BEIJING, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A Taiwanese cable TV network has issued an apology for broadcasting an improperly edited image of the South Korean national flag in a recent broadcast. TVBS, the Taipei-based broadcaster, posted an apology Tuesday in both Chinese and Korean on its official website for having recently aired the graphic of [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — As an increasing number of teenagers are spending long hours playing video games in the pandemic era, the risk of addiction has doubled among them. The Korea Creative Content Agency reported Tuesday that the gaming population among all teenagers between 11 and 19 years of age grew from 77.1 [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea opened its first military trauma center in a city just south of Seoul on Wednesday to provide specialized treatment to soldiers with gunshot wounds and other serious injuries, the defense ministry said. Defense Minister Suh Wook and other officials from related government and medical agencies attended the [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s wheat import prices soared to an over 13-year high in March on the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and a global supply chain bottleneck, data showed Wednesday, exerting upward pressure on food prices here. The country’s import prices of wheat amounted to US$402 per ton last [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to simplify electric vehicle (EV) charger meter certification standards while streamlining the requirements for the registration of manufacturers to promote the development and installation of EV chargers. The Korea Agency for Technology and Standards on Tuesday unveiled a revision of its EV charger technology standards. The [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of employees in the food service segment rose 1.2 percent on-year in October last year as the job market improved amid the economic recovery, data showed Tuesday. The number of people employed at restaurants and eateries reached 1.56 million last October, up 19,000 from a year earlier, [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Recreational vehicles (RVs) including SUVs are enjoying rising popularity in South Korea with their share of domestic car sales exceeding the 50 percent mark in the first quarter of this year for the first time in history. The nation’s five carmakers sold 308,298 units in the first quarter of [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Among the foreigners registered in South Korea, the share of those who subscribe to insurance policies has been on an upward trend and such foreigners showed a high preference for health insurance primarily due to concerns about illness, a report showed Sunday. The number of foreigners registered in South [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — With all social distancing rules but mask-wearing set to end this week, South Koreans are eager to return to complete pre-COVID-19 normalcy without masks, but some say masking is too beneficial to let go of even after the pandemic is over. Starting Monday, all COVID-19 infection prevention requirements, barring [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea decided Friday to join a mega free trade agreement involving 11 Asia-Pacific nations as the country seeks to diversify its export portfolio amid heightened economic uncertainty. Late last year, the country launched the process to accede to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The [...]