SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Tensions on the Korean Peninsula appear to be on a perilous escalatory trajectory, with North Korea dialing up nuclear and missile threats, and South Korea and the United States determined to make “stronger-than-before” responses, analysts said Friday. In just under two weeks, Pyongyang has staged six rounds of missile [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Abuse of opioid medications like painkillers, anorectics and anesthetics is spreading among South Korean teens and 20-somethings. Rep. Kang gi-yun of the People Power Party referred to a report from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety showing that there were 61,087 prescriptions for fentanyl patches issued to those [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Three out of 10 South Korean webtoon artists have experienced unfair contracts, a survey showed Wednesday. According to a report that Rep. Yoo Jung-ju of the Democratic Party received from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, 30.3 percent of 871 surveyed webtoon artists said that they had signed [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A satirical cartoon about President Yoon Suk-yeol has sparked a debate about freedom of expression after the culture ministry expressed regret and issued a warning to the organizer of a cartoon festival that awarded a prize to it. Drawn by a high school student, the cartoon, titled “Yoon Suk-yeol [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s young, single-person households are focusing on their savings, contrary to previous expectations that they would focus on consumption, influenced by the YOLO — You Only Live Once — culture, a report showed Monday. KB Financial Group Research Institute conducted a nationwide survey of 2,000 male and female [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The vast majority of individuals who are not in a relationship choose to be single voluntarily, a survey showed Tuesday. The Korea Population, Health and Welfare Association conducted a survey of 1,047 ‘voluntary’ singles between the ages of 19 and 34, 65.5 percent of whom said they were not [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea seeks to significantly boost production of electric vehicles to more than double domestic carmakers’ global market share to 12 percent by 2030 and to be a global car industry powerhouse, the industry ministry said Wednesday. For the goal, the government vowed to provide tax incentives and various [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of deaths in South Korea hit an all-time high last year due largely to rapid aging and the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, data showed Tuesday. A total of 317,680 people died in the country last year, up 12,732 people, or 4.2 percent, from the previous year, [...]
OTTAWA, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol wound up his second overseas trip amid embarrassment over the use of foul language caught on hot mic, but the trip was marked by one unmistakable outcome: the first summit with Japan in nearly three years. Yoon began the trip with a stop in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday proposed tougher countermeasures against stalking suspects, such as the imposition of a restraining order, amid growing societywide resentment over the recent murder of a young subway worker by her alleged stalker. The top court said in a statement that stalking suspects who are under [...]