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A 17-year-old girl riding an electric scooter with her friend has died after being hit by a taxi on a crosswalk in Seoul, police said Thursday.

The 2022 Crime White Paper released in April by the Institute of Justice, a research arm of the Ministry of Justice, sheds light on the unique nature of drug crimes in Korea. In 2021, 16,153 people were arrested in Korea for drug crimes and those who were caught for possessing, using, selling or distributing psychostimulants accounted for the lions share at 10,631, followed by abusers of cannabis (3,777) and opioids (1,745).

A man walks past an ad for the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 smartphone at the companys Seocho building in Seoul on Jan. 31, 2023. Consumer tech giant Samsung is…

Students from SDC International School in Seoul‘s Seocho-gu district, who attend Holyseeds Church, have organized a charity event to raise funds for a..

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“Buying illegal drugs online has become as easy as ordering a pizza over the phone.” With those comments, Kim Hee-jun, a partner at the Seoul-based law firm, LKB & Partners, highlighted the fact that easy access to prohibited drugs has played a critical part in a rapid increase of drug crimes involving teenagers.

Samsung Electronics on Thursday reported its worst quarterly profit in 14 years, as global economic woes dented demand for consumer electronics and a chip glut battered its core business.

“Buying illegal drugs online has become as easy as ordering a pizza over the phone.” With those comments, Kim Hee-jun, a partner at the Seoul-based law firm, LKB & Partners, highlighted the fact that easy access to prohibited drugs has played a critical part in a rapid increase of drug crimes involving teenagers.

A total of 55 workers died in accidents at construction sites in Korea during the first three months of this year, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Monday. Seven of those fatalities occurred at construction sites overseen by the top 100 builders, down from 14 a year earlier.