SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will send a disaster relief team and humanitarian aid worth US$2 million to Morocco, which is struggling with the effects of last week’s powerful earthquake, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. Last Friday, the 6.8 magnitude quake struck the North African country, and the death toll had risen [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government will start the process to review the country’s unitary medial law system that covers the entire health professional, including doctors and nurses, in follow-up measures against a controversial nursing act that had rocked the local medical community, a vice health minister said Tuesday. The nursing [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of companies are taking proactive steps towards establishing resource recycling systems. On Monday, LG Household & Health Care announced a significant initiative in which the company will utilize paper crafted from recycled aseptic drink boxes for its cosmetics and toothpaste packaging. Aseptic boxes are typically employed as [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent report revealed that more than 7,000 cases of police protection for victims of stalking crimes were recorded last year. According to National Police Agency data presented by National Assembly member Jeon Bong-min, a total of 7,091 safety measures were taken for stalking victims in the past year. On [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Both facing growing isolation, North Korea and Russia are turning to one another for a mutually beneficial partnership, purportedly surrounding weapons, rivaling that of South Korea and the United States, which have advanced their security and economic ties. In an anticipatedsummit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The White House called on North Korea not to provide any weapons to Russia on Monday, ahead of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s widely anticipated meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Adrienne Watson, spokesperson for the White House National Security Council (NSC), underscored that the two countries will likely [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government and Seoul Metro have announced plans to enhance safety measures for subway platforms to prevent falls. Recently, a 4-year-old boy fell through a gap at Chungmuro Station on Seoul Subway Line 3 while disembarking from the subway. Passengers heard his mother’s cries, stopped the subway [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will “soon” visit Russia to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin, Pyongyang’s state media reported Monday, with a special train believed to be carrying him apparently heading for Russia. The North’s leader will soon visit Russia at the invitation of Putin, the Korean Central [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) –Hyundai Motor Co. said Monday its unionized workers have warned of a partial strike this week to demand higher wages after signing wage deals in the past four years without industrial actions, the company said Monday. Hyundai Motor workers will hold an eight-hour strike a day from Wednesday to Thursday [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Police carried out a total of 7,091 protection measures for victims of stalking last year, National Police Agency (NPA) data showed Monday. This equals to an average of 19.4 protection measures per day, according to the report submitted to Rep. Jeon Bong-min of the People Power Party. The number [...]