진행자: 임정요, Kevin Lee Selzer1. 백남기 농민 사망기사요약: 지난 11월 14일 쌀 수입 자유화 반대 시위 도중 물대포 직사 살수를 머리에 맞은 69세 백남기 씨가 25일 사망했다. 공권력의 과잉 진압으로 인한 안타까운 죽음이라는 여론 가운데 경찰이 정확한 원인 규명을 위해 부검을 요구하며 논란이 빚어지고 있다. 아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638Police response to farmer’s death sparks controversy[1] Controversy escalated Monday over the call by the police for an autopsy on the body of farmer Baek Nam-gi, who died after b

The Han River’s multipurpose cruise ship Araho will continue to expand its onboard cultural services to lure more visitors, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday.Akin to the well-known Bateau Mouche boats on the River Seine in Paris, the Araho has since July been operated by the travel agency Lets Go Korea. (Yonhap)According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the private company has diversified cultural content available on the ship, resulting in an increase in visitors. The city gove

China's largest food delivery and group buying website will pick the hottest restaurants in Seoul to help a growing number of individual travelers find the best places to eat, the state-run tourism agency here said Tuesday. The state-run Korea Tourism Organization said it has signed an agreement with Meituan Dianping, China's No. 1 restaurant and entertainment review and daily deals website, to share big data related to Chinese travelers. The first joint project will be selecting the best restau

Police said they are continuing the search for an 11-year-old boy named Ryu Jeong-min, following the discovery of the bodies of his sister and mother in Daegu. The boy was last seen together with his mother on Sept. 15. The two took a taxi to Daegu Bukbu bus station where they made a transfer. (Daegu Suseong Police)Daegu Suseong Police on Monday deployed helicopters and sonar detectors around the Nakdong River area where the boy’s 52-year-old mother was found dead. According to police findings,

A group of four individuals who made and sold imitation goods in the popular shopping district of Myeong-dong, Seoul, were arrested by the police Monday. Seoul Jungbu Police said a man surnamed Lee, 33, and three others were booked without detention on charges of violation of the Trademarks Law. Between April and September, the four had sold fake Louis Vuitton bags and Rolex watches, along with counterfeits of 39 other brand names, making profits worth 40 million won ($36,000).  (Seoul Jungbu Po

Twenty-eight year-old Ahn Chi-beom, who sacrificed his life saving eight neighbors from fire, is being recommended for posthumous honored citizen status.An honored citizen is one who was killed or wounded for a righteous cause such as attempting to prevent loss of life or damage to assets outside of one’s professional liability.  (Yonhap)Lee Jung-hyun, chairman of the ruling Saenuri party, visited the funeral house in Seoul on Thursday and proposed the deceased’s designation as an honored citize

A 52-year-old woman and her 26-year-old daughter were found dead in North Gyeongsang Province. The police suspect that the mother, who showed signs of depression prior to her death, killed her daughter and later took her own life. The 11-year-old boy, last seen leaving the apartment (Daegu Suseong Police)The body of the 52-year-old was discovered on Tuesday along the Nakdong River in Goryeong County in North Gyeongsang Province. She had no special wounds that hinted violent crime, and did not ap

A 29-year-old woman surnamed Yoo narrowly survived a bungee jumping mishap in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, the local police said Wednesday. According to the Gangwon Chuncheon Police, the victim, on Sept. 14 at around 6 p.m., bungee jumped some 42 meters straight in to the 5-meter-deep water without feeling a rebound on the elastic life cord attached to her harness.(YouTube capture)She survived the impact, but was left with bruises over her entire body. The victim testified from her hospital bed

Smart belt company WELT‘s Kickstarter campaign gains momentumOn Sept. 22, the startup company WELT announced that, having accumulated $70,000 as of Sept. 12, it had raised more than double its original crowdfunding goal for its independently developed smart belt. The smart belt is a wearable health care device that measures and helps users manage health indicators based on the abdominal area. WELT recently displayed the product at the IFA, an annual consumer electronics show held in Germany, whe

On Thursday, startup company Virtua Live (CEO: Lee Jae-yeol) announced it has recently begun providing its independently developed total hair solution “Hair Fit” in Seoul’s Gangnam district and Gyeonggi Province’s Bundang. Hair Fit uses customer data and information technology to create a virtual hairstyle customized to each user and displays a photo of the hairstyle on a tablet for the user to see. Unlike mobile applications that utilize hair simulation for purely entertainment purposes, Hair F

A man who feigned food poisoning to dodge restaurant bills was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of blackmail.Busan Saha Police said Park, 47, had eaten without paying at 12 restaurants using similar tricks.In the latest occasion, Park ordered a 40,000 won ($35) worth of food at a restaurant in Saha-gu, Busan, at around 8 p.m. on July 13. After finishing the food, Park refused to pay, claiming the dishes he had were not delicious. stock image(123rf)Police say Park caused a disturbance for 30 mi

Top diplomats from South Korea and Germany discussed ways to expand cooperation in fighting the growing nuclear threat from North Korea, sharing the view that its latest test is a grave provocation that cannot be tolerated, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier held a bilateral meeting on Tuesday (local time) in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, according to the ministry.Yun emphasized

Some 1,000 Korean businesspeople from around the world will hold a meeting on the southern resort island of Jeju later this month to expand business opportunities and discuss ways to contribute to the development of South Korea’s economy, the event's organizer said Wednesday.About 2,000 local businesspeople will also join the 15th World Korean Business Convention under the theme "New Changes & Possibility, Hansang Network" set for Sept. 27-29, the Overseas Koreans Foundation said. Hansang refers

More than half of South Korean men and women in their 20s and 30s prefer to spend time alone, a recent survey by an online job search portal revealed.The survey, which targeted 1,593 male and female users of the portal Saramin between the ages 20 and 30, showed that 53 percent replied positive to the question asking whether they preferred spending time alone. (123RF)Over 73 percent of the respondents choosing to be alone said they were satisfied with life, which was higher than 64 percent from t

The Seoul bureau of environmental group Greenpeace said Monday it has filed a suit against the South Korean nuclear security watchdog to nullify a plan to build two more nuclear reactors in the country's southeastern city of Ulsan.In June, the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission allowed the state-run Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. to construct Shin Kori No. 5 and No. 6 in the industrial city.The international group said it filed the case with the Seoul Administrative Court on Monday along

Some photos taken 20 years ago on Chuseok, traditional thanksgiving holiday in South Korea, were released from The Korea Herald’s archive on Monday. Taken in the year 1996, the images capture the festive mood of the people waiting to board their homebound trains and buses from Seoul Station and Express Bus Terminal.[Photos from The Korea Herald archive]This year’s Chuseok stretches over a rare five-day weekend from Wednesday to Sunday, Sept 14-18.Traditionally, during this time, families gather

South Korea's National Assembly Speaker Chung Sye-kyun will leave for the United States on Monday to strengthen cooperation between the legislatures of the two countries in promoting peace on the Korean Peninsula and beyond, his office said.Chung is to be accompanied by the floor leaders of the ruling Saenuri Party, the main opposition Minjoo Party of Korea and the People's Party -- Chung Jin-suk, Woo Sang-ho and Park Jie-won, respectively.It is the first time that a parliamentary chief has trav

The first woman in Korea to stand trial on charges of raping her husband was found to be not guilty Friday by the Seoul Central District Court. Prosecutors had sought seven years in prison for the 41-year-old woman surnamed Shim. In the first day of trial Friday, the court determined it was “difficult to accept that the defendant had forcefully performed intercourse against the will of the plaintiff.” (Yonhap)The court, based on evidence presented, concluded that while the husband had not entire

South Korea, the United States and Japan are in talks to hold a trilateral meeting of their top diplomats on the sidelines of a United Nations plenary session scheduled for later this month in New York, official sources said Thursday.The trilateral meeting, if held, will bring together South Korean Foreign Ministry Yun Byung-se, US Secretary of State John Kerry and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida when they gather for the UN plenary high-level meetings slated from Sept. 19-26, diplomatic

The chief of LG Chem Ltd., a chemical unit of South Korean conglomerate LG Group, has been rated as the best performer among CEOs of the country's top 500 companies, data showed Wednesday.According to the data by market researcher CEO Score, Park Jin-soo, vice chairman of LG Chem, the country's leading electric vehicle battery maker, received 68 points out of a possible 100 in an assessment of CEOs' management performance in the first half of 2016.Park came in sixth last year in terms of perform