SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The ruling party and its opposition clashed once again regarding President Moon Jae-in’s “nuclear power phase out” plan during the national audit regarding the issue by lawmakers within the National Assembly’s Trade, Industry, Energy, SMEs, and Startups Committee. Ruling party lawmakers lauded President Moon’s policy on phasing out nuclear [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of taxi drivers are joining action to oppose a newly proposed carpooling venture from Kakao Mobility. The drivers of nearly 70,000 taxis in Seoul announced that they would stop all operations to participate in a rally to be held in the capital city’s Gwanghwamun district at [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – There has been a rise, in recent years, of the number of South Koreans who pay national health insurance premiums, required for people to benefit from subsidized hospital bills, but yet do not pay into the national pension plan. According to data submitted by the National Health Insurance Service [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Citizen’s Coalition for Safety (CCS) has argued that the elderly show clearer signs of wanting to commit suicide compared to other demographic groups, making it easier to intervene in any suicide attempts. Yang Du-seok, the director of the Center for Suicide Prevention at the CCS, said Tuesday at [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean working poor are struggling from a vicious cycle of increasing debt, where interest and repayment fees reach as high as 12.56 million won each year, while disposable income is no more than 11 million won, on average. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHSA) [...]
JEJU/SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The immigration office on the southern island of Jeju decided Wednesday to give 339 Yemeni asylum seekers humanitarian stay permits in South Korea, the justice ministry said. The office also rejected refuge applications from 34 Yemenis and deferred decisions on 85 others. A total of 481 Yemenis applied for [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — More local companies are switching to blind hiring for new recruits, looking more at qualifications for required skills rather than alma mater, hometowns and language proficiency, an analysis indicated Wednesday. According to the Korea Economic Research Institute, the surveyed firms mostly adopted blind hiring for select positions. Lotte Department [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 7 out of 10 luxury imported vehicles selling for more than 100 million won each have been registered under corporate entities, prompting critics to call for an investigation to verify whether the vehicles have been inappropriately registered for the purpose of evading taxes. According to data submitted [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul plans to open the Center for Protection of Rights of Emotional Workers on October 16 near Anguk station to collect complaints and run therapeutic programs for emotional workers. Emotional labor refers to a type of work that involves engaging with customers without revealing one’s feelings. Call center employees, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The government and the ruling Democratic Party (DP) will come up with measures to tackle widespread irregularities in private kindergartens next week, a party official said Tuesday. They plan to hold a closed-door meeting Sunday amid growing public uproar sparked by revelations of preschool owners’ corruption by a lawmaker [...]