecutors said. Park Myoung-gee, a professor at Seoul National University of Education, was taken into custody Friday over allegations that he had received 130 million won ($120,147) from then rival and now education chie...

Five people died in a fire at a chemical textile plant in Gumi of North Gyeongsang Province on Saturday. Local police and fire fighters said the fire broke out at TK Chemical plant inside the Gumi Industrial Complex around 1:30 p.m. Witnesses said they heard large explosion and saw dark smoke rise into the sky from the spot. Some 30 fire engines have managed to extinguish the fire, but the inv...

Shin battles muscular atrophy to study computer science In cyberspace, young researcher Shin Hyung-jin feels as though he is Detective Conan, the Japanese manga character who solves criminal cases with brilliant ideas. Though the wheelchair-bound 28-year-old is too disabled to move a finger and is small for his age at 160 cm tall and weighing 45 kg, he says he is as free and active as the boy-d...

Oh says excessive welfare will increase taxes, place burden on next generation Oh Se-hoon resigned as mayor of Seoul Friday, as he had pledged, saying he will take responsibility for his failure to thwart an opposition-led plan to give all elementary school students free school meals from next year. His referendum on the free lunch program was invalidated due to a low voter turnout Wednesday. ...

Smoking a cigarette right after getting out of bed can increase chance of getting cancer even more than smoking at other times, American researchers revealed on Thursday. A team of scientists from Penn State College of Medicine found out that those who smoked within an hour after waking up were 30 to 80 percent more likely to have lung or head-and-neck cancer. Those who smoked between 31 and 60...

Seoul mayor expected to announce position by Friday at the latest The ruling Grand National Party on Thursday struggled to agree on when Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon should resign, a day after the city’s referendum on free school meals was invalidated due to low turnout. Having vowed to quit if the referendum attracted less than 33.3 percent of eligible voters, Oh plans to announce the timing of his ...