The past three years, the number of abandoned and rescued exotic animals has increased by more than 80%. These animals range from reptiles such as Savannah monitor, Black kingsnake, Striped California kingsnake, and red-eared slider, to mammals and birds such as raccoons, hamsters, meerkats, peacock

News After the revision of the Public Performance Act, on October 1, 2024, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced that it had arrested seven suspects in violation of the Act as the first case. Ticket scalping mainly occurs online, and they were job seekers skilled in using macros, which are

The Sarco capsule, which is designed as painless PAS (Physician-Assisted Suicide), was created by Dr. Philip Nitschke, an Australian physician and prominent advocate for euthanasia. The Sarco uses nitrogen to gently induce sleep, leading to death within 10 minutes Dr. Nitschke believes that Sarco of

Many of South Koreans aspire to own a home. Rental deposits, often seen as a precursor to property ownership, have become a popular choice among individuals aiming to make progress toward this goal. However, a significant number of individuals in their 20s and 30s fall victim to rental deposit fraud

2026년 5월 이재명 대통령은 SNS를 통해 혐오와 조롱을 조장하는 사이트 폐쇄와 혐오 표현에 대한 처벌,징벌적 손해 배상 제도 도입 검토가 필요하다는 입장을 밝혔다. 스타벅스의 이른바 탱크데이 논란에 이어 극우 성향의 커뮤니티인 일간 베스트에 대한 폐쇄론이 재조명되며, 온라인 공간의 정화와 규제를 둘러싼 사회적 논쟁이 다시 수면 위로 떠올랐다. 나아가 혐오 표현이 청소년들 사이에서 놀이처럼 소비되며 일상적으로 사용하는 사례가 늘고 있다. 혐오 표현도 표현의 자유인가? 대한민국은 일부 유럽 국가들과 달리 ‘혐오 표현’자체를 직접

In May 2026, President Lee Jae-myung called for discussions on measures including shutting down websites that incite hatred and ridicule, imposing penalties for hate speech, and introducing punitive damages. Following the Starbucks “Tank Day” controversy, calls to shut down the far-right online comm

There is a set of scenes that foreigners visiting South Korea tend to describe with a mix of surprise and admiration: laptops and smartphones left unattended on café tables to hold a seat, solo walks home well past midnight, and lost belongings reliably returned to their owners. A Reddit user ok**oi

우리나라를 찾는 외국인들이 한국에 대해 공통으로 놀라워하는 특징이 있다. 카페 테이블 위에 노트북과 휴대전화를 둔 채 자리를 비우는 사람들, 심야 시간대에도 이어지는 귀갓길, 분실물이 원래 주인에게 돌아가는 일상은 이들에게 낯설면서도 인상적인 장면으로 남는다. Reddit의 ok**oi 유저는 “내 여동생이 카페에 실수로 가방을 두고 왔는데, 다음 날에도 여전히 같은 자리에 있었어.”라며, 한국의 치안을 칭찬하는 글을 남겼다. 이렇듯 이른바 “K-에티켓”은 이제 한국 치안의 상징처럼 소비되고 있으며, 한국은 세계에서 가장 안전한 국

Chronic scrollers of YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, or X(former Twitter) are likely familiar with comments urging them to click on profiles, or with incomprehensible comments covered with meaningless emojis. Recently, comments and posts with similar textual patterns have repeatedly appeared across

What Is a Dog Walker? In some Asian countries such as Japan, as well as in Europe and North America, it has become familiar to see people walking dozens of dogs at once in city streets. These people are known as dog walkers—professionals who take dogs for walks on behalf of their owners. While this

Same-day K-medical tourism has recently become popular among Japanese people. It’s a new consumption pattern where they visit a dermatology or plastic surgery clinic in Seoul’s Gangnam District in the morning and return to Japan by evening. This trend has spread through social media like Instagram,

In August 2025, an amendment to the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act, commonly referred to as the “Yellow Envelope Act,” was passed at the plenary session of the National Assembly. The passage came after an extended filibuster and fierce confrontation between the ruling and opposition