Society
Healthcare
Young Doctors Shying Away from Essential Medical Fields… Only 17 Pediatric Cardiac Surgeons Expected in 9 Years
A professor at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Chonbuk National University Hospital, who had been working over 90 hours a week to staff the ward, recently submitted his resignation after re…
Social Affairs
[Exclusive] "Reassign the Investigator": Despite Centralized Investigative Authority, Trust Is at Rock Bottom
With investigative authority concentrated in the police following amendments to the Criminal Procedure Act, there is a growing demand for greater reliability in police investigations. However, it has …
Legal Affairs
Former SK Hanik Employee Who Stole Trade Secrets to Join a Chinese Company… Sentenced to 1 Year and 6 Months in Prison on Appeal as Well
A former employee charged with stealing trade secrets from SK hynix(000660)to join a Chinese company was sentenced to prison in the appellate court as well.
Seoul Court Complex. (Photo:BAEK JU-A Re…
Legal Affairs
“Will the People Power Party Have to Pay Back 39.7 Billion Won?” Yoon’s Appeals Court Rules… Kwon Seong-dong Ordered to Pay 100 Million Won
The appellate court panel has been appointed to hear the case of former President Yoon Suk-yeol, who was sentenced in the first trial to have his election invalidated on charges of disseminating false…
Weather
"Japan on High Alert During Holiday Due to 'Double Typhoons'"... What Are the Implications for South Korea?
While Japan is on high alert as it is predicted to be affected by a “double typhoon” during the Obon holiday—which is comparable to Korea’s Chuseok—South Korea is battling a heat wave.
Predicted pa…
Local Government
AEKYUNG INDUSTRIAL Donates Household Goods Worth 5.3 Billion Won to Seoul City… 15th Consecutive Year of Giving
The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that AEKYUNG INDUSTRIAL is launching a heartwarming charity initiative by donating household goods worth 5.3 billion won to vulnerable residents within the …
Social Affairs
"This Year Will Be the Easiest… Next Year Is When the Real Fear Begins"
As record-breaking heat waves continue to sweep across the Korean Peninsula day after day, climate experts have warned that this summer’s heat is not the end but merely the beginning, and that tempera…
Social Affairs
[SHOT+] "The whole city is like a sauna… no need for a separate jjimjilbang"
On the 5th, as the severe heat wave warning was expanded—with Seoul’s midday high reaching 39 degrees—the area around Namdaemun appeared red in thermal imaging camera footage. Thermal imaging cameras …
Education
Talent Shifting from Medical School to Semiconductors… “An Opportunity to Improve the Perception and Treatment of Engineers”
With the advent of the artificial intelligence (AI) era, countries around the world are engaged in a high-stakes technological race. In South Korea, semiconductors—a core component of AI technology—ac…
Local Government
'Korea Build,' 'Bank Art Fair,' 'Design Summit'… This Week's Must-See Events
Edaily, a comprehensive daily economic newspaper, delivers a wide range of information and news from the domestic and international MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, and Exhibitions) industry. …