SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has announced that it is considering introducing advanced bio-recognition technologies, such as animal nose print or nose patterns, in order to improve the pet registration process. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs reported on Sunday that it will spend a total of 692 million won [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 130,000 units of Apple Inc.’s new iPhone models are believed to have been set up on the first day of sales in South Korea, industry insiders said Saturday. Apple released its iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max in South Korea on Friday, targeting consumers [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s last surviving dog slaughterhouses have finally been shut down after constant pressure from the mayor. The result comes after a year and two months of crackdowns, pressure, and convincing by the Seoul Metropolitan Government. The city announced on Thursday that the last three dog slaughterhouses in downtown Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Daum, South Korea’s second-largest internet portal, will temporarily close down comment fields on its entertainment news site in a drastic move designed to crack down on online expressions of defamation and hatred, the portal’s operator said Friday. Yeo Min-soo and Joh Su-yong, co-chief executives of Kakao Corp., which has [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail companies are engaged in a fierce battle with Japanese companies in the Vietnamese market, which has emerged as a “post-China.” According to the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, Vietnam’s retail industry has been growing rapidly, with an annual average growth rate of 10.9 percent between 2013 and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — MUMUSO, a Chinese distributor of daily supplies accused of imitating a Korean brand, is turning a blind eye to the recent government order to shut down its Korean branch. MUMUSO opened a branch office in South Korea in 2014. As it turns out, however, the office only existed on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Wednesday it will more than quadruple the number of recipients of its monthly youth employment promotion subsidy and create a new housing rent subsidy for young people next year. Under the new youth welfare policy announced by Mayor Park Won-soon in a town hall [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday strongly advised people not to use flavored e-cigarettes, joining a wave of nations around the world that have imposed tougher regulations amid growing health risks linked to vaping. South Korea’s Health and Welfare Minister Park Neung-hoo said the government also immediately banned teenagers from using [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Royal Palaces and Tombs Center, which operates under the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA), is under fire for new uniform designs that were recently unveiled that are reminiscent of the so-called Mao suit. Last Friday, the CHA unveiled 28 types of work clothes that will be worn by employees [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Married couples in their 30s and 40s without any children are more satisfied with their marriage and happier after retirement, a recent study has revealed. Prof. Eun Seon-kyung from Korea Christian University conducted a survey of 1,000 women in their 30s and 40s who were married and were with [...]