SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Depression has spread by a factor of five due to the pandemic, a study showed Monday. A research team from Chonnam National University Hospital conducted a survey of 1,492 general participants who had not been infected with COVID-19 and 646 nurses from university hospitals. Among the general participants, 20.9 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Monday that it will roll out its Hyundai Selection mobility subscription service on the southern resort island of Jeju. The South Korean automaker will first offer electric vehicle (EV) subscription services to cater to the region’s high demand for eco-friendly car rentals. The company offers [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean users pay enough to local internet service providers for bandwidth required in accessing Netflix, a company executive said Tuesday, in a thinly veiled comment that the U.S. streaming giant will not pay network usage fees. Netflix has been under fire in South Korea for refusing to pay [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Large South Korean companies have cut their combined workforce by more than 1 percent over the past two years amid the coronavirus pandemic, a corporate tracker said Tuesday. The number of workers hired by 313 out of the country’s top 500 firms by sales came to 1.24 million as [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean craft beers selling at convenience stores are enjoying a surge in popularity. Three years ago, the convenience store beer market was dominated by imported beers thanks to a hugely popular promotion in which four cans were selling for 10,000 won (US$8.42). Today, the situation has changed with each [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 1 million people have vowed not to receive life-sustaining treatment when they reach a terminal state of health, data showed Sunday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea National Institute for Bioethics Policy reported that as of October of this year, a total of 1,075,944 Koreans [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Police have come under fire for their inadequate responses to violent crimes, as seen in the recent death of a stalking victim under police protection and an alleged dereliction of duty by two Incheon officers accused of sidestepping a knife attack scene. A man in his 30s was arrested [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean fantasy horror “Hellbound” has topped the world’s popular TV show rankings on the day after its release. According to data by streaming analytics firm FlixPatrol, the Korean-language Netflix original became the most-watched TV program on the streaming platform Saturday (U.S. time), a day after its global [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s imports of whisky soared more than 70 percent in the first 10 months of the year as more people drank at home amid the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Monday. The value of whisky imports came to US$93.21 million in the January-October period, up 73.1 percent from a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of Netflix’s monthly active users (MAU) in South Korea hit a record high in September from a month earlier helped by the Korean-made mega hit “Squid Game,” a market research firm said Sunday. The U.S. streaming giant’s monthly active users in South Korea reached 9.48 million in [...]