SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Following the introduction of various regulations by the government to stop charcoal briquettes and other objects from being used to commit suicide, there has been a drop in the frequency that these objects are being used to commit self-harm, a report showed Thursday. The Korea Institute of Criminology and Justice [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — IKEA Korea saw its sales fall this year due to the spread of COVID-19 and a drop in home sales, the first such decline after eight years of continuous growth in its South Korean operations. According to company data, the South Korean arm of the Swedish furniture maker’s sales [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Over 3,300 people died “lonely deaths” in South Korea last year, continuing an increase that has been ongoing over the past five years, data showed Wednesday. According to the report released by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, there were 3,378 solitary deaths in 2021, which was 40 percent [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs said it has launched a public-private joint program to support the adolescent children of soldiers and police officers who died on duty. The ministry on Wednesday held a signing ceremony for the Heroes Family Program with the Woomi Hope Foundation and Child [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Pay Corp., the online payment unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., said it has launched a mobile-based certified mail service that provides proof of originality for e-documents, thus having the same effect as certified mail. The new service, the first of its kind in the domestic [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday held a ceremony to celebrate the operation of its 27th nuclear reactor, as the country has striven to become a nuclear powerhouse and to better manage electricity demand. The construction of the Shin Hanul No. 1 nuclear reactor began in 2010 in Uljin, 307 kilometers [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 10,000 illegal immigrants left South Korea through a crackdown and the voluntary departure program in October and November, the Ministry of Justice said Wednesday. The government has resumed its crackdown on foreigners staying or working illegally here since October after a pause due to COVID-19, the ministry [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea added jobs for the 21st straight month in November, but the growth continued to slow for the sixth month in a row amid the central bank’s aggressive monetary tightening, government data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people stood at 28.4 million last month, up some 626,000 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. said Tuesday it will supply hydrogen fuel-cell trucks to three Israeli companies, as it seeks to promote its hydrogen commercial vehicles in the Middle Eastern markets. Hyundai Motor has signed separate deals with vehicle importer Colmobil Corp., hydrogen producer Bazan and hydrogen refueling station [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Seniors excluded from sufficient psychological support like empathy and understanding from others are more likely to suffer from dementia, a study revealed Monday. A joint research team from Seoul National University Bundang Hospital and Kangbuk Samsung Hospital studied 5,852 seniors over 60 years of age for eight years. The [...]