SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Human Rights Commission on Friday installed its first new vice minister-level officer in charge of human rights issues in the military. Park Chan-woon, who is a member of the state human rights watchdog, has been named by the president as the first officer to look into possible [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Online shopping in South Korea continued to increase in May as the lifting of virus curbs bolstered demand for travel and cultural services and foodstuffs, data showed Friday. The value of online shopping transactions stood at 17.3 trillion won (US$13.4 billion) in May, up 10.5 percent from the previous [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Government data on food nutritional information such as carbohydrates and fat will be open to the public. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced that it had set up an integrated database of food nutrition information by standardizing the data dispersed throughout ministries and agencies, with the database [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Pet owners engage in disputes with those without pets primarily because of hostile acts, and those without pets, in contrast, blame pet sanitation problems as a source of dispute, a survey showed Wednesday. The Korea Tourism Organization conducted a survey of 2,006 people who have owned a pet for [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of women who had planned to have a child within two years have yet to give birth, a study showed Wednesday. The Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families (2008 to 2018) conducted on married women between 15 and 49 years of age showed that only 30 [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Chonnam National University announced that its team of researchers had discovered the world’s first fossil that proves pterosaurs lived in a herd environment. The research team discovered fossils with some 350 footprints left by pterosaurs, each 2 to 6 centimeters long, at the Seoyuri dinosaur fossil site in Hwasun, [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics said Thursday it has set up a joint venture with SM Entertainment, the K-pop agency behind aespa and NCT Dream, to tap into the growing home fitness market. LG Electronics CEO Cho Joo-wan expressed hope the new joint venture, Fitness Candy, will elevate LG from being a [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Representatives of South Korea’s labor and management have agreed to set next year’s minimum hourly wage at 9,620 won (US$7.41) in a 5 percent increase from this year, officials said Thursday. The Minimum Wage Commission, which is composed of nine members each from labor, business and the general public, [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that half of lawyers have experienced life-threatening situations due to their profession. According to a survey conducted by the Korean Bar Association of 1,205 member lawyers, 48 percent of the respondents said that they had been threatened by the other party or related organizations [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government, along with the King Sejong Institute Foundation, announced that it will provide a free online Korean language education platform, the Seoul City Online King Sejong Institute, for foreigners for six months starting on July 1. The King Sejong Institute Foundation is a public subsidiary of [...]