Young Koreans are feeling the need for flexible working hours to balance their life with work, research agency Nielsen Korea said Monday.The agency conducted an online survey targeting 1,000 men and women between the ages 19 and 70 from Nov. 13-20, with the aim to understand the public sentiments toward flextime. Of the surveyed, 74 percent said they think flexible working hours would enhance their quality of life. Those in their 20s and 30s felt the need more strongly than the older generation,

Seoul residents inherited over 23 trillion won ($20.9 billion) over the last five years, which is 45 percent of the total inheritance that occurred across South Korea in the cited period, data released by the National Tax Service showed Sunday.In particular, the inheritance scale was big in Gangnam, Seocho and Songpa -- the three major affluent districts located in southern Seoul -- where a combined 10 trillion won was marked in inheritance. This accounted for 43 percent of the capital city&rsqu

미국 스타트업 ‘맨서번트’는 남성을 시간당 125달러(약 14만원)에 고용할 수 있는 서비스를 제공한다　　웹사이트에 따르면 맨서번트란 “여성을 여왕처럼 떠받드는 신사”를 가리킨다.　　현역 배우, 모델 또는 코미디언이라는 이 남성들은 로맨틱하고 자상하며 15분에 한번씩 칭찬을 건네고, 파티 장소에서 음흉한 남성의 접근을 막아 준다.　　이를테면 실연의 아픔을 겪는 여성에겐 “당신이 아름답다는 걸 기억하라,” “떠나간 남자에 미련 갖지 말고 아름다운 당신을 아껴줄 새로운 사람을 만나라” 등의 조언을 해주며 연애편지를 태울 때 곁을 지켜주기도 한다. 　(사진=맨서번트)　입생로랑, 조르지오 아르마니, 에스티로더 등의 화장품 회사 이벤트나 워너브라더스 등 기획사의 대외행사에 동원되어 케이터링하기도 했다.　　맨서번트의 창업자는 조세핀 와이 린 (Josephine Wai Lin)과 달랄 카자 (Dalal Kahjah)다. 본래 광고업계 종사자였던 이들은 친구의 생일파티 때 도움을 줄 만한 ‘훈남’

Mystery thriller “Forgotten,” starring Kang Ha-neul and Kim Moo-yeol as brothers, drew over 1 million cinemagoers in the 12 days since its release. “Forgotten” revolves around the two brothers who doubt each other. Kim Moo-yeol plays the older brother who loses his memory and becomes a completely different person after an abduction. Kang Ha-neul plays the younger brother who grows suspicious of his changed brother and subsequently begins to doubt his own memories. Official poster for “Forgotten”

A Korean man in his 50s turned himself in to police after spending 19 years abroad to evade penalties for embezzling hundreds of millions of won with his brother-in-law.The Suncheon branch of the Gwangju District Court said Sunday it had sentenced the 54-year-old man to three years prison for the embezzlement of 950 million won ($872,000) from the bank where his brother-in-law was employed. A police investigation revealed the man had suggested his brother-in-law, who worked in the bank’s loan de

Amid overnight snowfall and continuing sleet in the morning Sunday, Seoul Metropolitan Government announced it would control traffic in parts of the city during early hours of the day.According to the capital city’s traffic information center, four sections of two roads in Jongno and Seongbuk-gu are to be closed off until noon. The controlled roads are Samcheong-ro and Bugaksan-ro.Drivers are advised to travel via other roads between Samcheong-ro Community Center and Kukje Gallery, the Samcheong

A total of 1.4 billion won ($1.3 million) of cash was lost on the subway in Seoul over the past three years, Seoul Metro said Sunday. About 85 percent of the money was returned to their owners. Items found in subway stations and trains are kept for seven days at lost-and-found centers. If no one claims the items, they are handed over to police stations, where they are kept for nine more months until they become property of the state. Lost-and-found items are stored for 7 days at the subway stati

The Korean woman charged with producing child abuse material in Australia could face new charges, sources said Friday. On Friday, Herald Business, the sister publication of The Korea Herald, interviewed the victim’s parents who said that the suspect could have faked her identification and credentials in landing a job as the family’s au pair. The mother of the victim, who used to work in the police force, discovered after the arrest that the suspect’s name did not match the name on her passport a

A 2.6 magnitude tremor occurred off the coast of Incheon’s Yeonpyeongdo, at 12:29 a.m., Friday, the weather agency said.The epicenter is 76 kilometers southwest from Yeonpyeongdo. Although the light quake was hardly felt by the residents of Incheon, as the region has large scale industries for thermal power stations and gas, this latest incident raises the alarm for emergency guidelines for the region in case of a stronger shake. The epicenter is marked with a red dot (Weather agency)On the same

미성년자 대상의 성폭력 혐의를 받는 ㄱ씨가 호주 중북부지방 구치소에 이송된 것으로 확인됐다. 호주 연방경찰은 24일 한인여성 ㄱ씨가 “노던주의 한 구치소에 수감돼 있다”고 <코리아헤럴드>에 밝혔다. 현지경찰에 따르면 ㄱ씨 외에 다른 용의자는 없다. 이는 수사당국이 현재 온라인커뮤니티 ‘워마드’ 접속자 ㄱ씨만을 유력 용의선상에 올려놓은 상태인 것으로 풀이된다. 게다가 이 여성은 이미 기소됐고 용의자나 피의자를 넘어선 사실상의 피고인이다. 공판시작은 내년 초로 잡혀 있다.경찰 관계자는 “(구속)수사가 최소 1월 (중순)까지는 진행될 것”이라며 “(ㄱ씨의) 범죄혐의가 추가될 수도 있다”고 밝혔다.이 관계자는 또 “(연방경찰이) 1월에 (혐의를 입증할만한) 증거를 (법정에) 제시할 것”이라고 말했다.이는 주도인 다윈 내 지방법원이 오는 1월17일을 공판준비기일로 정한 데 따른 수사계획이다. 법원은 해당일에 향후 재판일정을 조율·확정할 것으로 보인다.ㄱ씨는 지난 21일 아동대상 성폭력 영상물

President Moon Jae-in visited a high school in Pohang, North Gyeongang Province, Friday morning, to meet students in the special disaster zone who took their college entrance exam on the previous day. Moon visited Pohang Girls’ High School in Buk-gu, Pohang, and met the senior students there who had just finished taking the Suneung exam on Thursday.  (Yonhap)The Suneung was originally scheduled for Nov. 17 but was delayed a week following the unprecedented quake of magnitude 5.4 that occurred in

Temperature is expected to tumble on Saturday, accompanied by rainfall in the day time in Seoul, Gyeonggi, Gangwon and northern parts of the Chungcheong provinces. The lowest morning temperatures on Saturday will be between -7 and 3 degrees Celsius, and the highest day time temperature will be between 4 and 14 degrees Celsius. The light rain of 5 to 10 milliliters will continue from Saturday afternoon to the next day.Fine dust levels are forecast as fine to average nationwide, except for central

A Korean woman who was indicted Monday on charges of producing child abuse material will be detained until January, an Australian Federal Police official confirmed to The Korea Herald Wednesday. The suspect appeared before the Darwin Local Court on Tuesday for a bail hearing. According to the AFP official, the woman will be remanded in custody until a court hearing slated for mid-January next year. Meanwhile, the Police said Tuesday that the photos of child exploitation uploaded to the Korean we

The in-demand PyeongChang long padded coat sold out early Wednesday morning with eager consumers queuing from Tuesday evening.Lotte Department Store announced that its 7,000 PyeongChang long padded coats sold out nationwide by 6 a.m. on Wednesday due to the long line of shoppers.Branches around the country were allocated tickets to give to consumers in order to buy the much sought after coat. At Lotte Department Store Avenuel, World Tower Branch, people started arriving at 8 p.m. Tuesday, after

Airbnb signed on to become an official supporter of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Wednesday. The community-driven hospitality firm will work with the local community to offer accommodation to travelers visiting Gangwon Province during the games. At a signing ceremony that took place Wednesday, Uhm Chan-wang, director of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee, expressed gratitude to Airbnb for participating as an official supporter.Uhm Chan-wang, director of the PyeongChang Organizing Com

Thin and essentially invisible ice coating the road is being blamed as the cause of a 14-vehicle pileup on Ilsan Bridge -- linking Gimpo and Goyang in Gyeonggi Province -- on Tuesday morning that injured 13. No deaths were reported and none of the injuries have been deemed critical. The accident occurred around 8 a.m. on the northern (Goyang) direction of the Ilsan Bridge. The part of the bridge in concern was shut down for an hour, hampering morning traffic.According to the fire department at t

The North Korean soldier who defected to the South last week regained consciousness Tuesday. A second round of press briefing by Ajou University Hospital regarding the soldier’s condition will take place as early as late Tuesday.  A post-surgery prss briefing had taken place on Nov. 15 (Yonhap)The soldier reportedly asked to listen to a South Korean song upon waking up. He is not in a stable enough condition to talk with the media, as he had sustained gunshot wounds. 　The North Korean soldier da

A suspect of the alleged sexual assault of an Australian child was arrested by the Australian authorities, Seoul police said Tuesday. A local Australian police station caught the suspect, a woman in her 20s, in the city of Darwin, a northern port city of the country. The suspect is being charged with child abuse. The suspect is accused of authoring a written account of sexual abuse of an underage Australian boy on Womad, an online Korean extremist misandry community. The suspect’s nationality ha

호주에 거주하며 현지 남아한테 수면제를 먹이고 성추행했다는 문제의 온라인 글이 삭제된 자리에 여아 성추행 글이 올라왔다. 　　20일 청와대 온라인 국민청원 창엔 남성혐오 및 여성우월주의 사이트인 ‘워마드’에 호주 어린이 성폭행 글이 올라왔다며 수사를 요청하는 게시물이 올라왔다. 　　문제가 된 워마드 글엔 호주의 한 휴양시설에서 근무하는 듯한 글쓴이가 현지 남아에 약을 먹여 재우고 성추행한 내용이 적혀 있었다. “동영상을 못 올려 아쉽다”며 자신의 컴퓨터 모니터 화면을 캡처한 사진까지 첨부하는 모습을 보였다. 　 문제가 된 워마드 글에 포함되어 있던 이미지. 모자이크 처리 (사진=워마드 캡처)　해당 게시글은 20일 오후 삭제되었으며 링크를 따라가면 대신 그 자리엔 성인 남성이 어린 여아를 추행한 수기로 바뀌어 있다. 　　이 여아 추행글의 댓글엔 “여아 추행 사건은 이슈화도 안 시키며 남아 추행 사건만 크게 다룬다”고 주장하며 “워마드 원글도 남성이 자작한 글일 것”이라고 추정했다.　　

An anonymous netizen has said that he or she drugged and sexually assaulted an Australian boy at an unspecified location in the country. The account appeared on Korea’s extremist online community for misandry called Womad, Sunday, using a proud tone of voice in narrating the incident. In the post, which was made in the Korean language, the netizen says that he or she had been biding time to “have a taste of a Western boy since living in Australia.”The netizen claims that while “lolita is a crime