DAEGU, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — An appeals court on Friday ruled in favor of a group of Muslims seeking to repeal an administrative order suspending construction of a mosque in the southeastern city of Daegu, rejecting an appeal from residents complaining about noise and other issues. The Buk Ward office in Daegu, about 300 [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of organ donors in South Korea is failing to keep up with demand from those in need of transplants, and an increasing number of individuals are dying before organs are secured for them. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said there were 39,261 individuals on the waiting [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — On the first day of the lifting of all COVID-19 social distancing restrictions, small business owners said they are looking forward to seeing as many customers as before the pandemic. All social distancing rules, except a mask mandate, was lifted this week, allowing restaurants, cafes and other small businesses [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — With all social distancing rules but mask-wearing set to end this week, South Koreans are eager to return to complete pre-COVID-19 normalcy without masks, but some say masking is too beneficial to let go of even after the pandemic is over. Starting Monday, all COVID-19 infection prevention requirements, barring [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — With the National Assembly apparently moving toward potentially offering the singers of K-pop group BTS exemptions from their mandatory military service, supporters and skeptics remain divided over whether it is right and fair to give the pop icons preferential treatment just because of their international success. The topic made [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The perception gap between supporters of conservative and democratic parties about the performance of the South Korean presidency is growing to dangerous levels that may spark situations similar to the insurrections staged by supporters of Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol last year, a report showed Tuesday. The Korea [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The transition team of President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol said Monday it will push to scrap the “Korean age” system to reduce the social cost of determining a person’s age in multiple ways. In South Korea, three age systems are currently in use. The most commonly used system is the so-called [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Over 1 in 5 vehicles sold by Hyundai Motor Co. and its smaller affiliate Kia Corp. so far this year have been eco-friendly cars, backed by their growing popularity, industry data showed Sunday. The two South Korean automakers sold a combined 64,417 hybrid and electric vehicles in the January-March [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The presence of Korean literature is growing widely in the world as local translations have won or been nominated for multiple prizes from literature awards outside of the country. An English translation of Chung Bora’s “Cursed Bunny” published by British publisher Honford Star was chosen as one of the [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The relative poverty rate of South Korean senior citizens has been on the decline, but is still high among member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) amid rapid aging, a report showed Wednesday. The relative poverty rate of South Koreans aged 66 or older came [...]