SUWON, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The protracted COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a major change in teaching methods, leading to an increase in the number of teachers applying for voluntary retirement. According to the Gyeonggi Province Office of Education, the number of teaching faculty (teachers, vice principals and principals) at the public schools within [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The question about the limit of ‘acceptable behavior’ at coffee shops is sparking a massive public debate. The controversy broke out after a man and a woman at a cafe in the southeastern port city of Busan took up an entire table for six people to engage in a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean food producers are stepping up to address the growing distribution of copycat products in China. The Korea Food Industry Association established a consortium of food producers to file a lawsuit against Qingdao Taeyangcho Food Co. and Zhengdao Food Co., the two largest K-food imitation producers in China, [...]
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A high-ranking executive of Samsung Electronics Co. underlined the importance of customized devices and personalized spaces, as well as sustainable technology, in his keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on Tuesday. Han Jong-hee, the tech company’s vice chairman and the head of the Device [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Six Afghan evacuees airlifted to South Korea from Afghanistan taken over by the Taliban last year have found jobs, the justice ministry said Monday. The six recently got employed at a manufacturer in Incheon, 40 kilometers west of Seoul, and other companies, while another person was admitted to a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese internet search behemoth Baidu has been rejecting requests to correct Korean poet Yun Dong-ju (1917-1945)’s nationality over the past year. Baidu introduces Yun, as well as Korean independence fighters Lee Bong-chang (1900-1932) and Yun Bong-gil (1908-1932) as of Chinese nationality and lists their ethnic group as “Joseonjok” or [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court on Thursday ordered the sale of a Japanese steel company’s assets here to compensate wartime forced labor victims in the second ruling of its kind. The Daegu District Court’s Pohang branch ordered Nippon Steel Corp. to sell off its securities of PNR, a joint venture [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Social relationships are changing drastically as the coronavirus pandemic, which has dragged on over the past two years, has prevented people from meeting in person. An institute affiliated with South Korea’s top life insurer Samsung Life Insurance Co. reported Wednesday that COVID-19 has led to a drastic reduction in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group is speeding up the shift towards electrification by abolishing the engine development center within its research and development (R&D) headquarters. According to industry sources, the group carried out a top-to-bottom restructuring of its R&D headquarters by transitioning the existing powertrain organization into an electrification development unit [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A new forecast has shown that by the end of this century, summer will be around for more than half of the entire year unless current levels of greenhouse gas emissions are reduced. The Korea Meteorological Administration released a report on Thursday that makes a climate forecast for South [...]