Gyeonggi brings in real-life 'Teach You a Lesson' experts SEOUL, September 03 (AJP) - The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education has launched a 300-member team of specialists to support and defend South Korea teachers exposed to malicious complaints, harassment and attacks from students and parents. The initiative takes a cue from the Netflix drama “Teach You a Lesson,” which depicts a fictional government agency created to restore teachers’ authority in schools. Gyeonggi Superintendent of Education Ahn Min-seok has m September 3, 2026

Six missing after tugboat capsizes off Busan SEOUL, September 2 (AJP) - A tugboat carrying eight crew members capsized off the southern port city of Busan on Wednesday, leaving six people missing, according to coast guards. The 286-ton boat overturned at about 1:29 p.m. in waters about 9 kilometers southeast of Oryukdo islets. Of the crew including six South Koreans and two foreign nationals, one crew member was rescued by a cargo ship passing nearby, while another was found unconscious. Strong currents and high waves September 2, 2026

Two South Koreans kidnapped in Haiti freed after about a month SEOUL, September 2 (AJP) - Two South Koreans who were kidnapped by a gang in Haiti have been released after about a month in captivity, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday. According to the ministry, the two were kidnapped by a gang in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince in July while on their way to work. One was released on Aug. 18, while the other was freed on Tuesday. Both are reportedly in good health. As soon as the kidnapping was reported to the South Korea September 2, 2026

Coupang logistics center raided over workplace accident SEOUL, September 2 (AJP) - As friction over Coupang increasingly strains relations between South Korea and the U.S., authorities raided one of the e-commerce giant's logistics centers on Wednesday over a workplace accident that left a worker in his 40s critically injured. The Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency and the Seongnam branch of the Ministry of Employment and Labor began searching the logistics center in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province at around 9 a.m. Thirteen inves September 2, 2026

Additional rescue workers arrive in Nepal as nine South Koreans remain missing SEOUL, September 2 (AJP) - An additional group of South Korean rescue workers arrived in Kathmandu to join search and rescue efforts led by a government-led team dispatched last week, shortly after devastating floods and landslides in Nepal left thousands of people missing including nine South Koreans, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday. The group, comprising 44 members including ministry officials as well as personnel from the Korea International Cooperation Agency September 2, 2026

Police scandals test Korea's sweeping prosecution reform SEOUL, September 02 (AJP) - South Korea carried out a sweeping reshuffle of senior police officials Tuesday, replacing 14 of the country's 18 regional police chiefs, as public distrust of police investigations deepens over a scandal on Jeju Island involving the false closure of missing-person cases. The shake-up came before South Korea's 78-year-old Prosecution Service is set to disappear on Oct. 2, adding urgency to questions over how police investigations will be checked September 2, 2026

Foreign workforce hits record high amid rising manufacturing demand SEOUL, September 2 (AJP) - South Korea's foreign resident population rose 6.3 percent from a year earlier to more than 2.9 million as of July, while the number of foreign workers living and working in the country reached a record high. A total of 287,424 foreign workers holding E-9 non-professional employment visas were staying in South Korea as of July, according to data from the Ministry of Employment and Labor released on Wednesday. The figure has steadily increased from 1 September 2, 2026

Train tickets for Chuseok to go on sale this week SEOUL, September 2 (AJP) - Early booking for train tickets for Chuseok or Korean Thanksgiving begins this week, KORAIL said on Wednesday. Tickets for KTX bullet trains and other trains for the country's biggest holiday, which falls from Sep. 24 to 27 this year, can be purchased online through KORAIL's website. People aged 65 and older, people with disabilities, pregnant women and those with national merits can reserve tickets online or by phone during the first two days o September 2, 2026

Korea's education race costs babies - study SEOUL, September 02 (AJP) - South Korea's nascent fertility rebound could get a further boost if parents were freed from the country's relentless competition over children's education, according to an international study that puts a surprisingly large number on the demographic cost of the education arms race. A model calibrated to South Korean households found that women would have had 28 percent more children in the absence of what researchers call a "status exter September 2, 2026

Seven in 10 Koreans back age limits on children's social media SEOUL, September 01 (AJP) -More than seven in 10 South Koreans favor age-based limits on minors' access to social media, showed a poll that may influence whether Seoul joins governments around the world in tightening restrictions on children's use of social media. According to a report by the Korea Press Foundation's Media Research Center, 70.7 percent of respondents supported restricting social media use based on age, while 29.3 percent opposed such a policy. Of th September 1, 2026