SEOUL, Jun. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Air pollutant emissions from large-scale industrial facilities in South Korea rose to 220,441 tons in 2023, marking a 2.4% increase from the previous year’s 215,205 tons, according to a report released by the Ministry of Environment. The increase is attributed to an increase in the number of facilities equipped with [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – As nearly 8 out of 10 South Koreans spend their final moments in hospitals, a new regulation set to take effect in August will require general hospitals and long-term care facilities to install dedicated “end-of-life” rooms. This move by the government aims to ensure a more dignified conclusion to life [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Two kinds of educational institutions for preschool children will be integrated as early as 2026, the Ministry of Education said Thursday, as part of efforts to narrow social disparities. The government will come up with detailed procedures for the integration of kindergartens and child care centers, which have been [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The defense ministry said Thursday it has decided to ban physical discipline training in boot camp in the wake of the recent death of an Army conscript after a grueling disciplinary session. Last month, the soldier died two days after collapsing during the session that involved running laps and [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The Constitutional Court on Thursday struck down the criminal code that automatically pardons property crimes committed against immediate family members, saying it infringes upon victims’ rights to seek punishment of those crimes. Under a clause of the Criminal Act, property crimes committed against immediate family members, including parents, children [...]
DAEJEON, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – In a contentious legal battle, three South Korean companies have filed a lawsuit against the state-run Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation (KOMSCO), seeking 7.5 billion won in damages. The dispute stems from a scrapped government initiative to implement a deposit system for disposable cups. The deposit system required coffee [...]
CHEONGJU, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – In a troubling development, several veterinary clinics in Cheongju, South Korea, have been accused of indiscriminately capturing and sterilizing pregnant feral cats to secure government funding, despite legal prohibitions against such practices. According to the Korea Abandoned Animal Welfare Association (KAWA), from March to May, three out of six animal [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – In recent years, South Korea has witnessed a significant increase in medical expenses related to drug addiction, largely attributed to a growing trend of prescribing psychotropic medications for insomnia treatment and weight loss. The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) released these findings on June 26, coinciding with World [...]
WASHINGTON, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea, the United States and Japan underscored their commitment to enhancing three-way cooperation on critical technologies, supply chains and other areas of economic security as they held their first trilateral ministerial meeting on the issue in Washington on Wednesday. South Korean Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun, U.S. Commerce Secretary [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea sent more than 180 trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea overnight, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Thursday, in what marked its third consecutive balloon launch this week. Some 70 balloons, largely carrying small pieces of paper, mostly landed in Seoul and the northern part of Gyeonggi Province [...]