SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul metropolitan government aims to have more than 4,000 hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs) on its roads by 2022 as part of efforts to increase demand for environment-friendly cars, city officials said Thursday. To this end, the local government also plans to increase the number of hydrogen charging stations [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The wife of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk was arrested Thursday in a court decision that is expected to add traction to the prosecution’s probe into charges over her daughter’s college admission and a financial investment. Following a hearing on Wednesday, a Seoul court approved an arrest warrant for [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean police on Wednesday announced measures to step up security at foreign ambassador residences here following a break-in of the U.S. ambassador’s home. The move by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency includes providing clubs and capsaicin sprays to officers guarding embassies and ambassador residences. The police also affirmed [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Pet care centers are facing difficulties due to pet owners failing to show up after entrusting their pets to them. One online forum of pet care centers in South Korea has regular complaints from administrators that customers had disappeared after leaving their pets at the center. Some customers disappear [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Slogans printed on the guardrail that runs along the pedestrian walkway at Seoul’s Mapo Bridge to help people think twice about committing suicide have all been taken down, seven years after they were originally installed. The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Tuesday that all of the slogans inscribed on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A 52-hour workweek and anti-harassment laws are impacting the get-together practices called ‘hoesik’ prevalent in South Korean companies. Saramin, a South Korean job search portal, conducted a survey of 1,824 people, 64.5 percent of whom said that they have the right not to participate in company get-togethers without having [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Wednesday it will more than quadruple the number of recipients of its monthly youth employment promotion subsidy and create a new housing rent subsidy for young people next year. Under the new youth welfare policy announced by Mayor Park Won-soon in a town hall [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday strongly advised people not to use flavored e-cigarettes, joining a wave of nations around the world that have imposed tougher regulations amid growing health risks linked to vaping. South Korea’s Health and Welfare Minister Park Neung-hoo said the government also immediately banned teenagers from using [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Four out of 10 South Koreans think harassment at work has decreased since a new anti-bullying law took effect in mid-July, a survey showed Tuesday. About 80 percent of the respondents to the survey by a nongovernmental organization said they want enhanced punishment of perpetrators and the expansion of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The fate of K-pop superband BTS’ roaring global music career with the full seven-member lineup is up in the air as the South Korean government is in the final stage of revising the country’s controversial military duty exemption system. Jin, BTS’ eldest member whose legal name is Kim Seok-jin, [...]