SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Chanel Korea’s sales employees, working at domestic department stores and duty-free shops, have launched an all-out strike. Members of the Korean unit of the French luxury fashion house’s labor union, representing sales workers at department stores and duty-free shops, went on strike from Friday to Monday due to management’s [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Tzuyang, a famous South Korean YouTuber with 8.67 million subscribers, recently sparked controversy by posting seafood “mukbang” (a portmanteau in Korean of “eating” and “broadcast”) videos. Amid growing concerns about declining seafood consumption due to Japan’s release of contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, her seafood [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — As the financial strain on ordinary households continues to mount due to soaring food prices, the relatively affordable option of “ugly produce” is capturing consumers’ attention. The term “ugly produce” refers to fruits and vegetables with unconventional and irregular shapes, often rejected from conventional supermarkets due to superficial imperfections [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The “Hospital Companion Service for Older Adults” (Taking Oreusin to the Hospital Service) initiative in the city of Donghae, Gangwon Province, which commenced in March of this year, has garnered widespread appreciation from both older adults, affectionately referred to as “Oreusin,” and their caregivers. The term “Oreusin” was historically [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — An estimated 120,000 school teachers held large-scale rallies across the country Monday to mourn the recent suicide deaths of fellow teachers distressed by disgruntled parents and unruly students and to call for measures to prevent such tragedies. Following the apparent suicide of a young public school teacher in July, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Online shopping in South Korea increased 9.1 percent on-year in July from a year earlier, data showed Monday, as the demand for travel services continues to recover to pre-pandemic normalcy. The value of online shopping transactions amounted to 18.9 trillion won (US$14.31 billion) in July, compared with 17.3 trillion [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting this week, anybody who calls a teacher will be informed in advance that their conversation may be recorded, the Ministry of Education said Monday, stepping up its efforts to protect teachers from abusive complaints by parents. Kindergartens, and elementary, middle and high schools across the country will be [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s finance ministry said Monday it plans to lift visa processing fees for Chinese tourists through the end of this year and increase the number of flights in line with efforts to attract more Chinese visitors. The latest move came three weeks after China’s tourism authorities announced the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s finance ministry said Monday it plans to skip a feasibility study on the plan to create the world’s largest semiconductor cluster south of Seoul, in line with efforts to speed up the recovery of the chip industry. The decision came amid the country’s sluggish exports, which fell [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) has reaffirmed its determination to prevail in its legal battle against tobacco companies, emphasizing the unmistakable causal link between tobacco and cancer. NHIS Chairman Jung Ki-suck drew a parallel between tobacco and drugs during a recent media interview, arguing that both society and tobacco companies, [...]