SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Police said Friday they will guarantee rallies and demonstrations in front of former President Moon Jae-in’s residence in the southeastern city of Yangsan but illegal activities will be dealt with sternly. The National Police Agency said in a statement that strict actions will be taken in accordance with the [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Thursday it will apply artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies to the traffic system to try to reduce the number of traffic-related deaths. The move is part of the transport ministry’s comprehensive five-year basic plan of the national traffic safety, which calls for cutting traffic deaths [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of young job seekers living in the greater Seoul area would prefer not to work outside of the region. The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry conducted a survey of 301 young job seekers living in the capital region, 49.2 percent of whom ‘more or less’ did [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Prosecutors Office (SPO) has ordered front-line prosecutors to demand prison sentences in principle for those possessing sexual exploitation content, as part of efforts to eradicate digital sex crimes as well as to prevent the spread of such content. Officials stressed that to eradicate digital sex crimes, it’s [...]
DAEJEON, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Any unauthorized use of the faces and names of celebrities such as K-pop supergroup BTS and football star Son Heung-min will be regarded as unfair competition practice and result in legal consequences. The Korea Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) announced that an amendment to the Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday lifted the mandatory seven-day self-isolation period for all international arrivals in the latest move to return to pre-pandemic normalcy amid a downtrend in COVID-19 cases. The country added 13,358 COVID-19 infections, including 59 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 18,188,200, the Korea Disease [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea pledged to provide US$1.2 million in additional aid to Ukraine to support safe operations of nuclear power plants of the war-ravaged country, the foreign ministry said Wednesday. South Korean representatives announced the plan during a board meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in Vienna, Austria, [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 15 out of 100 employed people in South Korea changed jobs in 2020 amid the sluggish job market hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, data showed Wednesday. The number of registered employees in South Korea, who are eligible for state insurance programs, came to 24.83 million in 2020, up [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Households in the lower income tier are spending a significant share of their income on food, including groceries and dining out, data showed Tuesday. The Ministry of Economy and Finance and Statistics Korea said that 42.2 percent of the average disposable income (847,039 won) earned by households in the [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The changing working environment caused by the pandemic has led to dwindling cases of sexual harassment, a survey showed Tuesday. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family conducted a poll of 15,158 employees at public institutions and private companies, with 4.8 percent of respondents saying that they had been [...]