SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn said Wednesday that the government will put all-out efforts into parliamentary approval of labor reform bills to create more jobs. Hwang described job creation as a major government task at the moment. In September, labor, management and the government reached a landmark deal to ease [...]
SEOUL, Dec.23 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics has announced that it will launch its G Pad Ⅱ 8.3 LTE, a tablet capable of LTE data transfers, through LG U+. The product has an LTE communication module which makes it possible for it to connect to the internet if Wi-Fi is unavailable. Considering that consumers often [...]
SEOUL, Dec.23 (Korea Bizwire) – A Christmas tree with lights powered by a bicycle ‘generator’ has been set up in Seoul Square. A book tree made out of 800 donated books now stands at the Songpa-gu Office, and a ‘recycled tree’ made out of 588 recycled plastic boxes is drawing attention at the Gangdong-gu Office. [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is to formally declare an end to the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) health threat at midnight Wednesday, more than seven months after the first case was confirmed in the country, the government said. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said the decision follows guidelines set by [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean actor Lee Jong-suk has been cast for an upcoming South Korean-Chinese soap opera, which will be his first drama in more than a year, his agency said Wednesday. Lee had been asked to play in a number of TV series, but he chose to work with producer [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) - A total of 22 refugees from Myanmar arrived in South Korea, officials said Wednesday, becoming the first beneficiaries of Seoul’s new resettlement program for refugees. The refugees, four different families, had been staying at refugee camps in Thailand to avoid suppression in Myanmar before being allowed to fly to South [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) - Foreign direct investment (FDI) in South Korea surpassed the US$15 billion mark this year for the first time ever, driven by a free trade pact with China and more favorable business conditions, the government said Wednesday. As of Tuesday, the amount of FDI that arrived in the country reached $15.19 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 2,500 North Korean workers have been forced to work in Mongolia and Poland under poor working conditions with their human rights being violated, a South Korean civic group said Wednesday. About 1,800 North Korean workers are being forced to work mainly in Mongolia’s construction sector or in [...]
SEOUL, Dec.22 (Korea Bizwire) – A new generation called the ‘NG’ generation in growing in prominence. ‘NG’ is short for ‘No Graduation’, and refers to college students who postpone their graduation to prepare for employment. Last year the number of students who postponed their graduation exceeded 20,000. Since it is difficult to get a job [...]
BUSAN, Dec.22 (Korea Bizwire) – Although often talked about, happiness in Korea has reached a new low. The Smart Happiness Forum has investigated the happiness index of the seven major cities in Korea since 2011, and this year it announced that the happiness index of Korea was 5.46 points out of 10, which is the [...]