SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases stayed over 100 for the second straight day Thursday, as sporadic cluster infections continued to strain the country’s virus fight ahead of major holidays. The country added 125 more COVID-19 cases, including 109 local infections, raising the total caseload to 23,341, according to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Thursday it has agreed with Vietnam and Russia to resume flights following months of suspension over the new coronavirus outbreak. Flights linking Incheon, west of Seoul, with Vietnamese and Russian cities will start this and next month, according to the land and foreign ministries, helping businesspeople [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s internet censorship body on Thursday decided to block public access to a controversial doxing website that discloses personal information of alleged sex offenders and pedophiles over concerns of false accusations. The “Digital Prison” website was created earlier this year after public anger mounted over high-profile sex abuse [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea’s brutal killing of a South Korean official drifting near the maritime border is expected to throw the already-frayed inter-Korean relations into an abyss, possibly forcing the government to halt all envisioned reconciliation efforts amid public outrage, experts said Thursday. They, however, urged the government to take a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The government said Thursday it plans to create a facility that specializes in the live streaming of music concerts and launch projects aimed at supporting the domestic content streaming industry. The plans were announced by the culture ministry as part of culture initiatives within the government’s more broader “New [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 91 percent of South Korean workers who are working from home amid new coronavirus concerns said they are satisfied with the alternative, a government poll showed Thursday. The survey of 878 workers showed that 60.5 percent were mostly satisfied with working from home, while 30.8 percent said they [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Commercial tenants who have been hit hard by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic have gained new rights to ask landlords to reduce rent. The legislation and judiciary committee of the National Assembly passed a revision of the Commercial Tenant Protection Law on Wednesday. Under the revised law, the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — COVID-19 is weighing heavily on charities this Chuseok season, with funds drying up and volunteers slow to offer their services due to fear of the virus. Chuseok, the Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving, falls next Thursday this year at a time of heightened vigilance over the possible further spread of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will propose a bill that will make class actions available in all areas beyond the securities field, the justice ministry said Thursday, in an effort to solve collective disputes and compensate victims more efficiently. The Ministry of Justice said it will announce the legislation plan Monday to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s agricultural ministry said Thursday it has collaborated with the country’s top online portal operator Naver Corp. to provide information on restaurants that follow guidelines on the prevention of the new coronavirus. The government said earlier it will release data on restaurants that follow sanitary guidelines and induce [...]