SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean schools are preparing to revise their internal rules after lawmakers passed a law banning the use of smartphones and other digital devices during class beginning next semester. Yet with education authorities leaving key decisions to individual schools, administrators are grappling with how far the restrictions should go. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of South Korean companies prefer to rehire older employees after retirement rather than extend their contracts or adopt alternative employment models, according to a new survey that underscores both the demand for experienced workers and the challenges of managing labor costs. The Korea Employers Federation (KEF) said [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is intensifying its campaign against e-cigarettes, warning that the vapor inhaled and exhaled is far from harmless. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Saturday it will launch a second round of anti-smoking advertisements on September 1, focusing on the dangers of e-cigarette aerosol. The campaign, titled [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on Sunday it will roll out a nationwide awareness drive to encourage people, especially younger adults, to monitor key health indicators in order to prevent cardiovascular disease, one of the country’s leading causes of death. The campaign, called “Know Your Numbers, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly three years after the deadly crowd crush in Seoul’s Itaewon district, the toll on firefighters who rushed to the scene continues to reverberate. A growing number of first responders have died by suicide, prompting urgent calls for stronger measures to address post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among emergency personnel. [...]
SEOUL· SEJONG, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — AliExpress, the Chinese e-commerce platform, has been hit with a multimillion-dollar penalty in South Korea for misleading customers with inflated discount claims on thousands of products. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said Sunday it imposed corrective orders and fines totaling 20.93 billion won ($15.5 million) after finding that [...]
GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — For residents of Gangneung, disaster is a familiar rhythm of life. Over the past quarter century, the coastal city on South Korea’s east coast has endured some of the nation’s worst natural calamities: typhoons, catastrophic wildfires, record-breaking snowfalls. Now, it faces what officials call the worst drought in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean scientists have detected a surge of Siberian river water, organic material and sediment flowing into the East Siberian Sea, a shift they say could disrupt sea-ice formation and alter the timing and navigability of the Northern Sea Route. The Korea Polar Research Institute said Friday that a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s largest chipmakers are facing renewed uncertainty after the Trump administration moved to revoke a waiver that had allowed them to import U.S.-made semiconductor equipment into their factories in China without prior approval. The U.S. Commerce Department announced that Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix will no longer be [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A special counsel team on Friday indicted former first lady Kim Keon Hee on charges of corruption and bribery, making her the first spouse of a former president to stand trial under custody. Kim, the wife of ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol, was indicted with physical detention on [...]