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Pardon Decision for Match-fixing Footballers Draws Widespread Criticism

Pardon Decision for Match-fixing Footballers Draws Widespread Criticism

SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The recent pardon granted by the Korean Football Association to 100 former and current soccer players, coaches, and referees who had been suspended or disciplined for various irregularities, including match-fixing, has caused a public uproar. This pardon includes 48 of the 50 players who were suspended in 2011 for [...]

Presidential Office Rules Out Resumption of Seafood Imports from Japan’s Fukushima

Presidential Office Rules Out Resumption of Seafood Imports from Japan’s Fukushima

SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The presidential office on Thursday ruled out resumption of seafood imports from Japan’s Fukushima region over radiation contamination concerns, saying the health and safety of people are the foremost priority. “Fukushima seafood will never come into the country,” the office said in a notice to media. “With regard to [...]

Law Denying Fathers Birth Registration of Extramarital Children Ruled Unconstitutional

Law Denying Fathers Birth Registration of Extramarital Children Ruled Unconstitutional

SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court has ruled against a family registration law that practically bars biological fathers from registering the birth of children they have in extramarital relations with married women, legal sources said Thursday. The court recently delivered the ruling in a unanimous decision on a petition filed against Articles [...]

9 out of 10 Koreans Expect Another New Infectious Disease to Prevail Again in the Future: Poll

9 out of 10 Koreans Expect Another New Infectious Disease to Prevail Again in the Future: Poll

SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Most South Koreans expect another new infectious disease to prevail within the next 10 years, a survey showed Wednesday. A research team led by Prof. Yoo Myung-soon of Seoul National University’s graduate school of public health conducted a survey of 1,000 adults across the country. In response to the [...]

S. Korea’s New COVID-19 Cases at Around 13,000; Gov’t Eyes Shorter Isolation Period

S. Korea’s New COVID-19 Cases at Around 13,000; Gov’t Eyes Shorter Isolation Period

SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed in the 13,000 range Wednesday, a similar level from a week ago, as the government unveiled plans to shorten the mandatory COVID-19 isolation period in efforts to restore pre-pandemic normalcy. The country reported 13,134 new COVID-19 infections, including 15 cases from overseas, bringing [...]

Foreign Workers Exposed to Harsh Living Environments

Foreign Workers Exposed to Harsh Living Environments

SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — With the exposé of foreigners living in harsh environments following news reports of various incidents, local governments and authorities are stepping up to come up with preventive measures. Last Monday, four young Nigerian siblings were killed in a fire that engulfed a three-story residential building in Ansan, south of [...]