SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Online courses that have replaced regular school classes to prevent the spread of the coronavirus have triggered concerns that educational inequality is getting worse. South Korean civic group World Without Worries for Private Education conducted a survey of 1,000 men and women across the country, 62 percent of whom [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting in July 2022 at the latest, all construction firms will be required to meet regulations on inter-floor noise before acquiring construction permits. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced Tuesday that it will require construction firms to pass a test to determine how well each floor blocks [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Sexual minorities are facing social discrimination, hatred and isolation following a mass outbreak of the coronavirus in Itaewon that began on May 7. An individual referred to only as Kim, who visited a club in Itaewon and tested negative for the coronavirus on May 12, talked of his recent [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Tuesday it will improve working conditions for foreign workers in the local fishery industry and prevent potential human rights violations by their employers. “As foreign seafarers are playing bigger roles in the country’s fishery industry in sync with their rising presence, South Korea plans to roll [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — QR code-based registration of visitors at bars, clubs and other entertainment facilities across the country will be mandatory from Wednesday as part of the country’s efforts to stem the spread of the new coronavirus, health authorities said Tuesday. Such facilities in the nation are required to use smartphone QR [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A renowned U.S. scholar has pointed to South Korea’s “greater sense of community and social cohesion” as what has driven progress in its fight against the new coronavirus, calling it “impressive.” Michael J. Sandel, professor of government at Harvard University, made the remarks in an online interview organized by [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Rallies and demonstrations following African American George Floyd’s death continued throughout major U.S. cities on Saturday (local time), with Korean Americans joining the peaceful protests calling for an end to racism and police brutality. An organization named “The Asia-Pacific Resident Community in Support of BLM (Black Lives Matter)” held [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Police Agency is developing artificial intelligence (AI) technology that automatically sends information helpful for investigation to field investigators. Jang Kwang-ho, head of the smart police intelligence center at the Police Science Institute, introduced the project at a meeting held at the National Police Agency headquarters. Investigators at [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s leading mobile carrier, plans to expand its network of ‘base offices’ in metropolitan areas aimed at enabling all of its employees to commute within 10 or 20 minutes. According to SK Telecom, CEO Park Jung-ho held a virtual town hall meeting on Wednesday under [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superstars BTS and their label-management agency Big Hit Entertainment have donated US$1 million to the cause of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement in the United States, according to a company representative Sunday. “It is true that a donation of $1 million was made in the name of [...]