SUWON, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The percentage of single-person households in Gyeonggi Province has exceeded 30 percent of all households in the province. According to the “2023 Gyeonggi Province Single-person Household Statistics” report released on Thursday, there were 1.64 million single-person households recorded at the conclusion of the 2022 census, constituting 30.2 percent of the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has attended a United Nations peacekeeping ministerial forum and pledged its support for the global community’s commitment to strengthen peacekeeping operations (PKO), Seoul’s foreign ministry said Thursday. The South Korean delegation led by Kweon Ki-hwan, the deputy foreign minister for multilateral and global affairs, attended the two-day [...]
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK/SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean lawyer was elected as a judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the 2024-2033 period, the court’s website showed Thursday, marking the third time that a South Korean national has won a seat at the court. Paek Kee-bong, a lawyer at Kim & Chang, [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government will push to pay for part of urea imports when companies need to buy the chemical from nations other than China as part of efforts to prevent a supply shortage and ensure a longer-term stable supply, the industry minister has said. Industry Minister Bang Moon-kyu [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) on Thursday issued a public apology over a massive power outage that hit the southeastern industrial city of Ulsan the previous day. The blackout occurred at around 3:37 p.m. in a southern residential district of Ulsan, about 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, due to a malfunctioning [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has requested the United Arab Emirates (UAE) correct the faulty posting of North Korea’s national flag as that of South Korea on the website of the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), Seoul’s foreign ministry said Wednesday. On the COP28′s official website, an image of the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – On December 6, the city of Busan announced that, starting from December 14, the exhibition of live wild animals in places such as wildlife cafes will be prohibited. The city explained, “According to the amendment to the Wildlife Protection Act, the exhibition of live wild animals in facilities other than [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Last year, individuals in their 50s emerged as the most prevalent age group in the workforce, marking the first time this age bracket has been designated as the “most employed” since 2016, when statistics were first recorded. This shift from the previous trend, where the majority of workers were in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – On December 6, the business research institute Leaders Index revealed that family members serving as top executives (CEO, Vice Chairman, Chairman) in the management of the top 100 domestic conglomerates, on average, climb the corporate ladder to become executives in their early to mid-30s, subsequently reaching the CEO position within [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The recent recruitment efforts for next year’s specialties at the renowned ‘Big 5′ hospitals in South Korea saw critical departments like pediatrics as well as obstetrics and gynecology facing challenges in meeting their quotas. Despite government incentives, a reluctance to pursue these specialties has persisted. Even in rural areas, where [...]