SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A man in his 30s has filed a complaint against actor Yoo Ah-in, claiming the actor raped him while he was asleep, police said Friday. The Seoul Yongsan Police Station has booked Yoo for investigation on charges of imitative rape after the complaint was filed that the man was [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has launched an education program on the K9 self-propelled howitzer for a group of military personnel from Australia, Poland and Egypt, the Army said Friday. The three-week program, which began July 9, is meant to provide the countries with a better operational understanding of South Korean weapons [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced on July 25 that it has amended regulations to broaden the scope of fishery byproduct recycling, now including their use as alternatives to sand for beaches and civil engineering projects. This revision to the Enforcement Rules of the Act on Promotion of Recycling [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – In a landmark decision, South Korea’s Supreme Court has ruled that drivers for the ride-hailing service Tada should be considered employees under labor law, potentially reshaping the gig economy landscape in the country. The court’s ruling, announced on July 25, applied traditional employment criteria to determine the status of workers [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The personal information watchdog fined AliExpress, a Chinese e-commerce retail platform, 1.9 billion won (US$1.37 million) on Thursday for leaking the personal information of South Korean customers to about 180,000 overseas sellers without informing them. The Personal Information Protection Commission approved the decision during its plenary meeting, marking the [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The government will push to reduce inheritance tax to reflect decades of changes in asset values and inflation, and to provide a tax credit for marriage and childbirth in an effort to boost the ultra-low birth rate, the finance ministry said Thursday. They are part of a tax code [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – China has said it will appoint an “appropriate” and “excellent” person as the next top envoy to Seoul, as South Korea is an important country for Beijing, an official at the foreign ministry said Thursday. The Seoul official cited the remarks made by the Chinese side during high-level strategic [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea’s latest round of its balloon campaign involved around 500 balloons carrying scrap paper and plastic sheets, including those that fell on the presidential office compound in the capital, South Korea’s military said Thursday. In what marked the second of its kind this week alone, North Korea launched [...]
WASHINGTON, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. lawmakers, Korean Americans and others gathered in Washington on Wednesday to honor Korean War veterans and hope for lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula, as they commemorated the signing of the armistice that halted the conflict 71 years ago. Celebrating the National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – As South Korea grapples with its alarmingly low birth rate, the pharmaceutical and biotech industries are joining the effort to address this pressing social issue. Companies are expanding childbirth subsidies and implementing support measures for couples struggling with infertility, all in a bid to encourage employees to have children. According [...]