SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Very widely used mobile app services are based on so-called “platform labor,” or new forms of labor that are traded like products based on information and communication technology (ICT) platforms. However, the public’s awareness of platform labor is significantly low. According to a survey of 1,000 citizens conducted by [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Koreans staying at hotels and tourist inns in Japan halved in August from a year earlier, data showed Thursday, amid boycott campaign against Japanese products stemming from bitter feuds over trade and history. The Japan Tourism Agency said the number of South Koreans at such [...]
JEONJU, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean public is divided over a recent move to abolish zoos, questioning the intent of breeding animals to show them to the public. Amid the controversy, a zoo in North Jeolla Province is attempting to bring about happy coexistence between humans and animals. It was 2015 when [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The income imbalance for singers and athletes is becoming serious. According to data submitted to Rep. Kim Doo-kwan from the National Tax Service, the annual total income of the top 28 earners, or one percent of the 2,758 who reported income as singers, was 136.5 billion won (US$117 million). [...]
SEJONG, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 2 million foreigners were registered as residents in South Korea as of November last year, bolstered by a growing number of those with permanent residency, government data showed Thursday. The number of foreign residents totaled 2,054,621 as of Nov. 1, 2018, up 10.4 percent from a year [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) has announced plans to install sensors that collect fine dust information throughout the city. The city announced on Tuesday it will install 2,500 “S-DoT·Smart Seoul Data of Things” sensors that will collect noise, fine dust and ultraviolet information by 2022. To begin, the SMG [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Wild boars are posing a growing threat to South Korea’s urban dwellers lately, as the mountain animals flock in growing numbers to residential areas in search of food, destroy properties and facilities and even attack people. This year, wild boars drew fresh media attention, as the deadly African swine [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Medical researchers have discovered a method of using common blood tests to predict the onset of arteriosclerosis that can cause heart attacks and strokes, a Seoul hospital said Tuesday. Gangnam Severance Hospital said a team of researchers led by Park Jong-suk has determined that there is close correlation between [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The delivery in the midst of its heyday, with so-called ‘Yakult women’ now delivering kimchi and meat, and convenience stores providing parcel and laundry services. Yakult (Japanese yogurt drink) delivery personnel are famous for going from house to house with their Yakult delivery carts. These days, however, their frozen [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., along with SK Group affiliates are holding the SK ICT Tech Summit 2019, where the main agenda is to share ICT and services, at Walkerhill Hotel in Seoul for two days on Monday and Tuesday. The summit is the fourth of its kind this year with [...]