SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s judiciary is bracing for what many judges describe as the most sweeping attempt at judicial reform in decades, as the Supreme Court moves to gather the views of court leaders nationwide ahead of legislation being advanced by the ruling Democratic Party. The Supreme Court announced that it will [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Democratic Party on Friday unveiled plans to impose far heavier financial penalties on media outlets for publishing false or manipulated reports, vowing to pass the legislation before the Chuseok holiday on Oct. 6. At a press briefing, the party’s special committee on media reform said it would [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s government announced a sweeping plan to eliminate dozens of everyday regulations deemed outdated or unreasonable, including cumbersome telecom service cancellations and male-only membership in a national civic group. The reforms were unveiled Tuesday at a policy coordination meeting chaired by Prime Minister Kim Min-seok, following the government’s [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government is stepping up efforts to promote work-life balance, spotlighting companies that have embraced flexible schedules and reaped tangible benefits, from lower turnover to stronger hiring power. At an awards ceremony in Seoul on Wednesday, the Ministry of Employment and Labor honored 21 winners of its [...]
JEJU, South Korea, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Island, already home to the nation’s first carbon-free “RE100 eggs,” has introduced another sustainability milestone: milk produced entirely with renewable energy. On Wednesday, Jeju Milk, an agricultural company based on the island, officially launched South Korea’s first RE100-certified milk, marking a significant step toward carbon neutrality in livestock [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A government-funded study, quietly withheld during South Korea’s contentious pension reform debate, has surfaced with stark warnings that elderly poverty could worsen dramatically under the current system, raising questions over transparency and policy priorities. The report, produced last December by researchers at the National Pension Research Institute, projected that if the [...]
GUNSAN, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Gunsan in North Jeolla Province said Monday it will begin accepting applications from local farmers to join its 2025 Ecosystem Service Payment Program, designed to secure food and habitat for migratory birds that flock to the Geum River and Mangyeong River estuaries each winter. Under the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will expand a pilot program this month aimed at improving the irregular work schedules of nurses, the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced Sunday. Beginning Sept. 1, 94 hospitals and clinics selected through a government review will join the second phase of the initiative, which was first [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s government has proposed a 2025 budget that emphasizes everyday safety and cost-of-living relief, with measures ranging from preventing car accidents and manhole falls to subsidizing school fruit snacks and low-cost weddings in national parks. The Ministry of Economy and Finance on Sunday outlined plans that reflect a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean schools are preparing to revise their internal rules after lawmakers passed a law banning the use of smartphones and other digital devices during class beginning next semester. Yet with education authorities leaving key decisions to individual schools, administrators are grappling with how far the restrictions should go. [...]