SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The remains of Hong Beom-do, a historic Korean independence fighter, were brought home from Kazakhstan on Sunday, 78 years after his death in the Central Asian nation. President Moon Jae-in received and honored his remains at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, just south of Seoul, as Korea marked Liberation [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Both volume and face value of damaged banknotes found in South Korea dipped in the first half of this year as people used cash less amid a non-contact consumption trend due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the central bank said Friday. In the January-June period, the face value of damaged [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The trading volume of foreign investors in shares of listed companies which introduced an English-language disclosure system starting from the fourth quarter of last year has more than doubled, the bourse operator said Wednesday. The Korea Exchange (KRX) has been providing the English-language translation service for the disclosures of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of married women are simultaneously engaged in child-rearing, homemaking, and studying for government employee examinations. An online study forum for government employee exams, with more than 350,000 members, has over 160 related posts written by female students. Most of them are women who had to suspend [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 8 out of 10 South Koreans think colleges are too expensive and that tuition should be halved from the current level, a poll showed Wednesday. In the online poll of 1,000 people nationwide released by Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) Korea, 83.9 percent of the respondents said [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Long-playing (LP) records and turntables are gaining popularity despite easy access to music via smartphones. Gmarket, a major online shopping mall, reported a 30 percent increase in turntable sales in the former half of this year compared to the same period last year. Sorted by age, the rate of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The self-employed and soon-to-be-married couples are raising complaints following the announcement by medical authorities that religious facilities would be allowed to accommodate up to 99 people for offline activities during level 4 social distancing measures. Previously, religious facilities were limited to gatherings of 19 people, regardless of accommodation capacity. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Women in their 40s and men in their 60s attend the most divorce counseling sessions out of all age groups, data released by a provider of free legal consultation services showed. The Korea Legal Aid Center for Family Relations reported that 59.8 percent of 73,432 counseling sessions conducted since [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Education announced a set of new relaxed social distancing guidelines in schools Monday to bring more children back into classrooms in the fall. The ministry said it will allow schools to run in-person classes even under Level 4 distancing measures, the most stringent set of rules, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The energy and telecom conglomerate SK said its investment arm, SK South East Asia, has invested US$60 million in BigPay, Malaysia’ leading fintech firm. The subsidiary of Malaysian low-cost carrier Air Asia Group offers a wide range of payment and remittance services in Malaysia and Singapore. In particular, itis [...]