SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A drunken man was arrested in the National Assembly compound in the wee hours Tuesday after he trespassed into the compound and then smashed a car window and brandished a kitchen knife toward a policeman. The man in his 50s, whose identity was withheld, climbed over the wall into [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s consumer sentiment rose for a third consecutive month in February amid moderating inflation, a recovery in exports and hopes for an end to the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes, a central bank poll showed Tuesday. The composite consumer sentiment index stood at 101.9 in February, up from 101.6 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — With just 50 days before the April 10 parliamentary elections, political parties have shifted into full-fledged election mode by nominating candidates for key constituencies, as observers anticipate a tightly contested race with variables in play. The quadrennial election is set to select a new 300-member National Assembly, with this [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has received a Russian-made car from Russian President Vladimir Putin as a gift demonstrating the special bonds between the two leaders, state media reported Tuesday. The gift serves as a “clear demonstration of the special personal relations between the two leaders and as the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Georgia were to hold inaugural negotiations for a comprehensive economic partnership on trade and supply chains, Seoul’s trade ministry said Tuesday. The two nations will hold the first round of talks for the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in Tbilisi for three days starting Tuesday (local time), [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean football governing body said its senior executives will hold a meeting Tuesday to name a new official in charge of hiring the new men’s national team head coach. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said its leadership group will go over candidates to lead the National Team [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A total of 6,415 trainee doctors at 100 hospitals have submitted their resignations in protest of the government’s plan to boost the number of medical students, the health ministry said Tuesday. Second Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo told reporters that the ministry ordered 757 trainee doctors to return to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Gangnam District in Seoul, under the leadership of District Mayor Cho Sung-myung, has announced the initiation of the “Goodbye Nicotine Project,” aimed at assisting residents who have resolved to quit smoking in the new year. The project is particularly noteworthy given the district’s status as the area with the highest [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey conducted by data consulting firm PMI has found that six out of 10 unmarried Korean individuals in their 20s and 30s have no experience in dating, identifying them as lifelong singles. The survey polled 1,174 unmarried men and women aged between 20 and 59 across the country [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey has revealed that older doctors are more likely to support the expansion of medical school admissions quotas, in contrast to their younger counterparts who often oppose the increase due to concerns about job security and competition. The analysis suggests that senior doctors, being in a more stable [...]