SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has decided to restrict the export of military goods including tear gas to Myanmar, suspend bilateral defense exchanges and reconsider development assistance to the Southeast Asian nation amid its violent crackdown on citizens protesting a coup, the government said Friday. The move follows Seoul’s repeated calls for [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will grant special stay permits for Myanmar nationals on humanitarian grounds starting next Monday, amid mounting violence there following a coup last month, the justice ministry said Friday. The ministry said the measures will cover approximately 25,000 Myanmar nationals who are staying in South Korea, until conditions [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean airlines struggling with the coronavirus pandemic are joining hands with IT firms, hotels, and duty-free stores in an attempt to boost revenue. Korean Air Lines Co. and Naver Corp. signed an agreement last month to enable ticketing and check-ins via Naver’s online portal. The South Korea’s biggest [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Christian community has expressed concerns about political instability in Myanmar in connection with the recent coup and vowed for solidarity with the pro-democracy movement there. “The Catholic Church in Korea expresses her deepest concern about the outbreak of violence and the subsequent bloodshed in our neighboring country, [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Innocean Worldwide Inc., a major South Korean advertising agency, released a trend report in which it said that the home workout trend evolved in the ‘2020 with corona’ era. The report said that after gaining popularity amid fine dust woes, the home workout trend gained more traction from the [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Thursday that it will expand a real-time sharing service for so-called ‘green’ parking lots or spaces in residential areas. The green parking lots were introduced in 2004 as part of efforts to address parking problems in residential areas. The city government subsidized the [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean prisoners who typically work in a variety of prison-support jobs will now be subject to the government’s recent 52-hour workweek initiative. On Thursday, the Ministry of Justice released an advance legislation notice for a revision of the law on the execution of sentences and the treatment of [...]
DAEGU, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A fire station in the southeastern city of Daegu said Thursday it has started to offer a translation service for foreign residents in the city, amid increasing calls for help from them. According to the Suseong Fire Station, there are more than 28,000 registered foreign residents in the city, [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 1 in 2 South Koreans believe that the introduction of the local autonomy system here 30 years ago has failed to reduce regional gaps and promote balanced development among regions, a poll showed Thursday. In the poll of 1,000 adults nationwide by the Korea Research Institute for Local [...]
CHUNCHEON, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The construction of Legoland Korea on a river island in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province scheduled for grand opening early next year, is struggling with development projects in the surrounding area. Legoland Korea Resort will consist of seven clusters built on 280,790 square meters of land, including the Lego Hotel and [...]