SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) – After the government identified all of the hospitals affected by the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) on June 7, hospitals opened and carried out normal operations. However, their number of patient visits dropped precipitously. Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, one of the affected hospitals, was almost empty on June 7. [...]
“The outbreak is a source of concern and could hurt consumption and business investment. Everything possible is being done to contain the spread of MERS with efforts being made to check its impact on the economy and come up with counter measures to limit fallout.” “The government will come up with measures to prop up [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean actor Lee Min-ho will play the male lead in “Bounty Hunters,” a South Korea-China co-production project aiming for the Asian movie market, his management agency said Monday. The upcoming film is an action-comedy blockbuster about bounty hunters who capture fugitives for monetary rewards in various Asian countries such [...]
SEJONG, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The government on Monday proposed the construction of two new nuclear reactors over the next 15 years in an effort to help cut the country’s emission of greenhouse gases. The so-called basic plan for power supply calls for building the two nuclear reactors by 2029, bringing the total number [...]
SEJONG, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will ramp up efforts to help young people find jobs in foreign countries in an attempt to cope with stubbornly high youth unemployment, the government said Monday. The move comes as the jobless rate among people aged between 15 to 29 stood at 10.2 percent in April, [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Recently hatched baby toads began a mass migration from Mongwol Pond, Korea’s largest spawning ground for toads, to their nearby habitat at Uksu Stream, on June 5, in Daegu. According to Suseong District officials, about 1,000 baby toads were seen taking part in the exodus. It was a day [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Two camels at Seoul Grand Park, which have been isolated from the public since June 2 due to concerns over MERS, were confirmed to have tested negative for the virus on June 5. Seoul Grand Park showed the camels to the public on June 6. Park officials said that [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A woman in her thirties who killed her newborn baby and sent the infant to her grandmother with a note asking her to give the dead baby a proper funeral was reportedly suffering from economic difficulties. She had to work at a restaurant during the very last stages of [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics is expected to further cement its lead in the global solid state drive (SSD) market this year, far outstripping Intel and other rivals, industry data showed Sunday. Samsung’s revenue from the segment will likely reach US$4.57 billion this year, grabbing 35 percent of the world [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s government and the central bank may be pressed to conduct expansionary fiscal policy and cut the key rate on concerns that the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is likely to weigh on economic growth, experts said Sunday. South Korea reported its fifth death from the [...]