SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of people apprehended for dating violence has risen steadily over the past three years, but the rate of their formal arrests has dwindled, police data showed Friday. The number of people apprehended over dating violence charges rose from 9,823 in 2019 to 12,828 last year, an uptick [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will provide mental health tests to all school teachers who want them and, in the long run, devise an exclusive psychological testing tool to check teachers’ mental health on a regular basis, officials said Friday. The plan was released jointly by the education and health ministries amid [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Friday opened the world’s largest fire safety evaluation center for secondary batteries in the eastern port city of Samcheok in a move to boost fire testing and related analysis capabilities, the industry ministry said. The Korean Agency for Technology and Standards under the ministry opened the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top diplomat hinted Friday that Seoul could potentially impose unilateral sanctions against Moscow amid a recent summit between North Korea and Russia that has prompted concerns of military cooperation between the two countries. “North Korea reaching any agreement related to arms trade with Russia through their summit [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) —A recent study has revealed that some workers, despite not experiencing depression, have contemplated ending their own lives, and this tendency is often associated with receiving inadequate compensation. In 2023, a team of researchers at the Corporate Mental Health Research Center of Kangbuk Samsung Medical Center in South Korea conducted [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) —An examination of how much tap water people use in Seoul on a typical day indicates that individuals who live alone use the most water. These findings were made public by the Seoul Metropolitan Government on Wednesday. Researchers studied the water usage habits of 510,000 households and 1.23 million people [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho on Thursday expressed his “deep” concerns about military cooperation and a possible arms deal between North Korea and Russia, as the leaders of the two isolated countries held a rare summit this week. Kim addressed reporters a day after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States is concerned about growing defense cooperation between North Korea and Russia, a National Security Council (NSC) official said Wednesday, adding the U.S. will take appropriate steps if necessary to counter any potential arms deal between the two countries. John Kirby, NSC strategic communications coordinator, underscored that [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. Department of State has approved a possible sale to South Korea of up to 25 F-35A radar-evading fighters and related equipment to help the East Asian ally maintain a “credible” defense capability, a government agency said Wednesday. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) under the Department of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Dozens of lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties were to depart for Tokyo on Thursday for an annual meeting with their Japanese counterparts. A total of 39 members of the South Korea-Japan Parliamentarians’ Union are scheduled to meet with Korean residents in Japan later Thursday before attending the [...]