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State Ordered to Compensate Suspect Over Forced Use of Handcuffs

State Ordered to Compensate Suspect Over Forced Use of Handcuffs

SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the state to pay compensation to a suspect for forcing him to wear handcuffs and be tied with a rope during questioning by a prosecutor. The ruling came after Lee Young-chun, a former head of the militant Korean Confederation of Trade Unions’ regional chapter in Goyang and Paju, north of Seoul, launched a lawsuit in May 2015, claiming he was forced to wear handcuffs and be [...]

S. Korea Shows Off Artillery Firepower in Drills

S. Korea Shows Off Artillery Firepower in Drills

SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Army and Navy staged a large-scale joint live-fire exercise Tuesday, responding to North Korea’s war threats and signs of preparations for additional nuclear or missile tests. The artillery drills, held just south of the eastern border with the North, involved the military’s new 230mm Chunmoo multiple rocket launchers, according to the Army. [...]

Why South Koreans Can’t Seem to Stop Working Long Hours

Why South Koreans Can’t Seem to Stop Working Long Hours

SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s recent attempt to shorten what are some of the longest working hours in the world was thwarted after branches of government dealing with workers’ rights failed to come to an agreement. The disappointing outcome to postpone the much anticipated decision until after the presidential election in May follows [...]

Fourth Industrial Revolution is Reshaping Retail Industry

Fourth Industrial Revolution is Reshaping Retail Industry

SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A wave of artificial intelligence (AI) is sweeping the retail industry in South Korea, as major department stores and online shopping malls rush to adopt the latest technology to attract consumers. Shinsegae is the first in the retail industry to deploy a marketing strategy involving AI technology. Starting today, Shinsegae [...]

More Than 30,000 People in Korea and Japan Died Early Due to Fine Dust from China

More Than 30,000 People in Korea and Japan Died Early Due to Fine Dust from China

SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study suggests fine dust particles from China in 2007 alone were linked to the early deaths of 30,900 people in Korea and Japan. The global collaborative study by Tsinghua University, Beijing University, the University of California-Irvine, and the University of British Colombia examined the deadly impact of fine [...]

Japanese Priest Speaks in Support of ‘Comfort Women’ Statue

Japanese Priest Speaks in Support of ‘Comfort Women’ Statue

SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A Japanese Catholic priest, Jun Nakai, expressed remorse and support at a demonstration yesterday for the comfort woman statue near the Japan Consulate General in Busan. “When I saw a documentary four years ago about comfort women, I was shocked to hear from one survivor that the reason she asks [...]

Gwangju to Prevent Crime Through Environmental Design

Gwangju to Prevent Crime Through Environmental Design

GWANGJU, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The southeastern city of Gwangju is adopting a new approach to deterring crime called Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), which will see a number of areas in the city redesigned in hopes of influencing offenders’ thinking before committing crimes. The municipal government announced yesterday plans to redesign two neighborhoods [...]

Government to Loosen Restrictions for Self-Driving Car Sensors

Government to Loosen Restrictions for Self-Driving Car Sensors

SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MISP) announced yesterday that it will ease the regulations on the maximum electric output of self-driving car antennas to encourage the development of sensors for smart cars. The new deregulation will loosen the restrictions currently placed on the electrical consumption of antennas [...]