SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Repeated animal abuse and the sale of stray dogs will be dealt with severely, the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFRA) proclaimed today. The ministry has called for reforms to the current Animal Protection Law which will tackle head on the problems of animal cruelty and so [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who is widely known for his infamously barbaric and brutal ways, is attracting attention after being seen showing unusually friendly body language and behavior around his subordinates through state-owned media. Pictures of Kim Jong-un emerged soon after North Korea’s successful test launch of ballistic [...]
Gangwon Province, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – High school students in Gangwon Province’s Cheorwon County went viral on social media after making badges in commemoration of comfort women who were forced into sexual slavery by the imperial Japanese Army during the Second World War. Fourteen students from Cheorwon High School’s history club “Jiphyeonjeon” and another history [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – As Seoul’s bike hire scheme has proven popular since its advent back in 2015, the Seoul city government is expanding its bike rental service with plans to operate a total of 20,000 bikes throughout the city by the end of this year. Seoul Bike, which was introduced in October 2015, [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Those insured who don’t smoke or have normal blood pressure will now be able to get discounts on their premiums, as part of the government’s effort to encourage more healthy people to get on board. The government is focused on spreading the word about existing policies of private insurance [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A Seoul appellate court on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling to fine a liberal party chief for violating election laws but stopped short of revoking her parliamentary seat. Rep. Choo Mi-ae of the Democratic Party was fined 800,000 won (US$714) after being found guilty of breaking the Public [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Commodity prices continued to move up in recent weeks amid rising crude oil prices and the outbreak of the avian influenza, industry sources said Tuesday. Consumer prices rose 1.9 percent in February from a year earlier with comparable figures for January standing at 2 percent. The Bank of Korea [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Stocks of Doosan Infracore Co. traded at a yearly high Tuesday as investors scooped up the country’s leading construction equipment maker on hopes for an improved business performance. Doosan Infracore was changing hands at 10,100 won (US$9) on the Seoul bourse as of 1:30 p.m., up 1 percent from [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Acting President Hwang Gyo-Ahn’s leadership is being questioned as public criticism grows over the government’s passive attitude towards China’s THAAD retaliation. Critics in South Korea are voicing concern over the apparent lack of countermeasures and complaints from government officials in the face of a series of retaliatory acts from Beijing, [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, who was supportive of the months-long protests that finally led to the impeachment of former President Park Geun-hye, is poised to get behind calls for further recognition of the public’s major role in bringing about a peaceful transition of power. In an interview with Yonhap [...]