SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A report released Monday by the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education & Training has revealed that 29 percent of employees in South Korea have experienced sexual harassment at work in the past six months. According to the report, based on a survey of 3,000 employees from 15 industry [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s top oil refiner, plans to put more focus on its battery and petrochemical businesses in order to stay ahead of its rivals and secure stable income, its chief said Tuesday. “We will heavily invest in the battery and petrochemicals sectors, thus helping SK Innovation [...]
SEJONG, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Many dual-income newlywed couples in South Korea quit a job after having a baby as working moms struggle with raising children, government data showed Tuesday. Out of 235,000 couples who tied the knot in 2014 and maintained their marital status through 2015, 130,000 couples, or 55.5 percent, have at [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The government plans to develop a common label that can represent all quality products made by South Korean small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that can facilitate marketing for exports, officials said Tuesday. The idea is similar to the “cross” label that is used on products made by Swiss companies [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea announced Tuesday it succeeded in the latest launch of a ballistic missile, which it said features a new high-precision guidance system and a quick launch process. The North’s leader Kim Jong-un observed the test-firing of a “precision-guided ballistic rocket capable of making ultra-precision strike,” the Korean Central [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean imports of commercial vehicles jumped more than 19 percent on-year in the first four months of the year despite an overall tumble in inbound auto shipments, data showed Tuesday. Imports of trucks, buses and special vehicles came to 3,284 units in the January-April period, up 19.1 percent [...]
JECHEON, South Korea, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A photo of a dozen firefighters zonked out flat on the ground went viral last week, again highlighting the poor working conditions South Korea’s civil servants are exposed to. The photo was taken May 20 in Jecheon, North Chungcheong Province, during a firefighting operation at a local [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The latest marketing trend among imported luxury automakers is the introduction of “Korea Edition” models. According to industry watchers, McLaren Seoul is launching five limited edition models of the 570S Korea Edition, based on the McLaren 570S Coupe and manufactured by the McLaren Special Operations division. To be sold [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Maru, a Pungsan dog President Moon was raising before becoming president, officially became a first dog on May 25, and will spend the next five years with his family at the Blue House, an official confirmed on Saturday. South Korea’s new president is famous for his love of animals, [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The latest report from the Hyundai Research Institute has revealed that South Korea is relatively safe from economic crisis, but warns that a dependency on trade with high-risk nations must not be overlooked. The report evaluating the vulnerabilities of 26 developing economies around the world categorized the countries using [...]