SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of drug offenders in South Korea surpassed the 20,000 mark for the second consecutive year in 2024, with people in their 20s and 30s accounting for over 60 percent of the total, data showed Sunday. Last year, a total of 23,022 people were apprehended for drug-related offenses, [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries are on the rise, helping offset recent drops in shipments to the United States and China amid a global trade war sparked partly by the U.S.’ evolving tariff policies, data showed Sunday. Outbound shipments to the ASEAN [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — In a bid to counter South Korea’s declining birthrate, the government and major transit operators are rolling out a series of expanded transportation benefits aimed at easing the burden on families with multiple children. Recent additions include priority departure services at major airports, discounted high-speed rail fares, and enhanced fare [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A new public opinion survey shows that a strong majority of South Koreans have confidence in President Lee Jae-myung’s ability to lead the nation, with 70 percent of respondents saying they expect him to perform well during his five-year term. The poll, conducted by Gallup Korea from June 10 to [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A senior U.S. diplomat reaffirmed Friday the alliance with South Korea remains a “linchpin of security” in the Indo-Pacific, in the first visit by a U.S. official since the launch of the government of President Lee Jae-myung. Sean O’Neill, senior bureau official of the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of [...]
BRUSSELS, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae-myung is set to meet with top European Union (EU) officials during the upcoming Group of Seven (G7) summit in Canada, the EU office said Friday, which would mark his first diplomatic engagement with EU leadership since taking office. Lee will meet with European Commission President Ursula [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae-myung on Friday pledged to lift unnecessary regulations and provide supports on trade to companies, saying that his government would pursue a “pragmatic and flexible” trade policy to overcome crisis. Lee made the remarks at a meeting with the heads of the nation’s top five conglomerates, including [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea is stepping up anti-American indoctrination of students on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the outbreak of the 1950-53 Korean War, state media showed Friday. “Education on anti-imperialism and anti-Americanism is being solidly carried out at all basic education units in Pyongyang, tailored to the emotional [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The government conducted an emergency review of the country’s oil and gas supplies Friday amid escalating tensions in the Middle East following Israel’s strike on Iran, the industry ministry said, adding the country faces no immediate problem. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy held the meeting with officials [...]
GWANGJU, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Most of the Koreans who were forcibly mobilized by Japan to build military facilities on the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific during the 1910-45 colonial era were drafted from the southwestern province of South Jeolla, a civic group said Friday. The group supporting the victims of forced mobilization [...]