SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — About 40 percent of parcel delivery drivers in South Korea work more than 14 hours a day during peak seasons, government data showed Tuesday. The labor ministry released its study on the work conditions and health of couriers following a recent series of deaths of workers apparently from overwork. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A total of 416 additional COVID-19 infections were confirmed across South Korea as of 6 p.m. Tuesday, according to health authorities and local governments. The figure raises the possibility that the daily number of new cases will exceed 500 in an updated tally to be announced the following day. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The ongoing coronavirus pandemic continues to take a toll on public schools, imposing pressure on local daycare centers and children’s welfare facilities. A rising number of infections in Seoul resulted in daycare centers being asked to shut down on Nov. 27. However, many centers continue to open at least [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Assembly passed a bill Tuesday that would allow globally recognized male pop culture artists to postpone their mandatory military duties. The assembly’s plenary session gave the nod to the bill on revising the Military Service Act to grant an exceptional right to defer national defense duties to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Cabinet approved a revised regulation Tuesday to expand the coverage of the state employment insurance program to artists. The labor ministry said artists who are in a work contract and earn at least 500,000 won (US$450) per month will be eligible under the amended executive ordinance of the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean babies born in 2019 are expected to live more than 83 years, data showed Tuesday, amid improved public awareness about health and better medical systems. Life expectancy at birth averaged 83.3 years last year, six months longer than a year earlier, according to the data compiled by [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) has officially adopted new guidelines to identify seas by numbers instead of names, officials said Tuesday, a decision expected to help ease a long-running row over what to call the body of water between South Korea and Japan. IHO member states had reached a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea launched a global research and development cooperation program Tuesday to help local materials, parts and equipment makers forge technology tie-ups with German auto giant BMW and other foreign firms. Under the program, the government will invest 100 billion won (US$90.1 million) over the next three years starting [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Korea held a completion ceremony Monday for the 2nd ‘Starbucks Restart Program,’ a training program designed to support the comeback of failed small business owners. For a group of failed small business owners who had no option but to shut down their businesses, Starbucks offered training twice in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — An appeals court has ruled in favor of a non-religious conscientious objector who was indicted for dodging the draft. The Uijeongbu District Court said Monday that it overturned a lower court ruling in the case of a man who was indicted for violation of the nation’s military service law. [...]