SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Vietnam has granted 340 South Korean business travelers exemptions from its coronavirus entry ban, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, with their chartered flights set to depart for the Southeast Asian country later this week. The exemptions came amid Seoul’s stepped-up diplomacy to persuade foreign countries to allow essential overseas [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Can an online experience really replace the emotions of an on-site concert? Thanks to a new wave of innovative online performances in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic and strict physical distancing measures, we’re about to find out. With the performance market frozen due to the coronavirus pandemic, attempts [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting next month, black boxes in taxis and buses will be used to track illegal activities such as motorcycles operating on sidewalks or bicycle paths. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) announced Monday that it will join hands with the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the [...]
JEJU, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — In the runup to an extended holiday this week, Jeju Island, a famous resort island in South Korea, is stepping up quarantine and pandemic prevention measures as it is bracing for a surge in incoming tourists during the time, officials said Tuesday. The country is only two days away [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Justice on Monday asked citizens to make use of an online notarial system instead of visiting government offices in person. The initiative is part of government policy to maintain appropriate physical distancing to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. The ministry explained that it has [...]
SEJONG, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Suicide remained the leading cause of death among young people in South Korea in 2018, a report showed Monday, a chronic problem that has plagued the nation for more than a decade. The suicide rate per 100,000 people aged between 9 and 24 stood at 9.1 in 2018, up [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — People in South Korea gathered at some churches and temples for religious services on the first Sunday since the government eased rules on social distancing amid signs coronavirus infections are on the decline. They, however, joined religious events in limited numbers without letting their guard down against the COVID-19 [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A walking tour is gaining popularity among South Koreans, especially those in their 20s and 30s, as an alternative to expensive, cumbersome forms of travel, government data showed. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization earlier this week announced the result of their survey [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean-bred racing horse has been put up for auction through YouTube live broadcasting for the very first time. A landscape changed by the coronavirus outbreak, YouTube live broadcasting is being spotlighted as a new platform for ‘untact’ methods of exchanging animals. An auction for Korean-bred racing horses, held [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s government on Thursday announced new get-tough measures against digital sex crimes, vowing to push to punish even buyers, advertisers and possessors of child and youth sexual abuse materials, as well as their producers and sellers. The government said it will treat any production of digital sexual materials [...]