SEOUL, Jan.22 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a recent survey, workplaces offering flexible scheduling are satisfactory to both companies and employees. To understand the current status of flexible work hour environments and make necessary improvements, the Korea Employment Information Service conducted a survey with the participation 300 managers in charge of personnel, 400 employees that [...]
SEOUL, Jan.22 (Korea Bizwire) – New data shows that suicidal thoughts among seniors dropped in half when they had a friend that cared for them. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, after the launch of a ‘friend-making project’ for seniors living alone, the number of friends seniors had increased to 1.65 from 0.57, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The government announced Friday contentious labor guidelines as part of its efforts to make the rigid labor market more flexible and help revitalize the sagging economy. The guidelines finalized and released by the Ministry of Labor and Employment ease restrictions for employers to fire “noticeably” underperforming workers and allow [...]
SEOUL, Jan.22 (Korea Bizwire) – People can now help those in need while shopping or watching movies. New and fun ways of helping others are being endorsed by corporations and local governments. Women’s clothing brand Olivia Lauren announced that it will host an event in which customers who donate used clothes will be offered discounts. [...]
INCHEON, Jan.22 (Korea Bizwire) – A multinational shopping mall operator and real estate developer has announced its intentions to build a large shopping mall near a landfill site in Incheon. Government authorities met Marc Vaturi, Vice President of Triple Five Group, and discussed the establishment of the theme park/shopping mall complex. Triple Five submitted an [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Chinese fishing boats requesting access to operate in South Korea’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) has dipped in 2016, the government said Friday. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said the number of boats that applied for permits stood at 1,502, down 4 percent from 1,564 in 2015. The fishing [...]
SEOUL, Jan.21 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent report from a Korean consumer protection agency reveals that the prices of imported fruit, wine, beer and Starbucks coffee in Korea are much more expensive than in other countries. According to Consumers Korea, the domestic prices of imported grapes, wine, and domestic pork belly were among the highest [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Officials from Lotte Hotel, Lotte Department Store and Lotte Duty Free announced that they executed a special anti-terrorism drill in collaboration with the Namdaemun Police Station and Joongbu Fire Department. The drill took place on the second floor of Lotte Hotel in Seoul. The drill was executed as a [...]
SEOUL, Jan.21 (Korea Bizwire) – An individual referred to in media reports as ‘A’ (41) and his wife had been longing for a second child for so long. The reproductively challenged couple were able to conceive their first son miraculously through test tube procedures. They loved their son very much. The couple wanted to have [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A wax figure of the popular Korean actor Lee Jong-suk will go on display in a global museum of wax dolls in Hong Kong this week, a local public relations agency working for the museum said Thursday. The actor will unveil his wax figure in a ceremony at Madame [...]