SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday recommended enacting legislation recognizing same-sex civil unions and other non-traditional family formats to help ensure the basic rights of sexual minorities. The recommendation followed a petition previously filed by 1,056 Korean nationals in homosexual relationships at home and abroad, claiming they are [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The transition team’s push to modify carbon neutrality plans of the current Moon Jae-in government will likely include reversal of its nuclear phase-out policy and changes in energy mix, officials said Wednesday. The transition committee called Tuesday for overhauling the country’s carbon neutrality scheme, claiming that policies from the [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s transition team has been considering legalizing tattooing by nonmedical professionals, an official at the team said Wednesday, as tattoos are increasingly popular among young people. In South Korea, tattoo artists operate illegally because tattooing is currently governed by the Medical Service Act that only allows those [...]
JEJU, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province jointly announced on Tuesday a basic plan to invigorate distributed energy, as well as to speed up the establishment of related infrastructure and the cultivation of new industries in the southern resort island of Jeju. Distributed [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said Tuesday it will carry out a trial project for the improvement of cow breeding methods aimed at reducing greenhouse gases generated during the process of breeding cows. Over the past 20 years, the length of the cow breeding period was [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday it will operate “cooling road systems” to lower fine dust and road temperatures during the period from April to October. Designed to cool hot roads and reduce fine dust, the system consists of small square-shaped water spray devices installed in the centerline of [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Tuesday it will introduce a new screening system at airports around 2027, a cutting-edge technology that could help passengers avoid the hassle of taking out laptops and liquid items for security checks. The smart “walk through” system can detect laptops, radioactive materials, prohibited liquids and other [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s transport safety agency plans to introduce a drunk driving prevention system that prevents rental cars from being started if they detect that the driver is drunk. The Korea Transportation Safety Authority said Monday it will launch a trial operation of the rental cars mounted with a drunk [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday asked South Korea for military equipment support to help his country’s fight against Russian aggression. Zelenskyy made the request in a virtual address before South Korean lawmakers, saying Ukraine needs various military technologies, including planes and tanks. “The Republic of Korea can help [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – In response to the increasing number of immigrant teenagers and young adults living in the country, South Korea plans to start a project to support their self-reliance and settlement into society. Government data showed that as of 2020, there were 269,598 immigrant teenagers and young adults between the ages of [...]