SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – One of the greatest former Go-players, Cho Hunhyun, now a Saenuri Party Representative, suggested that Go match records should be protected under copyright law in a report for a provisional session of the Education, Culture, Sports & Tourism Committee. Rep. Cho told Kim Jong-deok, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – As more and more pet owners are starting to treat their pets on their own due to expensive medical fees charged by veterinarians, they may soon face legal punishment if the Veterinarians Act is amended by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA). A recent petition started by [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting next year, anyone issued a new credit card will be able to redeem their reward points without any restrictions. The Korea Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) announced its “Improvement Plan for Unfair Business Practices of Credit Card Companies” on Tuesday, June 28, which will prohibit credit card companies from placing [...]
SARASOTA, Florida, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – “I completely agree that shopping malls are now in competition with theme parks. We’re seeing this change in the United States, and I’m sure it applies to South Korea as well.” Robert Taubman, president and CEO of Taubman Centers, a regional shopping mall management company based in the United [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – “Doubting whether I could really write well was the biggest obstacle I had to overcome. I tried to remember that I was desperate to write every time I felt that way.” Han Kang, who recently won the Man Booker International Prize for fiction with her novel “The Vegetarian”, sat down for [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Following the instructions of Jeong Tae-jin, chief of the Seoul Gangnam Police Station, the executives at the station all signed up for a mobile messenger called “Telegram”, which features enhanced security measures. According to CBS Nocut News, a local daily news, Chief Jeong directed the executives to use Telegram instead of [...]
DAEJEON, South Korea, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) – With the recent murder of a 23-year-old woman at a public restroom near the Gangnam subway station bringing concern over safety at public facilities to the forefront, police and local government bodies in Daejeon and Chungnam Province are making an effort to come up with safety countermeasures. Some [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics is switching from its current seven-tier rank system to a simpler four-tier scheme. All employees will now address each other by Mr. or Ms., and not their job titles. On Monday, June 27, the company announced a revised HR management plan that focuses on simplifying its rank system [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao Corp, the South Korean internet giant, is planning on taking legal action against other chauffeur services, as drivers for the company’s popular “KakaoDriver” service have been victimized by improper conduct on the part of their rivals. Kakao announced on Monday, June 27, that it would file for an injunction [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – As the city of Seoul has recently established a ‘Seoul Resident Grievance Center’ at the Seosomun local government office to resolve conflicts between residents due to inter-floor noise in apartment buildings, the construction industry is also coming up with specialized designs to minimize the transmission of noise between floors. According [...]