SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – In a groundbreaking move, Seoul’s Jongno district has designated the iconic Bukchon Hanok Village as South Korea’s first “Special Management Area,” introducing strict regulations to balance tourism with residents’ quality of life. The new measures, set to take effect as early as March next year, will limit tourist access and [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on July 1 that it will introduce reusable containers at Samsung Medical Center’s funeral hall starting this month. This marks the first instance of a large-scale funeral facility in a top-tier general hospital participating in Seoul’s reusable container policy. Last year, the city government unveiled [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The government plans to announce measures to strengthen industrial safety for foreign workers later this month following last week’s deadly fire at a battery plant that claimed 23 lives, including 18 foreigners, the labor minister said Monday. Seventeen Chinese nationals and one from Laos were killed in the fire [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s data protection watchdog is nearing the completion of its probe into the Chinese e-commerce firms AliExpress and Temu over consumer data protection and will likely take actions soon upon its results, its chief said Monday. The investigation into the two companies “has been completed,” Ko Hak-soo, the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will launch a new ministry of population strategy to address low birth rates and a rapidly aging population, which have emerged as some of the starkest challenges facing the country, officials said Monday. The government unveiled the plan following high-level meetings with the ruling party, saying that [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s industry ministry said Friday it will add 243 more items that can potentially be used for military purposes to the list of products regulated for export to Russia and Belarus. The decision raised the number of such items to 1,402, as South Korea has been tightening its [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – As nearly 8 out of 10 South Koreans spend their final moments in hospitals, a new regulation set to take effect in August will require general hospitals and long-term care facilities to install dedicated “end-of-life” rooms. This move by the government aims to ensure a more dignified conclusion to life [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Two kinds of educational institutions for preschool children will be integrated as early as 2026, the Ministry of Education said Thursday, as part of efforts to narrow social disparities. The government will come up with detailed procedures for the integration of kindergartens and child care centers, which have been [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The defense ministry said Thursday it has decided to ban physical discipline training in boot camp in the wake of the recent death of an Army conscript after a grueling disciplinary session. Last month, the soldier died two days after collapsing during the session that involved running laps and [...]
DAEJEON, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – In a contentious legal battle, three South Korean companies have filed a lawsuit against the state-run Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation (KOMSCO), seeking 7.5 billion won in damages. The dispute stems from a scrapped government initiative to implement a deposit system for disposable cups. The deposit system required coffee [...]