SEOUL, Jun. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported the slowest on-year job growth in more than three years in May and the unemployment rate among young people reported a marked growth, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people came to 28.92 million last month, up 80,000 from a year earlier, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The Catholic University of Korea’s College of Medicine has come under scrutiny for offering paid anatomy lectures utilizing donated cadavers to non-medical professionals such as health trainers and Pilates instructors, sparking controversy. According to medical community insiders on June 10, a private company providing medical lectures to exercise instructors has [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The 25th Seoul Queer Parade, held on June 1, attracted a record-breaking 155,000 participants. Over its 25-year history, the Queer Parade has gradually evolved from a niche event into a grand festival for all. However, behind this growth lies a sobering reality that many are unaware of. According to a [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The gender ministry is set to launch an official survey on isolated and reclusive teens for the first time starting Tuesday as part of efforts to identify such groups and come up with support measures. Isolated teenagers refer to those without someone to rely on in case of emergencies, [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Over a dozen professors, who illegally tutored students preparing for music college entrance exams and gave high scores to them as examiners for practical tests, have been referred to the prosecution for a possible indictment, police said Monday. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said it has turned 14 music [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is set to introduce swifter penalties for non-custodial parents who defy court orders to pay child support, including travel bans and driver’s license suspensions if the amount in arrears is over 30 million won or they are delinquent on more than three payments. The Ministry of Gender Equality [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – In a legal dispute surrounding the planned closure of Myongji University’s Go department, the only such program in the world, a court has rejected a request by professors and students to suspend the university’s admission plan that would discontinue new student enrollment. According to legal circles, the Seoul Southern District [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said Monday the government ordered community doctors to keep providing medical treatment and report to authorities when they close their businesses, after the doctors voted to stage a strike in protest of the government’s medical reform. Cho issued the order a day after the Korean [...]
HANOI, Jun. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – As soaring prices and the weakening South Korean won make living costs increasingly untenable, Vietnamese workers in the country are tightening their belts, cutting back on grocery and remittance expenses to make ends meet, according to Vietnamese media reports. Nguyen Phuc Thien, 28, who has worked at a container flooring [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s prosecutor general has issued a directive calling for stern measures against organized criminal groups, citing growing public concerns over not just traditional gang violence but also newer forms of racketeering like illegal online gambling and private lending rackets. According to sources from legal circles, Prosecutor General Lee Won-seok [...]