This February, a new law forbidding teaching students ahead of the curriculum was passed in the National Assembly. It will go in full affect this September.

On July 14th, North Korea fired about 100 artillery shells into the East Sea from a location near the Military Demarcation Line in Goseong, Gangwon Province.

Families of the Sewol stage a hunger strike, demanding a special law be passed in relation to the incident. Some netizens feel the families have gone too far.

Netizens on the right-leaning blog, Ilbe, respond to a post that uses 26 indices to conclude that Korea is not only a developed nation, but also world power.

Finding it difficult to raise children, Koreans decide to forego marriage and child-rearing. Now, Korea's birthrate is the lowest among OECD member nations.

Job applicants say salary is the most basic piece of information to know when choosing jobs, but companies refute this saying they must know a worker's loyalty.

Korean netizens react to Japan Prime Minister Abe's success in rethinking Japan's pacifist constitution. This move will allow Japan to fight in overseas wars.

Ilbe netizens respond to a posting explaining theories on economic inequality from a new book about to be published in Korean, by French economist Piketty.