SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) –Police said Thursday they had booked a total of 85 people for selling unapproved Achilles tendons to hospitals and taking some 10 billion won (US$7.7 million) in medical care expenses from state health insurance. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said they referred 26 people running the import and supplier companies [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — About half a million students sat the college entrance exam across the country Thursday, South Korea’s most important annual academic event during which airplane takeoffs and landings will be temporarily banned for noise control. A total of 504,588 high school seniors, graduates and others signed up to take this [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a recent study, South Koreans devoted over 100 billion minutes to YouTube in the past month. This data, collected through a survey of a smartphone user sample by Wiseapp, a service specializing in app and retail analytics, reveals a significant uptick in YouTube usage. Comparing figures from October, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey has revealed that caregivers employed in hospitals endure long working hours, with an average of six days per week and 17 hours per day. As caregivers provide around-the-clock patient care, they do not receive an adequate amount of rest hours. Additionally, they have reported instances of contracting [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will earmark 1 trillion won (US$766.52 million) to implement extensive tailored programs to encourage more young people to join and stay in the labor market, the finance ministry said Wednesday. South Korea has seen growth in the number of young people neither in employment nor in education [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The results of a recent survey conducted by the Korea Transportation Safety Authority (KTSA) revealed that 72.9 percent of 225 electric vehicle (EV) drivers, who visited service centers between July 4 and October 12 during the ‘Special Safety Inspection for Electric Vehicles,’ would recommend purchasing an EV to their friends. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of individuals living with diabetes in Korea has surpassed 6 million, with over half of adults requiring diabetes management, including those in the pre-diabetes stage. On Monday, preceding World Diabetes Day (November 14), the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) released a report on the current status [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — When nearly half a million students sit down across the country for the all-important once-a-year college entrance exam this week, a group of 10 teenage inmates will join the test in their separate test room set up behind bars. The exam takers are students of Mandela Boys’ School, the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – At 9:10 p.m. on November 11, at Jamsil Station on Seoul Subway Line No. 2, station employees on patrol discovered a homeless person sleeping inside the station. They attempted to wake him and escort him out of the station, but the homeless person responded with threats and physically attacked them. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Two major umbrella unions plan to stage large-scale rallies in central Seoul this weekend, as police warned of stern measures against illegal acts in violation of the revised Assembly and Demonstration Act. The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), the biggest umbrella labor union in South Korea, along with [...]