SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A large majority of South Koreans believe that maintaining peaceful coexistence with North Korea is more important than achieving reunification, according to a government survey released Thursday. The Unification Ministry’s poll found that 79.4 percent of respondents agreed that “peaceful coexistence without war is more important than reunification,” reflecting [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A series of massive data leaks over the past decade, culminating in a recent breach involving 33.7 million Coupang accounts, has created a landscape in which personal information circulates widely and can now be used to reconstruct an individual’s identity and daily habits with alarming precision. While each incident may [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — On a public bulletin board outside the Namdaemun police substation in central Seoul, posters show faces of missing children — not only as they once appeared decades ago, but as they likely look today. A 13-year-old boy missing since the late 1980s is pictured as a man in his 50s; [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea unveiled new measures on Sunday to strengthen security oversight of internet-connected cameras after police uncovered a sweeping hacking scheme in which more than 120,000 IP cameras installed in homes, hospitals, spas and massage clinics were compromised and used to produce sexually exploitative material. The scheme, uncovered by the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has moved to close a long-criticized legal loophole that allowed parents who abandoned or failed to care for their children to later claim financial benefits after the child’s death. The National Assembly has passed an amendment to the National Pension Act that blocks such parents from receiving survivor [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of South Koreans watch news on YouTube every day, and a growing share now views content produced by non-traditional creators — individuals and small businesses — as legitimate news media, according to new research presented at a national policy forum on Thursday. The survey, conducted in August [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A major apartment complex in eastern Seoul is facing mounting criticism after unilaterally banning nonresidents from nearly all areas of its property and warning of fines of up to 200,000 won (about $150) for violations. According to the real estate industry on Wednesday, the management of Godeok Arteon, a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday marked the first anniversary of the failed Dec. 3 coup attempt by declaring that the South Korean people “have every right to receive the Nobel Peace Prize” for defending democracy against an illegal military intervention. In a nationally televised address titled “First Anniversary of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top securities firms have narrowed their gender pay gaps over the past five years, but disparities remain substantial, according to regulatory filings released on Sunday. Semiannual reports submitted to the Financial Supervisory Service show that the average first-half salary at the country’s 10 largest brokerages reached 103.5 million [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is moving to tighten regulations on electric scooters as accidents involving personal mobility devices surge nationwide, raising concerns over public safety while prompting debate about the future of these increasingly common, eco-friendly vehicles. According to data released on Sunday by the Korea Road Traffic Authority, accidents involving personal [...]