DAEGU, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea moves to phase out the dog meat trade, vendors at Chilseong Dog Market in Daegu’s Buk-gu district are voicing frustration over what they describe as insufficient government compensation for closing or converting their businesses. On July 10, just days before the start of Chobok—a traditional day [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is weighing a significant pension reform that could bring platform workers — such as food delivery riders and chauffeur-for-hire drivers — under the same pension contribution scheme as regular employees, with their platforms potentially covering half of their premiums. A new report released Tuesday by the National [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A new analysis has revealed stark disparities in the lives of older South Koreans with disabilities, with nearly four in ten living alone and facing significantly higher levels of social isolation compared to their non-disabled peers. According to a report released Wednesday by the Korea Disabled People’s Development Institute [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Korean children diagnosed with depression has more than doubled in the past five years, raising urgent concerns about youth mental health and the need for early intervention. According to data released Wednesday by the Elementary Teachers’ Union, the number of depression diagnoses among elementary school-aged [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The labor union of GM Korea Co., the South Korean unit of U.S. automaker General Motors Co., plans to stage a partial strike this week, as it has failed to narrow differences with management in ongoing wage negotiations, union officials said Wednesday. Unionized workers will stage two-hour walkouts across [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 1,000 cases of patients suffering heat-related illnesses have been reported to date this summer as a heat wave hit the country earlier than normal, data showed Wednesday, one day after the country saw record high temperatures in the capital, Seoul. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — From MBTI to TCI, and from hormone-based typologies to the Big Five, South Korea is in the throes of a personality test boom — a cultural phenomenon that blends pop psychology with digital convenience and reflects deeper social trends in how young people relate to themselves and others. What [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — At 8 a.m. on July 8, the sun blazed down on the asphalt at the busy intersection near Sinseol-dong Station in eastern Seoul. Already, the air was thick with heat, and the road shimmered under temperatures nearing boiling. Amid it all stood Officer Shim Gyu-beom, 30, of the Dongdaemun [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s younger generations are increasingly forgoing car ownership, with new data showing that new vehicle registrations among people in their 20s and 30s have dropped to their lowest levels in a decade. In contrast, older consumers — particularly those in their 60s and 70s — are driving a [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Temperatures in the western South Korean cities of Gwangmyeong and Paju soared above 40 C on Tuesday, marking the highest July temperatures ever recorded in the country, the state weather agency said. The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said Paju reached 40.1 C at around 3:24 p.m. while Gwangmyeong hit [...]