SEOUL, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has revealed that 7 out of 10 young adults aged 25 to 39, residing with their parents in apartments, have no immediate plans to live independently until marriage. The study, titled ‘Trend Report: The Kangaroo Tribe,’ was released on March 14 by Focus Media Korea, the operator [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study forecasts that artificial intelligence (AI) could potentially replace up to 13% of jobs in South Korea, totaling approximately 3.27 million positions, with a significant portion of these at risk within professional fields. The Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade released a report on March 13 outlining [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will allocate 1.3 trillion won (US$988.4 million) over a five-year period to support the medical treatment of young children with serious illnesses and reduce hospital admission costs for babies under age two, the interior minister said Thursday. “The government will ensure that young children will not face [...]
TONGYEONG, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A fishing boat carrying 11 people sank off the country’s south coast Thursday, leaving three dead and another missing, the Coast Guard said. Four South Korean and seven foreign crew members were aboard the 139-ton trawler when it sank in waters 4.6 nautical miles south of Yokji Island off [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A leader of the Korean Medical Association (KMA), the biggest doctors’ group, appeared before police Thursday for his second round of questioning over suspicions of instigating a mass walkout by trainee doctors. Park Myung-ha, chief of the KMA emergency committee’s organizational affairs, arrived at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The sister-in-law of football player Hwang Ui-jo was given a three-year prison term Thursday on charges of exposing the footballer’s private life and blackmail. The woman was indicted for uploading explicit pictures and videos showing Hwang with women on Instagram while presenting herself as a former lover of Hwang. [...]
SUWON, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A festival featuring Japanese adult video (AV) performers scheduled for next month in Suwon, South Korea, has sparked backlash from women’s and civic groups, labeling the event as an act of sexual exploitation. On March 12, the Suwon Women’s Network, comprising seven women’s organizations, along with a coalition of about [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 13 (Yonhap) — The health ministry chided medical professors Wednesday for moving to resign in support of a mass walkout by junior doctors that has disrupted public health services for more than three weeks. More than 90 percent of the country’s 13,000 trainee doctors walked off the job in the form of mass [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Wednesday the government’s decision to increase the medical school enrollment quota by 2,000 to address the shortage of doctors was based on scientific analysis. Over 90 percent of the country’s 13,000 junior doctors have been on mass resignations for nearly a month, protesting against [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea added more than 300,000 jobs for the second consecutive month in February led by solid job growth in the manufacturing sector amid rising exports, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people came to 28.04 million last month, up 329,000 from a year earlier, according to the [...]