SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The first batch of 100 immigrant workers will arrive in South Korea this week to serve as home helpers for families with children or working parents, as part of a pilot project aimed at addressing workforce shortages, officials said Monday. The 100 Philippine workers scheduled to arrive in Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has revealed a significant decline in South Korea’s social cohesion over the past two years, marking a reversal from the heightened unity observed during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA) released these findings on August 4 in its [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey has revealed that two out of three South Koreans perceive their society as unfair, with particular distrust in the justice system and administrative processes. Corruption was cited as the primary cause of this perceived unfairness. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA) released these findings [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The nationwide heat wave has led to a surge in the number of patients with heat-related illnesses to 1,546, while causing the deaths of over 257,000 livestock, the interior ministry said Monday. The previous day, temperatures in Yeoju, 64 kilometers southeast of Seoul, reached 40 C, marking the first [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — An electric Mercedes-Benz sedan had been parked in an underground apartment garage for nearly three days before exploding on its own and catching fire, police officials said Monday. The mysterious fire gutted the parking lot on the first basement level of an apartment building in Incheon, west of Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – On July 30, in the Jeonwon Village of Seoul’s affluent Seocho district, piles of coal briquettes lined the alleyways, seemingly at odds with the sweltering heat that pushed the heat index above 33 degrees Celsius. In this community of makeshift homes and vinyl greenhouses, coal briquettes are not just for [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – More than half of South Korean workers are either canceling their summer vacation plans or remain undecided, primarily due to financial constraints, according to a recent survey released on August 4. The survey, conducted by the civic group Gabjil 119 in collaboration with Global Research, polled 1,000 employees nationwide aged [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Supreme Court has ruled that the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation (KICE) violated copyright law by posting exam questions containing literary and artistic works on its website without proper compensation. The court’s decision, made by the Third Division under Justice Noh Jeong-hee, upholds a lower court’s partial [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The mayor of Berlin, Kai Wegner, who has publicly opposed the continued presence of a statue commemorating victims of wartime sexual slavery, known as “comfort women,” has now reportedly exerted pressure to cut funding for the civic group responsible for erecting the memorial, according to local media reports. German [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and Poland have agreed to establish a consultative body between their air forces to strengthen bilateral military cooperation following the European country’s adoption of Korean fighter jets, sources said Sunday. The air forces of South Korea and Poland recently reached the agreement and are currently discussing the [...]