SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) – It seems like doctors’ jobs are safe amidst the emergence of the fourth industrial revolution, the latest data from the Korea Employment Information Service indicates. According to the KEIS 2017 Korea Occupational Outlook published on Monday, most medical practitioners will benefit from Korea’s aging society and further government support [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) – With only two weeks left until South Korea votes for its next president, the election posters that began popping up on local streets on April 20 are under attack. The vandalism mostly takes place due to a general lack of knowledge among the public regarding the unlawfulness of such [...]
DAEGU, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Public Safety and Security is hosting its seventh rescue dog competition at the Daegu Exhibition & Convention Center (EXCO) on Wednesday. As part of the 14th International Fire & Safety Expo, 41 rescue dogs will compete in the preliminary rounds on April 24 and 25 at [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) – American troops in Seoul kicked off their full-fledged relocation Tuesday to a refurbished base south of the capital with a symbolic ceremony to commemorate Gen. Walton H. Walker, a Korean War hero. Standing in front of the 8th Army’s headquarters at Yongsan garrison, the 10-foot-tall bronze statue is a [...]
SEOUL/TOKYO, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea expressed a “strong complaint” Tuesday after Japan renewed its territorial claim to the South Korean islets of Dokdo in its latest diplomatic policy report submitted to the cabinet. Earlier in the day, Japan claimed in the 2017 “blue book” the set of islets in the East Sea [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean football icon Park Ji-sung is set to return to Old Trafford after receiving a call-up to play in a testimonial match for a former Manchester United teammate. Michael Carrick on Tuesday (Korean time) posted on his Twitter and Facebook page that Park will take part in his [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The government said Tuesday it plans to extend some 226 billion won (US$119.3 million) in loans to local tourism businesses hit by a sharp drop in Chinese visitors in the wake of Beijing’s hostile policy toward its neighbor. Tourism-related businesses here, such as travel and hospitality, are taking the [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s top oil refiner, on Tuesday said its first-quarter earnings surged from a year earlier, thanks to better-than-expected results from its petrochemical business. Net profit stood at 859 billion won (US$757 million) on a consolidated basis in the first quarter of the year, compared with [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of patients diagnosed with malaria has declined steadily in South Korea in recent years due to heightened awareness of the disease, government data showed Monday. Malaria patients disappeared in South Korea in the early 1980s, but a soldier stationed at the Demilitarized Zone in the border with [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) – IBM Korea Inc., a subsidiary of the multinational technology firm IBM Corp., celebrated its 50th anniversary on Monday, pledging to aggressively enlarge its presence in South Korea and eventually lead the global ICT industry. “IBM will do its part as a global leader in the artificial intelligence (AI) and [...]