Sept. 11

• ●Why do young people keep flocking to overcrowded Seoul? (Korea JoongAng Daily)
  Imagine half of country's population squeezed into a mere 11 percent of its land. That's Korea right now.
  
  

• ●Will the Korean military ever draft women? (Korea JoongAng Daily)
  Ever wondered why BTS has to answer the call of duty, but girl groups like Blackpink don't?
  
  

• ●'Climate card' to allow unlimited public transportation rides in Seoul (Korea JoongAng Daily)
  Unlimited transit passes will be available in Seoul starting next year. 
  
  

• ●Unregistered 4-year-old found near body suspected to be his mother (The Korea Herald)
  A 4-year-old boy found last week near the lifeless body of a woman at a home in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, was not registered in official documents, sparking further concerns over loopholes in the nation's birth registration system.
  
  

• ●Suicide deaths in Korea rise nearly 9% in H1 (The Korea Times)
  Suicide deaths in Korea rose about 9 percent on-year in the first half of the year, as underprivileged people are suffering more in their efforts to return to pre-pandemic normalcy, a local suicide prevention agency said Sunday.
  
  

• ●Korea plans to grant permanent residency to select foreign care workers in areas facing population decline (The Hankyoreh)
  South Korea is considering a plan that would grant permanent residency to migrant workers who have been employed as caregivers for five or more years in designated areas of the country with an aging population that face demographic decline.
  
  

• ●Korean Doctors Overdiagnose Precocious Puberty (The Chosunilbo)
  The number of childen being treated for precocious puberty is surging as parents worry excessively about their sole child while some doctors profit from overdiagnosis. 
  
  

• ●Sex discrimination still widespread issue in S. Korean workplace: survey (The Korea Herald)
  South Korean women face widespread sex discrimination in the workplace, experiencing inappropriate comments or remarks three to four times more frequently than men, a new survey found.

Sept. 12

• ●More than half of S. Korean regions facing population crisis (Yonhap News)
  More than half of the regions in South Korea are facing the risk of losing population completely, data showed Tuesday, amid the country's critically low birth rate.
  
  

• ●Koreans' Working Hours Decline Fastest in OECD (The Chosunilbo)
  Koreans' working hours have shrunk the most among members of the OECD over the last couple of decades.
  
  

• ●Health Ministry aims to draw more international patients (Korea JoongAng Daily)
  The Ministry of Health and Welfare plans to attract more international patients by increasing investment in the biohealth industry and promoting more advanced medical services.
  
  

• ●Over 10,000 nabbed for illegal drug use in H1 (The Korea Herald)
  South Korea apprehended over 10,000 suspected of illegal drug use during the first half of the year as part of the government initiative to stmap out drug-related crimes in what was once considered a drug-free country.
  
  

• ●Health ministry to review medical law system to prevent controversy over nursing act (The Korea Times)
  The South Korean government will start the process to review the country's unitary medical law system that covers the entire health professional, including doctors and nurses, ...

Sept. 13

• ●S. Korea to unveil measures to address workforce imbalance (Yonhap News)
  South Korea plans to unveil policies to address the workforce imbalance amid the country's aging population, a senior government official said Wednesday.

Sept. 14

• ●Morning-after pill most prescribed drug in telemedicine (The Korea Herald)
  More than half of the drugs prescribed through non-face-to-face treatment were those not covered by national insurance, which has raised concerns among pharmacists about possible blind spots in telemedicine operations, according to the Korea Pharmaceutical Association.
  
  

• ●Korea to shut down foreign worker support centers despite labor expansion (The Korea Herald)
  Even as the government recently announced its plans to increase the number of E-9 visas for workers of foreign nationality to the largest number ever next year, ...
  
  

• ●S. Korea's weekly COVID-19 infections decline for 4 consecutive weeks (Yonhap News)
  The number of coronavirus patients in South Korea dropped for the fourth consecutive week last week in the wake of the downgrade of the disease's infection level, authorities said Thursday.
  
  

• ●Gov't seeks to improve living conditions outside Seoul metropolitan reas (The Korea Times)
  The government has unveiled a range of policies to help reduce the country's overdependence on Seoul and its surrounding areas, and achieve a balanced national development by encouraging companies to move ...

Sept. 15

• ●Cases of teachers treated for depression rise 180% in four years: data (The Korea Herald)
  The number of cases of teachers getting treated for depression has risen by about 180 percent over the past four years, data showed, another worrying sign that teachers are being pushed to the brink in and outside the classrooms.
  
  

• ●Korea reports over 600 cases of malaria so far this year (The Korea Times)
  The number of malaria cases has been rising sharply in Korea this year, nearing the 2016 numbers, health authorities said Friday.