SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is preparing for upcoming talks to amend a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States, officials said Friday. On Wednesday (U.S. time), the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) requested that its South Korean counterpart hold a special joint committee to discuss the amendment and modification of the [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean historical drama “A Taxi Driver” opens with Seoul taxi driver Kim Man-seop (Song Kang-ho) hilariously singing along with an iconic popular song of the ’80s behind the wheel. It’s May 1980, several days before the bloody crackdown of a pro-democracy uprising in Gwangju, some 330 kilometers [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A Seoul court on Friday fined more than 30 local firms for illegally distributing toxic chemicals used to manufacture humidifier sterilizers that led to scores of deaths and injuries. The Seoul Eastern District Court slapped SK Chemicals Co. and other firms with fines of up to 30 million won [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government is set to pass a law that will require large apartment complexes to be equipped with automated CPR devices in a bid to improve public safety. According to the new legislation concerning the Emergency Medical Service Act proposed by the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A new report says over one in ten South Korean bus drivers suffer from daytime sleepiness, a sleep disorder feared to be responsible for a significant increase in the rate of traffic accidents. A research team led by Professor of Psychiatry Hong Seung-cheol at the Catholic University of Korea [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Yonhap) – Marriott International Inc. will open 16 more hotels in South Korea over the next five years, its vice president said Friday, amid increasing demand from local residents as well as the steady growth of foreign visitors. Vice President Ramesh Daryanani in charge of global sales in the Asia-Pacific region said [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Yonhap) – Actress Uee, a former member of K-pop girl group After School, and singer Kangnam confirmed Friday through their agencies that they are seeing each other. Yeolum Entertainment and RD Entertainment, which represent the actress and the singer, respectively, confirmed today that they’ve recently begun dating. The two became close after [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will extend its support to help upgrade the investigation capabilities of the Philippines’ police force, officials at a state-run international aid agency in Seoul said Friday. The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), South Korea’s bilateral aid agency, said that it and the Korea National Police Agency will [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Data from a consumer watchdog has revealed shocking findings that around six in ten misdiagnosis cases in South Korea involve cancer, which could lead to delayed treatment putting patient lives at risk. According to the data based on over 600 complaints filed with the Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) from [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Fears over a number of infectious diseases including the Zika virus that swept across South Korea last year saw production of mosquito sprays and insecticides jump nearly 36 percent. According to data released by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on Thursday, growing sanitation and hygiene awareness in [...]