SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Low-income South Koreans with income levels below the national average tend to opt for early old-age pensions, while higher-income individuals delay receiving their old-age pensions to benefit from a larger pension payout, recent statistics show. According to data that Han Jeoung-ae, a Democratic Party lawmaker and member of the National [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that the number of female employees who have experienced unilateral romantic advances from their colleagues is three times higher than that of male workers. Furthermore, 8 in 10 salaried workers believe that South Korean society is still not safe from stalking crimes. The civil organization [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – More than half of the regions in South Korea are facing the risk of losing population completely, data showed Tuesday, amid the country’s critically low birth rate. Of South Korea’s 228 administrative districts, 118, or 51.8 percent, saw the population risk index fall below 0.5 as of February, according [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The suspect in last month’s attempted rape and killing of a woman on a hiking trail in Seoul has told investigators that he took his cue from a similar case last year in which a man kicked a woman unconscious for a suspected rape attempt in the southeastern city [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent report revealed that more than 7,000 cases of police protection for victims of stalking crimes were recorded last year. According to National Police Agency data presented by National Assembly member Jeon Bong-min, a total of 7,091 safety measures were taken for stalking victims in the past year. On [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) –Hyundai Motor Co. said Monday its unionized workers have warned of a partial strike this week to demand higher wages after signing wage deals in the past four years without industrial actions, the company said Monday. Hyundai Motor workers will hold an eight-hour strike a day from Wednesday to Thursday [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Police carried out a total of 7,091 protection measures for victims of stalking last year, National Police Agency (NPA) data showed Monday. This equals to an average of 19.4 protection measures per day, according to the report submitted to Rep. Jeon Bong-min of the People Power Party. The number [...]
SEOUL, Sept.11 (Korea Bizwire) — In South Korea, a country unfortunately known for having the highest suicide rate within the OECD, the term “psychological autopsy” has recently gained prominence. A psychological autopsy is an investigative approach that analyzes the statements and records left behind by individuals who have taken their own lives. Its purpose is [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Suicide deaths in South Korea rose about 9 percent on-year in the first half of the year, as underprivileged people are suffering more in their efforts to return to pre-pandemic normalcy, a local suicide prevention agency said Sunday. A total of 6,936 people committed suicide in Korea between January [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Police have busted a drug ring that operated networks in Cambodia, China and Nigeria to smuggle methamphetamine into South Korea and seized billions of won worth of the drug from its members here, officials said Sunday. The drug ring, run by a Korean, a Chinese and a Nigerian national, [...]