SEOUL, Jun. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean lawmakers have proposed a bill to require TV networks to dedicate more airtime to programs representing disabled members of society. Criticism over the lack of representation of the disabled on South Korean TV has prompted a number of politicians including Kang Hyo-sang, a member of the Liberty [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — As China’s ongoing package tours ban to South Korea continues to hit Lotte Duty Free hard, senior officials at the company are now in full damage control mode, with executive board members returning a tenth of their salary in a bid to overcome the critical situation. Lotte Duty Free [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly three in 10 South Korean office workers feel alienated at the workplace due to their academic background, a poll said Friday. Top online job search portal JobKorea said its recent survey of 352 office employees showed that 33.8 percent of the respondents have felt a sense of alienation [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Wine is becoming an increasingly popular beverage of choice, particularly among South Korean women in their 20s, a new report says. According to data released by Shinsegae Department Store on Thursday, sales of wine among customers in their 20s from January to May this year more than doubled compared [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The foreign ministry plans to launch a special team to look into the controversial agreement signed with Japan on its wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women, a ministry official said Friday. The move is in line with President Moon Jae-in’s campaign pledge to review the agreement signed in December [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Red ginseng helps reduce fatigue in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, a local report showed Thursday. The report based on a survey on 438 colorectal cancer patients by professor Kim Yeol-hong of Korea University Medical Center in Seoul revealed the group of 219 patients who took 1 gram of red [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of whisky products in South Korea continued to fall in the first five months of this year, mainly due to a protracted economic slump and a change in the drinking culture, industry data showed Thursday. According to the data, whisky product sales in the January-May period fell 6.8 [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Major South Korean telecom providers, namely KT, SKT and LG U Plus, have been finding themselves embroiled in a series of controversies in recent weeks, as pressure from the government and public to cut mobile phone bills continues to grow. In recent weeks, the Moon administration, emboldened by overwhelming [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — In response to a rash of deaths among individuals living alone, which in some cases go unreported for as long as weeks, the Seoul Metropolitan Government is adopting smart sensors in a bid to tackle the worrisome trend. The smart sensors, courtesy of major South Korean telecom provider KT, [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) – It’s been a good year for IKEA Korea as the Swedish furniture giant is set to top its sales from last fiscal year. IKEA, since the opening of its Gwangmyeong store in December 2014, has reshaped the landscape of the country’s furniture industry, with the Gwangmyeong branch becoming the company’s [...]