SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Due to the aftereffect of the COVID-19 pandemic, South Koreans are increasingly showing preference toward spending time alone not only at home but also in their cars, a major credit card company said Monday. According to Shinhan Card Co.’s analysis of its card users, the use of driving schools [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean volunteer fighter in Ukraine has told a local news outlet he is likely to be arrested on returning home but does not regret what he said was an inevitable action to support people suffering from an unjust invasion. Rhee Keun, a Navy SEAL-turned-YouTuber, traveled to Ukraine [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A 27-year-old office worker surnamed Kim has been ‘bombed’ with three wedding invitations. Now, he has to give out 300,000 won (US$233) in cash as gifts. “There were almost no weddings happening during the pandemic era, so I didn’t have to spend as much,” he said. “Now, though, wedding [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A crypto investor accused of trespassing at the apartment of Do Kwon, co-founder and CEO of Terraform Labs, underwent a police investigation in Seoul on Monday. The suspect, whose identity has been withheld, allegedly entered the apartment complex in eastern Seoul last week and then rang the doorbell, looking [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Half of older adults in Seoul have no experience using digital kiosks, a survey showed Monday, despite a rising number of businesses adopting such self-service electronic machines amid the pandemic. The poll released by the Seoul Digital Foundation, a digital arm of the city government, showed 45.8 percent of [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean Air Force’s aerobatic flight team plans to join three international air shows in Britain in July, Seoul officials said Monday, marking its first visit to the European nation in 10 years. The Black Eagles team is set to participate in the Southport Air Show, Royal International [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group on Sunday unveiled a mobility concept using “ondol,” Korea’s traditional underfloor heating system, as a motive. The Mobility Ondol concept uses batteries as a heat source and is based on the principle of improving heating efficiency by using the battery heat generated by the operation of [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho said Sunday the government will make it a top priority to stabilize rising product prices fueled by the Russia-Ukraine war and other external uncertainties. The government will set up measures for price stabilization through consultations with related ministries as quickly as possible, the finance minister [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean volunteer fighter in Ukraine was injured during a reconnaissance mission, his YouTube channel said Sunday. Rhee Keun “recently incurred injuries while leading a special reconnaissance mission behind enemy lines. He has been transferred to a military hospital,” according to an English-language update posted on the YouTube [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea on Saturday reported 21 additional COVID-19 deaths, with more than 174,400 people nationwide feverish, as its leader Kim Jong-un stated that his country is faced with “great turmoil” due to the spread of the virus. Pyongyang’s state media released the updated tally compiled the previous day, after [...]