SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) has launched an investigation into global sandwich franchise Subway over allegations that its online ordering system left customer data exposed without proper security measures, raising renewed concerns about digital privacy across the country’s food delivery sector. According to the PIPC, Subway’s website [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Elderly drivers were responsible for over one in five traffic accidents in South Korea last year, a record high that has reignited debate over delayed safety reforms ahead of the first anniversary of a deadly wrong-way driving incident in central Seoul. According to new data from the Korea Road Traffic [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A new survey shows that South Korean workers overwhelmingly view irregular employment as the most urgent labor issue the Lee Jae-myung administration must address. According to results released Sunday by online labor advocacy group Workplace Gapjil 119, nearly four in ten salaried workers (38.8%) cited the country’s widespread use [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Telegram, once known as a haven for anonymity and untraceable messaging, is now actively cooperating with South Korean law enforcement, signaling a significant turnaround in the platform’s stance on privacy and criminal investigations. According to the National Police Agency, Telegram has responded to over 95% of investigative data requests [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean internet user who left offensive comments under a news article about the nation’s first pregnant same-sex couple has avoided criminal punishment after reaching a settlement with the victims. According to legal sources, the Cheonan branch of the Daejeon District Court dismissed the criminal case against the commenter, [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s financial regulator has issued a consumer alert warning the public about a rise in fraudulent schemes involving fake promises of imminent stock market listings—an increasingly sophisticated scam targeting retail investors amid the country’s recent market rebound. According to the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), scam operators are falsely [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A special investigation committee to uncover the truth behind the 2022 crowd crush that killed 159 people in Seoul’s Itaewon district and prevent its recurrence began its activities with the first meeting on Tuesday. The deadly crowd accident occurred during Halloween festivities in a narrow alley of Itaewon on [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A new report warns that South Korea’s elderly population faces a growing “double burden” as rising health insurance premiums and income taxes increasingly eat into public pension payouts, significantly reducing retirees’ real disposable income. According to a study released Tuesday by the National Pension Research Institute, the 2022 overhaul of [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Korean workers believe the legal minimum wage should be extended to cover gig workers, freelancers, and those in special employment arrangements, reflecting mounting concern over the widening protections gap in the evolving labor market. According to a survey released Sunday by the labor rights group [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — In an escalating effort to combat the rise of clandestine drug trafficking, South Korean police announced plans to equip narcotics units with industrial endoscope cameras to locate drugs hidden in hard-to-access spaces. The new tools, which will be distributed later this year to 71 drug investigation teams across 18 metropolitan [...]