SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — COVID-19 is speeding up the era of digital public education, as unexpectedly as it seems, while taking a toll on offline education. Since April of last year, following the first wave of the pandemic across the country, education authorities have scrambled to set up digital infrastructure across all schools. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has come up with a set of special measures to boost the COVID-19 vaccination rate among migrant workers here as fears of a possible crackdown on unregistered immigrants are holding back their vaccination turnout, officials said Thursday. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety, the Ministry of [...]
HONOLULU, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in focused on two matters on what may be his final visit to the United States while in office: drumming up global support for Seoul’s diplomatic initiatives and expanding the COVID-19 vaccine partnership between the allies. In the first official activity of his five-day trip to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Thursday it plans to invest 42.4 billion won (US$35.8 million) through 2023 to develop core technologies for hydrogen-powered trams. The budget will also be spent to find ways to modify hydrogen fuel cells used by Hyundai Motor Co.’s Nexo SUVs and use them in trams, according [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of online scams surrounding the transactions of used products and gaming items has increased sharply over the past five years. According to the data from the National Police Agency, disclosed by Rep. Oh Young-hwan of the Democratic Party, the number of online scams shot up to 174,000 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases stayed in the 1,700s for the second consecutive day on Wednesday despite fewer tests during an extended Chuseok holiday, raising concerns over a spike in new infections across the nation after the holiday. The country reported 1,720 new COVID-19 cases, including 1,703 local infections, [...]
NEW YORK, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in used his last U.N. General Assembly speech this week for a bid to revive hopes of a declaration to formally end the Korean War. In an unusual move, he publicly mentioned the names of signatories to the envisioned declaration, as he addressed the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is planning to spend about 23.2 billion won (US$19.5 million) in next year’s official development assistance (ODA) projects for war-torn Afghanistan, a document showed Wednesday. The Office for Government Policy Coordination under the Prime Minister’s Office said in the document submitted to Rep. Tae Young-ho of the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases increased to over 1,700 on Tuesday despite fewer tests over the weekend, adding to woes that infections could further increase after the Chuseok holiday in the wider capital area. The country reported an additional 1,729 COVID-19 cases, including 1,697 local infections, raising the total [...]
NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizcwire) — South Korea is expected to receive one million doses of vaccines, produced either by Pfizer or Moderna, from Britain in stages starting this weekend, as leaders of the two countries had discussions on the matter during their summit talks here, according to a Cheong Wa Dae official. “It [...]