Apologies for the absence of posting over the long weekend – my laptop was stolen, but thankfully, is now recovered.

Top 10 in society.

1. A pastor and his wife in Boseong were arrested and accused of murdering their three young children. The parents, who ran some sort of very small fringe church, tied up the children and beat them to death when they became sick.

2. More on #1.

3. One long-time friend swindled another out of hundreds of millions of won to educate her daughter overseas.

4. Among middle and high school students, the tide is turning against Northface jackets, which used to be must-have items but are now increasingly seen as “over.”

5. MBC is using its website to hire reporters on specific subjects with one-year contracts subject to renewal for good performance. This is causing a bit of a stir as reporters aren’t used to working on a contract basis.

6. Pizza School got in trouble with the KFDA for advertising its cheese was 100% natural. In fact, only the cheese it uses as an extra topping is 100% natural and its new advertising must reflect.

7. More on #1.

8. The kids in Daegu who bullied a classmate so severely that he killed himself were sentenced to three to four years in prison.

9. A woman hanged herself in a courthouse to protest what she saw as an injustice on the long-running legal battle between her and her ex-husband over how to divide their marital assets.

10. The Ministry of Gender and Family is seeking to cut down on prostitution by making hostess bars illegal.