SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported fewer than 20,000 COVID-19 cases Thursday as the rapid spread of the omicron variant is under control. The country added 18,816 new infections, including 34 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 18,036,720, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. The daily tally [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that a law calling for aggravated punishment against repeated offenses of drunk driving or refusing field sobriety testing is unconstitutional. The nine-justice panel made the ruling in a 7-2 vote to a clause of the country’s revised Road Traffic Act, dubbed the Yoon Chang-ho [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the lawyers’ code of conduct banning them from joining online legal counseling platforms, such as LawTalk, is unconstitutional, a decision expected to bring sweeping changes to how law is practiced in South Korea. The ruling is in favor of 60 lawyers and Law&Company, [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to send another batch of non-lethal aid to Ukraine in what will be its third shipment of such material support for the war-torn nation, Seoul’s defense ministry said Thursday. The latest package consists of gas masks and mask canisters, the ministry said. The package, worth around [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a 1 1/2-year prison term for Seungri, the disgraced former member of K-pop boy band BIGBANG, on prostitution mediation, overseas gambling and other charges. Upholding a lower court’s ruling, the top court found the 32-year-old, whose real name is Lee Seung-hyun, guilty of [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – There were more than 1.5 million gig workers who worked fewer than 15 hours a week in South Korea last month, setting a new record, according to the data from the Statistics Korea. Including those on temporary leave, the number of workers with less than 15 work hours per week neared 2 [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Daejeon District Public Prosecutors Office said Wednesday it had indicted two Chinese individuals in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for illegally sending Korean broadcasting content abroad over the past six years. Among them, the one who was arrested in South Korea was indicted with [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Mobility Corp. and T Map Mobility Co. will be restricted from expanding in the call-based chauffeur driver service market, while other large companies will be prevented from entering the market, the Korea Commission for Corporate Partnership said Tuesday. The commission, a private body responsible for shared growth among [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has come up with a set of measures to strengthen human rights protection at detention centers for illegal immigrants, including adopting a supervisor in charge of overseeing possible violations, officials said Wednesday. The justice ministry issued a public notice on its push for a partial revision of [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea, the United States and 16 other countries on Wednesday launched an association meant to boost cooperation in the development of the hydrogen industry, Seoul’s industry ministry said. The member countries of the Global Hydrogen Industrial Association Alliance shared the current status of their hydrogen industry and related [...]