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Most-read Naver.com articles of the week – April 8, 2012

By Nathan Schwartzman Sun, Apr 08, 2012 12:50AM UTC View Comments

Top 10 in society. 1. In a repeat from last week, suicide hotline phones are being installed on bridges where people considering suicide often go. 2. Reset KBS News 9 remained in hot water over alleged copyright violations. 3. The Dong-A Ilbo is accusing police of ignoring a 119 emergency call from a woman saying...

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Canadian returns to Korea to confess to murder

By Nathan Schwartzman Wed, Jan 18, 2012 11:33AM UTC View Comments

Original article in Korean is at this link. A Canadian man has caused shock by turning himself in for murdering a female university student who drowned in the Han River three years ago. The Yongsan Police Station announced on the 17th that it had applied for an arrest warrant for the Canadian on charges of...

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SKorea: NHRC probe after foreigner refused entry to sauna

By Nathan Schwartzman Fri, Oct 14, 2011 12:47PM UTC View Comments

Although this isn’t the first case I’ve heard of of sauna discrimination in Korea – and definitely not the first in East Asia – it is the first I’ve seen in the media. Hat tip to reader Steve Y. Original article in Korean is at this link. On the 14th the National Human Rights Commission...

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