BERLIN, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is trying to keep up the growth momentum of its TV business with its Lifestyle TVs, a senior executive has said, a lineup designed to transform traditional TV roles in line with rapidly changing lifestyle patterns. “The Lifestyle TVs form a new category that has received [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A presidential committee on ‘digital platform government’ came officially into being Friday with an initiative to create a data-based digital platform where the government could join hands with the public and firms to solve social problems. President Yoon Suk-yeol attended the ceremony held at the presidential office Friday morning [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 7 out of 10 South Korean office workers using flexible work systems felt an improvement in both productivity and work-life balance, a survey showed Monday. According to a survey conducted by the Federation of Korean Industries of 723 wage workers, 73.3 percent of those using flexible work [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that starting on Monday, delivery companies will begin delivering food in multi-use containers. Consumers will now be able to select restaurants that provide multi-use containers for food deliveries from four different food delivery apps. Once the order is made, the food will be delivered [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — About two-thirds of South Koreans are opposed to a proposed bill that bans the recording of phone calls without consent because such recordings can be used to protect themselves or for public good, such as whistleblowing, a survey showed Monday. A group of ruling People Power Party lawmakers, led [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — One in 5 South Korean adults do not wish to seek help from others, even when they are in dire need, a study showed Thursday. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs surveyed 8,185 South Korean adults between the ages of 19 and 60, dividing them into four [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Most parcel delivery personnel are working under poor labor conditions, in which they have to work six days a week, a major umbrella labor group said Thursday. The Federation of Korean Trade Unions conducted a survey on the labor environment of 210 delivery service workers who are affiliated with [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The unattended deaths of a poverty-stricken mother and two daughters in Suwon early this week raised the alarm about those struggling with hardships under the social welfare radar and a leaky welfare system that failed to locate and help them. The 60-something mother and her two daughters in their [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s total fertility rate hit a record low last year as the number of childbirths continued to fall, data showed Wednesday, underscoring the country’s gloomy demographic situation. The country’s total fertility rate — the average number of children a woman bears in her lifetime — came to 0.81 [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of babies born in South Korea hit a record low in the second quarter, while deaths rose to an all-time high in the cited period amid rapid aging and the COVID-19 pandemic, data showed Wednesday. A total of 59,961 babies were born in the April-June period, down [...]