SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A tour program to the truce village of Panmunjom on the inter-Korean border will partially resume this week, the unification ministry said Tuesday. The move came a day after Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho met with Gen. Paul LaCamera, chief of the United Nations Command (UNC), to discuss how to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Professor Seo Kyoung-duk of Sungshin Women’s University, in collaboration with actress Song Hye-kyo, announced the donation of a large bronze bas-relief depicting Korean independence activist Cho Myung-ha (1905-1928) to the Taipei Korean School in commemoration of the Day of Patriotic Martyrs on November 17. Seo shared on social media that [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean military warned North Korea on Monday to “immediately stop” preparations for another military spy satellite launch, vowing to take “necessary measures” if it presses ahead with the launch. Lt. Gen. Kang Ho-pil, chief director of operations at the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), made the warning, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Poland will expand the number of weekly flights between the countries to support their strengthening ties in the defense industry and plant construction, the transport ministry said Monday. Seoul and Warsaw have agreed to increase the number of weekly flights to seven from five on routes [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Mongolia launched a joint committee Monday for cooperation in the supply of rare metals and other critical minerals, Seoul officials said. The two sides also began a project to establish a joint center for partnerships on rare metals as part of South Korea’s official development assistance [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The government’s administrative network was operating normally Monday, one day after it recovered from a three-day system failure. On Friday, the Saeol administrative network, a system used by public workers to access government-approved documents, and the widely used online Government 24 portal broke down due to a suspected issue [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent forecast suggests that fine dust this winter is likely to be thicker than that of last winter. According to the forecast results for the next three months presented by the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) to the National Assembly on Sunday, the concentration of ultra-fine dust for [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – More than one-third of South Korean teenagers say that income is their foremost consideration when selecting a career. Over the last decade, the significance of income as a decisive factor in job selection has consistently risen, surpassing both aptitudes and interests. This shift has resulted in a pronounced inclination towards [...]
GWANGJU, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean court has levied a fine of 18 billion won for unpaid taxes, giving the individual charged the option of working off the fine with a daily labor value set at 16.5 million won. Despite mounting criticism of the so-called ‘emperor’s labor,’ the court maintains it has no [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A survey reveals that over half of the companies listed as intending to venture into new businesses such as secondary batteries and artificial intelligence (AI) had no track record of actually promoting such initiatives. The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) released a report on Sunday titled ‘Follow-up on the Results [...]