SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Seven complaints of deepfake pornography targeting female soldiers were filed with a civic group last month, with the videos being detailed enough to reveal the victims’ names and titles, the group said Monday. A sexual violence counseling unit of the Center for Military Human Rights said the seven cases [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – “I never thought I would face cyberbullying from Koreans, but unfortunately, it’s happening. Alas…” These words, posted on Instagram by Seonkyoung Longest, a 40-year-old contestant on the popular Netflix survival cooking show “Culinary Class Wars,” underscore a growing concern in South Korea: the pervasive issue of online harassment. Longest, a Korean-American, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Assembly is set to kick off its annual inspection of the government and state agencies Monday for a 26-day run. On the first day of the audit, 10 of the Assembly’s 17 standing committees will hold inspection hearings to scrutinize the management of the central and regional [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul city government said Sunday it has revised its pilot program for providing Filipina domestic workers to households, following about a month of the program’s implementation. The revisions, made during meetings between the labor ministry and other relevant parties, will take effect this month to address issues that arose [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – An employee at Muan International Airport has successfully had their mental health issues recognized as a work-related injury, the Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service announced on October 4. The employee, identified only as “A” for privacy reasons, worked in airport security and suffered from panic disorder and severe depression [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – In a striking paradox, South Korea, a global leader in digital infrastructure and artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, is grappling with widespread worker anxiety about the impact of AI on job security, according to a recent international study. The report, released by researchers Cheong Se-jeong and Shin Young-kyu from the Korea [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Public medical institutions in South Korea are grappling with an increasingly severe shortage of doctors, a chronic issue that has pushed salaries to unprecedented levels. In a striking example last year, a public medical center in South Jeolla Province hired an orthopedic surgeon for an annual salary of 620 million [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Army said Friday it is holding an international forum on logistics cooperation this week with some members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the United States and other friendly countries. The five-day forum began Tuesday at the Army Logistics Command in Daejeon, some 140 kilometers south [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Second Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo said Friday that the government would have a “more open attitude” as he renewed calls for doctors to join talks to resolve a prolonged walkout by trainee doctors against the government’s medical reform. For about seven months, thousands of junior doctors have walked [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – On October 3, the streets of Haebangchon in Seoul’s Yongsan district came alive with color and celebration as the Seoul Drag Parade 2024 made its long-awaited return after a five-year break due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We wanted to bring drag out of the nightclubs and bars and into the [...]