SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Senior diplomats of South Korea and France agreed on Tuesday to intensify coordination against North Korea’s nuclear threats in order to resolve the current stalemate through peaceful methods, the foreign ministry here said Tuesday. The agreement was made at a meeting held in Seoul between Lee Do-hoon, South Korea’s special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Paris Baguette, a leading bakery franchise of South Korean food and beverage giant SPC Group, is expected to faceup to tens of billions of won in fines for failing to follow the government’s order to directly hire bakers at its stores, authorities said Tuesday. In late September, the Ministry of Employment and Labor said the company violated the country’s labor law in [...]
HADONG, South Korea, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A plan to open an international branch of Scotland’s University of Aberdeen in South Korea is highly likely to fall through, as the university has been reluctant toproceed with the project, local officials said Tuesday. Since 2013, the Scottish school has been working on the plan with the South Korean municipalities of South Gyeongsang and Hadong to establish the University of Aberdeen Korea Campus in the southeastern town of Hadong in South Gyeongsang Province. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The Gangneung City Government has launched a special task force as part of efforts to crack down on unscrupulous lodging establishments during the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The task force is the latest effort by the government officials of Gangneung City to prepare for the Winter Olympic Games this winter, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Naver’s booking service ‘Naver Yaeyak’ (Naver Reservation) has been selected as the most popular service among users of the web portal during the second half of this year. According to Naver on Monday, the web search engine’s booking service has been hailed as the ‘best service’ provided within the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – There is a groundswell of support to replace the expression ‘unmarried mother’ with something new to describe single mothers in South Korea, as the widely used term is being accused of perpetuating negative stereotypes. Professor of social welfare Sung Jung-hyun at Hyupsung University is among those hoping to discourage the [...]
WONJU, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Wonju is hoping to become a city of dancing by hosting a number of festivals including the University Cheerleading Championship in 2020. The biennial University Cheerleading Championship held by the FISU (International University Sports Federation) will take place in Wonju in September 2020 as part of the Wonju Dynamic Dancing [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The government is mulling plans to launch a task force dedicated to dealing with issues related to cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin speculation and hacking attacks against cryptocurrency exchanges. According to the Ministry of Justice on Monday, plans are being considered by the government to launch a task force to more [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The smoking ban in pool halls across South Korea that took effect on Sunday is drawing mixed reviews, with some business owners expressing concern over the negative economic impact of the new policy. Under the new amendment to the National Health Promotion Act, a smoking ban in public spaces now [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Gangnam District has announced plans to introduce IoT-based paper packaging waste recycling bins for the first time in South Korea. According to the Gangnam District Office on Monday, 53 of the smart paper package recycling bins will be installed at a total of 26 locations within the district, including the [...]