SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — With just 50 days before the April 10 parliamentary elections, political parties have shifted into full-fledged election mode by nominating candidates for key constituencies, as observers anticipate a tightly contested race with variables in play. The quadrennial election is set to select a new 300-member National Assembly, with this [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — With less than 50 days remaining until South Korea’s parliamentary elections in April, concerns over the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI)-generated deepfake videos and images are mounting, prompting heightened vigilance from election authorities. According to the National Election Commission (NEC), the country’s election watchdog, 129 pieces AI-generated media content [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A nationwide strike by doctors is unlikely to be realized, the health ministry said Thursday, though trainee doctors and medical school students have moved to take collective action against medical school enrollment quota hikes. Doctors have warned of a massive strike and other responses in opposition to the government’s [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The government will deploy “all means” to cope with a looming walkout by a major association of medical doctors in protest of the planned hike in the enrollment quota for medical schools, a senior official said Thursday. Park Min-soo, second vice minister at the Ministry of Health and Welfare, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol said Wednesday that first lady Kim Keon Hee failed to “cold-heartedly reject” a visitor armed with a hidden camera, speaking for the first time on allegations she accepted a luxury handbag from the man in 2022. Yoon said in an interview with KBS TV that [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s broadcasting watchdog on Wednesday approved that an affiliate of the mid-sized conglomerate Eugene Group becomes the largest shareholder of the local news channel YTN. The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) said it decided to approve the application by Eugene ENT Co. to change the largest shareholder of the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The government’s first medical school enrollment quota increase in decades came out of a dire necessity to secure more doctors for ensuring basic medical services amid rapid aging and growing regional disparities, though South Korea has a long way to go before achieving the goals facing fierce opposition from [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A court on Tuesday recognized the state’s liability to compensate humidifier disinfectant victims or their bereaved families for the first time in South Korea. The Seoul High Court overturned a lower court’s verdict that the state is not responsible for compensation to the victims of toxic humidifier sterilizer products, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Many health service consumers welcomed Tuesday’s government decision to drastically increase the medical school enrollment quota, saying it will improve access to doctors, but others voiced skepticism that it could erode the quality of medical services. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said the entrance quota for medical schools [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey has shown that labor experts consider the reintroduction of the “Yellow Envelope Law” (an amendment to the Labor Union and Labor Relations Act) as the most crucial pledge for office workers in this year’s general election. Gabjil 119, a civic group, conducted a poll among its affiliated [...]