SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — One year after South Korea implemented a program allowing pregnant women in crisis to give birth under pseudonyms, 109 women have utilized the service, and 171 others have opted to raise their children following state-supported counseling, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare. The program, known as the [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) has launched an investigation into global sandwich franchise Subway over allegations that its online ordering system left customer data exposed without proper security measures, raising renewed concerns about digital privacy across the country’s food delivery sector. According to the PIPC, Subway’s website [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean internet user who left offensive comments under a news article about the nation’s first pregnant same-sex couple has avoided criminal punishment after reaching a settlement with the victims. According to legal sources, the Cheonan branch of the Daejeon District Court dismissed the criminal case against the commenter, [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A long-running legal battle between South Korean human rights activists and Google over personal data transparency has come to an end after 11 years, with both parties agreeing to a court-proposed settlement. Under the terms of the agreement, Google will provide South Korean users with improved access to their personal [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The unification ministry voiced regret Monday over a recent anti-North Korea leaflet campaign staged by a group of families of those abducted by North Korea, “strongly” calling on them to suspend the campaign. Families of abduction victims launched four large latex balloons carrying leaflets into North Korea from the [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — While the overall incidence of sexual harassment in South Korean workplaces has declined slightly, a new government report reveals a troubling surge in online abuse—a shift attributed to the rise in remote and hybrid work settings. According to a triennial survey released Monday by the Ministry of Gender Equality [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean appeals court has ruled in favor of a 107-year-old victim of Japan’s wartime forced labor, ordering Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to pay compensation nearly 80 years after the abuse occurred. The civil appeals division of the Seoul Central District Court overturned a 2022 lower court decision that had [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Council is advancing a new ordinance that prioritizes children’s right to play over noise complaints related to playground activities, aiming to safeguard childhood development while mediating community concerns. On June 3, Councilmember Yoon Young-hee of the People Power Party introduced an amendment to the “Seoul Ordinance [...]
GWANGMYEONG, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — In a pioneering move to combat suicide, the city of Gwangmyeong, just southwest of Seoul, has equipped 10 rental cars with carbon monoxide detectors, becoming the first municipality in South Korea to adopt such a measure. The city government announced Thursday that it partnered with local company K Rent-a-Car to [...]
Gwangju, South Korea, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The rain came and went over Gwangju’s northern hills, but the students kept walking—518 of them, a symbolic number etched into the nation’s memory. On this overcast morning, just two days before the 45th anniversary of the May 18 Democratic Uprising, they made their quiet way through the [...]