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SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting in July, 30 secondary hospitals across South Korea will begin offering round-the-clock medical services in five critical fields: burn treatment, microsurgery, childbirth, pediatrics, and cerebrovascular care, the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced Monday. The initiative aims to bolster access to essential medical services in areas where supply [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A memorial event honoring Korean victims who were forced to work at an old Japanese mine complex during Japan’s colonial rule of Korea is unlikely to take place in July or August as Japan had promised, a Seoul official said Monday. Holding such a memorial ceremony for the victims [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will raising the travel alert for Bolivia’s Cochabamba region starting next month, due to growing instability from intensifying anti-government protests and rising organized crime, the foreign ministry said Monday. A Level 3 travel alert, calling for citizens to leave the country, will be applied to Cochabamba beginning [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The state weather agency issued the season’s first heat wave advisory for Seoul as of Monday noon, one day after the capital experienced its first tropical night of the season. A heat wave advisory is issued when the day’s highest sensible temperature is expected to remain at 33 C [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – KT Wiz rookie slugger Ahn Hyun-min and LG Twins outfielder Kim Hyun-soo were among the 26 reserves announced Monday for the annual Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) All-Star Game. Each summer, representatives from the 10 KBO clubs are divided into the “Nanum” and “Dream” All-Star teams for an exhibition game. [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The protagonist of “Squid Game,” Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), is no hero. Yet, in the series’ final moments, he makes a profoundly heroic choice that symbolizes how ordinary people can create a better world, according to the series creator, Hwang Dong-hyuk. “He is not an extraordinary man with some kind [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Elderly drivers were responsible for over one in five traffic accidents in South Korea last year, a record high that has reignited debate over delayed safety reforms ahead of the first anniversary of a deadly wrong-way driving incident in central Seoul. According to new data from the Korea Road Traffic [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — In a continued push to globalize its language and culture, South Korea is adding 11 new King Sejong Institutes to its growing international network of Korean language centers, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced Monday. These newly designated centers—named after the 15th-century monarch who created the Korean [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Major South Korean retailers have launched special pop-up stores and exclusive tie-in merchandise in collaboration with the newly released third season of Netflix’s hit series “Squid Game,” according to industry officials Monday. GS25, the convenience store chain operated by GS Group, has partnered with Netflix to showcase new collaborative [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of in-home care facilities serving elderly South Koreans has nearly quadrupled over the past five years, reflecting a growing preference among seniors to receive medical and support services at home rather than in institutional settings. According to data released Saturday by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, [...]