SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States are considering renaming their major annual combined exercises, apparently as part of efforts to support ongoing diplomacy with North Korea, a military source in Seoul said Monday. The allies have been in consultation on their overall plans for next year’s exercises, such as [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that 49.1 percent of female salaried employees living with a child under 18 years of age were paid less than 2 million won (US$1,773) per month. Compared to all salaried employees, 10.8 percent more working moms made less than 2 million won per month. [...]
DONGHAE, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Tension swept over the city of Donghae, Gangwon Province last Friday when Green Korea and group of veterinarians entered a small farm to rescue three Asiatic black bears caged behind iron bars. The anxious bears were anesthetized before they were brought out by Green Korea activists to be taken [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A bill to amend the Road Traffic Act, also known as the Yoon Chang-ho Bill, was passed at the National Assembly last Friday to change DUI standards for the first time in 57 years. Previously, drivers found to have a BAC (Blood Alcohol Concentration) of more than 0.05 percent [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul taxi driver died after setting himself on fire in front of the National Assembly on Monday, apparently in protest of the planned launch of a ride-sharing service by a local information technology enterprise. The driver, identified only as 57-year-old with the surname Choi, sprinkled flammable materials on [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The wage gap between workers in large companies and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) widened in 2014 amid a deepening polarization of the labor market, a report said Monday. According to the report published by the Bank of Korea (BOK), large businesses — those with 300 or more workers [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean rescuers were dispatched most to deal with requests to remove hornet nests as part of their response to people’s livelihood-related problems in the 2015-2017 period, government data showed Monday. The data from a public security database on livelihood-related problems, run by the National Fire Agency and the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of South Korean adults are in favor of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un making an address at the National Assembly if he comes to Seoul, a poll showed Monday. The survey of 503 South Koreans nationwide by local pollster Realmeter showed 46.7 percent of respondents consenting to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Daijin Bed Co., a South Korean mattress maker, has refused to accept the local consumer agency’s call for it to compensate victims of products that contained a harmful radioactive substance, officials of the agency said Sunday. Late last month, the company told the Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) that it [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of eco-friendly cars made by Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister company Kia Motors Corp. jumped 2.1-fold in the first 11 months of this year, on strong domestic and overseas demand, industry data showed Sunday. The two flagship companies of Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s fifth largest automotive [...]