SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Calls for reforms to the Foreign Legal Consultant Act are growing as current legislation is being criticized as ‘too restrictive’ for international law firms to venture into the legal services market in South Korea. No American law firms have applied for a joint venture partnership with a South Korean [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Around thirty social workers specializing in efficient energy use will be deployed this year by the Seoul Metropolitan Government as part of an energy-saving initiative to help low-income households reduce expenditures on heating and air conditioning. Marking its fourth year in 2017, Seoul’s ‘energy social worker’ initiative will see [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – As China continues to withdraw its tourists from South Korea over a political issue surrounding the deployment of a THAAD missile defense system, South Korea’s tourism industry is looking to Russia to fill the gap left by what was once its biggest source of profits. According to the [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Plans for a new edition of the ‘Discover Seoul Pass’, which will allow foreign tourists to enjoy a wide selection of tourist attractions in Seoul for 48 hours, were revealed by the Seoul Metropolitan Government on Wednesday. The 48-hour city pass is the revamped edition of a previous version [...]
SEONGNAM, SOUTH KOREA, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Vehicle recording devices installed in cars, widely known as ‘black boxes’, will now serve as surveillance cameras to keep an eye on crime in the absence of police, Seongnam’s city government announced yesterday. More than 3,500 local drivers in Seongnam agreed to cooperate with the local government in [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Plans to make space at Seoul Station for a possible train line leading to North Korea in the event of Korean unification were revealed by government officials yesterday. A senior official at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (MOLIT) spoke about the grand plan, saying, “Although the Gyeongwon Line [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A shocking revelation from a source within the South Korean government suggests the upcoming annual joint military drills between the U.S. and South Korea will see Navy SEAL Team 6, the special forces unit that killed Osama bin Laden, train for a decapitation strike against North Korean leader Kim [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Couriers for one of South Korea’s largest logistics companies, CJ Korea Express, have become certified emergency medical responders after receiving safety and CPR training, the company announced yesterday. In collaboration with the Ministry of Public Safety and Security (MPSS), CJ Korea Express trained around five hundred of its employees [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – As the fake news phenomenon is taking the world by storm, South Korea is also feeling the effects of the dangerous media trend, with law enforcement agencies poised to intervene. Five incidents of fake news are currently being investigated by the South Korean police after they reported 19 other [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A big data system allowing scientists around the world to share their findings and data through ultra-fast Internet connections has been introduced in South Korea. The Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) joined Pacific Research Platform (PRP), an open platform science project as a global partner. The [...]