SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The state human rights watchdog has recommended the government take steps to provide vegetarian inmates at correctional institutions with proper vegetarian meals, officials said Tuesday. The National Human Rights Commission made the recommendation last month, urging the justice minister to revise the relevant law or come up with a [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — With the return of the ‘pre-pandemic era’ following two years of social distancing, many people are still reluctant to take off their face masks, fearful of revealing their looks. Despite the end of outdoor masking rules, a 27-year-old surnamed Kim ordered another pack of protective masks online. “I’ve gained [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of single 20-somethings in South Korea do not want to have babies after marriage due apparently to concerns over high child-rearing costs in the country, a poll showed Monday. According to a survey reported in a monthly economic journal by the state-run Korea Development Institute, 52.4 [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Consumers are now being charged billions of won every year after streaming services decided to raise the prices of their subscription fees, ever since Google Inc. forced in-app purchases onto consumers, a lawmakers said Tuesday. Independent Rep. Yang Jung-suk reported that some 12.55 million monthly active users subscribed to [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Most citizens on the streets of Seoul walked around with their face masks on despite the lifting of the outdoor mask mandate Monday, as many were still wary of the virus or felt awkward about going maskless or found it cumbersome to put the mask back on when going [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — One in five South Korean youths don’t believe that effort leads to success, having low regard for the country’s social fairness, a report showed Thursday. A 2018 World Values Survey showed that 20.8 percent of 1,200 young adults between the ages of 16 and 24 did not believe that [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The 29-year-old man, surnamed Park, first jumped into the job market in 2017, and quit four jobs before landing a position at a public agency in Gyeonggi Province. “Everyone would tell me that transferring to another job was pointless since all companies are the same. They always thought I [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to provide support to stalking victims and their families even before they are directly harmed by stalking crimes. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said Tuesday that a revision of the law concerning the prevention of stalking crime and the protection of victims had been [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Office workers and students who had been enjoying indoor, solitary hours when social distancing measures were still in place during the pandemic are now worried about giving up that lifestyle. Those with introverted personalities, in particular, are beginning to feel more frustrations. “I was always able to use the [...]
WASHINGTON, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States’ approval rating in South Korea jumped at one of the steepest rates among Asian countries in 2021, a poll showed Friday. The approval rating of U.S. leadership in South Korea climbed to 59 percent last year from 30 percent a year earlier, according to Gallup. The increase [...]