DAEJEON, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A private dog shelter in Yuseong District, Daejeon housing 596 abandoned dogs is once again confronting the threat of demolition due to a zoning violation. The facility, known as Sion Shelter, was established nine years ago when its director, Oh Eun-sook, rescued 22 dogs being bred for human consumption on [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The average rental income for individuals in the top 0.1% of landlords residing in Seoul neared a staggering 1.3 billion won, highlighting a stark divide in the capital compared to other regions of South Korea. The average for this elite tier in Seoul was 4.7 times higher than in Sejong, [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong called for junior doctors who left worksites for months to return to hospitals by Monday, while urging the medical community to resolve a protracted standoff over the government’s medical reform through dialogue. The latest appeal by Cho came as a Seoul appellate court last week [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) – With extending the retirement age emerging as a key issue in this year’s wage and collective bargaining negotiations at major South Korean companies, discussions on the matter are expected to take place at Hyundai Motor, a leader in the country’s automotive industry. On May 19, the Dong-A Ilbo reported that [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea added more than 200,000 jobs in April on the back of the marked increase in manufacturing jobs on export growth, data showed Friday. But the number of people who remained unemployed and sought a job surged by the most in more than three years amid demographic changes, [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent court ruling against striking doctors will likely accelerate the government’s push to markedly raise medical school admissions, but doctors have vowed not to back down to continue a standoff despite deepening chaos in the health care system. On Thursday, the Seoul High Court rejected a request from [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The average annual salary for doctors in South Korea surpassed 300 million won in 2022, according to government data on physician workforce and wages released on May 14. The data, submitted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare to the Seoul High Court on May 10, represents the latest official [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense ministry is considering establishing a medical school to train doctors who would serve in the military for at least 10 years, a ministry official said Thursday, amid a prolonged walkout by junior doctors protesting the medical school quota hike. The military has long been struggling to acquire [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — An appellate court in Seoul was to deliver a critical ruling Thursday that would determine the fate of the government’s highly contested plan to increase the nationwide medical school admission quota, officials said. The Seoul High Court will issue a ruling at around 5 p.m. on an injunction filed [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Low salaries and abusive complaints from parents are the top reasons young teachers in South Korea are leaving the profession, according to a new survey that highlights disillusionment in a field once seen as a stable career path. The poll of over 1,000 teachers in Seoul by the Korean Teachers [...]