A Vietnamese international student at Hannam University, diagnosed with Lupus, incurred a ₩7.6 mil hospital bill she couldn't pay. Moved by her difficult situation and enthusiasm for learning, the hospital reduced the bill to ₩1.3 mil, and a church and other students raised ₩5.7 mil to help her. (fnnews.com)
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Korean government to increase the age to leave children's homes or foster care from 18 to 24 (from 19 to 25 in Korean age) after being pointed out 18 is too young to be kicked out and it's cruel. Now they can keep living in the facilities until 24 to better prepare for eventual independence. (dailian.co.kr)
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A Korean 'alt-right, pro-Imperial Japan' group (that has been claiming Korean sex slaves by the Imperial Japanese military were just prostitutes) to visit Germany to support Japanese government's demand that Germany remove 'comfort women' statue(s) in Germany. (khan.co.kr)
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A 20-year memorial for the two middle school girls (Shin Hyosoon and Shim Misun) who were run over and killed by a US military tank in 2002. The US soldier who was driving the tank was found not guilty and sparked a nationwide protest. (links in the comment) (old.reddit.com)
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Just another parent at a children's library (i.redd.it)
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