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Small Biz Owners Welcome Full Lifting of Social Distancing Rules, Some Still Concerned

Small Biz Owners Welcome Full Lifting of Social Distancing Rules, Some Still Concerned

SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Small merchants on Friday welcomed the government’s decision to lift all COVID-19 social distancing rules, except the mask mandate, next week for the first time in two years, while some people still expressed concerns over the possible resurgence of the virus. Starting Monday, restaurants, cafes and other small businesses [...]

Hyundai Movex Introduces World’s First Commercial Elevator for Robot Transport

Hyundai Movex Introduces World’s First Commercial Elevator for Robot Transport

SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Movex Co., a logistics system affiliate under Hyundai Group, said Thursday it has introduced Roboport, a next-generation elevator for robots, at Naver Corp.’s new office building. Roboport is the world’s first elevator dedicated to service robots. More than 100 service robots will use Naver Cloud and ARC (AI, robot and cloud), [...]

Discount Coupons to be Offered for Sports, Accommodations amid Slowing Virus Wave

Discount Coupons to be Offered for Sports, Accommodations amid Slowing Virus Wave

SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Friday it plans to provide discount coupons to support ticket prices of professional sports games and accommodation fees in a bid to help spur consumption as it has decided to lift COVID-19 virus restrictions. The government plans to permit people to watch four kinds of sports [...]

S. Korea to Lift All Social Distancing Rules, Except Mask Mandate

S. Korea to Lift All Social Distancing Rules, Except Mask Mandate

SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will lift all COVID-19 social distancing rules, except a mask mandate, next week, Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said Friday, marking the first time all restrictions have been lifted since the pandemic began two years ago. Starting Monday, restaurants, cafes and other small businesses will be able to [...]

Korea Expressway Introduces Safety Management System at Highway Construction Sites

Korea Expressway Introduces Safety Management System at Highway Construction Sites

SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Expressway Corp., which manages South Korea’s highways across the nation, said Thursday it had introduced a “safety signal light” system in which it assesses the safety level of highway construction sites once a month and visualizes the result by color. The new system was introduced last month [...]

Anxiety On the Rise Among Elementary School Students in Pandemic Era

Anxiety On the Rise Among Elementary School Students in Pandemic Era

SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A significant number of elementary school students have been facing anxiety and depression since the onset of the pandemic era, survey showed Wednesday. The Korea Educational Environments Protection Agency conducted a survey of 341,412 children attending elementary, middle and high school, in which 25.4 percent of elementary school students [...]

Seniors Using More Online Banking and Shopping Services as Digitalization Takes Speed

Seniors Using More Online Banking and Shopping Services as Digitalization Takes Speed

SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — As the process of digitalization builds up speed amidst the spread of contactless services in the pandemic era, more people in their 50s and 60s are using online banking and shopping platforms. The Ministry of Science and ICT conducted a survey of 25,144 households and their 60,305 members over [...]

Foreign Residents in S. Korea to Rise to 4.3 pct of Population in 2040: Report

Foreign Residents in S. Korea to Rise to 4.3 pct of Population in 2040: Report

SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s total population has started to decline amid low childbirths, but the number of foreigners here is forecast to continue to increase to make up of 4.3 percent of the population in 2040, a report showed Thursday. After peaking at 51.84 million in 2020, the country’s total population [...]