ANSAN, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese communities in South Korea are on high alert amid growing fears of a new coronavirus that originated in China. As of Tuesday, four people in South Korea — one Chinese and three Korean nationals — have tested positive for the virus that has killed more than 100 in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A civic organization representing Korean women forced to work at Japan’s wartime military brothels said Tuesday it is pushing ahead with a project to establish a center in the United States to pay tribute to Kim Bok-dong, a late human rights activist and symbolic figure among the victims. Tuesday [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Seven in 10 Seoul citizens find South Korea “severely” unequal, a poll has suggested. According to the city government’s survey unveiled Monday, 26.5 percent said inequality in the society is “very severe” and 42.3 percent “severe.” As the areas with the worst inequality, 41.1 percent picked “building assets, such [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The social media accounts of celebrities who committed suicide after suffering from malicious comments are still exposed to negative comments. The Instagram account of singer and actress Sulli, who passed away in October last year, has been visited by a steady stream of Internet users. Some 100 comments were [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has found that many unmarried men and women in South Korea feel that marriage avoidance in Korean society is a serious social issue, but most believe that marriage is not necessary. According to a survey of 1,000 unmarried men and women aged 19 to 44 conducted [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — In major advanced countries, the more women engage in economic activities, the more children they have. According to a report from the Korea Association of Public Finance, based on 1990-2016 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) country panel data, the number of childbirths increased significantly as women’s participation [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul education office on Tuesday advised schools in the capital to extend their winter vacation as part of efforts to curb the fatal new coronavirus from further spreading. A letter containing the non-binding advisory was sent to kindergartens, elementary, middle and high schools across the capital, according to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite enhanced quarantine efforts, concerns are rising here that the Wuhan coronavirus may spread across the country as some patients confirmed to be infected with the virus have not been adequately screened at airports and have been in contact with citizens here. According to the Korea Centers for Disease [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Gangnam Station in southern Seoul was the busiest subway station in the country’s capital last year, data showed Tuesday. In 2019, 141,597 people used the Line No. 2 station each day on average, which also connects to the Sinbundang Line that terminates in Gyeonggi Province, according to the data [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) has issued guidelines on the prevention of an outbreak of Wuhan coronavirus amid deepening concerns over the spread of the pneumonia-like illness following four confirmed cases reported in South Korea. The deadly virus appears to have put the U.S. military on alert, particularly as [...]