SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 40 percent of North Koreans are undernourished, a U.N. report showed Thursday amid concerns of food security in the impoverished country. According to the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022 report co-published by U.N. agencies, including the Food and Agriculture Organization, the U.N. [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Wednesday it has established new guidelines for food labels for disabled people when displaying information in braille or with audio/sign language conversion codes. The guidelines are aimed at making it easier for sight or hearing impaired people to understand food information. The Ministry of Food and Drug [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean men consider their financial status before deciding upon marriage while women consider their spouse’s financial status when deciding to get married, a survey showed Tuesday. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs conducted a survey of men and women between 19 and 49 years of age [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans in their 20s and 30s are struggling with rising interest rates. A majority of loans for jeonse (long-term deposits for rent), in particular, are provided at floating interest rates, which makes young South Koreans react to an increase in interest rates with concern or give up on [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday it will allow advertisements to be placed on bikes from its public bike service to overcome deficits. Tthe city’s unmanned bike rental service, dubbed Ttaereungyi in Korean, faced deficits of 9 billion won (US$6.88 million) in 2019, 9.9 billion won in 2020 and [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of airport bus passengers in Seoul increased by 2.6 times during the past six months, the city government said Wednesday, as the demand for air travel has spiked after the lifting of almost all COVID-19 social distancing restrictions in April. The number of rides performed by foreign [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 8 in 10 South Korean consumers have the experience of ‘value consumption’ in which consumers choose products and services based on their values and faith, a survey showed Tuesday. Lotte Members, the membership service for Lotte Group companies, conducted a survey of 1,500 men and women in [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Sexual crime offenders will face additional punishment if they commit secondary victimization regardless of whether attempt to settle with victims. The Supreme Court’s Sentencing Commission said Tuesday it had amended sentencing guidelines for sexual crimes. The commission cleared the way to additionally punish sexual crime offenders if they cause [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Parts of the Seoul metropolitan area have recently come under attack by swarms of a previously unheard-of insect, named lovebug, with residents suffering inconvenience as the bugs get into their homes. Swarms of lovebugs, known as a species of march fly, have suddenly appeared in northwestern Seoul and adjoining [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of police officers in charge of investigating digital sex crime have been exposed to the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a survey showed Monday. According to the Korean Association of Police Science Review, a survey of 65 police officers from three cyber enforcement divisions revealed that [...]