SEOUL, Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education announced on Tuesday that it will provide free breakfast to students participating in its “Running Again in the Morning Season 2.0″ exercise program. Launched in October last year, the morning exercise initiative aims to aid students’ physical and mental recovery in the post-COVID era. [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol said Thursday the government will ease the loans criteria for young families as part of efforts to boost the country’s dismally low birthrate. Under the plan, the government will raise the threshold for home purchase and rental loans for a newly married couple with a [...]
WASHINGTON, Apr. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s data protection watchdog is looking into how Chinese e-commerce firms, such as AliExpress and Temu, have been collecting and using consumer data, its chief said Wednesday, amid lingering concerns over their protection of personal information. Ko Hak-soo, the chairperson of the Personal Information Protection Commission, made the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will funnel 710.2 billion won (US$526.9 million) into the government’s projects to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into everyday life, the science ministry said Thursday. The AI Strategy High-Level Consultative Council, a government-civilian panel for shaping AI policies, convened its inaugural meeting and approved the investment plan to [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – In a recent decision that has sparked debate among conservationists and animal welfare advocates, a request to establish feeding stations for stray cats at Eulsukdo, a vital habitat for migratory birds along the Nakdong River estuary, has been denied. The Cultural Heritage Administration’s Natural Monuments division, after a thorough review, [...]
ANDONG, Apr. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – In a bid to tackle dwindling birth rates, the government of North Gyeongsang Province announced on April 2 that it will implement a “matchmaking package program” aimed at bringing together singles. The initiative will provide opportunities for unmarried men and women to meet through hobby clubs catering to interests like [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to draw up its largest-ever budget for research and development (R&D) projects next year, the presidential office said Wednesday. Park Sang-ook, senior presidential secretary for science and technology, said the government is working to overhaul the way it supports R&D projects while “sharply increasing” the relevant [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The government allowed community health centers to provide remote clinical services via video or phone appointments on Wednesday, a senior official said, as a mass walkout by junior doctors has disrupted public health services at major hospitals for more than six weeks. Telemedicine services have been extended to all [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The financial regulator and Naver, the top online portal operator, signed an agreement Wednesday on cooperation for the digitalization of the financial sector. Under the memorandum of understanding, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) will seek to utilize Naver’s latest information technology, such as artificial intelligence (AI), to boost its [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) –Nearly 250,000 illegal sexual videos were removed from the web last year, a 15 percent increase from the year before, data showed Tuesday. A total of 8,983 victims received help from the support center for online sexual abuse victims, up 12.6 percent year-on-year, according to a report by the Advocacy [...]