SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government has been urged to adopt countermeasures as 1 in 4 child refugees living in the country say they have experienced discrimination, according to a new study. Over 27 percent of child refugees aged between 6 and 18 in South Korea have either been discriminated against or [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Japan has rejected calls from South Korea to include content related to so-called ‘comfort women’ in school textbooks. The request from Seoul to include information about comfort women in government-approved public education guidelines was met with a cold shoulder, Japan’s Sankei Shimbun reported earlier this week. The South Korean delegation [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — People living in cities are more likely to develop skin problems such as rashes, spots and eczema due to an increased number of skin microorganisms, a new study has revealed. The joint study conducted by Amorepacific and the College of Biotechnology and Natural Resources at Chung-Ang University has found a [...]
SEJONG, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Publishers have decided to remove content related to writers and artists accused of sexual misdeeds from secondary school textbooks, at the request of the Ministry of Education. The ministry said Thursday 10 publishers will delete references to poet Ko Un, theatrical directors Lee Youn-taek and Oh Tae-sok. They are among the most prominent artists accused of having sexually harassed and [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The music video for “Likey” by K-pop group TWICE has surpassed 200 million views on YouTube, the team’s agency said Thursday. “Likey,” a track off the band’s first full-length studio album, “Twicetagram,” which was released in October last year, had garnered 200,157,388 views on the global video streaming platform as of 2 p.m., according to JYP Entertainment. [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The more you earn, the more likely you are to collect receipts and avoid impulse buying, a new survey as revealed. Nearly 9 in 10 people whose monthly salary is over 10 million said they collect receipts, compared to only 65 percent of those who earn less than 2 million [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top tax official vowed Thursday to minimize probes of small and medium-sized enterprises as the government is pushing to level the playing field for smaller firms in a country dominated by conglomerates. Han Seung-hee, commissioner of the National Tax Service, also offered to exclude startups and small companies that create new jobs from tax audits. “We will concentrate our capacity on supporting voluntary tax filing, while minimizing inspections [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) – About 800,000 jobs are expected to be lost by 2030, in such areas as retail sales, driving, shipping and cleaning, due to technological advances driven by the fourth industrial revolution, a study showed Thursday. But the revolution is expected to create 920,000 more jobs in information and communication technology, engineering, healthcare, culture and arts, and other areas, the labor ministry study conducted jointly by state and civilian research institutes showed. The [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) said Thursday it will not pump new funds into the South Korean unit of General Motors Co. unless the U.S. automaker discloses the cost structure of GM Korea Co. Lee Dong-gull, chairman and CEO of KDB, which holds a 17 percent stake in GM Korea, told reporters that a due diligence for GM Korea has [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean strawberries have sparked a debate after garnering praise from Japanese curlers over their tastiness. Once overshadowed by varieties from Japan, Korean strawberries now dominate both the South Korean and Asian fruit markets, bringing in millions of dollars in exports. South Korean strawberries now account for over 93 percent [...]