SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A significant proportion of South Korean women have experienced workplace sexual harassment, a survey showed Sunday. According to a survey conducted by local pollster Embrain Public, upon the request of the civic organizations Gapjil 119 and the Beautiful Foundation, 35.2 percent of women said that they had experienced sexual [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Ministry of Defense jointly announced the launch of a digital mental health service for soldiers starting on Monday. The service was developed by upgrading and reconfiguring the “digital wellness” service currently under development at Hanyang University, with support from the ICT [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Regional disparities in the “standard time medical utilization rate,” which indicates the accessibility of emergency rooms or intensive care units within a specific timeframe, have been observed. According to the “2022 Public Health and Medical Statistics” released by the National Center for Health Statistics on Saturday, the utilization [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — An estimated 200,000 teachers from around the country gathered in Seoul on Saturday to commemorate the recent deaths of young teachers and to call for the better protection of their rights. Dressed in black, thousands of teachers gathered near the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, for the rally. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol has extended an invitation to a group of Korean victims of the 1945 atomic bombing in Hiroshima during the upcoming Chuseok holiday, a presidential official said Saturday. “President Yoon has invited Korean atomic bomb victims to South Korea for the Chuseok holiday,” the official told [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Rhee In-soo, the adopted son of South Korea’s first president, Rhee Syng-man (1875-1965), apologized to the victims of the April 19 Revolution, a 1960 pro-democracy civil uprising that occurred during his father’s rule, on his rare visit to their memorial grounds Friday. The junior Rhee visited the April 19th [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) —A tragic incident unfolded as an elementary school teacher lost her life after falling from the rooftop of an apartment building. According to the Goyang Police Station in Gyeonggi Province, Ms. A, a teacher in her late 30s, fell to her demise from the 28th floor of an apartment complex [...]
BUSAN, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Introducing a novel mode of transportation, Busan has unveiled a demand-responsive transit (DRT) bus designed to function like a taxi service. This innovative transit solution, dubbed TABARA, blending the convenience of city buses and the flexibility of taxis, will be introduced with an opening ceremony scheduled for September 1 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea launched a joint military command overseeing drone operations Friday, officials said, amid efforts to step up the use of the unmanned assets to respond to evolving military threats from Pyongyang. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) held a ceremony marking the establishment of the Drone Operations Command [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 7 out of every 10 South Koreans are opposed to Japan’s release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, a public opinion poll showed Friday. The survey conducted on 1,000 South Korean adults on Tuesday and Wednesday by Research View showed 72.4 percent [...]