SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday the government will provide less-lethal handguns to all police personnel working in the field in the wake of a series of stabbing rampages and violent crimes. Providing less-lethal handguns is aimed at encouraging the police to use such weapons to tackle crimes, as [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study found that four out of every 10 Instagram accounts belonging to large companies in South Korea were found to be posting misleading environmental content, a practice known as “greenwashing.” This often confuses consumers, making them think the companies are more environmentally friendly than they actually are. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The percentage of young adults who hold a favorable view of marriage has significantly decreased compared to a decade ago, a survey showed Monday. According to a survey conducted by Statistics Korea, only 36.4 percent of young adults expressed a positive attitude towards marriage in May 2022, marking a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Calls for the right to take breaks during heatwaves are intensifying in South Korea, as summers grow hotter due to climate change. Over the last five years, a total of 23 workers have succumbed to heat-related ailments such as heatstroke, heat exhaustion, and heat cramps while on the job. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — After Japan commenced the discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Japanese individuals staying or visiting South Korea appear to be exercising great caution. The majority of them take the stance of comprehending the concerns of Koreans and having confidence in the Japanese government’s official statements. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Whenever there are stabbing incidents in recent days, real-time on-site videos of these events are uploaded to the Internet, causing citizens to experience fatigue. Last Saturday, a man in his late 30s was arrested in the parking lot of a residential building in the Seoul’s northwestern ward of Eunpyeong, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s drug safety ministry said Monday it has asked the Korea Cosmetics Association and the Korea Communications Commission to prevent access to and remove 155 online cosmetics advertisements that make claims about their effectiveness, like aiding with ‘diet’ or ‘body shape maintenance’. The ministry also requested that administrative bodies overseeing [...]
SUWON, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gyeonggi provincial government announced on Monday its commitment to establishing a climate response fund totaling 120 billion won (US$90 million), the largest allocation ever made by a local government towards such an initiative. The provincial government plans to create the fund over three years, from 2024 to 2026. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has a smaller infant and toddler population compared to other East Asian countries, a research institute said Sunday. According to a report from the Korea Insurance Research Institute, Asia’s fourth-largest economy had 1.65 million children aged 0 to 4 as of 2021. If we use Japan’s population as [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s government spending on public pensions, a primary means of addressing senior poverty, is merely half of the expenditure of other countries within the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a report showed Sunday. According to Pensions at a Glance 2021 published by the Paris-based organization, a [...]