SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Politicians and high-rank government officials owning more than one house are coming under growing pressure to dispose of properties as the government is preparing steps to hike tax burdens for owners of multiple homes in efforts to curb soaring housing prices. Housing prices have continued to surge in many [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Church-goers in South Korea, where religious services are typically characterized by large in-person gatherings, are growing increasingly dissatisfied with online worship, an inevitable reality at times given the government’s social distancing directives and the protracted coronavirus pandemic. According to a survey conducted by a publication operated by a Protestant [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Army decided not to allow a former noncommissioned officer, who was forcibly discharged after sex reassignment surgery, to return to the military, officials said Friday. Byun Hee-soo, 22, filed the petition with the Army in February after a military committee ruled the previous month, based on a medical [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Returning last month from seven weeks of compulsory working from home due to the pandemic, Kim Min-ju, a 41-year-old office worker, was at a loss to find a safe place to have lunch. Back to her office life in the busy business district of Gwanghwamun in central Seoul, she [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — In the past several weeks, global fans of K-pop came under a sudden burst of collective observation by the international media, with a wave of positive coverage depicting K-pop fans as agents of change amid a series of high-profile cases of political activism related to the Black Lives Matter [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean university students have joined together to file a class action lawsuit against the Ministry of Education and schools, seeking partial tuition refunds for disruptions to learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Movement for Tuition Refunds, a student group formed by the National University Student Council, held [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday opened the world’s first hydrogen mobility show as it pushes to become a leader in hydrogen vehicles and other related industries. More than 100 companies and research institutions of 11 countries participated in the H2 Mobility+Energy Show at an exhibition center in Ilsan, just north [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Self-proclaimed ‘feminists’, or radical women advocacy groups, have sparked controversy after criticizing an event for sexual minorities. Dotface, a media startup, recently organized an ‘online queer parade campaign’ after this year’s queer culture festival was postponed due to the coronavirus. This year, a new sentiment of self-proclaimed ‘feminists’, apart [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK), a cyber diplomatic organization, has launched a campaign to correct misconceptions that could arise from the information board of the Gwanggaeto Stele installed in the city of Jian in Jilin Province, China. The Gwanggaeto Stele is a memorial stele for the tomb [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — More than six months into the new coronavirus pandemic, wearing a face mask in public has become an everyday norm here. Starting last month, the government tightened rules by mandating face masks on all buses, taxis and subways and allowing drivers to refuse passengers without masks. But as the [...]