Yoon Min-sik
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- Oct 1, 2026
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South Korean women in their 30s report most frequent loneliness (opens the original)
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SEOUL – Nearly 1 in 10 South Korean women in their 30s reported feeling lonely frequently or all the time, the highest share among age and sex groups surveyed, government data showed Wednesday. The findings come from the 2025 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which introduced questions on loneliness, social support and life satisfaction. Among adults aged 19 and older, 7.5 percent of women reported frequent or constant loneliness, compared to 5.3 percent of men, according t
South Korea’s newlywed debt grows heavier, with 1 in 4 borrowers owing $220,000 (opens the original)
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SEOUL – Nearly one in four newlywed couples with loans in South Korea owed at least 300 million won ($220,000) in 2024, more than four times the share eight years earlier, government data showed. The figure rose from 5.3 percent in 2016 to 24 percent in 2024, according to the Ministry of Data and Statistics. The data covers couples in their first marriage who had been married for no more than five years. The median outstanding balance among those with loans reached 179 million won in 2024, up 5
Is skinny worth it? South Korea's weight-loss obsession and the health risks it brings (opens the original)
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SEOUL – Ive’s Jang Won-young is one of the hottest K-pop icons today. Standing 173 cm tall and weighing only 48kg, Jang’s tall, slim figure is the subject of admiration and envy for many across the country. But Jang’s apparent body mass index of 16 kg per square meter indicates that, at least from the perspective of her physique, she could be subject to multiple health risks related to low weight — an issue faced by many women across the country. Some 6.2 percent of South Korean women in 2025 we
South Korea to phase in abortion pills for pregnancies up to 9 weeks (opens the original)
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SEOUL – South Korea aims to introduce medication abortion for pregnancies of up to nine weeks by the end of March 2027, beginning with a two-year period in which doctors would prescribe and dispense the drugs at major hospitals, the government said Wednesday. If the necessary safeguards are subsequently established, the system would switch to doctors issuing prescriptions and independent pharmacies dispensing the medication. Prime Minister Han Seong-sook announced the phased plan at a government
Life sentence upheld for leader of South Korea’s largest online sex crime ring (opens the original)
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SEOUL – Kim Nok-wan, the mastermind of South Korea’s largest known Telegram-based sexual exploitation ring, had his life sentence upheld by the Supreme Court on Thursday. The country’s highest court upheld Kim’s convictions on 25 counts, including producing and distributing sexually exploitative material, threatening victims with intimate images, illegal filming, rape and indecent assault. Kim and members of his group, known as the Vigilantes, victimized 261 people, including minors, and produce
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