WASHINGTON, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States’ approval rating in South Korea jumped at one of the steepest rates among Asian countries in 2021, a poll showed Friday. The approval rating of U.S. leadership in South Korea climbed to 59 percent last year from 30 percent a year earlier, according to Gallup. The increase [...]
SEOUL/TOKYO, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government lodged a strong protest with Japan Friday against Tokyo’s repeated assertion that Dokdo, a set of rocky islets in the East Sea, belong to the country. Seoul took issue with Tokyo’s first annual report on foreign policy and activities under the administration of Prime Minister [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of organ donors in South Korea is failing to keep up with demand from those in need of transplants, and an increasing number of individuals are dying before organs are secured for them. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said there were 39,261 individuals on the waiting [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military will partially resume a field training program for the country’s reserve forces in June, the defense ministry said Friday, in line with eased COVID-19 social distancing rules. The annual field training for the 2.75 million-strong local reserve forces was called off for the first time in [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has announced that it will extend financial support to reduce the monthly rent payment burden for low-income young adults. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on Thursday held a consultative meeting with the Office for Government Policy Coordination and the Ministry of Health and Welfare and [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The density of carbon dioxide caused by human activities plunged in Seoul’s downtown areas due to the enforcement of social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19, a study showed Thursday. A joint research group from the National Institute of Environmental Research, the National Institute of Forest Science, the [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea successfully test-fired two submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) consecutively earlier this week, government sources said Thursday, in a sign the missile is nearing its operational deployment. The military launched the SLBMs at an interval of 20 seconds from the 3,000-ton Dosan Ahn Chang-ho submarine in the Yellow Sea [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down guilty verdicts for two male soldiers charged with engaging in homosexual intercourse at an off-base housing facility, saying the encounter was consensual and took place in a private space. The two, a first lieutenant and a master sergeant, were charged with having [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The proportion of non-regular workers who are forced to continue their work despite suspected COVID-19 infections is more than twice that of regular workers, a survey showed Wednesday. Gabjil 119, a pro-labor civic organization, and the Public Workers Solidarity Foundation conducted a survey of 2,000 employees, in which 43.7 [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — As shipbuilding industry is suffering from a manpower shortage amid a deluge of orders, the Ministry of Justice has taken steps to help address the issue, including the simplification of E-7 visa requirements for foreign workers. The E-7 visa was designed to allow foreign workers to be employed in [...]