SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Tuesday that it will expand the ‘Elderly Health Companion Service’ to all 25 of its districts next year. The service is an integrated health management program designed for elderly citizens, bridging the expertise of local hospitals in professional treatment with the health management services offered [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has imposed sanctions on Pokémon Korea for selling the ‘Pokémon Random Box’ online without providing essential information about its contents, including dolls and figures randomly included in the boxes. The FTC announced on Tuesday that it had issued a fine of 1 million [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that the number of female employees who have experienced unilateral romantic advances from their colleagues is three times higher than that of male workers. Furthermore, 8 in 10 salaried workers believe that South Korean society is still not safe from stalking crimes. The civil organization [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey shows that more than half of South Korean citizens have a favorable opinion of large corporations, and their top expectation from these companies is job creation. According to a survey commissioned by the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) and conducted by the polling firm Monos Research, among 1,005 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Ecoplant announced on Tuesday that it is teaming up with NETSPA, a startup that specializes in recycling waste fishing nets, for a project in Southeast Asia. This project has been chosen as an initial project for the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Platform ESG Initiative. On September 12, SK Ecoplant [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s industry ministry said Tuesday it plans to launch an official development assistance (ODA) project in Mongolia to establish a mutually beneficial supply chain of rare metals. Second Vice Industry Minister Kang Kyung-sung met Mongolian Mining Minister Ganbaatar Jambal in Seoul to seek ways to expand ties in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co. and its labor union reached a tentative wage agreement Tuesday, averting a strike for the fifth consecutive year, the company said. The deal includes a 111,000 won (US$83.55) rise in monthly basic pay, as well as a bonus and performance-based benefits. The deal is subject to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – More than half of the regions in South Korea are facing the risk of losing population completely, data showed Tuesday, amid the country’s critically low birth rate. Of South Korea’s 228 administrative districts, 118, or 51.8 percent, saw the population risk index fall below 0.5 as of February, according [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The suspect in last month’s attempted rape and killing of a woman on a hiking trail in Seoul has told investigators that he took his cue from a similar case last year in which a man kicked a woman unconscious for a suspected rape attempt in the southeastern city [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Five opposition lawmakers plan to visit the United States and Europe this week to garner global support against Japan’s ongoing discharge of water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean, the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) said Tuesday. Reps. Lee Soo-jin and Lee Yong-sun from the [...]