SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Acts of so-called ‘ratings terrorism’ are hurting small eateries as food delivery orders continue to rise following the coronavirus outbreak. Ever since food delivery has become an important factor in surviving the COVID-19 era, reviews and ratings have also become powerful tools that can sway consumer choice. While some [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s national gender equality level improved for the fifth straight year in 2019, as more women were appointed to senior government posts and committees, a government report showed Thursday. The country’s gender equality index stood at 73.6 out of 100 in 2019, inching up 0.5 points from the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Thursday it plans to expand subsidies provided for electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel-cell automobiles this year in line with the country’s green energy drive. Under the plan, South Korea will allocate 1 trillion won (US$930 billion) to promote sales of electric cars, which marks a 25 [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – School violence in general fell to the lowest level since 2017 last year, but group and cyberbullying cases rose, an annual report by the education ministry showed Thursday. In the survey conducted between Sept. 14 and Oct. 23, 0.9 percent of the respondents said they had experienced school violence [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Delivery workers reached an agreement with their employers on Thursday on preventing overwork, averting a strike ahead of next month’s Lunar New Year. The agreement, which was mediated by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, stipulates that logistics firms bear the responsibility for sorting parcels before their delivery, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases hovered around 400 for the third straight day Wednesday as the country struggles to further slow down the third wave of the pandemic with an enhanced social distancing scheme. The country added 404 more COVID-19 cases, including 373 domestic infections, raising the total [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid growing criticism over the online culture of sexually objectifying idol stars, deepvoice, sound synthesis technology using artificial intelligence (AI), is emerging as a new source of digital sex crimes. In recent days, a string of pornography videos have been distributed that use deepvoice technology to manipulate the audio [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has announced that going forward, it will be able to access various statements on income, property taxes and real estate assets to estimate the value of assets held by those who fail to make child support payments. A new bill that amends legislation on child support payments [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s internet conglomerate Naver Corp.’s big data technology will be employed in the customs clearance process of overseas direct purchases (ODP) as part of an initiative to limit tax evasion. The Korea Customs Service (KCS) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Naver on Tuesday, enabling the KCS [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s agricultural ministry said Wednesday it plans to temporarily remove tariffs on imported egg products to resolve a supply shortage sparked by the outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu here. The move, which is set to be finalized next week, would allow local companies to import up to [...]