SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Police decided not to refer K-pop star G-Dragon to the prosecution over suspicions of illegal drug use as they plan to wrap up their investigation next week, officials said Thursday. The Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency said they will officially clear G-Dragon of drug suspicions when they conclude the investigation [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Saudi Arabia is open to partnering with South Korea in joint mine investments in third countries to help Seoul strengthen its supply chain resilience involving rare earth minerals, a senior Riyadh official said Thursday. In an interview with Yonhap News Agency held in Seoul, Bandar Alkhorayef, Saudi minister of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s education chief began a one-person protest Wednesday to oppose the abolition of a student rights ordinance. Cho Hee-yeon, superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, embarked on the protest on Gwanghwamun Square in downtown Seoul on Wednesday morning and plans to continue the demonstration for eight days [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Unexploded shells and bullets believed to be from the 1950-53 Korean War were discovered at a university campus in Seoul for two consecutive days, officials said Wednesday. Three unexploded bombs, believed to be mortar shells, were discovered near the entrance of Daeseongjeon, a shrine within Sungkyunkwan University, in Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A groundbreaking government survey released on December 13 has revealed that the level of emotional labor among South Korean civil servants is alarmingly high, falling into a ‘dangerous’ category. The Ministry of Personnel Management announced the results of the survey, which targeted 10,198 civil servants across various central administrative agencies. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on December 13 that more than 4,300 applicants have registered for the ‘Seoul Child Care Subsidy’ program in the three months since its initiation. This innovative project, launched in September, offers a monthly subsidy of 300,000 won to grandparents and other relatives within the fourth [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Police officers will be granted greater authority during disasters reported to the police’s 112 emergency call center, the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) said Wednesday, as the legal basis for the hotline service has been established by parliamentary legislation. According to the KNPA, the National Assembly passed the law [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Prosecutors questioned the CEO of bakery and beverage giant SPC Group on Wednesday as part of an investigation into allegations that an affiliated firm forced bakers to quit their labor union. SPC CEO Hwang Jae-bok appeared at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office as a suspect over allegations that [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Aquariums in South Korea will be banned from purchasing new cetaceans for display starting this week, officials said Wednesday, as animal rights activists have called for the release of whales and dolphins in captivity. The announcement came after the country revised the act on the management of zoos and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The proportion of one-person households in South Korea reached another high of 34.5 percent in 2022 amid rapid aging and an increasing number of young people delaying marriage, the statistics agency said Tuesday. Households with a single member accounted for 34.5 percent of households in South Korea last year, up from the previous year’s 33.4 percent, according [...]