SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A new service depicts the support rate of politicians as stock prices, allowing users to buy or sell them as they’d like. PoliGround, a local startup, said Thursday that it had launched a beta service of the same name. This service, a political stock exchange, lists politicians on a [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Kim Hyun-seop buys a lottery ticket once in a while, hoping to get on the fast track to his dream: buying a decent home in Seoul. The 40-year-old office worker commutes from an apartment in Ilsan in northern Gyeonggi Province to the Gangnam district in southern Seoul, which takes [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Good-hearted Shuttle Alliance has been established to support safe commuting for the transportation vulnerable, including severely disabled individuals. A group of seven companies and institutions signed a business agreement to enhance the mobility rights of the disabled as well as to promote the employment of such individuals. The [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Almost all indoor sports facilities in South Korea suffered declines in sales due to COVID-19 and one in 10 reported sales decreases of over 80 percent, a survey showed Thursday. According to the poll of 988 owners of indoor sports facilities nationwide, conducted by civic and industry groups from [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — An additional 1,000 troops will be assigned to cooking duties as part of efforts to improve the quality of meals while at the same time preventing them from overworking, the defense ministry said Thursday. Starting later this year, the military will reduce the number of troops at administrative support [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The conservative main opposition People Power Party (PPP) has seen an influx of new members, especially those in their 20s and 30s, in the wake of the sensational ascent of young new party leader Lee Jun-seok. According to party officials, some 23,000 people nationwide have joined the PPP as [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A subscription-based tourism product, the first of its kind in South Korea, has been introduced by a state-run tourism promotion agency. The product was designed by combining the concept of travel with the recent subscription economy trend, in which consumers are provided a variety of products and services customized [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean conglomerates appear to be gradually changing their recruitment methods in favor of experienced workers and year-round recruitment of new employees. A public organization said Wednesday that major domestic companies are planning to fill about 40 percent of their new job openings with experienced workers, as opposed to [...]
SUWON, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Myanmarese immigrants in South Korea have stepped up to donate blood every Sunday in support of the fight for democracy in Myanmar. Since April 16, the Suwon Migrants Center in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province has been holding a so-called ‘blood donation protest’ every week. The center has been holding protests [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Heavy Industries Group (HHIH) said Wednesday it has successfully conducted a test-run of a fully autonomous cruise ship backed by its own autonomous navigation system and a local mobile operator’s 5G network. The 12-person cruise ship navigated through the narrow 10-kilometer Pohang Canal in the port city, 302 [...]