SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government has launched the operation of an automatic alert system to check the entry and departure of tax delinquent vehicles at 99 public parking lots in downtown areas from Friday. If vehicles subject to number-plate confiscation for tax delinquency enter the parking lot gates, the system [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Personal donations toward helping out the government of Ukraine and its people after Russia’s invasion have gained traction among South Koreans as the attacks reached the end of the first week. The Ukrainian Embassy in South Korea, which announced a special bank account to collect humanitarian donations to assist [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly seven in 10 South Koreans saw their income fall in the wake of COVID-19, a survey showed Thursday. In the online survey of 2,016 people aged 18 or above by the Korea Institute of Public Administration from Nov. 15-22, 68 percent said their average monthly income was lower [...]
WASHINGTON, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday welcomed South Korea’s decision to hold Russia accountable for the invasion of Ukraine. The top U.S. diplomat said Seoul’s actions will illustrate the country’s commitment to preserving the rules-based international order that will help defend the freedom and sovereignty of Ukraine. [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Civic activists have presented a petition to the National Human Rights Commission, claiming that the Supreme Court is damaging the human rights of sexual violence victims by delaying sentences on sexual violence offenders unnecessarily. “The endless delay in the Supreme Court’s sentencing without specific reason is nothing but infringing the personal [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government is considering spelling and pronouncing names of Ukrainian cities and other areas in the way Ukrainians want as well, in a shift from the current style that only uses the Russian transliteration, an official said Wednesday. The move comes at the request of the Ukrainian [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Restaurant owners recognize the fact that plastic is both costly and bad for the environment, but the lack of an alternative leaves them with no choice but to use it, a survey showed Tuesday. The Korea Foodservice Industry Research Institute conducted a survey of 150 restaurant owners, 73.8 percent [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans’ use of internet banking services soared 18 percent on-year in 2021 as customers preferred non-contact services amid the coronavirus pandemic, central bank data showed Monday. The daily use of online banking services, including mobile banking, reached 17.32 million cases last year, up from 14.68 million a year [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Tuesday it plans to suspend financial transactions with seven major Russian banks and their affiliates in a bid to join global efforts to impose financial sanctions against Moscow over its attack on Ukraine. The government said it will also “strongly” recommend local public and financial institutions [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The share of first children among the babies born in recent days turned out to be very high, primarily due to the growing trend of raising only one child. The share of first children among the babies born in the fourth quarter of last year stood at 58.8 percent, [...]