Sunlight streams into the school library from a small courtyard where students can sit outside with a book during breaks. The courtyard is among 19 such spaces in Singil Middle School, which opened two years ago in southwestern Seoul. As soon as the bell rang indicating a 15-minute recess, students headed to the courtyard on the second floor, where a snack vendor market sold drinks, chips and other small snacks. Othe.
A Korean soldier’s account of a taxi driver attempting to charge him triple the indicated fare has ignited fury online. According to an anonymous soldier who said he was serving in Inje, Gangwon Province, the taxi driver demanded 30,000 won ($23.70) despite the taximeter showing a fare of only 8,800 won. The driver justified the inflated charge by contending the fare would not even cover the cost of gas for dri.