SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — About 6 out of 10 beverage, cup noodle and milk products have no braille guides, and for those products that did have braille guides, the readability was low, a consumer advocacy group said Wednesday. The Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) conducted a survey of 321 food items consisting of beverages, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Police said Tuesday it will launch a ‘knock knock’ campaign to promote the silent emergency call system, which was designed to ensure fast initial responses and the protection of victims who are in a situation where they cannot speak about their circumstances. In January, the National Police Agency introduced [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of “criminal youths” has been on a steady decline over the past five years, but their reoffending rate has remained almost unchanged, police data showed Tuesday. Criminal youths refer to juvenile offenders between the ages of 14-19 who can be subject to criminal punishment. The number of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of disposable cups consumed at major cafe and fast food chains topped 1 billion last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a report showed Tuesday. According to the environment ministry report submitted to Rep. Lee Joo-hwan of the ruling People Power Party, the number of disposable plastic and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has seen nearly 560,000 outside hacking attempts into its key computer systems over the past six years, with a combined 43 percent from China and the United States, a report showed Tuesday. According to the interior ministry report submitted to Rep. Lee Hae-sik of the main opposition [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A Chinese national has been sentenced to 1 1/2 years behind bars for brokering applications for refugee status in South Korea based on fake religious grounds, sources said Sunday. The 58-year-old broker has been indicted for allegedly colluding with other refugee brokers in China to bring Chinese job seekers [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans’ consumption of flowers and ornamental plants rose 6.1 percent on-year last year on rising demand amid the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions in outdoor activities, data showed Saturday. An average South Korean spent 12,386 won (US$8.90) on buying flowers and other plants in 2021, compared with 11,676 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of parents in South Korea were found to rely heavily on smartphones or tablet computers when tending to young children while carrying out daily tasks at home, a poll showed Saturday, a development that reflects the country’s growing smartphone addiction problem among young people. In the poll [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The risk of a traffic accident is significantly higher among Koreans over 70 years of age, and the risk rises even further among those over 80 years of age, a major non-life insurer said. Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. reported that between 2017 and 2021, the number of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — More than six out of 10 smartphone models running on fifth-generation (5G) networks turned out to be expensive, selling at prices of more than 1 million won (US$720), a consumer advocacy group said Thursday. The Consumers Union of Korea surveyed the prices of 162 5G mobile device models selling [...]