Thursday, September 17th Korean News Update Podcast

Published: Sept. 17, 2015, 2:40 a.m.

b'Thursday, September 17th - The Korea Times says its publication of a \\u201cbogus\\u201d editorial article containing a photo of the supposed author that was in fact the mug shot of a registered sex offender is \\u201cinexcusable\\u201d and \\u201cbeyond an apology\\u201d, in the last year more than 5,000 men including 18 sons of ranking officials have been exempted from South Korea\\u2019s mandatory military service, and smoking near subway exits in Seoul will soon be illegal. For more news, talk radio & independent music from Korean peninsula, subscribe to the Korean News Update Podcast in the iTunes Store, with your favorite Android application, or visit KoreaFM.net.'