SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The government announced several measures aimed at reforming regulations related to people’s livelihoods, including scrapping the policy mandating large retailers to close their stores on Sunday twice a month, officials said Monday. The announcement was made during a government-public debate, the fifth in a series of sessions, led by [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A U.S. surveillance aircraft flew over South Korea on Monday, aviation trackers showed, on an apparent mission to monitor North Korea following its claimed test of an underwater nuclear attack drone. The U.S. Air Force’s RC-135W Rivet Joint was spotted in skies above the city of Incheon, just west [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government on Monday announced its plans to scrap the decadelong controversial ban on handset subsidies as part of efforts to lower the financial burden on consumers for communications service. According to the Office for Government Policy Coordination, the government will abolish the Mobile Device Distribution Improvement [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has found that employees working in teams experience less depression compared to those working alone. On January 21, researchers from the Department of Preventive Medicine at Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, including Ph.D. candidate Hong Ki-hoon (the first author), along with professors Choi Byung-sun and Park Jeong-deok, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Internet parenting communities are abuzz with posts from parents who have returned to work and are struggling to find childcare solutions, such as hiring a nanny, for their children’s school pick-ups and drop-offs. Many parents are resorting to various channels like second-hand sales sites and apartment group chats to find [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A congenital brain malformation in a nurse’s child, believed to be caused by exposure to harmful environments during pregnancy, has been recognized as an industrial accident. This marks the first case since the implementation of the ‘Fetal Occupational Injury Law’ last year. On January 20, the Korea Workers’ Compensation and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Federation of Korean Industries (FKI), South Korea’s biggest business lobby, said Monday it has donated US$500,000 in aid to Japan’s relief efforts involving a massive earthquake that killed more than 200 people in the country. The FKI said the donation for victims of the Noto Peninsula earthquake, which [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of individuals infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, commonly known as ‘superbugs,’ reached a record high of over 38,000 last year in South Korea. This surge has prompted health authorities to assess the current state of infection management for these resistant strains. According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — In South Korea, Ulsan has emerged as the city with the highest average salary for office workers, significantly outpacing other regions including Jeju, which has the lowest wages among the 17 cities and provinces. This disparity was highlighted in a report by Yang Kyung-sook, a member of the National Assembly’s [...]
SEOUL/GANGNEUNG, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Heavy snow pounded part of the host province of the Winter Youth Olympics in South Korea on Saturday, and the government activated emergency protocols to ensure the safety of participants and residents, officials said. The city of Gangneung in Gangwon Province had received around 41.6 centimeters of snow as [...]