SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – A delegation of South Korean lawmakers who visited Japan’s Sado Gold Mine in Niigata Prefecture has accused Japanese authorities of attempting to conceal the history of forced labor at the site. The five-member delegation, comprising representatives from the Democratic Party of Korea, the Transition Korea Party, and the Progressive Party, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – For Ko, a 31-year-old office worker who commutes via the Nambu Bus Terminal station on Seoul’s Subway Line 3, summer mornings and evenings are a sweaty ordeal. “It feels like a sauna in there,” she said, describing her daily struggle with the lack of air conditioning in the subway station. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean youth delegation will travel to China this week as part of a bilateral exchange program that resumed after a five-year hiatus, driven by the coronavirus outbreak, officials said Monday. About 50 delegates plan to visit Beijing and China’s northwestern region of Qinghai on a six-day trip, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) –As the country braces for an intensifying heat wave, the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) issued a statement Monday indicating that relief is not on the horizon, even with the approach of Typhoon Jongdari. Currently positioned approximately 360 kilometers southwest of Japan’s Okinawa, Typhoon Jongdari is charting a path northward, toward [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A thriving underground market for K-pop idols’ flight information has emerged on social media platforms, raising alarm among privacy advocates and entertainment companies alike. On August 16, numerous posts appeared on X (formerly Twitter) offering to sell detailed flight information of popular K-pop groups. For as little as 2,000 won, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – As the South Korean government prepares to unveil its national pension reform plan, a recent survey has revealed that younger generations, particularly those in their 20s and 30s, are more concerned about the likelihood of receiving pension benefits in the future than the system’s financial stability. The survey, conducted by [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Only 21 trainee doctors applied for an additional round of recruitment, the health ministry said Monday, dashing the government’s hopes of normalizing the medical vacuum that has persisted since February. Hospitals closed applications for the additional recruitment last week after the medical community was lukewarm to the initial round [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — KTX high-speed train service returned to normal on Monday, the operator said, one day after a train derailment caused severe delays throughout the Seoul-Busan route. Korea Railroad Corp. (KORAIL) said the recovery work related to the derailment accident was completed at 5:08 a.m., paving the way for the resumption [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of self-employed people in South Korea fell for the sixth consecutive month in July, data showed Monday, as the nation’s economy grapples with weaker consumption. There were 5.72 million self-employed people last month, down some 62,000 from the same month last year, according to the data by [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The ruling People Power Party (PPP) said Monday it will form a special committee to address educational, regional and financial disparities. PPP leader Han Dong-hoon made the announcement during a supreme council meeting at the party’s headquarters, pledging to “make people’s lives better with sustainable and balanced policies.” “We [...]