SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul city government said Thursday it will reinforce traffic signs and road markings on one-way roads as part of safety measures following a deadly car crash that left nine people dead earlier this week. “Although a no-entry traffic sign and a road marking are put up (at the [...]
INCHEON, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Police have launched an investigation after a live bullet was found inside the hand luggage of a Korean Air flight attendant during baggage inspection at Incheon International Airport, officials said Thursday. A 7.62-millimeter-caliber live ammunition was found in a carry-on bag belonging to a female flight attendant as she [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Police were set to conduct their first questioning on Thursday of the driver involved in a recent car crash that killed nine pedestrians in downtown Seoul. The questioning comes three days after the 68-year-old man’s Hyundai Genesis sedan plowed through a sidewalk guardrail and hit pedestrians while traveling against [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Members of more than 90 patient advocacy groups staged a rally in central Seoul on Thursday, calling for doctors to end the ongoing walkout that has disrupted public health services for nearly five months. The protest, including members from the Korea Alliance of Patients Organization and the Korean Organization [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul city government said Wednesday it will significantly beef up the strength of pedestrian guardrails and take other safety measures after a deadly car crash that left nine people dead earlier this week. On Monday night, a sedan driven by a 68-year-old darted in the wrong direction for [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of people demanding the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol surpassed the 1 million mark Wednesday on the National Assembly’s petition website. The petition, calling on the National Assembly to propose a bill on Yoon’s impeachment, gained a daily average of 100,000 signatures over a period of [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The Bank of Korea (BOK) has released a study highlighting the significant economic implications of the impending retirement of South Korea’s second generation of baby boomers. The research suggests that as over 9.5 million individuals born between 1964 and 1974 reach the legal retirement age of 60 over the next [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Senior doctors at Asan Medical Center, one of the five biggest hospitals in Seoul, said Wednesday they will cut procedures and outpatient care starting Thursday, blaming the government for causing disruptions in public health services in the wake of medical reform. Medical professors at the University of Ulsan, who [...]
GWANGJU, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – In a groundbreaking move, the Gwangju Goryeoin Village in South Korea has launched the country’s first Russian-language emergency alert system, addressing a long-standing communication gap for its ethnic Korean residents from post-Soviet states. On June 22, residents of the Goryeoin Village in Gwangsan District, Gwangju, received their first heavy rain [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong on Tuesday called for trainee doctors to swiftly make their decision on whether or not to return to hospitals, as most of them have shown little sign of returning despite the government’s appeasement steps. About 12,000 trainee doctors have left their worksites since late February [...]