WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly nine out of every 10 South Koreans hold a favorable view of the United States, the second highest rating among 17 countries surveyed, a poll showed Monday. It also showed more than 80 percent of South Koreans think the U.S. is a reliable partner. In the poll conducted [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean customs agency reviewing the idea of strengthening the tax obligation for the nation’s overseas direct purchase agents. The Korea Customs Service said Monday that it has outsourced a study on the direction of customs administration in response to changes in the e-commerce environment. In the request for [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell below 100,000 for the first time in seven days Monday due to fewer tests over the weekend amid the spread of a highly contagious omicron subvariant. The country reported 62,078 new COVID-19 infections, including 396 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The recent torrential rain that hit South Korea’s central region was responsible for the deaths of several people among society’s more vulnerable groups, and the socially vulnerable bear larger and more extensive mental damage, a study showed Sunday. Lee Yoo-bin from the Seoul National University Graduate School of Public [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The coronavirus pandemic, which has roiled markets since 2020, may be hurting the finances of South Korea’s state pension fund, a report said Sunday. The National Pension Research Institute reported that the number of marriages dropped to 214,000 in 2020, down 10.7 percent from 2019. In 2021, there were [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s traffic authority said Monday that it will launch research to map out safety instructions for personal mobility devices, like electric scooters, amid a hike in deaths of their riders in recent years. The Korea Road Traffic Authority said the project is aimed at setting new safety standards [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A local bank’s refusal to open an account for a foreigner with a long name is discriminatory, South Korea’s human rights watchdog said Monday. The move came 13 months after a foreigner filed a petition with the National Human Rights Commission of Korea for being rejected by the bank [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government has announced plans to install safety nets and other screening devices in manholes as part of efforts to prevent people from falling or getting sucked through the openings during flooding. The initiative comes after a number of people fell into open manholes during last week’s [...]
JEJU, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The autonomous police forces on South Korea’s largest island of Jeju announced that it has formed a cooperative system the with Jeju Fire Safety Headquarters to secure the golden hour for ambulances transporting emergency patients, including those suffering from cardiac arrest or serious injuries. The cooperative system will start [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean consumers are generally satisfied with live commerce, or TV home shopping-style mobile shopping, but the biggest cause of complaints lies in frequent buffering, a poll showed Sunday. According to a survey conducted by the Korea Consumer Agency of 1,500 adult consumers who had purchased products through five [...]