SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A human rights advocate group for minorities demanded Wednesday the government enact legislation to protect the country’s minorities from hatred and discrimination. In a press conference held in downtown Seoul, the group urged the country to acknowledge persistent racial discrimination against migrant workers and other minorities. “Although the country [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea’s demolition of an inter-Korean liaison office appears aimed at drawing public attention away from deepening economic hardships caused by the new coronavirus and sanctions, but signals Pyongyang’s desire to maintain diplomacy with the United States, experts said Tuesday. In a body blow to President Moon Jae-in’s yearslong [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — After threatening military action, North Korea may open fire to shoot down giant balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets flying from South Korea, but major provocations are unlikely, such as the 2010 artillery attack on a border island, experts said Monday. South Korea has been on high alert after Kim Yo-jong, [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A university in Seoul is moving to become the country’s first university to partially refund tuition amid the ongoing pandemic, possibly sending shock waves in the higher education circles. As the global crisis caused by the novel coronavirus has created a major disruption in the way the country’s higher [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that as the outbreak of the coronavirus is prolonging, the level of the Korean people’s awareness of disease control and prevention efforts has become higher than five years ago when a MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) outbreak threatened the country. According to the Seoul [...]
TOKYO, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Japan has not fulfilled its pledge to commemorate Korean victims of wartime forced labor in a new facility celebrating its industrial revolution, threatening to further strain already-sour Seoul-Tokyo relations, a trip to the site revealed on Sunday. Japan is scheduled to open the Industrial Heritage Information Centre on Monday. [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court on Friday ruled in favor of a Korean adoptee who filed a lawsuit last year to find her biological father in a landmark ruling that acknowledged adoptees’ legal rights to find their family roots. After the Seoul Family Court announced that the plaintiff, Kang Mee-sook, is [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said on Thursday that it would share its know-how and skills gained in fighting the new coronavirus pandemic with the world and make its disease-control programs international standards. The country plans to promote the so-called test-trace-treat (3T) model of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and propose related regimes [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The new coronavirus has upended daily life for people around the world. And many children have been hurt as a result due to being locked at home with abusive and neglectful parents. In the southern city of Changnyeong, a 9-year-old girl was found wandering on a roadside by a [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea started QR code-based registration of visitors at bars, clubs and other entertainment facilities across the country Wednesday, as part of the country’s efforts to stem the spread of the new coronavirus, health authorities said. Around 80,000 facilities in the nation are required to use smartphone QR code-based [...]