SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The foreign ministry on Friday expressed “extreme regret” over Japan’s two-week quarantine plan for visitors from South Korea over new coronavirus concerns, warning of “all possible” corresponding measures. Vice Foreign Minister Cho Sei-young plans to summon Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koji Tomita to officially lodge a protest over [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 8 out of 10 South Korean companies said they have difficulty maintaining proper staffing due to the high rate of early resignation of members of the millennial generation. According to a survey conducted by online job portal Saramin of 356 companies that hired new employees in the past [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) will apply Internet of Things (IoT) technology to “green parking,” parking spaces created by tearing down residential walls. Through this initiative, the city plans to expand real-time parking sharing services so that individuals can share empty parking places and gain additional income. The green [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Until the new coronavirus broke out in South Korea, Park Yoon-ha was happily looking forward to meeting her first child this fall. But as the number of infections spiked, her daily commute on the subway and time at work became tinted with fear as she grew anxious about her [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Thursday it will fully ban exports of protective masks as the country is struggling to expand the supply of sanitary products here amid the spread of the novel coronavirus. Starting Friday, the country, which earlier set a ceiling of 10 percent of daily output for exports, [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A remote ‘video trial’ was held in a South Korean court as the coronavirus outbreak continues unabated. The measure comes as part of the South Korean court’s initiative to minimize physical contact and prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Seoul High Court carried out a trial on a financial [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Companies that have introduced blind recruitment policies generally seem to be satisfied with the results. According to a recent survey of 554 people in charge of human resources conducted by job search portal JobKorea, 42 percent of companies that introduced blind recruitment said they were satisfied with the hiring [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Parents are struggling to find the time and space to spend time with their children as authorities have delayed the new school year due to the coronavirus outbreak, and with cabin fever setting in. All kindergartens, elementary, middle, and high schools across the country will begin their school year [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A total of 75 graduates of the 60th cohort of the Korea Armed Forces Nursing Academy left for coronavirus-hit Daegu Tuesday following their graduation and commission ceremony. They will be assigned to Armed Forces Daegu Hospital to offer medical assistance in fighting the coronavirus. The commission ceremony, originally scheduled [...]
JEJU, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jeju Immigration Office in South Korea’s southern resort island of Jeju quickly became a scene of chaos with Chinese illegal aliens lined up to flee the country. Some 200 people rushed to report on Tuesday that they would voluntarily leave South Korea. There were even instances of physical [...]