SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A major Japanese internet company partly owned by Naver, South Korea’s biggest web portal, is facing pressure from Tokyo to strip the Korean tech firm of its controlling stake after a data breach last year, an extraordinarily aggressive move that threatens to upend a rare alliance between corporate giants from [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A significant number of migrant workers in South Korea have experienced wage theft, with the average amount owed surpassing 6 million won according to a recent government study. The report, titled “Research Study on the Current Situation of Wage Arrears for Migrant Workers and Remedies,” was commissioned by the National [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A national survey on reforming South Korea’s pension system found that a proposal to raise contributions in exchange for higher payouts was most popular among those in their 40s and 50s, while younger Koreans were more reluctant to increase their payments, highlighting a generational divide. The results from the citizen [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) – More medical professors affiliated with major hospitals in South Korea are considering taking weekly breaks amid the prolonged walkout by trainee doctors, officials said Wednesday, sparking fears of exacerbating the country’s health care crisis and financial difficulties of hospitals. Earlier in the day, an emergency committee of medical professors [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) –In a concerning development, Seoul National University Hospital has not had a single full-time obstetrician on staff since March, highlighting the growing aversion among medical professionals toward the high-risk and demanding field of obstetrics. This marks the first time the prestigious hospital has grappled with such a vacancy in its [...]
TOKYO/SEOUL, Apr. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) announced on April 17 that it would commence the second year of releasing treated radioactive wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean starting on April 19. The utility said it had analyzed samples from the measurement and [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government decided Friday to allow an outdoor reading event to be held at Seoul Plaza in front of City Hall on May 31, effectively rejecting the request of an annual LGBTQ festival there. The LGBTQ festival was one of three events that sought to use the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – With this year’s election season bringing a deluge of public opinion poll reports, a recent study has uncovered that South Korean voters do not hold an entirely negative view of the oft-criticized “horse race-style” coverage, contrary to popular belief. However, the research, published in the Korea Association for Broadcasting and [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The opposition bloc’s runaway victory in Wednesday’s general elections is expected to tighten its grip over parliament for the next four years and undercut the Yoon Suk Yeol government during the remainder of its term. The triumph also significantly cemented the status of Lee Jae-myung, leader of the main [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) –Foreign news outlets have praised South Korean broadcasters for their fresh and engaging attempts at election night coverage for the recent general elections. In an article titled “Is This a K-Drama? No, It’s Election Night in South Korea,” the BBC highlighted how major South Korean broadcasters incorporated elements of popular [...]